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The strategy of Tesco gives them a managerial advantage to them in both the short and the long run. Tesco's marketing and retailing strategy is quite distinctive from other small and general retailers of the United Kingdom. This strategy of Tesco is directly affecting the sales of small retailers because they are unable to cope with the rapid growth of Tesco. Their operational excellence is so high and there prices are low that is the reason why small retailers are unable to attain customer satisfaction in the short run (U Talk marketing 2010). However, experts and analysts actually believe that price can not be considered as an influential factor because the big five retailers have attained excellence in the scenario of price and they are now fighting for the contents of housewives purses. The experts actually believed that in the scenario of Tesco there are two major strengths of this organisation that are creating problems for small retailers. These two major strengths are enormous value of the brand and market leadership of this brand can be considered as strength. However, the major difficulty small retailing brands are facing as based on the scenario of prices because the prices of Tesco are extremely low and customers prefer this brand.
An individual who operates the Landmark group of wholesalers, branded the Big Four a "cartel" for the way they have free rein to divide the grocery market among themselves. His members are concerned they will have no shops to serve if small convenience stores persist to close at the current rate of 2,000 a year.
Bob Russell, a Liberal Democrat on the All-Party Small Shops Group, compared the high street to the Premier League. "There are lots of teams but only the top four compete," he said.
Demanding policies to encourage "greater fairness" in the grocery marketplace, the ACS requested the committee to advocate a ban on below-cost selling. As the manager who runs the North Yorkshire-based, five-strong Proudfoot chain of supermarkets, said in his submission, small shopkeepers are unable to compete below-cost selling. This is when big factions –such as Tesco – make use of their buying influence to present considerable discounts in specific areas to endorse a new store.
Early last year, Tesco gave £8 money-off vouchers for every £20 spent in their latest Withernsea store near Hull – a 40 per cent discount across a variety of products. "Whereas we used to be a thriving part of the high street, we are now a marginal business," the owner of Proudfoot said. "My predicament is caused directly by Tesco using their scale – something I am unable to match – directly against me."
Professor Alan Hallsworth, an authority in retail management, at the University of Surrey, who is due to give proof next week, said: "My concern is whether you should use your buying power in one sector – the supermarket sector – to give low prices in another sector – the convenience sector." The big groups supply directly from abroad, rather than rely on home wholesalers, and so they can charge customers not as much for products than a smaller competitor pays a wholesaler to supply them.
But Professor Hallsworth is concerned that the investigation is too little, too late. "The horse may have bolted. There was a lot of variety 25 years ago but a lot of names on the high street have already disappeared." A recent survey by the New Economic Foundation, an autonomous think-tank, discovered almost half of UK high streets have been "cloned" by a handful of retailers.
For proof, MPs need look no more than across the road at the Tesco Express that has taken the place of Cullens above Westminster Tube station. Tesco's acquirement two years ago of Adminstores, the owner of Cullens and Europa, increased its existence radically in central and west London, making it impracticable to avoid the chain in certain well-heeled areas.
Tesco's deliverance, as a spokeswoman repeated yesterday, is that competition authorities are content to look upon the grocery sector as two separate markets: for "one-stop" and "top-up" shopping. This means that even though on some processes it has more than a 30 per cent share of the grocery market, it has "just 6 per cent of the convenience sector". She added: "Previous competition inquiries have found the market is fiercely competitive."
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From Dawn Timmers
6 Tbsp. Butter
2 Medium Onions (chopped)
2 Large Stalks Celery (sliced)
2 Large Carrots (sliced)
2 Large Potatoes (peeled and cut in smaller chunks)
4 Large Tomatoes (peeled and diced) (4 cups)
8 Cups Vegetable Broth (best to use the organic
vegetable broth found in most natural foods sections)
2 Tsp. Dry Basil (or 6 Tbsp. Chopped Fresh Basil)
1 Small Head Cauliflower (broken into flowerets)
2 Small Zucchini (sliced)
2 Cups Frozen Green Peas
2 Tsp. Salt
1 Tsp. Fresh Garlic
Melt butter over medium heat. Add onions, celery, and carrots.
Cook until veggies are soft, but not brown (about 10 min.).
Put cooked veggies in crock pot and add rest of ingredients.
Cook on low approx.10 hrs. or until potatoes are tender.
Serve with shredded mozzarella or grated parmesan cheese.
Makes 12 – 1-2/3 Cup Servings.
Nutrition Per 1-2/3 Cup = 125 Calories, 5.5 Gr. Fat, 2.5 Gr. Fiber.
Serving Size 1-2/3 Cups.
WW Points 2 Points.
- Makes a great way to use leftovers!
- Heidi says a few bits of leftover chicken, beef, or even brats are a nice additive.
- Freezes well, enjoy a meal now and another in a couple weeks!
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All gates will open 90 minutes prior to game time. Patrons are encouraged to enter the stadium early to avoid missing the action. Management reserves the right to eject, and revoke tickets to future events without refund, for persons who violate any of the terms of the license (refer to back of ticket) or any state, local, or federal laws.Violators are subject to immediate arrest, prosecution, and permanent revocation of this license.
Management reserves the right to eject, and revoke tickets to future events without refund, for persons who violate any of the terms of the license (refer to back of ticket) or any state, local, or federal laws.Violators are subject to immediate arrest, prosecution, and permanent revocation of this license. All non-student tickets can enter any gate at the stadium.
Aerial Equipment/Drones
Any of our vendors or partners interested in flying drones around football events need to get the appropriate airspace waiver from the FAA. Additionally, for reasons of privacy and safety, the operation of drones (i.e., unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)) on ISU property (indoors or outdoors) requires prior written approval from ISU Facilities Planning and Management (FP&M)
Courtesy Carts and Elevators
Courtesy cart service will be available inside Jack Trice Stadium at Gates 1, 3 and 5, beginning 90 minutes before kickoff until 10 minutes into the first quarter. Service resumes mid way through the fourth quarter. Courtesy cart service is not available outside the stadium. Courtesy carts will not run on the concourse during peak times.
An elevator to the concourse for general public use is available at Gate 3 (south end of stadium)
Cyclone Experience
Located on the NE corner of Jack Trice Stadium between lots 85E and S8, this family-friendly environment includes inflatable attractions, face painting, and other activities for kids. All free! This is also where the Jr. Cyclone Club is stationed on game day— stop on by! It is open three (3) hours before kickoff at each home game and closes 30 minutes prior to kickoff.
Cyclone Tents & Group Tickets
Cyclone Tents and group ticket discounts are available prior to the day of the game. For more information on
purchasing tents or group tickets, call (515) 294-7752 or go online to http://www.cyclonetents.com/.
Customer Service Line/Fan Feedback/Guest Services
Do you have a problem in your seating area? Call the customer service hotline at (515) 296-7849 to have a member of the event staff come to your aid. Please note the stadium section, row and seat number(s) of the disruption.
Patrons in need of assistance can go to the guest services location on either concourse. Locations are below Section B on the west concourse, and below Section T on the east concourse. Patrons may also request assistance by calling the in-stadium customer service hotline.
Fans can share their thoughts on how we can improve the gameday experience at Jack Trice Stadium. Click here to submit your thoughts.
Field Access
The Athletics Department asks that all patrons without proper credentials refrain from entering the field level at any time. Violators will be subject to arrest and prosecution.
First Aid
An ambulance is parked by the first aid headquarters on the west side of the stadium. If you are in need of first aid, please see the nearest usher for assistance.
First aid locations inside the stadium are:
West Side - outside Section 14 at the south end of the concourse
East Side - outside Section 39 at north end of the concourse
Jr Cyclone Club
The Junior Cyclone Club is the official Iowa State Athletics fan club for fans 12th grade and younger. The club encompasses all of Iowa State's sports. Members receive admission to over 80 events, including all home football games and exclusive members-only events. For more information and to register online, visit jrcycloneclub.com. The game day location is at Cyclone Experience (refer to the Cyclone Experience section for more information).
Lost & Found
Lost and found is located at the Guest Services locations on the East and West concourse. Items lost or found can either be turned in at these locations or reported to an usher. All lost and found items will be held in the event management office (515-294-5822) until the end of the season. All unclaimed items will be discarded.
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Parents/guardians with a lost child should contact the nearest police officer or event staff member.That person will then contact the proper personnel to insure the quickest remedy to the situation. If the child knows his/her
seat location, the child will be returned to that location.
A map of football gameday parking locations is available here.
Medical Accessible Parking
Parking Lot S2, located on the south side of the stadium, is available to fans with a medical accessible parking permit issued by the State of Iowa DOT on a fi rst-come, first-serve basis. Recreational vehicles and buses will not be admitted to lot S2.
There is also limited medical accessible parking located at Hilton Coliseum.
All paved and grass parking located north and east of Jack Trice Stadium is reserved for Cyclone Club members. For weekend games, Cyclone Club lots will open at 7:00 a.m. or 6 hours prior to kickoff, whichever is earlier.
General public parking is located in the grass areas south of Jack Trice Stadium along South 16th Street. Limited parking is also located around Hilton Coliseum. All general public parking lots open 6 hours prior to kickoff.
Recreational Vehicles
Cyclone Club members issued an RV permit will park in either D1, D2, D3, D4 or S8. Permit holders may gain access to their assigned lot from 8 a.m. to Midnight the day before a game, or when the lots open on game day. General public bringing recreational vehicles the night before football game days will be directed to park at the ISU Veterinary Medicine College (Lot 93) off of South 16th Street. Cost is $40
Charter Buses
Charter bus parking is available at a fee of $50 per bus. Hilton parking lots C1 and C2 are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please contact Brian Honnold at firstname.lastname@example.com to make arrangements in advance.
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Prohibited items must be returned to the owner's car or discarded. Any unlawful items are subject to confiscation, and the person in possession of such items is subject to arrest.
Permitted items:
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- One 20oz unopened or empty bottle of water per person
- Backpacks or purses smaller than 10"x10"
Prohibited items include, but are not limited to:
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Artificial noisemakers
- Backpacks, fanny packs, large purses (larger than 10" by 10")
- Cameras (a lens less than 6 inches is permissible in the stadium)
- Chairbacks or stadium seats (cushions are allowed)
- Coolers or containers
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Patrons must have their tickets scanned out upon exit of the stadium in order to re-enter. The ticket then will be scanned upon re-entry in to the stadium. Re-entry will be allowed only at Gates 2 and 4. Re-entry will not be allowed before kickoff or after the start of the 4th quarter.
Shuttle trolleys pulled by tractors will provide ground transportation around the stadium complex starting three hours prior to the game. A map of the shuttle stop locations is available here.
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The Big 12 Conference encourages good sportsmanship from everyone watching this event. Please support these athletes and coaches in a positive manner. Profanity, racial or sexist comments or other intimidating actions directed at other fans, the teams or the officials may lead to your dismissal from the stadium or arrest. Thank you for your cooperation.
Stadium Rules:
1. Unauthorized solicitation, inside or outside the stadium, is prohibited.
2. Throwing objects onto the playing field is prohibited and punishable by state and local law. Violators are subject to immediate arrest, prosecution, and revocation of tickets.
3. All signs, banners, placards and leaflets are prohibited inside the stadium except as authorized in advance by the athletics department.
Stadium Sign Policy
All signs must be in good taste and supportive of Iowa State University and approved by the events staff (515-294-5527) prior to the game. In no case may the sign obstruct vision or endanger patrons. The athletics department reserves the right to move or remove any signs not meeting these specifications.
City of Ames Shuttles
Buses will run from designated points around the city of Ames. >> Link to CyRide
Smoking Policy
In accordance with the State of Iowa Smoke Free Air Act, there will be no smoking in Jack Trice Stadium.
Special Seating Requirements
Reserved ADA seating is located in Sections1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17-19, 23-26, 28 and 39 for spectators in need of seating assistance. Please notify the Athletics Ticket Office prior to game day to obtain disabled seating.
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Please remember the following policies when tailgating:
- Limit your tailgating to your ONE parking space – ONE parking space per pass will be strictly enforced
- Tents can be no larger than 10' x 10'
- DO NOT block the path for other vehicles to park or to access the lots and parking stalls
- No glass bottles, kegs or open fires are allowed in parking lots
- Remember to clean up your area and dispose of trash before departing
- Please be considerate and respectful of others
PLEASE NOTE: If any of these tailgating and/or parking policies are abused, the Iowa State Athletics Department reserves the right to revoke parking privileges for future games and future seasons.
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The "Will-Call" window for the general public is located at the Athletics Ticket Office, north of Gate 5 on the west side of the Olsen Building. Single-game tickets may be purchased the ticket booth located on the northwest side of Jack Trice Stadium. All tickets are based on availability. Group tickets are not available the day of the game. The ticket office will open 4 hours prior to kickoff or 8 a.m., whichever is later and remain open through halftime. Children under two do not need a game ticket.


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McElroy Lecture on Law and Religion
Hosted by: Office of Alumni Relations
The event will start on: Wednesday, March 16, 2016
And will end on: Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Posted by: Denise Patricia Hickey
651 East Jefferson Ave.
Our annual McElroy Lecture provides a forum for prominent thinkers and leaders to address fundamental issues of law and religion. This year's lecturer is Professor Kent Greenawalt of Columbia Law School addressing religious exemptions in same-sex marriages. Professor Greenawalt will be joined by commentators Andrew Koppelman of Northwestern University and Michael Moreland of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and University of Notre Dame Law School.
The lecture will be held on Wednesday, March 16, from 5:00 – 6:00 pm in room 226, followed by a complimentary reception in the atrium.
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Design By: Carol Ballard
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: To fit 18" Girl Doll.
Sock Weight Yarn :
Multicolor - 3.5 oz, 460 yds (98 g, 414 m)
Size 10 Crochet Thread:
Natural - 350 yds
⅜" Buttons – 2
½" Buttons – 4
⅝" Elastic - 12" long
2" Craft Rings – 2
Yarn and Thread Needles
Crochet Hooks: Size D-3 (3.25 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge;
C-2 (2.75 mm) or Steel #1 (2.75 mm)
Crochet Pattern for Penelope Visits Piccadilly Circus
This crochet pattern is based on our friend Penelope is touring London. She is meeting friends at Piccadilly Circus, a busy plaza in the heart of London, England, at the junction of five major streets. It is a popular place for people to congregate before going to the nearby shopping and entertainment areas.
For this outing she has chosen to wear her favorite crocheted skirt, made with sock weight yarn. The same yarn is used to crochet a matching vest, beret and socks. The thread blouse she chooses is loose-fitting with buttons and a tie at the neck (and also looks great worn with jeans). As there's going to be a lot of walking, the soft crochet thread loafers are the most comfortable. For all the anticipated purchases, she carries her large thread purse, crocheted on rings using a cross-stitch pattern.
This crochet pattern set has the crochet instructions for the sock-weight yarn Skirt, Vest, Beret and Socks; as well as the size 10 crochet thread Blouse, Loafers and Purse. Additional materials needed are elastic (for the Skirt waistband), four buttons for the Blouse front and two smaller buttons for the sleeves, two craft rings for the Purse and then yarn and thread needles.
Besides the standard crochet stitches, the special stitches used in this crochet pattern set include a single crochet decrease stitch, Front Post double crochet and Back Post double crochet. Instructions for these special stitches are also included in the crochet pattern. You will need two crochet hooks: Size D-3 (3.25 mm) for using with the yarn and Size C-2 (2.75 mm) or Steel #1 (also 2.75 mm) for using with the crochet thread.
The crochet pattern for this 18" doll would also fit the 18" American Girl Doll.
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'God's chickens'
Crime | Harking back to William Wilberforce, some evangelical leaders are joining efforts to crack down on cockfighting
COCKE COUNTY, Tenn.-Tom Farrow, a former FBI agent, is driving through the hollows, hillocks, and cow ponds of Cocke County, on the Appalachian side of Tennessee. Cell phone service blinks in and out between the hills. It's a beautiful place, an interplay of mountains and farmland, but several years ago it teemed with corruption. Back in 2005, Farrow led an undercover team that busted a large cockfighting operation in the aptly named county.
Several cockfighting pits in Cocke County hosted hundreds of gambling spectators. The owners of what Farrow calls the "white collar pit" told the FBI they paid off law enforcement-after all, Farrow explains, a pit that big can't exist for 60 years without law enforcement knowing about it. A few miles away, at what Farrow calls "the blue collar pit," the owners stacked bleachers to the ceiling of a large metal shed for the fights. Farrow remembers, "The [body odor] would be so thick you could cut it with a knife."
We pass a small cemetery outside a church where Farrow would meet informants at night-because "there's not, like, a 7/11," he explained. Farrow said the FBI found that local law enforcement was involved in prostitution, illegal liquor stores, stolen cars, and drugs. The FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation eventually charged more than 200 people connected to the corruption case, including some members of the law enforcement.
"The animal fighting side of it-it starts at such a low level," said Farrow, adding that people think to themselves, "It's illegal, but it's not really illegal." That thinking, he said, "is like rust-a slow, insidious eating away of ethics and law enforcement."
The eating away of ethics is what has drawn some Southern Christians into joining efforts to crack down on cockfighting. They evoke British statesman and devout Christian William Wilberforce, who is known for his work abolishing the slave trade but who also supported laws against bullbaiting, another animal fighting sport. Wilberforce was one of the founders of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and he saw animal cruelty as an example of a violent society that would be cruel to humans.
Today, top members of the Southern Baptist Convention as well as family values groups like South Carolina's Palmetto Family have put together ad campaigns explaining the nastiness of cockfighting and outlining a biblical perspective on caring for animals. Cockfighting is a "pornography of violence," and "needless pain for frivolous reasons" said Richard Land, the head of the Southern Baptists' Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, in a recent ad. He said he would dare anyone who defends cockfighting as a cultural tradition to say he would take Jesus to a cockfight. Land calls the cocks "God's chickens."
Cockfighting isn't two roosters wrestling in a farmyard, but two roosters fighting to the death. American cockfighters cut off the nub on the back of the rooster's leg and attach a sharp curved blade, called a gaff. The cockfighters sometimes drug the birds to make them more aggressive. The lingo of cockfights reveals its grotesque side: "blinkers" are roosters whose eyes have been punctured. "Rattlers" are roosters with punctured lungs, which fill with blood and make their breath rattle.
John Goodwin, the Humane Society's point man on animal fighting, went along with law enforcement to raid a cockfighting operation in Virginia. He remembered going up to one pit and finding one rooster dead, and the winner with a punctured chest. "I could see his internal organs move every time he took a breath," Goodwin said.
At another pit in central Tennessee Goodwin recalled finding a rooster with its intestines hanging out, tangled around its opponent's foot. Farrow said on his undercover operations at cockfights, he's seen his fellow "tough guy" FBI agents become physically sick watching. Aside from the animal cruelty concerns, Christian groups are worried about the high-stakes gambling that goes on and the regular presence of children at cockfights.
The sport is illegal in all 50 states and under federal law, but federal law enforcement can only bust cockfighters that cross state lines. In Southern states especially, cockfighting remains a strong tradition with few legal penalties. (Dog fighting, by contrast, is a felony in all 50 states.) In Tennessee, for example, cockfighting is a misdemeanor punishable by a $50 fine. Efforts to up the fines or make this type of animal fighting a felony (as it is in 39 states) have failed over the last few years. "I don't go to rooster fights and I don't have fighting roosters but I have friends that do. They pay their taxes. They're not bothering anybody," explained Tennessee state Rep. Frank Niceley to the Chattanooga Times Free Press last year, after his subcommittee voted down the heavier penalties.
The Cocke County case was an extreme example, but it's not exceptional that cockfighting goes hand-in-hand with other criminal activity and violence. Last fall in southern California, deputies raided a cockfighting pit where they discovered 100 roosters, $1 million in methamphetamine, firearms, and seven children ages 4 to 17 living in dilapidated buildings. In March, a man was beaten to death at a cockfight. In April, masked gunmen killed three people and wounded eight at a cockfighting pit.
On online cockfighting forums, users commented on the April attack, with one Kentuckian writing it would "only help the activist groups with their portrayal of all us cockfighters being drug dealing, gun toting, low life human beings!!" Another user lamented that cockfighting wasn't legal so the fighters could have had police protection.
The online forums are peppered with threads on how the harsher laws would trample on a cultural tradition. Some state legislators have also opposed attempts to turn cockfighting into a felony on the grounds that prisons are already bursting. Some agriculture lobbies also oppose these state laws. "They don't want the Humane Society to win on anything because if they win on cockfighting, maybe they'll win on cage-free poultry farms," Farrow said.
Jim Akin, regional vice president of the Alabama Cattlemen's Association, alluded to that in a February letter on cockfighting to Alabama's TimesDaily. He wrote that he did "not condone animal cruelty," but "... when you see the Humane Society or some other animal rights group is trying to get some law passed, just remember there is always much more there than meets the eye, and it is almost never good for the people in the agricultural community and the public." The Humane Society's Goodwin said the agriculture lobby has supported measures against cockfighting in the past because of how the bloody sport tends to spread diseases among chicken populations.
The Humane Society began a faith outreach office about five years ago, and the Clapham Group's Mark Rodgers, who was most recently a top adviser in Rick Santorum's presidential campaign, has been working with the organization to connect with Christian leaders.
For evangelicals wary of animal welfare taking over other pressing matters like human rights, the Humane Society acknowledges there is more to life than animals. "I know it's one issue among many, many, many serious issues," said Christine Gutleben, a Lutheran who heads up the Humane Society's faith outreach. "My hope is that people within the [Christian] community will see the animal issue as just part of their daily choices. That it doesn't take away from these other issues."
Palmetto Family, a South Carolina group affiliated with Focus on the Family, is primarily focused on pro-life and religious liberty issues, but the group has worked on educating its constituency about cockfighting and supports higher penalties for cockfighters. In South Carolina cockfighting is a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 in fines, though state legislators have introduced bills recently to make the sport a felony.
In a state where the University of South Carolina's mascot is a gamecock, depicted with gaffs on his legs, the bills haven't found success. "There are some that think anything that has the odor of animal rights is bad," said Oran Smith, Palmetto Family's president. Smith said he perceived two views on animal issues: that humans and animals all evolved together and "one is not above the other" or, on the other side, that "animals are here for us to do with however we pleased."
"We didn't feel like there was any middle ground, a biblical approach to it," Smith said. So his group put out a short book four years ago on the biblical relationship between humans and animals. "Mankind is here as stewards of the earth," Smith summarized. "We stand in place of God himself. ... [T]hat means no wanton cruelty."


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Scratch-Building A Roadster BodyWritten by on January 1, 2012 Part 1: Building the Buck
After decades of building cars for other people and teaching metalworking skills to hundreds of people through my workshops, I'm finally building a roadster for myself. This will be a track roadster with a '27 Ford-style body, but instead of using an original body, or a steel or fiberglass reproduction, I'm making my own aluminum body.
The first step is building a buck, the full-size model of the body. The buck will define all of the dimensions and contours of the body. Certain portions of the buck will be used to hammer the metal against for detail work, such as the making the flanges used on the edges of many panels.
I've given workshops on buck building, and touched on the subject in some of my DVDs, but many people have asked me to publish something on making the buck for a complete body, which is much more involved than making a buck for a smaller part like a fender.
I'm planning a series of articles that follow the entire project. Future articles will focus on shaping the aluminum panels to fit the buck. My body will be very similar to the original, with a few changes involving the internal structure and some other details. To get the project rolling, I borrowed an original body from a friend to use as a pattern.
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Once I'm satisfied with the location of each station, the next step is to contour pieces of angle stock made from 18-gauge steel, with 3/4-inch legs, to match the shape of each station. Since the body is symmetrical, the templates for the stations on one side of the body can be used for the other side by simply making a mirror image. Here, you can see how a stretcher (or shrinker) is used to curve each piece.Rather than having a lot of loose templates, I join them together in groups that hold each element in the proper orientation. Here I'm making welds at each intersection to solidify the structure.The buck for the turtledeck sides will be made mostly solid so metal can be hammered directly against it. Here, I'm tracing around the edge of an original panel, marking the profile onto a sheet of 3/4-inch medium-density fiberboard (MDF).Here you can see how well the first two templates capture the key dimensions and contours of the panels, and precisely define the edges.I'm using masking tape to "connect the dots" from the last step, giving me a clean, high-contrast cut line.I used a bandsaw to trim off most of the waste, and here I'm using a disc sander to size the part with high accuracy. After hand-shaping this first part, I can use it as a pattern for rapidly making many identical parts.
I like to keep my bucks as light as possible, so on the inner panels I've trimmed away material where it's not needed.With the 45-degree chamfer completed, I do another layout for two more chamfers, this time at a 22-degree angle, and sand to these lines. You can see that with three chamfers, the shape is very close to being finished!Layers of MDF are stacked to make each turtledeck side. Here I'm screwing and gluing the pieces together. I've "stair-stepped" pieces of 1/4-inch MDF to give the part the same taper as the original, and plastic body filler is used to fill in the small gaps.With both turtledeck sides completed, the sections of the buck above and below the decklid are next. I've used the metal templates to plot the size and shape of each component. I put 5/16-18 threaded inserts into the turtledeck sides so I can use bolts to hold these parts firmly together, and the inserts will hold up to repeated R&R.A simple box structure is built to support the stations for the cowl. Here you can see the square tubing base structure that holds all the sections of the buck together.Next, the buck for the decklid is built. As before, the contour templates taken from the original body determine the size and shape of each component.The stations are rough-cut oversize, and each one is marked with a contour gauge for trimming. The master template is used to set the gauge for each station.
Using a similar process, the buck for the quarter-panel is built. First, the backboard is made, and here I'm using a square and the template to mark the location of each station.This is the form for the panel that goes below the turtledeck, which was the simplest part of the buck to build.Next, oversize stations are held to the backboard with screws, and trimmed to size using the master template as a guide. The rear edge of this panel will have a flange made by hammering over the buck, so I'm filling in the open areas on the rear edge to make it solid.The bucks for the doors are next, and again, all of the necessary information is taken from the template. Note that I've cut "windows" into most of the backboards. This is so I can look through the buck at the inner side of the metal panel as I'm shaping it, and it reduces the weight of the buck, too.Here's the finished buck after carefully hand-sanding every joint to ensure that all surfaces flow together smoothly. Watch for the next article, when I'll start shaping aluminum panels to fit the buck.Ron Covell has made a DVD to accompany this article, showing each step in much greater detail! The same principles used for building the buck for this roadster body can be used for any project were a buck is required, and Covell offers a wealth of pertinent information that isn't available anywhere else. You can order from Covell Creative Metalworking online at www.covell.biz, or by calling (800) 747-4631.


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Families that cook together tend to eat healthier, says Registered Dietitian Ann Marie Smokowski, who provides nutrition counseling at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo.
Every recipe has a task that a child can do, whether it's measuring the ingredients, stirring, or rinsing the produce.
Divide or double recipes to reinforce math skills.
When meal planning, ask your children for feedback and include them in the grocery shopping so that they're excited to participate.
"Cooking is a useful skill that your children will need as adults," says Ann Marie.
"The family that celebrates meals in this way tends to be more content and eat healthier. As parents, this can be one of the most valuable gifts we can give to our children!"
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- Cut Down on Processed Foods
- Choose Dark Chocolate, Nuts or Trail Mix for Dessert
- Reduce Your Calories When Dining Out
- To Save Time in the Kitchen, Make Meals in Advance
- Make a Weekly Shopping List
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Information and resources in the Assessment section of this site are intended to help make assessing learning in programs easier to do and the results more useful to faculty. In addition to the links on these pages, be sure to check Assessment Help in the menu on the right.
- Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning(Developed under the auspices of the AAHE Assessment Forum)
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The annual report to the Provost is due at the end of the spring semester. In order to help you respond to the Learning Outcomes section of the report, the Learning Assessment Team (LAT) has put together this sample report.
Learning Assessment Team
The Learning Assessment Team (LAT), formed in 2009, aims to strengthen outcomes assessment across the campus both in quality and ease of implementation by promoting and facilitating the sharing of resources, best practices, expertise, and assessment experiences. This collaborative approach is intended to reduce labor, raise the overall quality of assessment, support Assessment Coordinators, and recognize and utilize faculty with discipline- or methods-specific assessment expertise. Members provide feedback to the Provost and departments on the status of programs' assessment.
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In 2011, Fresno State joined the Presidents' Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability. Members of this national initiative commit to gathering, reporting on, and using evidence to improve student learning. Click here to see Fresno State's specific commitments. Fresno State data, research, assessment, and evaluation information and reports can be seen throughout the OIE website.
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TILT provides faculty with tools to help improve teaching and learning through technology. Offers technology training and assistance with online course design. You may contact TILT at (559) 278-7373, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Center for the Scholarly Advancement of Learning and Teaching (CSALT - Formerly CETL) CSALT focuses on the pre-eminence of learning and the vital role of engagement and teaching. CSALT can be conceptualized as an: 1) idea incubator, think tank, & faculty forum 2) evidence-based learning laboratory 3) Individual faculty development and 4) Initiative-based change agent
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Cervical cancer is a disease in which cancer cells grow in the cervix. The cervix is the lower, narrow part of the uterus, also known as the womb. It connects the uterus with the vagina.
Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide without control or order. With cervical cancer, epithelial cervix cells that line the cervical canal divide without control or order. Normally, cells divide in a controlled manner. If cells keep dividing uncontrollably, a mass of tissue forms, called a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant tumors. Malignant tumors can invade nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body. A benign tumor does not invade or spread.
Research suggests that some sexually transmitted viruses like
human papilloma virus (HPV) can cause cervical cells to begin the changes that can lead to cancer.
Factors that may increase your risk of cervical cancer include:
Symptoms usually do not appear until the abnormal cells become cancerous. Then, they invade nearby tissue. When this happens, the most common symptom is abnormal bleeding, which may include:
These symptoms may also be caused by other, less serious health conditions. If you experience these symptoms, see your doctor.
Your doctor will need to examine your vagina and cervix. Tissue may need to be tested. This can be done with:
After cervical cancer is found, more tests are done to find out if the cancer has spread beyond the cervix, and, if so, to what extent. This process is called staging. Treatment depends on the stage of the cancer.
Treatments include:
The cancerous tumor, nearby tissue, and possibly nearby lymph nodes may be removed. The doctor may remove only the tumor and nearby normal tissue if the tumor is contained within the cervix. In some cases, a
is necessary.
If the cancer is at a high stage, more tissue must be removed. Sometimes the ovaries and fallopian tubes are also removed.
Radiation therapy
the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may be given in two ways:
is the use of toxic drugs to kill cancer cells. It may be given in many forms, including: pill, injection, and by catheter. The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel through the body. It kills mostly cancer cells, but also some healthy cells. Chemotherapy alone rarely cures cervical cancer. It may be used with surgery and/or radiation.
This therapy may also be used to help control pain and bleeding when a cure is no longer possible.
If you are diagnosed with cervical cancer, follow your doctor's
Finding and treating precancerous tissue in the cervix is the best way to prevent cervical cancer. Talk to your doctor about when you should have pelvic exams and Pap tests done. Another good approach is to reduce your risk of exposure to the HPV virus. There are currently two methods to do this:
The Pap test is used to screen for cervical cancer. It is also used to detect cervical dysplasia. The doctor collects a sample of cells from the cervix to be tested. The doctor can also screen for HPV by testing the sample of cells.
If you are a healthy woman, many professional health organizations offer these recommendations for screening:
You will need to have Pap tests done more often if you have abnormal results or certain conditions, like a weak immune system or a history of cervical dysplasia or cervical cancer. Talk to your doctor about the right screening schedule for you.
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National Cancer Institute
National Cervical Cancer Coalition
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ACOG Practice Bulletin 76: Postpartum hemorrhage.
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Cervical cancer.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/. Updated May 30, 2012. Accessed February 1, 2013.
Cervical cancer. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
http://dynaweb.ebscohost.com/Detail.aspx?docid=/dynamed/5d5af1133f960918852562d80052842f&sid=1b39bdd7-58b5-4858-8cd7-f14f4c50426b@SRCSM2. Updated November 28, 2012. Accessed February 1, 2013.
Cervical cancer homepage. National Cancer Institute website. Available at:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/cervical. Accessed February 1, 2013.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. National Cancer Institute website. Available at:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/prevention/HPV-vaccine/. Accessed February 1, 2013.
Saslow D, Soloman D, Lawson H, et al. American Cancer Society, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, and American Society for Clinical Pathology screening guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer.
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
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Sawaya GF. Cervical-cancer screening: new guidelines and the balance between benefits and harms.
N Engl J Med. 2009;361(26):2503-2505.
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The Atomic Athletic Lifting Harness is custom designed to fit each lifter. This harness looks almost exactly like the one Grimek is wearing on the cover of the Mark Barry Barbell Course. It has two layers dark 3" wide leather with nylon webbing stitched into the center. Grimek is said to have loved harness lifting, but couldn't get enough weight on the harness before it broke. Obviously, Grimek didn't have Nylon. Regardless, he supposedly did over 2000lbs. This one was designed and produced by one of the foremost Amish draft horse harness makers in the world. It does not come with chains.
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Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - Peyton Manning threw for 301 yards with a
touchdown and Trindon Holliday returned a kick for a score for the second
straight week as the Denver Broncos downed the Carolina Panthers, 36-14.
Tony Carter also returned an interception for a score as part of a dominant
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Manning completed 27-of-38 passes, including nine to Demaryius Thomas for 135
Cam Newton went 21-for-36 through the air with a pair of touchdown passes to
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It's a very bad think to speak evil of the dead. Yet in the case of Detestable North Korean Tyrant, Kim Jong IL, there is a factual limit to the non-derogatory things I can say. Just this weekend, he did the people of his long-suffering and benighted nation a serious favor. That's it. I'm out of pleasantries for the funeral oration. Now it's on to | Read More »


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Sounds like you have a good plan. I'm thinking of getting the kit for my mount or the MiniTower. Please, let us know what you think of it.
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If you have any questions about the install I would be happy to guide you. Just drop a PM to me and we can take it from there. I may have some pictures that will help.
I'm waiting for word from iOptron that I can go down and pick up my Mini Tower. They should be shipping around the middle of July.
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I added the GPS option for added accuracy. It gives you the most accurate time and your location to the exact second. Acquisition is very fast!
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Thank you for the support. I will have to admit that on my older CG-5 it was necessary for me to modify the housing a bit. All I had to do was take Mr. Dremel tool and cut a notch to allow for the RA drive gear to fit in correctly. I'll attempt to attach a picture. The process took minutes and the rest was so easy that I should feel guilty, but, I don't! LOL
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Ya know, I was toying with the exact idea of going out and getting a Dremel tool kit for that same task! It was going to be my excuse to the wife in getting one!
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Good luck with your new venture.
Posted 15 May 2008 - 05:30 PM
I installed the kit on my GPD2 a while back. The only installation issue I had was that I had to shim the DEC motor to get the spur gears to mesh properly. If you need details or a picture, PM me.
I am satisfied with the kit overall. With a decent alignment and a carefully leveled mount, the gotos are very good, but with a near miss once in a while. If you're trying to goto a dim object, it helps to center and synch to a nearby bright object first.
The hand controller is nice, I like the 8-line display. The only thing I really miss from my old Meade Autostars is the "Guided Tour" function.
Good luck with the install!
Posted 15 May 2008 - 05:39 PM
Clear Skies.
Posted 16 May 2008 - 05:46 PM
If anyone needs help or has questions just drop me a PM and I'll fill you in on what I am doing.
Oh! WirelessDude: The secret is to use the fiberglass reinforced disks!!!
Posted 21 May 2008 - 03:41 PM
It did come with a printed manual which will get me started and a CD with update info. Nice little touch that.
The brass gears have now been changed for a harder alloy gears(so the manual said) I think with the weight and feel that they could be steel of some description.Not fitted them yet.
The motors are a '540' can ferrite motor so I hope they are well supressed. Again,not got that far yet.
Also in the kit was a lead to connect to a PC. They have now gone to a USB instead of RS232, better idea that I think. There is a driver for this on the CD.
Not got into ASCOM drivers yet. I have seen info that there has been problems with this and a fix is on the way.
Will post again when I've done a setup.
Posted 21 May 2008 - 06:07 PM
You should find it to be pretty easy. Yes, the gears that were used on the GOTOSTAR as well as the RS-232 have been replaced. The GOTONOVA now has very hard alloy gears and a USB connection, instead.
We will certainly look forward to your report.
Posted 21 May 2008 - 06:38 PM
should prove interesting if any of the software will run on my Vista machine. It does mention XP.I moved from a Mac to a Vista PC never used XP.Looking around now for a power source.
How's the 'new venture' coming along?
Posted 22 May 2008 - 01:33 PM
With that in mind, the ASCOM drivers will work, eventually. However, Vista may be a bit of a bummer. I cannot tell you how well the drivers will work with Vista, let alone, any other software.
The new venture is going. As I expected, it's a bit slow to get started, but, I'd rather build up than be overwhelmed. Thank you for asking.
Let me know if I can do anything for you.
Posted 22 May 2008 - 04:42 PM
good to hear you're up and running.Are you or have you a website yet? I have only heard good things from some of your customers. That's always good to hear.
See I never mentioned V****
Posted 23 May 2008 - 03:47 PM
Thank you!
Yes, I have a web site. If you send me a PM I will provide send you a link. I'm suggesting this because the CENSORS on CN frown upon my giving it out in these posts. At least, that is what I have been lead to believe.
I appreciate the compliments from you and whomever with you spoke. I am trying very hard to make certain that I only offer the very best items and sevices.
I noticed that you left the "V" word out! LOL
Posted 24 May 2008 - 12:00 PM
I don't see a problem with supplying a link to a website. If you provide good service that's what we all want on CN.
What I have noticed during the past 12 months is that some people really slag off Bill Gates and Microsoft and nothing is said. As soon as someone mentions a vendor or manufacturer they have had a problem with they get jumped on.
Go on Steve give us a link to someone who cares about customer service.
The customer of yours I spoke to was a wicked woman from Groton
Posted 24 May 2008 - 08:19 PM
OK! You asked for it! The web site is: www.Trapeziumtelescopes.com. It is a work in progress, so, be gentle with it! LOL Feel free to pass it around and if I can be of service to anyone, I most certainly will do my best.
NOW I know with whom you spoke!! LOL
Clear skies,
Posted 25 May 2008 - 12:00 PM
Good luck in the new venture.
Posted 26 May 2008 - 05:35 PM
The customer of yours I spoke to was a wicked woman from Groton
My ears are burning and now I know why.
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The World | The international community and the war on terror
"Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [America's] heart, her benedictions, and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy."
-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, in a July 4, 1821, address to Congress
"Our enemies send other people's children on missions of suicide and murder. They embrace tyranny and death as a cause and a creed. We stand for a different choice, made long ago, on the day of our founding. We affirm it again today. We choose freedom and the dignity of every life."
-President George W. Bush, Jan. 29, 2002
Sooner or later everyone turns on a hero. The court of world opinion judged President George Bush favorably for his steadying hand during the aftermath of 9/11. He received high marks for routing Osama bin Laden's terrorists in Afghanistan. He stirred a "coalition of the willing"-136 nations-who contributed a laundry list of aid to the fight: from troops (4,000 from the Brits), to Labrador puppies (30 from Australia for bomb detection), to bulldozers (two from Bulgaria).
But as the shadow of terrorism extended into 2002-and with it the global war on terrorism-good will from abroad seemed to come in decreasing supply.
The approbation began when Mr. Bush in his Jan. 29 State of the Union address pointed a finger at North Korea, Iran, and Iraq. "States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world," he said.
Taking the war from rogues in caves to rogues in capitals was more than most U.S. allies were ready to shoulder. Despite evidence that those three countries-and others-support terrorist factions and produce arms for terror attacks, it was Mr. Bush who became the villain-an imperialist president violating the dictum of John Quincy Adams, who declared that America "goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy."
Hubert Vedrine, then French foreign minister, called the Bush position "simplistic" and "absurd." Germany's justice minister compared Mr. Bush to Adolf Hitler. An aide to Canada's prime minister called the president "a moron." Longtime British Conservative Party figure Christopher Patten accused Mr. Bush of moving into "unilateralist overdrive." Europeans who demanded U.S. support to oust Slobodan Milosevic from the Balkans now called on the United States to give Saddam Hussein another chance.
By summer an Egyptian newspaper headlined an editorial this way: "No one would support America if the events of September 11 recurred." Osama bin Laden was last year's threat and Saddam Hussein was a decade ago. In 2002 George W. Bush became the greatest enemy of world peace.
Ironically, a perception that U.S.-led forces had finished the war in Afghanistan turned attention to other venues. In January U.S. forces completed a deafening bombing campaign over Tora Bora, Osama bin Laden's base of operations in the mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan. Soldiers found only four al-Qaeda dead when they moved in, but the bombing campaign was a symbolic end to the reign of terrorists in Afghanistan. Mr. bin Laden and his surviving commanders, officials believe, escaped across the snowline and into Pakistan. The legendary leader did not surface again until a November audiotape, confirmed by experts to be his voice, threatened renewed attacks on the United States and numerous allies.
Despite the less-than-successful manhunt, U.S. forces and their Afghan allies secured key cities, then turned to rebuilding Afghanistan. A council of traditional tribal leaders chose Hamid Karzai as the country's interim president, a post he will keep until national elections in 2004. Mr. Karzai-along with U.S. and UN forces-brought security to the capital city of Kabul, opened schools, and paved the way for reconstruction. Those advances have yet to extend to the whole country, nor did they preclude further fighting.
The worst attack for U.S. forces, in fact, was yet to come. On March 4, seven U.S. soldiers died in the war's most intense week of fighting. Neil C. Roberts, 32, fell from a helicopter as it came under fire from al-Qaeda near Gardez. When follow-on special forces landed near the site, six men died in heavy fighting. Altogether, 29 U.S. soldiers died in 2002, compared to 12 casualties in the Afghanistan war in 2001. Between 1,000 and 3,000 Afghan civilians are believed to have been killed by U.S. bombings.
Covering the war also proved life-threatening. Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journal disappeared in Karachi, Pakistan, in January. His dismembered body was found in May. A Pakistani judge convicted four Islamic militants of the kidnapping and murder in July. Lead perpetrator Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to be hanged. The others received 25 years in prison. All four have filed appeals.
Islamic militants targeted Christians in Pakistan also, killing 40 in 2002. Intruders rolled hand grenades across the floor of the Protestant International Church in Islamabad in March; the explosions killed five, including two Americans. Similar assaults unfolded at other Christian sites, including an international school in Murree, a mission hospital in Taxila, a Catholic school in Punjab, and a legal aid center in Karachi. Al-Qaeda bombed the Macedonian consulate in Karachi in December, killing four Pakistani employees, including a Christian security officer who was knifed before the explosion. "We are very concerned about Christians in Pakistan who are paying a heavy price for being [Christians] and for being considered as allies of the West," said Nasir Saeed of the Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement.
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for attacks on an Israeli hotel, which killed 16 people on Nov. 28, and on an El Al flight in Kenya. The missile strike against El Al missed but provoked new worries about aviation safety. Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Indonesia, Jemaah Islamiyah, was behind a bomb blast in Bali that killed nearly 200 in October-the largest single terrorist incident since Sept. 11.
In the Philippines, an Oct. 2 bombing in the largely Christian southern city of Zamboanga killed four, including a U.S. Marine. Later that month, two bombs exploded in department stores in the same city, killing seven and injuring more than 150. A bomb in Manila tore through a bus, killing three and injuring another 23. These incidents were tied to Abu Sayaaf, the Islamic rebel group that kidnapped and held for over a year New Tribes missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham. Mr. Burnham was killed in a shootout during a June rescue attempt by the Philippine army. His wife survived and was reunited with the couple's three children in the United States.
In Moscow, anti-terror forces caused more deaths than Chechen rebels who took 850 people hostage in a downtown theater. The siege lasted for three days in October. Russian forces finally resorted to an opiate-based gas to flush out the rebels, who claimed to have wired the building with explosives. The gas killed 129 hostages and all 41 Chechens. It left many survivors with lingering sickness.
Despite the flurry of attacks, 2002 was a career-ending year for a significant number of terrorists. Senior al-Qaeda officials taken into U.S. custody include: Abu Zubaydah, captured in Pakistan in March; Omar al-Farouq, captured by Indonesian authorities in June; Ramzi Binalshibh, a Sept. 11 planner who was captured in a raid in Karachi in September; and Saudi citizen Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, believed to be the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing in Oct. 2000 and a key planner of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa. Abu Zubair, another Saudi and senior al-Qaeda member, was captured in Morocco in June. At the naval base in Guantanamo where the United States built a detention camp for terrorists, 600 suspected terrorists remain in custody.
Terrorism overshadowed other once-unimaginable events. At a November summit in the former Eastern Bloc capital of Prague, NATO invited into membership once-communist Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Those countries have proved particularly adept at moving away from their Cold War past.
But parts of the former Soviet empire slid back in 2002. Belarus hit churches with a tough new religion law that makes illegal all unregistered religious activity. It also outlaws any church activity of fewer than 20 members and religious activity in private homes. Churchgoers who protested the law in downtown Minsk were detained.
Slouching toward Cold War posture in the West are Venezuela and Brazil. Brazil's newly elected leftist president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, promised to turn his country into a nuclear power (notwithstanding a $30 billion loan Brazil recently begged from the International Monetary Fund). Mr. da Silva, a former union leader and Communist, is close to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, the firebrand president of Venezuela. Mr. Chavez survived a coup attempt in April. He could be on his way out after failing to end a crippling nationwide strike that drove up world oil prices in December. Mr. Chavez boasts of attending conferences with Latin American terrorists, including Tupac Amaru rebels in Peru, and FARC guerrillas of Colombia who have targeted Christian workers.
Muslim law in Nigeria caused increasing problems for Christians. Twelve northern states have now adopted Shariah, the Islamic legal code, in defiance of the country's constitution and its Christian president, Olusegon Obasanjo. Polarization extends to the streets. Kaduna now resembles 1980s Beirut, observers say, for its religious divide. More than 200 people were killed when Muslims rioted because the city was hosting the Miss World pageant. In nearby Zamfara state, Muslim clerics issued a death warrant against Kaduna journalist Isioma Daniel. They say she sparked the violence by suggesting that the Prophet Muhammad would probably have married one of the Miss World contestants if he were alive. Ms. Daniel fled to the United States.
Sudan's Islamic government wants to prove a leopard can change its spots. Khartoum entered into ceasefire and peace negotiations with southern rebels in compliance with the Sudan Peace Act signed by Mr. Bush in October. But even as talks first got underway in neighboring Kenya, Khartoum forces attacked civilian sites in southern Sudan. The government halted flights of grain and other necessities into the south, causing fear of widespread starvation, but officials lifted the flight ban after nine days. That was long enough to demonstrate Khartoum's willingness to use food for political purposes-and its veto power over UN operations in the war-shattered south.
Sudan took steps to curry favor with the United States in the war on terror. A shelter to Osama bin Laden until 1996, the Khartoum government pled for debt forgiveness and an increase in diplomatic relations in exchange for intelligence on al-Qaeda activities in the Red Sea region.
Other terror-linked nations won't easily erase their spots. North Korea's communist leaders acknowledged that they have been secretly developing nuclear weapons for years. The program violates a 1994 deal with the Clinton administration in which North Korea offered to abandon nuclear development in exchange for food, fuel, and nuclear power-plant construction. Since 1995 the United States has provided more than $500 million in food and other commodities under the deal. Thai officials say Pyongyang has been selling donated rice for a profit on the world market while many North Koreans are starving.
North Koreans fleeing hunger and persecution into northeast China increased. Dozens defied Chinese policy demanding their return, using an underground railroad of house churches to make their way to Beijing, where they found asylum in Western embassies.
The forces of moderation in Iran that came to power five years ago have done little to bend its powerful fundamentalist theocracy-the founding fathers of Islamic terrorism now threatening the West. Tehran's mullahs continue to squelch religious freedom and to support terrorism. But a grassroots movement of resentment and protest is brewing against them. Iran sheltered fleeing Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives who crossed its border from Afghanistan. Tehran continues to finance Hezbollah, which carries out attacks against Israel from its stronghold in south Lebanon. In March Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said his group was trying to smuggle Katyusha rockets into the West Bank.
Terrorist backing from Iran, Syria, and Iraq allowed Palestinians to continue another year of intifada against Israel. Arms caches and suicide bombings-which have killed nearly 700 since they began in 2000-prompted Israel to seize the headquarters of Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat in April. Israeli forces took back Palestinian territory in the West Bank and Gaza, including Bethlehem. Nearly 2,000 Palestinians have been killed in two years of fighting.
War weariness is fracturing hard-line leadership on both sides. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon likely faces a tough reelection against dovish newcomer Amram Mitzna. Palestinian leaders at the same time are breaking with Mr. Arafat, most recently West Bank security chief Jibril Rajoub and former Arafat deputy Mahmoud Abbas. They say Mr. Arafat's decision to allow Islamic militant groups to set the course for Palestinians is a mistake.
The Middle East stalemate hinged the yearlong war that wasn't: Iraq. Pentagon planners in January began briefing the president on strike options against Saddam Hussein. Circumstantial evidence suggests that Saddam Hussein may have been behind the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, and thereby also at the controls on Sept. 11. But of more immediate concern to the Pentagon have been reports on frightening arms production. Saddam's former chief nuclear scientist, defector Khidir Hamza, said Iraq needs only fissile material to produce a nuclear bomb. Another Iraqi defector testified to visiting at least 20 different sites in Iraq associated with all three classes of mass terror weapons-nuclear, chemical, and biological.
"Saddam Hussein's regime is a grave and gathering danger," Mr. Bush told the United Nations General Assembly on the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. "To suggest otherwise is to hope against the evidence."
Despite a potent buildup of U.S. forces in the Gulf, and an October congressional resolution authorizing the president to use them, the Pentagon strategies foundered on the shoals of multilateralism. Allies demanded that any action against Iraq come through the UN. For a time, at least, the United States and Great Britain are going along. So the world body kickstarted its own attempt to curb Saddam, passing a resolution in November that sent UN weapons inspectors back to Baghdad ahead of any military solution.
The deal bought time for Saddam, but also restored support for Mr. Bush. Germany-with France the president's harshest critic-announced its "moral duty" to protect Israel. It will provide Patriot anti-missile systems for Israel's defense against Iraqi missile attacks. Turkey dropped objections to U.S. warplanes basing military assaults from its bases.
Little noted in the heat of war, Mr. Bush rescued retailers and gift-conscious Americans heading into the holidays. By executive decision, he invoked the Taft-Hartley Act to bring an end to a September labor dispute that shut down West Coast ports where one-fifth of imported U.S. merchandise arrives. The lockout and a slowdown by longshoremen set back retail shipments from Asia by weeks. Had Mr. Bush not acted in time, the shipments would have been delayed right past the holiday shopping season. If the campaign against Iraq makes Mr. Bush an enemy of world peace, at least the president did not stand in the way of Christmas.


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A guard that, when an arrow is shot, protects the arm from being hit by the bowstring.
Arrows have a maximum diameter of 9.3 millimetres, although, for faster flight and less wind drift, most are as small as 5.5 millimetres. Each arrow must be marked with the competitor's name or initials, while archers use distinctive colours for the nocks and vanes to distinguish their arrows.
The bow's draw weight is around 22 kilograms (48 pounds) for men, and over 17 kg (38 lbs.) for women. The bow consists of a riser and two limbs.
The string of a bow.Most strings are made of high-tech polyethylene fibres, which are stronger than steel.
Plastic or leather, to keep clothing out of the way and to protect against a bowstring at release from injuring the body.
A flat piece of leather worn as a guard to protect the finger when the arrow releases.
The real or artificial feathers at the back of an arrow designed to make it fly straight.
The handle of the bow.
A container for holding arrows, usually worn around the waist.
The attachment on the rear end of an arrow that holds it in place on the bowstring.
A mechanical device placed on the bow to help the archer aim; also called a "bowsight".
A weight mounted on the bow to stabilise it during and after a shot.
The target is 1.22 metres (48 inches) in diameter, but, to the archer, standing those 70 metres (86.4 yards) away, it appears about the size of a thumbtack held at arm's length. The centre of the target stands 1.3 metres above the ground. The centre ring is 12.2 centimetres (4.8 in.) in diameter. There is also a smaller X10-ring, which is 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in.) in diameter. It does not give extra point, but it serves as tie-breaker for the archers during qualifications or for world record.


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It has been one week since the city of York officially appointed a new chief of police. Chief Ricky Thomas said his goal is to crack down on crime, especially illegal drug activity.
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With the cooperation of several law enforcement agencies, last week York Police conducted a drug roundup that resulted in 10 felony arrests.
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(Le Mars) -- Le Mars Police are investigating an accident involving a motorcycle and a pick-up truck. The accident happened at about 12:45 p.m. this (Tuesday) afternoon on Industrial Road near the Prospect Intersection. A preliminary investigation shows the motorcycle, driven by 25 year old Nicholas Weber of Le Mars, collided with the pick-up truck driven by 70 year old Larry Beckmann of Remsen. Beckmann was crossing the road near the Quality Truck Wash when Weber collided with the pick-up truck. Weber sustained serious injuries. He was first transported to Floyd Valley Hospital, but was then airlifted by helicopter and flown to Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. Beckmann did not report any injuries. Assisting at the accident scene were the Le Mars Ambulance Service, Le Mars Fire Department, and the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department.
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