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Marmot Flurry still FS
Just a toasty Marmot Flurry left, any takers? Its basically a double thick, wider cut thermawrap. IMO its at least twice as warm as my thermawrap with a burlier shell, and over twice the weight. ...
Ion pending-SOLD
The Ion is pending payment and a couple people are in line. EDIT-Ion is sold
Re: poles and pad
Just checking to see if you received my reply via PM.
Prices reduced again
Prolite 4 small now $40 SOLD Marmot Ion $20 SOLD _Marmot Flurry $50! Merrell Fluid $60 SOLD MH Typhoon $60 SOLD Komperdells $30 SOLD While its not UL, these items would make good tran...
Re: Jim/ Ion
Ion is pending with another member, I'll let you know asap
New lower prices posted
Anyone? Make me an offer
Thanks guys
Thank you both, I appreciate the info. I'll check out Steve's website as well. Jay- would you let me know how your system on the Trinty trip works out? Enjoy the mountains, I used to l...
Still works-thanks!
It worked 10/03. Muchos gracias, it saves me from impulse buying single issues each year.
GG thinlite with neo air for winter
I was wondering if anyone had winter (on snow) field use and feedback with the combo of a full length thinlite and a neo air. I currently have a med neo and was wondering whether to get the 1/8&qu...
FS: womens MH Typhoon gtx paclite size XS. Like new. ~11.3 oz. Color is lt blue/grey. shipped for $60 SOLD
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Montbell Extremely Light Down Jacket
MB just barely missed the mark w/this one. What is nearly a perfect rendition of the UL jacket, is missing some sort of waist hem retention. Whether it is an UL drawcord hem or elastic (like on the ...
GoLite GoLite customer service
I've had better.. Long story, but Golite did eventually (kind-of) resolve the issue, after much prodding on my part.
WL Gore & Associates WL Gore & Associates
Similar to Patrick's prior experience with WL Gore's CS, I too have been the beneficiary of new gear thanks to their prompt and courteous service. No complaints here on two occasions. Good...
Pro Lite Gear customer service
I have been a long-time customer and can say nothing but good things about the customer service at ProLite Gear. I am posting this in thanks to them and their excellent service.
Mammut Lucido TXLite
4.5/5 This would be my actual rating due to its unregulated nature, but I'll bump it up since most headlamps of its kind fall into this category. Super bright and long lasting with 3AAA'...
ULA Circuit
Pretty much amazing. I've carried this pack through multiple states and its a champion. A bit heavier than some other ul packs but carries like a champ from 15 to 25ish lbs. Volume may be a b...
Probar Energy Bar
I'd truly give a 4.5/5 just due to the high price. Well, they say you get what you pay for. And this is true with probar. They've been my staple (Art's OG, Superfood, and Berry) for a ...
MSR Mini Titan Cookset
Been using the titan 1.5L w/out its partnered 1 L for about 6 months now on dozens of trips w/out a complaint. Its cooks for two just fine as well as being large enough for melting snow. The 1.5L ...


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Oceansby Juan Ramon Jimenez
English version by Robert Bly
Original Language Spanish
I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
And nothing
happens! Nothing...Silence...Waves...
--Nothing happens? Or has everything happened,
and are we standing now, quietly, in the new life?
|-- from News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness, Edited by Robert Bly
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I was introduced to this poem several years ago by Silvine Farnell (deeperintopoetry.com). And its words are still with me.
The poem is just a bit haunting, isn't it? It speaks to us of depths and a hidden "great thing." How the most momentous encounter with mystery is mute. Silent. As if nothing happens.
Or has everything happened,
and are we standing now, quietly, in the new life?
Recommended Books: Juan Ramon Jimenez
|The Winged Energy of Delight
|News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness
|The Soul is Here for its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures
|Invisible Reality
|Time and Space: A Poetic Autobiography
|More Books >>

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Ever want to unfollow folks just for a little while, until they're over relentlessly tweeting about whatever obsession has overtaken their stream at the moment?
Well, now you can. Not only can you temporarily unfollow though, you can send them a note telling them why you're temporarily unfollowing them and alerting them to their new home in the @TwitDoghouse. Or you can just be sneaky about it and not tell them too!
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Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Tenure Track Faculty Positions
Assistant Professor of Nursing – Long Term Care Emphasis (#466)
Assistant Professor of Nursing – Medical Surgical Emphasis (#467)
Assistant Professor of Nursing – Psychiatric / Mental Health Emphasis (#469)
Assistant Professor of Nursing – Instruction & Simulation (#470)
Academic Calendar Year: 32 weeks (Flexible hours spread over Fall, Winter, Summer)
Annual Salary Range: $52,991 (Master's Degree)
Reports to: Associate Dean, School of Workforce Development
GRCC is seeking faculty who possess an interest in working with diverse student populations from a wide range of age, ethnicity, national origin and ability; engage in and develop innovative teaching strategies; effectively assess student learning outcomes; demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and professional development; and provide service to our students, the college, and our community at large.
Faculty members are responsible to GRCC and to each other for the successful completion of departmental work, as well as work associated with the School of Workforce Development and GRCC as a whole. In addition to the major position responsibilities, it is expected that faculty demonstrate outstanding communications skills, collaborate effectively, use personal initiative to overcome obstacles and work efficiently to meet deadlines. In an environment where innovation is valued, each faculty member will take responsibility to perform their work in a manner consistent with both the letter and the spirit of GRCC values.
To apply for these positions, please visit our website at www.grcc.edu/jobs. Grand Rapids Community College is only accepting online applications for this position. Submit a cover letter, resume, unofficial transcripts, and three professional reference letters. The opportunity to apply for these positions will close on October 3, 2013. Individuals with diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Grand Rapids Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Major Teaching Responsibilities:
- Teach Practical and Associate Degree nursing courses, both clinical and didactic with an emphasis on Long-Term Care.
- Work with tenured faculty and assigned mentor to ensure consistent standards and instructional practices within each course.
- Lead, advise and support adjunct faculty to ensure consistent standards and instructional practices within each course.
- Effectively assess, document, and advise students regarding their academic and clinical performance.
- Demonstrate a commitment to a learning centered environment in the classroom.
- Incorporate new technologies and methods for enhanced teaching and learning into instructional methods.
Major Professional Development Responsibilities:
- Engage in on-going professional development to maintain expertise in the field and communicate outcomes with faculty and administration.
- Maintain professional licensure.
Major Student Service Responsibilities:
- Advise students on curriculum, academic programs, and employment and career goals.
- Participate in departmental student academic advising plans.
- Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of students from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of abilities.
Department and College Service Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the growth and development of the Program and the College by participating in academic program review; curriculum development, evaluation and revision; committee membership; department and advisory committee meetings.
- Analyze program, course and student outcome data.
- Communicate clearly with students, staff, faculty and administration.
- Assist the Program Director in the preparation of reports and other required documents.
- Contribute to program accreditation processes and reports as determined by the Nursing Programs Director.
- Assist in marketing and promoting of departmental and college programs and events.
- Promote the department by creating partnerships with state and local communities, health care facilities and schools.
- Adhere to college processes, policies and contractual obligations.
- Support the College's Strategic Plan through departmental and college action projects as appropriate.
- Support the department and the college through other work normally expected of GRCC faculty members.
Minimum Requirements:
- Master's Degree in Nursing. Candidates currently enrolled in a Master's program may be considered.
- Current, unencumbered Michigan RN license or eligibility.
- Recent experience in nursing practice or nursing education.
- Minimum of 2 years direct clinical experience.
- Experience in nursing education curriculum design and utilization of education technology.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Community College experience or experience teaching adult learners.
- Teach Practical and Associate Degree nursing courses, both clinical and didactic with an emphasis on Med/Surg.
- Teach Practical and Associate Degree nursing courses, both clinical and didactic with an emphasis on Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing
- Teach Practical and Associate Degree clinical and didactic nursing courses.
- Assume responsibility for the implementation of day to day activities in the simulation lab to include: facility and equipment set-up for teaching sessions; ensure simulation materials are current and relevant; trouble shoot malfunctions as required and/or directed by manufacturers; make recommendations and maintain inventory for purchase of equipment, supplies, and materials
- Participate in teaching-related simulation activities, such as, running scenarios with faculty instructors, demonstrating and writing simulator instructions for users, and teaching instructors on the use of the simulator(s).
- Contribute to the development of course and lab policies, procedures, and practices for the simulation lab.
- Provide departmental leadership in simulation.
- Recent experience in preparing and organizing simulation laboratory and demonstration materials.
- Minimum of 5 years direct clinical experience.
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There are many planned events by the Illuminati and is one major one that there is going to be a coming food shortage in America? Should America prepare for the coming food shortage if there will be one? If the answer to the first two answers is YES, then how can we prepare?
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(Food has been used as a weapon before!)
WHERE COULD WE CURRENTLY (Nov. 2014) BE ON THE CHART OF REVELATION?
This page will help to answer those three questions!!
The New World Order plans to eliminate two thirds of the world's population, and the major vehicle will be war and famine!! Both are weapons!! See the 2nd, 3rd and the 4th Seals, which are just the beginning of sorrows. (Rev.6:4) There will be many avenues by which they plan to starve you, like they are starving millions around the world already!
I already know that there will be some that believe that Yah/God will supernaturally protect them, and there is no need to store food to eat or have a water filtration system for good drinking water anywhere, or actually do anything but have faith that He will protect you.
In my estimation that philosophy or mindset is dangerous, and worldly. Faith is what unbelievers teach in the world (that which is outside Yah's Kingdom) all the time.
What you should have is faith in Yah's Word, not faith in faith. I hope you see the difference!
Let's see what it says!
" . . . and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places." (Matt.24:7) These are planned events by the NWO, before Yah's judgments fall on those who are of the world!
Most people don't live on farms, to store up food after the harvest, as we just simply go to the corner grocery store. What if they run out of food for any reason? (Proverbs 6:6-15)
Joseph stored up food in Egypt. (Gen. 41:53-57)
Even the disciples, via admonition from a prophet paid heed. (Acts 11:27-29) We have Yahshua's word above that there would be famines in the last days. Should we pay heed, and be able to help those in need as the disciples did?
However, I do believe that during the last 3 1/2 years of the Great Tribulation, that precedes our Savior and Lord Yahshua's return, that He will supernaturally feed his 144,000, and I also know that there is no guarantee that outside that, that He will supernaturally do it, so I believe until then, we must be prudent and do the obvious and do it ourselves.
Heed the warning!
And Be Part Of the Solution, Not the Problem!
Prepare for the tribulation that is coming soon to America and the world!
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These are serious times folks. We don't go through all the time and hassle to make available all these survival products to just make a few dollars (and I do mean a few)! We offer them as part of our ministry. If we only told you the problems we are going to face and that you needed to prepare, and did not give you the opportunity and help you to prepare by offering the things you need to prepare for them, then in my estimation, I would be derelict in my duty and calling!
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Tips for students
The Axiom Brass Online Masterclass Series
Organize Your Practicing.
Organize your practicing! Before you pick up your instrument, write down your goals for that specific practicing session. Try to be as clear as possible with what you want to accomplish. After you decide what you want, plan how to achieve these goals. For instance, if you are working on a solo, before you start practicing the solo for the day, figure out what sections need your attention, and what kind of work they need. Finally, map out the way to best work on these sections. Don't forget to be very patient while you are executing your plan. As Vincent DiMartino once told me, there are two Ps for successful practicing. Planning and Patience.


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We don't get the recent GTA IV backlash. At all. GTA IV was amazing. Deep down, everyone knows it. Though even we'd admit that once you'd plowed through Niko's story, what remained was hardly the greatest example of raucous sandbox fun...
The anti-GTA IV, Saints Row 2 puts all this right. It's almost as if devs Volition took stock of the response to Rockstar's epic and, gazing past all the hyperbole and 10/10 scores, realised that huge swathes of the game's fanbase simply didn't care about ultra-realistic physics or "Oscar-winning" narratives; they just wanted to romp around in a hot dog suit pimping hoes, gutting pedestrians with samurai swords and spraying cops with feces. So they set out to make that exact game – and, it has to be said, have succeeded.
Saints 2's "plot" – some guff about taking back Stilwater from a bunch of new gangs – is so wafer-thin it's barely worth a mention. However, any excuse for the utterly brilliant missions the game then proceeds to throw at you is alright by us. Where else could you blast away with an unlimited ammo rocket launcher while your homie throws his car off the roof of a mansion, or base-jump from the inside of a skyscraper after priming the joint with TNT? Reinforce all this with some suitably over-the-top vehicle handling and solid, satisfying combat and Saints 2 has the core gameplay to back up its manifold laughs and adrenaline highs.
Technically, it has to be said that Saints 2 is an absolute mess, with Stilwater still sporting all those weird visual issues (vanishing cars, lousy frame-rate, super bad pop-up) which plagued its predecessor. However, like Mercs 2 before it, the stench of the bargain bin bizarrely adds to the sense of riotous fun. Who cares if it doesn't look like much? This game has it where it counts: heart, or maybe balls. Also crucial to mention are the inspired Character Creation tools: the likes of Oblivion and Fallout 3 might best it in the technical stakes, but are you able to conjure up a smiling, obese transsexual Asian ladyman sporting sideburns and a mullet to rule over your empire in Megaton?
Then there's that genuine sense of achievement you'll feel as you progress through the game. You can transform your various hideouts from dumps a vagrant would consider beneath his dignity into bling cribs a Premiership footballer would covet. And hands up who fancies the idea of a ninja army cruising the streets in a fleet of pimped-up Lotus Elise-alikes? Yep, us too. The game's sense of ridiculousness (and imagination) is infectious, and helps you overlook the odd stupid flaws. Also, seeing as we played through more than half the game as a crime-loving twosome we figured we'd better mention that Saints Row 2's co-op is brilliant.
So, turns out there's room in this world for both GTA IV and Saints Row 2, then. Truly, they are utterly opposite sides of the same sandbox coin. If you were in any way disappointed with Rockstar's return with Liberty City then we have absolutely no hesitation in recommending you buy this. Score one for the 3rd Street Saints.
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Jan 06 2009 - PC (US)
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Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
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The first pic is HOT!
bnw's today
^ the first guy, with the flag, is stunning!
ab fab........
I do try. some nice shorts today ?
Very Nice!
He's lovely.
WOW! Drool!
Homophobia kills!
time for my redshorts collection again
Love those red shorts and that stunning body
The great outdoors.
some more redshorts.
some more from the redshorts files.
some more from that file.
Dman, Hot stuff baby!
dunhill, you got me razed up with the red!!
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Some reclining poses
carrying on.
[QUOTE=Hawkeye7;7222743]dunhill, you got me razed up with the red!!
He fills out his suit just fine for me.
This fella.....well, he excites me.
and some more....
some more reds
A few for the evening.
Nice body.
and yet again....the red'coats'
the last of my reds.
I wish that someone would pull that string so we can see what is inside.
now that's some torso


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Prescription-only policies for pseudoephedrine access helped driving down meth-lab incidents in Oregon and Mississippi, according to a report from the US Government Accountability Office released 1/31. Other state and federal restrictions led to a reduction in meth-lab incidents nationally between 2004 and 2007, the report says, but, since then, changes in production and precursor shopping strategies are reversing that trend. View the report.
After a lengthy review process, the MARC announced three awardees for Year 6 pilot funding:
Read more about these and past pilot projects on our pilot page.
OHSU and VA investigators are invited to submit proposals for one- to two-year methamphetamine-related pilot projects between now and October 15th. Typically, the center funds three projects per year, and approximately $28,000 per project is available this year. The pilot program aims to bring new research approaches and investigators into the center. See our pilot page for details. This year the program is on a shortened schedule and funding will run November 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; investigators may apply for a second full year of support during our regular application process next spring.
Beating the odds in a tight funding climate, the MARC was awarded a second five-year research period beginning this month. The new center (dubbed "MARC2") features five cores (including the new Translational Service Core), three research components led by Drs. Hoffman, Huckans, and Phillips, and a pilot component.
Three projects ranging from novel imaging techniques to analysis of veterans' health-care outcomes make up the MARC's pilot project line-up for the coming year. Read more in the "upcoming projects" section of our pilot page.
Behavioral Neuroscience Professor, Tamara J. Phillips, Ph.D, received the 2010 Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society and presented her talk at their annual meeting on May 15, 2010 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Her talk was entitled, "Cool! I can breed for this!" and she gave highlights of her more than 30 years of research using selectively bred lines to study the genetics of addiction related traits.
Dr. Phillips is the youngest person to receive this award.
Kids in two rural communities got to explore their impulsivity levels blowing up virtual balloons and played with other educational games and activities at two rural health fairs. One took place in Madras, a high-desert town in Central Oregon, and the other in St. Helens, west of Portland on the Columbia River. Teams of graduate students from the MARC and our sister center, the Portland Alcohol Research Center, helped middle-school aged students and community members interact with several exhibits designed to promote thinking about the neurobiological underpinnings of substance use.
OHSU students Megan Herting (left) and Anita Cservenka (right) with research assistant Phoebe Smitasin prepare for an onslaught of middle-schoolers at the St. Helens health fair.
If you are an OHSU or VA scientist with an innovative methamphetamine-related research proposal, the MARC wants to hear from you. Pilot funding of about $25,000 is available for three projects related to our research themes. Proposals are due by April 5, 2010 for funding starting July 1. See our pilot application page for details.
Arrest rates for methamphetamine continued to tail off slowly this year in Oregon, down from a high of about 27 per month 100,000 residents in spring of 2007 to about 15 per 100,000 this August, according to statistics released by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (click the thumbnail above to see the report).
Overall drug arrests in the state declined over the same period, due mainly to the drop in methamphetamine arrests, the commission reported; arrests for other drugs such as marijuana and heroin held steady over the tracked period or even went up slightly.
OHSU/VA investigators Marilyn Huckans and Jennifer Loftis beat the odds to receive a two-year, $.5 million award from NIDA to carry out research on new therapeutic approaches to methamphetamine treatment. Their project, "Pre-clinical testing of a novel immunotherapy [recombinant T cell receptor ligand (RTL)] to improve cognitive recovery and brain healing following methamphetamine dependence: From mice to men" was one of more than 20,000 that NIH received for about 200 awards through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The new project builds on hypotheses that Drs. Huckans and Loftis tested in their two-year MARC pilot, "Neuroimmune mediators of cognitive impairment in methamphetamine abuse."
Charles Allen has been awarded an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. His project title is "Cellular Electrophysiology of the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei." Dr. Allen is PI of the 2009-10 MARC pilot project "Non-photic entrainment of the circadian clock: Role of methamphetamine"
William Hoffman, PI of MARC Component 7, will present findings from his fMRI work with recovering methamphetamine addicts as part of his application for joint appointment to the OHSU Department of Behavioral Neuroscience. The talk will be at 1 p.m. in VA 100, room 201.
Three projects were chosen for pilot funding in the year starting July 1. Two are renewals of current-year projects and the third brings a new investigator into the MARC. See details on the Component 8 page.
Members of the MARC Scientific Advisory Board converged in Portland for the MARC's first formal review, a day-long meeting that assessed progress and brainstormed ways to strengthen the Center's research focus.
Four projects -- two clinical and two preclinical -- were chosen for pilot funding in the year starting July 1. For details, see the pilot page.
The MARC is soliciting applications for its pilot-project component, which seeks to bring new scientific approaches and new investigators into the center's research program. Awards are for up to $25,000 per project, and support lasts one to two years. For information on applying, please see our pilot information page.
See the link: "Meth-hooked mice may help humans: OHSU research group looks at why addiction levels aren't dropping
"OHSU looks at effects of prenatal exposure to meth on learning"
Oregon Health & Science University, armed with studies showing that prenatal exposure to methamphetamine may impair learning and memory, is launching an in-depth look at the effects of meth.
The study, examining the potential role that genetics, gender and age play in learning for children exposed to meth before birth, is the first of its kind, OHSU said.
Scientists know that many meth users are of child-bearing age. But they know little about what happens to the developing brain when it's exposed to meth during pregnancy, said Jacob Raber, an associate professor at the OHSU School of Medicine.
"What we've found is that mice exposed to meth early in life show impairment in object recognition, and spatial learning and memory," said Raber, who will lead the study. "And female mice are more susceptible than male mice to meth exposure early in life. So we want to see if this is also happening in humans."
OHSU is recruiting boys and girls ages 7 to 9 for the study. Scientists want kids who were exposed to drugs, primarily meth, at any time during more than one month of pregnancy, or not exposed to any drugs, and from households with an annual income of less than $35,000 or that qualify for earned income credit or Medicaid.
For more information about the study, call Summer Acevedo at 503 494-1431 or 503 418-0182.
- Lynne Terry
Related coverage appeared on TV stations KGW, Portland; KPTV, Portland; and
KXLY, Spokane.


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LFCC Office of Workforce Solutions Hosts 2012 Disney Leadership Institute
News Release
For Immediate Release:
Jan. 25, 2012
Leslie Kelley
Communications Specialist
Phone: 540-868-7134
Fax: 540-868-4081
The Office of Workforce Solutions is bringing Disney Institute's renowned professional development program, "Disney's Approach to Leadership Excellence" program to Lord Fairfax Community College's Middletown Campus on March 20, 2012. The full-day event will allow area professionals to learn how a leader's behaviors are instrumental in conveying values, guiding strategy, and inspiring passion and interest among employees.
"This is a great opportunity for business professionals in the LFCC region to participate locally in a Disney Institute experience," said Jeff James, vice president for Disney Institute. "It's a day of Disney training that will offer dozens of easy-to-implement, proven ideas that can help transform an organization. The program is as appropriate for project managers and intact work teams as it is for leaders and senior executives."
The program will be held in the Corron Community Development Center's Thompson Conference Center and will give participants the chance to explore proven Disney leadership philosophies that encourage values that produce results and are fundamental for organizations to grow and succeed.
"In an era where everyone is competing for business and market share, strong leadership is essential for any organization to thrive," James said. "This program is made for businesses in any industry looking to build a passionate workforce dedicated to delivering products and services that exceed customer expectations."
The Disney Institute learning experience is unique in the world of training. More than business theory, the program highlights proven Disney business practices that are easily adaptable to organizations in any industry. Engaging content is presented in an entertaining fashion, providing participants with tools that can literally transform their organizations.
Program registration is $316 per person (if received by February 15, 2012) and includes all course materials. Registration after February 16 is $395. Registration includes a continental breakfast and lunch. For more information or to register, call the LFCC Office of Workforce Solutions at (540) 868-7021. More information is at http://www.LFCCworkforce.com .
Founded in 1970, Lord Fairfax Community College is a comprehensive, multi-campus public institution of higher education. Through its three locations — the Fauquier and Middletown Campuses and the Luray-Page County Center — the College serves eight localities in the Shenandoah Valley and Piedmont regions. The localities are the counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren and the city of Winchester. LFCC offers more than 75 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of disciplines, in addition to providing access to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs offered on site by a four-year institution. LFCC also serves the business community by offering workforce preparation programs for employees and employers. LFCC serves more than 9,000 unduplicated credit students and more than 11,000 individuals in professional development and business and industry courses annually.
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Mongabay.com news articles on carbon dioxide in blog format. Updated regularly.
(01/30/2012) Climate change, in the form of rising temperatures and less precipitation, is shrinking the carbon sink of western Canada's forest, according to a new study released today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Tree mortality and a general loss of biomass has cut the carbon storage capacity of Canada's boreal forests by around 7.28 million tons of carbon annually, equal to nearly 4 percent of Canada's total yearly carbon emissions.
Protecting original wetlands far preferable to restoration
(01/26/2012) Even after 100 years have passed a restored wetland may not reach the state of its former glory. A new study in the open access journal PLoS Biology finds that restored wetlands may take centuries to recover the biodiversity and carbon sequestration of original wetlands, if they ever do. The study questions laws, such as in the U.S., which allow the destruction of an original wetland so long as a similar wetland is restored elsewhere.
Acid oceans: in some regions acidification a 'hundred times greater' than natural variation
(01/24/2012) Emissions of carbon over the last two centuries have raised the acidity of the oceans to the highest levels in 21,000 years and likely beyond, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change. The change threatens a number of marine species, including coral reefs and molluscs.
One company behind U.S.'s top three biggest greenhouse gas emitters
(01/16/2012) The Atlanta-based Southern company owns the top three biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. according to recent data released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Three of Southern's coal-fired plants—two in Georgia and one in Alabama—account for around 64.74 million metric tons of total greenhouse gas emissions, higher than all of Finland's carbon emission in 2008.
Targeting methane, black carbon could buy world a little time on climate change
(01/12/2012) A new study in Science argues that reducing methane and black carbon emissions would bring global health, agriculture, and climate benefits. While such reductions would not replace the need to reduce CO2 emissions, they could have the result of lowering global temperature by 0.5 degrees Celsius (0.9 degree Fahrenheit) by mid-century, as well as having the added benefits of saving lives and boosting agricultural yields. In addition, the authors contend that dealing with black carbon and methane now would be inexpensive and politically feasible.
Ecuador makes $116 million to not drill for oil in Amazon
(01/02/2012) A possibly ground-breaking idea has been kept on life support after Ecuador revealed its Yasuni-ITT Initiative had raked in $116 million before the end of the year, breaking the $100 million mark that Ecuador said it needed to keep the program alive. Ecuador is proposing to not drill for an estimated 850 million barrels of oil in the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputinin (ITT) blocs of Yasuni National Park if the international community pledges $3.6 billion to a United Nations Development Fund (UNDF), or about half of what the oil is currently worth. The Yasuni-ITT Initiative would preserve arguably the most biodiverse region on Earth from oil exploitation, safeguard indigenous populations, and keep an estimated 410 million tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere. However, the initiative is not without its detractors, some arguing the program is little more than blackmail; meanwhile proponents say it could prove an effective way to combat climate change, deforestation, and mass extinction.
Direct air capture of CO2 to fight global warming is too expensive to be feasible
(12/09/2011) Using existing technology to 'scrub' carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere is far costlier than capturing emissions directly from the smokestacks of coal-burning power plants, reports a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Current emission pledges will raise temperature 3.5 degrees Celsius
(12/06/2011) New research announced at the 17th UN Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa finds that under current pledges for reducing emissions the global temperature will rise by 3.5 degrees Celsius (6.3 degrees Fahrenheit) from historic levels, reports the AFP. This is nearly double world nations' pledge to keep warming below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). The report flies in the face of recent arguments by the U.S. and others at Durban that current pledges are adequate through 2020.
Global carbon emissions rise 49 percent since 1990
(12/04/2011) Total carbon emissions for the first time hit 10 billion metric tons (36.7 billion tons of CO2) in 2010, according to new analysis published by the Global Carbon Project (GCP) in Nature Climate Change. In the past two decades (since the reference year for the Kyoto Protocol: 1990), emissions have risen an astounding 49 percent. Released as officials from 190 countries meet in Durban, South Africa for the 17th UN Summit on Climate Change to discuss the future of international efforts on climate change, the study is just the latest to argue a growing urgency for slashing emissions in the face of rising extreme weather incidents and vanishing polar sea ice, among other impacts.
Romney joins climate change denier camp?
(10/28/2011) Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney reversed his position on the underlying drivers of recent climate climate change, stating "we don't know what's causing climate change," reports ThinkProgress.org.
Sober up: world running out of time to keep planet from over-heating
(10/24/2011) If governments are to keep the pledge they made in Copenhagen to limit global warming within the 'safe range' of two degrees Celsius, they are running out of time, according to two sobering papers from Nature. One of the studies finds that if the world is to have a 66 percent chance of staying below a rise of two degrees Celsius, greenhouse gas emissions would need to peak in less than a decade and fall quickly thereafter. The other study predicts that pats of Europe, Asia, North Africa and Canada could see a rise beyond two degrees Celsius within just twenty years.
New study: price carbon at the point of fossil fuel extraction
(10/17/2011) Global carbon emissions are a complicated matter. Currently, officials estimate national fossil fuel-related emissions by what is burned (known as production) within a nation, but this approach underestimates the emissions contributions from countries that extract oil and oil for export. Is there a better way to account for a country's total climate change footprint?
2010 Amazon drought released more carbon than India's annual emissions
(10/09/2011) The 2010 drought that affected much of the Amazon rainforest triggered the release of nearly 500 million tons of carbon (1.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere, or more than the total emissions from deforestation in the region over the period, estimates a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
Forest carbon projects rake in $178 million in 2010
(09/29/2011) Investors funneled $178 million into forest carbon projects intended to mitigate global climate change last year, according to a new report by Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace. By trading a record 30.1 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtC02e), the market saw a 48 percent rise over 2009—including a rise in private investors over non-profits as well as greater support for the global program Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD)—shows that the burgeoning market may be beginning to make good on its promise to provide funds to save forests for their ecosystem services with an initial focus on carbon.
Rich countries must maintain commitment to reducing emissions despite slow economy, says Indonesian official
(09/22/2011) Industrialized nations must do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy consumption, said an Indonesian official speaking at a workshop on climate finance.
The Global Carbon Cycle: a book review
(09/19/2011) The Global Carbon Cycle, by Dr. David Archer, is an excellent primer on the global carbon cycle. An easily readable format, this lightweight book is an excellent companion to those who need a quick on-the-go reference or for those who need a compendium for their office or lab. With chapters on the basic carbon cycle, geologic carbon cycle, unstable ice age carbon cycle, present and future carbon cycle, and methane, The Global Carbon Cycle is an authoritative book with numerous examples explaining scientific phenomena associated the global carbon cycle.
Climate test for Obama: 1,252 people arrested over notorious oil pipeline
(09/06/2011) Two weeks of climate disobedience at the White House ended over the weekend with 1,252 people arrested in total. Activists were protesting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in an effort to pressure US President Barack Obama to turn down the project. If built the pipeline would bring oil from Alberta's tar sands through six US states down to Texas refineries. While protestors fear pollution from potential spills, especially in the Ogallala Aquifer which supplies water to millions, the major fight behind the pipeline is climate change: Canada's tar sands emit significantly more carbon than conventional sources of oil.
Australia launches limited carbon tax
(07/11/2011) Australia's 500 largest polluters will pay AU$23 ($24.60) per ton of carbon dioxide emitted beginning July 2012 under a plan announced by Australian prime minister Julia Gilliard.
Germany backs out of Yasuni deal
(06/13/2011) Germany has backed out of a pledge to commit $50 million a year to Ecuador's Yasuni ITT Initiative, reports Science Insider. The move by Germany potentially upsets an innovative program hailed by environmentalists and scientists alike. This one-of-a-kind initiative would protect a 200,000 hectare bloc in Yasuni National Park from oil drilling in return for a trust fund of $3.6 billion, or about half the market value of the nearly billion barrels of oil lying underneath the area. The plan is meant to mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity, and safeguard the rights of indigenous people.
Current carbon releases faster than at any time on record
(06/13/2011) The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a period of global warming that occurred nearly 56 million years ago due to massive releases of greenhouse gases, is frequently referenced as an analogue for projected climate change. However, recent findings suggest the current rate of carbon release is almost 10 times as rapid as at the peak of the PETM—and that biological systems may be significantly less able to adapt.
Arctic on the line: oil industry versus Greenpeace at the top of the world
(06/06/2011) At the top of the world sits a lone region of shifting sea ice, bare islands, and strange creatures. For most of human history the Arctic remained inaccessible to all but the hardiest of peoples, keeping it relatively pristine and untouched. But today, the Arctic is arguably changing faster than anywhere else on Earth due to global climate change. Greenhouse gases from society have heated up parts of the Arctic over the past half-century by 4-5 degrees Fahrenheit, leading to a staggering decline in the Arctic sea ice. The large-scale changes suffered by the Arctic have created a new debate over conservation and exploitation, a debate currently represented by the protests of Greenpeace against oil company Cairn Energy, both of whom have been interviewed by mongabay.com (see below).
Ocean acidification dissolves algae, deafens fish
(06/02/2011) As if being a major contributor to global warming wasn't enough, the increasing amount of carbon dioxide produced through human activity is also acidifying our oceans - and doing so more rapidly than at any other time in more than half a million years. New projections show that at current rates of acidification, clownfish and many species of algae may be unable to survive by 2100.
New record in global carbon emissions 'another wake-up call'
(05/31/2011) Global carbon emissions hit a new high last year proving once again that international political efforts, hampered by bickering, the blame-game, and tepidity, are failing to drive down the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing the planet to heat up. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), following a slight fall in carbon dioxide emissions due to the economic downturn, emissions again rose to a new record level in 2010: 30.6 gigatons. This is a full 5 percent higher than the past record hit in 2008. The new record puts greater doubt on the international pledge of limiting the global average temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius.
Greenpeace says McKinsey's REDD+ work could encourage deforestation
(04/07/2011) One of the world's top consultancies, McKinsey & Co., is providing advice to governments developing 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation' (REDD+) programs that could increase risks to tropical forests, claims a new report published by Greenpeace. The report, Bad Influence – how McKinsey-inspired plans lead to rainforest destruction, says that McKinsey's REDD+ cost curve and baseline scenarios are being used to justify expansion of industrial capacity in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Guyana.
'Huge reduction' of water from plants due to higher carbon levels
(03/30/2011) As if ocean acidification and a warming world weren't enough, researchers have outlined another way in which carbon emissions are impacting the planet. A new study shows that higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have taken a toll on how much water vapor plants release, potentially impacting the rainfall and groundwater sources. A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has found that carbon dioxide levels over the past 150 years has reduced plants' spores, called stomata, by over one third (34%). This is important because stomata take in oxygen and carbon dioxide and release water vapor in a process dubbed 'transpiration'. Less stomata means less water driven into the atmosphere.
Amount of carbon absorbed by ecosystems each year is grossly overstated, says new study
(01/17/2011) According to a new paper published in Science, current carbon accounting methods significantly overstate the amount of carbon that can be absorbed by forests, plains, and other terrestrial ecosystems. That is because most current carbon accounting methods do not consider the methane and carbon dioxide released naturally by rivers, streams, and lakes. This new paper suggests that rivers, streams, and lakes emit the equivalent of 2.05 billion metric tons of carbon every year. (By comparison, all the terrestrial ecosystems on the world's continents are thought to absorb around 2.6 billion metric tons of carbon each year). This is, as the lead author of the paper said, is a "major accounting error".
Malaysia undermines commitment to protect Coral Triangle, backtracks on climate pledge
(12/22/2010) The Malaysian government will proceed with a plan to install a second-hand coal plant from China on the edge of the Coral Triangle in Borneo despite widespread condemnation from environmental groups and local people, reports Green SURF, a coalition that opposes the project.
New data shows REDD+ is succeeding
(12/15/2010) Amid the whirlwind of climate change news before and after the Cancún climate conference, including a landmark agreement on REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation, and related pro-forest actions), an important story seems to have passed by with little notice. Over the past two months, several new analyses have given clear evidence that deforestation has gone down over the past several years. In fact, the drop is quite impressive, and shows that of all the approaches to avoiding the worst consequences of global warming, reducing tropical deforestation is the one that has contributed by far the most to date.
Emissions from deforestation slow
(12/15/2010) A dip in forest clearing in Brazil combined with rising levels of industrial emissions have reduced the share of carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation to around 9 percent, according to research published last month in Nature Geoscience.
Carbon sequestration: Underground storage of carbon dioxide may trigger earthquakes
(12/14/2010) Underground storage of carbon dioxide may trigger earthquakes which could allow the gas to seep back into the atmosphere, rendering the emissions mitigation approach ineffective, warns Stanford geophysicist Mark Zoback.
Oil, indigenous people, and Ecuador's big idea
(11/23/2010) Ecuador's big idea—potentially Earth-rattling—goes something like this: the international community pays the small South American nation not to drill for nearly a billion barrels of oil in a massive block of Yasuni National Park. While Ecuador receives hundred of millions in an UN-backed fund, what does the international community receive? Arguably the world's most biodiverse rainforest is saved from oil extraction, two indigenous tribes' requests to be left uncontacted are respected, and some 400 million metric tons of CO2 is not emitted from burning the oil. In other words, the international community is being asked to put money where its mouth is on climate change, indigenous rights, and biodiversity loss. David Romo Vallejo, professor at the University of San Francisco Quito and co-director of Tiputini research station in Yasuni, recently told mongabay.com in an interview that this is "the best proposal so far made to ensure the protection of this incredible site."
2009 carbon emissions higher than expected
(11/22/2010) Despite a global economic recession and ongoing concerns about the impacts of climate change, last year's global carbon emissions were the second highest on record, according to the Global Carbon Project (GCP). Emissions in 2009 were just below the record emissions of 2008. In addition, 2009 emissions were higher than predicted, falling by only 1.3% from 2008 to 2009, instead of the predicted 2.8%.
It's not just size that matters: how population affects climate change
(11/11/2010) As the world's population increases, a surge in the number of older adults and the movement of people from the countryside to crowded cities will significantly affect levels of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, according to a sweeping study published in the 11 October issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A significant but attainable slowing of the planet's growing population could achieve up to 29 percent of the total decrease in emissions needed to stave off the harmful consequences of climate change by 2050, according to the study.
Carbon emissions hurting coral recruitment
(11/08/2010) While research has shown that ocean acidification from rising CO2 levels in the ocean imperils the growth and survival mature coral reefs, a new study has found that it may also negatively impact burgeoning corals, by significantly lowering the success of coral recruitment. A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has found that coral recruitment could fall by 73% over the next century due to increasing acidification.
US elects barrage of climate change deniers, threatening support for green energy
(11/03/2010) The US midterm election, which won Republicans the House but safeguarded the Senate for Democrats, has brought in a number of self-proclaimed climate change deniers, ending any likelihood that an energy bill will be passed over the next two years and essentially stumbling the White House's strategy on climate change. Newly elected Republican Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marc Rubio of Florida, both members of the nascent Tea Party, have stated they do not believe in climate change despite that scientists overwhelming agree the Earth is warming due to human impacts.
Space tourism will worsen climate change
(10/24/2010) Have $200,000 to spend on a seat into space? You may want to re-think the expenditure given a new study in Geophysical Research Letters that shows space tourism will likely aggravate global climate change. Using sophisticated modeling, the researchers found that the biggest impact of a rise in space tourism on global temperatures won't be due to carbon emissions, but black carbon, often in the form of soot.
Majority of Americans confused on climate change basics
(10/17/2010) Most Americans don't understand the basics of climate change, according to a new poll by researchers with Yale. The poll found that over half of Americans deserve an 'F' on basic understanding of climate science and climate change, while only 1% would receive an 'A'.
U.S. government may finance massive coal projects in India, South Africa
(08/26/2010) The United States Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) voted on Wednesday to seek a final review of a $900m loan for a controversial 3,960 MW coal-fired power plant in India, reports Pacific Environment, a San Francisco-based environmental group.
The biology and conservation of declining coral reefs, an interview with Kristian Teleki
(08/15/2010) Coral reefs are often considered the "rainforests of the sea" because of their amazing biodiversity. In fact, coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth. It is not unusual for a reef to have several hundred species of snails, sixty species of corals, and several hundred species of fish. While they comprise under 1% of the world's ocean surface, one-quarter of all marine species call coral reefs their home. Fish, mollusks, sea stars, sea urchins, and more depend on this important ecosystem, and humans do too. Coral reefs supply important goods and services–from shoreline protection to tourism and fisheries–which by some estimates are worth $375 billion a year.
Environmentalists and indigenous groups condemn plan for six dams in Peruvian Amazon
(06/21/2010) Environmentalists and indigenous groups have come together to condemn a 15 million US dollar plan for six hydroelectric dams in the Peruvian Amazon, signed last week by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Peruvian President, Alan Garcia. While the six dams would produce over 6,000 megawatts, mostly for Brazil, critics say the dams will flood tens of thousands of hectares of rainforest, devastate the lifestyles of a number of indigenous groups, and only serve big Brazilian corporations.
Voluntary carbon markets plunge in 2009
(06/14/2010) Battered by a faltering world economy and lack of progress on U.S. climate legislation, voluntary carbon markets declined by nearly every measure in 2009, according to the fourth annual State of the Voluntary Carbon Market Report issued today by Ecosystem Marketplace and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Peatlands restoration wins support in effort to reduce carbon emissions
(06/10/2010) The body charged with establishing a framework for a global climate treaty will account for emissions from peatlands degradation, a source of roughly 6 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. The decision by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) lays the groundwork for new measures to protect and restore wetlands, says Wetlands International.
US emissions from coal could be stopped in 20 years
(05/03/2010) A new study in Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T) concludes that the US could stop all emissions from coal-fired plants within 20 years time using only existing technologies and some that will be ready within the next decade. Such an accomplishment would go a long way toward lowering the US's carbon emissions and mitigating the impact of climate change, according to the researchers.
Close to a billion species: ocean exploration reveals shocking diversity of tiny marine life
(04/19/2010) Biologists worldwide may have to start re-evaluating their estimates of the number of species on Earth, since expeditions documenting the oceans' tiniest species have revealed shocking diversity: in the tens of millions of species, at least, and according to one researcher "closer to a billion". Fourteen field projects sent out by the Census of Marine Life focused on the oceans' smallest inhabitants: microbes, zooplankton, and tiny burrowing species inhabiting the deep sea bed. What they found was astounding.
Chaos and the Accord: Climate Change, Tropical Forests and REDD+ after Copenhagen
(04/06/2010) The Copenhagen Accord, forged at COP15 upended international efforts to confront climate change. Never before have 115 Heads of State gathered together at one time, let alone for the singular purpose of crafting a new climate change agreement. Even though the new Accord is still in intensive care, two things are already clear. First, we have entered an entirely new world. And second, tropical forests have the greatest potential to breathe life into the new agreement.
Analysis shows Borneo can say 'no' to coal power
(03/17/2010) Plans for a coal power plant in the Malaysian state of Sabah in northern Borneo have run into stiff opposition. Environmentalists say the coal plant could damage extensive coral reef systems, pollute water supplies, open rainforests to mining, and contribute to global climate change, undercutting Sabah's image as a 'green' destination. The federal government contends that the coal plant is necessary to fix Sabah's energy problems. However, a recent energy audit by the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) at the University of California Berkeley shows that pollution-intensive coal doesn't have to be in Sabah's future.
Massive methane leak in Arctic could trigger abrupt warming
(03/04/2010) Methane, a greenhouse gas 30 times more potent than carbon, is spewing from what was believed to be an impermeable barrier in Siberia in amounts equal to methane releases from the world's oceans. The discovery has lead researchers to fear the possibility of abrupt climate warming. According to the study published in Science, subsea permafrost below the East Siberian Arctic Shelf has become compromised, leaking vast amounts of methane into the atmosphere.
Amazon rainforest will bear cost of biofuel policies in Brazil
(02/08/2010) Business-as-usual agricultural expansion to meet biofuel production targets for 2020 will take a heavy toll on Brazil's Amazon rainforest in coming years, undermining the potential emissions savings of transitioning from fossil fuels to biofuels, warns a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The research suggests that intensification of cattle ranching, combined with efforts to promote high-yielding oil crops like oil palm could lessen forecast greenhouse gas emissions from indirect land use in the region.
Obama pledges to reduce government emissions 28% by 2020
(01/31/2010) The U.S. government aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent by 2020 under an order announced Friday by President Obama.
New report: world must change model of economic growth to avert environmental disaster
(01/25/2010) For decades industrialized nations have measured their success by the size of their annual GDP (Gross Domestic Product), i.e. economic growth. The current economic model calls for unending growth—as well as ever-rising consumerism—just to remain stable. However, a new report by the New Economics Foundation (nef) states that if countries continue down a path of unending growth, the world will be unable to tackle climate change and other environmental issues.
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A lot of people are surprised to see the New York Knicks still undefeated at 4-0. How long will this streak last, and are the Knicks for real?
New York was hit with the news that Amare Stoudemire would miss at least the first six weeks of the season, but it doesn't seem to have made a difference.
His injury has allowed Carmelo Anthony to shift over to power forward, and Anthony has taken advantage and played some of the best basketball of his career. New York is reaping the benefits majorly.
The leading scorer in all of the Knicks' wins, Anthony has scored at least 21 points in each victory and is blending in nicely with new teammates like Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd.
Not only is New York unbeaten, but all of the wins have been by double digits. The Knicks beat the Miami Heat by 20 points to open their season, with Anthony posting 30 points and Felton dishing out nine assists.
Two days later the Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 100-84 and Anthony again took over, recording a game-high 27 points.
In the second part of back-to-back home and home series, New York beat Philadelphia again, getting the 110-88 win. The Knicks shot 46.4 percent from the field and had 13 threes and the Knicks also got 43 points from their bench.
Their latest win was a 104-94 success over the Dallas Mavericks at home this past Friday. Anthony was 10-of-22 from the field and finished with 31 points, while Ronnie Brewer, Tyson Chandler and J.R. Smith finished in double figures too.
The big question: how long will this undefeated run last, and will the Knicks continue to dominate their opponents? Well, New York should be able to top the Orlando Magic in their next game, but then they play both the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies on the road. Their spotless record is therefore in big-time jeopardy later this week.


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In October 2012, the 4-track EP, "Premonition" is released on Plusquam Chillout (Germany). The track "Premonition" is one of the four tracks available as a digital download.
Chilloutscene.com: "A quiet bass intro is proceeded by more terrific piano playing and a great drum track. The synth adds nicely to the music and it builds to a big sound, which reminded me a bit of Ulrich Schnauss' style of electronica."
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Like a leaf on a gentle stream of air, this track circles around an ambient chord progression. Included in the 4-track EP, "Premonition" and available as a digital download.Beatport iTunes Amazon
Laid back, blissful beats to relax on a summer night. Included in the 4-track EP, "Premonition", available for download in a digital format.Beatport iTunes Amazon
Calm Spring
Released in 2012 by Lemongrassmusic on "Lounge du Soleil vol. 13", "Calm Spring" tells a story of spring, when all musical parts slowly bloom into the harmony that contributes this unique melodic composition. Featured in 2013 on the compilation "Tokyo Chillout Vol. 2"Beatport iTunes Amazon
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At Ease
"At Ease" was the breakthrough track - the first Alex Hudish track that was licensed and released by label Lemongrassmusic (Germany). Since its release in 2007 on Volume One of the fabulous Lounge du Soleil series, it has been featured in 3 CD's on ZYX and Ayia Napa and two more digital compilations as an mp3 download.Beatport iTunes Amazon


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By S. Ballou - B. Hope C-C9-G Verse 1 C9 G F G He was smitten the day that he saw her C9 G F G Working behind the counter that day C9 G F G She liked him and soon they were lovers C9 G F F - G Hoping for a love that would stay. Verse 2 C9 G F G The path in life sometimes hits a crossroad C9 G F G He could see it here; they soon would part. C9 G F G Saddened by the love she had cherished C9 G F She said youll always be in my heart She sang, Chorus C9 G You came to me F G And taught me about caring, C9 G Youve been to me F G What no ones ever been. F G C F Like two ships that must sail on well go our separate ways, F G C9 But in our hearts well be forever near Verse 3 C9 G F G Years go by they meet at the crossroads C9 G F F-G Still connected and hearts intertwined C9 G F G Comfort by their long lasting friendship C9 G F One last embrace they say good-bye And she says Chorus
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|If you hear a rumble in the ruins, you're probably near a Grindarr. Those things will squash you flat if you stop under them. So don't do that."
|— Daroach • Kirby Mass Attack
Grindarrs are enemies appearing in Kirby Mass Attack and will appear in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. They first appear in the ruins of Sandy Canyon and later in the haunted areas of Volcano Valley. Two Grindarrs also appear in Kirby Quest; in Stage 16 of Chapter 2.
Grindarrs are rectangular, stone blocks that hang from a long, silver chain. They have no hands, but have feet with three digits on each. They have a pair of vigilant eyes, a small nose, and a large oblong mouth. They come in a brown, cracked variant and a solid, gray variant. These heavyweights are most commonly found in Sandy Canyon, though a number them can also be found in Volcano Valley.
Grindarrs only attack by attempting to crush the Kirbys from above. However, a Grindarr will only attempt to crush the Kirbys if they are nearby, which is noted by a grunting noise. After they touch the ground, they will slowly rise up and await for another attack. If any Kirbys are squished, they get KO'd instantly.
Gray Grindarrs cannot be defeated, but the brown ones can. A few hits from the Kirbys will destroy the brown ones, either to reveal fruit or a chain that can be pulled on.
- Grindarrs are very similar — in both appearance and in attack patterns — to Thwomp from Super Mario Bros..
- The European Kirby Mass Attack website mistakenly calls this enemy 'Gobchomplin.'
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I think Condi has done an admirable job after a very slow start - and while I don't think she is quite ready for a Pres run, she laps Obama by miles. She has real responsibility - he is a celeb - perhaps he becomes more. But Obama for Pres? laughable
And as for Bush, he has hired many minorities - despite not receiving much voter support in the black community
But as usual, the JUB crowd will instead label him a racist - or say that Colin Powell, or Gonzalez or Rice are picks designed to curry favor, rather than by Bush's belief that they are best qualified
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The Sherlock Holmes Museum at Meiringen
The Sherlock Holmes Statue at Meiringen
Meiringen in Switzerland is for many Holmesians a kind of Mecca. It was at the nearby Reichenbach Falls that Sherlock Holmes in May 1891 met and defeated his greatest enemy, Professor Moriarty, dubbed by Holmes the "Napoleon of Crime". For some years after the event the Falls were thought also to be the site of the death of Holmes himself and this adds to the poignancy of a visit there. Following the encounter with Moriarty, Holmes secretly slipped away into Italy so as to elude the surviving members of Moriarty's gang and commenced a series of intrepid travels round Europe, Asia and Africa. Not even Dr Watson was aware that he was still alive until his dramatic return to London in 1894.
In the 1980s the Community of Meiringen, with the assistance of the Swiss Confederation, commenced a project for the renewal of the village square, including a full refurbishment of the English Church. A statue of Sherlock Holmes was placed in the square, now named Conan Doyle Place, in 1988. Three years later, the hundredth anniversary of Holmes and Moriarty's struggle at the Falls, and under the patronage of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's daughter, Dame Jean Conan Doyle, the Sherlock Holmes Museum was inaugurated in the former English Church.
The planning and setting up process for the Museum had lasted several years during which the Community of Meiringen, in their wisdom, commissioned the late Tony Howlett, former President of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, to carry out numerous tasks. Howlett was fortunate in enlisting the help of architect John Reid, also Pageant Master of the City of London. Together, and with the assistance of local architect Arthur Reinhard, they made necessary alterations to the church building and spent countless hours working on layouts and displays and on gathering artefacts and exhibits. In particular they ensured that the centrepiece of the Museum, the reconstructed sitting room at 221b Baker Street was put together with scrupulous accuracy, right down to every last measurement, furnishing and exhibit.
The Museum as set up includes an exhibition of items of Holmesian interest, many donated or loaned indefinitely by members of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and others. In the sitting room the intention has been to convey the impression that Holmes and Watson have only moments before gone out. Many items are strewn around just as they would have left them, including a copy of The Times on the floor. The windows were made in London and shipped out to Switzerland. The wallpaper is to an 1890s pattern and was bought from a company in Marylebone High Street. An original Victorian fireplace and oil lamps and numerous other nineteenth century artefacts were also found and installed. Holmes's jack-knife protruding from the mantelpiece, the Persian slipper where he kept his tobacco, the violin, the gasogene, the tantalus, the portrait of General Gordon and all the other familiar features from the stories are there. The BBC kindly compiled an hour-long CD of sound effects.
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The former English Church in Meiringen which now houses the Sherlock Holmes Museum


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Kids are often natural artists, and the Children's Museum of the Arts in SoHo is developing a new program to cultivate the next generation's creativity. NY1's Natasha Ghoneim filed the following report.
Step into the "Gothic Futurism" of the late graffiti artist and hip-hop MC Rammelzee, and there is a world of "Garbage God" heroes and "Monster Model" villains. His creations, now on display here at the Children's Museum of the Arts, use found objects to tell stories, and that is why museum officials thinks they will resonate with children.
The museum is launching a program called the Young Artists' Kollective to try to inspire children to create their own art, ranging from sculpture to stop-action animation. The free program will give sixth to ninth graders the studio space and the materials they need, as well as artist mentors to guide them.
"What we want to do is the really engage a child's mind and take those basic building blocks and go beyond that," said William Floyd, a board member of the Children's Museum of the Arts.
Every week for a year, the museum hopes as many as 250 middle school students will step into its SoHo studio and express their imaginations through whatever artistic medium they please.
"I feel like it allows me to express myself," said Natalie. "And if I'm feeling angry, I can draw something angry, or If I'm feeling happy, I can draw something happy."
"You can really just let your mind go," said Tom Shea. "Having this as a creative outlet and a way to relieve stress and relax is really important, because you can also learn stuff while doing it."
The hope is to give students a lifelong appreciation for art in all its forms and perhaps encourage another generation of Rammelzees.
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The Christmas issue of the Spectator ran an editorial entitled " Why 2012 was the best year ever". It argued against the perception that we live in "a dangerous, cruel world where things are bad and getting worse". Here is the opening paragraph: "It may not feel like it, but 2012 has been the greatest year in the history of the world. That sounds like an extravagant claim, but it is borne out by evidence. Never has there been less hunger, less disease or more prosperity. The west remains in the economic doldrums, but most developing countries are charging ahead, and people are being lifted out of poverty at the fastest rate ever recorded. The death toll inflicted by war and natural disasters is also mercifully low. We are living in a golden age."
The same idea has been developed systematically in a number of bestsellers, from Matt Ridley's Rational Optimist to Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature. There is also a more down-to-earth version that one often hears in the media, especially those of non-European countries: crisis, what crisis? Look at the so-called Bric countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China, or at Poland, South Korea, Singapore, Peru, even many sub-Saharan African states – they are all progressing. The losers are western Europe and, up to a point, the US, so we are not dealing with a global crisis, but simply with the shift of progress away from the west. Is a potent symbol of this shift not the fact that, recently, many people from Portugal, a country in deep crisis, are returning to Mozambique and Angola, ex-colonies of Portugal, but this time as economic immigrants, not as colonisers?
Even with regard to human rights: is the situation in China and Russia now not better than it was 50 years ago? Describing the ongoing crisis as a global phenomenon, the story goes, is a typical Eurocentrist view coming from leftists who usually pride themselves on their anti-Eurocentrism. Our "global crisis" is in fact a mere local blip in a larger story of overall progress.
But we should restrain our joy. The question to be raised is: if Europe alone is in gradual decay, what is replacing its hegemony? The answer is: "capitalism with Asian values" – which, of course, has nothing to do with Asian people and everything to do with the clear and present tendency of contemporary capitalism to limit or even suspend democracy.
This tendency in no way contradicts the much-celebrated progress of humanity – it is its immanent feature. All radical thinkers, from Marx to intelligent conservatives, were obsessed by the question: what is the price of progress? Marx was fascinated by capitalism, by the unheard-of productivity it unleashed; but he insisted this success engenders antagonisms. We should do the same today: keep in view the dark underside of global capitalism that is fomenting revolts.
People rebel not when things are really bad, but when their expectations are disappointed. The French revolution occurred only once the king and the nobles were losing their hold on power; the 1956 anti-communist revolt in Hungary exploded after Imre Nagy had already been a prime minister for two years, after (relatively) free debates among intellectuals; people rebelled in Egypt in 2011 because there was some economic progress under Mubarak, giving rise to a class of educated young people who participated in the universal digital culture. And this is why the Chinese Communists are right to panic: because, on average, people are now living better than 40 years ago – and the social antagonisms (between the newly rich and the rest) are exploding, and expectations are much higher.
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For those who insist on honoring military veterans on Memorial Day, I have three genuine heroes — and not many others — who come to mind, and merit your attention.
1. Marine Corps General Smedley Butler — who twice won the Congressional Medal of Honor, and wrote one of the best anti-war books: War Is a Racket;
2. Army Warrant Officer Hugh Tompson, a helicopter pilot who came upon the ongoing My Lai massacre in Vietnam. He ordered his gunnery crew to open fire on any American soldiers who continued the killing of Vietnamese civilians, thus ending the slaughter;
3. Army Private Bradley Manning who, it is alleged, came into possession of "classified" information (i.e., information the government didn't want the American public to know about) and, allegedly, turned this information over to Julian Assange for distribution on "WikiLeaks." Manning will not be available for any public recognition of his heroism, as he is reportedly being held, incommunicado, in an Army prison, guarded by other military men for whom the word "hero" would not be applicable.2:15 pm on May 28, 2011 Email Butler Shaffer


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Here in the US, none of the biggest cable and satellite TV providers dare to allow their viewers access to Press TV. This is hardly surprising. If Americans were informed that most of the world knows that 9/11 was an inside job, that Israel is a criminal state, and that America is ruled by druglords and other criminals, they would certainly rise up in revolution. The truth is just too dangerous."
Iran's international media, led by Press TV and al-Alam, are providing honest coverage of issues that the Western media, including Western-owned-and-influenced "Middle Eastern" outlets like al-Jazeera and al-Arabiyya, are afraid to touch. And it is this relatively honest, accurate, and balanced reporting that offers the West a polished mirror in which to gaze at its own hideous reflection.
The West, terrorized by its own image as revealed by the all-too-accurate Iranian media mirror, is running in circles, tearing its hair out and screaming, "Please, somebody, make it go away!"


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Having a new computer means I need to christen it. I got myself a copy of this new game called Singularity. The new machine runs it well. I haven't played a new pc game since Doom 3!
As for the game itself, well I've just played enough to unlock the elements that give the game it's true individuality (time manipulation).
I think we've come to a point in gaming where there isn't much that can be done that will still feel wholly original. Case in point- this game feels like a Bioshock ripoff, with a splash of Half-Life 2 and a side of Timeshift. Don't get me wrong- I'm enjoying it, but I just know that I'll have to tell my friends "it's a lot like Bioshock" when they ask me about it.
On more thing- it's been so long since I've played an FPS on PC that the aiming wasn't inverted and I didn't notice… I went to switch it 5 minutes in to the game and got fully confused!