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|Written by Darci Tomky
Christmas traditions get a little sweeter
Christmas is all about traditions, and I love how every family develops their own quirky traditions for the holidays.
Every household is probably a little bit different, whether you watch "A Christmas Story" five million times in a row, sit around the fireplace reading about the birth of Jesus or spend time in the kitchen, baking cookies to put out for Santa.
You might open presents on Christmas Eve like my family, but I can bet that your dad doesn't serenade you with "Frosty the Snowman!" (The only song he happens to remember how to play on the accordion!)
The much-anticipated Christmas morning doesn't escape tradition either. Maybe the smells of homemade cinnamon rolls remind you of waking up on Christmas morning, eager to open presents, or maybe your family always cooks up something to take to Grandma's for Christmas brunch.
Monkey bread is a perfect tradition to adopt for Christmas, so I dug out this easy recipe from my mom's recipe box. The ooey gooey cinnamon/sugar bread comes in bite-sized pieces you can pick at until you can't stuff in one more piece! It's making my tummy grumble just thinking about it!
If you're looking for something a little less sweet, be sure to try this egg strata recipe. It's one of my favorites when it comes to breakfast casseroles, and it will feed a lot if you've got a household of company. (And you can throw it together the day before!)
The recipe actually comes from Holyoke's centennial 1988 recipe book, submitted by Lois Schlachter. She said it was always used for the senior class breakfast, so it must be really good! The recipe calls for ham, but you can use any kind of breakfast meat that you like.
Merry Christmas and happy cooking!
Easy Monkey Bread
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cans refrigerated biscuits
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
Butter and flour bundt pan. Mix sugar and cinnamon together. Cut biscuits in quarters. Roll in sugar and cinnamon mixture. Drop in pan. Mix remaining sugar and cinnamon mixture with melted butter and pour over biscuits. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool in pan about 10 minutes and turn out onto a plate.
Egg Strata
15 slices bread, trim crusts and cube
3 cups bite-size ham
8-oz. grated cheddar cheese
8-oz. grated Swiss cheese
6 beaten eggs
3 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups corn flakes, crushed
Arrange half of bread in buttered 9x13-inch pan. Layer half the ham and cheeses. Repeat layers. Combine milk, eggs and seasoning; pour over all. Top with crushed corn flakes. Seal with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. The next morning, remove plastic wrap and bake in a 350-degree oven for 50-60 minutes. Let stand 15-20 minutes before serving.
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The mission of the MS-IS degree program at Tarleton State University is to develop students' current knowledge in the Information Systems/Technology (IS/IT) management field, to enhance their depth and breadth of technical knowledge, their analytical, problem-solving, and decision making skills, and to prepare graduates for success in their careers. The MS-IS is not a technological degree per se, but rather a degree to support professionals in business environments who have responsibility for managing or decision-making relative to IS/IT resources, operations, and personnel. It has a clear focus on IS/IT resources and systems supporting the business purposes of organizations. The student population in this program ranges in background from current IS/IT professional practitioners, to recent graduates from undergraduate studies, to professionals in allied business fields who seek to develop more depth in the IS/IT management field for career enhancement or change.
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2001 Honda Prelude Remains a Favorite Among Driving Enthusiasts
With its sleek styling, advanced engine technology and excellent handling, the 2001 Prelude is an ideal sports coupe for drivers who want to experience the exciting characteristics of Honda's prestigious motorsports tradition.
A favorite of automotive enthusiasts, the Honda Prelude has the highest brand loyalty of any Honda product. About 75 percent of all Prelude buyers have previously owned a Honda or Acura product.
The Prelude's 2.2-liter, VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control) engine generates 156 foot-pounds of torque. As a result, the DOHC (Dual Overhead Cam) 4-cylinder offers 200-horsepower with a standard manual transmission and 195-horsepower with a 4-speed automatic.
An optional feature on the Prelude with automatic transmission is Sequential SportShift, combining the hands-on excitement and performance of a manual transmission with the effortlessness and driving convenience of an automatic.
New for 2001, child safety seat tether anchors have been added to the rear seats of the Prelude. In addition, an emergency trunk opener and floor mats are standard on all 2001 Preludes.
Highlighting Honda's Active Torque Transfer System (ATTS), the Prelude Type SH decreases vehicle understeer while cornering by regulating power to the front wheels during turns to supply virtually neutral handling characteristics. Using a smooth-shifting 5-speed manual transmission, the SH driver is given complete influence over the high-output 2.2-liter engine.
The Prelude is designed with energy-absorbing front and rear crush zones. The Prelude also features dual airbags, impact-absorbing front and rear bumpers, energy-absorbing steering column and instrument panel, and three-point seatbelts.
Standard equipment on all Prelude models include 4-wheel disc brakes with anti-lock braking system (ABS); power windows, mirrors and door locks; remote keyless entry system; alloy wheels; cruise control; air conditioning with micron filter; power moonroof with tilt feature; adjustable steering column; a height adjustable driver's seat; 12-volt power outlet; and front and rear cup holders.
Providing exceptional sound quality, the 2001 Prelude's 6-speaker, AM/FM/CD stereo system is outfitted with a 120-watt Acoustic Feedback (AFB) System. AFB provides its outstanding sound quality by using small built-in microphones in the rear speakers to sample ambient cabin sound, measure it against the original electronic signal and adjust for any distortion.
Both "Electron Blue" and "Satin Silver" have been added to the Prelude's exterior color pallet. The 2001 Honda Prelude will reach showrooms in mid-September 2000.


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If you want another kitty story, my cat "Elly" and I were interviewed
for an article on cats and houseplants
for this month's Humane Society Magazine
These are awesome! My kids like to pretend to be cats and dogs....now I have a new activity for them! ;). I've never owned a cat, it must be so awesome to watch them paint on the iPad!
So cute!!!!
That's so wild! I shared it on my facebook wall.
This is hilarious and so creative! :) Love it!
I have never seen anything like that..thanks for sharing and giving me a smile today!
Love it! From one crazy cat lady to another....this is so fun. My cats would only create if I left it up to them to do so. They do leave me lovely paintings of muddy footprints in the bath tub.
Oh - that is so wonderful!
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Tue May 12 13:15:00 EDT 2009, Maragojiipe, Bahia, Brasil
Sun May 10 11:56:13 EDT 2009, Maragojiipe, Bahia, Brasil
Fog lifting as the sun rises
Thu May 7 11:45:58 EDT 2009, Maragojiipe, Bahia, Brasil
We had a very brief conversation with the girl in the picture, but you really need to be pretty good at Portuguese to do much talking in rural Brazil.
Tue May 5 15:25:24 EDT 2009, Maragojiipe, Bahia, Brasil
Charter sailboat in Maragojiipe. Similar rig (mast from tree) and hull (very wide) to working sailboats.
Could you take time to add a bit of context/history to the posts. Very few words (one additional sentence) would add a bunch for the viewer and in the future when you go back and write your memoirs every small word will be a catalyst for a flood of memories.
thanks again,
no job is too hard for the person that doesn't have to do it!
Fri May 1 19:01:00 EDT 2009, Maragojiipe, Bahia, Brasil
Different kind of house pet.
Fri May 1 19:00:00 EDT 2009, Maragojiipe, Bahia, Brasil
Loading bricks onto a working sailboat in the wonderfully relaxed market town of Maragojiipe on the Rio Paraguacu. I don't understand why the sails were left up while the boat was at the dock, but the wind was light.
Thu Apr 30 12:25:24 EDT 2009
Anchored in the tranquil waters of Rio Paraguacu.
Thu Apr 30 11:00:25 EDT 2009, Salvador, Brazil
Pelhouinho street scene.
Wed Apr 29 18:32:29 EDT 2009, Itaparica, Bahia, Brasil
This is a fairly common type of fishing boat in Bahia de Todos Santos, Bahia, Brasil, which go out pretty much every day.
Wed Apr 29 0:00:00 EDT 2009, Salvador, Brazil
Pelourinho area of Salvador


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Justin Smoak went 2-for-2 with three RBI and three runs scored while Michael
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the Mariners. Brandon Maurer gave up six hits and a walk with seven strikeouts
over five innings.
Homer Bailey was pounded for nine runs -- eight earned -- on nine hits with a
pair of walks in just 3 1/3 innings for the Reds. Zack Cozart had two of the
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44 Inch Chest
Release Date: January 15, 2010
Running Time: 91 mins.
MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife's infidelity. However, he has friends who do more than stand by - they kidnap the wife's French lover and hold him prisoner so that Colin can restore his manhood with revenge. A kangaroo court takes place while Loverboy's life hangs in the balance. Colin wrestles with revenge, remorse, grief and self pity, all the while egged on by his motley crew of friends who just want him to get on with it so they can get to the pub.
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That's some dynamic lighting, nice stuff.
For a Fantasy Hero scenario I plan to run in the near future, I've started working on a paper model in 25mm scale for miniatures. The scenario is set at night during a thunderstorm, so I'm using lighting effects on all the textures to simulate this. I'm using Photoshop for the maps and textures and Lightwave as a guide to lighting.
Here's a youtube video of a walkthrough of the ground floor of the 3D model I created-
3D render of inn-
3D render of ground floor-
Groundfloor without lighting-
Groundfloor with lighting-
That's some dynamic lighting, nice stuff.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps
Nifty touch with the youtube clip. So you're going to unfold the 3d model and print it on heavy paper with tabs to glue it together?
Neat stuff...
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
Unless otherwise stated by me in the post, all work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Looks pretty coolio
Daniel the Neon Knight: Campaign Cartographer User
Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice!
Any questions on CC3? Post them with CC3 in the Subject Line!
MY 'FAMOUS' CC3 MAPS: Thunderspire; Pyramid of Shadows; King of the Trollhaunt Warrens; Demon Queen's Enclave
I'm not going with straight 3D renders as textures, but will be using them as guides and creating the textures in photoshop. Mostly because the shadows are too sharp
Excellent work, I'll give you some Rep. for your efforts.
In exchange I give you the hires version (actually just because I re-found it on my hard drive and got around to putting it on my website)
It's 3mb in size
Hey Curufea! Fancy meeting you over here. This map is just rockin'. Thanks for posting it over here.
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Trucking spot market seeing gains from tight capacity
March 14, 2011
As truck tonnage levels show decent annual growth levels with capacity remaining tight, it does not come as a surprise to see the trucking spot market continue running along at a swift level.
That is the consensus from TransCore which said in a recent release that truckload freight availability increased by 12 percent for the week ending March 5, according to traffic in its TransCore TrendLines report.
The firm reported that load volumes increased for all equipment types for the week ending March 5, with a 15 percent gain in freight designated for vans, while truckload freight capacity fell by 5 percent on the spot market week-over-week, showing how truckload capacity remains tight. TransCore also pointed out that the load-to-truck ratio for dry and reefer vans was up 22 and 23 percent, respectively, with the ratio for flatbeds up 15 percent.
This data follows recent updates from the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Cass Information systems that are viewed as two of the biggest benchmarks for trucking market conditions.
The Cass Information Systems Freight Index was down in both December and January. But February shipments at 1.036 were up 11.4 percent year-over-year and up 4.6 percent compared to January's 1.010.
The ATA's advance seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage index was up 3.8 percent in January on the heels of December's revised 2.5 percent (from an original 2.2 percent) gain. These gains were preceded by November's revised 0.6 percent decline (up from -0.1 percent) and a cumulative 2.8 increase over September and October. And on an annual basis, the SA index was up 8 percent compared to January 2010, which the ATA said is the largest increase since April 2010.
"The spot market is the segment of the market that is under the most stress," said Noel Perry, FTR Associates Managing Director and Senior Consultant. "And March is the beginning of the seasonal spike in volumes, so I would expect to see what we are seeing now in the spot market."
Perry added that at the moment on the supply side there is a belief that smaller fleets that made up a high portion of spot market capacity are the ones that are most targeted during the downturn, which, in turn, leads to restricted supply. What is happening with the spot market now, he noted, is a reflection of the upturn in the economy coupled with capacity tightening.
A report from Donald Broughton, an analyst at Avondale Partners, stated that the Avondale Truckload Spot Market Index is also showing that capacity is relatively tight, although it has leveled off in recent months.
"While it remains at nominally high levels and is showing ~60% YoY growth, the current directional trend suggests contract rate increases in the mid to low single digits, rather than the high single digit increases expected by some," wrote Broughton. "Rate increases in low to mid single digits are certainly a positive for the TL carriers, however me remain cautious given that cost headwinds (i.e. driver pay, fuel, equipment) may offset much of the gains seen from pricing."
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Polymer Char has announced the development of an automated 4D gel permeation chromatography (GPC/SEC) system with improved infrared (IR) detectors to measure the composition and molar mass of polyolefins.
The GPC-IR instrument incorporates features such as full integration of the new IR detector IR5 MCT, with high sensitivity and stability to measure both concentration and composition. Other detectors such as a four capillary bridge viscometer and a multi-angle light scattering detector for long chain branching (LCB) can be coupled to the GPC-IR. The system automates sample preparation steps, including the initial vials filling, as well as an in-line filtration with blackflush cleaning. As a result, neither vials transfer nor manual solvents handling is required at any moment throughout the analytical process.
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To dream, to seek, to buy...and then to do
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So the yarn sits in the closet next to the two needlepoint projects I abandoned sometime in the mid-'80s and just under the drawer where I stored my collage materials: canvas, gels, paints, various bent nails, torn papers, old leaves and general trash I scavenged from the sidewalk for my artwork. Being a consumer somehow trumps being a doer. It's so much easier to invest in a good idea than to really follow through.
I think about getting back to bike riding. I feel committed. Good idea, good exercise, good for my leg muscles. How can I start such an important project with an old bicycle? So I buy a new one, and a helmet and a basket and various water bottles, because heaven knows I'll get dehydrated on my long rides. You know what happens. The bicycle clocked fewer miles than my running shorts.
Rampant, pointless consumerism, I tell you. Good intentions with no follow-through.
Do you have a story to share? Because I have several. I plan a hiking adventure in Montana — nothing terribly strenuous, but definitely requiring some gear. I think about it for weeks, study Outside magazine and imagine myself chugging along a trail, backpack firmly in place, bear bells twinkling in the cool, light air. I buy stuff: hiking boots and packs and dried food and headlights and blister cream. I buy wool socks and silk underwear and shirts that wick away moisture. By the time I've finished preparing, I have pretty much sublimated any desire to actually go out and exert myself, especially at 10,000 feet in territory that is home to grizzly bears.
Besides, these days it is so easy to do the buying part of the project. You don't even have to leave your room to purchase everything you need for a month-long hike. Click, click, click and you're halfway to Glacier Park. The other half, the buying of the tickets, the actually planning of the trip, not to mention the carrying of a 30-pound pack up a trail, becomes daunting.
Of course, among the many false starts, there have been a few notable exceptions. When I was home raising babies in the early '70s, I took up both cake decorating and Chinese cooking. I bought bowls and frosting mixes, piping tips in many sizes, books of decorating ideas, a number of expensive pans, tins and, of course, a Cuisinart mixer.
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NYC Gitmo Trials, What's the risk?
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Khalid Sheik Mohammed is among 5 terror suspects in connection with 9/11 that will be due for trial for New York in the near future in a Civilian court, a move that many Americans are finding quite controversial. This issue may play a major factor in the outcome of the midterm elections next year in light of recent polls that have been released. Only 29% of Americans approve of the president's decision. Those who oppose it, which is clearly more than half do for good reason. The consequence of putting these terrorists into civilian courts is the much more strict constitutional guidelines that subsequently take effect.
Now the administration has come and is promising Americans that these people will be brought to justice and will not be released onto America soil in the off-chance they are acquitted. We'll unfortunately we saw in a 2007 Appeals court ruling that indefinite detainment of Terrorists legally on American soil is not allowed. Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri was ordered to be released by the court during the Bush administration because since he was being detained on American soil, constitutional law then applied. This is overlooked but will acts as a strong precedent because of its proximity in history to this event.
How can we trust then that there is not a risk of this happening again with the detainees being brought in to be tried in civilian courts?
The answer is, We can't. There is concern being raised that they might be released on technically. Now although this is seemingly very unlikely, let's take a look at a couple different routes defense attorneys could go about arguing that point. Since the constitution applies, they could bring up the grievances on the fact that Mohammed was detained for 6 years which stands in violation of the rules for a fair trial. They could also contend the likelihood that they could actually assemble an impartial jury. Now, depending on how receptive the judge is of those arguments will be a major player in the outcome of that trial, but it's definitely something to watch.
The idea that these people who have been detained for war crimes against this county would be given civilian constitutional rights is an abomination against our constitution. It is unprecedented in history. If you weigh in the absolute atrocities being committed against our troops overseas today, its amazing to think that we'd even consider returning any kind of favor to them. Not to mention the fact that these people have openly professed that they would return to their militant ways upon release because they think they are religiously driven. You can't change them, so it's ludicrous to undergo that kind of risk.


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WASHINGTON – The holiday season means outdoor ice skating with Washington landmarks as a backdrop, along with several other options for fun on the ice.
Outdoor Ice Rinks in the D.C. Area
Sculpture Garden Ice rink 7th St. and Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC.
The ice skating rink will close at 5:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Eve. The Gallery and Sculpture Garden are closed on Christmas and New Years Day.
Admission: (two-hour sessions, beginning on the hour)
Skate Rental: $3.00 (ID required)
Canal Park Ice Rink 202 M Street, SE Washington, DC 20003
Open 11 a.m. To 7 p.m. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Open 11 a.m. To 6 p.m. New Years Eve and 11 a.m. To 9 p.m. New Years Day.
Skate Rental: $3
Washington Harbor Ice Rink 3050 K Street NW Washington, DC
Open all holidays.
Skate Rental: $5.00
Silver Spring Ice Skating at Veterans Plaza 8523 Fenton Street Silver Spring, Md.
Ice Skate Rental:$3
Rockville Town Square Ice Rink 200 E Middle Lane Rockville, Md.
Extended hours on holidays.
Skate Rentals: $3
Pentagon Row Outdoor Ice Skating 1201 South Joyce Street, Arlington, VA 22202
*If there are Ice Rentals we will close at 7pm and re open at 9pm (Sundays and Thursdays)
Holiday Hours:
Rental Skates: $3
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Rock Climbing Training: Using a Weight Belt For Training
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The answer to your question lies in the type of climbing that you are training for, and specifically, the type of endurance you need to develop.
The obvious use for weight belts is system training, where you make each move progressively harder each session simply by adding weight in small increments (of say 1 or 2 pounds) at a time.
Endurance training, in contrast to system, or power training, is all about maximizing volume (or number of moves). Clearly, the use of a weight belt would compromise the goal in favor of boosting intensity.
If you are training for a 30-pitch vertical marathon on El Cap, there is no point weighing yourself down so that you can only climb for bursts of two minutes before burning out. In this case, the goal would be to maximize the volume of training at all costs, so go easy and do the longest possible stints. It can be tedious work but you may need to do five or six stints of 30 minutes of climbing to train this type of slow-burn stamina.
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We are running Zimbra NE 7.2 on Linux. Licensing question for you, one I have already posed to our account manager and only received links to the documentation that were already combed through.
We have accounts that are to be deleted, the users having departed. This would free up a user account license. But what about the Archive License? Based on my reading I think the Archive license is still consumed until that archive is deleted. So should we wish to regain the license we would need to save off the archive (to be kept for legal and historical retention purposes) to another location then delete it from the server to free up the Archive license. If we needed to access the Archived files we would then create a user and restore the Archive.
Please confirm /correct my assessment or point me in the right direction. Much appreciated as my boss is seeking confirmation of this question since neither of us has ever dealt with Zimbra before and he has to sign off on the upcoming licensing renewal that he inherited and he wishes to be sure it is right for us.


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Yesterday I've decided to give ZD a second chance (I worked with ZD 1 for 3 months but the lack of bidi support forced me to go back to Outlook 2003), and I see no progress has been done on this particular issue.
Can someone tell me if this feature will be ever implemented on this release?


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Update on SpiroSpiro wants to thank all of the lenders who helped him buy what he needed for his hardware store with the previous loan.
Now he is requesting a second loan for a larger amount, and the goal would be almost the same as previous one: to purchase materials and tools useful to the construction industry.
Previous Loan DetailsSpiro, a fifty-four-year-old man and a father of two young daughters, nine and six years old, lived in the countryside up to January of this year when they relocated to a little town in central Albania with a population of approximately 10,000 people. Upon arriving in the town, Spiro realized tha... More from Spiro's previous loan »
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About VisionFund AlbaniaVisionFund Albania is a micro-finance subsidiary of child hunger nonprofit World Vision International. Striving to improve child welfare, the organization offers a variety of loan products designed for rural, traditionally underserved clients and their families. These products include agriculture, business and household improvement loans, as well as "integration loans" targeted to help the poorest, most vulnerable Albanian households acquire value chain resources.
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Testimony :: Adrian Karatnycky
President - Freedom House
Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation that you for inviting me to address this hearing on Ukraine ten years after independence.
I am president of Freedom House, an organization that monitors political right and civil liberties around the world. With support from the US Agency for International Development and private foundations, Freedom House works in a number of societies in transition away from tyranny and toward democratic rule. We maintain offices in six Central and East European countries, including Ukraine, where we promote Polish-Ukrainian collaboration on reform issues and assist Ukraine's pro-reform public policy think tanks.
I believe this broad range of work gives us important firsthand insights into the processes of change in the strategically vital European country that is the subject of today's hearing.
I think that most neutral and objective observers would have to say that in its first decade of independence, the state of freedom in Ukraine and Ukraine's record of progress toward a competitive market economy and an open democratic society has been disappointing.
Disinformation emanating from state television in Ukraine and from some of the broadcast and print media has reached an appalling scale. In recent weeks, many of Ukraine's media have added to their already shameful record of distortion. Media controlled by oligarchic groups conducted a campaign of invective against Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko and his American-born wife by disseminating stories that had originated in Russia. State television was no better. Ukraine's government-owned UT-1 channel reported on a "so-called Brzezinski Plan, which aims to give the U.S., the self-acclaimed bastion of democracy, the capacity to keep Ukraine on a short leash, as well as stifle cooperation with Russia." That preposterous story suggested that the plan, allegedly inspired by former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, had three stages: 1) weakening Mr. Kuchma and empowering Mr. Yushchenko; 2) neutralizing Mr. Yushchenko's presidential rivals; 3) provoking a conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
Such crude propaganda deserves careful monitoring, for it reflects a growing uncertainty and nervousness within segments of the ruling Ukrainian elite. In the coming months, as a power struggle unfolds among forces jockeying for influence at a time when President Kuchma is weakened by scandal and the erosion of support, the media are likely to be a principal tool of unscrupulous power-seeking political forces and journalists are likely to be placed under even more intense pressure and harassment than heretofore.
Last Thursday, ironically the 15th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Ukraine's parliament overwhelmingly passed a "no-confidence" vote against Viktor Yushchenko, the country's highly effective prime minister. The toppling of a reformist prime minister has set in motion of period of intense political jockeying and high uncertainty that may result in the consolidation of political power by several political factions controlled by the country's economic oligarchs.
The removal of Prime Minister Yushchenko (who may stay on as a lame duck for the next two months) was not dictated by economic failure. A former head of the Central Bank, Mr. Yushchenko, was the first effective head of government in the 10-year history of Ukrainian independence. He kept inflation in check and accelerated the privatization of agriculture, while steering the country to a rise in GDP of 6.3% over the last 12 months, eliminating longstanding wage and pension arrearages, and increasing pension payments. Ukraine's industrial production soared, powered by the growth of its food processing and consumer goods sectors.
These policies and accomplishments made Mr. Yushchenko Ukraine's only widely popular political leader. His dismissal was opposed by a 52 percent to 23 percent margin, according to public opinion polls conducted in March. But Mr. Yushchenko's reassertion of control over Ukraine's corruption-riddled energy sector had angered a small group of oligarchs whose political parties represent over 20% of the seats in the country's fractious parliament. The loss of more than $1billion annually in ill-gotten energy receipts led the economic magnates to act.
Parties controlled by oligarchs broke from their fragile alliance with reform parties and joined in a tactical bloc with the country's retrograde Communist party to bring down the government. Their action was facilitated by the growing political weakness of President Leonid Kuchma, who is embroiled in a widening crisis of his own. The president's troubles have been precipitated by a steady flow of revelations of alleged corruption and criminal activity from tapes of what appear to be private conversations he held with his political cronies.
Mr. Chairman, the current crisis in Ukraine is integrally associated with the disappearance and likely murder of the internet journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, whose decapitated and badly decomposed body was found near a town outside of Kiev in November last year.
The Gongadze case has emerged as an international human rights cause celebrate because it embodies all the elements of misrule that ail Ukraine: corruption at the upper echelons of power; harassment, intimidation, and surveillance of the media and democratic groups in opposition to President Leonid Kuchma; and the blatant disregard for the rule of law and the politicization of the upper reaches of the procuratorial, police and security services, which have obstructed justice in this case.
In addition to embodying the many deficiencies in Ukraine' s democracy, the Gongadze case is linked to the "Kuchmagate" tapes. Indeed, the catalyst for Ukraine's political crisis was the disappearance on September 16, 2000 of Mr. Gongadze, whose investigative journalism succeeded in angering the country's small coterie of corrupt oligarchs by reporting on their financial machinations.
On November 16, 2000, a headless and badly decomposed body was found in the town of Tarascha, near Kiev. Gongadze's friends were tipped off to the appearance of a body and obtained information from a preliminary autopsy by a local investigator (later subjected to intimidation by the country's Prosecutor-General) that suggested the body was the journalist's. Within hours of their arrival, the body was surreptitiously removed from the morgue and after several days, it resurfaced in Kiev.
In the days that followed, the Prosecutor General's Office declared the body had been dead far longer than two months. Later government investigators declared the body was too badly decomposed to determine identity. Ukrainian officials also announced there had been sightings of Gongadze in other countries and issued an Interpol alert for the missing journalist. But Gongadze's colleagues and family launched a public campaign and law suits to press authorities for a complete investigation of the body.
The Gongadze case became an issue of great domestic concern and international attention because it galvanized press and human rights groups that feared it was setting a dangerous precedent in a country where numerous journalists are subjected to threats and violence. It assumed politically seismic proportions on November 28th, when the leader of the Socialist Party and former Parliament Speaker opened the doors to Ukraine's greatest political crisis in ten years of post-Soviet independence. Moroz told a stunned parliament he had audiotapes of conversations between Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma, his chief of staff, the head of State Security, and Interior Minister that suggested complicity in the disappearance of the journalist.
The conversations heard by parliament were laced with obscenities, crude humor and even a dose of anti-Semitism. They depicted a President obsessed with muzzling Gongadze and other media critics. At one point, President Kuchma speaks approvingly of deporting Gongadze to Georgia (the reporter had Georgian and Ukrainian roots) and approvingly suggests kidnapping and handing him over to the Chechens. "Grab him, strip him, leave him without his pants, let him sit there, " the voice of the President appears to urge his Interior Minister.
In the tapes, a voice that resembles Kuchma's complains about numerous publications critical of his administration and listens to detailed reports from the security services about efforts to harass and intimidate media critics. At one point, Interior Minister Yuri Kravchenko (since dismissed) reports to Kuchma about an elite unit engaged in dirty tricks and harassment of the media and political opponents. "This unit, their methods, they're without morals, they don't have any principles, " the Interior Minister boasts. "My group is beginning to stifle [Gongadze]. And with your permission I will also talk with [head of the Tax Service Mykola] Azarov," the Minister notes, apparently seeking sanction for harassment through tax inspections. Ukraine's top police official also brags to the President about an act of arson against a distributor of anti-presidential newspapers. Each of these conversations, apparently recorded in the summer of 2000, is corroborated by real events. The opposition newspapers discussed in the conversations had their print runs confiscated by authorities and editors, journalists, and distributors were harassed.
Initially, President Kuchma maintained a silence about the tapes, while his aides declared them fabrications. For six weeks, Ukraine's Prosecutor General claimed the President could not have been taped, as his security system was ironclad. More recently, authorities have acknowledged their authenticity, but this Sunday President Kuchma told CBS "60 Minutes" reporter Steve Kroft that the tapes had been altered to incriminate him, even as he declared that he has not listened to them.
In December and January, the authorities stonewalled on the identity of the headless body. But by February they relented as DNA tests in Russia showed a more than 99.9 percent match and the tape scandal broadened. The source of the tapes was revealed to be Mykola Melnychenko, a 34-year old officer assigned to the President's security detail. Major Melnychenko, a decorated and highly trusted official, claimed he had used a digital recorder to tape the President's conversations over a period of a year-and-a-half. The FBI has now been brought into the case and is attempting to make its own independent determinations of the forensic evidence in the Gongadze case.
Public opprobrium has mounted as the contents of the tapes --which Melnychenko now says consist of many hundreds of hours of conversations--began to filter into Ukraine through US-funded Radio Liberty and through Ukrainian re-reporting of stories by Western newspapers. Ukraine's media, mostly controlled by President Kuchma and a small clique of sympathetic oligarchs, could not ignore the steady flow of sensational revelations.
The tapes released so far--a small portion of the recordings-- include alleged conversations in which a governor offers the President's family a 25 percent share in a factory soon to be privatized. There are discussions between the President and his security and law enforcement ministers about intimidating judges, shutting down the Ukrainian services of Radio Liberty and the BBC, and interfering in criminal investigations. There is a discussion in which the head of the State Tax Administration tells the President how he is covering up of a multimillion-dollar tax fraud by a friendly oligarch. Additional conversations contain explicit orders to ensure local officials deliver the vote Mr. Kuchma wants in the 1999 presidential election.
Because the tapes were digital recordings, their authenticity remains a matter for further inquiry. Western technical experts say it cannot be completely excluded that some portions of the tapes could have been altered at a professional level by a foreign or Ukrainian security service. But the sheer volume of the data suggests that the source is authentic. Moreover, President Kuchma--whose aides at first denied he was taped--now admits that the voice and the crude conversational style are his. He claims the tapes have been altered, however, to include incriminating details. But despite such denials, the behavior of the President's inner circle has only reinforced public sentiments that the conversations are authentic. Indeed, if the tapes are distortions and the subject of a political plot, President Kuchma should do everything in his power to openly and transparently prove this. Regrettably, he has not. Parliamentarians examining the tapes have been harassed and legislation that would empower parliament to have the resources to conduct significant investigations of alleged official crimes and misconduct has been blocked and vetoed by the President.
At the same time, corroboration of some taped conversations has come from parliamentary deputies and journalists whose meetings with the President were recorded.
Polling suggests President Kuchma is well on the way to losing the battle for the hearts and minds of Ukrainians. Today, less than one in eight Ukrainians today believes the President's claim that the tapes are falsifications, while 25 percent are already convinced the tapes are authentic.
At the same time there has been a further decline in Mr. Kuchma's already low approval ratings and an erosion of confidence in Mr. Kuchma to the point that by February 2001, only 11 percent of the public trusts him, while 53 has absolutely no trust in the president. A steep decline in public confidence in the security and law enforcement authorities is also reflected in new polling data. A February 2001 poll by the Socis Company shows that only 5 percent of the population is content with the current state of affairs in Ukraine, while 95 percent registers disapproval.
Frequent demonstration organized by a broad coalition of political parties have drawn up to 20,000 protestors and brought a new generation of student activists to protest politics. These numbers are expected to swell when --after long delay--the funeral of the murdered journalist Gongadze is held.
Tent cities that sprouted around Ukraine in the winter were attacked by unknown groups of thugs (one calling itself the Anarchist Syndicate) and dismantled by police. Several demonstrations have included significant violence, which protest organizers say were incited by plain clothes security operatives infiltrating the opposition ranks. Demonstrations in regional centers have been disrupted. Leaders of the nascent "Ukraine Without Kuchma," the broad-based "Forum for National Salvation," and other opposition groups have been openly followed by plainclothes operatives and surveillance has been reported of oppositionist by operatives using unmarked cars. Anti-Kuchma parliamentarians have been under surveillance by plain clothes operatives in unmarked cars, although the shadowing of legislators is prohibited by Ukrainian law.
Contributing to public anger and cynicism has been the behavior of the authorities--and the conduct and performance of the President --in addressing the crisis.
Indeed, despite declarations from President Kuchma that he wishes to have a thorough investigation of the case, the actions of Ukraine's ministries of internal affairs and national security, the Procurator-General's Office and the Tax Administration suggest they are impeding the search for the truth, refusing to cooperate with the parliament in its oversight functions, and intimidating those involved in independent investigations. And in December 2000, President Kuchma again vetoed a bill on committees that would have given the parliament broad investigative powers and the resources to pursue such inquiries. Instead of supporting parliament's investigative authority, Ukrainian authorities have harassed parliamentary deputies from a special investigative commission on the Gongadze case, and routinely shadowed and intimidated legislative staff involved in investigating the tape scandal. On March 7th, President Kuchma's National Security Council Secretary Yevhen Marchuk (a former KGB general) declared: "No-one else should interfere with the investigation into Gongadze's case…" apart from Ukraine's Prosecutor-General's Office. General Marchuk further charged that " when the parliament put the case on the agenda for public discussions, this inflicted quite serious damage on the investigation".
Despite compelling evidence of obstruction of justice by Prosecutor- General Mykola Potebenko, the President has rejected calls to remove him from office. And despite serious allegations of criminal behavior against the Minister of Interior-- implicated on the tapes in the disappearance of Mr. Gongadze-- there has been no arm's length investigative body established by President Kuchma, even as there is growing evidence of the Interior Ministry's efforts to impede the investigation of the Gongadze case. A forensic scientist examining the DNA evidence in the Gongadze case was intimidated by Ukrainian interior police. And a physician who was assisting in an independent DNA analysis of the Tarashcha corpse is now seeking asylum in the United Kingdom after threats against his life.
While both the interior minister and the head of the state security service have been replaced, there has been no explanation for their removal, no evidence of a transparent investigation, and there have even been suggestions that they may be rewarded with other positions in government.
Three days after it was reported that my organization, Freedom House was assisting the Vienna-based International Press Institute in taking a look at the digital tapes evidence, our Kiev office received a letter from Ukrainian tax authorities announcing an inquiry into Freedom House's office and pro-democracy activities in Ukraine in connection with an unspecified criminal case. Instead of welcoming this and other Western efforts to assist Ukraine's parliament in investigating the matter, President Kuchma has denounced such cooperation. I should note for the record that the head of Ukraine's tax service is simultaneously the head of a political party, the Region's of Ukraine, and a potential candidate for the post of prime minister. Despite his access to the complete financial records of all his potential political rivals and opponents, apparently neither the President nor the Ukrainian parliament appear to see in this any potential conflict of interest or the danger of politicization of the tax inspection services.
If President Kuchma is innocent of the serious abuses of power, he has been extremely ill served by his closest advisors, whose behavior suggests they are intent on covering up serious crimes and abuse of power. Their actions have created the impression of a wide-ranging cover-up.
Moreover, the content of the tapes reinforces what many Ukrainian reformers and foreign governments have long believed, the Mr. Kuchma sits at the top of a corrupt, perhaps, criminal structure of power. Whether he directs this system or is trapped by the structure of corrupt power is a matter of conjecture. What is clear is that President Kuchma and his security officials have tolerated or failed to put in place safeguards that would prevent the wide scale looting of Ukraine's treasury through tax evasion, illegal siphoning of state revenues, and corrupt insider privatization.
For years, the U.S. and other Western government for years had been pressing Mr. Kuchma unsuccessfully to sever his links with allegedly corrupt oligarchs. Indeed, when President Kuchma visited the US in November 1999, the US Embassy refused to issue visas to oligarch Oleksander Volkov, a close ally of the President. Now Mr. Kuchma's callous indifference to alleged corruption in his inner circle is coming home to roost and is reinforcing the belief that he is corrupt himself.
The cascade of sensational revelations is not likely to end. Parliamentary deputy Taras Chornovil (whose father was leader of the Rukh, the civic movement that pressed Ukraine toward independence and who died in an auto crash some believe was an assassination) was told by the President's Representative to Parliament that Mr. Kuchma routinely taped his meetings as a means of record keeping. It may turn out that Major Melnychenko --now somewhere in the United States from which he has received refugee status--may not have recorded Kuchma's conversations surreptitiously, but copied recordings from the Presidential archives. This would explain the dismissal of State Security chief Leonid Derkach-- rumored to have been responsible for setting up the recording system.
In addition to the tapes, reliable sources report that parliamentarians possess documents relating to President Kuchma's own financial accounts and transactions, which they are readying for release at an appropriate moment. Proceedings in a San Francisco court related to the US attorneys indictment of Pavlo Lazarenko, President Kuchma's erstwhile Prime Minister, allege that Mr. Lazarenko transferred over $ 114 million into US bank accounts alone over an 18-month period. Mr. Lazarenko's attorney says he is ready to provide additional revelations on the President Kuchma's financial dealings. Another source may be Mr. Lazarenko's former moneyman Petro Kirichenko, arrested last summer in Tiburon California where he had helped Mr. Lazarenko to purchase a $ 7 million home belonging to the actor Eddie Murphy.
The mounting scandal is of crucial significance. Rather than feeding apathy and indifference, it has become a catalyst for pro-reform civic forces, now organized around a youth- and student-led movement called, "For Truth." These civic forces reflect the emergence in Ukraine of a new generation of activists, many of them emerging from the country's elite campuses. And while civic action and parliamentary opposition will not necessarily lead to the near-term removal of President Kuchma from office (it should be pointed out that he has still not been impeached and charges against him have not been brought in a formal judicial process), it is likely to lead to the emergence of a potentially crucial new factor in Ukraine's political life, a broad coalition committed to honest government.
The ongoing crisis also is contributing to parliamentary and public momentum in favor of diminishing the vast and unregulated power of the Ukrainian presidency. Thus, the crisis can also be the occasion for setting right Ukraine's many deeply flawed institutional arrangements, particularly the imbalance of power between Ukraine's executive, legislative, and judicial power. Central to this effort is a proposal for a new constitutional dispensation that would reconstitute Ukraine as a parliamentary republic. Significantly, draft amendments to the constitution that would redirect power to parliament have now been endorsed by a majority of deputies including leaders of the pro-reform Fatherland Party , the moderate nationalist Ukrainian People's Movement, the Socialists, and the Communists. Support for the amendments by two-thirds of deputies would then set in motion a nationwide referendum on ratification.
What is the way out of Ukraine's crisis and this regrettable state of affairs?
To answer this question, it is important to understand that the problems that plague Ukraine are systemic. They are not the outgrowth only of the personal deficiencies of individual leaders of the country. Moreover, the deficiencies in Ukraine's economic and political development are more than a matter of the legacy of communism or the consequence of the historic denial of Ukraine's statehood, first under the Russian Empire and Poland, and later under the Soviet Union.
The major challenges to Ukraine economic dynamism and full-fledged political freedom are the consequence of two factors: a corrupt, patrimonial economic system and the excessive concentration of unchecked power in executive branch.
The web of corruption that envelops the Ukrainian state and economy is such that it has trapped many of its leaders, possibly including President Leonid Kuchma himself.
Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko, who challenged this system and refused to play by its rules, was subjected to intense attacks by the administration, and by large segments of the oligarchic economic interests.
Today, no less than a quarter of the parliament is a plaything for oligarchs. Parties dominated by oligarchic interests include the United Social Democratic Party, the Labor Ukraine, the Regions of Ukraine party, the Democratic Union, the Green Party, and the Yabloko (Apple) party. Other parties are significantly influenced by economic clans.
Most oligarchic parties, now euphemistically called "political-financial groupings" in Ukraine's media, represent different regional groups and sometimes even represent generationally different networks of economic interest.
Such unprecedented and highly articulated differentiation is a unique characteristic of Ukrainian political life without parallel in other countries. Indeed, in no other post-Communist state is there such a high number of parties linked to narrow economic interest groups.
The reason for this high degree of active engagement by economic interests in Ukraine's politics arises directly from the patrimonial economic system. First, given the corrupt, illegal, and quasi-legal nature of wealth accumulation in the first years of privatization in Ukraine, economic oligarchs establish their own parliamentary factions to protect themselves from prosecution and the status of a legislative deputy confers parliamentary immunity. Second, these economic magnates use these political factions in negotiating with the executive branch and government to extract favors, protect ill-gotten investments, and attain additional opportunities for favorable access to money-making opportunities on a non-competitive basis.
This system, in the end, is highly inefficient and corrosive of democratic politics and independent media.
So well entrenched is this system of corruption that those who have chosen to break with past corrupt practices and function openly, honestly, and transparently are subjected to the most intense attacks and repression by the state. Such was the case with the former energy magnate and former Deputy Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, who legitimately sought to reform the corrupt energy sector from which she had once benefited.
The second factor threatening Ukraine's democratic development is the inordinate and virtually unchecked power of the executive.
Mr. Chairman, in my view the heart of the current crisis derives from the structure of the Ukrainian state. As in nearly all the former Soviet republics, Ukraine's system is based on excessive presidential power. Interestingly, our annual democracy survey of the region, Nations in Transit finds that parliamentary systems predominate in the Baltic states and the post-socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, most of which have had far more successful political and economic transitions.
Ukraine's President appoints the Prime Minister (subject to parliamentary approval) but the parliament has no role in voting for individual ministers, who are direct presidential appointees. He appoints regional governors, giving a powerful influence on local affairs. These governors, in turn, determine the budgets of the judicial branch, giving them important control over the judicial branch. The president, moreover, directly names one-third of the judges in the higher courts, and has extensive power to dissolve the parliament. In addition, the President can independently issue economically significant regulations. He also has the power of calling referenda and can only be removed form office only by vote of more than 4-5ths of parliament.
Such concentration of power means there are few checks and balances on executive authority. This has proved exceedingly dangerous and has created a tempting environment for forces interested in unbridled economic gain during the once-in-a-lifetime process of privatization of state-owned enterprises and resources, which has created unprecedented opportunities personal enrichment through the instruments of the state.
In Ukraine, the problem of checks and balances is accentuated by the absence of a system of parliamentary review. As much as legislative authority, the system of parliamentary committees with investigative authority acts as an important check on corruption and the abuse of executive power. This system is almost entirely absent in Ukraine. Committees function, but they have no budgetary authority to pursue detailed investigations.
It is important that in our discussions of how to assist Ukraine we have an objective and balanced understanding of the political nature of the country and that we dispel myths and reject hyperbole. Let me focus on several salient facts.
First, while constitutionally President Kuchma de jure has excessive and unchecked power, the current crisis has de facto weakened him considerably. In turn, this was the major factor that precipitated the current power struggle over the shape of the government and parliament.
Second, while I can agree that Ukraine has deep and serious problems with press freedoms, lacks an effective and independent rule of law system, and suffers from substantial pressure by authorities against opposition groups, Ukraine's President is not a tyrant like Belarus's Alyaksandur Lukashenka. There is today in Ukraine political space --often an uncomfortable space, but a space nevertheless--for opposition parties, civic groups, for freedom of association and freedom of speech and protest. Moreover, despite the fact that many media are under the tight control of oligarchs or the executive branch, enough free media exist to enable most Ukrainian citizens have access to objective information and to make it impossible for the controlled media to avoid discussion of the major controversies around the unfolding political crisis. At the same time, as an emerging power struggle among oligarchic, national security, and opposition groupings unfolds, the media will be subject to intense state and oligarchic pressure.
Clearly, there is pressure placed on independent opposition newspapers, and many of the media are in the hands of oligarchs who exploit them and intrude into the objectivity and accuracy of news reporting. It is also true that large segments of the broadcast media are state owned and tightly controlled by the government. Nevertheless, Ukrainian citizens have ample access to accurate information about the ongoing "Kuchmagate" scandal and are independently drawing their own conclusions about their political leaders, offering hope for the prospects of positive change.
Third, despite problems of rampant corruption not all of Ukraine's economic magnates are wedded to or dependent on corruption; many are now in a position to thrive in markets
Fourth, even some economic oligarchs may be willing to back significant reforms, provided there is a political solution that does not threaten them with prosecution and imprisonment.
Finally, many oligarchs as well as the clear majority of Ukrainian citizens do not wish to fall under Russian economic and political domination and are eager to have good relations with the U.S. and the West.
In the end it is clear that the billions of dollars in U.S. and West European aid and loans to Ukraine have not all been in vain. Ukraine now has a large pro-reform and pro-Western constituency. And this pro-democratic force, which has particular appeal to Ukraine's young, has a real chance in the coming months and years to lead the strategically vital country back onto the path of political and economic freedom.
Clearly, Ukraine's democratic and economic reform processes have suffered serious setbacks in recent months. But a policy of U.S. and Western engagement, of vigorous diplomacy that condemns rights violations and demands due process under the rule of law, and of significant aid to civil society, can be a catalyst for long-need internal reforms.
Thank you for the honor of testifying at this timely and important meeting, which I hope will be the first among many held by the U.S. Congress on Ukraine


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Lacrosse tournament provides fitting tribute
In his 12 short years, Nathan Powell touched many lives.
According to people who knew him, he was fun-loving and quick-witted, a natural athlete and born leader.
When Nathan died in his sleep a little more than two years ago as a result of a seizure, it shocked those who had come to know him and his family.
Jeff and Linda Powell moved with their three sons from the Chicago area to Temecula a few years earlier when Jeff was transferred for work. The boys were all athletic and by the time the Powells landed in California, lacrosse was deemed the family sport by universal acclaim.
When Nathan died in 2011, six weeks short of his 13th birthday, the vast majority of the people who showed up to remember the irrepressible kid who never cared if the colors of his clothes clashed, and loved to wear orange socks to boot -- were from the lacrosse community.
"The day we had the memorial service, it was filled with all the lacrosse people," Jeff Powell said.
Today, the memory of Nathan Powell is still strong and his name lives on through a tournament hosted by Great Oak High School -- the Nathan Powell Southwest Invitational Lacrosse Tournament.
This year, the event will be held Saturday, games start at 9 a.m. and run all day, said Jan Cunningham, the program director for the tournament. It is for freshman and junior varsity teams, and this year will include nine teams. All three high schools in Temecula will be represented.
Part of the tournament proceeds will go to the foundation the Powell family started in Nathan's honor called The Lax Angel Foundation. The goal of the foundation is to provide money for kids who play lacrosse to spend at their discretion -- on equipment, summer camps or books for college.
The Powells live in a house on a cul de sac in the Morgan Hill community of Temecula, with a huge backyard. It's big enough for pick-up lacrosse.
"Whenever we would have parties, all the kids would bring their sticks and we had the net set up back there," Linda Powell said. "And, oh my gosh, they had fun."
When Jeff Powell came out from Illinois to scout the area for a house after learning of his transfer, one of the priorities was to find a high school the boys could attend and play lacrosse.
"That's how we actually found the school," Jeff Powell said. "Whoever had lacrosse. That's how we chose. It's kind of crazy, but that was important to us."
Lacrosse was a way of helping the boys settle into their new surroundings. The oldest, Austin, already was headed to college at Bellarmine University in Kentucky, where he would play four years of lacrosse. Evan, the middle brother, was getting ready to start high school. Nathan was still in elementary school.
Karl Rohlin, the boys varsity lacrosse coach at Great Oak High, got to know the family.
"Obviously the older brother, Austin, was a very good player, good enough to play Division I in college," Rohlin said. "I saw him play on TV once or twice, but I never really saw him play live. Evan was a standout goalie for us the whole time he was here. And, basically, Nathan had the the ability to surpass both of his brothers."
The sport of lacrosse was just getting going in Temecula, and Nathan had an advantage over most of the kids he was competing against because he had started playing as a second-grader in Illinois. Also, he had a brother who was four years older so he had the experience of playing against older kids.


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Soluble Lead-Acid Redox Flow Battery
Application ID: 10023
In a redox flow battery electrochemical energy is stored as redox couples in the electrolyte, which is stored in tanks outside the electrochemical cell. During operation, electrolyte is pumped through the cell and, due to the electrochemical reactions, the individual concentrations of the active species in the electrolyte are changed.
The state of charge of the flow battery is determined by the electrolyte species concentrations, the total flowing electrolyte volume in the system (tank+pump+hoses+cell), and possibly also by the concentration of solid species on the electrodes. Depending on the cell chemistry the cell can have separated or combined anode and cathode compartments and electrolyte tanks.
This model simulates a soluble lead-acid flow battery during an applied charge-discharge load cycle. The surface chemistry of the positive electrode is modeled by using two different lead oxides and two different positive electrode reactions in the model.


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Am I the only one?
When I read postings - especially ones by the regular contributors - I always get an image in my mind what they look like. Sorta like when I read a book: I mentally picture the characters, you know?
Characters...now that describes quite a lot of us here on the Forums!
Anyhow, let's see you guys and gals post some pics of you with your bike(s)! Working on them, riding on them - or just standing there looking proud/happy/confused/goofy/whatever!
A little story behind the pics is always welcomed.
Marymoor Park Velodrome in Redmond, Washington - 2007 (2002 Davidson Custom)
Green River Trail, Washington - 2008 (1983 Colnago Mexico)


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SKILL LEVEL: Easy (Level 2)
SIZE: One Size
One size, will stretch to fit a range of sizes.
9 sts = 4 in. (10 cm) over Stockinette st worked in the rnd (k every rnd). When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size
specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be
sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what
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If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your swatch, try using a smaller
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Making a Gauge Swatch
9 sts = 4 in. (10 cm) over Stockinette st worked in the rnd (k every rnd).
HAT Note: Carry unused color up wrong side of work. With A, cast on 40 sts loosely. Divide sts onto 3 needles and join, being careful not to twist sts. Place marker for beg of rnd. Rnd 1: With B, *k2, p2, rep from * around. Rnd 2: With A, *k2, p2, rep from * around. Rep last 2 rnds until piece measures about 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) from beg. Note: Continue to alternate colors A and B throughout the remainder of the pattern. Next Rnd: *K19, k in front and then back of next st (increase made), rep from * once – 42 sts at the end of this rnd. Continue in St st worked in the rnd (k every rnd) until piece measures 9 in. (23 cm) from beg. Shape Crown Next Rnd: *K5, k2tog, rep from * around – 36 sts. Next Rnd and every other Rnd: Knit. Next Rnd: *K4, k2tog, rep from * around – 30 sts. Next Rnd: *K3, k2tog, rep from * around – 24 sts. Next Rnd: *K2, k2tog, rep from * around – 18 sts. Next Rnd: *K1, k2tog, rep from * around – 12 sts. Next Rnd: K2tog around – 6 sts. Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Thread tail through remaining sts and gather tightly together. Fasten off.
FINISHING Pompom With A, make a large pompom. Tie pompom to top of Hat. Weave in ends.
Learn to Knit instructions: http://www.lionbrand.com/learnToKnit.html


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