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East greets West on this comprehensive tour of Turkey that embraces the many facets of this diverse nation. Experience the exotic allure of Istanbul at the monumental Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace. Enter the fascinating underground dwellings in Cappadocia. And explore some of the oldest—and best-preserved—ruins of ancient empires along the deeply carved Turquoise Coast, including those in beautiful Antalya and fascinating Ephesus. Throughout your European guided tour, your Turkish Program Director provides insights as only a native can, drawing back the curtain to reveal the drama of everyday life in both bustling cities and tiny villages.
hiddenDay 1Depart U.S.
Depart the U.S. for Istanbul, Turkey. Please refer to your personal air itinerary for exact departure and arrival times.
hiddenDay 2Istanbul, Turkey
Arrive in Istanbul this morning or afternoon. A Grand Circle representative meets you at the airport and helps you with the transfer to your hotel, where you'll meet your fellow travelers, including those who have completed their Athens, Greece pre-trip extension.
Turkey sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Approximately 97% of the country sits in Asia, and is called Anatolia. Though only 3% of Turkey (the part called Thrace) is in Europe, it is accepted in the European community, and the country participates in many European associations and contests. At present, Turkey is in the negotiating process to become a full member of the European Union.
Enjoy dinner on your own this evening.
hiddenDay 3Istanbul
After breakfast, enjoy an orientation walk with your Program Director. Then begin your explorations with some sightseeing in this city on the Bosporus—formerly Constantinople and the seat of the Eastern Roman Empire. In the morning, visit Topkapi Palace, the maze of opulent buildings that was the center of the Ottoman Empire between the 15th and 19th centuries. The Topkapi was a city-palace with a population of approximately 4,000 people. It housed all the Ottoman sultans from Sultan Mehmet II to Abdulmecit—nearly 600 years and 25 sultans. This palace, where the sultans and their courts lived and governed, is now one of the world's richest museums. You'll see its magnificent gardens, courts, and galleries exhibiting the imperial collection of crystal, silver, fabled jewels, and Chinese porcelain.
After lunch on your own in the historical center of the city, your included tour continues at the Hagia Sophia, a museum that was once an Islamic mosque and the largest church in the world. It is the single most famous example of a Byzantine structure, and contains breathtaking mosaics and frescoes.
Next, visit the supremely elegant Sultan Ahmet Mosque, with its six heavenly minarets. Built between 1609 and 1616 by the architect Mehmet, under the orders of Sultan Ahmet I, the building is more familiarly known as the Blue Mosque, because its interior gleams with a magnificent paneling of blue-and-white Iznik tiles. The mosque is part of a large complex consisting of tombs, medreses (theological schools), fountains, a health center, homes, storehouses, and other buildings.
Finish the tour with a stroll through Istanbul's bustling Grand Bazaar, exploring a labyrinth of streets and passages housing 3,600 shops. The street names recall the days when each trade had its own quarter: goldsmiths' street, carpet sellers' street, and the street of the skullcap-makers. Browse among world-renowned Turkish carpets, brilliant hand-painted ceramics, copper and brassware, gleaming gold jewelry, and antiques. You have about an hour of free time to explore and shop in the bazaar.
This evening, enjoy a Welcome Dinner with your fellow travelers at a local restaurant.
hiddenDay 4Istanbul • Optional East Meets West tour
Enjoy a day at leisure to explore Istanbul on your own. Perhaps you'll want to see Turkey in a more recent light: Visit the Istanbul Modern, a museum at dockside of the Bosporus dedicated to an awareness of traditional and contemporary Turkish art, as well as a desire to integrate with the international art world.
Or join us for a full-day optional East Meets West tour. First, you visit the extraordinary Dolmabahce Palace, built in the mid-19th century by order of Sultan Abdul Mecit I. The Sultan's architect was given the order that this building should "surpass the palace of any potentate anywhere in the world." The architect certainly fulfilled the order, as the facade of the palace stretches for more than 1,200 feet on the European shores of the Bosporus. Its vast reception salon, with 56 columns and a huge crystal chandelier (weighing four and a half tons and lit by 750 lights), never fails to astonish visitors.
Next, you'll board a private boat for a cruise on the Northern Bosporus. Sail back to the European side at Tarabya and disembark for lunch at a seafood restaurant overlooking the Bosporus. Afterward, visit the Sadberk Hanim Museum, a privately funded collection of furniture, art, and antiquities housed in a villa decorated in a traditional Ottoman style.
Tonight, you have the evening to enjoy as you wish.
hiddenDay 5Istanbul • Gallipoli • Ferry to Canakkale
This morning, take in the bustle, bold scents, and vibrant hues of Istanbul's Spice Bazaar, an Ottoman-era marketplace built in 1660, before departing for Canakkale.
After lunch on your own en route, you'll visit the World War I battlefields of Gallipoli in the early afternoon. Gallipoli was the scene of famous and often tragic World War I battles in 1915 and 1916. Allied troops (mainly "ANZACS," Australia and New Zealand combined forces) landed in April of 1915, and there was fierce fighting across the peninsula through January of 1916. At Gallipoli National Park, you'll see war memorials, along with Turkish and Allied cemeteries. The natural beauty of this area, with its green hills rolling down to sparkling blue waters, is surely a fitting resting place honoring the 500,000 soldiers who were wounded or died here.
Then, you'll ferry across the Dardanelles to the Asian side of Turkey, and arrive at your hotel in the early evening.
Dinner is at your hotel tonight, and your evening is at leisure.
hiddenDay 6Canakkale • Home-Hosted Lunch • Izmir
This morning, transfer to Izmir, your home for the next three nights. Your full-day scenic drive offers dramatic seaside views of the Dardanelles, the narrow strait between Europe (the Gallipoli Peninsula) and Asia.
In mid-morning, you'll stop to visit legendary Troy, a UNESCO World Heritage site. This is the city where, in Homer's monumental Iliad, Helen's face is said to have launched a thousand ships. Until 1870, it was thought that Troy was a fictional place. In this year, the German businessman Heinrich Schliemann began excavations in a location he deduced from his readings of the Iliad. Remarkably, he uncovered the historical city of Troy.
Then, continue to a nearby village to enjoy an exclusive Discovery Series event—lunch in the home of a local family. Connect with your hosts as you exchange stories and share a traditional meal.
Once you arrive in Izmir, enjoy a brief orientation of the city by bus. Then, enjoy dinner at your hotel and the evening at leisure in Izmir.
hiddenDay 7Izmir • Our Land, Our People multimedia show
After breakfast, explore Izmir, the third-largest city in modern Turkey, during an included tour. In the first millennium BC, Izmir, then known as Smyrna, ranked as one of the most important cities of the Ionian region. Legend has it that Homer, poet and author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, was born here. The city lies at the head of a long and narrow gulf furrowed by ships and yachts. Behind the palm-lined promenades and avenues that follow the shoreline, the city ascends the slopes of the surrounding mountains in horizontal terraces. The original city of Izmir was established in the third millennium BC, at which time it shared with Troy the most advanced culture in Western Anatolia.
Spent lunch and the afternoon on your own. Early this evening, enjoy a special Discovery Series slide show with music, Our Land, Our People, presented by the internationally known photographer Yusuf Tuvi, who was born in Izmir in 1938.
Dinner tonight is at the hotel.
hiddenDay 8Izmir • Optional Pergamum tour
Spend the day at leisure exploring Izmir's landmarks, perhaps including the Velvet Fortress built by Alexander the Great.
Or, join us on an optional full-day tour to Pergamum, an important cultural center built high on a hilltop. Pergamum became one of the most important cities of the Hellenic era when it was willed to Rome in the second century BC. It was known as a center of medicine, where the famous doctor of antiquity, Galen, worked in the Asklepeion (sanatorium) and wrote several hundred medical books. During the Christian period, its Temple of Serapis was converted to a basilica dedicated to St. John, and the city is featured in the saint's Book of Revelation.
During your tour, you'll stop to view the remarkably well-preserved ancient city and fascinating ruins at Pergamum, which was home to a library of more than 200,000 parchment volumes. Learn about the history and culture during a visit to the Museum of Pergamum, and get a glimpse of the modern-day city when you break for an included lunch.
Enjoy dinner at your hotel this evening.
hiddenDay 9Izmir • PamukkaleFOUNDATION VISIT
After breakfast, you'll begin your journey to Pamukkale.
On the way, stop to explore Ephesus, the best-preserved and most extensive (2,000 acres) classical Roman city in Asia. Located 60 miles from Izmir, Ephesus dates to at least 1300 BC and was once the commercial center and capital city of Roman Asia Minor, with a population that once numbered more than 300,000. One ancient legend attributes the founding of Ephesus to the Amazons of Greek mythology. Another credits the Athenian Androclus, who received advice from an oracle to establish a colony at the "place of the fish and the boar." And so, when he and his crew saw a wild pig charge out of underbrush set ablaze inadvertently by locals grilling fish, he staked his claim on the Anatolian shore.
At Ephesus, see the Great Theater, where Paul of Tarsus stood trial for bringing Christianity to the area. This is the largest structure in Ephesus, a huge semi-circular theater that was the central meeting place, and focus of social and cultural life of the city.
The city's fame in antiquity is indisputably due to its great Temple of Artemis (Diana), built in 550 BC, and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In addition to seeing other highlights, walk the Marble Way from the theater to central Ephesus and view the two-story facade of the Library of Celsus. You'll also explore the Tomb of St. John the Apostle, a remarkable site that Grand Circle Foundation has been contributing to preserve since 1992. Then, visit the Ephesus Museum to see myriad artifacts uncovered during excavation, most notably a marble statue of Artemis, the ancient Greek godess said to be the daughter of Zeus and Leto.
After lunch on your own, depart for Pamukkale, where you'll arrive in the early evening with time to relax before dining at the hotel tonight.
hiddenDay 10Pamukkale
After breakfast this morning, visit Pamukkale, which is famous not only for its unique geological formations, but also for its historical remains. Hot, calcium oxide-rich waters flowing down the slopes that overlook the fertile river valley have, over the millennia, built up deposits of white travertine, or limestone deposits, on the plateau. From a distance, the overflowing terraces and unusual shapes glisten like white ice and dominate the landscape. The Romans established Hierapolis (Holy City) here, primarily as a luxury health resort and thousands made use of health benefits of the calcium-rich thermal spas and pools. Hierapolis itself contains a mix of structures—baths, temples, theaters, and churches—dating from Roman, Hellenistic and Christian times. Both the ancient city's name and its modern Turkish name—Pamukkale (Cotton Castle)—fit the area perfectly.
Your visit starts at Hierapolis' Necropolis (graveyard), which, as one of the largest in Asia Minor, reveals the gravity of the health problems Romans hoped to heal here. As you'll discover late this afternoon, it is still a popular spa resort. You'll also visit the city's ancient commercial center and the Byzantine basilica. Finally, your tour ends at the natural travertine formations—believed to have formed more than 14,000 years ago.
Continue to the town of Buldan, where you can enjoy lunch on your own and then visit a clothing cooperative, for a look into the town's local textile industry. You'll also have the opportunity to meet some of the town's residents during a visit to a local coffee shop before heading out for a tour of Buldan's bustling marketplace.
Leaving Buldan, return to your hotel, where, if you like, you can relax in the therapeutic waters of the on-site spa.
Dinner tonight is at your hotel.
hiddenDay 11Pamukkale • Antalya
Today's transfer to Antalya reveals the beauty of Turkey's fabled Taurus Mountains. En route, you'll stop and visit ancient Aphrodisias, named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. On a guided tour of this city, you'll discover fascinating ruins, including the Temple of Aphrodite and its tetrapylon, or monumental gate. Tour the adjacent museum to learn more about the history of the Temple, its original construction from marble, and its later conversion into a Christian basilica. While in Aphrodisias, you'll also visit the ancient Council House and the stadium, both of which remain well-preserved today. After an included lunch, continue on to Antalya.
You arrive in Antalya in the early evening, and have some time to relax after dinner at your hotel.
hiddenDay 12Antalya • Optional Magic of the Mediterranean tour • Turkey's Lost Antiquities discussion
After breakfast, enjoy a walking tour through the winding streets of the old harbor quarter of Antalya, the jewel of Turkey's Mediterranean Turquoise Coast. Set on a crescent-shaped bay, it is bounded by citrus groves, valleys, and the Taurus Mountains.
During your tour, you'll see the ramparts, Hadrian's Gate, slender minarets, and restored harbor area. Then visit the Archaeological Museum of Antalya. The artifacts here trace the path from the Stone and Bronze ages, through the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and up to the Ottoman Empire. You'll also see Ottoman ethnographic exhibits. The museum is one of Turkey's largest, and has nearly 5,000 works of art on exhibit.
You'll have the afternoon free for your own discoveries. Or, join us for an optional Magic of the Mediterranean tour to Aspendos, an ancient city dating to the fourth and fifth centuries BC. Here is the stunning ancient theater in Turkey—so well preserved that you can see the names of Roman spectators carved into the backs of the seats—a bit of ancient graffiti. Not far from the theater are the remains of a large aqueduct from ancient times.
You'll also visit Perge, where St. Paul gave some of his first sermons. Originally settled by the Hittites in 1500 BC, Perge thrived during the Roman Empire. The ruins here, which include a theater and stadium, create an excellent impression of how an ancient city looked and felt.
Later, you are invited to attend a Discovery Series discussion on Turkey's Lost Antiquities, led by a university professor. Turkey is a land that is steeped in history, abounding with ancient artifacts—unfortunately, much of it has been lost or even stolen over the years. A professor from a local university will lead the discussion, and describe to you some of the things that have gone missing. After the discussion, you can relax over dinner at the hotel.
hiddenDay 13Antalya • Turkish cooking lesson
After a leisurely breakfast, enjoy an exclusive Discovery Series cooking lesson and learn how to prepare Turkish specialties with instructions from an Antalyan chef. The chef will describe the most popular dishes in Turkey, such as eggplant salad and halva, a popular dessert typically made from semolina and honey.
The balance of the day is at leisure. You may want to return to spend some more time in the giant open-air museum that is the Old Town. You could walk through one of the city's parks, such as the palm tree-lined Ataturk Park, or Karaalioglu, with its marvelous views over the sea. Or, just spend some time relaxing in your hotel.
Dinner tonight is at your hotel.
hiddenDay 14Antalya • Cappadocia
This morning, depart Antalya for Cappadocia. Your drive takes you over a scenic route through the Taurus Mountains.
At around mid-day, you'll reach the historic holy city of Konya. Once known as Iconium, Konya is one of Turkey's oldest continually inhabited cities, and was home of the Whirling Dervishes. This Muslim ascetic order performed vigorous chanting and whirling dances as acts of ecstatic devotion.
Here, you'll enjoy lunch on your own before visiting the Mevlana Museum, containing the mausoleum of the founder of the Whirling Dervishes. Each year in December, the Dervishes mark the death of their founder, the great poet Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi, selected "Mystic of the [13th] Century" by Time magazine. Though not of the orthodox Muslim faith (a follower of Mohammed), he preached tolerance towards all peoples and religions. Rumi is revered in the world of Islam and studied widely by those of other religions—his beautifully lyrical poems have a wide appeal, and he is one of the best-selling poets in the U.S.
You arrive in Cappadocia in the early evening, and have some time to relax before dinner at your hotel.
hiddenDay 15Cappadocia • Art of Pottery in Asia Minor visit • Optional Whirling Dervishes tour
When you first see the landscape of Cappadocia, it might just take your breath away. Ten million years ago, volcanic eruptions from Mount Erciyes and Mount Hasan blanketed this limestone plateau in central Turkey with ash and lava. When they mixed with water, the result was a mud-like substance that slowly hardened into a soft rock called tufa.
Centuries of erosion from rain, wind, and flooding from the Kizilirmak River shaped this tufa into a striking, surreal moonscape of cone-shaped pinnacles and towers, all in a variety of lovely hues. Some 300 beautifully frescoed churches and dwellings for 30,000 people were carved from the soft volcanic pinnacles between the fourth and 14th centuries. The maze of cones, windows, and chimneys is built directly into the malleable rock. Beneath these fanciful shapes lie even more wonders—underground chambers, even entire villages, some 14 stories deep.
During an included morning tour, you'll discover the underground city of Kaymakli, once a refuge from Arab, Roman, and Mongolian aggressors, as well as the Goreme Open-Air Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There, you'll view the ancient rock-hewn churches sculpted in the hillsides almost 1,000 years ago. Medieval Christian monks established a community of monasteries by carving their churches out of the soft volcanic stone that is part of this terrain. On the stone walls of the caves, they depicted the New Testament with paintings and vibrant frescoes. Then, continue on to the small town of Urgup, which has many carved dwellings that are still inhabited.
After your tour of Cappadocia, meet local primary and secondary students at Ortahisar, a school supported by Grand Circle Foundation, where you'll have the opportunity to meet the friendly children who study here when class is in session.
This afternoon, after enjoying an included lunch, join a Discovery Series Art of Pottery in Asia Minor event, offering you the opportunity to visit a cave pottery atelier. During a discussion at this workroom, you will learn about the artisans' skill and techniques used to produce the traditional pottery of the region. You will also be able to see some of the local pottery creations in the atelier.
You return to the hotel in the late afternoon, and join your fellow travelers for dinner at a local restaurant tonight.
You can enjoy the rest of your evening at leisure to make your own discoveries. Or, join us on an optional tour, where you have the opportunity to witness a ritual dance performance by the Whirling Dervishes, monks of the Mevlevi sect of Islam founded in the 13th century. During the dance, called a sema, the dervishes believe that their souls are released from their earthly ties and are free to joyfully commune with the divine.
hiddenDay 16Cappadocia • Optional Ballooning Over Moonscape tour • Turkish handwoven carpet discussion • Uchisar Fortress & Pashabag tufa formations
You can rise early this morning (weather permitting) and get a new perspective on the intriguing tufa landscapes while gliding smoothly above them on our optional hot-air balloon excursion. Sip a cup of hot coffee or tea as the crew prepares the balloon, then climb aboard. See the soft light of dawn spread over Cappadocia, as the balloon flight varies from low contour to get a good look at the sculpted tufa, to a somewhat higher altitude to give you a panoramic view of this strangely shaped landscape of eroded pillars and cones. After landing, enjoy a light breakfast on-site and celebrate your adventure with a glass of Champagne. Please note: Between November and March, this optional ballooning excursion may not be available due to weather conditions.
Later this morning, discover why the village of Avanos is known for its carpet-making. Here, you'll enjoy an informative exclusive Discovery Series discussion on the Turkish tradition of hand-looming. After lunch on your own, visit the vast Uchisar Kale (Fortress) that dominates the skyline for miles. You'll then visit the tufa formations of Pashabag, conical formations capped with basalt that are still used as storage units today.
By late afternoon, you return to the hotel, where you can enjoy an included dinner this evening.
hiddenDay 17Cappadocia • Ankara
Travel overland to Ankara today. En route, stop to delve into a civilization that rivaled Egypt's during the second millennium BC. Begin your explorations at ancient Hattusas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and capital of the great Hittite Kingdom—a powerful empire of the Ancient Near East that ruled from about 1600 to 1200 BC. Located high on a rocky summit, Hattusas offers a wealth of archaeological treasures that have been recovered from this former center of the kingdom, including records offering extensive details on political and religious aspects of the culture.
After an included lunch at a village in Bogazkoy, continue on to Yazilikaya, a sacred Hittite sanctuary of two chambers enclosed by natural rock formations. Hewn out of the rock are depictions of deities and a stone relief of King Tudhaliya IV that stands twelve feet high. Archaeologists estimate that the Hittites used this locale as a revered shrine as early as 1250 BC.
Here, you'll walk through an open-air cultural center featuring representations of the Hittite pantheon. The Hittite people revered up to 1,000 gods and goddesses—but you'll find the major spiritual beings—such as Teshub, the Thunderstorm God, and Hepatu, the Goddess of the Sun—depicted more frequently in sacred sites throughout the region. You'll arrive at your hotel by early evening.
Enjoy your evening at leisure.
hiddenDay 18Ankara
Ankara is a very old city, founded in 2000 BC, and there are several Roman ruins scattered throughout the metropolis. Archaeologists have also found artifacts that date back to pre-Roman periods. But you'll find that much of Ankara's character is sophisticated and modern, from the educational institutions to the art galleries, from the music to the architecture. There are three symphony orchestras and five theaters offering classic performances of ballet, opera, modern dance, and drama. On many levels, Ankara has become the cultural and political center of Turkey.
Set off on an included tour this morning, starting with the Mausoleum of Ataturk, a tribute to the founder of modern Turkey. Ataturk (originally named Mustafa Kemal) helped lead the nation during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and transformed it into the secular republic that stands today. He was Turkey's first president and is now considered its most revered historic leader. Local artisans created the statues, adornments, and reliefs you see throughout the complex that combine ancient and modern architectural styles. It is an impressive site, with a large colonnaded courtyard, a Hall of Honor with mosaics of gold leaf on the ceiling, floors of colored marble, and a 40-ton sarcophagus. A group of statues near the towered entrance represent the three strengths of a nation—defense, productivity, and education.
Then, visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, the finest Hittite museum in the country. It details the many cultures that have inhabited this region, starting as far back as the Paleolithic Age. The museum houses a priceless collection of artifacts from Neolithic, Hatti, Hittite, Phrygian, Persian, Galatian, and Roman times. The two buildings themselves, a caravansary (an overnight site for caravans) and a bedesten (covered bazaar), are Ottoman structures that date to the 15th century. Vendors abound in this area, adding to the local color with their fragrant spices, dried fruits, and traditional Turkish handcrafts for sale.
Your tour continues to the oldest part of the city where you'll explore Ankara Castle, perched high on a hill overlooking the city. Little remains of the original complex, built by the Galatians, but much of the architecture from its Roman, Byzantine, and Selcuk eras may still be admired. You'll tour the Old Town just inside the castle walls, an area where the traditional housing was concentrated during the 16th century for protection within the fortifications.
Enjoy lunch on your own and the remainder of the afternoon at leisure. Though Ankara's origins are from ancient times, most of the city is modern and well-planned. You can stroll its wide boulevards, take a quiet walk in a groomed park, or browse its elegant boutiques.
Savor your remarkable journey over a Farewell Dinner with your travel companions this evening.
hiddenDay 19Ankara • Return to U.S.
After breakfast, you are transferred to the airport for your flight home. Or, if you've chosen to extend your European Guided tour in Urfa & Adana, you'll begin your post-trip extension today.


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In the item description it stated that the ladder has "foam underneath to prevent it from sliding on hardwood floors". It doesn't!!! The product came poorly packaged giving the impression that it was used or second hand. The adjustable rungs are inconvenient to use.
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Comments about Champion Sports Speed & Agility Ladder:
1) All of these ladders use webbing to connect the rungs, and some of them use webbing for the actual rungs as well. The rungs made out of webbing never lay completely flat and thereby increase the odds of the athlete getting their cleats caught up in them, resulting in, at best, bunching-up the ladder, and at worse, tripping the athlete. The ladders with the solid vinyl or ABS plastic rungs are far superior in terms of performance, as they lay completely flat and decrease the likelihood of tripping the athlete.
The Champion Agility Ladder utilizes what I assume is solid vinyl for their rungs, and they are 5 mm thick (around 7/32, just under a quarter of an inch). I have run 21 lacrosse players across them 3 times a practice, 3 practices a week, for the last 2 1/2 weeks, in temperatures in the mid 30's to low 40's. Two of my defensemen are in excess of 220 lbs. One is pushing 6'3"/240 and has absolutely no foot coordination; when he goes through the ladder he looks like a silver-back mountain guerrilla stomping fire ants to death on the jungle floor. There is no part of this ladder that he hasn't crushed at one time or the other. The vinyl rungs just flex down into the turf, wait for him to get off, and then let out an audible sigh of relief. If these rungs can take being flexed into the turf by 240 lbs defensemen wearing cleats in almost freezing temperatures and not break, they should last forever lying flat on a gym floor at room temperature.
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3) This ladder is touted as a "10 yard" ladder. Although it is not mentioned in the product specs, this is actually two ladders that snap together. If desired, they can be separated so that you can have two lines of players race each other through, or just run two lines at once to speed up that part of your practice.
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The solution is fairly simple. The ladder does at least have white marks on the black webbing and if the rungs are aligned with these marks, they will be square and evenly spaced. Align the rungs, and then using a drill with a 1/4 inch drill bit, drill through the rung and the web rail where they cross and secure them together with a pop rivet. A little time consuming, but well worth the effort (and far less then the time it would take to re-align the rungs every time you layed-out the ladder).
When drilling the hole, have a block of wood under the connection point that you are going to drill through. Place the ladder with the vinyl up and the webbing down and press down on the webbing in order to limit its movement. Drill through the vinyl rung first, through the webbing, and into the wood. If you attempt to drill though the web material first, or if you are not applying enough downward pressure on the webbing, the drill bit will snag the material and bunch-up. Also, make sure that all of the rivets are installed in the same direction, with the smooth end down and the nubby end up, so that if you want to use it on a gym floor you won't have to worry about tearing up the floor's surface with the rivets.
2) The carrying / storage device has a hole at the top and a clip that goes through to hole so as to keep the rungs from coming back of the device once stacked. Great idea, but the clip is way too small for my fingers to manipulate and has to be positioned in the exact manner in order to get it into and out of the hole on the device...seems to take forever to line it up. I replaced it with a spring loaded hitch pin for less than two bucks, which I can now install and remove in about 3 seconds.
The ladder is advertised as having some sort of foam rubber backing…mine didn't come with any, which is perfectly fine with me, as I'm sure it would not have lasted long in the conditions that I am using it in. Once it got wet enough for the adhesive to no longer be strong enough to keep the foam rubber in place, I'm sure that the residue it left behind would be more than strong enough to adhere to millions of those little rubber turf balls. Again, this would have been more of a liability for me than a feature.
FINAL ANALYSIS: I've used a lot of these over the years and this one is without a doubt one of the best I have worked with. The modifications I have suggested and neither expensive nor require a skilled tradesman to implement. I'm sure I will get plenty of use out of this ladder, until I leave it on the field one evening (never to be seen again), or someone "borrows" it out of the equipment shed, which seems to have been the fate of all the other ones I have used over the past twenty something years.
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Office worker charged with grand theft
Published: Friday, April 26, 2013 at 1:48 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 26, 2013 at 1:48 p.m.
A woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from her employer was arrested Thursday morning and charged with grand theft.
Lori Marie Streb, 52, was released from the Marion County Jail just after noon Thursday on $2,000 bond.
Detective Wayne Greene noted in his report that in late February, Dr. Domingo Cerra told a police officer that he was unable to find bank statements for his medical practice on Southeast First Avenue and had discovered that automatic payments had been set up on his account, which he did not authorize.
Cerra told the officer that the only way the bills were supposed to be paid was by checks mailed by Streb, his only employee. Cerra said Streb had told him she was not paying the bills on time and had set up the auto pay accounts so he would not find out.
According to the report, Streb told the doctor the next day that she had used his account to pay for personal items and had forged his name to business checks and made them payable to herself.
During Greene's investigation, he discovered that between November 2011 and December 2012, 21 checks drawn from the doctor's account, totaling $10,260.80, were made payable to Streb or cash. The checks were endorsed with Streb's name, and some contained a different account number on the back.
According to Cerra, Streb also added herself to his Staples account fraudulently and ordered office supplies and personal items. Copies of billing records showed that $5,461.02 had been charged to his account.
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Typically, when a city decides to draw new boundary lines for school districts, the goal is to avoid overcrowding. In Lewiston, where there are 100 new students enrolled each year, school officials also want to balance demographics and improve diversity. Many of the students are Somali. But at the first public meeting on a redistricting plan intended to improve student performance, some parents questioned the motive behind it. Patty Wight reports.
Like many parents, when Kim Hill and Richard Long considered where they wanted to buy a house, schools were part of the decision. They have a son, and they wanted him to go to Farwell Elementary School in Lewiston.
"And it's just, you know, we worked really hard - we were in an apartment in the Montello district to begin with, and we worked really hard to buy a house," Kim Hill says.
Their son is now in Kindergarten in the Farwell School District, which has the fewest number of Somali students. But if the proposed redistricting plan is approved, next year he'll go to Montello. "And to have that hard work taken away from us kinda - digs a knife right in your back, you know?" Kim Hill says.
Lewiston is a growing school district: Twelve hundred additional students are expected over the next decade. One elementary school is getting a 10-classroom expansion to help accommodate the growth. But many of the additional students aren't coming from within the school's district - they're coming from other schools across the city.
"We think diversity in our city, diversity in our schools is the way to go," says Bill Webster, the superintendent of Lewiston schools. He says their schools should mirror the demographics of the city as a whole, where 67 percent of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, and 23 percent are ELL, or English Language Learners.
The proposed plan redraws district lines to get as close to those percentages as possible at each elementary school. "And with the range in the classroom, we think that will motivate students throughout," Webster says.
It means that about 10 percent of students will have to switch schools, and their parents aren't very happy about it. Chris Raymond says he found out last week his second-grade daughter will no longer go to Farwell under the proposed plan.
"No parents from the affected schools were invited to be a participant in drafting the plan," Raymond says. "They've already drafted it, and now they're asking us to respond to it. Well, now they're going to get the response."
Raymond works with inner-city youth in Lewiston. While school officials say balancing demographics in schools will strengthen student performance, Raymond says it will split and weaken neighborhoods.
"I work with a lot of the immigrant population, and I've actually had the opportunity to speak with some of them on these issues. None of them have been consulted about how they feel about being dislocated from where they are," he says. "For them, community is very important, perhaps moreso than a lot of the other more affluent families we have in the community."
But perhaps the greatest concern from parents was whether bringing more low-income and ELL students into some schools will boost student achievement. Jodi Wolverton, mother of three elementary school kids, told Superintendent Bill Webster at the meeting that she's not convinced that will happen.
"You're spreading your problems around instead of trying to focus your resources on the problem areas," Wolverton said.
"I can tell you, as superintendent, unfortunately, the students I meet and tend to deal with have misbehaved, and I meet with students of all levels of socioeconomics."
Some parents called the plan a social experiment and reverse discrimination. They said school officials assume disadvantaged students will do better just by sitting next to more affluent students.
"That's certainly not what we're doing," says Linda St. Andre, the principal of Longley Elementary. She was recently honored at the White House for her work increasing educational attainment at Longley, which has a disproportionately high number of low income and ELL students.
"We do know that when children are immersed in an environment where maybe the culture is raising their aspirations, they rise to that," she says.
St. Andre says the proposed redistricting is what's best for Lewiston in the long-term. But parent Jodi Wolverton says she's hoping for a compromise to develop over the next five meetings that run through January.
"I believe that if either side gets their way 100 percent, I feel like everyone's going to lose," she says.
The redistricting committee will make a final recommendation to the school committee in mid-February, and a decision is expected at the end of that month.


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This Week our columnist Gerald Kitabu interviewed Justine Gwegime, a researcher with Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG) through its project known as Forest Justice in Tanzania, on the factors threatening extinction of Rondo Forest Reserve, one of the biggest coastal forest reserves in the country located 60 kilometers from Lindi town. EXCERPTS:
Question: Briefly give us am overview of Rondo Forest Reserve?
ANSWER: Thank you, it is one of the biggest coastal forest reserves in the country located 60 kilometers from Lindi town. It receives an average annual rainfall of 1088 mm and the temperature range between 32°C and 11°C with the coolest period between June and August. This Forest consists of three major vegetation types, Dry Evergreen Forest , Woodland forest and plantations.
The Supervision of this forest is under the central government, under Forest and Beekeeping Division (FBD) and managed by the Rondo Forest Project (Rondo plantation project). Rondo Forest Project consists of not less than 2500ha of plantation forest and not less than 12000ha natural forests.
Like other protected areas, Rondo Forest Reserve is very advantageous to the surrounding community and the nation at large. Provision of ecosystem services such as water, prevention of soil erosion and clean air are the basic components which makes the Rondo Forest Reserve crucial to people.
The surrounding community is enjoying the benefits from the forests. For example, to ensure effective management of the forests, the management of Rondo forest, has allowed part of the plantation site to be utilized by the surrounding community for farming activities as means of motivation to the community. Additionally, the government is getting revenues from the forest through research and tourism activities.
Q: I understand that you have done a research on the forest reserve. What are your findings?
A: It is true that I have been conducting a research in the forest reserve and the research findings has, without doubt, revealed that the reserve is one of the hotspot areas in coastal forests and Eastern arc. It is endowed with a number of Endemic plant and animal species. Of these, few are endemic to Eastern arc and Coastal Forest, while, some are endemic to Rondo area only.
A number of flagship birds species such as East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunning) and Spotted Ground Thrush, scientifically known as Turdus fischer have been recorded, something which indicates that the condition of the forest is good. Over a decade, the reserve has been either the habitat or migratory route of one of the rarest and vulnerable mammal species such as African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) and Black-and-Rufous Elephant Shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi petersi).
This is evidenced by a reasonable number of the above mentioned mammals and birds species. The record of Rondo dwarf galago ( Galagoides rondoensis) which is endemic to rondo area and to few coastal forests indicates that Rondo Forest Reserve needs high conservation priority.
However, despite all these, Rondo forest reserve is been threatened by several factors such as human induced activities such as fire acts, logging and farming especially along the vicinity of the reserve. Rondo forest has been subjected to severe human disturbance as a result of shifting cultivation and some logging followed by the development of a commercial forestry industry at the site.
However, the invasive plants known as Maesopsis eminii is becoming a serious threat within the forests and we are worried that it can lead to extinction of other native and natural forests hence reducing the diversity of both plants and animals within the forest. We need action to eliminate this.
Q: You have talked about invasive species what are they?
A: Maesopsis eminii kills native and natural forests and endemic plant and animal species such as East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunning) and Spotted Ground Thrush (Turdus fischeri, Rondo dwarf galago ( Galagoides rondoensis) and the Long Billed Tailorbird among many others.
Maesopsis eminii also known as Umbrella trees are expanding faster to cover the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western side of the central portion.
They are dispersed very rapidly by hornbirds and monkeys and multiply faster in deforested areas to reach the top, forming a kind of canopy to prevent other native and natural forests from receiving sun light for Photosynthetic reaction.
However, the Maesopsis eminii affects also soil properties in several ways such as increasing the rate of soil erosion, disappearance of upper organic soil horizons and dense superficial root mat among many others.
My research has revealed that the invasive species have dominated 90 percent of the central portion of the forest reserve killing more native and natural forest.
Q: You have also mentioned about endemic species, what are they?
A: Thank you! Endemic species are those species of plants and animals found exclusively in a particular area and they are naturally not found anywhere else. For the purpose of this research, we refer those plant and animal species recorded in Rondo Forest and that they are confined within Rondo Forest Reserve only, Coastal Forests and Eastern arc.
For instance , on our survey we recorded one of the flagship primate species 'Rondo Dwarf Galago' which was initially considered endemic to Rondo Forest Reserve, however further researches from other scientists have confirmed its presence in other forests like the Chitoa and Noto in Lindi. But a reasonable number of endemic plants species have been recorded in Rondo.
Q: So, what is so special about endemic species?
A: Tourism industries and research opportunities in our country depends much on the flagship plants and animal species. For a number of decades, many scientists and tourists have been visiting our country because of different endemic and threatened species. Our national parks, Forest reserves and Nature reserves have been raising foreign currency collected from entrance and research fees.
Q: Is the budget allocated to conserve the forest, adequate enough to effectively and efficiently manage the forest reserve?
A: Well!, I understand that the budget set aside by the Ministry to manage the forest reserve had never been adequate. Every year there are more emerging challenges which need more money to address them. For example, the total budget allocated to conserve and manage the forest ranges from 60 million to 70 million shillings, while the actual amount is supposed to be 400 million shillings.
Q: What should be done therefore?
A: I call on the government to work on the problem of Maesopsis eminii and come up with comprehensive strategy to kill them all before they bring more harm to native and natural resource.
The government should also allocate adequate budget for the forest reserve, other wise other operational activities such as patrols will paralyze. Since the forest reserve is allocated near the people, there must be participatory Forest Management for effective forests management.


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Rahzo is a creative community that really seems to be blossoming, it's goal is to support non-profits and creative individuals, in their words:
Rahzo™ is an online creative community for individuals to share and purchase creative works for the purpose of inspiring others, benefiting nonprofits, and promoting positive growth and collaboration.
We partner with nonprofit organizations who receive fully disclosed financial donations from every garment purchased from Rahzo
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One of the fantastic things they do on the site is give the purchaser the option to direct their donation to a particular cause, this is a feature I would like to see on more ecommerce platforms.
Their are lots of calls for submissions on the site and they do offer cash prizes for designs that are selected. My one quibble on the site is there is very little disclosure or transparency for the people who are submit designs, I couldn't find anywhere on the site what you may win or any details like that. If these guys could use a threadless like voting model combined with their desire to help non-profits I think they would have a killer combination.


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Travelers interested in applying for TSA Pre✓™ should go here to begin the pre-enrollment process. All TSA Pre✓™ program applicants must then visit an application center— like the new center at Washington Dulles International Airport— in person to verify their identity and citizenship/immigration status as well as to provide biographical information, (e.g. name, date of birth, address, etc.) and fingerprints. You can find a full listing of the more than 200TSA Pre✓™ applications centers here. TSA Pre✓™ is just one way we are moving away from the one-size fits all security. But don't just take our word for it.
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This is a great piece. Often sold online as Duncan & Miller's "Carribean", it was actually made by Anchor Hocking. Thanks to the popularity of the "Carribean" line, coupled with its short production life, Anchor Hocking produced "Line #17" to compliment the D&M pieces and take advantage of the market. It has a similar wavy pattern, but take note of the tab handles - borrowed from their "Ball and Rib" line of glassware. Don't be fooled into thinking this is something it's not...


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This looks great! I'm eager to see the next step!
My current WIP : a large regional arabic/moorish-like fantasy map, with mostly mountainous and desertic areas. I went on top view with this one and used CIA shaded relief archive to do the mountains (map size 7441x5079px for now uploaded maps are 50% size)
Sorry but the previous thread has gone with the restored backup so I'll skip to the last stage with fixed coastlines and rivers, palm groves/oasis vegetation and a few dried salt lakes.
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This looks great! I'm eager to see the next step!
Ooohh-oh-oh, sweet. Proceeding nicely with the map. And the heraldry, once again, looks fantastic!
Hm. I tried to reply but it seemed to be eaten by the ether? I think I hit the wrong button? Or do messages go to a holding position for moderation?
Anyway, was just wanting to say that the map is quite amazing. I also like your choice of Franco-Arabic names, which seems to hint at a colonial history. I don't know if that was your intent, but either way, the names carry a nice air of the exotic and mysterious to them.
Wow, that's really nice! I love the overall look and feel of this map. It seems so natural. Can't wait to see the finished product!
Also, the heraldry is fantastic!
Thanks much guys!
@Christopher : I wanted to give names some north african/maghreb touch (though I use some other inspiration: Sandjak for instance is a turkish term) I'm glad it carries that kind of feeling
The names struck me as immediately evokative. Very nice choice to go with.
Thanks I'm currently working with labelling more regions, cities, towns, kraks and caravanserails so I should upload another update later in the day


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For the next five years, the camera — which is housed inside the Blanco telescope, high in the mountains of South America's Atacama desert — will be used to create detailed color images of one-eighth of the sky. Given that the camera is capable of detecting light from cosmic entities as much as 8 billion light years from Earth, astronomers think that the Dark Energy Camera will be used to identify and study upwards of 300 million galaxies, 100,000 galaxy clusters and 4,000 supernovae. In the process, they hope to unlock some of the secrets behind the Universe's expansion.
Hundreds of millions of galaxies. And it's just sent back its first batch. Featured below are some of the first images to be captured by the DECam, released earlier today by Fermilab (the famed accelerator lab actually built the camera). Enjoy the view:
All images via The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration; captions by Fermilab
Zoomed-in image from the Dark Energy Camera of the center of the globular star cluster 47 Tucanae, which lies about 17,000 light years from Earth.
Zoomed-in image from the Dark Energy Camera of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365, in the Fornax cluster of galaxies, which lies about 60 million light years from Earth.


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State lawmaker Stephen LaRoque has dropped his defamation lawsuit against his rival, costing him thousands of dollars to do so.
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The paper says LaRoque had to pay Braxton $17,250 in court fines.
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32 U.S. Code § 708 - Property and fiscal officers
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(a) The Governor of each State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, and the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, shall appoint, designate or detail, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, a qualified commissioned officer of the National Guard of that jurisdiction who is also a commissioned officer of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, as the case may be, to be the property and fiscal officer of that jurisdiction. If the officer is not on active duty, the President may order him to active duty, with his consent, to serve as a property and fiscal officer.
(b) Each property and fiscal officer shall—
(1) receipt and account for all funds and property of the United States in the possession of the National Guard for which he is property and fiscal officer; and
(c) When he ceases to hold that assignment, a property and fiscal officer resumes his status as an officer of the National Guard.
(d) The Secretaries shall prescribe a maximum grade, commensurate with the functions and responsibilities of the office, but not above colonel, for the property and fiscal officer of the United States for the National Guard of each State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
(e) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe joint regulations necessary to carry out subsections (a)–(d).
(f) A property and fiscal officer may intrust money to an officer of the National Guard to make disbursements as his agent. Both the officer to whom money is intrusted, and the property and disbursing officer intrusting the money to him, are pecuniarily responsible for that money to the United States. The agent officer is subject, for misconduct as an agent, to the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law in like cases for the property and fiscal officer for whom he is acting.
Source(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 614; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 207,June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 203; Pub. L. 95–79, title VIII, § 804(b),July 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 333; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 515(4),Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2937; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(b)(1),Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VI, § 653(g),Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1463; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(b)(2), (4),Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3441.)
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|32:49 (last 24 words of 2d sentence).
|32:49 (5th and 6th sentences).
|32:49 (last sentence, less 1st 18 words).
|June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 67 (last par.), 39 Stat. 200; July 9, 1918, ch. 143, subch. III (last par.); restated July 6, 1954, ch. 462, 58 Stat. 451.
|June 3, 1924, ch. 244, § 5, 43 Stat. 365; July 6, 1954, ch. 462, 68 Stat. 451.
|32:49 (1st 18 words of last sentence).
In subsection (b)(1), the words "the duties of that assignment" are substituted for the words "his duties as property and fiscal officer". The words "be required to" are omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (b)(2), the words "of the National Guard for which he is property and fiscal officer" are substituted for the words "of the National Guard or Air National Guard of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia".
In subsection (c), 32:49 (5th sentence) is omitted, since the officer concerned would be entitled, under section 201 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (37 U.S.C. 232), to the pay and allowances of the grade in which he is serving.
In subsection (e), the words "The Secretaries shall prescribe" are substituted for the words "which rules and regulations shall establish". The word "duties" is omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (f), the words "rules and" and "the provisions of" are omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (g), the words "Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army" are omitted, since the Secretary has inherent authority to issue regulations appropriate to exercising his statutory functions. The words "an officer" are substituted for the words "other officers", since, under revised subsection (a), the property and fiscal officer is not required to be an officer of the National Guard. The words "accountable for public moneys" and "as agent" are omitted as surplusage.
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–163, § 1057(b)(4), substituted "State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands" for "State or Territory and Puerto Rico".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–163, § 1057(b)(2), substituted "State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands" for "State or Territory, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia".
1989—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–189substituted "The Governor of each State or Territory and Puerto Rico" for "The governor of each State and Territory, Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone".
1988—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–456struck out "the Canal Zone," after "Puerto Rico,".
1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–513redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (1) and (2), respectively.
1977—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–79, § 804(b)(1), (2), redesignatedsubsec. (e) as (d). Former subsec. (d), which authorized inspections at least once a year by Inspectors General of the departments concerned, was struck out.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95–79, § 804(b)(2), (3), redesignatedsubsec. (f) as (e) and substituted "(d)" for "(e)". Former subsec. (e) redesignated (d).
Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 95–79, § 804(b)(2), redesignatedsubsecs. (f) and (g) as (e) and (f), respectively.
1972—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 92–310repealed provisions which related to the bond required of property and fiscal officers.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) ofPub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
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Still on their way to Goldenrod City, our heroes meet Cherry, a girl with a Psychic Pokémon named Girafarig. After they have lunch she challenges Ash to a battle and he accepts. During the battle, Ash is introduced to an attack called Future Sight, which strikes in the future. Ash is impressed by the attack, but Pikachu manages to overpower Girafarig and win the battle for Ash. Later, Team Rocket appears with a brand new weapon: a self-powered Gengar mech with mirror eyes to reflect Psychic attacks. Can Cherry unlock her latent powers and stop Team Rocket?
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- "It's time. Get ready for Future Sight."
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- Brock: "Misty I have a funny feeling that that attack didn't come from out of nowhere."
Misty: "Maybe that, Maybe that was Future Sight.
Cherry: "That's exactly what it was. Pretty cool huh?"
Girafarig: "Rig,rig."
Cherry: "Future Sight's an attack of the future. Sort of like a time-delayed psychic attack. "
Ash: "That was awesome."
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Three Michigan State recruiting targets stepped up nicely during the marquee game of pool play, Saturday afternoon at the Spiece Run-N-Slam All-Star Classic.Jabari Parker, the nation's No. 1-ranked rising senior, scored 20 points in leading the Chicago-based Mac Irvin Fire summer travel team to an 80-70 victory over tournament host Spiece Indy Heat, which is headquartered out of Fort Wayne.Junior-to-be Jahlil Okafor was his usual solid-to-spectacular self, scoring 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting.Meanwhile, Spiece Indy Heat junior-to-be Jaquan Lyle had 15 points on 6-of-13 shooting while having to handle more point guard play than usual. He was good, and at times terrific.But the big-boned, 6-foot-8 Parker went 3-of-6 from the 3-point range and erupted midway through the third quarter with a pair of triples and dunks for the Fire, which exited pool play at 3-0. The round-of-32 single elimination playoffs begin at 5 p.m. Quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be played on Sunday. The Fire are a favorite to go far. And they could meet Spiece Indy Heat again in the title game if both teams go on a tear from here. Lyle went 2-of-6 from 3-point range and delivered some excellent passes."He got out and made things happen and had a good game," said Spiece Indy Heat head coach Reynardo Bluiett. "We were short-handed and we kind of left him out there too long and he got winded. But he ran the show. He was aggressive early. He is such a good passer that when he is an aggressive passer everybody else clicks."Indy Heat was short-handed due to having two backcourt players, including their starting point guard, away for the first half taking their SATs. Purdue commitment Bryson Scott and his twin brother, Brenton, an Indiana State commitment, arrived at halftime and dressed on the sidelines. "That was like three games," Bluiett said. "At one time we had three sophomores out there. So it was good for them. "I thought the guys competed like a mutha. We out-rebounded them; that was one thing we were concerned about. We got some things accomplished.""There were some things that we saw that will help us when we continue in EYBL." The Rest Of It
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Rare Incident is Second for Same Pilot/Aircraft
In an extremely rare event, an ultralight pilot in Germany has used his BRS emergency parachute system to save his life for the second time. Helmet Grossklaus became BRS save number 135 after his trike-style ultralight suffered a catastrophic structural failure on May 23. He escaped the harrowing incident "without a scratch," reports German BRS agent Jürgen Schubert.
Grossklaus was towing hang gliders using his Silent Racer trike when another pilot suddenly turned in his direction. In an attempt to avoid a midair collision that would have endangered both pilots, Grossklaus was forced to make a rapid maneuver that upset his aircraft. His Silent Racer was flipped violently enough to cause structural failure. "His wing totally collapsed," said Schubert, who added that Grossklaus is the only human in history to have used his BRS rocket-deployed emergency parachute twice from the same aircraft.
BRS designs, manufactures, and markets ballistic parachute systems that lower aircraft to the ground in the event of an in-flight emergency. Through 20 years in business, the company has delivered more than 15,000 parachute systems for use on certified and recreational aircraft. So far, the company has recorded a total of 138 saves that represent 117 airborne incidents with 21 such incidents involving two persons on board the aircraft. The latest two saves are related below.
On June 23, Wallace Clark deployed his BRS parachute, becoming save number 136 on the growing list of saves recorded by the South St. Paul, Minnesota-based company. Clark's engine developed problems shortly after takeoff from a tree-lined airport in Alabama. With the airfield a quarter mile behind him and no optional landing areas, Clark deployed his BRS from only 200 feet above the ground. He landed in wood so dense that it gook 6 hours to reach the plane when he and friends went to extract the mostly undamaged Hurricane.
And while America celebrated its annual July 4th Independence Day, two more people were spared their lives when the pilot had to deploy his BRS parachute after the wing failed on a Murphy Renegade, a Canadian biplane design. Bernd Vierling and a passenger flew their Renegade in Germany when a high-G maneuver caused an interwing strut to fail, rendering the aircraft unflyable. From 1,200 feet, the BRS lowered aircraft and occupants.
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YES, absolutely!!
NO, its not a good hire, JP could have done better.
Any hire is a good hire given the mess we're in..
I've given up and I don't really follow Iowa State Football any more.
Please vote..
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Originally Posted by clonomaniac
If Mike Stoops is hired at Iowa State, do you:
perhaps. It depends if
Pereant osores!
Mike Dika?
I am gonna go with B.
cancel tickets/donations
I cannot base my faith in that sap.
Carrying the banner for ISU.
cheer for ISU.
Get a copyright for the word 'poops'
There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.
Depends on if he has an active facebook account.
I will be spending my time following the women's volleyball team (not literally, that would be weird).
blind faith? No thanks. Would you be putting this poll up if it was KF they were hiring? Cause I wouldn't support his dirty arse at ISU either.
CRAP!! I made a vote that was only semi-serious with lighthearted undertones.
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I wouldn't be to thrilled, but of course I would support him. I could not not cheer for State
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CRAP!! I made a vote that was only semi-serious with lighthearted undertones.
People like you ruin it for everyone else. Thanks a lot.
I absolutely hate the hire but I will support the program no matter what as long as he runs a clean program.
I'll follow the team and cheer for them like I do for any other Cyclone team.
Coach is just a small percentage of the team and I just love watching football too much to not watch!
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Jonathan Bean on the History of Racial Segregation
Recorded: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Research Fellow Jonathan Bean engages with John Stossel of Fox Business Networks Stossel on positive market influences toward racial integration in America.
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Boca Raton Museum of Art
January 2011 Exhibition Opening
The Boca Raton Museum of Art debuted two visually and historically relevant exhibitions to Museum Patrons and Members at the opening receptions held January 18 and 19, 2011 at the Museum. These events celebrated the intersection of fashion and fine art with the exhibitions, CUT! Costume and the Cinema and California Impressionism: Paintings from the Irvine Museum which continue through April 17, 2011. Among those attending the receptions was Co-Curator of the costume exhibition, Nancy Lawson. Ms. Lawson, the U.S. representative for Cosprop Ltd, Londons leading costumiers, spent ten days meticulously unpacking, assembling and dressing each mannequin in the exhibition including costumes worn by leading actors in many of todays Oscar-winning films. Additionally, The Irvine Museum Board of Trustee Vice President, James Irvine Swinden and Jean Stern, Executive Director of The Irvine Museum were on hand to present the more than 60 masterpieces of California plein air paintings. Mr. Stern gave a gallery tour on January 21 at the Museum for art enthusiasts eager to learn more about the significance of the California American Impressionist movement in the late 18th to early 19th century. (Click on thumbnails to view larger photos)


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Monday, October 11, 2010
The OGs Fashion Advice
If you have ever seen the OGs website, you know that 93 year old Cuties Cooper gives advice about everything from relationships to fashion. I found this site a few weeks ago and was thrilled to see how The Coopers' grandchildren have found a way to share the life,love, and adventures of their amazing grandparents. I asked Cutie and her granddaughter Kim if they would make a video that would share The OGs' advice on fashion and style. Cutie believes in wearing timeless pieces that are simple, elegant, and can be worn throughout the years with updates. She also wants you to know that you're never so old that it's okay to be a frump!" Thank you to Cutie and Kim for this wonderful video.
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"you're never so old that it's okay to be a frump" - There was never better advice than this!
- October 11, 2010 at 2:00 PM
- Daryl said...
Excellent advice!
- October 11, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- JamiSings said...
You know, maybe I should move. I live in youth obsessed California near the beach and the older folks are never fashionable like this. They tend for ratty t-shirts, baggy shorts, sweats - it's rare to see any of them taking pride in themselves.
Though I have to admit, at 34, I am a frump, but I'm also fat and feel I don't deserve nice clothing because I have an ugly body.
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JamiSings - The OGs are from Los Angeles
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When Moshe Aelyon described his grandmother's savory, leek infused meatballs to me, I was hooked even before I tasted them. Leeks impart a more interesting and nuanced flavor than other onions. These are a true Turkish specialty.
These Turkish meatballs have been adapted for Passover. They were a much requested Sabbath specialty in Moshe's childhood home in Instanbul. When guests exclaimed how much they loved them, his grandmother reminded them of how special they were by claiming, "You should have golden teeth to eat these!"
- 1 pound of ground beef
- 3 bunches leeks (9 stalks), washed and chopped
- 1 cup parsley, washed and chopped
- 1/2 cup matzo meal
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup matzo cake meal
- Vegetable oil for frying
- Lemon wedges for garnish (optional)
- Cut off the bottom, very dark green, tough portion on each leek.
- Slit each leek vertically from top to bottom and rinse them through each layer.
- Slice the leeks vertically into thin strips and then chop them across finely.
- Place the leeks in a pan with a tight fitting lid. Add water to cover and steam the leeks for about 15 minutes. When they are tender, drain out all the excess water and let them cool completely.
- After the leeks are cool, squeeze out all the remaining water with your hands.
- Combine the steamed leeks with ground beef, 1/2 cup of matzo meal, parsley, and eggs. Season the meat ball mix with salt and pepper.
- Form about 25-27 golf ball size koftes. Roll each kofte in matzo cake meal seasoned with salt and pepper.
- Crack three eggs into a shallow dish and beat them.
- Preheat a large sauté pan and when it is medium high, add oil to about ¼ inch deep.
- Dip each kofte in beaten egg and then place them in the oil to fry until they are golden brown. Only turn each kofte once. Remove them from the oil and drain on paper towel.
- serve with a spritz of fresh lemon juice.
Helpful hints from Moshe:
Mud and grit cling to the inner layers of leeks so be thorough when washing them.
You can steam leeks several days ahead. Keep squeezed out leeks in a container in the refrigerator.
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Time from order placed to receipt of product was outstanding. Product just what I wanted and prices are the best. I notice FragranceX prices for merchandise I've previously bought at dept. stores are 50% less!!!
C. Myslewski (Harrisburg, PA)
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- Clean & Fresh
- Great Smell
- Sensual
Best Uses
- Evening Use
Comments about Eau D'hermes Cologne:
Well, it's Hermes, and that says all!
- Fragrance Type:
- Fresh/Aquatic


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