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Ned Yost media session: May 22
Before Sunday's rubber match against the St. Louis Cardinals, Royals manager Ned Yost spoke about the benefit of giving veteran centerfielder Melky Cabrera a day off before a travel day and also reflected on the impression rookie Eric Hosmer has made over his first two weeks in the big leagues.
Yost pointed out that he likes to be able to give an experienced player like Cabrera a day off when the Royals do not play the next day in an effort to gain two days of rest.
When asked about Hosmer, Yost said that his young first basemen looks comfortable hitting in the No. 3 spot in the batting order and noted that few players have the ingredients Hosmer possesses, which can allow him to be a special player for many years.
The skipper said Hosmer comes from a great family and is very mature, which has helped him become an everyday player at just 21 years of age. Yost also commended the veteran leadership that Jeff Francoeur, Jason Kendall and Cabrera bring to the roster, saying they have played a big part in helping out the younger players.


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WASHINGTON – A plan to bring dozens of electricity-only taxicabs to the region has hit a roadblock.
A new company called EV Taxicabs wanted to operate electric cabs equipped with WiFi hotspots and iPads in the back for passengers.
The company promised to put up charging stations around Arlington County to keep the cabs going.
It would have been the very first all-electric taxicab fleet in the U.S., but the Arlington County Board voted 3-2 against the plan.
County Manager Barbara Donnellan recommended the plan, but the transportation commission gave it a thumbs down.
The Arlington County Board was worried about things, such as how far the cabs could travel on a charge and the time it would take to recharge them.
The board will allow other county cab companies to add a total of 22 taxis to help meet a growing demand for them in Arlington County.
Friendly Cab has permission to add 12 taxicabs to its fleet, and Red Top and Blue Top can now add five wheelchair-accessible cabs each.
For more information about EV Taxicabs visit the website.
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The Enchanted Forest theme park closed for good in the 1990s. But the owner of a nearby farm has moved and preserved many of its parts.

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Naora, a Masterpiece is born
High in the Colombian Andes, Nespresso has developed a late harvest coffee with a startling new flavour and production method. This is the story of how coffee growers have been working with nature and honing their practices to produce wondrous results.
WELCOME TO THE DEEP FORESTS OF THE WESTERN ANDES, THE MOUNTAINOUS BACKBONE OF COLOMBIA'S SANTANDER DEPARTMENT. THE CITRUS TREES AND SUGAR CANE ON THE LOWER SLOPES SHOW THE FINGERPRINTS OF HUMANITY ON THE LANDSCAPE. Up here at an altitude of 4,000 ft however, it takes a bit of time among the twisting bushes and dazzling orchids to realise that this seemingly wild plant life is actually planted, cultivated and pruned. Why is this forest so carefully maintained? It is a treasure trove, where precious coffee plants are protected from the heat of the sun by the tall plants and their foliage. People are hard at work in the dark green depths of the undergrowth, picking the berries and filling their yellow baskets. We're here on a morning shift in November 2011, and the recolectors, experienced pickers who have been carefully selected by grower Santiago Salazar, are working slowly, on an unusual type of job. They are used to picking the cherries when they boast a deep red glow, to ensure a perfect coffee. Berries that have been hanging on the branches a bit longer, and are turning brownish-red or even deep purple, are best avoided. Today however, their boss has asked them to pick these darker cherries. Santiago has even delayed the harvest a fortnight to give the fruit extra time to ripen! A late harvest? Claro. That's right. But this is unheard-of for the recolectors in all the time coffee has been grown here in Santander.
Night is falling at Santiago Salazar's farm, El Calapo latinesque tiles and whitewashed walls date back to the time of the Spanish conquistadors. But Santiago is not thinking about tradition, as he oversees the weighing of bags stuffed full of these unusually brown cherries. Five months earlier, when the experts from the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) [see Nespresso Partnership] offered him the opportunity to join Nespresso's late harvest project, he jumped at the chance – he's a man who enjoys taking a calculated risk. In this new project, the FNC and Nespresso offer assurance; they are trusted partners. Santiago wipes his brow. There's little time to lose: the cherries are heading for de-pulping, followed by a 15-hour fermentation process, which will strip them down to the essential. They are then dried before the green coffee is shipped to the cooperative. Santiago Salazar's work is finished at this stage. But the adventure continues with two men, the instigators of the whole project. They are here in person at El Calapo farm to watch the harvest, and it is easy to sense their excitement. Edgar Moreno, with his shaved head and short grey beard is the FNC Expert Adviser, and former head of the Quality Bureau in Bogotá. The other figure, his eyes sparkling behind little glasses, is the Nespresso Coffee Expert. Alexis Rodriguez is like a philharmonic conductor whose skills draw the notes and harmonies out of Nespresso Grands Crus and Limited Editions. "We've got them at just the right time!" says Edgar, holding out a palmful of plump berries, glowing like amethysts, agates and garnets. They are not the pure ruby-red of a traditional harvest, but the promise is there to be seen. Alexis pulls out a refractometer to measure once more the sugar content of a berry. Excellent. Precision is everything. It is a guarantee of a perfect, consistent aroma, which is essential for Nespresso. Alexis's face breaks into a smile. He's a man of precision, but a dreamer too, and this has taken him back to the start of this crazy yet pinpointed journey.
Rewind to Switzerland several years earlier. The laboratory where Alexis Rodriguez works has vast windows looking out over Chasselas vines, the last vineyard in Paudex, an old winery village on the banks of Lake Geneva. Nespresso's coffee-blending maestro has been watching on, season after season, fascinated by the work of the wine-growers. There are very few vineyards in Colombia, but vines and coffee trees have this in common: they require a perfect blend of nature and human creativity. With a late grape harvest, unusual flavours can be created in the wine. Might the same be true of coffee? It seemed like a worthwhile adventure, but it couldn't be done without a skilled partner. Alexis started out by contacting Edgar Moreno at the FNC Quality Bureau. The two men had known each other and enjoyed working together for several years. In Santander, Edgar chose a farm to use as a testing ground and then sent samples of the green coffee, according to Alexis's instructions. Each sample featured one aspect that had been slightly altered: dry or wet de-pulping, fermentation time or over-ripening. The most promising results came from the over-ripened sample, associated with a late harvest. The problem was that the coffee berries tended to drop to the floor once the normal harvest time had passed. The experiment was put on hold. But everything changed when a farmer from Tolima department told Edgar that there was a variety of coffee plant, the Castillo, whose cherries stayed firmly on the branches. Alexis Rodriguez remembers his first cup of Late Harvest – a perfect first cup. It was a breath of fresh air, an incredible aromatic blend of blackcurrant and blueberry notes. Pure pleasure in a cup. A meditation aid. Back in the lab, Alexis and his team celebrated – they had a masterpiece on their hands! All that remained was to define the quality protocol and the exact time of harvest, a consistent process for perfect production. The aim was to produce sixty 20-tonne containers of over-ripened green coffee, in order to create a Nespresso Limited Edition that reflected this perfect first example in every way. Its name is Naora, a blend of "Now" and "Ahora" in Spanish. Just the right time.
The Naora project required land with outstanding qualities – land that had never been used by Nespresso before – in order to subtly enhance its original flavour. Tolima and Santander, with their well-drained volcanic soils that force coffee trees to thrust their roots down deep, like the vine, drawing up nutrition, were the perfect match. The other part was the human element. Farmers, agronomists, and recolectors all needed to be won over to the idea of delaying the harvest by a fortnight. Picking anything other than ripe red cherries is heretical to coffee traditionalists! It took hard work by Nespresso's teams, up on the slopes of the Colombian Andes, to make contact with the farmers. A number of specific meetings were held with the Extensionistas, the 1500 FNC field advisers. These professionals, with skills in production, environment and farmers' welfare, are respected and listened to by the growers. They were won over by the plan, and spread the word to the farmers. The Nespresso protocol had been carefully developed. Refractometers were to be used to determine the sugar content and the exact degree of berry ripeness. The plan was to fully cover the risks and liabilities of the farmers for this unusual project. Once all this had been clarified, the Extensionistas looked for charismatic figures in each community, people like Santiago Salazar, who others would follow. Come November, more than 350 famers had signed up. In the end, 750 joined the adventure, to offer the volume and quality required for the new Naora Limited Edition.
It is November 2011, at El Calapo farm. The late harvest green coffee is drying in the sun, reminiscent of the raked sand in a zen garden. Santiago Salazar is studying it with Alexis Rodriguez. As the beans flow through his fingers, the farmer thinks back to his childhood days, playing with a rake twice his height as his father worked. Back then, no one would have dreamt of picking cherries that weren't deep red. The coffee grower climbs into his pick-up, loaded with white sacks, striped with purple: the mark of Nespresso's late harvest coffee. Santiago drives down the track from the farm to the main road, and heads to the cooperative. Further quality control is planned – a few hundred grams of green coffee will be taken from the sacks for testing. Once their "parchment" has been removed, the coffee beans will be sorted and counted, with the care and attention a jeweller pays his precious gems. Then the verdict will come. Santiago is not worried. He knows what is in the sacks and the care that has been put into this special harvest. The sun is now at its zenith above the Andes. Yesterday had been a special day at El Calapo farm, with Nespresso holding an informal ceremony to congratulate the growers who had been part of the Naora project. The atmosphere buzzed with the satisfaction of a job well done between trusted partners. With an "N" print cup in hand, the farmers enjoyed the moment, chatted and raised toasts. To progress! To quality! To development! To flavours and aromas! And on their faces, the glow of excitement for other projects and new traditions.
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COLLEGE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCESObjectives
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The primary responsibility of the educational programs of the College of Community Health Sciences is to contribute to the improvement of health care in Alabama, emphasizing small towns and rural areas. The programs of the College are designed to increase the accessibility and availability of health care and to improve its quality.
The College of Community Health Sciences is charged with the responsibility of
- providing the last two years of clinical training for a portion of the medical students enrolled in the University of Alabama School of Medicine
- operating a family practice residency program based in Tuscaloosa
- making expertise in the medical and health sciences available to existing educational programs on campus, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
- working with the University of Alabama School of Medicine to integrate the programs and operations of the medical program with the nonmedical aspects of health care delivery
- providing training sites and internships for students in social work, nursing, health care management, pharmacy, clinical dietetics, and health education
The College of Community Health Sciences is a community-based campus of the University of Alabama School of Medicine providing an additional site for the training of medical students during the clinical years. All medical students complete phase I of the medical training program on the Birmingham campus. Upon completion of phases II and III (the third and fourth years of clinical training) through any of the three campus systems, a student is awarded the doctor of medicine (MD) degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine.
A major education program of the College entails providing the last two years of clinical training for a portion of the medical students enrolled at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. The College's resources are used to contribute to the education of the "undifferentiated physician," one who is competent at the basic level in all the traditional clinical disciplines and whose education is enriched by an orientation toward and skill in primary care and community medicine.
Each medical student who receives part or all of the required clinical training in Tuscaloosa is enrolled in and receives the MD degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Thus, clinical clerkships and electives must meet or exceed the minimum standards set by the appropriate faculty committees of the University of Alabama School of Medicine.
The College's Family Practice Residency Program was approved in September 1973, and the first resident was accepted in January 1974. The College is committed to producing family physicians capable of providing continuing, comprehensive, family-centered care for their patients. Through the educational programs of its family practice residency, the College fosters the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to create outstanding physicians who will deliver high-quality patient care. This key mission has the resources and support of the entire College dedicated to its accomplishment.
Initiatives have been developed to further enhance opportunities for the College to fulfill its mission of increasing accessibility, availability, and quality of health care to Alabama's citizens.
The Rural Health Scholars Program was created to give high-school students from rural backgrounds who are interested in becoming health professionals a head start in the college preparation they will need for admission to all health professional schools.
The Rural Medical Scholars Program was created to prepare 10 outstanding rural scholars each year for family medicine or primary care practice in Alabama. Scholars enroll in preparatory courses at UA and, upon completion of their studies, must meet requirements for admission to medical school. Students matriculate two years at UAB for the basic medical sciences component of their curricula and return to Tuscaloosa to CCHS for the clinical clerkship years, where they will be involved in special medical experiences that include rural preceptorships.


text: Depends on the situation. A lighter gun is definitely nicer to carry but harder to shoot well especially when you are winded. Also range of shots should be considered, the 300 will shoot flatter and again be easier to shoot well. I'd likely take the 300 but try putting a lightweight synthetic stock with a real good recoil pad on it and maybe switching to Talley aluminum rings and bases to drop weight. According to my postage scale I dropped over 5oz off my rifle by going from my steel 1pc Leupold rings and bases to the Talleys. My mountain rifle I'm having built will have the Talleys and a Mcmillian Hunters Edge stock to keep weight down. I also have a heavier laminate thumbhole stock for the same rifle I can put it in around home if I want.


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March 19, 2012
Southcoast VNA to offer free health assessments, screenings and wellness education for seniors in April
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. — Southcoast Visiting Nurse Association, known in the community as Southcoast VNA, announces the April schedule for free health assessments, screenings and wellness education for seniors.
This program is designed to help improve the health and well-being of seniors, age 60 and older, who reside in the Greater New Bedford area and is funded in part through a grant from Coastline Elderly Services Inc. and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs.
The program offers free monthly community clinics at various locations throughout the region. Community clinics include health screenings for blood pressure, pulse rate, oxygen levels and blood sugar conducted by Southcoast VNA nurses. Community clinics will also feature an educational component to address medication monitoring, chronic disease management, nutrition and home safety.
The April community clinic schedule is as follows:
- Tuesday, April 3, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Buttonwood Senior Center, 64 Oneida Street in New Bedford.
- Wednesday, April 4, from 10 a.m. to noon at Brooklawn Senior Center, 1979 Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford.
- Thursday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at Immigrants Assistance Center, 58 Crapo Street in New Bedford.
- Wednesday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to noon at Hazelwood Senior Center, 553 Brock Avenue in New Bedford.
- Thursday, April 19, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at Rochester Council on Aging, 67 Dexter Lane in Rochester.
- Wednesday, April 25, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Downtown Senior Center, 572 Pleasant Street in New Bedford.
Participants identified as having a need for better management of a chronic disease may be offered an in-home monitor that will take daily vital signs in the comfort of the individual's home. A Southcoast VNA telemonitor nurse will monitor the vitals and communicate trends with the participant's physician.
The program will also provide free immunization education and immunization clinics to improve the immunization rate of the elderly in the Greater New Bedford region.
For more information on community clinics, individual assessments or immunization education and clinics, call 800-698-6877.
About Southcoast VNA
Part of Southcoast Health System, Southcoast VNA is one of the largest not-for-profit, community-based home health and hospice care agencies serving Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island. For more than 100 years Southcoast VNA has provided high quality, comprehensive home health and hospice services, which foster improvement and maintenance of health, prevention of disease and disability and compassionate end-of life care.
Southcoast VNA is a Medicare and Medicaid certified agency offering a full range of skilled home health care and hospice and palliative care services from highly trained, screened and credentialed health care professionals. Services are available 24 hours a day, every day.
Southcoast VNA's main office is located at the South Coast Business Center at 200 Mill Road in Fairhaven; with community offices located at 244 North Main Street in Raynham, at 1822 North Main Street, Fall River, and at Linden Tree Family Health Center, 2444 East Main Road, Portsmouth, R.I. For more information about Southcoast VNA call 800-698-6877 or visit www.southcoastvna.org.


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With the 96th Map of the Week we take a look at Southwood Fortress, the ruling seat of the Slovanian Royal County.
1. Southwood Gate.
2. Royal Gate.
3. Storm Gate.
4. Draug Gate.
5. Residential area. Unnumbered buildings are private housing.
6. Granary and Root Cellar. This facility is under the direct control of the count.
7. Ivo's shop and Náda's clinic. Ivo, a 42-year-old human male merchant, sells general merchandise and food. All of the products in his shop are brought in by military caravans. His employees are his wife, Agáta, a 40-year-old human female commoner, and Ivana, a 28-year-old human female commoner. Both work as salespersons. Ivo also employs Ivana's husband, Jarmil, a 29-year-old human male commoner, as a laborer. Both couples are childless. Ivo and Agata live on the building's third story. Jarmil and Ivana live in a separate house. Náda, a 55-year-old human female healer, has her clinic on the second story. She employs two other healers, Samuel, a 41-year-old human male who heals, and Lubo, a 31-year-old male who works as an herbalist.
8. Brětislav's Smithy. Master smith Brětislav, a 36-year-old human male artisan, managed to escape with his family from his home town of Green Meadows the North Kingdom. Members of a Northern Circle party took the family under its wing briefly and delivered it to the guard at Southwood Fortress. When he first arrived in the fortress, Brětislav worked for the former master smith, Abrahám, who died heirless. Count Prokop offered Brětislav the deed to the ownerless smithy and the old smith's private house if the refugee family would agree to remain. Brětislav, his wife Blanka, a 33-year-old human female artisan, and their 10-year-old daughter Darja, a human female commoner, live in the inherited house. Blanka offers her services as a master seamstress there. She is training Darja to become a seamstress too. Brětislav employs a journeyman smith, Sylva, a 22-year-old human female artisan, and an apprentice, Joná, a 14-year-old human male commoner. Brětislav was trained as a blacksmith in Green Meadows. Under Abrahám, he learned to work with weapons and armor. He also is teaching all three types of smithing to Sylva and Joná.
9. Wainwright Eirný. This shop is run by the probable widow and master wainwright Eirný, a 44-year-old human female who escaped from her native Narg's Mill in the Dreadlands. She and her husband both were wanted criminals there, sought on a charge of treason against the dark draug Duke þráinn. Her husband, Steindór, was captured and vanished in the depths of þráinn's mountain dungeon, the Depths of Darkness and Hopelessness. Eirný assumes that Steindór is long dead. When she reached Southwood Fortress, she found that the old wainwright's workshop was abandoned and in partial ruin. She negotiated with the count for the title and then restored it. She now employs a journeyman wainwright, Ale, a 23-year-old human male artisan, and an apprentice, Igor, a 15-year-old human male commoner. Their main products and services are carts, wheelbarrows, large logging wagons and repairs.
10. Garrsion headquarters and officers' quarters. Colonel Klement, the 48-year-old human male warrior who commands the military in Southwood Fortress, has his headquarters here. He, his higher-ranking officers and their wives and families have their quarters on the second and third stories. In addition to soldiers, Klement also has the local war wizards white necromancers, wizards and a seer under his command. The military in the fortress is responsible for both regional security and local watch duties.
11. Barracks. The lower-ranking officers and the soldiers live here. The soldiers' and officers' mess also is in this building.
12. Military stable. The horses of Colonel Klement and his higher ranking officers are kept here. Dominik (see Location No. 18, below) has the overall responsibility for the steeds' health. Soldiers do the normal stableboy chores.
13. War Wizards' tower. Bohdana, a 56-year-old human female white necromancer, is the commander of the war wizards. The unit includes Kamil, a 33-year-old human male seer; Dalibor, a 40-year-old human male summoner and four junior level human wizards who rotate between the three fortresses in the county. The tower is 50 feet/15 m high. All of the war wizards dwell in it. They and their families dwell in the tower.
14. Klaudie's tower. This tower belongs to Klaudie, the 58-year-old human female seer who is in personal service to Prokop. The tower is 70 feet/21 m high. Klaudie is single and childless.
15. Watchtower. This tower also is 70 feet/21 m high. It is used by soldiers who maintain a visual watch over the fortress and the surrounding forest area.
16. County Castle. Count Prokop, his family and his leading staff live in the castle, and the county government has its offices here. The 59-year-old Prokop's family includes his wife, Dobromila, a 55-year-old human female warrior; his son, Květoslav, a 34-year-old human male warrior, and his daughter, Hana, a 30-year-old human female merchant. His resident staff is headed by First Minister Ema, a 55-year-old human female merchant. Also resident is the family's personal physician, the 49-year-old human female healer, Marina, and her husband, the castle master, the 51-year-old human male artisan Ahasver. Ema is single. Ahasver and Marina are childless. Four chambermaids who live in the village also serve the castle. All are human females. They are ofie, age 50; Marie, age 44; Ema, age 40, and Drahomíra, age 36.
17. Count's stable.
18. Pride of Slovania Inn. The only inn in Southwood Fortress is a somewhat run down, five-story structure, but it manages to stay above water financially. The public room draws a good crowd of officers, soldiers and locals nightly, but most come only come to drink. The kitchen and the overnight business are mostly dependent upon travelers. There are less of them than innkeeper Sabina, a 42-year-old human female merchant, would like. The kitchen also is a bit hampered by the selection of food available to it. Most of what's eaten in Southwood Fortress is brought in by caravan and, therefore, is something less than fresh or wide in variety. The biggest business is done when a hunter or ranger brings in a deer or boar from the Southwood. Fresh meat, a rarity in Southwood Fortress, always brings hungry customers. One of the reasons that the inn survives is that it's mostly a family operation. Sabina's husband, Blaej a 44-year-old human male artisan, is the cook and also the house butcher when deer or boar are brought inn on the average three times a month. Her sister, Milada, a 40-year-old artisan, is the alewife. She brews the inn's heady ale. Milada's husband, Dominik, is a 42.year-old human ranger. However, Dominik's specialty is not in the forests or wilderness but rather in animal care and lower herbalistics. His main job is the care of the horses in the stables of the garrison and the count. His job is to see that they stay healthy. Fortunately for the inn, this amounts to a half-time job most of the time. He spends the rest of his time negotiating with rangers and hunters who work in the Southwood to buy their bag for the inn and in seeking the herbs that Blaej needs for the kitchen. The 21-year-old son of Blaej and Sabina, a human male merchant named Karel, runs the public room and pumps the ale. The only non-family employees are the waitresses Naděda, 31 years old, and Vendula, 28 years old, both human female commoners, and the house laborer Rostislav, a 59-year-old human male commoner. Naděda and Vendula have rooms on the fifth story. They do after-hours private business there. Rostislav lives in a private house. Blaej, Sabina and Karel live on the third story. Dominik and Milada live on the fourth story. The guest rooms are on the second story. There are eight single rooms at 4 bronze pieces nightly. The public room is on the ground floor. On most days, there are only two varying items on the menu. They cost four bronze pieces each. However, when there is fresh boar or venison, it runs between five and nine bronze pieces per dish. The house ale costs four copper pieces per pint/half-liter tankard.
19. Inn stable. The stable is available for guests. Rostislav maintains the building. Three young villagers do the business as stableboys and girls. They all are human commoners. The three are Ilja, 12-.year-old male; Barbora, 13-year-old female, and Olga, 12-year-old female. They have been trained by Dominik and are quite competent. Whenever there are guests in the inn with mounts, the three will work in eight-hour shifts. Their fee is 1 bronze piece per shift. If mounted guests for the public room arrive, the short term fee for their stay is four copper pieces.
20. Inn alehouse. This is where Milada brews the inn's ale. She brews in sufficient quantities to also supply the garrison's mess. When she brews, Rostislav is her helper. Her barley malt, hops and yeast are brought in by military caravans.
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I'm trying to install a LDAP Replica according to this document.
I started by running the install and selected only LDAP server. I changed the necessary setting at the configuration menu, but I can't apply the settings. It seems to be waiting for something else, as it states that there are unconfigured items, but I can't find them.
I've looked into all menus and I can't find anything marked with ** as usual.Code:Main menu 1) Common Configuration: +Hostname: pilot-ldap.smu.ca +Ldap master host: pilot.smu.ca +Ldap port: 389 +Ldap Admin password: set +Require secure interprocess communications: yes +TimeZone: (GMT-04.00) Atlantic Time (Canada) 2) zimbra-ldap: Enabled +Create Domain: yes +Domain to create: pilot.smu.ca +Ldap Root password: set +Ldap Replication password: set +Ldap Postfix password: set +Ldap Amavis password: set +Ldap Nginx password: set 3) Enable default backup schedule: yes c) Collapse menu r) Start servers after configuration yes s) Save config to file q) Quit Address unconfigured (**) items or correct ldap configuration (? - help)
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1969 Dodge Dart Custom Quick Fix - A-pealing A-pearancesWritten by on July 1, 2002 Giving Our Dart The Curbside Touch
Curb appeal. You've either got it or you don't. What does it take? That depends. A set of black steel wheels on a Six Pack Bee has it in droves. On the other hand, black wheels without caps on an Aspen look like you're slummin'. Mother Mopar was hip to curb appeal. Scoops and styled hoods, rallye or stylized steel wheels, stripes and decals ranging from the subtle to absolutely wild, flip-top fuel fillers, exhaust tips, hood pins, wings, and the list goes on; it was all there to convey the message of power. These were the things that outwardly separated the plain-Jane Darts, Coronets, and Satellites from the heavy hitters and visually backed up the power lurking within. Hey, if you've got it, why not flaunt it?
My '69 Dart Custom, with its bread-and-butter status within the Dart line, came with none of those factory appearance goodies. While the Swingers and GTSs had the stylized performance hoods, tail stripes, and optional wheel packages, this Dart was nothing but an average transportation car in its day. It had performance and chassis upgrades from stem to stern, but still looked like the regular old Dodge Dart your schoolteacher used to drive. There were the 15x7-inch cop wheels and the large OE-style dual exhaust tips, but to the average observer the suggestion of performance was lost. Want proof? As I waited in the crowd at the valet station at the end of last year's SEMA show, the Dart loped up with its distinctive cam-and-headers sound, trailing a procession of late-model rentals and SUVs. Tossing my bag into the trunk, I overheard, "Is that a six-cylinder?"
While the sleeper look has its rewards, it was time for a change. A clone of a GTS or a Swinger would work, but since this Dart would never be the real thing, we decided to take a mild custom approach to upgrading the appearance. Borrowing from both the factory themes and the drag racing style of yesterday, our plan wasn't overly ambitious: just a few changes for achieving the traditional modified musclecar look. A fresh 'glass Six Pack hood from AAR Fiberglass, a GTS tail stripe from Performance Car Graphics, the new vintage-drag style "Cruzer" wheel from Wheel Vintiques, and a flip-up gas cap from a '67 Barracuda would give us a little respect. Drop us a line and tell us what you think.
Most musclecar fans seem fixated on stuffing as large a tire into the wheelwell as possible, and why not? Mopar musclecars are big and brawny, and look so right with serious meats tucking underneath. One of the trickiest parts of ordering a new wheel and tire combo is judging how much tire can be run before clearance problems spoil the fun. It isn't easy to know for sure without trying the tires and wheels for fit-something some custom wheel shops are willing to do to make a sale. On the other hand, if your new wheels are coming to the door via that nice man in the big brown van, you're on your own as far as determining the fit. One way is to look around at combos others are running on identical cars and follow their lead. Sometimes the only alternative is to break out the jackstands, crawl under the car, and do some guesstimating.
Figuring fit starts with determining the obstacles and gauging how much clearance is available. On the typical Mopar chassis, the first obstacle to the inside is the edge of the leaf spring, while outside we have the fender lip edge to contend with. Both these obstacles can be maneuvered for more clearance if you're determined. Leaf springs can be moved inboard with offset shackles or, more dramatically, with a spring relocation kit. Both of these mods require the spring perches on the axle to be cut off and new ones welded in a new location.
Want more? Here's where mini-tubs or tubs come in, both terms for modifying or replacing the inner wheelwell for more tire clearance. To the outside, the first interference is the fender lip. On most cars the inner fender lip angles straight back from the quarter-panel to join the inner fender in a pinch weld. The edge is usually rough, sharp, and in about the same position towards the tire's sidewall as a loan shark's straight-razor would be to your throat. The fender lip in the critical area above the tire can be "rolled" upward and back towards the quarter, yielding a good half-inch of clearance. For even more clearance, the fenders could be flared, a procedure popular in the '70s but generally frowned upon today.
Next to a trial fit, checking for clearance is best done using a wheel close to what will be run. On this Dart, we had 15x7 cop wheels and 235 60-15 tires all around. We wanted to run the 15x8-inch Wheel Vintiques Cruzer in the rear for a deeper "dished" look, but we weren't sure if it would fit. There are three measurements to be aware of when selecting rims. Obviously, the first is the rated width, 8 inches in this case. The width is the distance from bead to bead inside the rim. More important to fit is the overall outside width of the wheel, which for our 15x8-inch Cruzer is 9 inches. Next, there is the backspacing, or depth from the axle mounting surface to the outside edge of the rim. On the wheels we were considering, the spec was 4 1/2-inch backspacing, or right on the centerline of the 9-inch overall width. Our cop wheels have a 4 1/4-inch backspacing, so the new wheels would be 1/4 inch further in, and 3/4 inch further out, to make up the 1-inch difference in width.
Finally, we had the tires. Tiremakers give specs on their tire's overall width, or section width. Our Firestone 255s have a section width of 10 1/2 inches, meaning they'll bulge out 3/4 inch per side from the edge of our new 15x8-inch rims, which have a 9-inch overall width. We now have enough info to bolt up a cop wheel and see if the new setup will fit.
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The AAR hood is lighter than stock; the stock hood springs are way too stiff and will damage the hood. Darts use a spiral-wound hood spring, located in the inner fender, with no known readily available replacements in a lighter spec. We reached behind the door with a prybar and levered the outside spring end from its retainer post to unwind it. Use caution, as it unwinds with some fury. We used a prop rod.Hoodwinked
Aftermarket fiberglass hoods have been around as long as musclecars. We spied some of the latest offerings from AAR at last year's Mopar Nationals and were struck by the quality. Unlike some of the cheap-o 'glass floating around, the AAR stuff looked exceptionally straight. For the '69 Dart, AAR had several choices, including a flat hood, a GTS-style hood, and the Six Pack-scooped version, available in either race pin or bolt-on type. We wanted a hinged hood for convenience in this daily driver, so we chose the bolt-on, and the Six Pack version got the nod because this scoop just looks right on a hot Dart. First, off with the old flat hood.We decided to paint the hood white to match the body. We prepped the hood by scuffing it, shot a coat of primer sealer, and then a couple of coats of the Dart's original WW1 Sable White in PPG Delta urethane. The hood was so straight that not a touch of surface prep or blocking was deemed necessary-definitely not your average 'glass. The PPG Delta paint flowed-out and covered beautifully.The AAR hood bolted up to the stock hinges and took the stock latch hardware. The hood position was adjusted by trial and error at the hinge, the height at the front adjusted at the factory hood bumpers, and the latch adjusted to catch properly. We had outstanding alignment within the stock range of adjustability at these points without any custom massaging. Once the final position was set, the panel gaps to the fender and cowl rivaled the stock hood.To finish the installation, the leading edge of the hood was drilled to take the original bright edge moulding from our stock hood. We measured the stock hood and drilled the AAR replacement with the required 1/4-inch holes. The contour of the hood matched the stock moulding exactly.With the AAR Six Pack hood installed, the nose of the Dart took on a much more purposeful performance look. Notice how even the panel gaps are remarkable for an aftermarket hood.Flip Your Lid
We had a silly-looking black Stant replacement fuel cap right smack center of the quarter on the Dart and had a trick Mopar flip-top cap collecting dust in the shop. What does it take to put it on? The original A-Body Barracuda these came on had a much larger diameter fuel filler recess stamped into the quarter to clear the latch and hinge.There are a few different ways to adapt the flip top to the Dart quarter. One is by moving the filler neck's flange from the inside of the trunk to outside the quarter, spacing out the filler enough so that the cap's latch and hinge clear, and adding enough length to the filler to adequately engage the fuel tank. However, the cap would stick out too much for our taste, so we decided to french-in the cap, making recesses in the quarter to clear the hinge and latch. We first marked the locations for the recesses.
To coax the metal inward required cutting four slots along the edges where the recess would be hammered in, and also cutting loose the original edge of the stock filler depression in the area to be modified. We used a thin cut-off wheel blade in a die grinder to quickly slice our virgin quarters.The recesses were easy to hammer into the metal after making the slits using basic hammer and dolly techniques.A quick zap with a MIG welder sewed the slits back together. Welding in some sheetmetal strips to fill the edges of the recess finished the metal work.The fuel cap was test fit many times during the metalworking, and as can be seen here, matched the cap fairly well.The area was masked off to the bodylines, then shot with an epoxy primer for corrosion resistance. The trick for masking without building a thick edge is to fold the tape back over, a technique called backmasking.The fuel cap seals against the filler neck by a spring-loaded seal. For it to work, the cap must be mounted to the flange of the filler, so the filler must go through the quarter-panel from the outside, rather than the stock mounting from the inside. Since the filler is a slip fit into the tank, there's room for this slightly more outward positioning (about 3/16 inch with a 1/8-inch gasket between the flange and the quarter). The flange of the filler was drilled out to 3/16 inch so that the cap/quarter/filler assembly could all be thru-bolted with nuts and bolts.The area was finished with a light coat of filler and glaze, and then reshot with primer in preparation for topcoating; we'll blend this spot into the existing finish. There was virtually no distortion to the quarter-panel in the areas adjacent to the mods. The slot in the top allowed the filler neck to slip in from the outside, since our model had an emissions nipple on the filler neck. Note that some of the boltholes were slotted to allow the final position of the cap to be fine tuned.Stripe It For Style
One of the signature elements of a Dodge musclecar was the distinctive bumblebee stripe wound around the tail, telling all that to mess around is to get stung. We installed this reproduction GTS tail stripe from Performance Car Graphics just because we like the way it looks.
The sidemarker lights need to come out to install the tailstripe. Pop the lenses off and underneath are two screws holding the housing. The '69 Dart stripe is centered on the sidemarkers, so we measured the full width of the decal to the edge of the backing paper. For good alignment, mark the car's body at that stripe measurement using the sidemarker position as a centering guide. There's also a break in the stripe centered at the body character line, which we also marked across so the vertical height can be referenced for placement. These two reference points are all that's required since the side stripes lay down in a fixed orientation due to the ridged backing paper.Installing a stripe isn't too difficult with a little care. Work in a shaded space and clean the area to be covered with the stripe. We used a painter's tackrag just before installing the stripe. Wet the area where the stripe will be applied with a mild soapy water solution-a spray bottle is helpful here. Peel the backing only from the body side of the stripe. The Dart quarter stripes are different right to left, so be sure you've got the correct piece.Align the stripes to the guidelines and use a squeegee to press it to the body, squeezing the water and air bubbles from the center out. The water allows the stripe position to be adjusted easily, but once it's pressed down, it's stuck.Once the decal is rubbed into place, the outer backing paper is peeled back. We similarly installed the opposite stripe. The top of the stripe needs to end up exactly the same distance back at the top of the quarter as the opposite side. Theoretically, using the same body line and sidemarker references, the alignment should end up the same. If not, the straight segment across the decklid will be crooked. We measured and marked the distance to make sure the quarter stripes land exactly the same distance back where they meet the trunk. With the side pieces done, all that was left was to join them with the deck segment. We marked the centerline of the deck and stripe, and then pasted it down.The side marker housings need to be painted to match. We mixed black and flattening base in urethane until we got a good match (10 percent flat base), and sprayed the housings with a touch-up gun.Rolling Thunder
The correct tire-and-wheel combo can make the look just as sure as the wrong choice can break it. We shied away from modern billet and trendy large-diameter wheels for a more traditional "'60s race" appearance. We took one look at Wheel Vintique's new "Cruzer" mags and knew that was the wheel for this machine. We had a set of Firestone SS 20 radials mounted blackwall in front. For the rear, the 'Stones were mounted letters out, but we blacked out all but the "Firestone" lettering for that vintage-racer vibe.The "Cruzer" is available with flanged center caps or spinners. We went with the spinners: a three-piece arrangement with a true knock-off threaded spinner mounting on a bolt-on spindle with a lug cap sandwiched below. Very nice stuff.The "Cruzer" wheel takes a tapered seat lugnut. We prefer a large taper nut, like the Dorman #611-093 on the left, rather than the small seat found on typical mag lugnuts (right).At the rear, we had 15x7 cop wheels with 235/60-15s, but with the rolled fenderlip on this Dart, we had room for more. We ordered a pair of 15x8-inch rears, which have a centerline offset of 4 1/2-inch backspacing-and they fit like a glove with 255 60-15 tires. It's all tire from leaf spring to outer fenderwell, and perfectly centered on this car. However, that fit is combination-specific. We have tightly rolled fender lip flanges and an A-Body 8 1/4-inch rear with 11x2 1/2-inch B-Body brakes. Different brakes or rears make for a different fit. Mock-up with a known wheel, and see how much distance there is to the inside and outside before ordering wheels and tires.
Up front we went with 15x7s mounting 235 60-15s. The front fenders on this car had previously been modified for clearance with this size tire. Again, fit is combination-specific, and the front suspension of this Dart had been altered significantly. Check for specific fit on your car.Wheel Backspacing: Will It Fit?
Backspacing is the distance from the inside-mounting surface of a wheel to the outside edge. Knowing that the difference in backspacing between our new Wheel Vintiques wheels and the old cop rims is plus 1/4-inch, and the difference in overall width is 1 inch, we know the edges of our new wheels will be 1/4 inch farther in and 3/4 inch farther out.With a cop wheel bolted up, we measured to the leaf spring and found slightly over 1 1/4 inch of clearance. The new wheel, with 1/4-inch more backspacing, will give us just over an inch. Since our tire is 10 1/2-inch section width, and the new rim is 9 inches wide overall, the tires will take up 3/4 inch of that clearance, leaving slightly over 1/4 inch to the tire.On the outside edge, our new wheels will be 3/4 inch further out, and the tire will stick out 3/4 inch beyond that. We ran a straight edge up from the old wheel to the previously rolled fenderlip of the Dart, and found over 2 inches, so the new combo will clear the lip. Higher up in the wheelwell, the outer wheelhouse curves inward toward the tire, but the tire gets narrower as it curves from the sidewall toward thread. This is tough to judge and may present an interference problem at full jounce. It looked like the tires would clear and we were prepared to modify the wheelhouse if not.Up front the job is much more complicated due to the steering arc. The only way to know what'll fit is to try it, or to have a fit test done at a tire shop with the special equipment. Using the same techniques as for the rear, a pretty good estimation could be made, although we recommend doing the check with the tires installed. Luckily, most people don't feel the need for massive tires up front. We were happy with the 235 60-15 combo on 7-inch cop wheels that we had up front before. The new Wheel Vintiques' 15x7s have a backspacing of 4 inches, so they will be 1/4 inch farther out than the old 4 1/4-inch backspaced cop rims. We had a slight interference problem to the inner fenders before, on full lock turns, so this could only make the fit better. This Dart already had numerous mods made to the suspension, and reradiused front fender corners, so don't use it as a guide for what will fit on your car.


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So in the last year or so I have been trying to perfect a unified cloud mapping technique. I am making some progress. Here are the clouds ( Photos taken by me) That I will be using to recreate The Well of lost souls. There are some problems with these photos that will need to be corrected But They have the basic shapes I need.
History lesson The Well of Lost Souls is an Island reputed to be centered in the Coraspice Sea . I say reputed as none reputable has ever return from there. Surrounded by treacherous Reefs Shrouded in eternal fogs and "Reputed" to be guarded by an ancient Sea Dragon this Island has claimed many of souls. Over the centuries is has been know by many names. Isle of the Lost , Lost Isle , Isle of the Damned .The draw of the unknown. the Lure of dragons treasure Even an attempted escape of pirates have ended the same. Ships and crew lost forever. Most wise men avoid the area altogether. Still some wander into the fog by accident others by design . The later was the case of Captain Noah Swalter and the Brave crew of The Silver Crest.


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DETROIT (AP) — A Miami couple who ran clinics in the Detroit area have been sentenced for their roles in a $13.3 million Medicare fraud scheme.
The Justice Department said Wednesday that 42-year-old Raymond Arias was given 8 years and 4 months in prison. His 25-year-old wife Emelitza Arias was sentenced to a year in prison.
Raymond Arias was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit and ordered to pay $5.4 million in restitution. His wife was sentenced Wednesday and ordered to pay $532,000 in restitution.
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|Release Date: April 27, 2007
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Summary:A supernatural thriller about a teenager who finds himself trapped between the worlds of the living and the deceased. Nick is a high school senior with a bright future until--in a tragic case of mistaken identity--he is brutally attacked by a troubled girl, Annie, and his body is left for dead. Now in limbo, not quite dead but invisible to the living, his spirit can only watch as his mother and the police search frantically for him, unaware that he is only hours away from truly perishing.


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ATLANTA (AP) - Erika de Souza scored 10 of her 18 points during a decisive fourth quarter and the Atlanta Dream beat the Washington Mystics 80-72 win in the decisive Game 3 of their WNBA first-round series Monday night.
The Dream advanced to face the fourth-seeded Indiana Fever in the Eastern Conference finals, which will begin Thursday in Atlanta. The Fever, who won the WNBA title last season, eliminated top-seeded Chicago in two games.
Tiffany Hayes had 18 points and Armintie Herrington added 14 points for the Dream, while Monique Currie led the Mystics with 22 points.
The Dream trailed 57-55 after three quarters, but a 15-2 run early in the fourth quarter put Atlanta in position to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the third time in four years. De Souza had six points during the run, emotionally gesturing to the crowd as Atlanta took control.


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County's Top 10 worst freeway bottlenecks
SAN DIEGO COUNTY The region's worst freeway bottleneck in 2012 remained — for the fourth year in a row — the Barham Drive backup on state Route 78 in North County, according to a U-T San Diego analysis of traffic data.
But there's hope for this 4.4-mile titan of tie-ups: New merging lanes are set to open in April on Route 78 through San Marcos. The change could end the bottleneck's reign as the most severe in the county, though transportation officials declined to make specific predictions.
The new lanes west of Interstate 15 are "going to help tremendously," Gustavo Dallarda of the California Department of Transportation recently told San Marcos leaders.
Gone from the Top 10 list of worst bottlenecks is any mention of Interstate 15, historically one of the most clogged corridors in the county. The $1 billion I-15 express lanes project gets the credit for moving that freeway off the list.
Other familiar stretches of congestion continued — on interstates 5 and 805 and state routes 56 and 163, to the bane of coastal and central San Diego commuters. Two traffic crunches on state Route 52 made the list as well.
A newcomer to the Top 10 is a backcountry bottleneck at state Route 67 and Mussey Grade Road. That's not because this area of gridlock in Ramona suddenly materialized. Instead, Caltrans installed traffic sensors on the highway last summer, giving the agency its first true measure of the rural tie-up.
This fifth annual U-T list was based on data from the Caltrans Performance Monitoring System, which uses various sensor tools to monitor traffic on more than 2,000 miles of roads in the county.
For purposes of its database, Caltrans defines a bottleneck as "a regularly occurring delay at a specific location due mostly to problems in the roadway design or cars entering the flow of traffic."
Significant drops in speed between detectors embedded in the road — at least 20 mph and to a speed of less than 40 mph — trigger a bottleneck flag.
The worst bottlenecks are measured using their "total delay" in vehicle hours.
Barham at Route 78 led to a whopping 436,261 hours of delay in 2012, an increase of 23 percent from the previous year. That bottleneck far outpaced the runner-up: I-805 at Nobel Drive, which sucked away 318,443 hours.
Local transportation officials said there's relief ahead for some of the region's stubborn backups, including new lanes under construction on stretches of I-805 near Chula Vista and La Jolla.
Improvements are planned for other bottlenecks, but they're still years away from completion. Those include I-5 in North County, where construction of new express lanes won't start until 2015 at the earliest.
For big-picture perspective, consider that congestion on Los Angeles freeways is far worse than in San Diego County. For example, one bottleneck on Interstate 405 near Sunset Boulevard stretches for nearly 10 miles and costs drivers 647,419 hours of delay.
Top 10 worst bottlenecks in 2012
1) State Route 78 at Barham Drive — eastbound, afternoon
The Barham backup was the bottleneck king for the fourth straight year. Even with new merging lanes set to open in April near Nordahl Road in San Marcos, don't expect all the gridlock to disappear. That won't happen, transportation officials said, until carpool lanes are added by 2020.
2) Interstate 805 at Nobel Drive — southbound, afternoon
This La Jolla area headache moved up three slots last year. But relief is on the way: Two I-805 carpool lanes are expected to open this summer from Carroll Canyon Road to Interstate 5. And construction started this week on a stretch of carpool lanes just to the south, from Mira Mesa Boulevard south to state Route 52.


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Women aged 15-49
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The eligible woman selected for interview
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Now i would like to ask about all the births you have had during your life. Have you ever given birth? If "No" probe by asking: I mean, to a child who ever breathed or cried or showed other signs of life - even if he or she lived only a few minutes or hours?
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This module is to be administered to all eligible women age 15-49. All questions refer only to live births. These questions are used to collect information about all births the woman has ever had (including births from earlier marriages). The answers are used to estimate childhood mortality rates. It is important that the respondent understands which events to include in these reports. We want to know about all of the woman's natural births, even if the child no longer lives with her and even if the child is no longer alive. We want to know about children who were born alive - ever breathed or cried or showed other signs of life - even if they lived only a few minutes or hours. We do not want you to record any stillbirths (children who were born dead), or miscarriages, or children adopted by the woman, or children of her present husband born to another wife (to whom the respondent herself did not give birth). The first question of the module is used to determine if the rest of the module and several subsequent modules should be administered to this woman. If the answer is 'Yes', circle '1', and continue with the next question. If the woman says she has never given birth, read out the probe to make sure the woman understands the meaning of 'birth', as described during your training. Explain:" I MEAN, TO A CHILD WHO EVER BREATHED OR CRIED OR SHOWED OTHER SIGNS OF LIFE - EVEN IF HE OR SHE LIVED ONLY A FEW MINUTES OR HOURS?" If her answer is still 'No', skip directly to the Marriage/Union module.


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Relations with the United Nations
NATO and the United Nations (UN) share a commitment to maintaining international peace and security. The two organisations have been cooperating in this area since the early 1990s.
NATO's 2010 Strategic Concept commits the Alliance to prevent crises, manage conflicts and stabilise post-conflict situations, including by working more closely with NATO's international partners, most importantly the UN and the European Union.
UN Security Council Resolutions have provided the mandate for NATO's operations in the Western Balkans, Afghanistan and Libya. They have also provided the framework for NATO's training mission in Iraq. NATO has also provided support to UN-sponsored operations, including logistical assistance to the African Union's UN-endorsed peacekeeping operations in Darfur, Sudan, and in Somalia; support for UN disaster-relief operations in Pakistan, following the massive earthquake in 2005; and escorting merchant ships carrying World Food Programme humanitarian supplies off the coast of Somalia.
Over the years, NATO-UN cooperation has been extended beyond operations to include consultations between NATO and UN specialised bodies and agencies on issues such as crisis assessment and management, civil-military cooperation, training and education, logistics, combating human trafficking, mine action, civilian capabilities, women, peace and security, arms control and non-proliferation, and the fight against terrorism.
The complexity of today's security challenges has required a broader dialogue between NATO and the UN. In 2010, following the signing of the 2008 UN-NATO declaration on cooperation, NATO reinforced its liaison arrangements by establishing the post of NATO Civilian Liaison Officer to the United Nations, in addition to that of a Military Liaison Officer, established in 1999. This enhanced cooperation is an integral part of NATO's contribution to a Comprehensive Approach to crisis management and operations.
Framework for cooperation
In September 2008, building on the experience of over a decade of working together, the Secretaries General of the two organisations agreed to establish a framework for expanded consultation and cooperation.
Cooperation is being further developed on issues of common interest, including in communication and information-sharing; capacity-building, training and exercises; lessons learned, planning and support for contingencies; and operational coordination and support.
Cooperation continues to develop in a practical way, taking into account each organisation's specific mandate, expertise, procedures and capabilities. There are regular exchanges and dialogue at senior and working levels on political and operational issues. NATO's Secretary General reports regularly to the UN Secretary-General on progress in UN-mandated NATO-led operations and on other key decisions of the North Atlantic Council in the area of crisis management and in the fight against terrorism. In recent years, staff-level meetings and high-level visits have become more frequent. The UN is frequently invited to attend NATO ministerial meetings and summits, the NATO Secretary General participates in the UN General Assembly, and staff level meetings take place on an annual basis between the Secretariats of NATO and the UN. Similar meetings also take place with other UN organisations, such as the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and NATO experts participate in events organised by other UN bodies.
As detailed below, NATO contributes to the work of a number of UN committees and bodies set up to address the challenges of terrorism; the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery; promoting the rights and role of women in conflict; the protection of civilians, including protection of children affected by armed conflict; the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons; and disaster relief.
Key areas of cooperation
NATO contributes actively to the work of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (UN CTC) – established in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1373 in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States – and participates in special meetings of the Committee bringing together international, regional and sub-regional organisations involved in this process. NATO and the UN conduct reciprocal briefings on progress in the area of counter-terrorism, in their respective committees. NATO is also committed to supporting the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
NATO contributes to the work of the UN Security Council Committee established following the adoption of UNSCR 1540 (2004), which addresses the threat to international peace and security posed by the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery. In this context, since 2004 the Alliance has been organising a string of international non-proliferation seminars with the active participation of partner countries and international organisations. In addition, NATO addresses the implementation of UNSCR 1540 at regional and sub-regional levels in order to better identify the real needs of countries for assistance.
Women, peace and security
NATO remains committed to the full implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and related Resolutions, which are aimed at protecting and promoting women's rights, role and participation in preventing and ending conflict. In line with the NATO/Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Policy, the Alliance has together with its partners made significant progress in implementing the goals set out in these Resolutions. In this regard, NATO has endorsed a Strategic Progress Report on mainstreaming UNSCR 1325 and related Resolutions into NATO-led operations and missions. Furthermore, in August 2012, the NATO Secretary General appointed a NATO Special Representative for these issues. In this context and to further advance this work, the Allies have tasked the North Atlantic Council to continue implementing the Policy and the Action Plan; undertake a review of the practical implications of UNSCR 1325 for the conduct of NATO operations and missions; and further integrate gender perspectives into Alliance activities.
Protecting children in armed conflict
NATO also remains committed to the implementation of UNSCR 1612 and related Resolutions on the protection of children affected by armed conflict. At the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago, NATO leaders expressed their concern at the growing range of threats to children in armed conflict and strongly condemned that they are increasingly subject to recruitment, sexual violence and targeted attacks. NATO-led operations, such as the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, are taking an active role in preventing, monitoring and responding to violations against children, including through pre-deployment training and a violations alert mechanism. This approach, based on practical field-oriented measures, demonstrates NATO's firm commitment on this issue, as does the recent appointment of a NATO Focal Point for Children and Armed Conflict in charge of maintaining a close dialogue with the UN. NATO-UN cooperation in this field is creating a set of good practices to be integrated in NATO training modules and taken into account in possible future operations.
Small arms and light weapons
NATO also contributes to the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in All its Aspects, adopted in July 2001 by nearly 150 countries, including all NATO member states. It consists of measures at the national, regional and global levels in the areas of legislation, destruction of weapons that have been confiscated, seized or collected, as well as international cooperation and assistance to strengthen the ability of states in identifying and tracing illicit arms and light weapons. Every two years, the UN holds the Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action. Through the Ad Hoc Working Group on SALW, established in 1999 within the framework of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, NATO supports the implementation of the Programme of Action with outreach activities, including at regional and sub-regional level.
Disaster relief
NATO also cooperates with the UN in support of disaster-relief operations. Through the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC), NATO coordinates consequence-management efforts with UN and other bodies and shares information on disaster assistance. All the EADRCC's tasks are performed in close cooperation with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), which retains the primary role in the coordination of international disaster-relief operations. The EADRCC is a regional coordination mechanism, supporting and complementing the UN efforts. In the case of a disaster requiring international assistance, it is up to individual NATO member states and partner countries to decide whether to provide assistance, based on information received from the EADRCC.
Evolution of NATO-UN cooperation in the field
Working relations between the United Nations and the Alliance were limited during the Cold War. This changed in 1992, against the background of growing conflict in the Western Balkans, where their respective roles in crisis management led to an intensification of practical cooperation in the field.
Bringing peace to the former Yugoslavia
In July 1992, NATO ships belonging to the Alliance's Standing Naval Force Mediterranean, assisted by NATO Maritime Patrol Aircraft, began monitoring operations in the Adriatic in support of a UN arms embargo against all republics of the former Yugoslavia. A few months later, in November 1992, NATO and the Western European Union (WEU) began enforcement operations in support of UN Security Council Resolutions aimed at preventing the escalation of the conflict.
The readiness of the Alliance to support peacekeeping operations under the authority of the UN Security Council was formally stated by NATO Foreign Ministers in December 1992. A number of measures were subsequently taken, including joint maritime operations under the authority of the NATO and WEU Councils: NATO air operations; close air support for the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR); air strikes to protect UN "Safe Areas"; and contingency planning for other options which the United Nations might take.
Following the signature of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Dayton Agreement) on 14 December 1995, NATO was given a mandate by the United Nations, on the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 1031, to implement the military aspects of the peace agreement. NATO's first peacekeeping operation, the Implementation Force (IFOR), began operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina to fulfill this mandate in December 1995. One year later, it was replaced by a NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR). Throughout their mandates both multinational forces worked closely with other international organisations and humanitarian agencies on the ground, including UN agencies such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN International Police Task Force (IPTF).
From the onset of the conflict in Kosovo in 1998 and throughout the crisis, close contacts were maintained between the UN Secretary-General and NATO's Secretary General. Actions were taken by the Alliance in support of UN Security Council Resolutions both during and after the conflict. The Kosovo Force (KFOR) was deployed on the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 12 June 1999 to provide an international security presence as the prerequisite for peace and reconstruction of Kosovo. Throughout its deployment, KFOR has worked closely with the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) as well as with other international and local stakeholders.
In 2000 and 2001, NATO and the United Nations also cooperated successfully in containing major ethnic discord in southern Serbia and preventing a full-blown civil war in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹.
Cooperation between NATO and the UN is playing a key role in Afghanistan. The Alliance formally took over the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), a UN-mandated force, in August 2003. Originally tasked with helping to provide security in and around Kabul, ISAF was subsequently authorised by a series of UN Security Council Resolutions to expand its presence into other regions of the country to extend the authority of the central government and to facilitate development and reconstruction.
NATO and ISAF work closely with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and other international actors that are supporting governance, reconstruction and development. The close cooperation takes place in various settings, in Afghanistan as well as in UN and NATO capitals. It includes co-membership of the Joint Co-ordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) overseeing the implementation of the internationally endorsed Afghanistan Compact, co-chairmanship together with the Afghan Government of the Executive Steering Committee for Provincial Reconstruction Teams, and other joint Afghan-international community bodies.
NATO and the UN are also consulting closely on their respective postures in Afghanistan. NATO is keeping the UN well informed of the planning for the NATO-led train, advise, and assist mission that is set to begin in January 2015.
Under the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1546 and at the request of the Iraqi Interim Government, NATO provided assistance in training and equipping Iraqi security forces through the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) from 2004 to end 2011.
Supporting African Union missions
In June 2005, following a request from the African Union (AU) and in close coordination with the United Nations and the European Union, NATO agreed to support the African Union's Mission in Sudan (AMIS), which is trying to end the continuing violence in the Darfur region. NATO assisted by airlifting peacekeepers from African troop-contributing countries to the region and also helped train AU troops in how to run a multinational military headquarters and how to manage intelligence.
Following a request from the African Union in 2007, NATO accepted to assist the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by providing airlift support to AU member states willing to deploy on this mission. NATO is also providing capacity-building assistance for the African Union via a Senior Military Liaison Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Alliance also protects UN shipping in support of AMISOM.
Deterring piracy
In October 2008, NATO agreed to a request from the UN Secretary-General to deploy ships off the coast of Somalia to deter piracy and escort merchant ships carrying World Food Programme cargo.
On 27 March, NATO Allies decided to take on the whole military operation in Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973. The purpose of Operation Unified Protector was to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack. NATO implemented all military aspects of the UN Resolution. Allies moved swiftly and decisively to enforce the arms embargo and no-fly zone called for in the resolution, and to take further measures to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas from attack. Operation Unified Protector was concluded on 31 October 2011.1. Turkey recognizes the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.
The North Atlantic Treaty and the UN Charter
The Charter of the United Nations, signed in San Francisco on 26 June 1945, establishes the overall responsibility of the UN Security Council for international peace and security. NATO's North Atlantic Treaty signed four years later, on 4 April 1949, makes clear that the UN Charter is the framework within which the Alliance operates. In the Treaty, Allies reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter and commit themselves to the peaceful resolution of conflicts. They also commit themselves to the principle of collective defence, in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter which establishes the inherent right of individual or collective defence of all UN member countries. Collective defence is central to NATO's founding treaty and commits Allies to protect each other, setting a spirit of solidarity within the Alliance.


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- Length:
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- Hull Material:
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This 2005 46 Super Sport has been lavished with options and great electronics.
"Reel Attitude" is an original owner boat alswith MTU's electronic trolling valves
on both motors and the 5 button controller installed.
This was a $18,000 option, installed by J&T.
Sellers will consider trades
JOE LONGOBARDI @ 410-490-0584 OR EMAIL email@example.com
BOAT IS LOCATED IN: Deale, MD
Please contact Joe Longobardi at 410-317-8965
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Boat Name
Reel Attitude
Builder: Ocean Yachts
Designer: Dave Martin
LOA: 46 ft 6 in
Beam: 15 ft 10 in
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: MTU
Engine Model: Series 60
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 1100
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: MTU
Engine Model: Series 60
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 1100
Max Draft: 4"2'
Displacement: 42,561 lbs.
Total Power: 825
Cruising Speed: 30-34 knots
Max Speed: 39+ knots
Fuel: 620
Fresh Water: 125
Holding: 50
The 46 Super Sport, Ocean's new model for 2005, acheived a new goal in both layout and design, inside and underwater. Following the departure of Ocean's popular 3 stateroom 48 Super Sport, the 46 has three staterooms, two heads and manages to feel even bigger.
Taking the fifth generation hull design starting with the 57 and later 50, the deep-v hull in the 46SS provides a great ride; running true in both head and following seas and taking a quarting chop in a predictable manner. This hull responds to more input from steering and trim tabs than hulls in the past, enhancing the helmsmans control over the ride.
Entering the salon, there is a "L" shaped channel back settee trimmed in rich Chocolate leather (with rod storage and pull out berth), a barrel chair opposite covered in the decor scheme's "Cinnabar" red fabric. A clear salon cover protects the carpeting underfoot and Amtico teak and holly sole has been set in the salon's entry (no dirty carpet), the galley and heads.
The galley is forward to port in the salon, with Sub Zero drawers for convenience and a clean look and opposite of the galley is the dinette also in Chocolate leather.
Going below, the master stateroom is to port with an island queen, 20" LCD TV, stereo system and private head and shower. Forward, the is the VIP stateroom; featuring a centerline queen with private access to the guest head. The third stateroom is amidships to starboard, with a good size double berth. This room also holds the washer/dryer in a teak trimmed cabinet.
- Amtico in salon entry, heads & galley
- "Chocolate & Cinnabar" decor scheme
- Clear salon cover and runner for steps and lower companionway
- Silhouette blinds upgrade (quiet while underway compare to wood...)
- Salon LCD TV
- Bose Lifestyle 18 entertainment sys.
- Hi-low table in high gloss teak
- U-line icemaker
- Master stateroom LCD TV & DVD stereo
- VIP stateroom LCD TV & DVD stereo
- Vacu-flush heads
- Sub zero drawers (fridge & freezers)
- Corian countertops
- Panasonic Microwave
- Amtico Teak and holly sole
- Teak trimmed cabinets and drawers
- 2-burner cooktop
Electronics & Helm
A very well equipped helm in terms of electronic navagation aids, the owners of "Reel Attitude" haven't wanted for more information...there's plenty to keep you busy on this bridge! Custom helm chairs by GIOA Sail and custom bridge carpeting help on those long days offshore.
- Northstar 6000i 15" plotter
- Furuno Navnet (48 mile radar/gps)
- Furuno Navnet (dual freq. fishfinder w/1000 watt transducer)
- Level III electronic controls (single lever Rybo handles)
- Engine synchonizer (MTU control)
- MTU electronic trolling valves ($14k installed option)
- Icom M502 VHF
- Raymarine Tridata( speed,depth & distance log)
- Si-Tex 525 RDF
- Simrad autopilot
- Clarion CD stereo system
- Hardtop with full enclosure (EZ2CY on sides and forward)
- Spreader lights
- Lewmar hatch in hardtop
- Cockpit fresh & raw water washdowns
- Teak covering boards
- Rupp triple speader outriggers
- (6) Clearing rod holders in pilasters
- (2) Transom rod holders(total of 12 rod holders in cockpit
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I probably wouldn't be working at North Star Orchard if it weren't for the Asian pears. It's true – they're what drew my attention to this farm years ago at Philadelphia farmers' markets. I'm not the only one; they truly have a cult following. I'll often open my mouth to answer a question about them at a market, only to have another customer standing nearby answer enthusiastically for me. I've heard about Asian pears shipped away to kids at college who are yearning for a taste of home, and about some that are shipped each year to relatives in Europe. I know my parents won't let me in the door at Christmas-time if I don't bring pears along.
So many people love them, but they're still a bit of a mystery to most. What are these things? These "apple pears," "Korean pears," "sand pears," "salad pears," nashi? Well, "apple pear" is misleading; they really have nothing to do with apples, except that they share a plant family (Rosaceae). What they actually are is another species of pear, Pyrus pyrifolia, that has been traditionally grown in Japan, China, and Korea. You've been eating them for weeks (if not years) now, so I don't have to tell you what they taste like, or about their characteristic crunch. Unlike "European" pears, Asian pears are picked ripe and ready to eat – none of that guesswork about when it's reached its moments-long window of peak ripeness before turning to unpleasant mush in the center. Keep them in your fridge loosely in a plastic bag and they'll keep for weeks. (Especially good to know this time of year when the CSA's ending!)
Perhaps the Asian pear fervor is only unusual in this country where fruit generally serves as a sort of placeholder. We're not accustomed to great flavor, but rather a healthy something to tide us over or fill a lunch bag. Most of us grew up on inoffensive-at-best apples and identical-looking bananas, definitely nothing to get excited about. In Asia, however, where these pears come from, they're served as a special treat or gift or shared around the table after a meal. Here, as well, I sense that Asian pears are treated as something special. If nothing else, the price inspires a bit more awe than we're used to affording a piece of fruit, and reflects the hours spent hand-thinning the crop as well as their fragile nature.
All season long I've been looking forward to learning more about these pears and their traditional uses, and I have to confess, I haven't been too successful. There still isn't that much information out there, readily available on the information superhighway (in English anyway). I was, however, able to find a bit on their usage in traditional Chinese medicine. From Kitchen Medicine Cooking Medicine, a blog about Food, Herbs, and Philosophy from Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine:
"The most common Kitchen Medicine in the East for the lungs are Pears. Pears are cooling and moistening which in moderation is how the lungs like to be. Not only do pear's cool energy counteract the heat building in your lungs with infection, but their viscous moist quality is a natural lubricant for the mucous membranes of the lungs, with expectorant qualities, too.
Bite into a ripe pear. Compare with a ripe Apple. Pears have a viscous quality. This is a moistening characteristic that targets the lungs and nasal passages, and makes them excellent food this time of year, raw or cooked."
Appropriately enough, I was fighting off a cough as I did my research, and it took longer than it should have for me to realize that I should get up off the couch and go steam some Asian pears. I highly recommend this recipe (adapted from Nina Simonds' A Spoonful of Ginger), even if you're feeling 100% healthy. Once cooked, the texture of Asian pear is remarkably similar to cooked European pears.
For anyone who'd like to dabble in the world of pickle making, Asian pears can also be used in kimchi. I'd recommend using Olympic, a Korean variety with a little more crunch and tart flavor. Another Korean cooking technique I learned: use Asian pear to marinate and tenderize beef in recipes such as bulgogi and galbi.
Also, one of the nicknames for Asian pears, "salad pears" makes a great suggestion – they go fabulously in salads, providing a sweet and crunchy counterpoint especially to bitter or spicy greens. Finally, online success – a search easily turns up a number of Asian pear salad recipes…
from New York chic (good luck sourcing the mâche outside of Union Square!): Morimoto's Asian Pear Salad … to a tasty way to balance out bitter endive or escarole: Endive and Asian Pear Salad … to something like this, which comes pretty near my idea of food perfection: Asian Pear and Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese.
All of these suggestions, however, are contingent on any Asian pears lingering beyond the moment you take them out of their bag. The traditional way to eat a North Star Asian pear is, after all, to simply eat it, as soon as possible, caution to the wind with juice flying, a bit of the mystery still intact.


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Bon have disagree with you about training grounds - for example in WI - the madison retriever club know owns 4 properties with water - dug ponds on three for dog training and 40+ acres each, then WAFTC owns 2 properties with world class water, Manitowoc owns a couple of great land and water properties, Ray Mutch owns training property, then Parrot, Unbehaun, Spangler, Curtis own training grounds with excellent water then Mike lardy, Paul sletten, Andy attar plus hunt test pros own land with water - More than you could train on in a year within a couple of hours away from each other
always remember back in the very early 1970's the national was a Bong in wisconsin - Hill with dandy and eugine corona both trained at the Madison retriever club - charlie had is kids along and we got a thunderstorm and it was the first time they experienced the Wisconsin weather - was the start of E collars and the training and attituded of the dogs was so rudimentary compared to todays dogs - Dandy was a two time National champion at that time and bolted in the first series of the national if my memory is correct - drills those days as angle entries were a mystery yet and were worked on all the time I threw and shot birds for them
Hi Bon, I'm sorry to hear the tweet about Kate's passing. Its never easy. Chris
Did not have room for all of it.
I just cannot imagine doing someone like that. Not giving them time to get another stud. No nothing. Is this type of attitdue common with Pro trainers & breeders. I have already been screwed 3 times with breeders that I thought would never happen. Is there any good dog people out there?
Hope you been doing good Bon
How are you doing?
I was wanting to ask you a question. I know you have been here for a while & you & your brother have been doing this for a while & I was wanting to ask if you have ever had a problem with this or if it is just me. I was under the understanding with a stud owner to do a breeding to my female. Had tried a breeding a year ago & it did not take. planned to do it again as soon as she came back in. She did come in & I contacted the guy everything seemed ok. We had to do AI because of his location. I set up with vet to do progesterones to set time. We do 2 progesterone test & decide on time. Have been trying to contact him since then with no result. I think I have called or emailed about 10 to 20 times with no results at all. No return call nothing. Well tomorrow is my last day to do breeding. I will miss this breeding.
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