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jdmeyer 6/4/2002 15:33 |
This may not be much of a prayer but since you're interested in changing jobs, consider studying the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); it will give you a 4x4 personality matrix. Here's a good website: www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/mb_simpl.htm. I do pray that your doctor listens to you. |
willow777 6/8/2002 00:45 |
Remeber, you are never alone, even in our darkest hours there is always light! |
willow777 6/8/2002 00:48 |
Remeber, you are never alone, even in our darkest hours there is always light! |
Egret67 6/12/2002 15:11 |
May the Great Spirit hold you close. Please know that you are not alone. I, too, am out of work due to "psychiatric problems." I have been diagnosed with just about every psych problem in the past 10 years and have been addicted to prescription drugs (the "non addictive" type!). I have lost jobs, the meagre amount of friends I had, and alienated many family members who solidly believe I should "snap out of it," attributing my problems to intellectual/spritual flacidity. I have attempted suicide 3 times but have found comfort in my relationship with a loving, supportive husband with whom I am blessed, my cats, my garden... but I find myself still paralyzed and sobbing more often than not, much to my chagrin. |
brightstar1 7/5/2002 19:47 |
Dearest Tracy: You have already taken the first step in healing by asking for spiritual help. Be kind to yourself, take care of your health, take B vitamins avoid stress. The rest will come. |
Conniesauras 7/20/2002 03:31 |
Dear Tracy, I would like to share a website I ran across about Serenity that is over the counter. I sent the web address to my son who suffers with Bi polar as well. I take Sam-e for my anxiety problems and it has been a God send. I prayed for an answer to my son's problem and I found this site. Good luck to you. Aloha, Connie |
msadunni 7/26/2002 22:44 |
I was diagnosed with bipolar a few years ago, and I was in a similar situation to the one that you are in now. Put you faith in god he will guide you though. You can get through this just like I did. Just it step by step and you will see theres light at the end of the tunnel. You are in my prayers. |
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"This prayer is to help us sell our home."
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"The love of my life has cancer."
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"Please pray for my daughter and her unborn child."
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1981 Mercedes-Benz 240 Diesel for Sale in Orlando - Only $13,900
Here is an amazing find. A 1981 Mercedes-Benz 240D with an actual documented 53,775 miles. This North Carolina beauty was purchased new from Scott Motor Co, Goldsboro, N.C., 27530 {No longer in business}.
The service history is shown in the original maintenance book through June, 2005 {51,189 miles}. At that time, the second owner who had admired this Mercedes 240D for years got a call from the senior first owner that he was ready to give up his car. Car Fax clearly shows these 2 owners. North Carolina's state inspections along with detailed service records and receipts clearly document the actual miles and history of ownership. When purchased in June, 2005, the second owner spent $2,734.92 on a major service where all fluids, gaskets, hoses, belts were replaced. Brakes were replaced and even the brake fluid was flushed!
This was a very thorough service. Motor and transmission mounts were replaced in 2006, cost $446. The AC system has been converted to 134, and the original compressor and water pump have also been replaced.
This is the finest original Mercedes-Benz 240D. The paint is 99% original with absolutely no sign of rust, accident or damage ever. The entire interior is just flawless, and looks like a car with little or no use! The engine compartment is immaculate, including the hood insulation, and every nook and cranny is just perfect. Door jams, dash pad, wood, gauges, chrome, stainless trim, window felts, rubber gaskets, wheel covers, bumpers including the rubber covers are crisp. Window glass is crystal clear with a factory window tint. Original AM/FM radio, cassette player and power antennae are working properly. The cruise control works partially and is currently being checked. The tires have been replaced and are in almost new condition.
The spare tire is original (20 years old and surely should not be driven on very far) and has never been used. The original tool pouch is in the trunk with the original jack. All of the original owners books and manuals are with the car along with receipts, service history and inspection history. Call or email today to set an appointment for mechanical inspection or test drive.

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Summary:Taking a break from DDR4 reviews, we check out a PC3-12800 kit from G.Skill to see if it's perfect for your Dual-Channel Z97 build. Come take a look. Read the review.
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Summary:Patriot sent over a Viper DDR3 kit of RAM for the new Z87 platform. We see just what it's capable of today when put to the test. Read the review.
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Summary:We check out the latest G.Skill TridentX kit with a massive 2933MHz DDR clock out of the box, designed for the new Haswell Z87 platform. Read the review.
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Summary:Our first Intel Z87 memory kit comes from Corsair and is part of the new Vengeance Pro line. Let's dive in and check it out. Read the review.
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I love Hawthorn. It is home to my favourite of all the Readings stores ('Hawthorn'), Haigh's, terrace houses, below average footballers, Cheers and Scotch College. I only wish I was beautiful enough to be married to someone who could afford to live there. I would be all up in that cafe lifestyle like nobody's business with my six blonde children and my nanny and my Bugaboo pram and why doesn't he love me anymore?
Liar Liar is a popular place on the internet. And like all things that are popular on the internet, it was hard to find when I went out into the real world in search of it. There's no signage, just the words "Liar Liar" on the door in little red letters. It's like some kind of magnificent brothel cum food servery. Superficially, the place has that 'there used to be an old house here but someone knocked it down and built these apartments with shops under them' look about it on the outside, but the interior has been beautifully furnished and is cosy, clean and inviting.
I was pleased to see that Liar Liar had hired a Robin Tunney lookalike, because I really enjoyed The Craft. She and I had a good laugh about the fact that she didn't have strong enough muscles to open my Tiro bottle, and I promised her I would tell everyone (I think she thought I was joking, but here we are). She was light on her feet and the service was seriously excellent. We all became firm friends.
I only had to read the menu for saliva to begin pouring out of my eye sockets. The pancake option here is Ricotta hotcakes (definitely on trend in Melbourne) with berry coulis, almond cream and maple syrup. Almond cream! Needless to say, I was pleased about that, even with the coulis. As I mentioned, I don't love berries, and berry coulis frightens me a little as it has a tendency to just.be.everywhere. Pancakes are absorbent little bastards and they drink in the berry juice and suddenly instead of being ricotta hotcakes, they are berry hotcakes alla ricotta. See how I know very basic Italian? Let's get married.
But in this instance, they were delicious. And beautiful. So beautiful that the woman sitting opposite me thought I was taking photos of her and her perfect life. But I wasn't. I just couldn't get enough of the way these looked.
I cannot fault the presentation of my pancakes, nor of any of the other meals I saw at other tables. Proper care had been taken in assembling these dishes, and it was a welcome change from some of the 'slap it and see' I've experienced of late.
I don't know whose idea it was to start serving cold pancakes for breakfast, but I'm grateful that these guys missed the memo. When I shifted the top layer to check out the treasure underneath, a cloud of magnificent steam rose toward the ceiling. My pancakes, god love them, were boiling hot.
They were also delicious. The almond cream was everything I imagined and more, adding a nutty flavour and interesting texture to the dish. The berries offset it nicely, and the ricotta hotcakes themselves were thick but still light. A masterpiece.
The man who took my money later told me the secret to Liar Liar's molten pancakes. "We put them in the oven after we fry them!" he said, and he was clearly pleased about it. I was in a wonderful food coma at the time, but I am almost certain I managed to nod appreciatively.
The pancakes were $16.50, which is not cheap but still excellent value.
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LINC invests $1m in cargo
Logistics Insight Corp., or LINC, is spending more than $1 million to expand its cargo-sorting facility at the Fort Wayne International Airport Air Cargo Hub. Once the expansion is complete, the 3PL will occupy 165,370 square feet of space at FWA, an increase of 59,480 square feet.
"Expanding our operations at Fort Wayne International Airport provides us the opportunity to continue growing and offering a high level of customer service to our clients," Matt Lock, LINC general manager, said in a statement.
According to a press release, LINC's investment will cover the purchase of mobile equipment and tractor-trailer support, as well as upgrades to its internal warehouse infrastructure and IT systems.
Patrick Dooley, vice president of airport development for the Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance, said the expansion "signals LINC's confidence in the community and a positive relationship with the airport. This project not only adds to the airport's non-aeronautical revenue stream, but it provides the community with new job opportunities."
The Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority projects that approximately 50 new jobs will be created as a result of LINC's expansion. Hiring for the positions is slated to begin in June, according to the press release.
LINC isn't the only company investing in Fort Wayne International Airport. The FWACAA is also planning to devote more than $1 million to renovate FWA, funds that will be utilized to install 10 dock doors, build a 10-foot demising wall and remove six embedded roller floors.
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This topic is outdated. The current Updater will prompt for username and password when applicable, but I'll keep this here for archival purposes. There are many different types of ways used to filter internet connections. This method is used at my public library (they don't block PA.c, but require username and password to use the internet, which is not prompted by the updater) and I'm assuming other places do this too. I'm not sure how this will work with other setups, but feel free to try. ***DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK***
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i did that, but download fromi did that, but download from sourceforge.net always failed. any hints? There are other ways to block connectionsThe ways I mentioned only work for the specific setup I had at the library, and there are many other ways to block sites. My school, for example, blocks sourceforge.net as well, and this method doesn't work over there. If you followed these steps exactly, then chances are that your administrators have set up your connection differently. |


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As Mark Halperin reported, the Perry team hired campaign veteran Curt Anderson to help the campaign with message and strategy on a national level.
First, don't confuse him with Dem politician Curtis Stovall Anderson or with writer Kurt Anderson. Instead, according to an August 26 Op-Ed at politico, Anderson is "a Republican strategist and a partner at OnMessage Inc., a GOP media and polling firm. He co-wrote Gov. Bobby Jindal's book "Leadership in Crisis."
His Bio at his firms writes that Curt "served President Reagan at the White House as Associate Director of Public Liaison, and Chairman Haley Barbour as political director at the Republican National Committee. Curt led the effort that developed the Republican Party's much vaunted "72 Hour Task Force" which rewrote the playbook on voter turnout technologies and tactics, and he redesigned and authored the curriculum for the Republican Party's campaign management colleges. In Presidential politics Curt served as a senior strategist for Steve Forbes in 1999, directed the coalition outreach efforts for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000, led the RNC's independent expenditure ad campaign to re-elect President Bush in 2004, was a member of the ad team for Mitt Romney's campaign in 2007/2008, and led the RNC's independent expenditure campaign against President Obama in the fall of 2008."
The PR firm shows to have clients in more than thirty states, and the clients includes anyone from the NRA, NRSC, RNC, and NRCC to Florida Governor Rick Scott, LA Governor Jindal and US senators Scott Brown and Ron Jonson. Basically, look at a map of the US starting with a wall at LA, AR and MO and the firm has clients in almost all states East word, including clients in all Southern states, plus of course in Texas and some other states in "the back"!
In his August 26 op-ed, posted just two weeks after Perry announced he will run, Anderson ripped everyone from the Left and the Republican elite to Congressional Republicans and Karl Rove. He closed his article by saying: "Quick, let's get Paul Ryan to run. Oops, he said no. Let's take another trip to New Jersey to see if Gov. Chris Christie is still a no. Maybe we can lure Steve Forbes in for a third try. I know, let's get Palin — maybe she can divide the conservative vote and stop Perry. Enough already. The field is set. Deal with it."
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Canadian Treasures, photo by Kathryn Lake Hogan, Windsor, Ontario, 2012.
Kathryn Lake Hogan of LOOKING4ANCESTORS announces free webinars for researching your Canadian family history.
Please join her on the following dates for these topics:
Tuesday, February 28 - Digging Your Canadian Roots
Thursday, March 22 - Making the Most of the Canadian Census Records
Tuesday, April 17 - Canadian Ports of Entry: Ship Passenger Lists, Immigration Records and Border Crossing Records
Thursday, May 24 - Fighting for the King: Researching Your American Revolutionary Loyalist Ancestor
Thursday, June 21 - Mapping Your Ancestors' Footsteps
News about upcoming hangouts, meetings and webinars offered throughout the online genealogy community.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Researching Your Canadian Ancestors Webinars
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Would LOVE to attend some (or all) of these webinars. Do you have times slated already? How can we register?
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Are these going to be recorded & posted online afterward? Unfortunately, I'll be at work when they're going on!
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5K Walk/Run
We're having the 5K Walk/Run again this year to coincide with our Health Fair/Grand opening of remodeled ER/Outpatient Services.
Save the date: September 21!
We are again asking area businesses if they'd like to provide anything for the walk/run bags – area businesses did a great job of providing items for Orr's first walk-run last month – I'd like to see us get more promotional materials out there this year.
Materials can include anything – cute advertising give-aways, calendars, magnets, rulers, pens, etc., or even just publications on their services/businesses.
We generally stuff about 100 bags for the event.
Thanks ahead of time to any and all who participate in helping out with this event…………….from the 5K Walk/Run Team at the Cook Hospital!
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Deja Vu All Over Again
Get in line, Scottie, the Washington Nationals beat you to the punch.
The Marlins' rookie left-hander, who surrendered three home runs in his last appearance against the Phillies and then hit a batter to cap off his memorable day, has opened his big mouth on the eve of the final series of the regular season. It appears he isn't the only one with some sort of grudge against the Phillies:
"I don't like them. I don't want to see them get in…. At this point, that's our only motivation - to not let the Phillies get in." -- Taylor Tankersley, relief pitcher, Florida Marlins.
Someone ought to tell these kids there is more to life than grudges.
Someone else ought to tell the Phillies there is no more life after Sunday if they don't turn things around beginning tonight and the Dodgers cooperate by losing at least two out of three in their final series.
The only good thing that can be said about last night's loss to the Nationals is hardly anyone saw it, including the Phillies hitters. The start of the game was delayed 4.5 hours by rain and didn't end until past 2AM. The Phils dropped two of three in Washington and barely won the middle game. Not exactly a killer instinct.
So, it's déjà vu all over again: that elusive post-season appearance hangs in the balance of a weekend series against the Marlins. The Phils have been there before. Will the results be different this time?


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Mar 04, 2012, 12:30 PM | |
France, Auvergne, Luneau
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Adding landing gear to CL-415
If I attach the landing gear to where it should be (see attachment), this is just about exactly where the centre of gravity of the plane should be; can't have the plane sitting back on its rear! Anyone overcome this problem? One would have to push the C of G far forward to overcome this, but then surely the CL415 will get a tendency to dive.
By the way, you may ask where is the livery? I've removed it, and am awaiting the French one from Callie Graphics (Securite Civile). |
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That's true. The CG of mine is dead on the (forward) plywood spar, which I think is in front of the wheel space. Are those retractable wheels you're putting on. Wouldn't mine seeing some close ups, though if I add anything else, it'll struggle into the air! Luke |
Mar 04, 2012, 05:27 PM | |
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After all I've read in this thread about where the C of G should be, I am confused, so as a beginner, will use the 70mm in the "instructions". If it is too far forward, better a bit nose heavy.
N, the wheels are not retractable, and I've decided (10 minutes ago) to solely use the 'boat' facility, ie no landing gear, reducing any possibilities of leaks when using on water. Still, the position I showed is where the wheels should be (landing gear hatch) which is dangerously close to the C of G, I think a design error. |
Mar 04, 2012, 05:53 PM | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...rChurchill.JPG as I said if you put the wheels too far back it becomes a problem or even impossible rotating for take off. The extreme case is the B52 which has 2 sets of wheels at the nose and towards the tail way behind the CoG(to allow the bomb bay to be at the CoG) when they take off they dont rotate they rise into the airfrom all wheels at once, so no not a design error. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B-...ss_Takeoff.jpg Dave |
Mar 05, 2012, 11:21 AM | |
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Thanks all of you.
Another question on wiring (I aim to put the ESC in the fuselage!): Is it bad practice to put both the motor wires and the servo wires in the SAME channel cut into the foam of the wing? What do you fellas do? |
Mar 05, 2012, 12:47 PM | ||
Dave |
Mar 05, 2012, 01:07 PM | |
I belive you have it incorrect, the wires between the ESC and battery's must be kept short the wires from the esc to motors can be longer with no problems. Per Castle creations . I have several twins and a couple of 4 engine electric model all have esc' in fuse with on problems . But on the other hand I see My Dyham dc-/c47 is the oppsite very long power wires and very short esc to motor wires. so good question who's correct the most Important thing with sea planes is to waterproof the esc's ,because even a few drops of water on an esc can fry them . |
Mar 05, 2012, 01:18 PM | |
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It's always a discussion matter, but after a lot of trawling, the consensus seems to have short battery to ESC wires, and ESC to motor length is not a problem. I have my ESCs in the fuselage and they are fine. Braid the cables from the ESC to the motors if you are running them with or near the servo cables.
If you do put the ESC in the nacelle (waterproofing???), the consensus is to use extra caps in the ESCs, same ratings. Luke |
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based in Annapolis, MARYLAND (USA)
The Aarcher Institute of Environmental Training, LLC, was established in response to a need for reliable source of complete and practical environmental training presented by a team of instructors that are practicing experts in the field and dedicated to environmental training. Aarcher Institute courses address developing environmental management and regulatory challenges, ...
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Stratus Environmental Limited is a multidisciplinary planning, design and engineering consultancy specialising in the provision of development services to the UK`s leading waste management and renewable energy companies.
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Lakes Environmental is committed to supplying robust and easy-to-use air dispersion modeling software to consulting companies, industries, governmental agencies and academia. The introduction of Lakes Environmental's graphical Microsoft Windows-based interfaces revolutionized the field of air dispersion modeling software. Since 1995, Lakes Environmental has been ...
RTP Environmental Associates, Inc.
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RTP Environmental Associates, Inc. provides professional environmental consulting services to meet client needs for today and for the future. We develop timely and cost effective approaches for permit application preparation, training, modeling analyses, ambient monitoring needs, as well as testing and analytical services to satisfy all regulatory requirements.
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Environmental Advisors Limited are an environmental consultancy based in UK. EAL was established in 2003 with the intention of allowing rapid and cost effective access to specialist combined environmental and legal skills. The goal is to promote environmental awareness the benefits of compliance with environmental legislation balancing the needs of industry with the ...
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Environmental Engineering Consultants has performed scientific and engineering studies of water, soil, and air.We at Environmental Engineering Consultants are dedicated to providing practical, effective solutions for industrial, commercial, and regulatory concerns. By staying at the forefront of professional knowledge, we deliver our clients timely, cost-conscious ...
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Eastmount Environmental Services, LLC is a leading air quality testing, stack testing, monitoring, engineering and training firm serving clients worldwide. Founded in 1977, Eastmount has grown to become one of the most respected air quality test consultants in the Nation. Backed by a Team of highly experienced environmental management professionals, Eastmount is fully ...
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Who is our enemy?By Will Cain, CNN Contributor, and Andrew C. McCarthy, Special to CNNUpdated 1045 GMT (1745 HKT) April 26, 2013Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosBoston bombings: A week in photos – The second of two explosions goes off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Three people were killed and at least 264 were injured in the double bombings.Hide Caption 1 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosA man comforts a victim on the sidewalk at the scene of the first explosion.Hide Caption 2 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosRunners react near Kenmore Square after the explosions.Hide Caption 3 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosRescue workers tend to the wounded on the scene. First responders tried to save lives and limbs before transporting victims to hospitals.Hide Caption 4 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosOn Tuesday, April 16, a vigil was held at Boston's Garvey Park for 8-year-old bombing victim Martin Richard. The other victims were Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager from Medford, Massachusetts, and Lingzi Lu, a 23-year-old Chinese national attending graduate school at Boston University.Hide Caption 5 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosThe city was quiet the day after the tragedy. Here, a young runner, left, collects his thoughts in a church blocks away from the scene of the attack.Hide Caption 6 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosOn Wednesday, April 17, a federal law enforcement source with firsthand knowledge of the investigation told CNN that a lid to a pressure cooker -- thought to have been used in the bombings -- had been found on a roof of a building near the scene. It was one of several pieces of evidence authorities found.Hide Caption 7 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosThe device also had fragments such as nails, BBs and ball bearings, the FBI said.Hide Caption 8 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosOn Thursday, April 18, the FBI released photos and video of two suspects in the bombings and asked for the public's help in identifying them. Hide Caption 9 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosThe FBI later identified the suspects as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, left, and his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev.Hide Caption 10 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosFBI Suspect No. 2, later said to be Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is apparently seen in this picture, far left in white cap. The photo was taken by Boston Marathon runner David Green at the scene of the bombings.Hide Caption 11 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosThe man identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears in a tighter crop of Green's photo. Green submitted the photo to the FBI, he told CNN's Piers Morgan in an interview.Hide Caption 12 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosLate on the night of Thursday, April 18, police responded to a call that a campus officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was shot and killed. Police say a man later reported being carjacked by the brothers. The two were stopped in Watertown, Massachusetts, where police said they threw explosives and shot at the officers. One man, assumed to be Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, drives off. The other, later identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is injured and later dies at the hospital.Hide Caption 13 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosBoston Police Commissioner Edward Davis speaks to the media in Watertown on Friday, April 19, and explains that the city is on lockdown until the surviving suspect is found. The manhunt begins.Hide Caption 14 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosOfficers scoured Watertown, where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was last seen.Hide Caption 15 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosFrightened residents were questioned near Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Hide Caption 16 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosSWAT teams conducted door-to-door searches in Watertown while looking for the suspect.Hide Caption 17 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosRuslan Tsarni, uncle of the Tsarnaev brothers, gave an interview April 19 outside his home in Montgomery Village, Maryland. He urged Tsarnaev to turn himself in.Hide Caption 18 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosSWAT teams continue to search in Watertown on April 19. A lockdown for the Boston area is lifted at 6 p.m., meaning people can again leave their homes.Hide Caption 19 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosOn the evening of April 19, a Watertown resident reports seeing a man on a boat in his backyard and calls the police. Residents ran from the area where police say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding on Franklin Street.Hide Caption 20 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosHelicopters with infrared devices detect a man under the boat tarp. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's frame is seen in this thermal image released by Massachusetts State Police.Hide Caption 21 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosPolice throw "flash-bangs" -- devices meant to stun people with a loud noise -- and start negotiations with Tsarnaev. He eventually surrenders and is transported to a local hospital in serious condition.Hide Caption 22 of 23Boston bombings: A week in photos 23 photosPeople wave U.S. flags in Watertown after it was announced that Tsarnaev had been captured.Hide Caption 23 of 23Story highlightsWill Cain and Andrew McCarthy debate who the U.S. is fighting in the war on terrorMcCarthy: To be an enemy combatant one has to be part of the enemy Cain: Distinction between al Qaeda inspired and al Qaeda connected is becoming murky McCarthy: Military commissions are done to protect our intel files on the enemyWill Cain: Andy, who are we fighting in the war on terror? I don't mean to turn this into a freshman Political Science 101 question, but this is a pretty important issue. The answer to that question should protect us not only from terrorists, but also from the government depriving us of constitutional rights. Sens. Lindsay Graham, John McCain and Kelly Ayotte and Rep. Peter King are all raising hell over the fact that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- one the of suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing -- wasn't designated an "enemy combatant" and held in military detention for interrogation. But I see nothing in the Authorization for Use of Military Force or the National Defense Authorization Act that takes away rights afforded to citizens (Dzhokhar is a U.S. citizen) by the Constitution.Do you disagree?Andy McCarthy: While I am not ready to go quite that far, designating Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant would be very problematic. This is why I have repeatedly argued in the past few years that the 2001 AUMF is in need of an overhaul that reflects the current reality of the war on terror.To be an enemy combatant one has to be part of the enemy. Under the AUMF, the enemy that Congress has authorized combat operations against includes only people, organizations or nations that carried out the 9/11 attacks and those who harbored them. This understates the actual enemy in time and scope, but the laws of war apply only to what Congress has authorized.The reason I cannot go as far as you do is that we do not know enough yet. Al Qaeda, which is clearly covered by the AUMF, has operational ties to jihadist groups in Chechnya and Dagestan. It is conceivable that the Tsarnaevs -- particularly Tamerlan -- is connected with these groups and that they are complicit in the events in Boston. I am not arguing that this is likely; it is, however, plausible. Thus, I think that in wartime, with Congress having authorized military operations and with the interest in national security outweighing an individual detainee's interest in heightened due process, the executive branch would have been entitled to a short but reasonable period of military detention while it sorted out whether there is a meaningful connection to the enemy Congress has identified. But if there is no such connection, there is no legal authority to designate Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant.Cain: So, just to clarify. The AUMF authorizes combat operations against: "... those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons."The NDAA expanded the enemy list from those involved in 9/11 to include "al Qaeda" and "associated forces." So:1. We know this can include American citizens. There's a long history of American citizens joining the enemy side from German sabateours in WWII to Yasser Esam Hamdi. 2. It's unclear if it includes American citizens on American soil like Jose Padilla. 3. But this is all predicated on the offender being connected to the "enemy."Just WatchedNo 'enemy combatant' label for suspectreplayMore Videos ...No 'enemy combatant' label for suspect 03:18PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedTrying suspect as enemy combatantreplayMore Videos ...Trying suspect as enemy combatant 04:48PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedDid the Boston suspects have help?replayMore Videos ...Did the Boston suspects have help? 06:44PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedFriends of bombing suspects questionedreplayMore Videos ...Friends of bombing suspects questioned 02:28PLAY VIDEOYou make two interesting points. One, it seems to me that holding people in detention for a "reasonable" amount of time because of "plausible" connections to al Qaeda (the enemy) until we know more is incredibly gray and open-ended. This is exactly what Graham, McCain, King and Ayotte are requesting. What is a plausible connection? Anyone who has professed hatred of America? Any radical Islamist? Anyone who visits countries with an al Qaeda presence? And what is a reasonable amount of time? I'm not comfortable with these blurry lines when talking about depriving American citizens of Constitutional rights.McCarthy: If that is what the senators and Rep. King are arguing, I think they're right. Listening to some of the commentary, my understanding was that some are saying it is permissible to designate someone an enemy combatant, irrespective of what Congress has authorized, simply because he has participated in a horrific act of terrorism. To the contrary, the designation has to fit Congress' authorization. If these members of Congress are acknowledging that, then I'm with them. By "plausible," I am not talking about six degrees of separation, or that al Qaeda reads in the paper about an attack it had nothing to do with and starts the Allahu Akbar! celebration. I am talking about a meaningful, operational connection -- one that, if you proved it in court, would be enough to show conspiracy or aiding and abetting the enemy. For example, an al Qaeda affiliate provides person A with paramilitary training and sends him back to America with the understanding that he will hook up with person B and they will use the training to commit terrorist acts. Let's bear something else in mind. It's true that terms like "reasonable" time and "plausible" connection can sound like weasel words that would green-light consigning an American to indefinite detention on gossamer grounds. But there is a context here. Tsarnaev would be represented by counsel who could seek a writ of habeas corpus from the federal courts if what I envision as a reasonably brief period of temporary detention turned into something abusive. These safeguards were in place in the case of Padilla, whom you mention, and I think it provides confidence that the government can be kept honest.Cain: I think they are asking for military detention as a kind of fact-finding mission to see if there are any connections to al Qaeda. The plausible connections you're talking about would be something discovered after detention, during interrogation. But what's justifying that detention, interrogation and fact finding in this case appears to be admission by Dzhokhar that he and his brother were influenced by radical Islam. I'm just not comfortable with the government's authority in these gray areas. Which brings me to the second point I wanted to explore. It seems terrorism has evolved into this gray area. The distinction between al Qaeda inspired and al Qaeda connected is becoming less meaningful in the real world. I don't doubt that the war on terror, at its core, is a war on ideology. But I have no idea how you draft a limiting war document on an ideology that still constrains the areas where the state can set aside the constitutional protections. You said you would update the AUMF. How would you do that?McCarthy: Well, I don't think it's appropriate to do a fact-finding mission just because one is curious. Detaining an American as an enemy combatant, even temporarily as a suspected enemy combatant, is a serious matter. It should not be done unless there are circumstances (e.g., connection of both Tamerlan and al Qaeda to jihadists in Chechnya and Dagestan) that give rise to a plausible suspicion. And, particularly under the AUMF as it exists, a connection to "radical Islamism" is not enough, nor even is a connection to violent jihadism. There has to be an operational connection to the enemy Congress has identified. The distinction between "inspired" and "connected" is significant. The main reason for doing military commissions instead of civilian trials is to protect from disclosure our intel files on the enemy. If a jihadist is connected to al Qaeda, civilian discovery rules make this a real danger. If a jihadist is merely inspired by al Qaeda, he has no entitlement to such discovery, and thus, the case for consigning him to the military justice system is not nearly as strong. As for updating the AUMF, it should acknowledge that our enemies are a loosely knit network of violent jihadist groups and their state sponsors, all of whom are animated by Islamic supremacism -- a mainstream interpretation of Islam, but by no means the only interpretation. Congress should specify all the currently known jihadist groups that fit this category and concretely outline the type of collusion with them that would render a person, organization or government part of the enemy. Cain: So there is the answer to the core questions: Who are we fighting? Who is the enemy?Your suggestion is to update the AUMF to specifically outline the radical jihadi groups who can be treated as "the enemy" in the war on terror. This, I think, is a step forward in acknowledging our real world threat, but also -- ironically -- limiting the state's power. By simultaneously making a more exhaustive but specific list of enemies, this would hopefully lead us away from the government being able to operate in the "gray areas" that make me nervous. This would not (from what we know right now) allow al Qaeda inspired terrorists like Tsarnaev or Faisal Shahzad to be designated as "enemy combatants" and denied constitutional protections. I fear these types of terrorists are the new, rising, immediate threat. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion.Join us on Facebook/CNNOpinion. 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In a Jan. 28, 2010, file photo, Canadian superpipe skier Sarah Burke died Jan. 19 at the age of 29. She suffered brain injuries "due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest," when she crashed during a training run, according to a statement. In this file photo from Jan. 23, 2009, Burke holds her gold metal at the Winter X Games.
Sarah Burke of Whistler, Canada, celebrates as she takes the podium after winning the gold medal in the women's skiing superpipe at Winter X Games 13, Jan. 23, 2009, in Aspen, Colo.
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I have been into car audio since I was 16. I am 40 now, and still have the car audio bug. I just purhcased a brand new Ford Ecoboost F-150 and this is a great truck. But the stock stereo was pathetic. I wanted a decent system for under a grand. So, I bought a JL Audio clean sweep, replacement 6x8 door speakers (pioneer in the front, Alpine in the back doors), and installed two very old school amps that I had kept from back in the day. A Kicker ZR240 for the highs, and a ZED Autotek 7150 "Bass Thrust" for my two kicker 6.5" comp VR woofers (already owned these as well) under the rear seat (supercrew) in a custom ported box.
That put a 2 ohm stereo load on the kicker, and a 2 ohm mono load on the autotek which both are rated for. Everything sounded great, but then the Autotek stopped working (this amp is 20 years old after all).
So I broke down and bought this 4 channel Fosgate amp, and for the time being, I am running my whole system on it. The four door speakers are bridged to the front channels, high pass set at about 160hz, and the 6.5" kickers are on the rear channel, bridged 2 ohms mono, also crossed LP at 160hz. The birth sheet states like 664 total watts RMS at a 2 ohm load.
The sound difference with the new amp is night and day. I was blown away. The sound is extrememly crisp, clean, clear, and the lows are incredibly tight and with the bass boost dialed in, these little kicker 6.5's drop way down into the frequency range even though they won't win any SPL contests. I put them in a .6 cu ft ported box each, and they drop pretty low for 6.5's. I bought a single polk MM1040 DVC 10" woofer that I haven't built a box for yet, but that is next. I will add another 10 down the road.
This amp is plenty loud enough for my music tastes now. My ears and hearing are a lot more sensitive to loud music after running around with four 12's and two 15's back in college. The built in crossovers works well and allows a smooth transition from my door speakers on the front channel to the two litte subs under the seat on the rear channel. The treble boost sounds best about half way up on my set up anyway. The bass boost is set to about 6/10 to 7/10 of the way up for a good rich deep bass output. I just purchased the bass gain remote so that I can control the rear channel bass boost on my rear subs.
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Lord Jesus I pray for Shelly to seek you Lord with all his heart. Put the right person or people in his life to minister to him. Lord may he know by your Holy Spirti that it is you that he is really searching for and not things. May his school year be successful and give him wisdom,knowledge,and understanding in his classes. Lord you have a perfect plan and purpose for his life on this earth. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go, I will guide thee with mine eye.(Psalm 32:8). In Jesus Name. Amen |
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Dreamland presents "Early Amateur Films of Kentucky and Beyond" this Friday during the monthly Trolley Hop downtown, presented by The Filson Historical Society's Heather Stone and Aaron Rosenblum.
The KY-themed soundtrack has been curated by Nathan Salsburg, the musician, Alan Lomax Archives employee and erstwhile LEO Weekly contributor. Virginia musician/educator Nathan Bowles, who played last year at Greenhaus, will perform. And, there will be refreshments!
Here's more information, if that wasn't enough:
"If you missed The Filson Historical Society's packed June 13th screening of this rare, amateur film footage of Louisville, Indianapolis, and the region, here's your chance to see it at Dreamland!
In 2013 The Filson, with support from the community through a Power2Give.org fundraising campaign, preserved three historic films from the Judge Arthur E. Hopkins Collection. Judge Hopkins (1881-1944) was a Louisville attorney, judge, alderman and member of the Board of Directors of The Filson with a passion for film and photography.
For the past year Filson archivists have worked to bring these historic Louisville films back to life. Join us at this screening to see these rare scenes of downtown Louisville, Indianapolis, the Kentucky Derby, Bowman Field, Cherokee and Iroquois Parks, and more!
The films will be shown at Dreamland (810 E. Market St., behind Decca) on a loop throughout the event, with a Kentucky-themed soundtrack curated by Nathan Salsburg of the Alan Lomax Archives. Filson staff members will be on hand to provide historical information about the films. Refreshments will be available.
NATHAN BOWLES is a musician and teacher living in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. He and his bandmates in the Black Twig Pickers steep themselves in local traditions of Appalachian folk music and dance. In December of 2011 he holed up for a couple of days at Black Dirt Studios to record and mix his first solo banjo record, all performed on a handmade 5-string banjo built by his friend Greg Galbraith at Buckeye Banjos. Over about 7 hours and a bottle of Elmer T. Lee, he laid down the material for A Bottle, A Buckeye, which was released on LP in 2012 by Soft Abuse.
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From Ackerman's title to the first sentence regarding my job description (every month Vanity Fair publishes my name on its masthead as a contributing editor) through virtually every other paragraph of the story, there are numerous and inexcusable mistakes. Clearly, when a reporter of such consuming ambition is so busy lying and deceiving and is too lazy to make even obligatory phone calls, it is not surprising that the results are unnecessary and egregious errors.
It is nothing less than extraordinary that a newspaper that encourages deceit, sloppiness, and a willful disregard for the facts would take it upon itself to critique a libel lawsuit. Please be apprised that I will pursue any and all legal remedies.
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Elise Ackerman replies: Ann Louise Bardach's letter suffers from the same type of distortion and lack of precision as does her New Republic article about Jorge Mas Canosa, which prompted him to sue her and the magazine for libel. Among other distortions, she deliberately mischaracterizes and misrepresents the nature of our relationship. What is most disturbing, however, is her willingness to denounce a critical examination of her work as the byproduct of bias and ambition.
I met Bardach three times during the past three months, the first in mid-April after I contacted her regarding a story I was writing about a paternity lawsuit filed against Mas Canosa. Bardach never lost an opportunity to pitch her own lawsuit as a separate story, repeatedly emphasizing the alleged explosiveness of the material she claimed she was gathering during the discovery phase. She informed me that she was eager to make all of the material available as a "public service" to other journalists and that already she had been in touch with reporters at the Miami Herald and several nationally prominent newspapers.
I initially told Bardach I did not think New Times would publish an article. If the documents being produced were as incriminating as she described, the story would be picked up by daily newspapers. A weekly like New Times would be unable to compete.
Bardach's remarks provoked my curiosity, however, and following publication of my paternity story on May 23 I examined the extensive court files pertaining to her case. The documents revealed a conflict of unusual contentiousness, fraught with hyperbolic rhetoric and paranoia. I related these impressions to my editor, who suggested that we pursue a story about the lawsuit itself. The story is not, and was never meant to be, a personal attack on either Jorge Mas or Bardach.
Bardach subsequently visited Miami, prior to my starting work on the story. She invited me to join her, Ricardo Mas (Jorge Mas's estranged brother), and a team from 60 Minutes at the Grand Bay Hotel. She told me she had contacted other television journalists as well because she believed that the revelations arising from her case merited national news coverage. In addition, she informed me that the Miami Herald was planning to publish its own story within weeks.
Earlier Bardach had asked me for the telephone numbers of some sources, which I had given her. Later, at the Grand Bay, she invited me to her room and offered me a copy of her own phone list. At no time did I rifle through her papers or try to obtain information from her in a surreptitious manner. And I never misled her about my interest in the Mas lawsuit, despite her claims to the contrary.
I based my story on exhaustive research of court documents and did not use any information Bardach imparted to me during our personal conversations. My dealings with her were friendly and professional, but because of her readiness to openly discuss what other journalists were working on, I did not confide my editor's decision to report on the lawsuit.
As a courtesy I called Bardach the day before the story was due to be published. She became extremely upset and criticized me for not seeking her side of the story, despite the fact that I told her the article derived from documents and sworn testimony, not from personal interviews.
Although Bardach claims the story contained "numerous and inexcusable mistakes," neither she nor her attorneys have been able to identify a single verifiable error. Regarding her job title, Bardach is in fact a free-lance writer, as she testified at her deposition. She also happens to be a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, though that is irrelevant to her lawsuit, which concerns an article she published in The New Republic. The more recent depositions in her case were not germane to my story, which addressed the ironies of the lawsuit: her arrogance and Mas's hubris. And contrary to Bardach's assertion, my article underwent rigorous editing and fact-checking, which is standard practice at New Times.
Bardach regrettably misunderstood the professional basis of our relationship, otherwise she would not have expected me to place loyalty to her point of view above an objective journalistic account. I was obliged to point out the weaknesses in her reporting, just as I was compelled to include Mas's disingenuous denials and the apparent outrageous behavior of his attorney.


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A good childcare centre is like gold dust - hard to find and, these days, it seems, just as expensive. And once you've sold a limb to pay for it, you then have to join the back of a very long queue to sign up.
When CHOICE surveyed parents recently, asking about accessibility, affordability and quality of child care, what we found was concerning:
"We're currently trying to find child care for my 14-month-old baby and it's a nightmare," says Nicola from NSW, summing up the frustrations of many parents. "There are no places and high fees to get onto very long waiting lists. How are women supposed to get back into the workforce?"
Quality child care is essential – the first three years of a child's life have been shown to have a huge impact on their development, learning, and wellbeing. At latest estimate, 410,500 children are enrolled in long day care across Australia.
In June 2011, the National Childcare Accreditation Council found many centres fell short in a number of areas:
And a recent report found preschool children in Victoria and Queensland received, on average, a low level of support for expanding their knowledge and understanding.
But even if you find out your day care centre is a poor performer, you may not be able to take your child elsewhere.
"I am not 100% happy with the only available option in our town," Natalie from NSW tells us, "but unfortunately we have little choice."
In an effort to ensure decent centres are available to everyone, the federal government recently launched a program to raise the standard of care throughout the country. The National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care is designed to improve the quality of child care over the next few years. However, it's also likely to raise costs. The National Quality Standard came into effect on 1 January 2012 and sets a new national benchmark for the quality of education and childcare services. Changes will be phased in until 2020, including lower staff-to-child ratios and more qualifications required of child care staff – this includes the requirement for employing an early childhood teacher for most long day care.
The new staff ratios for long day care are one carer for:
According to the Productivity Commission, as an effect of the reforms, fees are likely to increase by 15% for long day care and 5% for family day care from 2012 levels. Where that leaves parents and their children is unclear.
As of August 2013, one in five child education and care services had been assessed against the new standards, with only 56% meeting or exceeding the standards. Five per cent of centres are allowed to stay open even though they are not meeting certain requirements, with the understanding that they are working on overcoming those shortcomings.
To check if a service has been assessed and to see its rating, you can visit the national registers of The Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority.
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Getting your child into quality long day care can take several years.
"As soon as your pregnancy is confirmed, get on as many waiting lists as you can," Sacha from SA suggests. "I went on four, and none of the long day care centres had a spot available when I wanted to return to work. My child was 11 months old, and I'd been on the waiting lists for 18 months at that point." Finding long day care is much more of a problem for parents living in cities than for those in country areas.
Parents responding to our survey give a clear sense of how hard finding good care – or indeed any care – can be. Here they offer tips on how to handle the wait.
"You have to budget for a non-refundable amount of about $50 for each list you get on. Then you have to harass, beg, cajole, plead, stalk and bribe your way to securing a place. It's the last disorderly frontier of an otherwise civilised society." – Ray
"I spent months waiting for a place to come up in one of three local childcare centres. In the end, on the advice of several friends, I summoned up as much negative energy as I could, walked into a centre, and burst into tears. Within two days I was called back for an available spot. The fight to get a spot is like warfare. You have to pull out whatever artillery you have (sick parents, redundant partner, and above all, tears) in order to be considered." – Sara
"In my area, often the only way to get a spot is to try enrolling your child in a brand new centre before it opens. I actually took to scanning the development applications in my area whenever I saw a building going up that looked like it could be a new centre just to secure a spot." - Kate
The average child care cost for parents who responded to our survey was $78.50 per day, with wide variations depending on the type of child care used and where they lived. The average daily cost:
As well as long day care and care given by relatives or friends, there are two other main child care options:
Julie from Victoria takes issue with this exception: "Nanny costs should be tax deductible, if not rebatable. Use of a nanny, although arguably a higher socioeconomic means of child care, frees up a spot for those who require other forms of child care."
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Towering mountains, epic trails, sun-drenched lakes and sandy beaches – there are hundreds of parks in BC to explore.
From its golden grasslands to its jagged granite peaks, the parks of the Thompson Okanagan region offer everything from the quintessential summer-at-the-lake to challenging mountaineering terrain.
In this region, find: one of Canada's highest mountains, 50 dragonfly species, North America's largest paddle-only lake, the world-famous Adams River sockeye spawning run, volcanic caves and historic ruins. Walk, hike, cycle, kayak, canoe, run the rapids, ride a horse, or relax in a chair and count those dragonflies.
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Equally popular with backcountry hikers and RV campers, Mount Robson Provincial Park offers easy access to wilderness terrain with a variety of outdoor adventure activities. This park is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO Site, one of the largest blocks of protected land in the world. The Moose River wilderness route offers experienced backcountry hikers a demanding, multi-day journey that crosses the Continental Divide.
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Camping 180 vehicle-access sites, some wheelchair accessible. Some sites are reservable. Walk-in wilderness sites – year round.
Close to Highway 16, also known as the Yellowhead Highway passes directly through the park. The town of Valemount is 35km/22mi from the park entrance via Highways 16 and 5.
Wells Gray Provincial Park is one of the largest parks, with unprecedented access to pristine lakes, rivers, streams, and waterfalls.
The Trophy Mountain area includes more than 45 lakes and the most accessible sub-alpine meadows in the province. While the Corridor Trails feature a volcanic cave, natural swimming hole and abandoned pioneer homesteads.
Paddle or power, self-propelled or tour boating, Wells Gray Provincial Park offers everyone the opportunity to experience the majesty of the mountains from a lakefront perspective.
Camping Vehicle-access camping with 164 sites in three campgrounds and reservations are only available at 100 sites. Walk-in or boat-in wilderness camping at 126 sites, year-round.
Close to From Highway 5, the park is a one-hour drive north of the town of Clearwater.
Located between the dense, wet forests of the Cascade Mountains and the desert-like landscapes of the Okanagan Valley, Cathedral Provincial Park rewards those who choose to wander amidst fascinating geological formations, gem-coloured lakes and sun-dappled alpine meadows. Grimface, the Matriarch and Macabre Tower offer mountaineering opportunities for experienced climbers. This park is a magnet for serious outdoor adventurers.
Camping Primarily hike-in camping with a few vehicle-access campsites at the Lakeview Trailhead on a first come, first served basis.
Close to Adjoining the Canada/US border, Cathedral Provincial Park is a 30-minute drive southwest of the town of Keremeos, off Highway 3.
Located on both sides of the Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park is all about British Columbia's iconic salmon. Occurring in early October, the Adams River Sockeye run is one of the largest in North America. Every four years, fish numbers swell, creating a natural spectacle as the brilliant red sockeye struggle up the channel, then spend days sweeping a nest out of the river gravel for their precious eggs. Whitewater kayaking, canoeing and rafting are also popular on the Adams River.
Close to Located just off Highway 1 near the town of Chase.
Gladstone Provincial Park is best known for its Texas Creek campground on one of the warmest and clearest lakes in Canada, Christina Lake. With superb recreational boating and easy access to the quiet, private bays and beaches of this pretty lake, Gladstone Provincial Park is the archetypical summer vacation paradise.
Camping There are 62 vehicle-access campsites, open over the extended season of April 15 – October 15. Reservations recommended during summer months. Walk-in and marine campsites along the lake are also available.
Close to The park is located 20km/12mi northeast of the town of Grand Forks on Highway 3.
A recent (1996) addition to British Columbia's parks and protected areas, the Lac du Bois Grasslands Protected Area was created to protect the province's fragile grasslands ecosystems. Long the victim of overgrazing by domestic animals, the grasslands are now protected by a system of rotated pasturing.
Lac du Bois Grasslands offer visitors a unique parks experience – sweeping vistas of green or golden grasslands, dramatic cliffs and canyons, ancient Ponderosa pines and fields full of sunflowers bending in the breeze.
Camping Wilderness camping is permitted, but no facilities are provided.
Close to This protected area is near Kamloops with four points of access. See location information in the link below for directions.
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Cathedral Provincial Park offers experienced hikers a view of jagged mountain peaks, azure lakes & alpine meadows. The park also offers fishing, camping, wilderness camping & mountaineering. Be prepared for outdoor living. Pets are not allowed in the park.
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Fintry Provincial Park includes the former Fintry Farm Estate, a heritage site with a colourful history. There is over 2 km of waterfront property with surrounding mountains & canyons that offer camping, swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, wildlife viewing & a great location for power boating.
The Monashee Mountains surround the warm Christina Lake at the park & is a perfect backdrop for a variety of water oriented recreational activities. Along with these water activities, there is hiking, fishing & horseback riding to enjoy the area.
The largely undeveloped park has a natural setting. A sloping, paved trail wanders down to the beautiful private beaches with informative signs that talk about flora & fauna along the trails. In winter, cross-country skiers enjoy the wild beauty here. The park is also a great location for hiking.
This undeveloped mountain wilderness is a wonderful adventure for both experienced backcountry hikers & willing beginners alike. Lush green forests grace the valley bottoms & in the spring, alpine meadows blossom with a colourful array of wildflowers. Great location for fishing & bird watching.
Designated as a World Heritage Site, Mount Robson offers majestic views & many hiking & recreational opportunities in the area. The Berg Lake trail is known for daily & multi-day hiking, viewing various wildlife, fauna & surrounding landscapes.
The park has provincial recreational appeal & provides long term recreational opportunities for the Okanagan Valley including the scenic Myra Canyon, a number of existing trails & the historic Kettle Valley Railway with its trestles & tunnels.
In early Oct, Adams River hosts one of the largest Sockeye salmon runs in North America. The park also features spectacular rapids enthusiastically used by rafters & kayakers. A beautiful waterfall on Bear Creek is viewable from Flume Trail System. Great location for fishing, hiking, kayaking & river rafting.
A very popular destination, the park has a 1 km stretch of sandy, pebbled beach offering those of all ages fun water activities & shoreline adventure. Also offers a large grassy play area & self-guiding nature trail.
Located just south of Summerland, Sun-Oka provides one of the most superb beaches in the entire Okanagan. Offering excellent water play & picnic opportunities, as well as fantastic views of Okanagan Lake.


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Shifting Perspectives: Flight form, not just for flying anymore {WoW}
Nov 27th 2007 3:48PM A friend of mine does 'tree bombs' he is balance specced and you can (if done very very carefully) start casting Force of Nature, drop the trees on the ground and them go back into flight form leaving the trees attacking the 'mob/player/victim'. Granted its not enough to kill anything on its own, but funny as hell.
Comment voting is now enabled on WoW Insider {WoW}
Nov 26th 2007 2:25PM Testing....
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World of Carebearcraft {WoW}
Oct 31st 2007 9:03AM I am glad that some people are making the distinction between PVP and ganking, anyone that thinks that a Lvl 70 in tierd armour Vs a lvl 2-40 lowbie is PVP is frankly a little bit wrong in the head.
To those that say 'its war' please actually look at the background of the game you are playing, as many other have said, Alliance and Horde are not at war. Don't make excuses to yourself, if you want to grief lowbies, do so, the game does not stop you, but admit to yourself why you do it, look at what you actually get from it Vs what to take from the other player.
I Play on a RP PVP server, and i do like to do some world PVP now and again, but i never go near a grey, and will go out of my way to stop others from my side ganking them. And when i do attack in PVP i will make sure it is a good fight, they grant you 'HONOR' for the fights for a reason, so i will wait for them to kill any mobs they are fighting, make sure they have seen me before i move in. Why? because i want to feel like i have won the fight, not jumped some lowbie/damaged player for a fast gank.
I would say that in the spirit of the game, i have no problem with rogues jumping people, thats what the lore (and skills) of the class are based on.
The amount of times that i haver been jumped when nearly dead from fighting mobs, killed and then ressed and when i have gone after the person that did it (assuming they are 'roughly the same level i.e. not ??) and faced them off and they have run is silly.
HONOR KILL, remember.
The example given above is perfect, how many 'gankers' would play Halo (etc) if they could not hurt an opponent? if you would, then i respect your attitude, if you would rapidly get bored, have a think about what you are doing next time.
PVP= good
Ganking= NOT PVP
/silly: At a slight disadvantage {WoW}
Oct 25th 2007 8:57AM You have nothing to worry about, that made me laugh out loud in work, promting my boss to ask what was so funny! (oops!)
Top work
Breakfast Topic: Define this {WoW}
Oct 24th 2007 8:24AM Carebear (noun) a person who does not get an e-peen boost by hunting vastly weaker opponents.
Raider (noun) A person who bases his self esteem on how shiney his pixellated shoulders are.
RP server: a mythical place, rumored to exist but no evidence of it has been seen.
Hands off those shoulders, Arena loser {WoW}
Oct 24th 2007 5:02AM raiders care what gear other people are getting? Why does it threaten you so much? You raid and (i would hope) have fun doing so, why does other people getting nice gear threaten you so much?
If your self esteem is placed in some pixels you have issues.
Play for fun, for the challenge, for the gear, but really don't play a MMO to feel 'better' than someone else, that is not healthy.
Of course in Arena/PVP there is a winner and a looser, but why not just be a gracious winner, there seems to be less and less of that in online games, you fought, one of you won, but surely you both enjoyed the challenge?
Please keep things in perspective, just a thought...
Azeroth Interrupted: Escape from Los Angeles {WoW}
Oct 22nd 2007 10:51AM What worries me is that for over two weeks on my server there has been a goldseller spamming everytime i have gone to org, that shows that the GM's are not doing anything, it's not exactly discrete, yet does not seem to be stopped either. Gold sellers spamming is not what i expected from a RP server :/
Azeroth Interrupted: Escape from Los Angeles {WoW}
Oct 22nd 2007 9:07AM I am new to WOW, i have only been playing for about 2 months, i have played a number of MMO's previously and recently due to finally have some spare time decided to join a group of my RL friends on WOW.
I play on a Euro PVP RP server (mention no names to protect the guilty) and what i was astonished by is the lack of roleplay that goes on. I have always chosen to RP in MMO's as i was one on the D&D tabletop generation and found it gave a more immersive experience to do so.
But even in a game that offers the choice of RP/Non-RP servers, i have found more players that will scorn/mock/ignore attempts to roleplay with them, than want to play the game 'in character'.
Now if this was a game like EVE where you are all on the same server i could understand and respect that choice, however why when Blizzard supply so many servers and even have additional rules for being on a RP server do people refuse to roleplay?
I am not trying to aggravate anyone, but surly if you don't want to roleplay your character why start on a RP server?
Everynow and again i will be questing and bump into a player (from horde or alliance sides, i am horde) and have some great roleplay with them, yes obviously with alliance it is all with emotes but that is fun all of it's own.
I get that not everyone would want to roleplay, it does make it harder to organise instances (what few i have done, i'll admit) but if you dislike the idea of roleplay, why would you start on a RP server?
When i first started i wondered if i should be reporting people for 'breaking character' (as stated in the T&C's of a roleplay server) but within a short space of time i realised that there would be no point it was most people i encountered.
If nothing else it would be nice to play the game with people who are willing to /say things in complete sentences!


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Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai while working as a journalist in China. Her detailed portrait provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures. (Dir. Klayman. Run time 91 min)
Writer and art critic Danielle Shang will moderate a post-screening discussion with Christina Yu Yu, Ph.D. Assistant Curator, Chinese and Korean Art, LACMA and Hung Liu, Professor of Art, Mills College.
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The Hammer presents three days of documentaries about and by China's most famous international artist and its most outspoken domestic critic—Ai Weiwei. Ai's detainment for three months in a secret detention center sparked a global outcry from human rights activists and the art world.
Never Sorry
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In quantum mechanics, Kossakowski–Lindblad equation (after Andrzej Kossakowski and Göran Lindblad) or master equation in Lindblad form is the most general type of Markovian and time-homogeneous master equation describing non-unitary evolution of the density matrix ρ that is trace-preserving and completely positive for any initial condition.
Lindblad master equation for an N-dimensional system's reduced density matrix ρ can be written:
where H is a (Hermitian) Hamiltonian part, the Lm are an arbitrary orthonormal basis of the operators on the system's Hilbert space, and the hn,m are constants which determine the dynamics. The coefficient matrix h = (hn,m) must be positive to ensure that the equation is trace-preserving and completely positive. The summation only runs to N 2 − 1 because we have taken LN 2 to be proportional to the identity operator, in which case the summand vanishes. Our convention implies that the Lm are traceless for m < N 2. The terms in the summation where m = n can be described in terms of the Lindblad superoperator,
If the Lm terms are all zero, then this is quantum Liouville equation (for a closed system), which is the quantum analog of the classical Liouville equation. A related equation describes the time evolution of the expectation values of observables, it is given by the Ehrenfest theorem.
Note that H is not necessarily equal to the self-Hamiltonian of the system. It may also incorporate effective unitary dynamics arising from the system-environment interaction.
Since the matrix h = (hn,m) is positive, it can be diagonalized with a unitary transformation u:
where the eigenvalues γi are non-negative. If we define another orthonormal operator basis
we can rewrite Lindblad equation in diagonal form
This equation is invariant under a unitary transformation of Lindblad operators and constants,
and also under the inhomogeneous transformation
However, the first transformation destroys the orthonormality of the operators Ai (unless all the γi are equal) and the second transformation destroys the tracelessness. Therefore, up to degeneracies among the γi, the Ai of the diagonal form of the Lindblad equation are uniquely determined by the dynamics so long as we require them to be orthonormal and traceless.
The most common Lindblad equation is that describing the damping of a quantum harmonic oscillator, it has
Here is the mean number of excitations in the reservoir damping the oscillator and γ is the decay rate. Additional Lindblad operators can be included to model various forms of dephasing and vibrational relaxation. These methods have been incorporated into grid-based density matrix propagation methods.


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High Point power crew members reflect on Sandy trip to New York
Dale Johnson stood earlier this month at the base of a nondescript utility pole in the nighttime darkness, 575 miles from his High Point home and on the verge of sensing one of the most vivid experiences in his life.
Johnson, a veteran employee of the High Point Electric Utilities Department, traveled with eight coworkers to Rockville Centre, N.Y., a town on the southern tip of Long Island that was swept over by Superstorm Sandy more than three weeks ago. He was part of a crew restoring power to a neighborhood one evening when the men completed reconnecting lines and circuits, surging electricity to homes that had been without power for days on end.
Johnson was overcome with a feeling of accomplishment as people he had never met before rushed out of their homes or yards to thank him and his fellow crew members for their hours of painstaking work.
"That's what I remember the most," Johnson said in an interview with The High Point Enterprise after the crews returned from their journey. "When we finished, people were cheering, some were crying with joy. Some of them were hugging us."
Johnson and two other Electric Utilities Department employees who went to Rockville Centre and another community, Freeport, N.Y., said what stands out most to them is the gratitude and warmth they received from residents of the towns.
Nine men from the Electric Utilities Department, who arrived on Long Island the evening of Oct. 31 shortly after Sandy struck, spent two weeks restoring electricity. Midway through their stay, a powerful nor'easter pounded the Northeast, adding to the number of people who lost power. The second storm extended the work of High Point power crews helping restore electricity in neighborhoods.
"People were so emotional when the lights came on," Johnson said.
Electric Utilities Department employee Darrell Damron said that High Point crews have extensive experience going to other parts of the country to restore power after storms.
"I've been a lot of places, but no one was more appreciative than the folks in New York," Damron said.
Another employee, Adam Baldwin, said that one night while the High Point workers were in their electric crew uniforms, local people came up to them at a restaurant and insisted on paying for their dinner out of appreciation.
A typical day for the High Point crews meant starting at 6:30 a.m. and working until up to 10 p.m. Johnson and Damron said they were lucky because they could get some sleep, take a shower and eat a meal at a hotel during the entire stay. But Baldwin, who spent much of his time in Freeport, spent his first five or six days working long shifts, then sleeping on a cot in a municipal office until a hotel room became available.
Each High Point crew had a local person with them to negotiate neighborhoods and pinpoint downed poles and lines. And throughout their stay the men witnessed the wake of the fury of Sandy – power boats lifted off their anchors and dumped into residential yards, mammoth trees felled like they were match sticks.
Damron said that the Electric Utilities Department never has an issue finding volunteers to spend long periods away from their families to help communities across the state and country get the lights back on. The electrical workers realize they have a critical role to play because of their training and skill.
"You've done something not everyone can do," Damron said.