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6 Days Kilimanjaro Climb Machame
General Information
- Type:
- Walking / Hiking
- Price from:
- 1070 USD /person
- Phone:
- +254 20 2229484
- Fax:
- +254 20 2246739
- Payment Types:
- Cash
- Credit Card
- Cheque
- Travellers cheque
- Paypal
- Wire Transfer
- Duration:
- 6 days
- Location Start:
- Moshi
- Location Finish:
- Moshi
- Start time:
- 08.00 am
- End time:
- 03.30 pm
- We Speak:
- French, English, Spanish, Kiswahili, German
Last updated: 08/06/2008
Machame route is the most scenic of the trails up Kilimanjaro. You ascend gradually through the forest till you emerge onto the Moorland of Shira Plateau, from which there are superb views
Day 1
Machame Gate (1,800m) to Machame Camp (3,000m)
Elevation Gain: 1,200 meters
Hiking Time: 5 to 6 hours
Distance: 10 kilometers
After an early breakfast in Moshi, vehicle transfer to Machame Gate where you will meet the our porters, guides, and cooks that will spend the next six days trekking with you to Uhuru Peak, the roof of Africa. The drive from Moshi is through coffee farms and villages to Machame Gate and it takes just under an hour. The road is paved for most of the way. Once you arrive, you'll spend about an hour waiting at the gate while we registers your climb and the porters and guides make final preparations.
At around 10am, you will begin hiking with your guides to Machame Camp, the destination for your first day of hiking. The porters and cooks walk ahead of the group to set up the camp in time for your arrival. The narrow trail is steeper and more slippery than the 4WD track and you will want to have your walking sticks with you. Continue on through the cloud forest for another 1.5 hours until you reach a clearing where you will break and eat lunch.
After lunch, you will hike through the cloud forest for another hour before leaving the forest for the scrubland. As the forest thins, the vegetation will change to include heathers, tall grasses and many species of wildflowers. If the weather is clear you will also be able to see some views of the surrounding area and your ultimate destination, Kibo Peak. Continue on for another half an hour before reaching Machame Camp for hot tea and snacks.
Day 2
Machame Camp (3,000m) to Shira Camp (3,840m)
Elevation Gain: 840 meters
Hiking Time: 5-6 hours
Distance: 7 kilometers
Although considered to be the easiest day on the Machame Route, the route includes several strenuous uphill sections. You will be walking through exposed heather and moorland. Carry plenty of drinking water, as the hike can be quite hot on a clear day. During this section of the trail there are several viewpoints from which you can see the plains and forests below and Kibo and Mawenzi peaks above. As you gain altitude, the vegetation changes: The trees diminish in size, giving way to Kilimanjaro's famous high altitude plants, Scenecio kilimanjari and Lobelia deckenii. After eating lunch, you will climb the Shira Plateau, created when Kibo's lava flows filled up the Shira crater. Continue for another thirty minutes to Shira Camp, where you will relax for the rest of the day.
Day 3
Shira Camp (3,840m) to Barranco Camp (3,950m)
Elevation Gain: 690 meters
Elevation Loss: 580 meters
Hiking Time: 5 to 6 hours
Distance: 10 kilometers
Although this up and down day ends with an elevation gain of only 110 meters, by early afternoon you will have climbed 690 meters to a height of 4,530 meters before beginning your descent to Barranco Camp. Although the route is somewhat frustrating, this day is crucial for acclimatization.
After breakfast, continue east on the Shira Plateau for two hours before reaching the junction for Shira and Lemosho Routes. Continue on through the barren landscape for another half an hour before stopping for lunch. Shortly after lunch you will reach the highest point of the day before descending quickly to Barranco Camp. From the high point, you can see Lava Tower, a 300-foot lava formation jutting out of the mountainside. Barranco Camp is considered to be the most scenic campsite on the Machame Route. From the campsite you will see magnificent views of Mount Meru, Heim Glacier and Kibo's southern face.
Day 4
Barranco Camp (3,950m) to Barafu Camp (4,550m)
Elevation Gain: 600 meters
Hiking Time: 7 to 8 hours
Distance: 8 Kilometers
Leave Barranco Hut after an early breakfast to begin the long hike to Barafu Camp. The day begins with an hour and a half scramble up the Barranco Wall. This is the hardest part of the day and in some places you will have to use your hands to pull your body up. After reaching the top, you will make a short descent into the greener Karanga Valley before continuing on to Barafu Camp. On the way to Barafu you will see several of Kibo's glaciers as well as the junction that connects our descent route, the Mweka trail, with the Machame trail. During day four you will hike by the Heim, Kersten and Decken Glaciers. Although the way to Barafu is bleak, alpine desert with little vegetation, Barafu Camp offers stunning views of Kibo and Mawenzi peaks, and Rebmann Glacier. Try to sleep as soon as you finish dinner as you will be waking up at midnight for your summit hike.
Day 5
Barafu Camp (4,550m) to Uhuru Peak (5,895m) to Mweka Camp (3,100m)
Elevation Gain: 1,345 meters
Elevation Loss: 2,795 meters
Hiking Time: 11-12 hours
Distance: 18 kilometers
At midnight you will begin your ascent to Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa. For the next six hours, you will hike using flashlight. It is helpful to use a headlamp so your arms are free during the ascent. The Machame ascent to the crater rim is the most challenging part of the entire six day trek. For much of the hike you will walk on a gravel slope that causes you to slip back slightly with every step forward. The going is extremely slow until you reach the crater rim at Stella Point.
The hike from Stella Point to Uhuru Peak is a gradual climb and, as far as hikes go, not very difficult. The altitude, however, makes the hike a psychological battle, and you will need to go very slowly to reach the top. The guide will advise you on how to make the hike easier. The crater rim hike takes about forty-five minutes and you should reach Uhuru Peak around sunrise. Take photos of your guide and group at the peak before beginning the long descent to Mweka Camp. On the way down from Uhuru you will enjoy breathtaking views of the mountain, crater, glaciers and Tanzania. If it is a cloudy day, you will still have the luxury of the gorgeous views of the clouds below.
At Barafu Camp, eat breakfast, drink lots of tea and take a short break. You still have another three hours to go before reaching Mweka Camp, day five's destination.
Day 6
Mweka Camp (3,100m) to Mweka Gate (1,500m)
Elevation Loss: 1,600 meters
Hiking Time: 2 to 3 hours
Distance: 10 kilometers
After breakfast you'll finish the trek with a descent to Mweka Gate. Your last hike on Kilimanjaro is a beautiful one, passing through the enormous trees of the cloud forest. Watch your step during the descent, as the trail can be extremely slippery. Our Land Rovers will be waiting at the lower station of Mweka Gate to take you back to Moshi. You will be able to buy T-shirts and sodas at the gate. Vehicle transfer back to your hotel for overnight stay.
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Injustice: Best fighter since MK9
posted by GameMonkey27 (SAINT LOUIS, MO) Apr 19, 2013
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5 out of 8 gamers (62%) found this review helpful
Graphics: good, but not great. The cutscene character models are dreadful, but the in-game models are crisp, with unique costumes and fluid animations. 6
Sound: While not particularly memorable, the music is still cool enough to keep you humming along. but the sounds of the actual fighting is fantastic. The hits sound brutal and the effects are quite good. And the voice acting performances are great, also. many jl cartoon actors reprise their roles and do a great job of it. 8
Story: the opening cutscene really sets the stage for a surprisingly complex and emotional plotline. Superman's twisted version of Gotham is creatively astounding. The characters are well-fleshed out, and the game is perfectly paced. Its really interesting to see how it progresses and to see who lives and dies by the end. and the ending sets itself up for a sequel nicely. 9
Gameplay: take MK's near-flawless combo and meter systems and add in a plethora of new ideas and concepts. i really enjoyed using the environmental objects and screen transitions. wagers are also a good tactic to use, while not completely necessary. The super moves are visually stunning and stylized, while also dealing tons of brutal damage. the characters are all fun to learn and master, and the combo systems allow noobs to immediately jump into the action. experienced players will also get a kick out of its many game modes and the complexity of its advanced combat. 9.5
if u can, pick up this game. its completely worth it.
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1 out of 4 gamers (25%) found this review helpful
Best game ever.
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2 out of 11 gamers (18%) found this review helpful
posted by Teenkitsune (ABERDEEN, MD) Oct 27, 2013
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Injustice brings Justice to the WiiU.
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Let the heavens scorch the earth with Injustice!
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Like me you may not be that into fighter genre games or comic book characters for that matter. Trust me when you get this game all that will change. You will master a character and then have a certain connection with the one you chose. This game is best described as easy to learn difficult to master.
If you are competitive you will find this game that much more enjoyable. What are you waiting for, get the best game out for Wii U!
Above Average
Injustice from a single player prospective
posted by Ricky_keim (SOMERSET, CA) Jun 14, 2013
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posted by JaredHay (KEIZER, OR) Jun 9, 2013
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posted by kenerinn (COLUMBUS, GA) Jun 6, 2013
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Very Good
Can't say anything, but SIMPLY AMAZING!
posted by DeadHead468 (WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ) May 29, 2013
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Very Good
Good Rental, Not a Great buy
posted by Wearemomo (JAMAICA, NY) May 10, 2013
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I played the game on Medium mode and it took me only 4 hours to beat the main game storyline. We are expected to recieve DLC in the summer but ill leave that in the air. Also online fights are nice but there is no cohesive interface that can allow you to play with friends. Just random people over the internet.
It is not a bad game, its just not living the true potential for online.
For single player though, this game packs a punch and can keep a Casual gamer going for atleast a week.
Captivating story
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A Fun, Yet Complicated Fighting Game
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But this is one game that you will need time to get used to – the learning curve here is rather steep. On top of the basic moves and the combo moves, you have to deal with moves that let you block and escape some attacks, attacks that send characters flying all over the place, a showdown system where you make a bet against the opponent, and using some objects in the arena as weapons. This is one game you just can't pick up and play.
The main part of the story takes place in an alternate dimension where Superman rules with an iron fist, and it's up to some of the other heroes to get the needed muscle in order to bring down the Man of Steel.
The Story Mode takes place over 12 chapters, and each chapter revolves around one character – and four fights the character has to win in order to move the story along. I liked some of the story, and the voice overs were really good, but there were parts that felt excessive (where you go right from one fight to the next in order to make the four fight quota for every chapter)– or confusing (just who belongs in what dimension and who are the good guys and who are the villains?).
But it's still fun to beat the heck out of some of DC Comics' famous characters, and it wasn't too tough for me to get through the Story Mode (some players may find it too easy).
When you're done with that, you can take on challenges – like beat 10 characters with a select character, beat every character in the game, beat 10 characters within a set time limit, or start every fight at only 25% health
Or you can have fun fighting online.
Injustice: Gods Among Us is a fun fighter to play, and fans of the genre ought to go get it. But the leaning curve may make this game too tough for some players – which is why I say rent it before you get it
Stick to the other consoles
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(Note: this is a very simplified diagram. The production of the spectrum is actually a bit more complex and involves patterns of constructive and destructive interference, but the idea is essentially the same.)
The main thing which changes how "linear" a holo polish will be is how smooth the layer of holo particles is:
Generally, the smaller the particle size and the denser the polish, the smoother the holo layer. If the layer is smooth, then the colours reflected go gradually through the colour spectrum and so you get a linear holo effect. But if the layer is less smooth, then the colour change is less gradual and you end up with a scattered effect. If you have a very smooth holographic surface, such as on the back of a CD or DVD, you will get a perfect uninterrupted rainbow.
I swatched a Spectraflair topcoat over a black creme to show the effect:
From left to right:
1. Incomplete coat - moderately scattered
2. One coat - mostly linear holo
3. Two coats - similar to 2 but more silver due to greater reflectance from more particles
4. Three coats - less linear than the other coats, despite more holo particles - repeated brushing has made the top layer uneven. Very silver.
So application and polish formula is important in determining how scattered a holo is as well.
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"All things considered, including weather and the time of year, November 2012 was a fairly routine month when it comes to reporting the financial results," CU Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Ken Webb offered in a recent session of the Cleveland Board of Public Utilities.
It's as simple as the change in seasons. The utility's Electric Division in November showed sales volumes slightly ahead of expectations because more customers began turning to their heating systems, but Water and Wastewater division sales slowed because those same consumers were no longer watering yards, flowers and gardens.
"Electric finished the month slightly ahead of expectations with water and sewer slightly behind," Webb assessed. "However, I do not see any trend developing that would concern me that the numbers are straying too far from the budget through the first five months of Fiscal Year 2013."
Electric Division
Volume in the Electric Division for November increased 7.5 percent over the same month in 2011. Residential, commercial and industrial classifications all showed a hike in kilowatt-hours sold. The resulting revenue was $7,256,153 after a $416,904 positive adjustment for accrued revenue, Webb explained.
The month was an historic one for the Electric Division because it became the first time CU made full use of the AMI (SmartMeters) system.
"November was the first month we used the new AMI system for the calculation of the month-end accrued revenue adjustment," Webb said. "I have been looking forward to having this information available for quite some time. Having this available allows us to fine tune the adjustment and this makes the monthly matching of revenue and wholesale power cost more accurate."
In the Electric Division, the month's purchased power (from TVA) costs were $6,040,254, leaving a margin of $1,215,900. The budgeted margin was $1,205,995. Revenue from other sources contributed $125,780 during the month.
Expenses totaled $1,285,330, including $291,858 in depreciation. The margin, plus other revenue minus expenses, resulted in $56,349 in net income.
"This compares favorably to the budgeted net loss of $30,665 for the month," Webb said. "We will be making a catch-up adjustment to tax equivalents [in December] to reflect the actual YTD tax equivalents for Fiscal Year 2013. That amount is still being reflected on the statement based on the estimated budgeted amount."
The division provided power to 29,823 customers in November, an increase from 29,434 a year ago.
Electric's YTD results show a net income of $662,341. The budgeted net income is $969,467 "... with the difference continuing to be in the margin between sales revenue and purchased power cost," Webb noted.
He added, "Stated as a percentage of sales revenue, purchased power is 84.2 percent [while] the budgeted amount is 83.5 percent."
Water Division
As is expected this time of year, water sales volume in November dropped. Volume was registered at 205,281,000 gallons, representing a 3.4 percent decrease under sales for the same month a year ago. One contributor was irrigation (customers watering lawns, landscaping and gardens) whose volume was down 18.5 percent.
For the month, water service was provided to 30,083 customers at an average retail price of $4.45 per 1,000 gallons.
Division revenue was $991,981 which was $54,000 less than budgeted. Expenses totaled $1,014,699, leaving a net loss for the month of $22,718.
"This was more than expected, but considering the decreased demand for water, [it was] still a very acceptable result for the month," Webb noted.
YTD results in the Water Division show a net income of $686,956.
"This amount is somewhat less than at this time last year, but is still just ahead of the budgeted amount at this time for Fiscal Year 2012," the CU financial leader explained. "YTD access fees (the amount paid by builders, developers and companies to have new development connected to CU's existing water system) continue to run ahead of the previous year and the current year's budgeted amount."
Wastewater Division
In November, CU provided sewer service to 17,775 customers. The average price paid by customers was $5.41 per 1,000 gallons.
Total revenue for the month was $808,509 with expenses tallying $812,213. This left a net loss of $3,704. The budget had accounted for net income of $21,210.
"The YTD results in sewer are still running ahead of budget at $525,936," Webb said. "YTD access fees in sewer are also ahead of last year's amount and budget."


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battle of the dwarves: Creepy versus Dopey. Blind ambition versus
bland ignorance. The grasping, vicious mercenary who would pimp
out his own family to put himself in power, versus the amiable
dunce who's not really sure why he's running or whether he can
get to the end of a sentence without a committing a syntactical
hate crime. Do you ever get the feeling you've seen all this before?
if you've seen "Election," the 1999 comedy starring
Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick – you have. And if you haven't
seen "Election," rent it tonight instead of watching
the debate. Everything that's going on in the current, national
race – right down to the candidates – is encapsulated in this brilliant
little film. And believe me, it plays better as farce than as
crass but hilarious movie might have been subtitled "Everything
I Really Needed to Know About Politics and Human Nature I Learned
in High School." In it, Matthew Broderick plays Jim McAllister,
an earnest high-school history teacher who genuinely believes
the good-government nostrums he imparts to his students. Reese
Witherspoon plays Tracy Flick, a junior at Carver High, and just
the sort of grotesquely ambitious student-council type that most
of us knew and hated in high school. Tracy's Machiavellian brownnosing
and ravenous lust for power appalls McCallister. When she stands
unopposed in the election for student body president, McAllister
decides that he has to stop her. He recruits junior Paul Metzler
(Chris Klein), Carver High's first-string quarterback, who's sitting
out the season with a broken leg. A gregarious, good-hearted dope
beloved by jocks and dorks alike, Paul never knew he had political
ambitions and aptitude until Mr. McAllister so informed him. Despite
his intellectual limitations, Paul decides he's game to give politics
a try.
the parallels to our current, unappetizing menu of electoral choices
aren't obvious by now, they certainly will be when you watch the
scene where the candidates give their campaign speeches in the
school gymnasium. Paul is pure Dubya. Awkward, innocent, and dumb
as a brick, he grins endearingly after he finishes sounding out
the speech that his girlfriend has written for him. And Tracy
Flick's speech is vintage Al Gore: condescending, pedantic, prissy,
and insincere. Like Gore, Tracy makes a point of singling out
individual voters by name, to exemplify the kind of hapless schmucks
her administration will benefit. "During this campaign,"
she declares, "I've spoken with many of you about your many
concerns. I spoke with Eliza Ramirez, a freshman, who said she
feels alienated from her own homeroom. I spoke with sophomore
Reggie Banks, who says his mother works in the cafeteria and can't
afford to buy him enough spiral notebooks for his classes."
This last prompts shouts of derision from a troublemaker in the
bleachers: "Eat me! Eat me raw!!" (Is there any way
to sneak that kid into tonight's town-hall-style debate?)
election in "Election" is better than the real thing
in many ways, not the least of which is that in the movie, there's
no chance of Tracy Flick ending up with access to nuclear weapons.
So stay away from reality programming tonight. If you watch the
presidential debate, you can look forward to a series of harrowing,
white-knuckle moments every time Dubya opens his mouth and begins
talking. (Have you ever seen another candidate that makes normal
human conversation seem so much like a high-wire act?) But if
you watch "Election," you'll get the perverse joy of
watching Mr. McAllister's life unravel as he slowly comes to the
realization that the Tracy Flicks of the world just might be unstoppable.
Watch the debate, and you'll find yourself confused and unsettled
by Al Gore's attempts to approximate the behavior of a carbon-based
life-form. But watch "Election," and you'll get to see
the lovely Reese Witherspoon, who as Tracy Flick, is a major improvement
over Gore, in that she manages to be adorable as well as contemptible.
in one significant respect, the parallel to the Gore-Bush race
breaks down. In the election in "Election," there's
an authentic and highly visible protest candidate with the ability
to animate the libertarian portion of the electorate. Sophomore
Tammy Metzler, Paul Metzler's lesbian sister, enters the race
in a fit of pique, and threatens to unite the disaffected and
bring the whole edifice of student government crashing to the
ground. Tammy's speech is good enough to quote at length:
cares about this stupid election? Do you really think it's
gonna change anything around here? Make one single person smarter,
or happier, or nicer? The only person it does matter to is the
one who gets elected. The same pathetic charade happens
every year. And everyone makes the same pathetic promises
so they can get elected and put it on their transcripts to get
into college. So vote for me. Because I don't even want
to go to college. And I don't care. And as president, I won't
do anything. The only promise I will make is that if elected,
I will immediately dismantle the student government so that none
of us will ever have to sit through one of these stupid
assemblies again!" (Loud cheers)
don't vote for me! Who cares? Don't vote at all!!" (Louder
cheers, shouts of "Tamm-ee! Tamm-ee!")
sister. If only you were in this race.
17, 2000
Healy is an attorney practicing in Northern Virginia.


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gorilla monsoon wrote:Well, every car I drive has this thing attached to the outside of the door called a "rearview mirror" and I look in it to see if there are bicycles, motorcycles, cars, trucks or anything else before I open the door. Maybe others can do the same?
i was thinking about this as i was exiting my car on the weekend. the mirror can be a poor guide for whether a cyclist is nearby. an ex-colleague of mine was a road tester and race car driver explained the correct way to position a wing mirror - so that it points outwards and doesn't unduly overlap with the view provided by the internal rearview mirror (in practice, the wing mirror should not show a view of the side of the car). neither mirror provides a 'full view' of what's coming up behind - although both together should do a reasonable job of that.
my experience is that a lot of people like to angle their wing mirror quite inwards, with a view of the side of the car. that provides a handy reference point, but leaves a fairly large blindspot and i'd postulate is a contributing factor to doorings.


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I lost my mother over 25 years ago to an unsolved homicide. If I had to deal with what picture we may have used, what the internet may or may not have said about her in addition to her murder, I would have gone insane. It was bad enough haviing a news crew out in front of the house at all hours reporting. To read how both of these people are being picked apart is horrifying. And our decision to not give the media a picture of her at that time was obviously the right one.
There is Good Grief. Just ask Charlie Brown.
Scuba, I am so sorry for your loss and what happened to your mother :-(
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What I find even more troubling than that is the lack of blood on the front of his gray t-shirt, which if the gunshot was close contact and made while TM was on top of him beating him, should and would be there. I am not an expert but I have combed through some sites about close contact gunshot wounds and (yes Wise Owl some of them are very graphic) I am also convinced that what I see in that video does not at all support that story, not one smidgen. What it does show is that the gunshot could have been from a distance away according to the experts and the sites that I have looked at so that is IMO JMHO and stuff
TM is dead and there is a reason for it. TM can't tell us why. The story GZ told is making less and less sense day-by-day. The only way to find out what really happened is through GZ and not by slamming him but by testing what he says compared to what we know.
TM is dead because someone looked at him and saw a criminal which is indicative of some of our posts. We have to remember that GZ was speculating without any knowledge whatsoever of TM. GZ made the biggest mistake of his life....he did not listen. He has not been listening for a long time leading him down the path he is on today.
LE said it themselves......following any of our personel on their own time is stalking and illegal. There you have it. GZ's intentions may have been to be a good citizen but there is such a thing as overkill and apparently GZ reached that plateau and TM was in the way. jmo
A lie will go round the world before the truth gets its pants on - Charles Spurgeon
Unfortunately these cops have a string of things going on that are questionable at best.
We are all sure that something happened but nobody know 1005 what that something is.
I see an overzealous neighborhood watchman. I do not think he did not size him up right. I do think
That he went beyond the call of duty. I would call his pursuit relentless.
Maybe even agitating.
The fact that he outweighs TM is mute point - we can also say TM was a head taller than GZ was and TM was an athlete. So to me 100 pounds can also mean dead weight that is cumbersome.
Women are Angels.
And when someone breaks our wings,
we simply continue to fly... on a broomstick.
We're flexible like that.
A lie will go round the world before the truth gets its pants on - Charles Spurgeon
I'll wait until the proper people release exactly what was posted on Tray's twitter, facebook, or emails. Someone with a degree in computer forensics. Look how many of us thought that Dora the Explorer facebook page was created by Casey?
Justice for Trayvon
Women are Angels.
And when someone breaks our wings,
we simply continue to fly... on a broomstick.
We're flexible like that.
As I commented earlier, I was once attacked from behind and was punched in the face and had my head repeatedly slammed into a tile floor. There was no bleeding and no cuts from the beating my skull took. My face was a mess from the punches, but my attacker landed a lot of hits. And, although I couldn't tell you exactly how I got from point A to point B, there was a good amount of distance between where I was first attacked and where I ended up as I was squirming and struggling to get up/away.
This was just my experience, every attack is different. But I'm less inclined to be bothered by GZ's lack of profuse bleeding or open wounds.
JMO, OMO, and
all my comments are just my opinion. jmho. moo. etc. etc.
On HLN Vinnie P just said that Oliver told him that GZ claims that the Cops cleaned him up at the scene. Just reporting what was said.


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TUCSON, Ariz. – April 7, 2011 – SynCardia Systems, Inc., the privately-held manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that it set a new Q1 record in 2011, nearly doubling sales from its previous best Q1 in 2010.
"The company continues to pick up velocity and traction as we work to complete the FDA-approved Investigational Device Exemption clinical study of the Freedom® portable driver," said SynCardia President Michael Garippa. "In Q1, we enrolled an additional 11 patients in the U.S., discharging 6. The Freedom driver, which is also CE approved in Europe, now accounts for more than 8 patient years of life powering the Total Artificial Heart worldwide."
During Q1 2011, SynCardia enrolled 12 new hospitals to its certification program, including Texas Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Texas Children's Hospital. Currently, there are 37 SynCardia Certified Centers around the world including 15 in the U.S. There are an additional 32 hospitals currently completing the certification process, 14 U.S. and 18 international.
On April 13, SynCardia is hosting a Clinical Investigator Meeting for the 13.5 lb Freedom driver, the first U.S. portable driver designed to power the Total Artificial Heart both inside and outside the hospital. SynCardia expects triple the attendance from its previous Clinical Investigator Meeting, including surgeons from several international hospitals. The event will be held during the 31st annual meeting of the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in San Diego.
In its March 2011 issue, Fast Company magazine named SynCardia #20 in its annual list of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies for "giving mobility to artificial heart recipients." Also in March, the longest running health and wellness series on public television, "Healthy Body, Healthy Mind" produced a 30-minute program about SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart.
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It is hard to resist the Big Brother analogy to describe law enforcement agencies' use of new technologies for catching lawbreakers. From thermal scanners that monitor the amount of heat emanating from a suspect's house to hidden cameras that catch red-light runners to software that leads to the capture of cybercriminals, new capabilities have brought with them new privacy questions.
New algorithms and signal processing technologies may reduce the vulnerability of global positioning system devices to electronic countermeasures. Antijam systems already are in production and are being incorporated into the latest U.S. Defense Department weaponry. Future iterations may bring signal assurance to even the smallest handheld consumer devices.
Although global positioning system technologies are being used widely in both the military and commercial arenas, research currently underway could broaden their reach by making the capability better, smarter, faster and less costly. One project, which is near completion, combines inertial navigation with global positioning system navigation to increase effectiveness. The second, a longer term program, is aimed at increasing users' ability to operate successfully in the face of enemy jammers or countermeasures.
Information assurance, preserving radio spectrum, ensuring interoperability and establishing secure wireless links are just some of the tasks on the menu for the Defense Information Systems Agency. The agency's Defense Department-wide mandate has placed it at the nexus of the infosphere that increasingly is defining military operations worldwide.
The British government has launched its ambitious program to create a state-of-the-art tactical communications infrastructure for its military. When complete, the United Kingdom's armed forces will have a secure radio system that operates a battlefield Internet jointly across multiple ground, air and sea platforms.
Several key impediments must be conquered if network-centric warfare is to achieve its potential for revolutionizing military operations. Long-standing concerns such as interoperability and cultural resistance are joined by issues of understanding human behavior and research and development investment. These elements threaten to slow or even derail efforts to incorporate the full advantages of network-centric warfare into U.S. forces by 2025.
The U.S. Air Force is examining technology that would enhance a B-1B Lancer crew's situational awareness while in the air and simultaneously record data that can be shared with other mission commanders or used to train future aircrews. The capability would provide pilots with information about existing threats, which would allow them to execute appropriate threat avoidance maneuvers.
Warfighters soon may be wearing clothing with built-in radio antennas and global positioning system receivers. These items would be embedded in uniforms and equipment harnesses laced with internal wiring and circuitry that connect personal communications devices, computers and power supplies to form a single network.
Unattended sensors in a future theater of operation detect enemy movements, identify and locate targets, and feed that information via unmanned aerial vehicle communications network nodes to the command center. Commanders collate their data with other information from space and U.S.-based sources, then signal unattended battlefield and airborne weapons to launch against enemy assets. These networked weapons keep track of battle damage and trade-off targets as they are destroyed.
The Bush administration's declaration of war on terrorism allows federal organizations such as the National Security Agency to expand their electronic intelligence-gathering practices. With initial deployment of U.S. forces to the Middle East, demand to locate hostile terrorist cells and their support mechanisms immediately is rising, both in the United States and overseas. In addition, what had been a gradually growing requirement for U.S. forces to conduct information operations, including computer network offense and defense, is now switching to fast forward.


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Laurel M. Hersey
Minnetonka City Attorney
14600 Minnetonka Boulevard
Minnetonka, MN 55345-1597
Dear Ms. Hersey:
In your letter to Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III, you present substantially the following:
An accident occurred as a result of an individual's failure to maintain vehicle control contrary to Minn. Stat. Ï 169.14 which is a misdemeanor. Although the officer did not personally observe the violation, he subsequently acquired information sufficient to establish probable cause and shortly thereafter issued a citation to the driver of the vehicle.
You ask the following:
Is is lawful for an officer to issue a traffic citation together with a notice to appear for a misdemeanor traffic violation not occurring in the officers' presence?
As qualified below, we answer your question in the affirmative.
Minn. Stat. S 629.34, subd. l(c)(1) (1992) provides:
A peace officer, constable, or part-time peace officer who is authorized under paragraphs (a) or (b) to make an arrest without a warrant may do so under the following circumstances:
(1) when a public offense has been committed or attempted in the officer's or constable's presence.
(Emphasis added.)
Once a lawful warrantless misdemeanor arrest has been made, a citation may be issued in lieu of custodial arrest. Minn. R. Crim. P. 6.01, subd. l(l)(a) provides:
Law enforcement officers acting without a warrant, who have decided to proceed with prosecution, shall issue citations to persons subject to lawful arrest for misdemeanors, unless it reasonably appears to the officer that arrest or detention is necessary to prevent bodily harm to the accused or another or further criminal conduct, or that there is a substantial likelihood that the accused will fail to respond to a citation. The citation may be issued in lieu of an arrest, or if an arrest has been made, in lieu of continued detention.
(Emphasis added.)
The rule is silent as to whether citations may also be issued to individuals not subject to a warrantless arrest because the misdemeanor occurred outside of the officers' presence. Specifically, the rule does not address whether it is proper for an officer to issue a citation to a person suspected of committing a misdemeanor who has not been arrested. Rather, Rule 6 governs pre-trial release, incorporating the opinion that a person should not be taken into custody for an offense for which the person could not be incarcerated even if found guilty. Comment to Minn. R. Crim. P. 6. Thus, the rule does not require that an arrest precede or be a condition precedent to the issuance of a citation. The rule only addresses the procedures to be followed when a warrantless arrest has been made for a misdemeanor violation.
Similarly, Minn. Stat. Ï 169.91 (1992) only addresses the procedures to be followed when a person is arrested for violation of Minnesota's Motor Vehicle Code. The statute does not preclude the issuance of a citation for a misdemeanor traffic offense, when the person is not subject to arrest because the offense occurred outside the officer's presence.
On the other hand, Minn. Stat. Ï 169.99, subd. l(a) (1992) provides for the issuance of a citation for any violation of Minn. Stat. ch. 169 or an ordinance in conformity thereto. It does not require that the suspect be arrested as a pre-condition to issuing a citation.
Indeed, many violations of chapter 169 are petty misdemeanor offenses. Ordinarily, the commission of a petty misdemeanor does not justify a custodial arrest. See, e.g., State v. Martin, 253 N.W.2d 404 (Minn. 1977); Minn. R. Crim. P. 6.01, subd. l(l)(a). Minn. Stat. Ï 169.99 further provides that the citation shall "have the effect of a summons and complaint." By having the effect of a summons and complaint, the uniform traffic ticket may be used as a substitute for a formal complaint in traffic matters. See Comment to Minn. R. Crim P. 6. Minn. Stat. Ï 169.99 does not, however, condition the use or effect of the citation upon the occurrence of an arrest.
We have opined on this issue before and concluded that "a defendant cannot be legally brought into court and charged under the uniform traffic ticket for an offense not committed in the presence of the arresting officer." Op. Atty. Gen. 494a-1, March 14, 1967. In that opinion we relied in part on Minn. Stat. Ï 169.91, subd. 3 (1965) which we felt provided for the issuance of tickets "in lieu of an arrest." We then interpreted Minn. Stat. Ï 169.91, together with the misdemeanor presence requirement contained in Minn. Stat. Ï 629.34 (1965), as limiting the use of citations to cases where immediate arrest is employed or available. Upon revisiting that opinion, we no longer believe that it adequately distinguishes the procedures to be followed upon arrest from those procedures available for charging a suspect with a misdemeanor offense. Furthermore, subsequent statutory and decisional law have further defined the function of the uniform traffic ticket in ways which further negate any implied nexus between issuance of citations and the need for actual custodial arrest.
In 1988, Minn. Stat. ÏÏ 169.91 and 169.92 were amended so that a person is not required to sign a promise to appear to secure release without being taken into custody and immediately taken before a judge. Minn. Stat. Ï 169.99 was also amended in 1988 to remove the requirement that a driver's signature of the ticket act as "a receipt in lieu of bail." Thus, a signature is no longer required to secure release and a driver receiving a traffic citation need not be placed under custodial arrest.
Furthermore, since our 1967 opinion, The Minnesota Supreme Court has indicated that the "in-presence" limitation of Minn. Stat. Ï 629.34 does not apply to police investigatory conduct short of an arrest. State v. Studdard, 352 N.W.2d 413, 415 (Minn. 1984). Thus, it does not appear that a consistent reading of Minn. Stat. ÏÏ 169.91 and 629.34 requires the issuance of tickets only in cases where an arrest is authorized.
Our 1967 opinion was also based upon Minn. Stat. Ï 629.42 (1965).[1] We concluded that for a misdemeanor traffic offense committed outside an officer's presence "the best procedure in order to effect proper jurisdiction is by complaint and warrant in accordance with Minn. Stat. (1965) Ï 629.42." However, Minn. Stat. Ï 629.42 (1965) has been superseded by the Rules of Criminal Procedure. See, e.g., State v. Florence, 239 N.W.2d 892 (Minn. 1976); Minn. Stat. Ï 480.059, subd. 7 (1992). In matters of procedure rather than substance, the Rules of Criminal Procedure take precedence over statutes to the extent that there is any inconsistency. State v. Keith, 325 N.W.2d 641 (Minn. 1982).
Rule 6.01 expressly recognizes the use of uniform traffic tickets. Furthermore, Rules 4.02 and 10.01 now expressly provide for a tab charge as a method to initiate a criminal proceeding. Rule 5.01 also recognizes service of a citation as a separate mechanism, apart from arrest and service of a formal summons, to require appearance of a misdemeanor defendant. "The ticket or tab charge is the functional equivalent of a complaint." Friedman v. Commissioner of Public Safety, 473 N.W.2d 828, 833 n.5 (Minn. 1991). In such cases, a formal complaint would be filed if the judge orders one or if the person charged requests one. Minn. R. Crim. P. 4.02, subd. 5(3). Because the rules expressly recognize charging methods other than a complaint sworn to before a magistrate, our conclusion today is that our prior opinion is no longer controlling.
We, therefore, conclude that an officer may, upon probable cause, issue a uniform traffic ticket for a misdemeanor traffic violation not occurring in the officers' presence where the officer does not subject the person charged to an arrest. Op. Atty. Gen. 494a-1, March 14, 1967, is superseded to the extent inconsistent with this conclusion.
Very truly yours,
Attorney General
Special Assistant
Attorney General
[1] Minn. Stat. S 629.42 (1965) provided:
Upon complaint made to any such magistrate that a criminal offense has been committed, he shall examine, on oath, the complainant and any witnesses who shall appear before him, reduce the complaint to writing, and cause it to be subscribed by the complainant; and, if it shall appear that such offense has been committed, he shall issue a warrant, reciting the substance of the complaint, and requiring the officer to whom it is directed to forthwith bring the accused before him, or some other court or magistrate of the county, to be dealt with according to law, and in such warrant require him to summon the witnesses therein named to appear and give evidence on the examination.


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Anonymous on 01/18/2013
There have been multiple incidences of bedbugs at 1120 Barclay over the last 7 years, on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th floors as well as the 11th. I can confirm that suite 1102 had a major infestation at the end of Dec 2012 which has been sprayed once.
Management does spray promptly, however they do not notify other tenants that bedbugs have been found on their floor, or that they should take precautions and check for bugs. Bedbugs have been found in at least 3 suites on the 11th floor now. In pr
evious years, the 6th and 7th floor had suites repeatedly experiencing infestation.
Though management does spray when reported, because they do not notify the other tenants or check the other suites, other infestations may go noticed for some time, creating populations that can re-introduce themselves to other suites.
The bugs can crawl under doors as well as going through the electrical outlets.
Also, this building a very high percentage of ESL students from Asian countries from countries like Japan and Korea which, I am told, never eliminated bedbugs from the general population... and often bring bugs with them with them in their luggage.
Felix on 03/07/2012
After one week of moving in my roomates started being bitten by bedbugs, I moved in this month, one month later and after one week I am now also being bitten by bedbugs. We have contacted management who will fumigate the apartment next week, they claimed that we are the only apartment to be affected by this yet. Talking to some other tenants in the building though it seems that many people have had similar problems within a week of moving in, one person claimed that they had made a complaint to
a previous manager and nothing had been done about it. The management is in the process of changing right now and the temporary manager is taking very prompt and correct action regarding the bed bugs, however it seems that the problem is more wide spread in the entire building, however I can not prove this only that we have had problems on the 11th(top) floor and that there will be presumably more problems in the floors below us as the bedbugs have to have been making their progress slowly up the building, giving that bedbugs do not fly.
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My Waring Pro Belgian waffle maker comes with some recipes, but I'm
hesitant to try them per the following: warm milk to 95 - 105 degrees
So.... do I just put the milk in the microwave or warm it on the
stove? And Does the temperature have to be exactly in this range? I've
never warmed milk before! :-O
Right now I'm using a BHG recipe where you basically mix pretty much
the same ingredients as the Waring Pro recipe: eggs, milk, flour,
yeast, and there's nothing about letting it sit an hour. You just put
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I have to make my mixes at night since there's no time in the morning
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letting the yeast/warm milk mixture sit an hour or so, presumably to
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Visiting A Worship Service At A Kingdom Hall
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A Mormon attends a meeting at the Kingdom Hall for the first time and notes down his observations.
|posted Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:49:00 GMT(1/3/2010)
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On Sunday September 6th, 2009 I attended the worship service of the Jehovah's Witnesses. I again dressed into a suit and tie, and walked into their Kingdom Hall.
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Very interesting
I wonder why they didnt answer his questions more deeply and didnt follow up by a visit. His questions were not hard. Was it really because they were not prepared?
They likely knew he was a mormon, so they assume it is very unlikely for him to accept the "truth". On the other hand, they would not want him to pass on his "false teachings" to the cong. So whom he got to speak to was very much controlled, being cornered by and passed off to "spiritually strong" members.
|posted Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:28:00 GMT(1/3/2010)
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I am sure they are wary of anyone who has a shopping list of questions. Also, they did fudge the truth on some answers- the question about the WT writers being a prophet must have rattled them a little. I wish the GB was looked at as just" a group of men who work for the Org, nothing more"-
|posted Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:03:00 GMT(1/3/2010)
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I suggest researching on this forum before committing to any new religion. While I do not recommend becoming a Mormon, from what I have seen, at least it is a little better than becoming a Jehovah's Witless.
For instance, the door to door work in the Mormons is only for a limited period. Witlesses spend their whole damn lives, and every single one of them is required to do that. Mormons are also allowed to celebrate Christmas (sparing them the headaches of having to dread the holiday decorations and music); witlesses are not. And Mormons as a group tend to be encouraged to get an education, while the witlesses are not.
|posted Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:59:00 GMT(1/3/2010)
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maybe the mormon religion is a little better than jw, but is is still a dangerous cult, IMO.
the experiences of ex-mormons are very similar to ex-jws!
|posted Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:23:00 GMT(1/3/2010)
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well, it is a lot more costly- 10% tithe, plus, money to the local church, then the regional stake, then the widows and orphans fund, money for your kids mission trip, money for trips to those Temple services- at least this was how it was explained to me by a Mormon 30 years ago, who drove old beat up cars and lived in an old house that was only 10 years away from being a teardown.
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