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LBJ Tree Lighting
It's that wonderful time of year here at the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site with the 44th Annual LBJ Tree Lighting being held on December 15, 2013 at 6 p.m. This tradition was started 44 years ago in the Hill Country community by President and Mrs. Johnson. This is a memorable family evening for all to experience the heritage of the Texas Hill Country and continue the legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson and his family.
The LBJ Tree Lighting event is a wonderful tradition here in the Texas Hill Country. Families are encouraged to come out to the park and plan to enjoy a delightful experience as the park transitions from daytime to nighttime in festive holiday fare. Lights, bows, luminaries, garland and wreaths adorn the buildings in the park. Even the nature trails are dressed in their holiday best. The evening is planned full with activities on the state park ground's that will put the entire family in the holiday spirit.
Activities will begin before the program in the State Park Gift Shop and Bookstore from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Ned and Barbara McLeane will host ornament decorating for the children. Representatives from Keep Texas Beautiful will be on hand with their fabulous collection of ornaments, including the newest 10th Edition titled, "Whole Lotta Texas." Lone star Candy Bar will be sampling tasty candy delights as well. In the State Park Gift Shop, visitors will find a wonderful selection of one of kind gifts sure to please everyone on your list. Don't forget the 3-D glasses and flashlights sold in the store as these are a great addition to the evening.
At 5:30 p.m. holiday music will begin by the "Polka Dots" German band under the direction of Ed Creekmore. At 6 p.m., as the park transitions from dusk to darkness, enjoy carolers, a live nativity, and the spectacular lighting of a beautiful native cedar tree. At the Beherens Cabin, Ina Heinen with the Uvalde Historic Commission will present 1800's Toys and Games for all to see and enjoy. The classic Christmas movie, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" will be shown in the park theater following the program. Enjoy refreshments and a visit from Santa himself. Visitors may also view the photo program of Tree Lighting Ceremonies of the past. On display, for the first time, a collection of five Christmas greeting cards that President Johnson and the First Lady sent out to the White House at Christmas from 1964-1968.
Take time to extend holiday wishes to patients at Hill Country Memorial Hospital by signing a holiday card to be delivered to those patients who will not be home for the holidays.
At the Behrens Cabins a new feature from the Texas Bison Association titled, "Texas Buffalo Stampede" will be available for all to see and enjoy. Take a walk down our lighted trail and visit the chuck wagon and hear storytelling through the night. As visitors continue down the trail, they will be able to stop and visit with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Buffalo Soldiers.
Next, step back to the early nineteen hundreds as you enter the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm. The farm has been transformed into the traditional Christmas holiday period enjoyed by the young Lyndon B. Johnson, his family and friends along the banks of the Pedernales. Costumed interpreters will be doing last minute activities in preparation for a traditional Eastern Gillespie German farm family holiday. Enjoy the music provided by the Fredericksburg Community Orchestra, directed by Theresa Britt; as well as harmonic player, Andy Laumann, and the Christmas carols of the Rev. Percy and Ada Smerek. In the farm kitchen select a sample from the many delicious cookies served by the local costumed volunteers. In the Victorian parlor stop and admire the traditional candlelit German Christmas tree. It would not be Christmas without the festive holiday music of Andy Laumann on the harmonica and the Fredericksburg Orchestra. Many families have made a stop at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm an annual Christmas tradition. Remember to bring along a camera for that special family photo. For those unable to walk the trail to the Living History Farm, or those with special needs, a shuttle bus will be available to transport park visitors back and forth between the Visitor Center and the farmstead.
In the spirit of the season, this is a free event, but donations to the park are always welcomed. This family holiday event is outside, so the public is reminded to dress accordingly for the weather and bring a flashlight to enjoy this memorable evening. Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site is located 14 miles west of Johnson City and 13 miles east of Fredericksburg off Highway 290 in Stonewall, Texas at 199 Park Road 52.
For travel directions or other information, please call (830) 644-2252.
Also a reminder during the holidays the park will be open daily except Christmas Day and New Year's Day there is limited access and the buildings and farm will be closed.
For more information about the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site and upcoming events and activities go to the park Facebook page or to the park website. This park is a great stop any time of year for the family.


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DANIA BEACH — It was the afternoon of May 8. Firefighter-paramedic Jim Reid was watching television in his North Miami Beach home when a neighbor knocked on his door and said a 5-year-old boy was drowning in a swimming pool.
Forget gloves and other protective gear. Reid rushed to the scene, performed CPR and helped restore the boy's heartbeat. However, the youth later died because he had been under water too long.

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Knicks remain hobbled, unsure about New Year's Day lineup
Mike Woodson was looking forward to today's practice because he was hoping to have nearly a full complement of players out there.
But Carmelo Anthony didn't practice because of a hyperextended left knee, Tyson Chandler rested with a sprained right ankle, Rasheed Wallace couldn't go with an acute stress reaction in his left foot and the Knicks gave Jason Kidd off for a recovery day.
Woodson said Chandler and Kidd would play play Jan. 1 against Portland. Anthony, Wallace and Amar'e Stoudemire are yet to be determined.
Stoudemire went through his first full practice with the Knicks since before having a left-knee debridement on Halloween. He said his knee feels better, but he still has some restrictions and isn't sure whether he will be able to play on New Year's Day.
"It would be great if I could go on Jan. 1," Stoudemire said. "I can't determine how I feel tomorrow or the following day. If the next two days go well and I continue to improve then that will be a great day to start playing."
But Stoudemire said he's not even feeling 80 percent in the knee. He wants to be at 100 percent to try and prevent further injury, but he said he also feels compelled to come back because of how banged up the Knicks are.
"If it's needed for me to sacrifice my body for the betterment of the team then I will," Stoudemire said. "But hopefully I'll continue to improve the next two days where I can feel 100 percent before I get back out there."
Stoudemire said it's possible for him to jump pretty close to 20 percent in the next two days.
"Yeah, yeah, it can," he said. "Depending - after a hard day like today when you can feel much better tomorrow and that'd be a great sign of knowing that everything is on the improvement level. If I feel great tomorrow then that'll be a phenomenal sign for me."
Anthony shot around by himself. He didn't appear limited as he was lifting off on his jump shots.
Iman Shumpert went through the non-contact part of practice and then worked out on the side with assistant and strength and conditioning coaches.
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Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at Purdue University
- Project Start Date: July 1, 2008
- Total Funding Through Year Eight: $2.8M
Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine received $2.8M to create a comprehensive shelter medicine program focused on three areas: education and training, research, and the dissemination of information on shelter medicine. Collaborating shelter partners include the Humane Society of Indianapolis and PAWS Chicago (Pets Are Worth Saving).
Education and Training:
This component includes annual fellowships for veterinarians (the Maddie's® Post-DVM Fellows in Shelter Medicine) where fellowship trainees work for one year with the team of shelter veterinarians in state-of-the-art facilities at PAWS Chicago as well as Maddie's® PhDs in Shelter Population Medicine and Behavior. Veterinary students and Veterinary Technology students are encouraged to become involved in the education and training components of the program through Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Externships, the student chapter of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and a lecture course in shelter animal medicine.
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Research will explore preventative medicine and infectious disease management in shelters, and investigate the causes of pet homelessness to be able to develop effective strategies to address animal abandonment and increase adoption rates. Studies will aim to improve the health of shelter pets, reduce the cost of their care, increase owner retention and decrease the numbers of animals entering the shelter system. Research will be performed mainly by graduate students (Maddie's® PhD students in shelter-based population medicine) and veterinarians in Purdue's training programs (the Maddie's® Post-DVM fellows in shelter medicine). Veterinary students can also become involved during the annual Maddie's® Summer Research Experience. In keeping with the philosophy that shelter animals are partners and therefore treated as pets, research will be population-based and non-invasive.
Current research underway: Maddie's® Purdue FIV Study, a five year controlled study of cats naturally infected with FIV that aims to build a comprehensive picture of infection in each cat so that recommendations for their care can be made to shelters and potential adopters.
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Notre Dame says defense can be as good as it was last season
BY LAMOND POPE Sun-Times Media August 5, 2013 10:24PM
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame's defense lost its top two tacklers from 2012, including one — linebacker Manti Te'o — who happened to be an All-American, picked up a record seven major individual awards and finished second in the voting for the Heisman Trophy.
But the Irish opened camp Monday with a defensive unit that might be as good as the one that finished second in the nation in scoring defense last season (12.8 points per game).
''There's a lot of experience coming back,'' safety Matthias Farley said Sunday. ''We obviously lost some key guys, but the people behind them are just as talented and have watched them lead by example.''
Farley is one of eight returning defensive players who started at least nine games in 2012. Notre Dame was seventh in the country in total defense last season (305.5 yards per game).
''We can be as good as we want to be if we push ourselves,'' nose guard Louis Nix III said. '' . . . Every team wants to be the best, and every defense wants to be the best. That's what we strive for.''
Te'o led the Irish with 113 tackles last season, and safety Zeke Motta was second with 77. Defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore, a co-captain who had six sacks last season, is also gone. But Notre Dame has depth across the board defensively, and that will create some intriguing battles during camp.
''What's going to happen at linebacker? We've got some really good players," coach Brian Kelly said Friday. ''We're really deep at linebacker, inside and outside: [Dan] Fox, [Carlo] Calabrese, [Jarrett] Grace, [Kendall] Moore. You look on the outside with Ishaq [Williams], [Prince] Shembo, [Romeo] Okwara, [Danny] Spond, [Ben] Councell. It's going to be exciting.''
Kelly then listed five safeties and said cornerback will be ''interesting'' to watch.
''We have a lot of veterans coming back, but there's going to be a lot of things that we're going to have to evaluate,'' Kelly said. ''We're going to have a lot of players that will get that opportunity.''


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Dental Hypnosis
Fear and Anxiety about dental treatment is extremely common. Most dental phobia sufferers don't realize that many people are, or used to be, as terrified as themselves. It can be helpful to know that you are by no means the only one with this problem. Dental phobia can have wide ranging consequences on a person's life. Not only does their dental health suffer, but dental phobia may lead to anxiety and depression. Laughing out loud is out of the question, too hard to hide one's teeth. Depending on how obvious the damage is, the individual may avoid meeting people, even close friends, due to embarrassment over their teeth, or not be able to take on jobs which involve extensive contact with the public. Loss of self-esteem over not being able to do something as "simple" as going to a dentist and intense feelings of guilt over not having looked after one's teeth properly are also very common. Dental phobia sufferers may also avoid doctors for fear that they might want to have a look at their tongue or throat and suggest that a visit to a dentist might not go amiss.
Among those who do not visit dentists regularly, 90% report that the reason is dental fear. Part of the population even consider been nervous about going to the dentist, as normal. Issues may include :
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If you suffer with dental phobia, you probably won't have a clue where or how to start. The good news is, you've already started. Chances are that it has taken you a lot of guts to look up this information. Your heart would have been pounding (and probably still does), you may have been shaking, you may have experienced hot flashes, but you did it all the same, Congratulations.
Imagine yourself going to your next dental appointment. Now imagine yourself going without fear. It can be done, you can break through that fear and get the dental care you need. Hypnotherapy can help you overcome your fears. Hypnosis and self-hypnosis are well suited for relieving dental anxiety. Most people can use hypnosis to relax their body and mind, to focus their mind on positive, safe and comfortable images, to create numbness in selected parts of the body, to go away to a safe place, and to speed the healing process. The soothing voice of the hypnotherapist could transport you into a state of mind that will allows the dental professional to complete a procedure as simple as a cleaning or a procedure as complex as oral surgery while you maintain a state of complete calmness and relaxation.
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Jacksonville to lose nonstop flights to Memphis
Updated On: Nov 27 2012 06:13:47 PM EST
There will be no more nonstop flights to Graceland for Jacksonville Elvis fans.
Jacksonville will lose its nonstop flights to Memphis early next year.
Right now, Delta operates two flights each way each day of the week except for Saturday. Delta is cutting a total of 21 daily departures from Memphis on Jan. 3.
In addition to Jacksonville, Delta is cutting the nonstop service from Memphis to Birmingham and reducing flights to several other southern cities.
Delta has been cutting its flights to Memphis since it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008.
Delta is the only airline right now with nonstop flights from Jacksonville to Memphis.
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Todd English is turning 50 this month, but the Post doesnt seem to mind. Heres the Zagat version of todays profile: This macho and sexy, charming man with a chiseled jawline, a killer smile, and exaggerated good looks has a reputation as a lady-killer and an insatiable appetite for young, pretty women. The broad-shouldered and towering toque is quick to move on after a conquest, which might be why the hunk chef with the commanding presence has been spotted with a bevy of Asian beauties. Women undoubtedly take notice of him since he can disarm you with a flirtatious remark and with his looks and his business savvy. Hence Martha Stewarts recent comment: Todds beef was delicious. (!) And just in case all that wasnt clear enough, some more thoughts from Ms. Stewart: Oh, those deep sunken eyes, the high cheekbones, his big hands, and broad shoulders. At least one Post commenter isnt quite as smitten: [T]his guy is nothing but a bowl of bull bleep!!!
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Dropping Out (of the Faith) in College
One question I'm often asked is, "Do you have any advice about a good college?" They're especially interested (both parents and high school seniors) in finding a school where their faith will be strengthened rather than undermined.
According to a recent study, it doesn't really matter. College students drop out of the church at astonishing rates at religiously-affiliated as well as secular institutions.
The way I usually answer the question is to change the subject from college to church. In my experience, it's far more important to find a good church than to expect a college to buttress one's faith. Of course, it's important to find a good church when you're raising kids in the first place. Churches and families that fail to immerse young people in the covenant of grace place an awful burden on a college—even a solid Christian one—or a good church in a college town. Nevertheless, I've seen terrific examples of faithful churches that evangelize, teach, and incorporate even shaky believers into the body of Christ while there in college. The college doesn't matter. It could be Harvard, Biola, or Cal State, or wherever.
My own experience at a Christian college has something to do with my thinking on the subject. There were a lot of rules, daily (mandatory) chapel, spiritual life conference, and on and on. University meets summer camp. It was hard to find a parking space on Sunday morning, because who needed church? The college was a kind of surrogate church. Tough questions that you'd be asked on a secular campus weren't pressed here. Everybody sort of nodded to the right answers, though not always sure why. Spiritually, it was pretty dull, routine, and mindless. Yet everyone got into it when the praise band did its thing in chapel and a great motivational speaker talked about how to surrender more of our lives to Christ.
A lot of those friends today are unchurched. Some are bitter—the last person they want to talk to is a conservative Christian, much less an evangelical. I don't blame the college, but the whole religious sub-culture that shaped these young people and then provided a few extra years of moralistic, therapeutic deism.
This article by Marybeth Hicks at Townhall.com is well worth the read. I hope the statistics will jar us out of the false assumption that our young people "get it." They don't—unless our homes and churches give them grace.
"College Students Need to Keep Their Faith" by Marybeth Hicks


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Battling high gas pricesCustomers packed the RaceWay gas station on Rossville Boulevard Monday, where fuel was being sold for $3.28 per gallon. The Chattanooga citywide average was $3.46, according to fuelgaugereport.com, a AAA website.
Samantha Clem's gas-guzzling minivan once seemed like a necessity, but even as fuel prices fall, she's finding the extra space is just too costly.
Clem drives from East Ridge to work at Wendy's in Fort Oglethorpe every day. She said fuel prices haven't fallen fast enough this month and is thinking about getting a tiny car rather than see so much of her paycheck go to pay for gas.
"Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of it goes to gas," she said.
A smaller vehicle will mean less room for four kids, but "I'm just going to squeeze them in," she said.
Clem isn't the only one hurting. Though prices fell from an average $3.58 per gallon at the start of the month to an average $3.46 Monday, some say that 12-cent difference is just a drop in the bucket. U.S. benchmark crude oil prices dropped by nearly 20 percent in that same period, and international prices fell 92 cents to $107.70 a barrel Monday.
"They've come down a bit, but not like they should," said Stan Adamson, a local handyman who wants to see gas prices around $3 per gallon.
Prices could edge closer to that as the civil war in oil-rich Libya dies down with the regime of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in tatters. But University of Tennessee at Chattanooga economics professor and department head Ziad Keilany said people should get used to seeing prices jump around.
"There's a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the market," he said. "We're not going to witness any trend right now."
There didn't seem to be much of a price trend Monday in Chattanooga. The average price for a gallon of regular fuel was $3.46, but costs fluctuated by as much as 28 cents among stations.
The Midnight Oil on Bonny Oaks Drive sold a gallon of regular at $3.56 Monday afternoon. The Favorite Market on Main Street, where Adamson filled up, charged $3.48. Two miles away at the RaceWay on Rossville Boulevard, where Clem lamented the loss of her hard-earned money, prices stayed at $3.28.
"We're very, very busy. On an average, the customer count is two customers per minute, maybe more," said Sagar Dhole, a cashier at the RaceWay. "It's amazing to me. People come from Georgia."
Dhole said competition with the Exxon across the street, which also offered a $3.28 per gallon fill-up, sent prices that low. For the past several days, each station knocked off a few cents to undercut the competition.
Average cost of a gallon of regular gas
- Monday: $3.46
- Last week: $3.49
- Last month: $3.58
- Last year: $2.54
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The crowds as well as the frequent price changes have made the last three days "absolutely insane," he said.
Large disparities among station prices are somewhat common. Prices take into account not just the gas supplier's rate but station location, nearby competitors' prices and gas station brand.
But any sort of price slashing is too risky a prospect for some gas stations.
"A lot of retailers are even hesitant to drop prices because the market's so volatile right now," said Jessica Brady, spokeswoman for AAA. "They've started to see [profit] margins open up a bit, but margins have been very tight for retailers."
Brady expects prices to slide lower through Labor Day, but not to anywhere near last year's levels. A year ago, a gallon of gas averaged $2.54 in the Chattanooga area.
"You're not going to see prices just fall down to $2 again, not that drastic," she said.
But with continuing dramatic dips and jumps in the economy, consumers will likely keep seeing the price of gas change.
"It's going to go up and down depending on the uncertainty of economic events," said Keilany, the UTC professor. "We're not quite sure where the economy is going."
It first went up when Bush invaded Iraq (or need we remind each other about that nightmare that STILL hasn't ended) and it hasn't gone down to what it was since then. Repubs have selective memory
spktur said... If she can't afford gas what is she doing with four children for the tax payers to support? Is this whiny reporting all the paper have to do these days?
I must have missed something. Where in the article does it mention the woman is being supported by taxpayers? The article states the woman works. Meaning she IS a taxpayer. Is it the color of her skin that leads you to ASSume otherwise? Is that how bigotry works for you?
When price of gas changes, everything's changed in the society especially to basic supplies people need. We could not deny the fact that gas is such a vital thing to us drivers and vehicle owners simply because we cannot live without our hands on the steering wheel and it is such an annoying thing to know that the gas cost increases. However then, the automotive industry can still think of a way to make a difference on gas and that is to diesel engines. Besides, they can used to manufacture car parts which are truly cheap so everyone can have an access to them.


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Some District lawmakers are proposing legislation that would move back D.C.'s 2014 primary election by more than two months, The Washington Post reported.
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Monday that he expects to introduce legislation as soon as Tuesday moving the primary from the first Tuesday of April — that's April 1 next year — to mid-June.
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Welcome To NY, T.J.
By Andrew Scharff
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May 31st, 2007
As the Jets are looking to an even brighter 2007, all three of those pieces look like their ready to take Gang Green further in the playoffs. With Eric Mangini having one full year under his belt and starting quarterback Chad Pennington having a successful season after coming off of shoulder surgery, all the Jets needed was to find that running game.
Last season, the running game consisted of Leon Washington who emerged as the starter, Cedric Houston who missed a majority of the season due to injury and Kevan Barlow, who is no longer a member of Jets. With many receiving weapons General Manager Mike Tannenbaum took it into his own hands and made sure the Jets would be as effective on the ground as they are in the air.
In this past off-season Tannenbaum acquired running back Thomas Jones from the NFC Champions Chicago Bears for the 37th pick of last months NFL Draft. The Jets also got the 63rd pick in return from the Bears.
In his third practice with the Jets (the first practice which was opened to the media), Jones showed why Tannenbaum went out and got him. Jones, 510, 220 created all buzz Thursday afternoon during one of the Jets Voluntary Organized Team Activity Days (OTAs). Jones exhibited his unwilling work ethic, speed and his ability to cut back up field and his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield.
I am excited to be here. I am here to help the team get better, said Jones in his first meeting with the New York Media. I will try to help this team win however I can. I am excited to be apart of the Jets.
Jones can do it many ways. He gives Gang Green the perfection combination of size and speed. He has the size of an ideal running back but mostly he importantly he has the breakaway speed the Jets are looking for in a back.
He has been as impressive on the field as he has been off the field. I like the way he cuts, the way he carries the ball, the way he studies the game, Mangini said.
But as good as runner he is, he showed Thursday that he has an exceptional ability to catch the ball out of the backfield.
I consider myself a good receiver and I have confidence in my pass catching ability, Jones said. The offense in Chicago was pretty predictable, but here I am going to have opportunities.
But what drew Manginis eyes to Jones was his character. A players character means so much to Mangini. He places great emphasis on persons personality and the way his players carry themselves off the field as well as on it
When we went and decided to make the trade for Thomas [Jones], we did a lot of research on peoples character and simply regardless of what teams we spoke to the reoccurring theme was his work ethic, Mangini said.
Mangini always sees Jones in weight room working on his muscle mass. He is always one of the first ones on the field and last ones off the field. And Jones has already made a big impression on his new teammates in his first week of OTAs.
He is a physical specimen. Thomas has a tremendous work ethic. Hes never one of the first guys off the field, said Pennington. He is an exciting player and I know hell do everything he can to make the Jets as successful as they can be.
-Besides Curtis Martin who could retire any day, G Pete Kendall was the only other player not in attendance during these Organized Team Activity Days. Despite Mangini's reminder to the media that these practices are "voluntary", Kendall has never missed one during his time as a Jet and obviously unhappy with his contract.
-In the aftermath of his brush with the law, Jets Pro-Bowl Kick Returner and Cornerback Justin Miller fielded questions about his arrest last Sunday when he allegedly punched a woman in the face in a NYC nightclub. I want to apologize to my teammates and fans for my actions. Unfortunately I am in a legal matter and cannot comment about it, Miller said. Right now all I can control is what happens out on the field. My main focus right now is to get better as person and an individual.
-Miller did not speak to Commissioner Roger Goodell himself, but he did speak to people in league office. Mangini did say whether Miller will face to face any punishment from the organization or the NFL.
-Is Patrick Ramsey back? No, its just second year QB Kellen Clemens who took Ramseys number 11 after Ramsey was cut. Clemens wore the number at Oregon. Also new face FA Marques Tuiasosopo was sporting number 8 while rookie FA Brett Ratliff from Utah sported Brooks Bollingers former number 5 and also a strong arm.
-Mangini denied that the drafting of CB Darrelle Revis was a direct result of an injury plagued inconsistent year from David Barrett last season and said the veteran was very much in the mix this season.
You can never have too many corners, said the Coach. There are so many good receivers in the league. It's one of those positions that is definitely a premium. It's more just having the opportunity to get a player that we liked and insert him in the system and him figuring out a way to help us win and get on the field.
-DE Andre Wadsworth, who was a former first round pick but has been out of football for the past six years looked in shape and was quick in drills, Wearing Mo Lewis old #57 the veteran is a long shot to make the final roster but Mangini has been moving him around between LB and DE, similar to the role Bryan Thomas plays. Despite Wadsworths talent, according to the coach, he needs a lot of work.
I think he's swimming a little bit, said Mangini about Wadsworth. It's to be expected working at different positions, being off for quite some time. It's a pretty big jump. He's digging in, too. We've worked him both at linebacker and defensive end. He's another guy that you're looking to build flexibility with.
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Aventine, some minor specs.
(Concept: Aventine escorted by U.S.S. Spirit.)
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After many months the ship can finally be previewed on Trekmovie.com I'm really thrilled that many people like it!
Considering the short time period I had to design the Aventine, I'm quite happy with the result. As many other ships this is an ongoing project that will be brushed up some more in the next couple of months.
Length: 672 meters
Width: 182 meters
Height: 87 meters
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Model in NURBS format.
Amount of objects: 1290
Filesize: 1.1GB (stacks collapsed)
RAM useage: around 4gb in workmode & 6gb during render. (Once converted to poly this will go down to aprox. 1gb during render.)
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- AnonymousJune 24, 2009
Really looks great, Mark.ReplyDelete
And here's the other Eric! LOL! Amazing work, Mark! Happy to finally see her in the flesh! Any news on an eventual ortho? :-DReplyDelete
Beautiful! Any chance of seeing some orthographic views sometime? I'd like to build a Lego model of the Aventine and I'd like it to be pretty accurate.ReplyDelete
- Judge KingJuly 03, 2009
All we need now is the weapons loadout and defensive system as well as maximum warp speed.ReplyDelete
Superb design... One meter shorter than the good old Enterprise-E after the pre-NEMESIS refit... perfect :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 06, 2009
Wow, this ship is spectacular. What a fast ship should look like!ReplyDelete
- LarryNovember 21, 2009
Very sleek, very beautiful. Looks like it's moving at warp during standstill.ReplyDelete
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The Mental Health Emergency Care (MHEC) course provides an opportunity for participants to explore and reflect on key structural, policy and legal contexts of mental health emergency care, and key clinical, professional and interdisciplinary considerations in ensuring the safety, effectiveness and acceptability of contemporary mental health emergency care services. Participants will be able to build on their existing knowledge and skills in mental health care, with a focus on the provision of services for people experiencing acute mental health problems who may present to hospital emergency departments for mental health emergency care. The course is conducted online.
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Steven Holcomb came to Sochi to win two Olympic medals in men's bobsled. The defending Olympic champion in four-man, he hoped they would be gold medals. But bronze has a nice sheen.
On a warm Sunday afternoon at the Sanki Sliding Center, Holcomb drove USA-1, with Curt Tomasevicz, Steve Langton, and Chris Fogt, to third place in four-man bobsled. The medal matches the bronze he won with Langton in two-man last Monday. It also marks Holcomb's third 62-year Olympic record. In 2010, he led the first U.S. sled to win four-man gold in 62 years, then won Team USA's first two-man medal in 62 years earlier this week, and now becomes the first U.S. driver to medal in both two- and four-man in 62 years.
With two bronze medals, Holcomb and Langton join figure skaters Meryl Davis and Charlie White as the only U.S. athletes to win multiple medals at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Add in his gold from the Vancouver Games, and Holcomb is the only American bobsled driver in history to win three Olympic medals.
"In less than a week's time, I've gone from an Olympic medalist to a three-time Olympic medalist," said Holcomb. "That's kind of cool."
"Really?" said Langton. "I had no idea. It's obviously a great thing. Any medal is a great thing."
USA-1 finished 0.39 of a second behind Russia-1, driven by Alexander Zubkov, who won his second gold of the Games.
After a brilliant second run Saturday, the Latvians leapfrogged the Americans for the silver medal spot.
Even though bronze is a different shade than gold, Holcomb was content. Long before the Sochi Games began, the 33-year-old three-time Olympian knew it would be difficult to defend the 2010 gold medal in four-man - and to win any medal in two-man. The Russians would be racing a home track. And the Sanki track isn't a high-pressure track, the type on which Holcomb - who drives best by the feel of the track - excels.
As Holcomb said all week, he felt like an underdog.
"I would much prefer to come out here and win by 0.39 (than lose by that much)," he said. "But it's a fight. The Russians are going to be faster, it's their country, their home ice, and they've had more trips than anybody down the track. We did the best we could and came out with a medal. I'm pretty happy with that."
He was particularly happy that his strained calf held up during the four heats. USA-1 had three of the fastest start times.
But the Sanki track proved too tricky to make up time. When asked where along the track he could lose time, Holcomb said anywhere, then listed almost every curve by number. To win here, "it's all about who loses the least" time, he said.
Holcomb demonstrated this in Heat 4. With Russia-2 breathing down his tail, Holcomb made a mistake at curve five. USA-1 then proceeded to lose time the rest of the way down the track.
While the crowd anxiously waited, Holcomb knew he was probably still in the medals. On the uphill section that curves over the finish line, he peeked at the finish clock out of the corner of his eye.
"It still had green up there, so I was like, 'Oh God, don't mess this up, don't mess this up in the last two corners!'" he said.
He didn't mess up and finished with a 0.03 margin over Russia-2. Lying back in his sled, he looked relieved. He had been under huge pressure to medal
"When you win, everybody expects you to keep winning," he said. "It's not easy. These guys are tough. People are almost counting your medal in the count: 'Well, we've got Holcomb coming up, he's going to medal.' It's like whoa, let me get through training first."
Holcomb was also happy for Chris Fogt, the only guy in USA-1 who had yet to win an Olympic medal. Fogt competed in Vancouver but was in USA-2, which crashed. But in Holcomb's sled in Sochi, he was confident that he would walk away with a medal.
"You're always hoping for gold," Fogt said. "But honest truth, for my first one, I've got something. I'm very happy about that."
Langton was also in the Vancouver sled that crashed. But he won his first Olympic medal with Holcomb in the two-man last Monday.
Joking that he has a love-hate relationship with the Sanki track, Nick Cunningham drove USA-2, with Justin Olsen, Johnny Quinn and Dallas Robinson, to 12th.
So ended the 2014 Olympic Games for the U.S. Bobsled & Skeleton Federation - a successful Games with medals won in every event. With a total of six medals, the federation tied 2002 for its previous best result at an Olympic Games.
Holcomb now has time to rest his injured calf before gearing up for the next Olympic quadrennium. He will carry with him a warm glow from Sochi.
"We came here to win a medal and we did," he said. "We're leaving Olympic medalists."
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Daniel Bernhardt was born on the 31st August 1965 and raised in his hometown of Warblaufen, Bern in Switzerland. After finishing high school, he studied architectural design for four years and got his degree in Bern. At the same time he opened a martial arts school and became a very dedicated martial artist.
After completing his studies, Daniel moved to Paris and started his career as a model. He worked for designers such as Montana, Mugler, Boss, Ferre, Bogner, Cerruti, Versace, Jaene Barnes and was published in the magazines Vogue, Elle, GQ, Max, Interview, Cosmopolitan and established himself as a international Top Model.
Bernhardt moved to New York where he was cast to co-star next to Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bruce Weber's TV spot "Looking for Kicks" for Gianni Versace.
Marc Di Salle who launched Van Damme's carrier with Bloodsport, Kickboxer and Death Warrant was looking for a new action star. After years of searching Di Salle discovered Daniel Bernhardt and cast him to star in the sequel Bloodsport II.
Grand Master Hee Il Cho, a ninth degree black belt in Tae-kwon-do and a member of the hall of fame took Bernhardt under his wings and prepared him for Bloodsport II.
Simultaneously Daniel studied acting with Sale Dano and Sandy Marshal and prepared himself for the film.
Daniel's first movie was filmed in 1994, a low-budget sci-fi action movie called Future War, to be released in 1995. Although co-starring Robert Z'dar (Maniac Cop), the movie suffered terribly from its low budget and messy plot and ended up becoming an infamous fan-favorite on the Mystery Science Theater 3000 TV show - however this failed to disguise Daniel's terrific fighting skills, performing all his own stunts and even acting as fight choreographer for the film.
In the beginning of 1995, Bernhardt shot Bloodsport II in Thailand with co-stars James Hong (Big Trouble in Little China) and Pat Morita (Karate Kid). The film was released theatrically in the United States. Later that year he went to Sri Lanka and shot Bloodsport III with co-star John-Rhys Davis (Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings Trilogy).
In 1996 Bernhardt shot True Vengeance in LA with co-stars Miles O'Keeffe (Tarzan, the Ator series) and Beverly Johnson. Afterwards he went to the Ukraine and shot Black Sea Raid (now known as Special Forces).
Later that year Daniel teamed up with writer-director Sheldon Lettich (Lionheart, Double Impact, Rambo III) and shot Perfect Target in Mexico with co-star Robert England (Nightmare on Elmstreet).
Bernhardt is very dedicated to his acting. Currently he studies acting with Harry Mastrogeorge in Los Angeles.
Daniel soon found a new passion in writing and wrote his first script, a boxing movie, called the Lightning Kid. Currently he's writing the Shaolin Monk. Daniel is also a passionate photographer.
In 1998-99 he was cast in the TV-show Mortal Kombat Conquest, produced by Larry Kasanoff (True Lies, Mortal Kombat) in association with New Line Cinema, a Time Warner Company, Distributed by Warner Brothers Television. Mortal Kombat Conquest aired on WB and TNT and was the new NR. 1 syndicated show on television.
After finishing Mortal Kombat Conquest in 1999, Daniel did publicity for the show and appeared on several TV Talk Shows such as Extra, Donny and Marie, X-Show, TV-Guide Channel, Blitzlicht (Germany) and some local news and radio shows all over the country.
In the beginning of 2000 he was cast in The Librarians, an action film shot in Florida. He co-starred with William Forsythe, Erika Elaniak, Andre Divoff and Burt Reynolds. However, due to distribution complications the movie was delayed by 4 years before finally having been released in November 2004.
Throughout 2001 and into 2002, Daniel kept himself busy, finding time to star in the biological warfare thriller, Global Effect, alongside Midchen Amick (Twin Peaks) and Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy). Like The Librarians, the movie suffered some distribution setbacks, but was thankfully released in September 2003 on DVD in North America.
In 2002 he achieved his largest motion-picture role - in The Matrix Reloaded, sequel to the 1999 original. Whilst not a starring role, Daniel's supporting character has certainly given him the exposure he truly deserves. Playing Agent Johnson, this not only is Daniel's first supporting-role, it's also his first villainous part! Combining his own martial arts prowess with the physics-defying universe of the Matrix, Daniel provides a jaw-dropping performance during the movie's much-famed 'highway-chase' scene!
He became a father to his first daughter on the 15th of May 2003, the night after the premiere of The Matrix Reloaded in cinemas worldwide.
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It's Wednesday and time for another FAQ session. Here are five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 How do I bring the Corona window back to the desktop? Answer This is a common issue with Windows programs where the window will disappear if it's on an external display and the program is restarted without the display. The program is not hung, just trying to display the window on a non-existent display. This can occur with the Corona Windows Simulator (this is not an issue with the Mac Simulator) and here are the steps for getting back the window: Right click on the Corona Simulator tab in the task bar Click on "move" Press an arrow key (left, right, up or down) Move the move until
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It's Wednesday and time for another FAQ session. Here are five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 Now that you added the Lua File System (LFS), how can I use it to get a list of files in the /Documents directory? Answer The Lua File System was added starting with Corona build 2012.805. You can read the tutorial here. The LFS now makes it possible to create, delete, and access subdirectories. The key to all of this is creating a string containing the path to the directory. In iOS and Android, there are three main directories: Resource, Temporary, and Documents and they are accessed using Corona constants. These userdata constants need to be converted to a string so they can be used with the LFS.
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It's Wednesday and time for another FAQ session. Here are five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 When I create functions, I sometimes get error messages saying the function name was nil. I play with the code until the error goes away. What are the rules for getting it right?
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It's Wednesday and time for another five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 Why do images take longer to load on the new iPad (retina)? Answer This issue came up when a user was using large JPEG images on the new iPad Retina and noticed the time to load the images were a lot higher than on the iPad2. One of the reasons is the new iPad accepts larger image sizes, but we also found out a few things that might help if you have images that take a long time to load. First off, use non-progressive JPEGs. Progressive JPEG take longer to load. How you compress JPEGs makes a difference in load times. Compressing to 70% or 80% can cut down the time to
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(Part 5) Automated Testing on Android Devices: Bringing everything together through shell scripts
There has been a lot of material presented over the last four parts. In this final part, we will finally go into some detail about our automated testing system for Android. We will also finally get an opportunity to bring everything together by looking a little more how our shell scripts orchestrate the test run and connect components from the previous parts. Android was a lot easier to setup automated on-device tests than iOS because the entire toolchain is command line driven. But ironically, actually running the tests has been more unreliable for us, mostly due to some bug related to adb. For some reason we can't explain, adb will hang on us and it will not allow us to communicate with our device. This has
(Part 4) Automated Testing on the iOS Simulator: Scripting Bridge/LuaCocoa & System Events
We allow Corona developers to also build for the Xcode iOS Simulator. Sometimes the simulator is preferable to our Mac or Windows simulator because the Xcode Simulator behaves more like a real device. Since we officially support the Xcode Simulator, we run our automated tests on the Xcode iOS Simulator to help verify our stuff actually works. While we could theoretically reuse the same process of scripting Xcode that we described in Part 2, we opted for a slightly different approach. As described in Part 2, Xcode 4 broke everything so we didn't want to put this in the same critical path. Furthermore, Xcode 4 has some very nice speed improvements and reduces our build times to almost half. So instead, we simply use the command
(Part 3) Automated Testing on Mobile Devices with Lua: TestMore & LuaSocket
As stated in Part 1, we use lua-TestMore for our testing and reporting. The output format is called TAP (Test Anything Protocol) . It is human readable and simple. TestMore and TAP are widely used enough that there are tools available to help you use it.
(Part 2) Automated Testing on iOS Devices: Automating Xcode with Scripting Bridge via LuaCocoa
Now that you've seen the overview of the whole system, I'm going to talk about on-device testing on iOS first because this has been where we have endured the most pain.


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Who knew Eliot Spitzer was such an Israel apologist? Guest-hosting on MSNBC, the former New York governor tries to get an uncooperative Glenn Greenwald to accept Israel's assault on the aid flotilla and Israel's devastating blockade of Gaza as "reasonable."
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Slim Xbox 360 Ditches RROD for Soothing, Green Ring of Death
There are a lot of things the recently confirmed slimmer, Xbox 360 Elite can do, like store more data and connect to the Web via built-in Wi-Fi. But one thing the glossy, svelte console can't do is glow red when it inevitably breaks. According to some specs that Joystiq received, the new console won't show a Red Ring of Death (RROD) when it experiences a fatal error. Now, that doesn't mean this new version of Microsoft's console is invincible. There just isn't a red LED light built into the slimmer Xbox 360, so a console failure will cause a green ring to light-up. Maybe Microsoft thinks a simple color change will prevent the publicity nightmare brought on by the RROD. Apparently, it must be too much to ask that the company just ship consoles that aren't buggy and prone to errors. [From: Joystiq, via: Engadget]


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Doc Rivers and GM Danny Ainge plan to talk through the weekend and have an answer on the coach's future with Celtics on Monday, according to Yahoo! Sports.
Pau Gasol (calf) went through on-court drills on Friday and wrote that he's "getting closer to [a] return."
Andrea Bargnani (strained calf, hamstring) injured himself during Friday's practice and he will not play vs. the 76ers on Saturday.
Nerlens Noel may have premeditated the flagrant foul he delivered to Eric Bledsoe just after tip-off on Friday, as Bledsoe was "tipped off" that it was coming before the game.
Kevin Martin (broken right wrist) will be examined in the next few days to determine if his injury requires surgery.
Damian Lillard torched the Bulls for his best game of the season during Friday's 105-87 win, making 7-of-9 from the field for 21 points with six rebounds, nine assists, one steal and four 3-pointers in just 26 minutes.
Nikola Mirotic stepped up with Taj Gibson (ankle) getting hurt against the Blazers on Friday, scoring a career-high 24 points with 11 rebounds, two assists and four 3-pointers in 35 minutes.
Coach Tom Thibodeau downplayed the ankle injury suffered by Taj Gibson on Friday night against the Blazers, saying he didn't think it was serious despite Gibson leaving the arena on crutches and in a walking boot.
John Wall had his way with Kyrie Irving in a 91-78 win on Friday, scoring 28 points with six rebounds, seven assists, four steals and one 3-pointer.
Bradley Beal played 32 minutes off the bench against the Cavs on Friday, scoring 12 points with five rebounds, five assists, three steals and two 3-pointers.
LeBron James scored 22 points in a loss to the 91-78 loss to the Wizards on Friday to go with four rebounds, four assists, one steal, one block and two 3-pointers in 39 minutes.
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ARTISTS-IN-LABS: Networking in the Margins
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Networking in the Margins is about sharing information in the margins where immersive learning can expand the exact sciences and demand a more robust level of dialogue from the humanities and the arts. At base of these margins, sits an attitude, which values mixed levels of fantasy, reality and logic and accepts unexpected results. Therefore, this new edition will feature how the AIL artists from the disciplines of sculpture, installation, performance and sound and AIL partner scientists from the disciplines of physics, computer technologies, environmental ecology and cognitive analysis have complimented each others research from 2006 to 2009. While scientists have certainly learnt about art, artists have become more involved in ethical and social debates about scientific discovery in relation to society. In this book the potentials of networking in these margins are reflected upon by 9 prominent authors, 12 artists and 12 leading scientific researchers from various Laboratories.
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Brooke Hogan recently revealed on Twitter that she experienced an earthquake for the first time in her life. The former TNA knockout is now living in Los Angeles, where she is still attempting to launch her music career.
Aside from being one of the most known tag teams of all time, the British Bulldogs were cousins. Dynamite Kid's father was the brother of Davey Boy Smith's mother.
According to his daughter, the Dynamite Kid has been recovering well from a series of strokes. The former WWE star acknowledges that it will be a long road towards complete recovery, though.
WWE is reporting that Dynamite Kid, one half of the famous British Bulldog tag team with Davey Boy Smith, has suffered from a stroke several times over the last couple of days.
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To mark IDC Herzliya's 20th anniversary, we spent a day following Prof. Uriel Reichman, IDC's founder and president, and Jonathan Davis, VP for External Relations, around its delightful campus.
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The terrorist's wife will now have to return to the Palestinian Authority, following the decision by Interior Minister Gilad Erdan.
Egypt's al-Sisi is in an expansionist mood. He wants Israel's permission to take over Judea and Samaria.
The IDF says it will change its policies on soldiers who grow beards for religious reasons.
The proposal includes some extreme measures to fight the current wave of terrorism.
Cries of justice for Michael Brown drowned out any call for justice for Police Officer Daryl Wilson.
Yitzhak called you Esav and you answered him, then he called you Yaakov and you also answered him!"
Cloistered captain Obama, touts his talents and has the temerity to taunt Bibi,his besieged ally
The Kinneret rose 3.5 centimeters overnight due to the heavy rainstorm that hit the country.
The father-son team recently gave a check to the family of Druze policeman Zidan Saif for his role in stopping the Har Nof Massacre.
Undoubtedly, once he's "former president Obama" he'll join anti-Israel Jimmy Carter against Israel.
The police fought hard to not have it revealed that Netanel Arami was murdered in a Petach Tikva terror attack, but now a court has lifted the gag order…
The three were walking along the side of the highway when the accident happened.
Former PM Ariel Sharon succinctly said, "the fate of Netzarim (Gush Katif) is the fate of Tel-Aviv."
A device, a gas canister with wires, was left near the Shavei Shomron intersection this morning, designed to look like a bomb.
The silly people on the left have created a new campaign to try and force the rest of the country to capitulate to their suicidal fantasies, this time by riding trains and imposing themselves onto other people's conferences.
A Jerusalem woman is trying to hold on to her umbrella while withdrawing some cash at a Meah Shearim ATM, Sunday, March 9, 2014. The rain appeared out of the blue (which is how rain should), after a warm week that started to feel like summer. Well, it don't feel like summer no more. Last […]
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Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Status of Occurrence: Confirmed Occurrence
Distribution: Locally Abundant
Chemical Composition: Barium carbonate
Chemical Formula: BaCO3
Method(s) of Verification: Dolyhir Quarry - XRD at the National Museum of Wales; all other occurrences have been identified by visual methods.
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- Carbonates
Geological Context:
- Hydrothermal: Mississippi Valley Type veins
- Hydrothermal: epithermal polymetallic veins & pipes
Unusual elongated prismatic witherite crystals on Precambrian sediments from Dolyhir Quarry. Photo D.I. Green © D.I. Green.
Pyramidal witherite crystals from Pennant Mine, St. Asaph, Clwyd. National Museum of Wales Collection (NMW 83.41G.M.5437), ex R.J. King Collection. Photo D.I. Green, © National Museum of Wales.
Hexagonal witherite crystal aggregate on matrix. Llantrisant, Mid Glamorgan. I.E. Jones Collection. Photo M.P. Cooper, © National Museum of Wales.
Introduction: witherite occurs typically, along with baryte and other Ba-bearing minerals, in low-temperature hydrothermal mineral veins, frequently of Mississippi Valley type (MVT) affinity. Other commonly associated mnerals include calcite, sphalerite and galena. Witherite is identified by the fact that it is very dense for a nonmetallic mineral (a property shared with baryte) and its effervescence in dilute hydrochloric acid, demonstrating that it is a carbonate. The association with low-temperature vein mineralization is also diagnostic.
Occurrence in Wales: the earliest account of witherite in Wales appears to be that made by Davies (1810) in which he described, 'barytes united with carbonic acid, the terra ponderosa aërata, at Pennant, between St Asaph and Holywell'. Phillips (1823) referred directly to witherite from 'Flintshire, near St Asaph'. This rather vague locality information, repeated by Greg & Lettsom (1858), almost certainly corresponds with Pennant Mine where witherite was actively mined during the early 20th century (Carruthers et al., 1915). To the south, in the Central Wales Orefield, Smyth (1848) described the occurrence of witherite from Penyclun Mine, 'exhibiting in its druses well-formed crystals, formed by the combination of the rhomboidal prism with the double six-sided pyramid'. An original specimen of Penyclun witherite, from Smyth's collection, is held by the National Museum of Wales. In the early twentieth century, Carruthers et al. (1915) undertook a detailed review of barium mineralisation in Wales and they also noted, in addition to the above occurrences, the presence of witherite at several mines in the Llangynog Orefield and at further localities in Central Wales. Further minor occurrences have subsequently been identified by mineralogists at localities in South Wales, particularly in the Llantrisant area, and from Dolyhir Quarry in the Borderlands, where some fine specimens have been obtained in recent years.
Key Localities:
- Bryntail Mine, Llanidloes, Powys: noted by Jones (1922). Baryte is the chief Ba-bearing mineral at this mine, unlike the nearby Penyclun Mine where the reverse is the case. However, massive witherite is present on the dumps just east of the farmhouse.
- Cwm Orog Mine, Llangynog, Powys: witherite was recorded at this and neighbouring mines by Carruthers et al. (1915). Some fine specimens are known from Cwm Orog, which is significantly richer in Ba minerals than the neighbouring localities (e.g. NMW 87.21G.M.24). Also recorded from Craig Rhiwarth, Craig-y-Mwyn and Llangynog mines.
- Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys: well-crystallized witherite was obtained in 2002, when hand specimens showing elongated prismatic crystals up to 10 mm in length with shallow pyramidal terminations were found in veins hosted by Precambrian metasediments. Further specimens have been found since. The veins in which the witherite occurs are sulphide-poor, being dominated by baryte and calcite with subordinate barytocalcite and harmotome.
- Gorn Mine, Llanidloes, Powys: recorded by Carruthers et al. (1915), and noted by Jones (1922) and Bevins & Mason (1997), witherite occurs as compact, radiating nodular masses surrounded by clay, which may reach several centimetres in size. The occurrence, which is texturally quite different to those at Penyclun and the other mines on the Van Lode (below), was reported by Jones (1922) to be spatially separate from that of the Pb-Zn ores at the mine.
- Halkyn Mountain, Clwyd: a single ex R.J. King specimen in the National Museum of Wales Collection (NMW 83.41G.M5435) is labelled as 'witherite with calcite, Halkyn mines'. No other specimens are known from this area.
- Llantrisant area, South Wales: occurs in cavities in the Triassic Dolomitic Conglomerate along the Llantrisant Bypass road-cuttings, and also at old, small neighbouring lead-mines such as Cefn-Parc and Rhiwsaeson (Bowler & Kingston, 1971; Alabaster, 1990).
- Pennant Mine, St Asaph, Clwyd: 'in pockets in association with baryte in lead- and zinc-bearing veins' (Carruthers et al., 1915).
- Penyclun Mine, Llanidloes, Powys: noted by Smyth (1848) and by Carruthers et al. (1915), witherite occurs in some abundance at Penyclun, where large, vuggy blocks of it used to be common on the tips. Fine specimens, with colourless to white platy translucent to transparent aggregates of witherite crystals to 20 mm, have been obtained from this site (e.g. Morgan & Starkey, 1991). Associated minerals are baryte, sphalerite, galena and calcite.
- Alabaster, C., 1990. Alstonite and barytocalcite from Llantrisant, South Wales and barytocalcite from Holwell, Mendip Hills, England. Journal of the Russell Society, 3, 1-6.
- Bevins, R.E. & Mason, J.S., 1997. Welsh metallophyte and metallogenic evaluation project: Results of a minesite survey of Dyfed and Powys. CCW Contract Science Report No. 156. National Museums & Galleries of Wales.
- Bowler, C.M.L. & Kingston, G.A., 1971. Mineralisation in the Triassic rocks of the Llantrisant area, Glamorgan. 1970 Gregynog Mineral Exploitation Colloquium Report. University College Cardiff, 30-34.
- Carruthers, R.G., Eastwood, T., Wilson, G.V., Pocock, R.W. & Wray, D.A., 1915. Barytes and witherite. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain, 2.
- Cotterell, T.F., Green, D.I., Hubbard, N., Mason, J.S., Starkey, R.E. and Tindle, A.G., 2011. The Mineralogy of Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, 32, 5-61.
- Davies, W., 1810. General view of the agriculture and domestic economy of North Wales. London. 510 pp.
- Greg, R.P. & Lettsom, W.G., 1858. Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John van Voorst, London, 483pp.
- Jones, O.T., 1922. Lead and zinc. The mining district of North Cardiganshire and West Montgomeryshire. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Special Report of the Mineral Resources of Great Britain, 20.
- Morgan, D. & Starkey, R., 1991. Harmotome from Pen-y-Clun Mine, Llanidloes, Dyfed, Wales, U.K. Journal of Mines and Minerals, No. 10, 4-6.
- Phillips, W., 1823. An elementary introduction to the knowledge of Mineralogy. 3rd edition. London. 406pp.
- Smyth, W.W., 1848. On the mining district of Cardiganshire and Montgomeryshire. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 2, part 2, 655-684.


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Sunday I paid a visit to my favorite old building in downtown Vancouver, WA. It is a gorgeous old decayed building on the site of the Academy Tower grounds. The same building this photo and this photo were taken. I wanted to see how HDR would fair on my favorite local subject. On an overcast, but dry, day this was my best result utilizing three bracketed exposures each at 2 stops. I really need to take several more trips back to shoot this location before it's gone. I have a suspicion that they're going to demolition it here sometime soon.
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Meet the 2014 Hot Husbands Finalists
We started with over 1500 submissions and narrowed it down to these 25 sexy and sweet contenders now it's up to you to decide who will be crowned the Hottest Husband in America. Read their stories, check out their pictures, then cast your vote.
James Hasty, 38
Hometown: Harrisburg, NC
Profession: Financial advisor
Family: Married 12 years; father to Jake, 7, Seth, 5, Aubrey, 3, and Taylor, 1
Nope, that's not Blake Shelton you're looking at, but you wouldn't be the first person to confuse James Hasty with The Voice star. "People stop James daily to tell him he looks like Blake," says his wife, Meghann, 32. But when she first spotted him 14 years ago, James wasn't exactly the charming cowboy type. "Oh, Lord! I met him in a pool hall when I was a senior in high school. He had a cigarette behind his ear, a scruffy beard, and was nursing his third beer. I thought he was so hot and looked like a bad, bad boy," she says. The two started dating despite their six-year age difference, and it turns out, this bad boy is a great husband and father. "We have four kids under the age of 7, and things get pretty crazy in our house. James always makes my needs a priority," Meghann says. "He builds our kids climbing walls and monkey bars, plays dollhouse with our daughter, and has 'talk time' with them before bed. He's the dad I always dreamed of for my kids." James is also in touch with his sensitive side—when he proposed to Meghann, he read her his journal entries about everything he'd been looking for in a woman. "He told me I was the one he was praying and waiting for all those years." Look out, Blake, you've got some serious heartthrob competition.


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Six years ago, Kathy Mullen's mother became severely ill. Upon release from the hospital, she and her siblings would play a major role in their mother's recovery. "We were taught things like how to administer medication and change a PICC line," says Kathy. "The whole experience really piqued my interest in medicine, but I didn't act on it right away."
The thought of a career change continued to seep into her thoughts. As a legal transcriber, her job would frequently take her up and down I-66 in Northern Virginia…right by ECPI's Manassas campus. "Each time I glanced over, I would get this feeling that somehow we were connected," she says. "I know it sounds silly, but I have felt a real connection to ECPI for the longest time. One day, two years ago, I couldn't drive by without stopping. It was like God was telling me, 'Kathy, it's time.' I turned to my kids, who were in the car that day, and told them, I needed to make a stop."
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Today, Kathy is a fulltime Medical Assistant with Manassas Internal Medicine. "First I want to thank the good Lord for all He has brought into my life, and I want to thank all the great people at ECPI for the time they took in educating and encouraging me. I will never forget everyone there who touched my life, and YES, I highly recommend EPCI to anyone looking to go to school."