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CASABLANCA- At the entrance to George Washington Academy stands an olive tree and a cherry tree. They tell a story few Americans know and help to explain why a private school named after America's Founding Father has a place in a Muslim country at the tip of north Africa.
When the Revolutionary War began, American traders who sailed under the British flag suddenly found themselves without protection against Barbary pirates operating in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. French protection was slow to come, and American merchant vessels had nowhere else to turn. The Brits, after all, ruled the seas.
But in 1777 the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammed III, declared that all American ships were to be given the right to freely enter Moroccan ports to "take refreshments and enjoy in them the same privileges and immunities as those of the other nations." This was de facto recognition of American independence-the first-and came as George Washington and his Continental Army hunkered at Valley Forge.
At war's end the two countries exchanged diplomats and in a letter dated Dec. 1, 1789, Washington wrote to thank the sultan for his vote of confidence: "This young nation, just recovering from the waste and desolation of a long war, has not, as yet, had time to acquire riches by agriculture and commerce. But our soil is beautiful, and our people industrious, and we have reason to flatter ourselves that we shall gradually become useful to our friends."
Thus began a little-noted friendship between a young largely Christian nation and an Islamic kingdom already dating back nearly a millennium. It also helps to explain the genesis of an American-style school serving both Moroccans and Westerners, Christians and Muslims, in the suburbs of Casablanca, a school sprouted in an olive grove and named for the man who made cherry trees famous.
George Washington Academy (GWA) opened in the city in September 1998 with 54 students and today has over 550. The school moved to a new campus in September 2005 (celebrated by the planting of the trees) two miles outside Casablanca's city limits in Dar Bouazza, a poor rural area quickly being transformed into a prosperous suburb of beachfront resorts and new middle-class housing developments. Over 300 students are Moroccan, with the remainder foreign nationals from the United States and elsewhere who live in Casablanca.
The school's support system is likewise multinational. GWA is the brainchild of Jack and Kathy Rusenko, its American founders, who have lived in Casablanca for the last 15 years, working in a variety of education-related roles: directing the work of Global Education in Morocco, serving with the Semester at Sea study-abroad program, and advising the government and others on bringing the internet to Casablanca and other major cities.
Gradually the Rusenkos became aware of a population segment overlooked by existing schools: Casablanca's growing middle class. Many could afford to do better than inner-city government schools but could not afford pricey international private schools like the Casablanca American School, where tuition runs above $12,000 annually.
With donations from an American businessman and help from a team of U.S. educators who put together a feasibility study and business plan, the Rusenkos launched the school with students and a faculty also a mix of Moroccans and Americans. With the help of Ali Belhaj, a member of Morocco's parliament, Rusenko was able to run the gantlet of required approvals from both the Moroccan government and the U.S. embassy.
The school operates a kindergarten through 12th grade program largely based on the American system and is a candidate for accreditation by Philadelphia-based Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. An expansive campus on rolling hills and red soil includes faculty housing, a 33,000-volume library, open verandas outside classrooms, and athletic facilities for track, soccer, and basketball.
"I'm just an evangelical Christian man who's trying to have a culturally appropriate Christian witness in a Muslim country," said Rusenko, who also serves as warden in the Anglican Church. "I knew that if it was done properly it would be good for us and for our Moroccan neighbors."
The church has existed for over 100 years in Morocco. Five branches of Christendom are officially recognized-Greek and Russian Orthodox, French Protestant, Anglican, and Catholic-and churches officially include mostly Americans, Brits, sub-Saharan Africans, and other expatriates. While the recognized churches have more freedom to operate than in many Islamic countries, the laws against proselytizing are clear, and anything considered coercing Muslims to leave Islam is a crime.
Still, Rusenko says that he has a good working relationship with the government's Islamic Affairs Ministry, which monitors all religious activity in the country. "There's no doubt that I'm a Christian. There's no doubt that many of our teachers are Christians. But we are not a Christian institution. We do have a moral influence, and in that sense we're welcomed by Muslims."
Casablanca, known simply as Casa by locals, is not the libertine seacoast city it was in the 1960s when storefront gospel chapels thrived on the Corniche alongside drug paraphernalia shops in what for a brief time was a hippie paradise. "We wore tank tops after 1968," recalls Bouteina Iraqui, who heads her own firm in Casablanca and is president of an association of businesswomen. "Now that would be considered naked, as religion has come back in recent years."
Head coverings are more prevalent now than 20 years ago, but many women, like Iraqui and her colleagues, opt freely for Western dress. As the financial capital and largest city of Morocco, Casablanca is a cosmopolitan mix of European and Arab cultures, its souq, or Arab marketplace, a tiny relic surrounded by wide boulevards and roundabouts laid out by the French in colonial times.
Morocco is the first Muslim country to allow women to become imams and to liberalize seriously laws affecting divorce and women owning property. But it is young men that government and private groups seek to target with social programs. Casablanca has grown rapidly to a metropolitan area of 5 million, and 50 percent of that population is under age 30, largely male, and-despite a growing economy-predominantly unemployed. In a country where religious tension can surface, that means idle young men who can be radicalized by jihadist groups.
The 2003 bombing in Casablanca was the work of men ages 20-24 from an outlying neighborhood. They struck five locations simultaneously, killing 45 and injuring hundreds. And this month's bombing, where two men strapped themselves with explosives and one blew himself up in a Casablanca internet café on March 11, was also the work of locals in their early 20s. "This is a nightmare that we don't accept," said Imane Sallah, 17.
With her older brother Nabil, 23, Imane works in Casablanca's impoverished neighborhoods with youth associations collectively called Réseau Maillage, countering the teachings of radical Muslim groups with social gatherings and vocational training. Their slogan: "Ne touche pas mon pays," or "Don't touch my country."
Imane is often the group's feisty spokeswoman, who last year met President Bush at the White House as part of the World Cup Soccer Youth Delegation-extending again the U.S.-Morocco friendship along with common ground in the war on terror. "I don't think the answer is all about the poverty. It is a moral and mental poverty," she told WORLD. "If you say they are poor, we are all poor. No one accepts this. If we know they are ready to blow themselves up, we should be ready to stop them."
With expanding educational and economic opportunities, Imane said Casablanca youth have more reason than ever to be optimistic about their future: "We are gaining back hope."


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"Buy American" is a Deal Killer
The Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) is the most relevant event for leaders from the 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere to exchange knowledge on the issues and challenges facing the world today. Pictured: Scott Davis, UPS's chairman and CEO, who spoke at the ACF in Atlanta.
November 16, 2010
A boost in exports is the catalyst that the U.S. economy needs to rebound, according to Scott Davis, UPS's chairman and CEO.
"In my view, global trade is the quickest and surest way to accelerate global growth, create new jobs and improve living standards," Davis said in remarks yesterday at the American Competitiveness Forum in Atlanta, Georgia.
"We'll have to regain prosperity the old fashioned way, not by household borrowing and spending but instead by earning it through innovation, increased production and aggressive marketing in other countries."
More than 95 percent of the world's potential customers are located outside the United States, the CEO told the audience. "Frankly, given the massive scale of this world economy, I'm astonished that U.S. businesses aren't more vocal in demanding better access to this huge wave of global consumers."
Davis, a member of the President's Export Council, expressed deep concern about Congress' failure to approve negotiated trade agreements with South Korea, Columbia and Panama, which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says has cost the U.S. some 380,000 jobs at a time when there is 9.6 percent unemployment.
"In the halls of Congress, compelling arguments for trade get overwhelmed by noisy heated attacks on globalization," Davis said, referring to recent mid-year election campaigns.
The UPS CEO also criticized recent "Buy America" provisions that block foreign firms from bidding on major contracts with the federal government. "These provisions put very important trade partnerships at risk - an outright deal killer" for U.S. companies seeking to sell internationally, he added.
Unilateral constraints on trade by the U.S. ultimately cost American businesses, Davis continued.
Davis urged American businesses to "defeat the tyranny of protectionism" by promoting free trade barriers.
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AAPA wants reauthorization for Diesel Emissions Reduction Act
November 30, 2010
While "the new austerity" is shaping public policy in Washington DC these days, there is concern among ocean shippers that there may be a negative impact on some supply chains.
This position appears to be shared by The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) which recently delivered a letter to Congress urging it to support S. 3973—legislation to reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA).
"Over the past five years, DERA has been invaluable in reducing emissions from older diesel engines, especially those in use at America's ports along the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf and Great Lakes coasts," said AAPA president and CEO, Kurt Nagle.
The legislation, introduced by Senator Voinovich, would enable the ports to fund projects with government money rather than tapping into shipping stakeholders.
DERA was enacted in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 with overwhelming bi-partisan support to help address emissions from the estimated 11 million existing diesel engines that are not affected by EPA's new engine rules.
If the lame duck Congress does not reauthorize the Act, it could mean that ports will have to shoulder the expense in the future.
"And when you squeeze the supply chain at one end, it means more cost at the other," said AAPA spokesman Aaron Ellis.
In an interview with LM, he explained that the current DERA funding scheme permits ports to concentrate on job creation and infrastructure."
"Which, in turn," said Ellis, "serves to drive another national objective: exports."
Key to the success of seaports are the diesel engines that power trucks, rail, cargo handling equipment and harbor craft, such as tugs, towboats and ferries.
"America's public port agencies, which strive to both meet the nation's commerce needs and be good stewards of the coastal environment, have used DERA grants to reduce emissions in some of the country's most densely populated areas," stated Nagle in his letter.
"Lowering emissions from these sources has improved air quality for entire metropolitan areas, especially benefitting waterfront workers and nearby communities," he added.
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I recall very few, if ANY people having ANYTHING to say over 3 seasons.
Now suddenly it's "we all see what a scumbag he is...he's always been a scumbag...teammates don't like him...he threatened Welker..."
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People are so reactionary and quick to make conclusions.
All the facts of this case are FAR from known. It's like looking into a puddle and proclaiming undisputable knowledge about the oceans of the planet.
This is what I know: For 3 seasons Hernandez said all the right things. Did all the right things. Performaed on the field. Was not a story off the field (until this). He was a great guy when having it written into his contract to donate 50k.
If he turns out to be the shooter...then fine, pile on. But if he turns out to be innocent...well, you've all made your own beds. It's smarter, more reasonable, the the fair thing to do to withold judgement. I AM NOT saying he's innocent. But the vitriol I see being sent his way is over the top considering what we ACTUALLY KNOW about the guy, and what is fabrication/speculation.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is pushing back against the notion that she and President Barack Obama don't socialize enough in Washington.
In an interview in the April issue of Vogue, the first lady says she and the president were straightforward when they said before they moved to Washington in 2009 that their family, including two young daughters, would be their priority.
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All five of Lauderdale County's election commissioners who were elected in November were sworn into office Monday.
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This is that time of year when many congregations are beginning a new season of Christian education, with Sunday School, Bible studies and perhaps mid-week programs getting underway. As Christians we understand the importance of such educational programs. We know that God's Word exhorts us to pass on the truths of His holy Word to the next generation, and the way that our world and society is going these days, we certainly see the need for a good Christian foundation to help our young people survive the increasing assaults of Satan upon them and upon our faith.


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I have lots of experience with spot camps, which is where a packer or outfitter takes you (and all the gear) to a predetermined spot and leaves you. They will them pick you up on a predetermined date. This is done a lot in Calif in the Sierras. Advantage is that your group are the only ones there (at least by the outfitter), disadvantage is you should know the area so you get a decent area to hunt.


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Tubular Front Suspension Install - So Easy Even A Kid Can Do ItWritten by on August 28, 2011 Installing CAP Auto Products Tubular Front Suspensions
If there is one modification to a Mopar that draws a lot of attention with readers, it's the addition of a tubular K-frame. Love it or hate it, the swapping of a tubular K-frame in a muscle Mopar is a swap that will be around for quite some time. By swapping the K-frame, the car owner can now-very easily-install rack-and-pinion steering, eliminate the torsion bars, thereby gaining header clearance, and even make a later model engine a bolt in. Yep, a tubular K-frame upgrade can yield a lot of benefits. But, how easy are they to install?
When we found out that Jefferson High School in Monroe, Michigan, has a '71 Demon that serves as both educational tool and competitive drag racer, and that they wanted to install a tubular k-frame, we decided to follow along on the install and see how easy it really is. The K-frame they chose to install is from CAP Auto Products. The CAP tubular front suspensions are light, strong, and take up a ton less space than their factory counterparts. This one sports both coilover shocks and a rack-and-pinion steering system, but they also have versions available that still incorporate OEM steering and torsion bars.
The guys at CAP designed their kit to bolt directly in place of your heavy and bulky factory hardware, shedding nose weight, and improving suspension response. A tubular K-frame also provides tons of additional oil pan and header clearance. CAP's K-frame can be ordered to accommodate small or big-block engines, including the new 5.7 or 6.1 Hemi. CAP's kits are said to permit the highest amount of suspension travel on the market, and are unique in their retention of both factory motor mounts and steering geometry. The seamless, cold-drawn tubular hardware is jig machined and welded, then E-coated, inside and out, prior to powdercoating (in a variety of colors), and kits are shipped fully assembled.
Perhaps the best part is that CAP's strong, light tubular components are easy to install either individually by interchanging with OEM stamped components, or as complete spindle-to-spindle assemblies. How easy? Let's find out.
School Wasn't Like This When I Was a Kid
The "kids" shown feverishly laboring on the Demon are enrolled in Jefferson High School's Drag Team, a strictly voluntary, after-class, one-evening-a-week program in which students go beyond normal auto shop curriculum to learn the finer points of race car preparation, maintenance, and competition. Running since 1982, the program requires good scholastic grades before applicants can enroll. Under the also-voluntary supervision of auto shop instructor, Rob Eppler, and Bob Williams (Rob's counterpart from the school's fabrication/auto body shop), the Drag Team's high-performance curriculum might include such tasks as rebuilding the Dodge's small-block, transmission or rear end, rewiring, roll-cage fabrication, or whatever else is necessary to keep the quarter-miler healthy and competitive.
Perhaps better yet, when the Michigan snow finally melts each spring, they pack up and accompany the Demon out to nearby Milan Dragway and campaign the Demon in the "High School Nationals" series, where it has been extremely competitive, year after year. The students not only wrench on the Dodge; each season, one amongst them is designated to don the helmet and do the bulk of the driving (everyone gets a chance to make some passes during test and tune sessions.)
Sounds like a graduate course for gearheads.
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1 Unless otherwise requested, CAP Auto Products' tubular front suspension kits are shipped completely pre-assembled in a sturdy crate, and are available in a variety of powdercoated colors. Our subject kit has the optional steering rack as well as the no-cost option of tow hooks welded onto the k-member (though it is not optioned with the sway bar tabs that might well be desirable for street use.) No upper control arms are shown in this kit, as they were already installed on our Demon, and this kit's lower arms are coilover-specific. Normally, a full rack-and-pinion-equipped kit like this (known by CAP as the "K Rack") would also come with modified spindles installed, given that the rack changes the car from a rear-steer to front-steer setup.2 The school's Demon is also swapping to CAP's optional coilover shocks (sourced, as you can see, from QA1), but the k-member kits can also be configured with lower control arms that will allow re-use of factory torsion bars. Note that the kits are fully modular in design, meaning you can stick with your torsion bars for now, and then swap to a coilover setup later on, by substituting new lower arms. Also note that opting for coilovers will require welding in some support bracketry (as we'll show you) but the rest of the kit is strictly a bolt-in proposition.3 CAP's design and hardware permits caster adjustment of three to seven degrees, as well as excellent bumpsteer geometry.4 Jefferson High School's '71 Demon is purely a drag car, and already wore CAP's tubular upper control arms, as seen in this "before" shot. Its brakes will be re-used, so the calipers were subsequently unbolted and simply hung aside. The spindles were then removed and modified by CAP as documented in upcoming photos. We did the suspension swap in the school's auto shop, which had hoists, but it certainly could be accomplished on the ground with some jacks, tall jackstands, and a couple friends' help.5 There are two possible approaches to disassembly/removal of the factory suspension hardware. The first option is to strip off outboard or unsprung gear such as the rotors, spindle and lower control arms, as well as the steering linkage, before removing the K-member itself. The second is to detach as little as possible and simply remove it all as one complete assembly with the K-member. Option two is quicker but somewhat heavier, and is the method documented by CAP in their kit instructions.6 Either way, the torsion bars will first have to be loosened and slid back out of the lower control arms. For the swap to coilovers, the Demon's torsion bars were removed altogether.7 Because it was intertwined within the primaries of the Demon's long-tube headers, the guys had to separately unbolt and remove the factory steering linkage. Otherwise, the linkage could have been left attached to, and simply unbolted with, the k-member. Of course, with the new rack and pinion setup, all this OEM linkage goes on the surplus pile.8 If you're leaving the engine in the car during the swap, it must be supported prior to loosening and removing the factory K-member. You might think that such a support under the oil pan would be very much in the way, but the K-member gets removed in a slightly forward direction.
10 As the saying goes: "many hands make for light work," especially when it comes to lowering the factory K-member/control arm assembly. Actually, it's not as heavy as you might think, but the new one is much, much lighter.11 Here's how the students dropped the old K-member—complete with steering box, lower control arms, lower ball joint assemblies, and the Demon's aftermarket adjustable strut bars. The only things to be reused are the ball joint assemblies, and even these will be modified for use on the CAP suspension parts.12 When installing a coil over front end, and eliminating the torsion bars, a support must be made for the coilover to mount to. Don't mount the coil over directly to the existing shock tower, as this area is not designed to support the weight of the car, and it will eventually fail. Here you can see the brackets and tubular structural support that are now welded in place to take the spring loads of the coil over shocks. These were engineered in-house by instructor, Bob Williams, at Jefferson High School's fabrication shop, and were used to create jigs so CAP Auto Products can now sell duplicates to A-Body owners wishing to go the coilover route. Those retaining their torsion bars can ignore this altogether and simply get on with the job of bolting up the new K-member.13a Before bolting up the new K-member, a steering-adapter u-joint is connected to the factory steering shaft...13b ...Before you can install the u-joint, you must first remove the cross pin that goes through it.14 On goes CAP's tubular K-member assembly, complete with steering rack and lower control arms (those big bolts get torqued to 220 lb-ft) Note that customer getting rack-equipped K-members will also get modified OEM spindles pre-attached. In this regard, you have the option of sending your factory spindles to CAP for a core exchange, or purchasing new ones from them. If you're not purchasing a rack-equipped k-member, your OE spindles will not need modified. Once the new K is in, and the engine mounts re-secured, any external engine support can be removed.15 This spindle mod that CAP performs involves welding on this new steering link that we are so stylishly pointing out (remember that opting for the rack-and-pinion setup changes the car from a rear-steer design to front-steer.) This means the steering linkage connections are moved from the rear of the spindle stem (see image 5) to the front of the spindle (see image 6).16 For the same reason, the old (rear-facing) steering link can be sawn off the lower ball joint assemblies (about where our trusty trigger finger is pointing on this display suspension.) Again, this is of course only if switching to rack-and-pinion.
18 With the rotor and caliper back in place, bolting the coilover to the lower control arm and the welded-in top bracket is among the final steps. Clearly, the threaded body of the coilover assembly allows for simple ride height adjustment.19 Speaking of adjustment, there's plenty (both horizontal and vertical) built into CAP's tie-rod end hardware to facilitate a proper bump-steer elimination setup, regardless of ride height. For you A-Body guys in the audience, this is about the correct vertical setup for "normal" ride height.20 Those of you familiar with the normally cramped quarters on the steering side of the A-Body's engine bay will recognize how much real estate CAP's rack-and-pinion-equipped K-member opens ups. You can aslo see the finalized steering shaft with the two u-joints. That and the roughly 105-pound weight savings should be sufficient incentive to look into CAP Auto Products' offerings. mm


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Law | A possible landmark Supreme Court case on the Ten Commandments is another level in Mathew Staver's step-by-step approach to win back lost religious liberties
When Mongan Nyman and her classmates exchanged Halloween candy in October 2000, Morgan's included messages like "Costumes are cool but heaven is awesome!" But Robert Davidovich, principal of Cushing Elementary School in Delafield, Wis., said the second-grader's holiday messages violated the separation of church and state.
Then he made Morgan go to each classmate and take the candy back.
That afternoon, she got off the school bus crying, her mother said. She cried all night, too, once becoming so upset she threw up.
Three months later came Valentine's Day, and Mr. Davidovich refused to let Morgan pass out cards with sayings like "Jesus loves you." This time, her parents, Jeff and Shanon Stockhausen, called attorney Mathew Staver.
Mr. Staver, head of Liberty Counsel, a religious-liberty law firm in Orlando, Fla., filed suit in March 2001, charging that the school district had violated Morgan's rights to free speech and free exercise of religion. It took just weeks for the district to settle out of court. That April, the district changed its policy to allow students to express their religious beliefs on campus, and publicly apologized to Morgan in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
On Valentine's Day 2002, Mr. Staver received a religious card from Morgan-and so did every member of her third-grade class.
A grade-school fracas over Valentines and Halloween candy may seem an oddball case for any constitutional lawyer who hopes to be taken seriously. But liberal civil-rights groups, including the ACLU, have learned to take Mat Staver very seriously. His Liberty Counsel files bulge with victories, and his win-loss record is a liberal's bad dream. Liberty Counsel wins more than eight in 10 of its cases, and it now has one headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Staver in February will argue before the high court McCreary County, Kentucky vs. ACLU of Kentucky. At issue: whether public displays of the Ten Commandments violate the Constitution. The usual opponent is, of course, the ACLU.
Like several of the other two dozen or so Commandments cases now inching through the civil courts, McCreary involves so-called "contextual" displays in the Kentucky counties of McCreary and Pulaski. In such displays the Commandments appear alongside other historic documents such as the Magna Carta and the U.S. Bill of Rights. Courts are sharply divided about the monuments: Currently, four federal circuit courts and one state Supreme Court say they're constitutional, while three federal circuit courts say they aren't.
McCreary marks the first time since 1980, when the high court purged the Commandments from public-school classrooms, that it will review the issue. And it is the first time the court will receive full briefs and hear oral arguments in a Ten Commandments case.
For Mr. Staver, the case is part of a case-by-case approach to winning back lost liberties. Take little Morgan Nyman's case, for example. To some lawyers, trivial stuff: small school, small town, not much press potential, and certainly no money in it. But to Mr. Staver, Morgan's suit was much more: a clear-cut case of religious discrimination that, if won, would not only right wrongs, but also lay another brick in the foundation he is building through Liberty Counsel.
"Our strategy is to regain lost religious liberties incrementally," Mr. Staver said. "You have to take the long view, select the right cases, make the right legal arguments, knowing where you are contextually in history."
Friends say this fits with Mr. Staver's personality. "Mat is extremely methodical," said Art Ally, Liberty Counsel board member and president of the Timothy Plan Family of Mutual Funds, who has known Mr. Staver for 15 years. "He is very intelligent, but he can apply that intelligence in the most thoroughly logical way. . . . There are a lot of intelligent people who couldn't come in out of the rain."
Mr. Staver says he became a Christian as a teenager. His father was an abusive alcoholic who left the family when Mat was only 2 years old. Left alone in Charlotte Harbor, Fla., to raise seven children, his mother worked three jobs to support them, often on Sundays. A professing Lutheran, she began attending a local Roman Catholic parish because it was the only church in town offering multiple service times.
"I was religious," Mr. Staver says of his early years, "but in retrospect I would not say I was a Christian." He became one at age 18 when evangelist Art Swenson arrived in Charlotte Harbor to preach a series of sermons on end-times prophecy. "It was the first time any organized religion had ever emphasized the Bible to me," Mr. Staver remembers. During five weeks of marathon preaching, he only missed one night, and finally professed faith in Christ.
When Mr. Swenson transferred his services to the local Seventh Day Adventist church, Mr. Staver was surprised, since he hadn't known the revival was denominational. But his family eventually joined that church, and he eventually attended a Seventh Day Adventist seminary in Michigan, graduating first in his class in 1982. The denomination assigned him to pastor three churches in the Lexington, Ky., area.
But during college, Mr. Staver's study of Scripture took him on a theological path that diverged from his denomination's teaching, eventually leading him to the Baptist church.
But not as a pastor. Before switching belief systems, he switched careers, the result of an epiphany sparked when a group of evangelical pastors invited him to watch a video on abortion that featured photos of a baby developing in the womb.
"I was astounded . . . it was as though I had been asleep this entire time," he said. The baby in the film wasn't, as he had imagined, a blob of tissue, but "indisputably a human life, one God had created. Yet the law had changed to the extent that human life was now something permissible to take. . . . That was when I realized that the law could either help us or hinder us in the expression of our faith."
American law, and its historic Judeo-Christian roots, became a passion that carried Mr. Staver through the University of Kentucky law school, where he graduated in 1987. Two years later, he opened Liberty Counsel.
The pro bono firm first tackled cases involving religious-liberty controversies in public schools, then branched out to defend pro-life protesters, on-the-job religious expression, and the traditional family. Tax records show that Liberty Counsel litigated 82 cases last year on a budget of $1.4 million, 75 percent from direct donations, of which Mr. Staver paid himself a salary of $75,000. Recently, the group has crossed legal swords in high-profile gay-rights cases, including the attempt to overturn gay marriage in Massachusetts (a loss), and the attempt to turn back San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's same-sex marriage licenses (a win.)
His track record has won Mr. Staver respect among activists fighting on the other side. "He has a credible reputation as a lawyer," said Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. "He's a formidable opponent. I think most [liberal church-state activists] would probably agree with that."
Asked to reveal his own greatest weakness, Mr. Staver pauses, mind whirring almost audibly as he sorts through prudent replies. Then: "I don't mean this to sound boastful, but I'm pretty content with who I am," he said. "I'm not perfect, but I'm content with who I am." Still, he says he's his "own worst critic. I'm always Monday-morning-quarterbacking myself, thinking about how I can do or say something better."
One improvement, from his perspective: His views on religious liberty have widened to accommodate the reality of a multi-religion nation. He recounts a case he argued in 1989 against a Seminole Community College teacher who planned to show his students the blasphemous film The Last Temptation of Christ.
"I wouldn't do that now," he said. Instead, he would ask for equal time, for the opportunity to have a movie like The Passion of the Christ shown elsewhere on campus.
"I think I've become more principled in my thinking on free speech-that it's for all of us or none of us," he added. "The First Amendment allows for messages we don't like. How we combat that is by allowing truth beside error, not truth instead of error. . . . If you put Christ beside Satan, truth beside falsehood, right beside wrong, you will invariably have God's Word not returning void. Truth will triumph."
Right now the question is whether Liberty Counsel will triumph in McCreary vs. ACLU. Mr. Staver hopes the case will at last cut through the massive tangle of conflicting case law surrounding Christian public displays.
But there is more at stake in McCreary than monuments. Liberty Counsel's petition to the Supreme Court also asked the justices to revisit the so-called "Lemon test," the 1971 "excessive entanglement" decision by which courts often judge the constitutionality of intersections between government and religious expression.
Mr. Staver's team didn't just ask the Supreme Court to review the Lemon test, they also asked the court to establish a new test. And the court said yes.
Was Liberty Counsel's move too bold? Might the delicate 5-4 majority that often marks this court's decisions on social issues tip this time in the wrong direction? "It's true that the new test might not be a test we like," Mr. Staver admitted. "But the old test is one that nobody likes. It has resulted in hopeless disarray among the courts on church-state issues."
But any new test is still in the future. For now, Mr. Staver is-methodically-preparing for his first oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court. "I feel excited," he said, "like an athlete in training for a competition. But I'm also humbled by the fact that I'll argue a case that has this kind of precedent-setting possibilities."


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Introduction: Pain is the most comprehensive human experience. The experience of pain is associated with the somatic, emotional and social impact. Pain has not only somatic symptoms, but also psycho-social dimension, especially in case of chronic pain.
Day in the Life of an Advanced- Practice DC (Pt. 2)
Let's continue our Q&A with Stephen Perlstein, DC, APC, chair of the New Mexico Chiropractic Association PAC and president of the American Academy of Chiropractic Physicians. Part 1 of this interview appeared in the May 1 issue.
Does Anyone Know You're a Good Chiropractor?
If you had a chance to read the recent article in Time magazine (April 6), you know it provided some good information about the efficacy of chiropractic to the magazine's substantial consumer audience.
2016 Trudy McAlister Foundation AOM Scholars
This year, the Trudy McAlister Foundation (TMF) received a record number of excellent applications for the 2016 scholarship awards and has awarded five scholarships for $2000 each. More information is available on our website: AOMScholarship.org
Case Studies and Answer Analysis for NCCAOM Exam in Foundation of Oriental Medicine
Case studies are very common for acupuncture school students, either in class exams or during taking the national board exam. Most test takers feel they have no idea where they should start and how they should start to analyze those complicated cases.
What Should You Call Your Patients (and What Should They Call You)?
When I walked into the exam room, the new patient looked uneasy, fumbling with his cellphone. He was a huge Polynesian man, probably in his 40s, with unrecognizable island tattoos.
Time for World-Wide Growth
Acupuncture is the organically growing around the world. The legislative body in Quatar has said acupuncture is "okay." The United States has five states to go to have every state recognized and regulated.
F4CP Campaign Addresses Public Misperceptions of Chiropractic
In late 2015, results of the Gallup-Palmer College of Chiropractic Inaugural Report: Americans' Perceptions of Chiropractic were published. The report found that 33.6 million U.S. adults (14 percent) had utilized chiropractic care within the previous 12 months.
Who is Your Ideal Patient?
Being in a healthcare practice requires you to think critically about many things including your equipment, techniques, documentation, financial goals, and the retention of clients and staff.
The Liver: The Official of Planning
The Liver, with its paired Official, the Gall Bladder, belongs to the Element Wood within us. Wood grants us the power of birth – new beginnings, growth, breaking through boundaries and surging forward. It is the vigorous, exuberant energy of the spring season.
Diet, Nutrition and the Context of Risk (Part 2): Food Poisoning
Other than the morbidity and mortality linked to eating too much food, "all-natural" organisms that contaminate our food cause more illness, more hospitalizations and more death than food contaminated by heavy metals, plastics, preservatives, artificial colors, emulsifiers, artificial sweeteners and pesticides combined.
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Another Slap in the Face for DCs; I Know Where to Find the Missing Chiropractic Patients; Clarification on Vitamin D Study.
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The Eight Extraordinary Confluent Points
The eight extraordinary confluent points are a very popular set of acupuncture points in the modern practice of acupuncture. They are also called the intersection, meeting, command, opening, master, and the flowing and pooling points of the eight extraordinary vessels.
July, 2011, Vol. 11, Issue 07
American Massage Conference Draws Large Crowd
By Editorial Staff
The inagural American Massage Conference welcomed hundreds of massage therapists and students to the Holiday Inn Capitol Conference Center in Atlanta May 20-22. The conference featured more than 50 exhibitors, continuing education in the forms of 1-hour, 3-hour or 1 or 2-day workshops, a Friday night Facebook party and a Saturday night reception.
The exhibit hall featured 1 hour presentations on products/services/courses, as well as 3 hour workshops covering "SMART Marketing with Social Media," "Post Surgical Treatment of Mastectomy/Breast Implants," and "General Business: Take Your Practice to teh Next Level." All education was NCBTMB-approved. More than 300 students registered for the Sunday morning free student seminar followed by a job fair. Several Massage Today columnists and contributors were AMC presenters and educators, including Whitney Lowe, David Kent, James Waslaski, Laura Allen, Ann Catlin, and Tina Allen just to name a few.
The winners of the Massage Today $500 raffle were Ann Louise Horgan and Rosa Williams. Massage Today was also the recipient of the 2011 American Massage Conference Global Media Award for its outstanding work in informing and supporting the massage therapy profession.
The second American Massage Conference will be held at the Town and Country Resort and Conference Center in San Diego from April 20-22, 2012. Registration for this event will begin in September of 2011. For more information, visit www.americanmassageconference.com.
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Hello forum members!
The setup:
BESX 5.0.2 running on a windows server 2008 R2
Zimbra Connector for Blackberry Enterprise Server 7.1.3
Zimbra 7.1.3 as company mailing solution
I can´t assign a Blackberry device to an user
Error message: "The BlackBerry Administration Service was unable to retrieve specific device attributes from the device that is connected to your computer"
I have read a lot of topics about this issue but i´m out of ideas, i have checked the following:
.) delete re-added the user
.) deactivated re-activated the allow any PIN activation
.) etc...
currently i have two problems:
1.) blackberry messaging agent failed to start. error code 5305
2.) my besadmin account is not visible in GAL, but i have enabled the checkbox for this account in the zimbra account mgmt tool, so he should be visible in GAL (so i cannot check the IEMSTest for the besadmin account)
3.) i also found at the Alert log the foloowing entry every hour:
[30000] (11/21 03:20:29.319):{0x44C} [Alarm::ActivateAlarm] Queuing alarm: <N/A> | BlackBerry Controller (Application Event Log on xxxx.cp.int) | 11/21/2011 03:20:29 (AFFF4FB6) -> 'xxxx.cp.local' agent 1: will not restart - reached the maximum of 10 restarts per 24 hours, next restart on Mon Nov 21 09:18:35 2011
So i think point 1 and 3 are related together
Edit, i have found another error in the MAGT logfile: Failed to open reg key Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\BlackBerryServer_Agent1\dca740c 8c042101ab4b908002b2fe182 to retrieve the Global Catalog Server (GCS)
I have checked the regkey but i have no BlackBerryServer_Agent1 profile found?
Just the two BlackBerryServer and the BlackBerryServer_MailStoreProfile
thank you for any input or info


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A legislative committee says Missouri would have to spend an additional $388 million to fully fund a proposed budget formula for public colleges and universities.
The Joint Committee on Education released an analysis Monday of the implications of its proposed higher education funding formula. The committee's proposal also calls for tying 10 percent of each school's funding to how well it does in meeting performance goals.
The committee's chairman, Republican Sen. David Pearce of Warrensburg, says Missouri has underfunded higher education and is unlikely to make up the shortfall immediately.
A state law gave the joint committee the job of developing a formula for higher education. The panel is accepting comments and plans to release its final report this month.
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(WXIA) -- As adorable as he could possibly be, 3-month-old Kason Jiles is in the fight of his life.
"It's just awful to watch," said Kason's father, Jonathan Jiles. "It's that dire. This is a life and death situation."
Kason is one of many children across the state hoping for a change in law to allow medical marijuana to control the dozens of seizures the boy has daily.
"Kason has tonic seizures," said Jonathan. "And, tonic seizures last between 20 seconds and a minute in length."
We caught up with his father just outside Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. His mom stayed at Kason's bedside.
"It's just very difficult to watch 10 to 25 at times -- the worst day that we've had so far, 74 seizures -- 74 in one day -- 74 seizures," said Jonathan.
"Kason is diagnosed with Ohtahara syndrome," he said. "Most of the Ohtahara patients, their life span is about two to three years. That's the general life expectancy for a child with Ohtahara syndrome."
Many Georgia families are left with no other option but to move to a state that allows medical marijuana to be given to children to lessen their seizures.
"I do not have the ability to move to Colorado and everything that I have is here," he said. "My church is here - my support team is here."
Georgia representative Allen Peake (R-Macon), spent time with Kason.
He's hoping to help families like the Jiles by pushing to legalize medical marijuana here in Georgia.
"If it was my child or grandchild and this was the only remedy that helps with a medical condition, I'd be pushing as hard as I can," said Rep. Peake.
Jonathan is just hoping other lawmakers will feel the same way.
"Something really needs to be done and something needs to be done now," said Jonathan.
For updates about Kason and his condition, please visit his Facebook page: http://facebook.com/kasonjilesupdates.
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1967 Chevy Camaro - Oh Deer!Written by on March 1, 2009 Vandals, Thieves, And Even Rogue Wildlife Tried To Hold It Down, But Nothing Could Stop This Camaro's March To Greatness.
Things would have been much easier if his name was Fannie or Freddie, but Sean Gustin wasn't so lucky. He'd have to bail himself out of this mess. It's all because of a Super Sport deer that lived somewhere in the Texas wilderness, a title it earned after an impromptu branding by the "SS" grille emblem on Sean's '67 Camaro. Whack! At the risk of upsetting PETA, whose efforts we appreciate and respect with the deepest of sincerity, let's just say that it wasn't long before the vultures started circling around the poor little dude. The other victim-Sean's first-gen-has run deep 10s at the strip and dispatched its share of stoplight scum, but this wasn't the kind of street kill it was looking for. Not one to be dismayed by disfigured sheetmetal, Sean soldiered on. While crunching up the front end of a freshly restored first-gen Camaro is enough to make most people go all Britney, Sean and his Camaro have been through far worse and have valiantly prevailed every time.
The precursor to this track rat turned Pro Touring stunner is actually a pair of Camaros from Sean's youth. When he turned 13 years old, his dad bought two '67 Camaros, one for both him and his brother. Naturally, a whole lot of fun ensued. "We tore up the streets with them and took them to shows, and we've been infatuated with first-gen Camaros ever since," he says. "One had a 355 and a four-speed, and the other had a 383 and a Turbo 350. I worked at local garages while I was in school to learn how to turn a wrench, and hopped up my car as much as a young teenager could. One day my dad decided that our cars were too powerful for kids like us, and made us sell them."
It may have been the guilt, or possibly Sean's relentless badgering, but his dad bought another '67 Camaro in 1995 to build as a father-and-son project. The body was straight and rust-free overall-but with 14-inch wire wheels, a tweed interior, and chrome that was barbarically painted upon, it was far from pretty. "The car was hideous, but had a decent 327 and a four-speed in it," Sean recollects. "I put a half-assed paintjob on it after driving it around for three years just to make it look somewhat presentable. These cars weren't that valuable back then, so all I cared about was going fast."
To accomplish that goal, Sean built a stout 396 and affixed it to a Tremec T56 six-speed trans. The powerplant was equipped with a Callies rotating assembly, Brodix cylinder heads, an Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake manifold, a Barry Grant 825-cfm carb, and a solid-lifter cam. On the chassis dyno, the combo was good for 494 hp on motor and 723 hp on a 200-shot of nitrous. Despite slipping and sliding to a 1.85-second 60-foot time, the Camaro still blitzed through the quarter in 10.21 seconds at 139 mph. With that much trap speed, squeaking into the hallowed single-digit realm was simply a matter of shaving a tenth or two off the launch. Nevertheless, even with 9s within striking distance, Sean had a change of heart. "When the car started running well, I began caring about it more and more," he says. "At the time, the car only had two seats and a rollcage in it and was far from nice. All these people were now paying crazy money for first-gen Camaros, and here I was treating my car like just any other track rat. I started feeling like the car deserved better than the neglected and stripped-down state it was in."
The first order of business was addressing the spartan interior; however, a trip to the interior shop turned out to be just one in a long series of unfortunate events. While awaiting a fresh set of guts, some thugs broke into the shop and vandalized the Camaro. "They shattered the windows and destroyed the passenger door only to realize that there wasn't anything to take," Sean recalls. "What irritated me the most is that since they didn't steal anything, they basically ruined the car for nothing. I guess you can say that was the turning point. I felt so violated by the whole experience that I decided to go all out with the car and completely restore it from the ground up."
Having already relished in prolific dragstrip accomplishments, Sean's goal this time around was to build a versatile street cruiser with handling and braking hardware to match its straight-line brawn. While tossing around the idea of dropping in a late-model EFI motor, another freak event cemented his decision. "I pulled the 396 out of the car while it was being restored, and someone broke into my garage and stole it," he explains. "That's what made me decide on an LT1. I thought about jumping on the LS1 bandwagon, but even though they make more power than an LT1, they aren't necessarily any more streetable. I like the idea of having an iron block in a street car, and I think the LT1 is a better-looking package."
Although Sean wasn't interested in making weekly excursions to the track, the factory 300hp lump wouldn't cut it. The LT1 was stroked to 383 inches with an Eagle forged crank, H-beam rods, and JE 11.0:1 pistons. Valve actuation comes courtesy of a COMP 230/234-at-.050 hydraulic roller cam, and 1.6:1 roller rockers. Up top are a set of stock head castings ported to flow 291/205 cfm by NC Performance (Mount Auburn, Illinois), which are fed by a stock intake manifold, a BBK 58mm throttle body, and an 85mm LS6 MAF sensor. Exhaust exits through custom Lemons 1 7/8-inch long-tube headers, a Hedman 3-inch X-pipe, and dual Dynomax mufflers. The new combo has yet to be dyno'd, but we'd conservatively estimate the motor's output at 500 hp. For extra insurance, a Nitrous Outlet plate system adds 100 hp of spray at will. "My old 396 made more power than this motor, no doubt, but the streetability of this new setup is a hundred times better," Sean opines. "That in itself makes it much more fun to drive on the street."
Updates to the chassis were even more substantial, as the antiquated go-straight hardware got evicted in favor of modern tubular components. Up front are DSE control arms, springs, and a sway bar, while QA1 adjustable shocks dampen each corner. Out back are DSE leafs and Calvert Racing traction bars. Competition Engineering subframe connectors keep chassis flex at bay, and Wilwood four-wheel 11-inch discs provide the whoa. Converting it all into grip are Nitto 275/40R17 meats that wrap 17x9.5-inch Fikse FM5 wheels.
After a grueling five-year restoration process, the Camaro was complete. With an upcoming PHR feature story in the bag, it seemed like luck was finally on Sean's side. That sentiment didn't last long, as the car whacked a deer just days after our photo shoot. In hearing him tell it, the serene and comforting tone in which he spoke made it quite obvious that tragedy is something he's learned to deal with. "It was a beautiful day outside, so I decided to drive 50 miles to my friend's house to help him work on his car," he explains. "The deer popped out from behind a six-foot-tall bush, and I didn't even have time to hit the brakes. Everything from the doors forward was totally ruined, but fortunately I have a very good insurance policy. After my friends found out what happened, they called me up practically crying. I was like, 'Dude it's just a hunk of metal and it can be fixed, so don't worry about it.'"
As this story is being written, Sean's Camaro has already returned home from the body shop. His wild experiences can certainly be cause for some introspection. If Sean and his Camaro can survive vandalism, theft and the now-infamous Super Sport deer, how could anyone possibly come up with excuses as to why their own projects aren't finished? Compared to Sean, we're all a bunch of slackers.
|Sean Gustin, 29 • Gatesville, TX
|Chevy 383 small-block
|GM LT1 bored to 4.030
|Moroso high-volume pump
|and seven-quart pan
|Rotating assembly:
|{{{Eagle}}} 3.750-inch
|forged crank and steel
|6.00-inch H-beam rods;
|JE 11.0:1 pistons
|Cylinder heads:
|factory aluminum LT1 castings
|with 2.02/1.{{{57}}}-inch Manley valves
|and 56cc chambers ported
|to flow 291/205 cfm
|COMP Cams 230/234-at-0.050
|hydraulic roller, .510/.540-inch lift,
|112-degree LSA
|COMP lifters, roller 1.6:1 rockers,
|valvesprings, and timing set
|stock LT1 intake manifold,
|BBK 58mm throttle body,
|and Z06 85mm MAF sensor
|MSD Digital 6 box, coil, and plug wires
|Power adders:
|Nitrous Outlet plate system
|jetted to {{{100}}} hp
|Fuel system:
|stock tank,
|Mallory external fuel pump,
|ACCEL regulator,
|and SVO 36 lb/hr injectors
|Lemons 1 7/8-inch long-tube headers,
|Hedman 3-inch X-pipe, dual Dynomax mufflers
|Meziere electric pump and stock radiator
|Built By:
|Tremec T56 trans
|with steel 3-4 shift fork
|and carbon-fiber blocker rings;
|Fidanza aluminum flywheel,
|Spec clutch, and Hurst shifter
|Rear axle:
|{{{Ford}}} 9-inch rearend
|narrowed two inches;
|Currie 35-spline axles,
|4.56:1 gears, and locker differential
|Front suspension:
|DSE tubular control arms,
|springs, and sway bar;
|QA1 12-way adjustable shocks
|Rear suspension:
|DSE springs,
|QA1 12-way adjustable shocks,
|Calvert Racing traction bars,
|and Competition Engineering
|subframe connectors
|Wilwood 11-inch discs
|and four-piston calipers, front;
|Wilwood 11-inch discs
|and two-piston calipers, rear
|Fikse FM/5 17x9.5, front and rear
|Nitto 275/40R17 NT555, front;
|Nitto 275/40R17 drag radials, rear
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Contributing to a super clean engine bay is an ECU that's tucked neatly behind the trans-tunnel-mounted gauge cluster. Black paint and seats are no fun during Texas summers, so a Vintage Air A/C system maintains a comfortable climate in hot weather. Sean had the factory seats stitched in leather, and installed a Sony stereo system with a custom amp rack in lieu of the rear perches.Sean says he digs the looks of an LT1 in a muscle car, and he's certainly played up its aesthetic assets. The alternator and trick accessory drive system are from Street and Performance. Canton polished valve covers, a Nitrous Outlet spray plate, and a black powdercoated intake manifold and throttle body add an extra dash of panache. Despite the lope, there's still plenty of vacuum to run power brakes.A very solid foundation for a project car, Sean's Camaro was mostly straight and rust free. Nolan Rides and Restoration (Harker Heights, Texas) patched the floors and trunk, and completely stripped the car down to bare metal. The lines of the quarter-panels flow extra smooth thanks to a frenched power antenna. The 9-inch rearend has been further fortified with a custom back brace.


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Awesome Gem ahead of Noosa Beach in the 2011 Longacres Mile
AWESOME GEM HEADED BACK TO EMERALD DOWNSTO DEFEND TITLE IN $200,000 LONGACRES MILE (G3)North America's richest active money-earner is headed back to Emerald Downs as trainer Craig Dollase said Awesome Gem is a go for the $200,000 Longacres Mile on Sunday, Aug. 19.A 9-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding by Awesome Again, Awesome Gem has compiled an 11-15-6 record in 51 career starts with earnings of $2,851,370 for West Point Thoroughbreds.A victory would make Awesome Gem the oldest horse to win the Longacres Mile and the first horse to win the race twice at Emerald Downs."We're looking forward to defending our title," Dollase said from his base at Del Mar, where Awesome Gem drilled three furlongs Sunday in :36-3/5. "He's doing well since his last race, and everyone up there (at Emerald Downs) knows Awesome Gem is a good horse."Awesome Gem's last race was a third in the June 30 Cornhusker Handicap (G3) over 1-1/8 miles at Prairie Meadows. Awesome Gem relishes a slightly shorter distance and is 3-1-0 in four career starts at one mile, including last year's 1-½-length triumph over Noosa Beach in 1:34.80. Awesome Gem's two wins in 2012 were both at Golden Gate Fields including the Grade 3 Berkeley Handicap in which he finished second but was moved to first via a disqualification of Positive Response.Dollase said Awesome Gem would likely remain at Del Mar until four or five days before the race and ship north with Sergio Martin, the assistant trainer who accompanied Awesome Gem to Emerald Downs for last year's victory and a runner-up finish in 2009.
A FULL FIELD EXPECTED FOR THE MILE AS PROSPECTIVE FIELD TAKES SHAPEWith less than one month to go, the countdown has officially begun to the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3). And while nominations don't close officially until Sunday, Aug. 5, the list of possible starters shows tremendous promise for the Northwest's most prestigious race.Trainer Frank Lucarelli, for example, has three prospects for the meet's premier event with Winning Machine, Gallant Son and Posse Power, and Tim McCanna said he could have both Saratoga Boot and Jersey Town in The Mile. Add in the expected Hastings' shippers— Taylor Said and St Liams Halo—along with Hudson Landing, and the contention runs deep.Average field-size for the past five Longacres Miles has been 11.8 horses (actually 12, but St Liams Halo scratched on race day in 2011) and this year is taking shape as an overflow field. Listed below are horses whose connections have expressed interest in competing in this year's Mile. In alphabetical order: Assessment, Awesome Gem, Bailouttheminister, Commander, Gallant Son, Gladding, Hollywood Harbor, Hudson Landing, Jebrica, Jersey Town, Posse Power, Saratoga Boot, Senor Rojo, Taylor Said, Winning Machine.· If more than 12 horses enter The Mile, high weights are preferred.· Saturday's seventh race, a $21,000 purse for allowance/optional claimers at 6-½ furlongs, marks the 2012 debut of 2009 Longacres Mile winner Assessment, and also features Mile hopefuls Jebrica, Posse Power and Saratoga Boot.
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BENNETT HAS ONE-TWO PUNCH IN PREMIO ESMERALDA Dave Bennett is renowned for his good work with 2-year-olds, and the veteran trainer should be licking his lips Sunday with two great chances to capture his second stakes win of the meet in the $50,000 Premio Esmeralda Stakes for colts and geldings. Master's Bluff has the edge after a tenacious nose victory in the July 3 Slewdledo Stakes, and his tactical speed combined with jockey Rocco Bowen makes him a strong candidate for back-to-back stakes wins.In contrast, the Beyer Speed Figures favor Master's Bluff's stable mate, Gilmore, who received a 50 Beyer—the field's highest number—after a 1-¼-length score in a $25,000 maiden claimer on July 14. Bennett said he expects both geldings to run well, but even he can't decipher who will run best on Sunday."I think both are big, powerful looking horses," Bennett said. "I asked our gallop boy Dan Brock who was better, and he couldn't pull them apart either. I guess we'll have to see what happens Sunday, but I know I'm looking forward to seeing who comes out on top." · The Premio Esmeralda is Race 8 on a nine-race card. Post time is 5:39 p.m.· To celebrate Fiesta Premio Esmeralda, Emerald Downs will give away special T-shirts to the first 2,000 paid admissions Sunday. The field for the 17th running of the Premio Esmeralda Stakes: 1, Scat Daddybaby, Juan Gutierrez, 120 lbs.; 2, Luna Tick, William Antongeorgi, 120; 3, Master's Bluff, Bowen, 120; 4, Finallygotabentley, Gallyn Mitchell, 118; 5, Cariboo Road, Debbie Hoonan, 118; 6, Mike Man's Gold, Javier Matias, 120; 7, Music of My Soul, Leslie Mawing, 118; Gilmore, Jennifer Whitaker, 120. NOTES: Week 15 honors: Jockey-Eliska Kubinova (26-6-5-2); Trainer-Terry Gillihan (2-2-0-0); Owner-Duane Weber & Jeff Harwood (2-2-0-0); Groom-Jose Diaz (Doris Harwood); Washington Bred-River of Aces (Dean Essex DVM)…The top three finishers in the Mt. Rainier Handicap—Hudson Landing, St Liams Halo and Winning Machine—all were assigned 93 Beyers after finishing a neck apart in 1:40.77 for 1-1/16 miles…Blueberry Smoothie earned a 66 Beyer—biggest of the season for a 2-year-old—for her maiden special weight victory Saturday in 1:03.22 for 5-½ furlongs…Jockey Leonel Camacho-Flores is scheduled to resume riding Friday with a mount on Snooper Dauper in the fourth race. Camacho-Flores, fifth in the standings with 36 wins, sustained an arm injury in a riding mishap Friday, July 13…Leslie Mawing begins the week with 1,987 career wins, and has a streak of 15 straight days with at least one win. Mawing, 38, trails Juan Gutierrez by a 61-53 margin in the jockeys' standings…Eliska Kubinova rode three winners Wednesday at Portland Meadows and is one victory shy of becoming only the third apprentice to ride 50 winners in a single season at Emerald Downs…20 years ago today, July 26, 1992, Peterhof's Patea rolled to a three-length victory in the Budweiser Handicap and Bud Klokstad set a single-season Longacres record with his ninth stakes win. Klokstad and Peterhof's Patea are both enshrined in the Washington Racing Hall of Fame…In addition to the $50,000 Premio Esmeralda Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings, Sundays' nine-race card includes a $19,950 allowance/optional claiming race at 6-½ furlongs featuring Polish Dollar and Malibu Rum both attempting to win their fourth races at the meet. The field also includes 2011 stakes winner Our Eagle Boy and the sharp Rocky's Quest, coming off the fastest mile of the meeting, 1:34.16, in a July 7 $20,000 claiming race…Wright, trainer of Rocky's Quest, said he has another horse hopeful of running a fast mile. That would be Hudson Landing, the 5-year-old Maria's Mon gelding who edged St Liams Halo and Winning Machine in last Sunday's Mt. Rainier Handicap thriller at 1-1/16 miles. "All and all, everything went pretty well," Wright said of Hudson Landing. "He'll start light training again Friday."…Saturday is the 1st annual Food Truck Day with 12 food trucks on-site in the north park area.