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L.L.Bean announced today a positive close to its 2013 fiscal year. On the basis of the business performance for 2013, the company announced its intent to pay 8% performance bonuses to approximately 5,000 full and part-time employees.
For the 2013 fiscal year ending February 23, 2014, L.L.Bean reported annual net sales of $1.56 billion, a 3% increase over 2012.
"L.L.Bean has performed very well in a marketplace that continued to struggle - with economic uncertainty, political distractions and shaky consumer confidence," said Chris McCormick, L.L.Bean's President and CEO. "The company's solid performance in fiscal 2013 is the result of a lot of hard work and dedication of our employees. The positive performance is also the outcome of strategies and investments put in motion in 2010 while the economy was still in a recession."
"On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express our appreciation to the L.L.Bean employees that made this happen," said Shawn Gorman, L.L.Bean's Chairman of the Board. "This year-end bonus is in recognition of their hard work, and a tribute to the strategies and investments we set in motion in 2010 that positioned the company for growth. We have an amazingly talented team in place and are pleased to continue the family's commitment to keeping employee and shareholder interests aligned and reward our employees for their hard work, dedication and achievements."
In addition to the bonus announcement, the company also reported to its employees the additional contribution of $40 million to fully fund its defined benefit pension program. Combined with the bonus, this represents a $78.5 million investment in L.L.Bean employees.
McCormick went on to elaborate on the results of 2013. "We have made substantial investments in our website as well as in our internal processes, all with a goal of providing better product assortment and quality service to our customers. These investments have paid off in increased online sales, greater productivity and wide appeal for new fits and styles in Men's, Women's and Outerwear, as well as an expanded Active line. In addition we saw growth in Sporting Equipment with strong performance in our Hunting and Fishing lines as people continue to spend more time outdoors. Our Maine-made L.L.Bean Boot production is at an all-time high, demonstrating Bean's first product is as relevant today as it was 101 years ago."
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"We look forward to another successful year in 2014," said Chris McCormick. "The past few years have focused on prudent management of the business and conservative growth plans. In the new fiscal year we will make the largest single-year capital investment with an additional $100 million in the Web, Retail expansion and business systems to fuel our continued growth. We will be opening four new stores, expanding our Signature product line and growing the brand as we see continued strengthening of the economy."
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About L.L.Bean
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IN a move designed to discourage researchers taking money from the tobacco industry, the American Thoracic Society has decided that its scientific journals will not publish papers reporting work funded by the industry.
The tobacco industry has a long record of trying to win respectability through scientific research, says Alfred Munzer, a past president of the American Lung Association, which is the thoracic society's parent organisation.
"From my own personal standpoint as a physician, I think there is only a hair's breadth difference between the tobacco industry and the drug cartels. That difference is legality," he says.
The society publishes the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. Papers underwritten by the tobacco industry account for "only a few articles a year out of several hundred", says Munzer. He hopes other journals will adopt a similar policy, making it ...
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The only difference is that Denver, a championship contender, exploited the weaknesses. With Cleveland, if there is way to lose a game, the Browns will find it. If they can't, they will invent one.


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You probably might have an idea that Windows 8 has better built-in security as compared to all other previous operating systems released by Microsoft. Windows 8 comes with a built-in "Windows Defender" antivirus program that works like a savior for many computer users who always feel insecure about virus's entering their systems. When I was new to computers, I never hesitated to apply new tricks while installing applications on Windows to get maximum security. All the antivirus programs available in the market these days are not perfect and lack the ability to protect the system from all kinds of system threats. No antivirus software can protect your computer even after installing full antivirus suite if you don't have initial knowledge about system security. If you are familiar with the way the virus's carry their infecting activities, then you can keep your computer safe and running even you have any small freeware antivirus program setup in your computer.
Now coming back to the topic we were discussing. Although Windows 8 is protected by Defender, there is no direct option to use it to scan suspicious files on your computer. Windows Defender works silently without any trace of it scanning the system and always works behind the scene to protect your system. In Windows 7, there is no in-built security app like Windows Defender to scan your system and the use of a third party antivirus which automatically integrates with Windows and gives you an option to scan your files for any virus presence on your system becomes necessary.
What is your view about the Windows Defender? Unlike all you guys out there, even I expect a scanning interface to control it efficiently and precisely wherever and whenever required. You can do lots of new things in Windows 8 by applying small tweaks. For theses sort of small tweaks, you have to use your sub conscious mind by right-click and turning on the scanning feature for Windows Defender. Generally, you can change the Context Menu items by editing its entries in the Windows Registry but altering values in the Registry can cause serious problems especially when you are using it for the first time. It may also result in system failure and other fatal errors which might even prohibit your computer from starting up again.
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On January 8, I visited the Walker Art Museum on one of its FREE Thursdays and toured Eva Hesse's show room of paintings and sculptures. While admiring her art I was able to learn a little about her life through the 'tour guide's� lecture.
Eva Hesse was born in 1936, in Hamburg Germany. Because her family was Jewish her parents sent her to Amsterdam on the "kinder train� to flee Nazi control in 1938. By 1939, she was living in New York City with her parents who divorced in 1945, and in 1946, her mother committed suicide by jumping off of a roof.
It could have been the fact that I was analyzing her art work while hearing about her life, but her work really seemed to evolve through the years. This stage of her life seemed to come out in her early work through mostly black and white (pen/paint) imprecise brush strokes. The art had extremely distraught figures in uncomfortable positions, or at least that's what they felt like to me.
After studying at Yale, Hesse married Tom Doyle, a fellow sculptor in 1961, a time where the field was very male dominated. This is a phase in her work where she began to use more color; this is what she was widely known for. I could see abstract landscapes with brides, rivers, and a feeling of cycles and flow. They were much more peaceful than her former work. Also around this same time, she began doing "child-like� art which included many arrows, squares, and lines. Each one seemed to tell a story, but as she often stressed herself, they could be a completely different story for every different person. In this art I saw a depiction of the mess of child-rearing, diaper changing, nursing, the chaos, but it was not negative, just scrambled. Another looked like a city from a birds eye view so that one could only see the roofs of life.
In 1964, Hesse and her husband Doyle moved back to Germany for a year, working in a textile mill. She refers to her work at this time and slightly after as "nothings�. They were very repetitive patterns of squares and lines. They made me recall monotonous work that I have been unfortunate to have experienced. There were slight changes in color which brought the work to life, but it did not make it any less dull.
In 1966, Hesse and Doyle divorced, and her father died. There was another transition in her work. My personal favorite piece was at this time period. It is a sculpture of what looks like an extremely long, jet black, blown-up balloon hung on a string that has a slightly detached head at the bottom which looked extremely phallic like especially when in front of the dangling punching bag below it. The depiction of the penis being so long didn't seem sexual, it seemed to symbolize a cold emotional distance one could portray, experience, or witness in a sexual way. Next to this piece was another sculpture. Once again, I can only describe what I saw which may not be what anyone else would have seen or felt. It was a black box with a hole in it and a coiled rope spilling out, which seemed awfully vagina-like to me. These sculptures felt tormenting, extremely emotional, and thought provoking.
In 1970, Eva Hesse died of a brain tumor that she was aware of for at least a year before her actual death. Her last pieces of work almost combined her first few stages of art. Apparently, she was such a well known artist at this time that she had multiple aids to assist in her art, doing the actual labor end of it, as she was the master mind. Her work reminded me of windows. Her blues were a combination of sadness and acceptance and tranquility at the same time.


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I am just taking a guess here but i feel like a tour might happen during July sometime?
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Bernard-Marie Koltès
Bernard-Marie Koltès (French: [kɔltɛs]; 9 April 1948 – 15 April 1989) was a French playwright and director.
Born in 1948 to a middle-class family in Metz, his life was violent and anchored in revolt. He tried his hand at writing at a very young age but later renounced it, and didn't take to the stage until the age of twenty. He garnered recognition for his work on a production of Medea (Médée) directed by Jorge Lavelli in 1970.
After seeing the film actress María Casares, he was inspired and resumed writing, completing around ten plays in his lifetime. His first piece, the long monologue, The Night Just Before The Forests, was staged in 1977 at the Avignon Festival, and subsequent productions were put on in collaboration with director Patrice Chéreau. Koltès died in 1989 due to complications from AIDS.
Koltès's work, based in real-life problems, expresses the tragedy of being alone and of death. His writing style accents the dramatic tension and the lyricism of his plays. Koltes is most famous for his plays The Night Just Before the Forests (La Nuit juste avant les Forêts, 1976), Sallinger (1977) and In the Solitude of Cotton Fields (Dans la Solitude des Champs de Coton, 1986). Many of these plays were first directed by Patrice Chéreau when he was artistic director of the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Koltes also translated into French Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
It is evident that[citation needed] Genet and the absurdists influenced Koltès's writing. Like other absurdist writers, he felt exiled – in his case, as a homosexual in a heterosexual world. In Africa, he saw native cultures being wiped out by European influences. This theme brought forth Black Battles with Dogs. After a visit to America he wrote Quay West (1985), about a brother and sister in a foreign culture. The psychopathic killer Roberto Succo provided the inspiration for his final play Roberto Zucco. It was first performed posthumously in Berlin in 1990, directed by Peter Stein. It has since been performed across Europe and the United States.
In spite of his particular poetry, Koltes's works have not been staged so much. In addition to Chéreau, among world theatre directors we find:
- Ivica Buljan
- Stevan Bodroza
- Jan Bosse
- Frederic Dussenne
- Doris Mirescu
- Arthur Nauzyciel
- Roberto Pacini
- Jay Scheib
- Giampiero Solari
- Èric Vigner
- Rachid Zanouda
- Krzysztof Warlikowski
- Julián Hernández
- Travis Preston
- Bitterness (Les Amertumes) (1970)
- La Marche (1970)
- Heritage (L'Héritage) (1972)
- Récits morts (1973)
- Sallinger (1977)
- The Night Just Before the Forests (La Nuit juste avant les forêts) (1977)
- Black Battles with Dogs (Combat de nègre et de chiens) (1979)
- Quay West (Quai Ouest) (1985)
- In the Solitude of Cotton Fields (Dans la solitude des champs de coton) (1985)
- Tabataba[disambiguation needed] (1986)
- Return to the Desert (Retour au désert) (1988)
- Roberto Zucco (1988)
External links[edit]
- (French) BernardMarieKoltes.com
- (French) Critical bibliography on Koltès' works (Auteurs.contemporain.info)


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The Garuda (Sanskrit: गरुड, Pāli ) is a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.
Garuda is the Hindu name for the constellation Aquila.
His stature in Hindu religion can be gauged by the fact that an independent Upanishad, the , and a Purana, the Garuda Purana, is devoted to him. Various names have been attributed to - Chirada, Gaganeshvara, Kamayusha, Kashyapi, Khageshvara, Nagantaka, Sitanana, Sudhahara, Suparna, Tarkshya, Vainateya, Vishnuratha and others. The Vedas provide the earliest reference of , though by the name of Śyena, where this mighty bird is said to have brought nectar to earth from heaven. The Puranas, which came into existence much later, mention as doing the same thing, which indicates that Śyena (Sanskrit for Eagle) and are the same. One of the faces of Śrī Pañcamukha Hanuman is Mahavira . This face points towards the west. Worship of is believed to remove the effects of poisons from one's body. In Tamil Vaishnavism Garuda and Hanuman are known as "Periya Thiruvadi" and "Siriya Thiruvadi" respectively.
In the Bhagavad-Gita (Ch.10, Verse 30), in the middle of the battlefied "Kurukshetra", Krishna explaining his omnipresence, says - "Of birds, I am the son of Vinata (Garuda)" indicating the importance of Garuda.
Garuda plays an important role in Krishna Avatar in which Krishna and Satyabhama ride on Garuda to kill Narakasura. On another occasion, Lord Hari rides on Garuda to save the devotee Elephant Gajendra. It is also said that Garuda's wings when flying will chant the Vedas.
The story of Garuda's birth and deeds is told in the first book of the great epic Mahabharata. According to the epic, when Garuda first burst forth from his egg, he appeared as a raging inferno equal to the cosmic conflagration that consumes the world at the end of every age. Frightened, the gods begged him for mercy. Garuda, hearing their plea, reduced himself in size and energy.
Garuda's father was the creator-rishi Kasyapa. His mother was Vinata, whose sister was Kadru, the mother of serpents. One day, Vinata entered into and lost a foolish bet, as a result of which she became enslaved to her sister. Resolving to release his mother from this state of bondage, Garuda approached the serpents and asked them what it would take to purchase her freedom. Their reply was that Garuda would have to bring them the elixir of immortality, also called amrita. It was a tall order. The amrita at that time found itself in the possession of the gods, who guarded it jealously, since it was the source of their immortality. They had ringed the elixir with a massive fire that covered the sky. They had blocked the way to the elixir with a fierce mechanical contraption of sharp rotating blades. And finally, they had stationed two gigantic poisonous snakes next to the elixir as deadly guardians.
Undaunted, Garuda hastened toward the abode of the gods intent on robbing them of their treasure. Knowing of his design, the gods met him in full battle-array. Garuda, however, defeated the entire host and scattered them in all directions. Taking the water of many rivers into his mouth, he extinguished the protective fire the gods had thrown up. Reducing his size, he crept past the rotating blades of their murderous machine. And finally, he mangled the two gigantic serpents they had posted as guards. Taking the elixir into his mouth without swallowing it, he launched again into the air and headed toward the eagerly waiting serpents. En route, he encountered Vishnu. Rather than fight, the two exchanged promises. Vishnu promised Garuda the gift of immortality even without drinking from the elixir, and Garuda promised to become Vishnu's mount. Flying onward, he met Indra the god of the sky. Another exchange of promises occurred. Garuda promised that once he had delivered the elixir, thus fulfilling the request of the serpents, he would make it possible for Indra to regain possession of the elixir and to take it back to the gods. Indra in turn promised Garuda the serpents as food.
At long last, Garuda alighted in front of the waiting serpents. Placing the elixir on the grass, and thereby liberating his mother Vinata from her servitude, he urged the serpents to perform their religious ablutions before consuming it. As they hurried off to do so, Indra swooped in to make off with the elixir. From that day onward, Garuda was the ally of the gods and the trusty mount of Vishnu, as well as the implacable enemy of snakes, upon whom he preyed at every opportunity.
Throughout the Mahabharata, Garuda is invoked as a symbol of impetuous violent force, of speed, and of martial prowess. Powerful warriors advancing rapidly on doomed foes are likened to Garuda swooping down on a serpent. Defeated warriors are like snakes beaten down by Garuda. The field marshall Drona uses a military formation named after Garuda. Krishna even carries the image of Garuda on his banner.
In Buddhist mythology, the (Pāli: ) are enormous predatory birds with intelligence and social organization. Another name for the is (Pāli: ), meaning "well-winged, having good wings". Like the Nāgas, they combine the characteristics of animals and divine beings, and may be considered to be among the lowest devas.
The exact size of the is uncertain, but its wings are said to have a span of many miles. This may be a poetic exaggeration, but it is also said that when a 's wings flap, they create hurricane-like winds that darken the sky and blow down houses. A human being is so small compared to a that a man can hide in the plumage of one without being noticed (Kākātī Jātaka, J.327). They are also capable of tearing up entire banyan trees from their roots and carrying them off.
The have kings and cities, and at least some of them have the magical power of changing into human form when they wish to have dealings with people. On some occasions kings have had romances with human women in this form. Their dwellings are in groves of the simbalī, or silk-cotton tree.
The are enemies to the Nāgas, a race of intelligent serpent- or dragon-like beings, whom they hunt. The at one time caught the nāgas by seizing them by their heads; but the nāgas learned that by swallowing large stones, they could make themselves too heavy to be carried by the , wearing them out and killing them from exhaustion. This secret was divulged to one of the by the ascetic Karambiya, who taught him how to seize a nāga by the tail and force him to vomit up his stone (Pandara Jātaka, J.518).
The were among the beings appointed by Śakra to guard Mount Sumeru and the heaven from the attacks of the asuras.
In the Mahasamyatta Sutta, the Buddha is shown making temporary peace between the Nagas and the .
The Sanskrit word has been borrowed and modified in the languages of several Buddhist countries. In Thai the word for a is Krut (ครุฑ). In Burmese, are called ga-lon. In Japanese a is called Karura (however, the form Garuda ガルーダ is used in recent Japanese fiction - see below).
For the Mongols, the is called Khan Garuda or Khangarid (Хангарьд). Before and after each round of Mongolian wrestling, groups performs the Dance, a stylised imitation of the Khangarid and a hawk.
In the Qing Dynasty fiction The Story of Yue Fei, Garuda sits at the head of the Buddha. But when a celestial bat (an embodiment of the Aquarius constellation) farts during the Buddha's expounding of the Lotus Sutra, Garuda kills her and is exiled from paradise. He is later reborn as Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. The bat is reborn as Lady Wang, wife of the traitor Prime Minister Qin Hui, and is instrumental in formulating the "Eastern Window" plot that leads to Yue's political execution.


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Here's an AP story out of the winter meetings …
DALLAS — Muscle shirts, ripped jeans and flip-flops — fine for the
beach, not so fine for big league press boxes starting next season.
Baseball has become the first major pro league in North America to issue dress
guidelines for media members, putting them in writing at the winter meetings.
The no-wear list also includes visible undergarments, excessively short skirts or
anything with a team logo.
"This is not in response to any single incident," MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said
However, baseball was aware of the flap caused in the National Football League when a
Mexican TV reporter drew unwanted attention at the New York Jets' training camp in
September 2010, and formed a committee of executives and media representatives to
work on guidelines.
The panel included female and Latin reporters and there was input from team trainers,
who had health concerns about flip-flops in clubhouses and bare feet possibly
spreading infections. Such footwear is no longer permitted.
The media should dress "in an appropriate and professional manner" with clothing
proper for a "business casual work environment" when in locker rooms, dugouts, press
boxes and on the field, the new MLB rules say.
Banned are sheer and see-through clothing, tank tops, one-shouldered or strapless
shirts or clothing exposing bare midriffs. Also listed in the guidelines are skirts,
dresses or shorts cut more than 3-4 inches above the knee.
The NFL, NBA and NHL do not have similar policies.
MLB and members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America who regularly cover
the sport agree that most reporters are within the boundaries. Probably not everyone,
"Personally, I believe the baseball media in general could dress slightly more
professionally," said San Francisco Chronicle writer Susan Slusser, recently elected
vice president of the BBWAA and a member of the guidelines panel. "I think it's been
a little too casual."
MLB said it would consider appropriate actions if the guidelines were broken.
At 81, former Marlins manager Jack McKeon has seen dress codes change a lot during
more than a half-century in the game. Especially at warm-weather ballparks during the
hottest summer months.
"I remember the old days, when even the people in Triple-A would wear a coat and
tie," he said. "Now, it's casual. Less than casual, really," he said.
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I love trees, I think they are beautiful. When I was walking the forrest all these pretty branches where there on the ground and then I came up with this idea.
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1st June 2013
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31st May 2013
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The following is an archive of a post made to our
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by one of its subscribers.
Reply-To: Marc Elliot Hall <firstname.lastname@example.com>
In-Reply-To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 02:41:25PM -0700, Ken Herron wrote:
> Marc Elliot Hall wrote:
> > #make /windows partition owned by user nobody and group webusers
> > /dev/hda4 /windows vfat \
> > rw,user,auto,gid=82,uid=501,umask=000 0 2
> Okay, on "tiny", files on the partition should have UID 501, GID 82,
> and
> umask 000. Is that what actually happens?
No, it's not. At least, not now.
> >However, although the data
> >appears to be properly available on "oracle" when I execute
> >
> >$ mount tiny.hallmarc.net:/windows
> >
> >the ownership of the directories and files remains slightly off
> >(group
> >should be "webusers" based on *my* understanding of the mount
> >options).
> >
> >$ ls -la /var/www/
> >
> >drwxrwx--- 3 nobody users 32768 Aug 16 18:30 tiny/
> NFS communicates file ownership using UID and GID numbers, not names.
> On
> the host "oracle", what UID is "nobody"? What GID is "users"?
I misspoke earlier (I'd been making w-a-a-a-y too many changes while
troubleshooting this issue). Although on both hosts, "nobody" is 65534
and "users" is 100, what I want to happen is for it to mount UID 501
(user "mandrakemarc" on "tiny" and user "marc" on "oracle") and GID 82
(group "webusers" on both hosts). However, what I'm getting is UID 65534
and GID 100 (again, user "nobody" and group "users" on both hosts). At
one point, that's what I was trying for... and now it won't change :-(
Troubleshooting procedure:
marc@oracle: $ umount /var/www/tiny
marc@tiny: $ umount /windows
marc@tiny: $ sudo vi /etc/fstab
(make minor edit to fstab, changing uid or gid, save changes...)
marc@tiny: $ mount /dev/hda4
marc@tiny: $ ls -la /windows
total 68
drwxrwx--- 3 nobody users 32768 2005-08-18 09:43 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 2005-08-02 18:51 ..
drwxrwx--- 3 nobody users 32768 2005-08-16 08:15 data
marc@oracle: $ mount /var/www/tiny
marc@oracle: $ ls -la /var/www/tiny
drwxrwx--- 3 nobody users 32768 Aug 18 2005 ./
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Aug 16 17:38 ../
drwxrwx--- 3 nobody users 32768 Aug 16 08:15 data/
As you can see, user "nobody" and group "users" seem to be persistent,
regardless of what I do in /etc/fstab.
> Your "mount" command there looks like it was done as a normal user. If
> you perform the mount as root, do the perms come out differently?
The same holds true if I preface mount and umount commands with sudo.
> for ongoing use you're better off using an automounter such as amd,
> rather than putting it in fstab.
I'll look into that further. Thanks for the tip!
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Though viewers still don't know if Bill Compton will be able to concoct a new version of Tru Blood that allows vampires to walk in the sun, they can at least rest easy knowing HBO's hit "True Blood" won't die the true death at the end of Season 6. HBO announced in a press release that the adaptation of Charlaine Harris' novels will return in Summer 2014 with a Season 7.
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Buckner will remain showrunner of "True Blood" in Season 7. He took over the reins on "True Blood" in Season 6, and thus far the season has been a fun and wild ride. As Season 6 carried over pretty directly from Season 5, it will be interesting to see if Season 6 will come to a neatly-tied conclusion or if it will spill over into Season 7.
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--- Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports says that Lewis doesn't just symbolize the Ravens, but the NFL as well.
"Hero? Villain? A man of great talent who was nonetheless filled with faults? Yes, Lewis is all those things. So after Lewis revealed that this would be his final season whenever the Ravens' playoff run ends, he left the football world to consider a legacy with more extremes than a summit of Mount Everest.
"And more magnetic than the polar ice caps.
"Lewis is a star who transcended his team. He's symbolized the Ravens, first and foremost. But he also symbolized the game, from its violent nature to its parable about overcoming adversity. When fellow players, be it Ravens or Bengals or whomever, were going through trying times, Lewis was always just a phone call away."
--- Mike Freeman of CBS Sports says Lewis revolutionized the middle linebacker position with his speed.
"As we reflect on his career, one he says will end after this season, it wasn't work ethic that made Lewis the greatest middle linebacker of all time. It was speed. It was devastating, offense-wrecking, sideline-to-sideline speed that propels him past Dick Butkus as the GOAT at MLB.
"Butkus was a wrecking ball. Lewis was a projectile. Lewis, in many ways, defined the Second Age of Football. The first age, when Butkus dominated, was more about power. The second age, the one we're in now, is all about speed.
"Speed doesn't kill as much as it maims. Lewis was so fast that at his height, offenses could barely run a ground game, especially to the outside. He was too fast.
"Lewis revolutionized the middle linebacker spot. It's fine to talk about others like Butkus or Jack Lambert or Mike Singletary. All great. No disrespect. None, though, had the longevity of Lewis, and, more importantly, none had the speed."
--- Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com says that Lewis is the greatest defender to ever play in the NFL.
"When it came to the running game, Lewis was fast enough to chase down running backs and physical enough to make them pay when he did. In Lewis' first 16 seasons, Baltimore never allowed more than 3.9 yards per carry.
"When it came to the passing game, he was explosive enough to rush the passer and athletic enough to cover running backs and tight ends. He's the only player in NFL history to amass 40 sacks and 30 interceptions.
"Lewis isn't simply the best defensive player because of his play. What made Lewis special was how he elevated those around him and consistently made the Ravens the most feared defense. Since 1999, in the 11 seasons in which Lewis has played at least 12 games, the Ravens' defense ranked in the top 10 every year, including eight times in the top three. Teams have signed Lewis' teammates to big contracts (Duane Starks, Ed Hartwell, Sam Adams, Bart Scott) in trying to build their defenses, but few have ever played as they did beside him."
--- Jen Floyd Engel of Fox Sports says that Lewis was great because he never quit on anything.
"Almost two years ago, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis sat down with a fellow Baltimorean to try to reach him. The guy was struggling. He had once been a legend in his field, yet his motivation had waned. The results were not there, and he was trying to figure out if he wanted to keep going or quit.
"The guy was Michael Phelps, and what Lewis told him at least partially propelled him to London and an Olympic record for more gold medals than anybody else and certified G.O.A.T. status."
--- Ashley Fox of ESPN.com says that despite his on-field greatness, Lewis leaves a complicated legacy.


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Jan 07 - Halley Bay
Date: Sunday 7th January 2007
Position @ 1200 Local (GMT): 75°13.5 South, 025°31.1
West, - At the Halley Base Ice Shelf N9.
Next destination: Signy Base, South Orkney Islands.
ETA: Possibly 13th January, Dependant upon our departure from N9 Tomorrow, January 8th.
Distance to go:1400.0 nmiles.
Distance Since Montevideo. : 11187.4 nmiles.
Plus all the miles not accounted for as we zig and zag through the Pack Ice.
Current weather:Clear Blue Skies, Light, and Clear.
Sea State: Calm alongside N9.
Wind : Easterly, 15 Knots.
Barometric pressure: 990.0 Hpa
Air temperature: -0.9°C
Sea temperature: -1.8°C
Up to date position information is available courtesy of 'sailwx/info' taken from our Metrological Observations..
The RRS Ernest Shackleton hasbeen alongside the N9 Creek at the Brunt Ice Shelf near to the Halley Base. 'Near' is a relative term. It may not seem so near to those Sno-Cat drivers who have to drive a sledge-pulling machine for up to 3 hours over the wide open wastes of the Ice Shelf. Ideally, we would like to have tied up to the Creeks nearer to Halley in the South where the round trip to Base would be 2 hours, but instead, the Creek N9 relief calls for an 6 hour round trip, more or less.
But despite the distances and the time involved in the relief operation, we are nevertheless looking at a final day here alongside today, before a hopeful departure tomorrow lunchtime. Apart from the vehicles and the cargo that we have brought for Halley this season, there has been a good number of heavy loads which will go towards making the Halley VI test rigs. They will be holding evaluations of the heavy load-handling capabilities of the new vehicles this season by hauling these 'heavy loads' up and down various 'prepared' snow surfaces. Then, of course, we always deposit a vast number of drums of Avtur Fuel to provide for the Base, the Aeroplanes and the Vehicles this Summer. 1400 in total this call.
The 'Challenger' vehicle leaves it's 'garage' on the Shackleton for it's new home in Antarctica.
Here the 'Challenger' is hooked up to a plough at the ship's side, and as it drags the 'cargo' away, it starts the ongoing 'grooming operation' which maintains the surface of the snow after repeated transits of heavy vehicles.
But again, I am getting ahead of myself. After the last two megga-issues, I failed to report on some of the smaller, but equally important 'happenings' on the Shackleton in the recent weeks.
Wavey Davey's Weekly Wit Spot.
Wavey Daveyhasn't come up with a joke this week ... or at least not one that I can publish. They have all revolved around vertically challenged persons, or persons of another ethnic origin... ' Have you heard the one about the Irishman who... '
And in an effort not to give offence, we have gone back through the annals to dig out some old Wavey Davey Jokes. But you'll notice no difference at all - because Davey's jokes are ALL OLD !
Wavey was sent to the infirmary this week. The Doctor sent him there to recover after he ate one of the Daffodil Bulbs we have onboard for the Yellow Room flower tubs. He thought it was an onion. But fear not, he is in a stable state and the Doctor assures us he will be out later this spring.
He tells me that the Italians are thinking of installing a Clock on the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But why would they want to do a thing like that ? Apparently they think it's pointless to have the inclination if you haven't got the time ???
And just in time for 2007... Davey heard that criminals had broken into the Headquarters of the British Antarctic Survey and made off with the complete stash of BAS 2007 Calenders for this year. The good news is that the calenders have been recovered, the Criminals have been apprehended, and they have all been given 12 months !
More original Davey next week ...
It was not reported on time this year, but that does not mean that we didn't have our usual meeting of Carol Singers on the Focs'le this year. It's a special mention to Tamsin 'Met Chick' Gray who compiled the Carol Sheets this year, and did a sterling job on them too. With Carol Sheets in hand and warm 'mulled wine and mince pies' on order, the congregation convened on the Focs'le one chilly Saturday evening. It was a raucous affair and even your very own Choir Master Stevie B couldn't command any finesse in the volume and dynamics of the pieces sung. However as a praise of the Christmas season and a reminder of why we celebrate Christmas in particular, it was a very good affair. The mulled wine was warm (briefly) and the mince pies were very addictive and the event was very well attended by all the FID's and a few crew.
Click to see only a part of the Choir.
Some of the chosen items were traditional carols, but there was a smattering of more contemporary items. We split the choir into two for 'A Fairytale of New York' but whether it was the 'Sluts' or the 'Punks' that sang the loudest, is anybody's guess. But somehow we managed to navigate our way through the various changes in styles and tempos that are prevalent in that particular song.
As enthusiasm and voices were winding down near the end, we slowed it down with the traditional 'Silent Night, Holy Night'. But because we have Herr Thomas Spiess onboard, and he has been kind enough to coach 'yours truly' on elementary German language, I made a special request to sing the last offering ... in GERMAN.
Surprisingly, the throng were full of enthusiasms for the idea, ... if only they had the lyrics ?
That's when Herr Thomas came to the fore with a sheet of words all duly written out in full. For those who had any elementary German at school, it was a crash course in revision, and for those who had no idea at all, it was a hurried look over the shoulder of Thomas to attempt to follow the text.
'The Germans' 'Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht'.
It was a wonderful end to the Carol Sing with the 'Germans' leading the way on the first verse, the English taking up the second, and then a rousing chorus with all present finishing off together.
Danke Herr Thomas.
But the RRS Ernest Shackleton, was not all about celebrating over Christmas. The day to day nautical business and running of the ship continued throughout. More Planned Maintenance, more spares and repairs, and more Drills.
Click to see the Starboard Lifeboat accompaniment.
Here we see a picture of the usual Boat drill and those in attendance suitably bundled up against the cold and ready for the eventuality of an abandonment by lifeboat. But one criteria that the ship must meet is to launch the lifeboats at least once every 3 months.
We had already launched the boats in Mare Harbour last month, but since our future itinerary looks to be busy, this was the perfect opportunity to test the boats once again and meet our legal requirement for the rest of the trip. And so after a week of constant 'working the Ice' for the Shackleton, we got the chance to lower the boats into relatively clear water and let the smaller craft 'have a go'.
And cracking Ice... albeit very thin stuff ?
'Capt Ralph' got to take the helm and run the boats around in a pool of clear water, but he had to take care not to get any of that icy stuff caught up in his propellers. The boats were both duly retrieved and put back into their davits for the next drill and hopefully never to be used in anger.
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We interrupt the not so adventurous Adventures of Postman Pat to bring you a fascinating find, - a find that will astound and astonish the scientific world. Read on…
Whilst Postman Pat was driving his 'Challenger' ice vehicle across the frozen wastes of Antarctica he made a startling discovery, there walking across the ice was a… POLAR BEAR.
Click to enlarge Pat at the Helm... Wheel ?? Joystick ????
Poor Pat nearly fainted with fright but quickly whipped out his rusty camera to take a picture before the creature disappeared before his very eyes. Had Pat had too much Christmas cheer?
See the pictures below for the proof of polar bears at the South Pole!
Not only Postman Pat, but this week alongside Creek N9, your very own roving reporter got the opportunity to jump in the cab with Driver and Projects Manager, Martin Bell, for a quick 'rove' across the wilds of Antarctica. Here is a précis of the interview.
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The 'Challenger' and the 'Shack'.
This year, the British Antarctic Survey are trialing two new types of vehicles modified for work in the Antarctic. They have been drafted in specifically for the Halley VI rebuild project, and Martin has been instrumental in getting them 'on the books'.
He was first introduced to the 'Challenger' when he visited the US Station McMurdo to appraise them in Antarctic surroundings.
The Americans use these vehicles as workhorses for their long trips over the ice to the South Pole Station, so they have a good track record of work down South. Just in conversation with Martin, you could tell that these babies are his pride and joy. I published this picture above because it is a particular favourite of his. Actually, he was kind enough to let me view his camera full of digital pictures and lo, and behold, everyone was of a vehicle. A Challenger, another Challenger, a Challenger alongside the ship, a John Deer Truck on the Drum line, a John Deer pulling sledges, a Sno-cat grooming snow...
'Where are the pictures of the Penguins ?', I asked...
' I don't do Penguins ' replied Martin. I suspect Martin has a bit of a one-track (or two tracks and a snow shovel) mind !!!
Is it just me, or does the John Deer just look like a regular tractor with VERY FLAT TYRES ???
In the short time we were alongside Creek N9, we saw these impressive vehicles starting to work and they were impressive indeed. A Sno-cat which is the mainstay of the BAS operations down South, can pull 2 sledges of cargo, but at times you could see these 'locomotives' in yellow heading a train of up to 5 sledges behind. Martin had some great shots of these Antarctic 'trains' going to and fro across the drum line on route to Halley. Unofficially, I can comment that without the pulling power of the Challengers, the same job done by the Sno-cats alone would have taken at least 2 days more and we would be nowhere near our proposed departure tomorrow. In short, the Challengers are already proving their worth. But as mentioned previously, they are here to evaluate what mass they can haul across the ground and in particular, the new 'modular' units that will comprise Halley VI. I will not go into great detail, because that is for Halley Base to report on their website and I would not like to steal their thunder, but Martin confided that they will start with a 50 Ton pull and slowly work up to the haul of a proposed 150 Ton, across compact snow, lightly groomed snow and virgin snow. The intention is to keep going up and up in mass until the vehicles can perform no more. Good Luck to Mr Challenger and Mr John Deer in their forthcoming trials.
A view from the Cab on a transit of the Drum Line. Click on the Image to see the Rules of the Road !
My final question to Martin was more general in context, but as we were bimbling on up the Drum line at a cracking 18km/hour, with nothing to be seen in any direction other than ice and snow, I posed the question :
'What happens if we see another vehicle coming the other way ?'.
A reasonable request if you think about it ? Which side of the 'road' do you drive on when you have got a motorway the width of Antarctica ?
Do we still drive like the British on the left-hand-side ? Or being 'on the continent', do we drive on the right-hand-side like the Continentals ???
Who 'gives way, to whom ?'.
'It depends', said Martin. 'Usually the bigger vehicle has the right of way ! You just don't get in the way if he's bigger than you' !
'What happens if you are in Challenger 1 and you are confronted by an approaching Challenger 2 ???'
( No Answer ... ).
One thing is for certain... traffic jams are not a problem in Antarctica.
Many thanks to Martin Bell for the interview.. and the lift !
Addendum : Wavey Davey saw the above Photograph of the John Deer and mentioned ..
'' First of all they invented Square Wheels. Then they invented Triangular Wheels. One day they got it right and invented the Round Wheel !! ''
Thank you Davey...
'PIMP MY SHIP' - The Home Improvement Spot.
Following on from the Christmas Issue of the Webpage, we have more 'Home Improvement' ideas for the Ernest Shackleton.
As mentioned two issues ago, the Ernest Shackleton is a marvellous vessel, but in it's design and construction, there are some aspects that were installed that could definitely lend themselves to improvement. I intend to highlight a few of the shortcomings with suggestions of how to improve on the situation and hopefully, we may be approached by the 'Changing Rooms' Team ???
To introduce our next project, I must mention that the Ernest Shackleton is the only ship I have ever seen with a 'loft'. Very handy for storing old boxes and the Christmas Tree !!! Actually it is our access up to the Conning tower and also Sparkie Steve's stack of spare parts for the equipment in his domain. And how do we get up to the loft ? Easy. A loft ladder.
Click to lower the Loft Ladder.
Now the only problem with lowering our loft ladder, is that it gets in the way ! It is a very serviceable set of stairs, but once they are lowered and locked into place, you cannot gain access to the sink for washing the cups, to the fridge in the cupboards for the milk, or to access the Kettle for those all-important mugs of Tea ??? Now how can we possibly improve on the situation. Enter the 'Ground Force Team' (where are they when you need them ?).
With a little application of imagination, I am sure we can clear a little more deck space for the installation of a much more aesthetically pleasing spiral staircase. What do you think ?
Click to ascend the new Spiral Staircase.
Next week, more improvement suggestions.
Forthcoming Events:Complete the 2006/2007 Halley Relief and depart for Signy with best speed to try to gain back those days lost on our Itinerary due to the Pack Ice.
Contributions This Week : Thanks to Wavey Davey as always, and to Martin Bell of Halley for his excellent photographs of the vehicles..
Diary No.8 will be prepared on Sunday 14th January 2007 for publication on or around 15th January.
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A short trip around the Black Sea
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This summer, I'm doing a short trip, as I was busy at home, & late getting to europe. Plus, I have to go back early to race in the Cannonball on my '28 Indian from New York to San Francisco.
I've been wanting to ride around the Black Sea for a few years, but never was able to do it. I had planned to do it on my 48 Indian in 08, but the crappy US shipping company I was using screwed up the crate full of bikes I was shipping over, and I had to cancel. In hindsight, that was probably a good thing, as I would have been in Georgia when Russia invaded.
In a way, that would have been quite the adventure, but being in a war zone on a 60 year old bike just doesnt appeal to me much. I've been to several places right after a war, but not during one.
Also, Im not going solo this time. I had planned on it, and Poly (my girlfriend) and I had planned on a southern euro trip in May, but due to commitments, I couldnt get over here in time. So, I told her she could do the Black Sea with me. (gotta keep the gals happy) So I probably will play it a little safe, but theres still some areas we will go thru that are a bit sketchy. Chechnya, Dagestan, & Abkhazia
all 3 are on the 'travellers advisory warning' list, so that means they MUST be interesting!
But Im sure just like other sketchy countries I have ridden thru that are on that list (turkmenistan, transneister, kosovo, iraq, canada, etc)
the people will be nice, and I'll have fun!
Since neither of us is Russian, I dont think we will have many problems in the first two, and I havent heard of any fighting for the last few months (they are trying to break away from russia) Whether this means that things have calmed down, or all hell is fixin to break loose again, I dunno.
Abkhazia is a breakaway province of Georgia. Its now under Russian control.
I had planned to go clockwise around the sea, but you cannot go to ABK and then to georgia, as the georgians are not happy with the situation there, & may throw you in jail if they see evidence that you have been to ABK. So GEO first, then to ABK (providing our visa requests are granted)
After GEO, we'll head east thru Dagestan to the Caspian sea, then back thru Chechnya to the Black sea coast, & down to ABK, then back north & west to Ukraine, Moldova & Romania.
Of course, I planned the trip to be able to hit a couple biker parties, one in Turkey, and one in Sevastopol, on the Crimean.
the trip should take about a month, & we leave tomorrow.
Mileage looks to be about 6000km (4000 miles)
Oh, and the bikes, Poly will be riding her Yamaha Tenere, & I'll be on my Harley Dirtster
IN like a dirty shirt :1drink :bmwrider
In :lurk Wish I could call a month long trip short !
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Do have a great trip, and please keep a log and lots of pics. You are going to have ball. Wish you a wonderful and safe trip.
Enjoy. "And take lots of pictures...."
:lurk Ride Doug Ride
Good to hear you're sharing the ride with us and Poly :thumb
Hi Doug,
I hit this thread just after I've started wondering where should I go this year for holiday. So I've started to search 'kosovo' and your post was on the first serach page. I'm wondering why, even if you're not going there ...
I'm a bit disappointed you're not following some good example and still planning to go there on two wheels :rofl
all the best for You and Poly,
Holy shit. What a trip! Looks like he's headed to Istanbul.
Looks like a bucket list trip for me.
Made it to istanbul, Poly is freaked by the traffic. theres alot of it, but Ive seen much worse drivers.
I got my visa approved for Abkhazia, 3 days after I emailed the application, I have to pay 10usd when I pick it up in Sukhumi.
Why cant all visas be this easy???
Oh, and on Kosovo, I rode thru there several years ago. it seems alot safer now.
lol heh heh :lol3
With my friends we intend to leave Novorossiysk early morning the 18th to catch one of the first ferry.
Sounds like a nice trip. The Caucasus is a very interesting and beautiful place, perfect for motorcycle adventures. :clap
Have a nice ride, doug. Looking forward to your pics.
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I hope you avoided the floods.
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Hi all, I've found that over the past few years I've had pretty low energy, hard time losing weight, borderline high blood pressure.
I'm 37, 5'10, 180 pounds, decent shape, compete in triathlons at an amateur level.......which is to say, I'm not a total couch potato... .
My doc checked my blood levels a year and a half ago, and my testosterone came back on the very low side of normal, 10nmol/L on a scale of 8 - 25. (About 350ng/dl for those of you in the US, I think). She was of the opinion that because it was still normal, that it shouldn't be tinkered with. I know that adding testosterone to an existing system (hormone axis) can cause other issues, so agreed with her that we should just leave it, and we chalked my tiredness up to having young kids, not getting enough sleep, etc.
Fast forward a year and a half, went into a walk-in clinic for an unrelated matter, and through the conversation, decided to have blood work done again, and to follow up with my normal doc if it showed anything.
Well, it came back, and my testosterone is now a 4 nmol/L (about 116 ng/dl). We also measured my prolaction, FSH and LH levels. All were in the normal range, but at the very bottom. Prolactin was 2.7 (1.1 - 17.7 scale), LH was also 2.7 (1.5 - 9.3), and FSH was 4.9 (1.4 - 18.1).
Not sure if this all points to an issue with my pituitary?
Anyone else have a similar pattern of results??
I have an appointment to discuss it with her in a few days. Being in Canada, I'm guessing I might get referred to a specialist, which could literally take months for an appointment........
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Welcome to the Forums. In my opinion, a consultation with an endocrinologist would be a good idea.
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Any update on your low hormone levels?
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I spoke with my family doc, and she agreed that it was time to see a specialist. That takes time here in Canada...
We also discussed the fact that although I stay in shape with endurance sports, I've always had borderline high blood pressure. My father has high blood pressure, and his was determined to be caused in part by benign tumor(s) on the pituitary gland. That same thing can also cause fluctuations in hormone levels.
So I now have an appointment with an endocrinologist in mid-July. I suspect he will send me for a brain MRI to check the pituitary, and then discuss after that.
My father also has prostate cancer, which puts me at high risk, so that will likely be another hot topic if we discuss hormone treatment, as there is a possibility that hormone treatment could bring on prostate cancer quicker (if I was going to get it in the first place)....
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Just an update.....saw the endocrinologist today. He had me do blood work two weeks ago in preparation for our appointment.
Well, this time my testosterone came back at 17 (about 489 ng/dl)!!
All my tests were done in the morning. Not sure if they were the exact same time, but with a couple hours, usually between 7:45AM and 9AM.
The endo. said that the variations, and lower test readings in general, may very well have to do with the fact that I do fairly intense training for triathlons.
He wasn't opposed to helping me, but said that giving any kind of test supplement when I'm at 489 would not be a good thing, and I agreed.
So we agreed to do a couple more follow up blood tests, about 6 weeks apart, and try to get exact same time in the morning. He said if they start coming back consistently low, then we'll look into trying supplementation.
Guess that's it for now...
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Creating a resume is one of the most important steps in the job search process. Sometimes, creating a resume can seem like a daunting task - but it doesn't have to be! With the resume tips and examples below and the one-on-one assistance of the staff at the UAA Career Services Center by booking a resume critique appointment, you can have your resume looking top notch! As college students or a recent graduates, even though you may not have a great deal of real-life work experience in your chosen field, have a lot to offer to an employer as a potential employee.
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Viewshed Analysis
Scott White, Fort Lewis College
SummaryThis GIS lab exercise investigates the use of the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension tools to construct a viewshed of the Chaco Canyon area in New Mexico.
Type and level of course
advanced level GIS course
Geoscience background assumed in this assignment
GIS/remote sensing skills/background assumed in this assignment
Basic use of ArcMap and map layout skills. Familiarity with the use of the Spatial Analsyst toolbar.
Software required for this assignment/activity:
ArcGIS ArcView v.9.3.1
ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension
Time required for students to complete the assignment:
3-4 hours
GIS/remote sensing techniques students learn in this assignment
Students construct a viewshed analysis of the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, area using point locations of ruins as the observers and targets.
Other content/concepts goals for this activity
understand and explain the concept of terrain analysis
understand and explain the concept of viewshed analysis
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
terrain analysis, understanding a hypothesis concerning Ancestral Puebloans (Anasaszi) and their structures, interpretation of a viewshed product
Description of the activity/assignmentThis GIS lab exercise investigates the use of the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension tools to construct a viewshed of the Chaco Canyon area in New Mexico. Students will build a simple point location map of several ruins in Chaco Canyon. Assuming that some of the cliff-top ruins were used as lookout towers, viewshed analysis is applied to see if this was possible.
Determining whether students have met the goalsStudents are assessed through (1) examaination of the resulting viewshed maps and (2) cartographic presentation of the results.
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- Activity Description/Assignment: Viewshed Analysis - Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 1.2MB May17 10)
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