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Sitting in the Heart of the World
by Ellen Grace O'Brian
Vice-Chair, CPWR Board of Trustees
As a practitioner of yoga, I was aware of the Parliament of the World's Religions as the watershed interreligious event that opened the door to yoga in the West through Swami Vivekananda's dynamic presence at the first convening in 1893. What I didn't know was that beginning in 1993, this powerful global event was now occurring approximately every five years and was open to everyone with an interest in the interreligious movement. Although I had heard about the Parliaments in Chicago (1993) and South Africa (1999), it wasn't clear to me how to participate and that it was something that could so profoundly affect my life and my community.
Curiosity has a way of helping us discover doorways that we didn't know existed. In 2002, I learned about a local group of people meeting in someone's home to talk about the next Parliament event slated to convene in Barcelona in 2004. Between homemade soup, networking, and sharing about why we thought it could make a difference to bring people together, I found myself on the path to the fourth global parliament event. This local connection with people who had been to other parliaments, and those who, like me, were just learning about it, was invaluable. It provided inspiration as well as information. Little did I know I was already engaged in one of the hallmarks of the Parliament: bringing people together in ways that empower and equip them to solve the problems we face in our world today.
When I checked in at my first Parliament in Barcelona, I was overwhelmed by the abundance of programs and events, the sight of so many people from different religious traditions and far reaches of the globe engaging in dialog, and the inspiration that pervaded everything from the meeting place to the program book. After a time of prayerful consideration about what I should chose amidst such rich opportunity, I dove in. One of the things I decided to participate in was a dialog with others who were concerned about the rise of religiously motivated violence in our world.
The dialog group I was assigned to included a Hindu man from India; a Muslim woman from Egypt, a Christian seminary student from the US, a Catholic woman from Rome, and a Lutheran man from Switzerland. We were provided with some questions to reflect upon and discuss. Why was this issue important to us? What in our own experience had contributed to why we cared about violence in our world? What could we see ourselves doing we returned home to our own communities that would make a difference?
As I sat with this group of people from religions, countries, and viewpoints different from mine, something became apparent that changed everything for me: we all shared a deep concern about this issue and a belief, grounded in our diverse traditions, that peaceful change was possible. The experience of connection across differences was profound, I felt like I was sitting in the heart of the world. We were inspired to return home and engage in action. Then it came to me. I live in a large, diverse, metropolitan area. I realized that if people who were concerned about the rise of violence in our own community gathered together, that group would look very much like the one I was with in distant Barcelona. And, with a similar rich diversity, we could find ways together to begin to solve this problem.
When I returned home with this inspiration from the Parliament, I reached out and was joined by leaders from different faith communities, educational institutions, government and nonprofit organizations, students and community members who met to convene a community nonviolence conference. Inspired by the Parliament model, hundreds of people have attended these conferences over the years and brought forth their own commitments to action.
Whenever I think about what the Parliament does, or what it means to attend such a global gathering, I remember my experience of sitting in the heart of the world. And I think about what happens when people come together and share their deepest concerns and aspirations for a peaceful world.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian is the Spiritual Director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, a ministry in the tradition of Kriya Yoga. She was ordained to teach in 1982 by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda. She is the author of several books on spiritual practice and is the editor of the quarterly magazine, Enlightenment Journal.
Rev. O'Brian is the Founder of Meru Seminary, training leaders in the Kriya Yoga tradition, as well as Founder and Chair of the community nonprofit educational organization, Carry the Vision, which provides educational programs in nonviolence. She received the 2008 Human Relations Award from the Santa Clara County Office of Human Relations recognizing her contribution to positive human relations and peace in Santa Clara County. She serves as a member of the Advisory Council of the Association for Global New Thought; on the Executive Board of the International New Thought Alliance; and as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
How Yoga Won the West
by Ann Louise Bardach
from New York Times
Ann Louise Bardach is a writer at large for Newsweek. She is working on a biography of Vivekananda.
The party planning is in full swing throughout India. Never mind that the big day, Jan. 12, 2013, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vivekananda, is more than 15 months away. Not too long ago, Vivekananda, a household name in his homeland, was famous here as well, as the first missionary from the East to the West.
If you're annoyed that your local gas station is now a yoga studio, you might blame Vivekananda for having introduced "yoga" into the national conversation — though an exercise cult with expensive accessories was hardly what he had in mind.
The Indian monk, born Narendranath Datta to an aristocratic Calcutta family, alighted in Chicago in 1893 in ochre robes and turban, with little money after a daunting two-month trek from Bombay. Notwithstanding the fact that he had spent the previous night sleeping in a boxcar, the young mystic made an electrifying appearance at the opening of the august Parliament of Religions that Sept. 11.
For most of the rest of the month, Vivekananda held the conference's 4,000 attendees spellbound in a series of showstopping improvised talks. He had simplified Vedanta thought to a few teachings that were accessible and irresistible to Westerners, foremost being that "all souls are potentially divine." His prescription for life was simple, and perfectly American: "work and worship." By the end of his last Chicago lecture on Sept. 27, Vivekananda was a star. And like the enterprising Americans he so admired, he went on the road to pitch his message — dazzling some of the great minds of his time.
Yet precious few of the estimated 16 million supple, spandex-clad yoginis in the United States, who sustain an annual $6 billion industry, seem to have a clue that they owe their yoga mats to Vivekananda. Enriching this irony was Vivekananda's utter lack of interest in physical exertions beyond marathon sitting meditations and pilgrimages to holy sites.
"You are not your body," he often reminded Americans, who tend to prefer "doing" over "being." More distressing, for some, was his other message: "You are not your mind."
Hindu Community Makes Its White House Debut
by Joshua Stanton
from Huffington Post
Hinduism is hardly new to the United States. Swami Vivekenanda is thought to have first introduced it when he visited as part of the World's Parliament of Religions at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. He received a standing ovation from the 7,000 people in audience, whom he declared his "Sisters and Brothers of America."
In spite of Vivekenanda's reception, subsequent series of lectures, and ultimately the establishment of the Vedantic Society of New York, with satellites in Boston and San Francisco, Hinduism remained a tiny presence in the United States for decades. It was but a demographic trickle. Only after 1965, with the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which eased immigration from India and the rest of Asia to the United States, did the population of Hindus begin to grow. They now comprise a reputed .4 percent of the U.S. Population or, depending on whose arithmetic, 1.2 million people.
And what a population it is! According to the Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, nearly half of Hindus living in the United States in 2009 had a post-graduate degree, by far the highest percentage of any community and five times the national average. As a population, they appear to be socially mobile and rising quickly within American society.
Hindu communal organizations similarly appear to be burgeoning; there may be as many as 1,600 Hindu Temples and centers across the country. And now the Hindu community is developing a national infrastructure.
Vivekananda speaks to Norway
by William Lesher
The hearts and prayers of people of goodwill everywhere go out to the people of Norway and to the families of those killed and wounded in the recent bombing and senseless slaying of young people. It is especially painful when such tragic acts are in any way associated with misguided religious overtones.
The poignant words of Swami Vivekananda in his opening speech at the first Parliament in 1893 come readily to mind:
"Sectarian bigotry and its horrible descendent fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair."
How relevant this 118 year old statement is to this current situation. Vivekananda ends by declaring, " But their time has come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolls this morning may be the death knell of all fanaticism…"
Given the aura of contentiousness, conflict and confusion that hangs over the global social order today, it is doubtful that violent acts against people and property can be prevented. It is, nevertheless, Vivekananda's fervent hope that still motivates the Parliament of the World's Religions and all expressions of the interreligious movement.
At the Barcelona Parliament in 2004, hundreds of participants attended workshops on "Religiously Motivated Violence" and made commitments to stand with people of other faiths whenever lives are threatened or property is defaced or destroyed. Currently the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions encourages religious and spiritual communities everywhere to adopt a "Solidarity Pledge" as a minimal expression of their harmony, support and respect for people of other faiths. In the greater Los Angeles area where I live, a group has recently formed called "Interfaith Witnesses for Peace," pledged to gather on short notice, as a silent testimony to peace, wherever a religious community is threatened.
The tragedy in Norway is another occasion for us all to reassess our personal commitment and that of our religious communities, to active expressions of peace-building. Are we building bridges to other faith communities? Are we teaching and preaching respect for other religions, providing opportunities to learn what others believe and how to best share our beliefs with them? Are we exploring ways to work together for the common good? Are we mobilized to act, as a powerful presence of solidarity and love when tragedy strikes.
It is our engagement in interreligious actions like these that keep Vivekananda's fervent hope alive.
Dharmic Seva and Vivekananda: The Catalyst to Building Pluralistic Communities
by Anju Bhargava from Huffington Post
The Dharmic American community has an immense, untapped potential to serve at home and abroad. Dharmic Seva can become a catalyst to strengthening and building pluralistic communities. Our ancient expression, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The Whole World is One Family) is a key principle driving Hindu American Seva Charities (HASC) as we prepare for the first historic briefing at the White House, followed by the conference at Georgetown University.
The theme of the event is "Energizing Dharmic Seva (Service): Impacting Change in America and Abroad," and is designed to inspire all toward community service. We will explore ways to further strengthen America through service and honor those within our community who have served, are serving and will serve. We have an impressive slate of speakers coming to share their perspectives.
As we started our journey to impact change and encourage new service ideas, HASC sponsored a widespread civic and service participation essay contest to develop service plans. The winners of the contest will be recognized by HASC at the White House briefing on the 29th. With their Seva Plan we expect our participants to become change makers as they become part of expanding the ongoing seva movement. They will play a role in America valuing the talents of its diverse faiths, its pluralistic multicultural communities, the New Americans. As a member of the President's Advisory Council on Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in our report we recommended and are now implementing interfaith cooperation and community service as an important way to build understanding between different communities and contribute to the common good.
We asked our community to tell us: What role does your dharma (religion/faith/spirituality) play in civic engagement, social justice and development issues? How do you propose to establish and expand seva (service) on campus, places of worship, yoga centers, in towns, cities or rural areas (for example through "seva centers" or virtual hubs)? What other ways will you grow the faith and/or interfaith seva movement? What is the change you want to see in yourself and in your communities by doing selfless service?
"God in America" website features Swami Vivekananda
From PBS
A follower of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk who introduced Hinduism to the United States in the late 19th century. Wide-ranging in his intellect, Vivekananda studied Western logic, philosophy, history, classical music and Indian Sanskrit scripture. His teachers considered him a prodigy.
At the age of 30, Vivekananda first visited the United States in 1893 as a delegate to the World's Parliament of Religions, held in conjunction with the Chicago World's Fair. In his opening remarks, he greeted the assembled gathering with the words "Sisters and Brothers of America." The 7,000 people in attendance rose to their feet for an ovation lasting more than three minutes. Vivekananda proceeded to give a brief but eloquent speech that celebrated toleration and condemned fanaticism and its ills: "I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true."
Continuing in this vein, Vivekananda went on to quote from the Bhagavad Gita: "As different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their waters in the sea, so, Oh Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."
New Play Captures Spirit of Vivekananda
From The Hindu
Like the protagonist of his solo play on Swami Vivekananda, singer-actor Shekhar Sen won the hearts of one and all.
The life and vision of the man divine, Swami Vivekananda was presented by Impresario India in an incredible musical play written, composed and enacted by the renowned actor-singer Shekhar Sen from Mumbai at Kamani auditorium this past week. The outstanding performance of this gifted artiste encompassed the life of the patriot saint whose vision of shared spirituality and eloquent message at the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago conquered the hearts of people from across the world. Disclosing the making of this dynamic saint, the two-hour long riveting play unfolds the stories of his childhood, the impact of the Brahmo-Samaj on him, his eagerness to find God and meeting his revered mentor Ramakrishna Paramhamsa, his unforgettable Chicago speech, and so on.
A talented singer, composer, lyricist and actor, Sen left the audience awestruck, debating whether he was a better singer or actor, after his spellbinding performance as Vivekananda. With a solid background provided by his initial training in classical music from an early age under his parents Anita and Arun Kumar Sen, both renowned vocalists of the Gwaliar gharana, Shekhar later established his distinct identity by singing poetry of the medieval poets. He has done more than 1500 shows across the world. With 190 cassettes and CDs to his credit, he has also sung for the record-breaking serial "Ramayana". After the resounding success of his musical mono-acts on Goswami Tulsidas and Kabeer, "Vivekananda" represents yet another milestone for this gem of an artiste.
Art Installation References 9/11, First Parliament
Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat's site-specific installation on the Art Institute's grand staircase considers the events of September 11, 2001 in light of September 11, 1893, when Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda's landmark speech about global religious tolerance was delivered at the First World Parliament of Religions, held in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, just feet away inside the museum's auditorium. The force of visual impact in the artist's installation keeps its commentary on the regression of religious tolerance and the global rise of fanaticism from feeling secondhand or pious. Kallat converts the entirety of Vivekananda's speech into a permanent LED display that takes up both rises of the grand staircase, a site previously mined by artist Daniel Buren. It's surprising how strongly Kallat's piece resonates with the permanent collection objects surrounding it; the text reflects off the windows of the Buddhist art gallery on the first floor and draws attention to the great divide between this tradition and the Impressionists on the other side of the stairs. Kallat's choice to reference the events of 9/11 with the colors of the Department of Homeland Security's alert system is an easy symbolic gesture of terror's infection on speech that's nonetheless usefully confrontational. (Monica Westin)
New Art Reflects on 9/11, Religious Tolerance
September 11, 2010-January 2, 2011
CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago will present a site-specific installation on the anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's historic speech of September 11, 1893 to the first World Parliament of Religions. In a new work entitled Public Notice 3, artist Jitish Kallat connects the date of Swami Vivekananda's address to the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in a meditation on religious tolerance.
The 1893 Parliament, held in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, marked the birth of interreligious dialogue and the first formal gathering of representatives of eastern and western spiritual traditions. Iconic Hindu spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda urged an audience of 7,000 to practice tolerance and universal acceptance of all faith traditions.
Exactly 108 years prior to the 9/11 attacks, Vivekananda closed his address by saying, "I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal." His words were met with a standing ovation.
Public Notice 3 will display the text of Swami Vivekananda's address in LED colors corresponding to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alert system on the risers of the Woman's Board Grand Staircase in Fullerton Hall, the exact site of the address 117 years ago. The exhibit will be the first major presentation of Indian artist Jitish Kallat's work in an American museum.
The Art Institute of Chicago Commemorates First 1893 World Parliament
From Art & Artworks
This fall, acclaimed contemporary artist Jitish Kallat turns the landmark Art Institute Grand Staircase into a meditation on religious tolerance, drawing on the museum's own history in concert with the most devastating terrorist attack on American soil. Public Notice 3 , a site-specific installation, brings together two key historical moments: the first Parliament of the World's Religions, opening on September 11, 1893, in what is now the museum's Fullerton Hall, and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon 108 years later, on that very date. Public Notice 3–the first major presentation of Kallat's work in an American museum–will be on view September 11, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
The Art Institute of Chicago has long held a unique historical connection with India. In 1893, during the World's Columbian Exposition, the museum's building served as the site of one of the most important gatherings in the history of modern religion, the first World's Parliament of Religions. One of the opening speakers was a young Hindu monk from India, Swami Vivekananda, who stunned and enthralled the audience of 7,000 with an address that opened one of the first dialogues between Eastern and Western traditions and, importantly, argued passionately for universalism and religious tolerance. Exactly 108 years before the attacks in New York City and Washington, DC, Swami Vivekananda called for an end to all "bigotry and fanaticism" and pleaded for brotherhood across all faiths, a speech that was met with a standing ovation and was heralded by journalists as one of the pivotal moments of the Exposition. (Even today, the stretch of Michigan Avenue in front of the Art Institute is the honorary "Swami Vivekananda Way.")
Kallat has chosen this historical event as the basis and site for his monumental installation. For Public Notice 3 , Kallat will convert the complete text of Vivekananda's inspiring speech into LED displays on each of the 118 risers of the museum's Woman's Board Grand Staircase, which is itself adjacent to what is now Fullerton Hall, where Vivekananda made his original presentation. Drawing attention to the great chasm between this plea for tolerance of 1893 and the very different events of September 11, 2001, the text of the speech will be displayed in the five colors of the United States' Department of Homeland Security alert system–red, orange, yellow, blue, and green.
This historical coincidence–and the fact that the speech was delivered at the earliest attempt to create a global dialogue of faiths–heightens the potency of Vivekananda's persuasive words. The resulting work, Public Notice 3, creates a trenchant commentary on the evolution, or devolution, of religious tolerance across the 20th and 21st centuries. The installation will serve not as a passive commemorative act but rather as an actively contemplative space.
Public Notice 3 draws on Kallat's earlier works, Public Notice and Public Notice 2, which also converted historic texts into large-scale installations.
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ANHRI categorically rejects the Constitutional Declaration issued by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) on June 17th. The Declaration is in fact a declaration that Egypt is a military dictatorship until further notice. It usurps the powers of the elected president and the legislative authority. By that Declaration, the military has clearly announced that it will not hand over power as promised. Legally, this Declaration and all its consequent effects are void, unless a referendum is held and the people vote yes for it.
ANHRI had already rejected the principle of the issuance of any constitutional declaration after the election of the Parliament. Since May, there has been increasing talk on complementary constitutional declaration. ANHRI released a press alert explaining its position on so-called complementary declarations.
ANHRI believes that the solemn respect for the legitimacy of the referendum of March 2011 has been eliminated by the issuance of this Declaration.
ANHRI stressed on that the Declaration steals the legislative authority that is no longer the right of the SCAF according to the Constitutional Declaration of March. Only the Parliament has the right to legislate. The fact that the Parliament has been dissolved does not give the SCAF the right to legislate. The interim constitution may not be amended without a new referendum.
By the recent Constitutional Declaration, SCAF usurps most of the fundamental powers of the elected president. The president may not declare war (article 53 bis 1), intervene in the promotion or expulsion of military officers (article 53 bis), or use the armed forces to secure the country internally except with the approval of SCAF (article 53 bis 2). This means that the military is administratively independent from the executive authority, which is contrary to all democratic traditions.
These articles turn the military into a state within a state. They expose the real concerns of the leaders of the armed forces and the immediate causes of such a declaration.
The Declaration included amendments that show the real intents of SCAF towards the next constitution of Egypt. It gives SCAF and the Constitutional Court a major role in the formation of the Founding Committee of the Constitution and the right to object to the draft of the constitution or put it on hold (article 60 bis 1).
"Egypt is at a crossroads between the completion of the revolution and entrenchment of the rule of law and democracy, and the full militarization of the state. The latter option would make the military enjoy broad powers forever at the expense of the elected executive and legislative authorities," said ANHRI.
ANHRI calls on all rights activists, legal experts, and national forces to reject this Declaration and take all legal and political procedures to annul it in order to enable the legitimate and elected bodies to carry out their functions without compromise.

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The Sinn Féin Justice spokesperson and Vice Chair of the Assembly's Justice Committee said:
"This is obviously deeply concerning and upsetting for the families involved who have already waited too long to find out the truth about the death of their loved ones.
"Not only is it disappointing that the inquests have been suspended but the matter in which that action was taken by the Coroner showed a lack of respect and sensitivity to the families concerned.
"Previous inquests were and are seen nowadays for the sham they were and new inquests were the only means the families had of finding out the truth about the killing of their loved ones.
"Sinn Féin will continue to support the families in their endeavours to find out truth."


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I've owned two KTM950's (but not a 990) and both a R1100GS and a R1150GS Adventure. And am now a new owner of a 2013 R1200GS Adventure for just a few weeks and a few hundred miles. So, I do have 50K+ miles experience on the KTM950's and 150K+ miles on oilhead BMW's.
When I came to select a new adventure bike I considered both the KTM990 and the R1200GS Adventure. I selected the BMW despite the fact that is cost a lot more money. Reasons: Primarily I did it as I wanted one of the last air/oil cooled boxer motors before they do to the water cooled models this summer. Secondarily, both the PITA (pain in the ass) of the maintenance of the KTM bothered me as it was a royal pain to do a valve adjustment, etc.. and the fact that, IMHO, the KTM950 lacks the torque that the BMW has. Meaning, the KTM was a hell of a lot of fun but I felt like I had to row the gearbox a LOT to keep it in the power band where I wanted it. I live in Colorado so we have less power up here.
I think the fact that the BMW has more torque, or at least it feels like it does, works better for me. When I'm out touring around or playing with the sport bikes I am not shifting all day. That was very appealing. The 2013 GS Adventure to me is a lot of fun and does very well in the twisties but it is not going to feel like the KTM and vice versa. If I was going for a long journey (1000+ miles) I'd pick the BMW every single time over the KTM.
The bike doesn't feel lame to me. It runs just fine right out of the box and the stock exhaust has a nice snarl to it compared to the R1100GS and R1150GS Adventure bikes which DID sound like sewing machines. I think BMW has made a lot of good progress with the latest GS.
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On the head. I started from scratch last spring. Had owned and sold both KTM 990 ADV. and 950 SE. I tried them all over again and ended up with the GSA. Hands down the best all a rounder on the market.
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The Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus ("Bearded Vulture-Eagle"), is an Old World vulture, the only member of the genus Gypaetus. It breeds on crags in high mountains in southern Europe, Africa, India and Tibet, laying one or two eggs in mid-winter which hatch at the beginning of spring. The population is resident. The Lammergeier has been successfully re-introduced into the Alps, but is still one of the rarest raptors in Europe.
Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals. It usually disdains the rotting meat, however, and lives on a diet that is 90% bone marrow. It will drop large bones from a height to crack them into smaller pieces. Its old name of Ossifrage (or Bone Crusher) relates to this habit. Live tortoises are also dropped in similar fashion to crack them open. Local people have even accused this species of intentionally forcing people off the edges of cliffs, although any incidents like this probably had everything to do with incautious people and nothing do to with Lammergeiers.
The adult has a buff-yellow body and head, the latter with the black moustaches which give this species its alternative name. It may rub mud over its chin, breast and leg feathers, giving these areas a rust-coloured appearance. The tail and wings are grey. The juvenile bird is dark all over, and takes five years to reach full maturity. The Lammergeier is silent, apart from shrill whistles at the breeding crags, and can live up to 40 years in captivity.
More recently, in 1945, it is said that Shimon Peres (called Shimon Persky at the time) and David Ben-Gurion found a nest of Bearded Vultures in the Negev desert. The bird is called "peres" in Hebrew, and Shimon Persky liked it so much he adopted it as his surname.


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Balsamic Portobello "Burger"
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Balsamic Portobello "Burger"
Don't just stick to meat when making burgers, try an all natural portobello mushroom. Marinated in balsamic vinegar and served in between two slices of bread, you won't miss the meat.
- Prep Time : 15+ 30 min marinade min
- Cook Time : 20 min
- Ready Time : 35 min
- 8 large Portobello mushroom caps, stems ad gills removed
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- ¾ cup olive oil, divided
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt plus ½ teaspoon, divided
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cubes froze crushed garlic, defrosted
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 8 slices whole wheat bread
- 8 slices tomato on the vine
- 4 large leaves basil
- In a Ziploc bag, combine mushrooms, balsamic, and ¼ cup olive oil. Seal and marinate at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- Season mushrooms with 1 tablespoon salt and pepper. Cook mushrooms on a preheated grill or grill pan for 6 to 8 minutes per side or until softened and nicely browned.
- While mushrooms are cooking, in a small bowl whisk together remaining ½ cup olive oil, remaining ½ teaspoon salt, garlic, and oregano. Brush both sides of each slice of bread with garlic oil and grill 2 to 4 minutes or until lightly toasted and warmed.
- Assemble each "burger" by topping a slice of bread with 2 slices of tomato, 2 mushroom caps, a basil leaf, and another slice of bread.
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I don't use Balsamic Vinegar , because I can't find any products with a Kosher mark on it. Balsamic products come from grapes. Is this the reason that products from them may not automatically be Kosher???


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Here's the bottom line. First, if you are looking for the most comfortable mattresses currently available, you might want to give other types of mattresses a look. There is a reason that the "specialty sleep" mattresses have been the fastest growing segment of the mattress industry over the last 10 years. Memory foam, latex and air are all simply more comfortable to sleep on than pieces of steel. I realize that these newer types of mattresses may seem a bit overwhelming to deal with since they all have their own ins and outs. That is why I've put together buying guides on each of these. So if you are interested in finding out more about alternatives to the innerspring, check out these buying guides: Latex Mattress Buying Review, and Air Bed Buying Review.
If you are really set on an innerspring, though, I would suggest buying the most basic of the "good" innerspring models available (one with a good coil count) -- and forego the behemoth bed altogether. Why? Because with these thick pillow top innerpsring models, you just never know the quality of the comfort layers (the foam or latex) used. Its a dirty secret in the mattress industry that by layering lower grades of foam you can create a very comfortable mattress -- but these cheaper foam layers degrade over time, compacting and losing their comfort. While some quality pillow tops are out there, the ones using the "good stuff" in their pillow top layers are very expensive.
So here's what you can do instead. Buy the basic innerspring with the good coil count. And make sure that by itself it feels fairly comfortable. Then add your own topper to the mattress. That way you can make sure you are getting a quality comfort layer, and you end up saving money as well. Even after buying the topper pad, whether it is memory foam or even latex, you should come out ahead both on the total price you would be paying for the mattress compared to going the "pillow top" route. And you will also come out ahead on comfort since you can assure yourself of buying the best quality comfort layers (instead of the lower quality ones found in the usual pillow tops).
If you are going this route, the first type of topper pad I would suggest trying is a memory foam topper. While they aren't inexpensive, they are a lot less than latex. And for most people, memory foam just does the job. It is much denser than standard comfort layers to really cushion your body, and its unique cell structure allows it to reduce pressure points. Memory foam has really been a big advance in comfort and it is no surprise that many of the most expensive innerspring "pillow tops" have top layers of memory foam. By buying your components separately, though, you can replicate the feel of these expensive innerspring "pillow tops" at a much lower price. And probably end up with better quality and comfort.
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About the Traverse City Film Festival
The Traverse City Film Festival is the result of years undying enthusiasm and devotion to the screen arts. It started with lunch meetings at restaurants around Traverse City between Northern Michigan residents Michael Moore, Doug Stanton and John Robert Williams, when a plan was hatched to host a world-class film festival in Traverse City and renovate the State Theatre. Then, those meetings transformed into hours of hard work organizing the restoration of the State in downtown Traverse City. Finally, with the State Theatre functioning as a home base, the first Traverse City Film Festival took place in 2005—with great success. Now in its 10th year, this Northern Michigan festival is hailed as one of the best film festivals in the nation, and continues to please larger and larger crowds with every new edition. Read on to find out more about the Traverse City Film Festival.
The Main Event: Screenings at the Traverse City Film Festival
The Traverse City Film Festival holds dozens of film screenings around the Traverse City Area throughout the festival. Free movies are available outside at the Open Space and inside at the Buzz located at the Inside Out Gallery. Other venues include The City Opera House, The Old Town Playhouse, The State Theatre, The Bijou and more—all in or near downtown Traverse City.
Panels and Parties
Experience the festival in a different way by attending one of the film panels, which features speakers from all walks of life—from local filmmakers to Hollywood icons. Or dress up and head to one of the parties hosted by the Traverse City Film Festival.
Learn a Little Something
For those who aspire to have a film showed on the big screen someday, the film school, held on NMC's campus in Traverse City, is the perfect place to learn new tips and tricks about the movie making industry.
Volunteer or Donate
The festival is always looking for volunteers to help the event run smoothly. Don't worry—all volunteers are rewarded with their own party the Monday following the festival. It's a great way to interact with the community as well as gain special access to certain screenings and who knows, maybe you'll get to meet a big screen actor. If you would like to make a donation towards the future of the Traverse City Film Festival, you can either sponsor the festival or become a friend of the festival. Both include special showings and tickets to specific parties during this Northern Michigan event.
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CFO005 Sonicbloom – Motherlode (Album)
Sonicbloom returns in 2010 with their 3rd full-length release, MOTHERLODE, on CFO Recordings. The 13-song collection of feel-good hip-hop music features an all-star guest cast including N8 the Gr8 (the CUF/Deep Fried Funk Brothers), Marv Ellis, Nikila Badua (Goddes Alchemy Project/Hamsa Lila), and TAIS (Righteous Movement).
Sonicbloom has continued to evolve in their songwriting styles and beat production to create what is arguably their most concise, mature, and commercially viable project to date.
MOTHERLODE is made to make you move. If you're already a BLOOM'R, this joint is a must have. If you're new to the BLOOM, let the SONIC seduction begin.
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1) Speaker Seeds (ft. Nikila Badua)
2) Minty
3) For You (ft. N8 the Gr8)
4) Worldwide
5) Deep Dish
6) Hot Damn
7) Summertime (ft. TAIS)
8 ) Cali Herb (ft. Rob-I-Root)
9) Bomba
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The Minister Delegate at the Ministry of External Relations in charge of Relations with the Islamic World, Adoum Gargoum on Thursday, November 29, 2012 morning at the Committee on Finance and Budget of the National Assembly defended the ministry's 2013 draft budget that stands at FCFA 28.641 billion compared to FCFA 24.987 billion for 2012 fiscal year. The ministry plans to use FCFA 26.141 billion as recurrent budget and FCFA 2.5 billion as the investment budget.
The draft budget whose programme and objective are clearly spelt out, targets promoting the country's bilateral cooperation potential and the Cameroonian Diaspora. In this domain the ministry plans to capitalise the cooperation potential and ensure that Cameroonians abroad draw much benefit for the country.
The Ministry of External Relations also intends to use the 2013 budget to boost multilateral and decentralised cooperation with the objective to using the opportunities to benefit Cameroon through the number of strategic international conferences and forums attended as well as placing Cameroonians every year in the international public service. The draft budget Minister Adoum Gargoum defended also lays emphasis on diplomatic action governance with the objective to enhance programme implementation efficiency through the level of execution of MINREX programmes.


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Video: Interview With Captains Ryan Driscoll And Everett Sheen
WORCESTER, Mass. - On Saturday, Feb. 13, the Holy Cross men's hockey program will host "Pink The Rink" at the Hart Center during its game versus Bentley at 7:00 p.m. The team will be wearing a special edition pink jersey to show its support for breast cancer awareness. The jerseys will be auctioned off throughout the game with all proceeds going to the Levine Cancer Center in Worcester. Also a limited amount of special edition "Pink The Rink" t-shirts will be available for purchase.
This event is a part of Breast Cancer Awareness Day at Holy Cross as the women's basketball team will play Bucknell at 3:00 p.m. at the Hart Center and will be taking donations in support of the Zona Fund, which is a trust fund set up for the children of Mary McInerney-Zona, beloved sister of women's basketball assistant coach Ann McInerney. The games are also a part of winter homecoming at Holy Cross.
"We are really excited to be a small part of trying to help find a cure for breast cancer," said Holy Cross head men's hockey coach Paul Pearl. "With this game we want to energize the community in helping raise money to find a cure."
There will be 28 game jerseys available to bid on during the silent auction with a minimum bid of $200.00 for each jersey. The auction will start at 6:00 p.m. David Joy (Class of 1974) generously donated the jerseys so all of the proceeds from the auction of the jerseys will go to the Levine Cancer Center.
A ceremonial puck drop will feature Holy Cross professors and breast cancer survivors Kathy Kiel (Economics) and Helen Freear-Papio (Modern Languages and Literature).
"Like many women, I didn't really have an idea before my diagnosis of how prevalent breast cancer is, nor did I sufficiently realize that finding a cure depends so much on raising public awareness," said Professor Freear-Papio. "I'm very proud that the men's ice hockey team, the coaches and their supporters have taken on the challenge to bring this cause to the community's attention and I'm honored to have been asked to help them 'Pink The Rink.'"
"I'm very pleased to be part of the 'Pink The Rink' event," said Professor Kiel. "This type of event keeps the fight against breast cancer in front of the public and reminds all of us that we need to do all we can to eradicate this disease. The fact that people where I work (including students, faculty and staff) are committed to this cause means so much to me, and to my family as it is a reminder of the support that we received and that we hope to give to others."
The jersey numbers that will be available in the auction are #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #11, #12, #14, #15, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #24, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #32, #33, #35 and #44.


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With doom-like melodies mixed with raw and savage riffing backing up new vocalist Nick Holmes of UK legends Paradise Lost, and featuring a number of guest appearances including Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler from US gore-masters Autopsy, 'Grand Morbid Funeral' is a new high-point of brutality for Bloodbath.
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Bloodbath formed in 1998 when, one evening, friends Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) - Vocals, Anders Nyström (Katatonia) - Guitars, Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) - Bass, Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity) – Drums, thought it would be good to thrash out some classic death metal in the style of early Entombed, mixed with some of the US Florida death metal scene bands. Quite simply, Bloodbath was born out of this shared admiration for quality death metal in the old style & the guys quickly realized that they could churn some ugly metal out to a pretty high standard. From this one session the Breeding Death EP was written; the songs naturally & spontaneously coming together, and subsequently released in 1999.READ MORE
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Oxnard is the largest city in Ventura County, California in terms of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is one of the world's most important agricultural centers, with its distinction as the strawberry and lima bean capital. Founded in 1903, it is home to nearly 200,000 citizens (192,997) and is the largest city in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metropolitan Area.
The city is home to two large U.S. Navy bases (Port Hueneme and NAS Point Mugu). The Port of Hueneme is the busiest commercial port between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Oxnard is also a major transit hub in Southern California, with Amtrak, Union Pacific, Metrolink, Greyhound, Intercalifornias and many others stopping in Oxnard. Oxnard also has a regional airport called Oxnard Airport (OXR).
Before the arrival of Europeans, the area that is now Oxnard was inhabited by Chumash Native Americans. The first European to encounter the area was Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who claimed it for Spain in 1542. During the mission period, it was serviced by the Mission San Buenaventura, established in 1782.
Ranching began to take hold among Californio settlers, who lost their regional influence when California became a U.S. state in 1850. At about the same time, the area was settled by American farmers, who cultivated barley and lima beans.
Henry Oxnard, who operated a successful sugar beet factory with his three brothers (Ben, James, and Robert) in Chino, California, was enticed to build a two-million dollar factory on the plain inland from Port Hueneme. Shortly after the 1897 beet campaign, a new town soon emerged. Ironically, the Oxnard brothers never lived in their namesake city, and they sold both the Chino and the giant red-brick Oxnard factory with its landmark twin smokestacks in 1899 for nearly four-million dollars. The Oxnard factory operated from August 19, 1899 until October 26, 1959. Given the growth of the town of Oxnard, in the spring of 1898, a railroad station was built to service the plant, which attracted a population of Chinese, Japanese, and Mexican laborers and enough commerce to merit the designation of a town. Oxnard intended to name the settlement after the Greek word for "sugar"..."zachari", but frustrated by bureaucracy, named it after himself.
Oxnard was incorporated as a California city on June 30,1903, and the public library was opened in 1907, one of only three built west of the Mississippi river financed by Andrew Carnegie. Prior to and during World War II, the naval bases of Point Mugu and Port Hueneme were established in the area to take advantage of the only major navigable port on California's coast between the Port of Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay, and these encouraged the development of the defense-based aerospace and communications industries.
In the mid-century Oxnard grew and developed the areas outside the downtown with homes, industry, retail, and a new harbor named Channel Islands Harbor. Martin V. ("Bud") Smith (1916-2001) became the most influential developer in the history of Oxnard during this time. Smith's first enterprise in 1941 was the Colonial House Restaurant (demolished 1988) and then the Wagon Wheel Junction in 1947. He was also involved in the development of the high-rise towers at the Topa Financial Plaza, the Channel Islands Harbor, Casa Sirena Resort, the Esplanade Shopping Mall, Fisherman's Wharf, the Carriage Square Shopping Center, the Maritime Museum, and many other major hotel, restaurant and retail projects.
In June 2004 the Oxnard Police Department and the Ventura County Sheriff imposed a gang injunction over a area of the central district of the city, in order to restrict gang activity. The injunction was upheld in the Ventura County Superior Court and made a permanent law in 2005. A similar injunction was imposed in September, 2006 over a area of the south side of the city.
Oxnard is located on the Oxnard Plain, an area with fertile soil. With its beaches, dunes, wetlands, creeks and the Santa Clara River, the area contains a number of important biological communities. Native plant communities include: coastal sage scrub, California Annual Grassland, and Coastal Dune Scrub species; however, most native plants have been eliminated from within the city limits to make way for agriculture and urban and industrial development. Also native to the region is the endangered Ventura Marsh Milkvetch, and the last self-sustaining population is in Oxnard in the center of a recently approved high-end housing development.
Like the rest of California, Oxnard is subject to earthquakes due to its location near the San Andreas Fault.
One active fault line that transverses Oxnard is the Oak Ridge Fault, which straddles the Santa Clara River Valley westward from the Santa Susana Mountains, crosses the Oxnard Plain through Oxnard, and extends into the Santa Barbara Channel.
The fault has proven to be a significant contributor to seismic activity in the Oxnard region and beyond. The Northridge Earthquake, a devastating magnitude 6.7 temblor that occurred on January 17, 1994, is believed to have occurred in the Santa Clarita extension of the Oak Ridge Fault. Landslides and ridge-top shattering resulting from the Northridge Earthquake were observed above Moorpark, a city just east of Oxnard.
There were 43,576 households out of which 46.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.85 and the average family size was 4.16.
In the city the population was spread out with 31.8% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 104.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $48,603, and the median income for a family was $49,150. Males had a median income of $30,643 versus $25,381 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,288. About 11.4% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
Some of the major companies headquartered in Oxnard are Haas Automation, Seminis, Raypak, Drum Workshop, and Boss Audio. Procter & Gamble and Sysco maintain their West Coast operations in Oxnard.
The Dallas Cowboys held their pre-season training camp at River Ridge Field in Oxnard in 2001, 2004-06, and 2008 (the Cowboys trained at California Lutheran University in nearby Thousand Oaks from 1964-89). The Los Angeles Raiders trained at River Ridge in the 1980s and 90s.
Oxnard has been known for several different crops over the years, including: sugar beets, lima beans, Stock (the cut flower), and strawberries. In the years of Oxnard's growth during the 70's and 80's, many farms and ranches were annexed for development, and many new development plans threatened much of the plain's farmland. In 1995, a grassroots effort known as SOAR (Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources) was initiated by farmers, ranchers and citizens of Ventura County in an effort to save the vast agricultural asset of the Oxnard Plain.
On February 12 2008 a shooting involving students occurred at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard.
Beaches in Oxnard include: Mugu Rock State Beach, Ormond Beach, Hueneme Beach, Silverstrand Beach, Hollywood Beach, Hollywood-By-the-Sea, Mandalay Beach, Oxnard State Beach, Oxnard Shores, 5th Street Beach, McGrath State Beach and Rivermouth Beach.
The United States Navy maintains a facility at Port Hueneme, in support of the naval air station at Point Mugu to the south, with which it comprises Naval Base Ventura County. Port Hueneme is the West Coast home of the Construction Battalion, the "Seabees," as well as a link in the coastal radar system.
The city is situated in a Mediterranean, or dry subtropical climate zone, experiencing mild winters that are warmer than average, and mild summers that are cooler than average. Onshore breezes keep the communities of Oxnard cooler in summer and warmer in winter than those further inland. The average mean temperature is 60 degrees. Average minimum temperature is 52.4 degrees and the average maximum temperature is 70 degrees. Generally the weather is cool and dry, with 354 days of sunshine a year. The last recorded snow fall was in January 1942.
Gutleben, Dan, The Oxnard Beet Sugar Factory, Oxnard, California, 1959 - Revised 1960, page 1, Book available at the Oxnard Public Library
Mitchell, John, Influential developer Martin 'Bud' Smith dies, Ventura County Star, November 20, 2001
Shepherd, Dirk, Save the Wagon Wheel, VC Reporter Newspaper article, Jan 11, 2007 link to article


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And who refers to it as Hindquarters?
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Yo Tito...The Line has dropped to 3.5....What is Vegas saying now???
"""Yo Tito…The Line has dropped to 3.5….What is Vegas saying now???" Thats means everyone and their mother is betting on the Patriots if the line is dropping
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Special Olympics tells its story in words, photos and videos. These are our best of all three.
It's been a movement of innovative leaders for decades.
Go feet first for one of the newest Special Olympics sports.
We can help athletes with little or no access to health care.
En été, nos athlètes courent, sautent, nagent et marquent.
Le sport est un moyen efficace de changer la vie de nos athlètes.
Sports, santé, éducation, communauté.
Around the world, months of practice are paying off in competitions.
Les partenaires sont essentiels à nos activités.
Samoa prepared its first-ever team to a Special Olympics World Games.
From Ireland to Greece, a Special Olympics athlete's path to compete.
She was the only girl with an ID at her Panama school.
She went from neglected to valued after she found Special Olympics.
Jia Qi Hui is focused and thriving after discovering table tennis.
He's a soccer champion who is accomplished on and off the field.
Brittany's life opened up after she joined Special Olympics.
Deon works to change attitudes toward people with ID in Namibia.
Leo et Gedeon jouent sur des terrains improvisés et partout où ils peuvent.
Lani DeMello inspires her friends, family and Special Olympics volunteers.
Maryan Hasan trains for Winter Games in the 100-degree heat of Dubai.
Charles' personality is what makes him an outstanding athlete.
Rajdeep found confidence and pride on the cricket field.
Competing as a gymnast is where Svetlana excels.
A team that grew up together trains together for the World Games.
Get to know Andy, a passionate -- and talented -- champion swimmer
Simon's running helps support his mother and family.
"It's easily one of the greatest experiences of my life."
Two remarkable teams step onto the pitch in Cape Town, South Africa.
Les Sports Unifiés révèlent des forces dans chaque membre de l'équipe.
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Today, the Templeton Foundation gave its most prestigious award to my hero, Jean Vanier. For Linda and our children and me, he has also been our retreat leader, our teacher of humility, our guide.
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AZ Strip Powerline Ride
Had a great ride with Dad this weekend. South onto the AZ Strip from Washington Fields. We were intending to follow BLM 1035, also known as the Sunshine Trail on Google Maps, about 20 miles south (between East and West Mesa) to Navajo Trail. We'd then return to St. George via BLM 1069, the "dirt highway" from Mount Trumbull Schoolhouse.
For those following along, here's the map:
We either missed a sign (marker) or just turned east too soon. Lots of little roads/tracks in this area. Often when Dad and I go out exploring we don't have a firm destination/route in mind. I'd say more of a general direction. All good.
So, we turned east and followed along a powerline road. Lots of little ups and downs, a few spots with loose gravel and washed out dry stream crossings. Wouldn't be a good place after dark or in the rain (mud). Gradually we realized we missed the 1035 turn to the south, but we just continued on the powerline road towards the Hurricane Cliffs. These cliffs are very prominent and visible for many miles. We knew from prior rides that we'd hit BLM 1036 (not a good road) at the base of the cliffs and be able to turn back north. Rode home through Warner Valley. Lots of dust. About 65 miles, lots of it at slower speeds. Will have to try again for 1035. Promises to be a good ride deeper out onto the Strip.
About 10 miles south of St. George, crossing in to AZ. Little Black Mountain Petroglyph site in this area. Also easy to access from the River Road exit onto the AZ Strip. Navajo Trail was our intended destination. Good reason for another ride, hopefully soon!
Starting out on BLM #1035. We let a guy in a truck get a little distance on us. Too much dust for close following.
Quick elevation gains once you enter AZ. Nice dirt curves!
Following the powerlines. We're off-track at this point, but probably could still loop around to find 1035, but the riding is good so we keep going.
Park the bikes and take a look around at the top of a little hill climb. Just enough loose rocks to make it interesting. Pine Valley Mountain in the background.
Big powerlines. These same powerlines extend west to the Gypsum Mine by the Black Rock Road exit on the AZ/UT border. Same powerlines cross Virgin River then climb Beaver Dam Mountains (Apex Mine area), then descend Bull Dog Canyon to Old Highway 91 in Nevada.
Cool gate. Take a pic. Carried extra gas, but didn't end up coming close to needing any of it.
Dad on his Honda. Good bike for these roads. Dad is always up for exploring. Much more about the "journey" rather than the "destination." Get out and ride with your dad and/or son. I always appreciate the Dad/son rides posted on ADV.
Impressive multi-colored rock almost everywhere you look. Lots of erosion patterns. This is canyon country.
Dad checking back on me. I had the camera out frequently, always looking for the best backdrop.
View of the Hurricane Cliffs. Mostly white rock. Very prominent. By this time, we have formulated the new plan to go back north, then cross Warner Valley. Always a chance of an impassable washout though. Until you connect with familiar roads you never know.
Lots of easy, flowing sections between the rocky steep spots.
We hook back onto a "known" road, BLM #1036. Turn north to head back to Utah.
Here's Dad popping through one of the easier wash crossings. All the standard hazards: lips/ledges to enter or exit, deep loose sand or gravel in the bottom, and most often lots of big rocks. Nothing ominous here. Even though this is only ~20 miles from St. George, you probably wouldn't see another person here all day. Area is just too vast, lots of little dirt tracks, and a very small number of people once you leave town.
Some early Mormon Pioneer history. This was a rough wagon road to the St. George Temple. I assume the couples had different accommodations for the coming and going trips.
The road improves markedly as you go north towards Hurricane. The red rock bluff is very visible from the south end of Warner Valley.
Here's Dad on a different section of road. We were enjoying using the higher gears on our bikes after picking through a lot of slower stuff earlier.
Rather than continuing north to Hurricane and coming home via pavement (backside of Sand Hollow Reservoir would be best), we turn west and go through Warner Valley. Lots of dirt bike and ATV off-roading here. Easy access to Sand Mountain.
Dad in Warner Valley with the red bluff and Hurricane Cliffs directly behind him.
Late afternoon light on some of the cliffs of Sand Mountain. Great ride Dad, thanks!
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On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 12:28:57PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ken Bloom (firstname.lastname@example.com):
> > I don't know anything about this. I haven't needed to Debian hardware
> > detection in a while.
> o discover: hardware identification system (thank you, Progeny Systems, Inc.)
> o mdetect: mouse device autodetection tool
> o read-edid: hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP monitors
> o sndconfig: sound configuration (thank you, Red Hat Software, Inc.)
> o hotplug: USB/PCI device hotplugging support, and network autoconfig
> o nictools-nopci: Diagnostic tools for many non-PCI ethernet cards
> o nictools-pci: Diagnostic tools for many PCI ethernet cards
> o mii-diag: A little tool to manipulate network cards
If debian-installer doesn't run all of these, then perhaps someone
should suggest that they make a "Autodetect hardware" task in tasksel.
> <SNIP introduction that these are reasons for being slow>
> 2. The fact that Debian, by default, does _not_ do prelinking of
> binaries, stripping of debugging symbols from binaries, and tweaking of
> most binaries' compilation options for the exact CPU architecture,
> omitting frame pointers, etc. Let's take those one at a time:
> <SNIP prelinking>
> b) Stripping. Stripped binaries are smaller, hence faster to load.
> They're also completely impossible to get debugging information from,
> if/when a bug blows them out of memory. People who try to actually
> _maintain_ a distribution tend to think that running stripped binaries
> is a bad tradeoff.
> <SNIP optimizations>
Most package maintainers strip their binaries with dh_strip, but
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After listening to a security podcast about Flash security, I decided to change some of my settings. You can do this by going to the Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager web page and clicking on the tabs to disable features. One of the settings I disabled was "Allow third-party Flash content to store data on your computer".
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Applicants must submit the following information at least 30 days prior to any discharge of hydrostatic test water to the waters of the State. An original and one (1) copy of the Notice of Intent and required attachments must be sent to Water Pollution Control staff at the Environmental Field Office responsible for the county where the discharge is located.
» A completed Notice of Intent. This form includes name of the owner/operator, mailing address, contact person and phone number; description of facility or vessel to be tested; volume of hydrostatic test water to be discharged; source of test water; description of material that has been contained in the facility; name and location, by river mile, of the receiving waters; estimated dates of testing, frequency of tests and duration, description of Best Management Practices (BMPSs).
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2011 NC State Baseball
Maryland at NC State
Apr 30, 2011 at Raleigh, N.C. (Doak Field)
Score by Innings R H E
Maryland............ 100 000 202 - 5 8 1
NC State............ 030 410 01X - 9 10 1
Umpires - HP: Randy Dulin 1B: Rick Darby 3B: Gerald Trexler
Start: 6:32 Time: 2:37 Attendance: 1783
2011 NC State Baseball
Maryland at NC State
Apr 30, 2011 at Raleigh, N.C. (Doak Field)
Maryland starters: 2/ss Rodriguez; 10/2b Holland; 15/rf Kilbourne; 12/c
Etchison; 44/1b Kiene; 5/lf Montville; 14/dh Ramsay; 7/3b Stinnett; 1/cf
Wacker; 16/p Kirkpatrick;
NC State starters: 3/cf Williams, B; 15/c Maynard; 19/3b Ciencin; 25/1b
Riggins; 23/dh Canela; 32/lf Senay; 7/2b Bergquist; 46/rf Gianis; 1/ss Diaz;
44/p Chamra;
Maryland 1st - Rodriguez popped up to 2b (1-1 BF).
Holland homered, RBI (3-2 BBSBF). Kilbourne flied out to cf (1-1 KB). Etchison
grounded out to ss (0-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
NC State 1st - Williams, B struck out swinging (2-2
BBFFS). Maynard flied out to rf (0-2 FF). Ciencin grounded out to ss (0-1 F).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Maryland 2nd - Kiene singled to right field (1-1
BS). Montville struck out swinging (1-2 FSBS). Ramsay singled through the right
side (2-1 KBB); Kiene advanced to second. Stinnett struck out swinging (0-2
SKS). Kiene out at second p to ss, picked off. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors,
NC State 2nd - Riggins doubled to center field (3-2
BSBKFB). Canela struck out swinging (2-2 BSBSFS). Senay singled through the
right side, RBI (2-1 BBF); Riggins scored. Bergquist homered, 2 RBI (2-0 BB);
Senay scored. Gianis flied out to cf to right center (1-0 B). Diaz flied out to
cf to right center (2-0 BB). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Maryland 3rd - Wacker grounded out to 2b (1-1 BF).
Rodriguez hit by pitch (3-1 BFB). Rodriguez out at second c to ss, caught
stealing. Holland flied out to rf (3-2 BBBSK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
NC State 3rd - Williams, B struck out swinging (0-2
KFS). Maynard reached on an error by 1b, assist by 2b (1-1 SB). Maynard
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Ciencin struck out swinging (1-2 SKBS).
Riggins fouled out to rf (1-1 BS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1
Maryland 4th - Kilbourne grounded out to 3b (3-2
BBSBKF). Etchison walked (3-1 BBFBB). Kiene grounded into double play 2b to ss
to 1b (0-0); Etchison out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
NC State 4th - Canela singled to left field (0-0).
Senay struck out swinging (3-2 KBBBSFFFS). Bergquist singled to left center
(0-0); Canela advanced to second. Gianis singled to third base, bunt (1-0 B);
Bergquist advanced to second; Canela advanced to third. Diaz doubled to left
center, 3 RBI (0-1 K); Gianis scored; Bergquist scored; Canela scored.
Williams, B grounded out to 3b (0-2 FFF). Maynard singled up the middle, out at
second c to 2b, RBI (1-2 BSFFF); Diaz scored. 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0
Maryland 5th - Montville struck out swinging (0-2
SSS). Ramsay grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-0 B). Stinnett struck out
swinging (1-2 KBSS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
NC State 5th - Ciencin struck out swinging (1-2
FBSS). Riggins homered to right field, RBI (0-0). Canela popped up to ss (3-2
BBFBF). Senay struck out looking (3-2 FBBKBFK). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
Maryland 6th - Wacker grounded out to 3b (1-2 FBF).
Rodriguez grounded out to 2b (2-0 BB). Holland singled up the middle (1-2
KFBF). Kilbourne lined out to 3b (0-2 KS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
NC State 6th - Bergquist struck out looking (0-2
FFK). Gianis walked (3-0 BBBB). Gianis advanced to second on a wild pitch. Diaz
flied out to cf (3-1 BBBK). Williams, B popped up to 2b up the middle (0-0).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Maryland 7th - Etchison singled to right field (3-2
KBFBB). Kiene homered to right field, 2 RBI (0-1 K); Etchison scored. Montville
grounded out to ss (1-2 BSS). Ramsay grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-1 K).
Stinnett struck out looking (3-2 KBBSFBK). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0
NC State 7th - Delean to p for Kirkpatrick. Maynard
flied out to lf (0-1 F). Ciencin hit by pitch (3-2 SFBBF). Riggins walked (3-1
BSBBB); Ciencin advanced to second. Canela flied out to cf to left center
(0-0). Riggins stole second; Ciencin stole third. Senay fouled out to rf (2-0
BB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Maryland 8th - Wacker grounded out to 2b (0-0).
Rodriguez walked (3-2 KBKBBB). Holland struck out looking (2-2 FBFFBFK).
Kilbourne popped up to 2b (0-2 SS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
NC State 8th - Bergquist homered to left field, RBI
(1-1 BK). Gianis flied out to rf (1-2 KSB). Diaz struck out swinging (2-2
FBFBFFS). Williams, B struck out swinging (0-2 KKS). 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Maryland 9th - Thomas to p for Chamra. Schaeffer to
c for Maynard. Etchison struck out looking (1-2 KFBFK). Kiene singled to third
base (3-2 KBBSB). Montville walked (3-1 BBBKB); Kiene advanced to second.
Ramsay singled to right center, advanced to second on an error by cf, RBI
(0-0); Montville advanced to third; Kiene scored. Stinnett hit by pitch (1-0).
Wacker reached on a fielder's choice to first base, RBI (0-1 K); Stinnett out
at second 1b to ss; Ramsay advanced to third; Montville scored. Rodriguez flied
out to cf (0-0). 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.