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Women in Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Recovery
Women and girls are uniquely and disproportionately affected by armed conflict and disaster. In post conflict and disaster settings, they often suffer from lack of security and are excluded from decision making and participation in economic, social, and political spheres. National laws and judicial systems also remain discriminatory against them. Crisis could provide an opportunity to break down traditional barriers and roles which often limit women's contribution to society, and "to build back better" where inequality is not perpetuated.
Our Goals
To enhance women's, political, social and economic empowerment in armed conflict and disaster settings.
- Strengthens security of women and girls through rule of law, security and justice sector reform, and multi-sectoral prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence
- Supports women's political participation, empowerment and representation, including in national and local governments, conflict prevention and peacebuilding processes
- Works with national governments to develop policies and services that benefit women and men equally
- Supports economic recovery and reintegration efforts that gives equal livelihood opportunities to women, including access to land and credit
- Works closely with international and national partners on the UN's global policy agenda on Women, Peace and Security and support implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
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Whether in times of armed conflict, post-conflict or peace, sexual violence is neither inevitable nor acceptable; it is an outcome of gender inequality and a violation of human rights for which states are accountable.
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- Since 1992, women have comprised only eight percent of negotiating delegations in UN mediated peace processes.
- Women comprise 70 percent of the world's hungry, a situation that is exercerbated by conflict and disaster.
- Women, boys and girls are 14 times more likely to die during a natural disaster than men.
- Sexual violence directed towards women and girls is often used as a deliberate tactic in conflict.

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Three weeks into the season, Warriors point guard Jarrett Jack was frustrated. He felt he wasn't playing enough or doing enough.
But his ire wasn't directed at coach Mark Jackson. In a heart-to-heart with starting point guard Stephen Curry, Jack singled out his own poor play for keeping him on the bench.
"That's when I knew he was for real," Curry said. "I knew it wasn't just smoke he was talking in practice. He was a true leader that was trying to help change the culture."
Since then, Jack has been so much more than just a reserve guard for the Warriors. He's been a floor general, a scorer, a leader, a motivator, a closer. He's been a bargain for the $5 million salary he's earning, especially considering the minimal cost it took to acquire him -- small forward Dorell Wright as part of a three-team trade.
In seven games this month, Jack is averaging 20.1 points and 6.9 assists. That's coming off a January where he averaged 13.7 points and 7.3 assists.
And if the Warriors win at Indiana on Tuesday, Jack -- a former Pacer -- will probably have a major hand in it.
Part of the reason Jack's presence has been so beneficial is his willingness to embrace his role. Unlike in past years, when tension -- real or perceived -- existed between Curry and Monta Ellis, Curry and Jack seem to be in sync.
That's largely because Jack, who calls himself a background singer, has been more concerned about winning and fulfilling his role than advancing his own career.
"He's an absolute pro," Jackson said. "We've been extremely fortunate to have him because we took what was a weakness last year ... and we've now made it a strength. It's never been competition, it's been (about) making each other better."
In the final year of his contract, Jack will be a restricted free agent at season's end. With the way he's played, he could be in line for a sizable payday. But Jack, 29, said he wants to stay with Golden State. Playing for his fifth team in eight seasons, Jack said he is hoping to make the Bay Area his home.
"I realize not everyone will be in the ideal situation," Jack said. "Only a few guys in this league will get the money they want, the playing time they want, the touches they want, the shots they want. The rest of us have to make the most of our situation. I feel like I'm in a good situation."
Jack would have little to complain about even if he were the disgruntled type. He's averaging 29.5 minutes per game. Perhaps most important, the ball often is in his hands in crunchtime.
Jack ranks second in the NBA in fourth-quarter assists and seventh in fourth-quarter minutes. He's 15th with 240 fourth-quarter points, ahead of Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook and San Antonio's Tony Parker.
"Jack's a basketball-savvy guy," Curry said. "He's not going to complain about a great situation. He can pretty much expect every game, he's going to get his opportunities. He's not going to force everything. He gets a lot of plays called for him. ... I know he's not a starter or whatever label you want to put on it. But he's been a solid force for us."
Jarrett Jack's statistics over the past five games:
Opp. Min FG 3FG Ast Pts
Utah 33 6-11 1-2 9 19
Phx 36 8-14 3-4 4 21
Avg. 36 .500 .538 7.2 23.0
Tuesday's game
Warriors (33-23) at Indiana (35-21), 4:30 p.m. CSNBA


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The show starts off in an interesting manner with Makisupa (never my favorite song, but it's chill enough, and most other fans do like it quite a bit), before heading into an always welcome, joyfully upbeat Ya Mar and a molasses-slow Gumbo that tells us something special's in the cards for tonight (as the first three songs have given us a good half hour of really nifty, groovy jamming); a panoramic Divided Sky just adds to that feeling. The rest of the first set is standard enough, but that's nearly 50 minutes of high class music right there, which is hardly anything to complain about for a first set.
The second set, though, is where things get rather tasty indeed. After a couple minutes of almost ugly white noise, the band kicks into a supercharged version of 2001, overflowing with pulsating energy from the word go, and slowing to a mellow groove before finishing with a flourish; no short list of best 2001s ever is complete without this bad boy (along with 11/19/97, 12/29/98, and the Went). Next comes Mike's Song, a growling and snarling midtempo beast that sweeps aside everything before it before hitting the usual closing sequence, then moving into a more open, blissful jam that gives the band more room to breathe (and Page more of a chance to shine) and climaxes in a really sweet ending...
...and then Fishman starts up the drumbeat to Weekapaug Groove, and what has been a really top-notch set so far enters a brand new dimension. This Weekapaug Groove brings some outrageous, powerful funk, never letting up in terms of straight energy - this is the kind of jam that feels like a shot of adrenaline straight to your brain, especially when the band starts going double time en route to Character Zero. Zero is Zero, of course, but at this point it makes no difference - this is a set to stash away on whatever music player you've got for as long as you listen to music. PYITE/Rocky Top is just icing on the cake.
LivePhish released the show two days earlier, which is certainly fun enough (I greatly enjoy that Tweezer, and the Simple, and the Horn Jam, and...), but is a mere lark compared to the monster show Phish dropped on the Gorge here. 1998 was not exactly the most consistent of years, but when '98 Phish was feeling it, shows like this were the result. Give it a listen, won't you?


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Every residence hall is equipped with an automatic smoke/heat detection system monitored 24 hours a day by university police. The system also includes strobe light units to notify students who are hearing impaired. An alarm prompts immediate evacuation of the building. The system also self-tests for tampering and reduces the chance for false alarms.
Each individual residence hall room has an AC powered smoke detector with battery back-up which resident assistants check during monthly room inspections.
Fire drills are conducted monthly in all residence halls. Students who fail to evacuate as required are referred to the judicial system.
All residence halls are equipped with fire sprinkler systems. Mowrey, Naugle, and McLean Halls have fire department-approved standpipe systems which allow firefighters to direct water to fire connections within the building. The other residence halls, which are two or three stories, do not have stand-pipe systems but do have extinguishers. Fire extinguishers are also provided in many different areas of all campus buildings. Fire hydrants are located outside each residence hall.
The Department of Public Safety conducts monthly building inspections of every campus facility. Fire extinguishers are checked monthly.
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I Char-H(òosta A news -publication of the Salish and %gotenai Tribes of the Jlathead Indian Reservation Chief Charlo of the Salish VOLUME 16, NUMBER 41 THE MONTH OF THE GEESE Chief Koostatah of the Kootenai MARCH 2, 1988 Fire Control to help clean up homesite areas Unattended small fire almost claims home; burning rules outlined You know it's spring around here when the ground is bare of snow, and the skies are full of smoke from folks setting fire to their yards and fields. (Potholes are another sign, but that's another story...) Springs seems to have come early this year, causing a lot of people to begin their burning programs earlier than usual, too, in advance of the legal season for such activity. The season runs from March 1 through November 30 each year. Already this year—last week, in fact —an un watched can of burning garbage resulted in a ground fire that came within five feet of claiming a home in the Mission Dam Homesites area, a few miles east of St. Ignatius. The owner of the almost-scortched home says this is the fourth year in a row that he's had such a close call. The Tribal Air Quality and Forestry programs remind everyone of the fol- lowing: (1) The legal time period during which burning is allowed begins March 1st and ends November 30th, with permits required from May 1st through November; and (2), burners are responsible for all damage done when a fire escapes, and are subject to punishment which may include a fine and jail time. DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO BURN? The first thing to do is ask yourself whether or not a burn is even necessary. Organic matter — weeds, leaves, small branches and the like — is designed to (Continues on page two) 16 00 0) 00 I CO 0) 00 o CO If) Í I o 0 3 Meetings set to discuss health-care issues "Where are we going with health care?" will be the topic at a series of public meetings, which began last week in Elmo. With a number of health-care matters up in the air these days — the closure of the hospital in St. Ignatius Feb. 28, tighter proposed IHS eligibility requirements, the loss of baby-delivery services across the state due to malpractice insurance rate jumps — the Tribes is co-sponsoring a comprehensive study with the IHS to discover alternatives. This series of meetings is part of that effort. By the time this issue gets in the mail, Arlee's and Hot Springs' meetings (Feb. 29 and March 1) will have already taken place. Yet to come are: WEDNESDAY, March 2: Ronan senior citizens center THURSDAY, March 3: Flathead Lake Senior Citizens Center SATURDAY, March 6: St. Ignatius community center. All meetings will begin at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served.
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Editorial Response: Motorcycle helmet law
Last week, WXII aired and posted online an editorial about House Bill 109, which concerns the motorcycle helmet law in North Carolina.
If you're on our main website, you can watch it above. You can read the editorial by clicking here.
We received a handful of responses on WXII's Facebook page, along with emails to email@example.com
We've posted a couple of the responses below:
"As a survivor of a motorcycle crash I cannot imagine riding again without a helmet. However, I strongly support repeal of the NC helmet laws and freedom of choice for every rider. The existence of the law has nothing to do with highway safety. It's unquestionably orchestrated by Insurance Companies (not bikers) and if we knew the truth a lot of "premium" dollars were spent in Raleigh years ago to get the law passed. For the first 40 years of existence the law had absolutely no merit. It was stated that motorcyclists must wear a helmet that was on an "approved list" by manufacturer and model. Did you ever see that list? The answer is no because there never was a list. I certainly attempted and was passed from state office to state office for many months before finally getting that piece of little known information. Numerous motorcyclists who received violations for wearing "improper" helmets and chose to fight the charge in court had those thrown out for the same reason. There existed no definition of proper or improper helmets. The result of this was as long as a rider wore something that appeared to be a helmet they were abiding by the law. And, an awful lot of these helmets provided about the same protection from head injuries as a toboggan. Any statistics that may be generated or quoted regarding safety benefit is entirely bogus because there is no baseline data. In other words, for most of the life of the helmet law there really was no safety requirement for helmets.
"The editorialist apparently was only familiar with the top line subject and not the history or details of the law.
"This law was modified around four years ago to specify legal motorcycle helmets. But that doesn't change the fact that for 42 of 46 years there was absolutely no benefit of any type to anyone except insurance companies due to the existence of this law. I do not debate the benefit of a legitimate helmet in reducing traumatic head injury risk in the event of a crash. But that applies only to the person or people on the motorcycle. If a passenger vehicle is involved in a crash with a motorcycle there is absolutely no way that injury to vehicle passengers or damages will be different regardless of helmet or no helmet worn by the rider(s). Therefore it is definitely a personal freedom issue. And if we as North Carolinians cannot let responsible adults think and act for themselves in matters that only affect themselves we are indeed in trouble as a state. " - Bill, North Carolina
"I have been riding for 42 years, I started racing dirt bikes at age 6 and have ridden ever since. I have had several crashes in my life and I have never even put a scratch on a helmet. I say give everyone the freedom to choose if they wish to wear a helmet or not. If the law states we don't have to wear it, that does not mean you will not wear one. Just give the people the freedom to choose. Personally, I LOVE it when I hit the SC line and can loose my helmet. Think of the dollars it can bring to the state if we get more motorcycle riders who want the freedom to choose." - Terry McNeil
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I can design a shape in Cam Expert, then export it to NC file, the only problem is that i need to insert lead ins, and cut orders, as well well cut direction before it generated the G-code. also there are no M3 commands that acutally perform the cut, in the output.
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Danos picks Port of Iberia for new manufacturing facility
Published: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 9:38 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 9:38 p.m.
Larose-based oilfield company Danos announced Tuesday night plans to build its new $23 million manufacturing facility at the Port of Iberia.
The port's board of commissioners approved 40 acres of land at the south Louisiana facility. The new plant is part of $40 million expansion plan announced in May.
Danos is also building a new headquarters in Gray at the intersection of U.S. 90 and La. 24. Together, the headquarters and manufacturing facilities will represent a capital investment of $40 million, with 426 new direct jobs created over the next five years, according to a Danos news release.
The jobs at the Iberia facility will have an average salary of $65,000 per year, the company said.
"Danos is thrilled to be in position to commence construction of a world-class manufacturing complex in Louisiana," said Eric Danos, the company's executive vice president. "We looked across the Gulf Coast and found a site close to home in New Iberia with the right infrastructure and a talented workforce. This new Danos facility will allow us to continue to build on a long legacy of partnering with major oil and gas operators to solve complex energy challenges."
Danos will lease space on a waterfront tract of the port's new 108-acre Millennium Expansion project.
Construction of the Danos facility will begin in approximately six months. The company said it will start hiring in the third quarter of 2015.
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BRECKENRIDGE - Citizens in Frisco and Breckenridge can now tell their governments exactly what they think about local issues and participate in community conversations thanks to a new online public-engagement tool going live this fall.
Breckenridge and Frisco both recently launched the MindMixer program - a web-based tool that attempts to bridge the communication gap between governments and the public, giving individuals opportunities to offer feedback on government decisions and local issues - and are already seeing dozens of people participating in online conversations.
"People who live and work in Breckenridge best understand what our needs are," Breck Mayor John Warner stated in a recent town release. "So the best way to provide plans that meet those needs is to give people the opportunity to participate in the process."
Approximately 100 people had signed on to participate in Breckenridge's MindMixer program a week after it went live. Frisco has had more than 300 interactions on its 2013 budget plan which was posted on the site in September.
Officials with Summit County government, the Summit School District and the town of Silverthorne are also considering launching similar MindMixer platforms.
Breckenridge launched the tool in an attempt to increase public engagement and get a broader sampling of residents' opinions on hot local topics, such as a proposed plastic bag ban.
In Frisco, MindMixer provided an opportunity for the town to collect feedback from the community on next year's proposed budget, but officials expect the program to continue to be useful on other issues as it becomes more widely used.
"It's still new enough that a lot of people haven't found it yet," Frisco Town Councilman Kent Willis said. "But I think that as we move down the road and the word gets out, we'll find more and more use for that. It's always good to increase the opportunities for people to communicate with the government."
But on Breckenridge's site, EngageBreckenridge.com, MindMixer is already showing the potential to be more than a way for citizens to respond to government-issued surveys. It is becoming a platform for community dialogue.
In addition to giving participants an opportunity to weigh in on town staffers' questions - such as the proposed plastic bag ban - the site allows residents to post their own ideas on ways to improve the town. Other users can then "second" those ideas or comment on them. Other users can respond to those comments, generating a conversation.
"EngageBreckenridge.com" target="_blank">class="NormalParagraphStyle">"EngageBreckenridge.com offers people the chance to share their vision and ideas," Warner stated.
Currently, conversations are happening around the town's fireworks display, the proposed Breckenridge Grand Vacations development at the base of Peak 8, a playground at the Riverwalk Center and the town's lone movie theater, the Speakeasy.
EngageFrisco.com" target="_blank">class="NormalParagraphStyle">EngageFrisco.com is generating similar conversations, though to a lesser extent.
The MindMixer program requires users to create an account with their name, birth year, zip code and email address in order to participate in online conversations, giving town administrators knowledge of who is commenting on the site and where they live.
The MindMixer company, which provides customized, individual engagement websites to roughly 200 municipalities across the country, promotes positive interaction. Company administrators monitor comments for harassing, obscene and derogatory material and delete them. Users who continue to post negative comments violating the company's guidelines can be suspended or removed from the site.


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a great bit of software! really simple and elegant.
by bitnix, 8 years and 266 days ago (score: 3)
Stunningly simple and elegant.
the amiga version of this was so sexy as well
by synaesthesia, 8 years and 269 days ago (score: 1)
Great thing is you can try it forever for free!
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paint is nothing compared to this. i think the price is a little too much only for some eye candy
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AIKEN, S.C. – Four Pacers finished in double figures as the nationally fifth-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken women's basketball team stayed perfect on the young 2012-13 season with a 72-49 win over Wingate at the Convocation Center on Wednesday evening.
The Pacers are now 26-0 over the last three seasons when holding their foes to under 50 points.
USC Aiken (2-0) finished its win over the 2012 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional finalist Bulldogs shooting 46.2 percent (30-for-65) as a team. The Pacer defense held Wingate to just 37.8 percent (17-for-45) shooting as a team.
The Pacers knocked down 43.8 percent (7-for-16) of their 3-point attempts in the contest.
Daniela Tarailo (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point HS) nailed five of USC Aiken's seven treys in the game en route to claiming a game-best 19 points. Tarailo acquired 16 of her 19 points in the second stanza.
In total, four Pacers finished in double-figures in the 23-point win over Wingate (2-1).
USC Aiken point guard Brittany Hill (Mechanicsville, Va./Quinnipiac) closed out her evening with 15 points, seven assists and a career-high seven steals.
Kayla Harris (Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield HS) concluded her night with 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists. She also had one of USC Aiken's five blocks on the evening.
Porsha Martin (Douglasville, Ga./South Paulding HS) was the final Pacer in double figures with 11 points. She also had eight boards and one block. Martin was 5-for-7 from the field in the Pacer win.


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Cumin, chili powder and chiles add the heat to meatless chili featuring organic fire-roasted tomatoes, black beans and sweet corn.
You can vary the heat level of this chili by decreasing or increasing the amount of chiles that you use.
Serve this veggie chili with warm cornbread or corn tortillas.
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If you feel you need more knowledge and ability to defend yourself if attacked, drop by the Billy De Frank LGBT Community Center, 938 The Alameda, on Nov. 16 for a free Awareness and Prevention seminar.
The 1 to 3 p.m. class is taught by staff from Defense-ability, a woman owned and operated company that teaches "situational awareness, physical self-defense and how to safely and effectively use protective devices such as stun guns and pepper spray."
Topics to be discussed include setting physical and verbal boundaries; street smarts and awareness; recognizing and avoiding trouble; and de-escalating situations.


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Do Some Celebrities Look Like Cars? (Video)
It is true that cars' front ends resemble faces and that designers sculpt and tweak headlights as if they were eyes and often try to give radiator grilles the look of snarling mouths. One of the latest crazes in the car business — LEDs framing the headlights — can look like too much mascara.
But how much do cars really look like people?
Linkage Design, which provides digital design services, released a video suggesting a number of celebrities have facial features that remind us of design cues found on cars. The video slideshow promotes the Designer's Night Party on January 14, 2013. The annual event marks the kickoff of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.


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A song from the band AC/DC.
Hey man, do you know the song Big Balls by AC/DC?
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Yeah! It's hilarious!
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What Stephen Colbert has that enables him to speak the truth about the Bush White House and the White House Corespondents.
Stephen Colbert had big balls when he skewered the White House Corespondents and lampooned the Bush Administration at the White House Correspondents Dinner 2006.
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when something is a pain in the ass, it's "big balls". italian-american slang.
this job is big balls.
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In the game of pool, the big balls are the stripes, as opposed to the solids, which are called small balls. One can imagine that the solid-colored balls look smaller than the stripes, although they are all identical except in appearance.
John knocked in the nine ball first, so he got the big balls. (The nine ball is striped)
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Spare Shell 6 Pack UTG M3 Shotgun
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- Adequate... Simple review: 30 rounds, 10 shots. bb eject is nice. paper covering holes in plastic will eventually be punctured... no biggy. the plug on 1 of mine gets stuck a lot.
-30 rounds is great for something this small (ultra spring deagle holds 25 and is 2x as big)
-good deal, 6 for 15$ (other sites give you 3 shells for 15$ )
-easier than an impractical magazine.
-10 shots is great, but you are out of ammo before you know it... thats the gun tho
-you'll realize you need a lot.
-plug gets stuck occasionally.
-label will rip off eventually.
-like every single utg magazine ive ever had, it always leaves 1 bb in the mag slot after ejection.
-without loops can be hard to keep track of multiple shells.
overall tho, youve really got no choice. these shells are exactly the same as all other tri-shot shells on the market. utg is supposedly designing a new shell however to solve the problems.
Please Rate if you took the time to read.
- A must have!Ok, if you get this shotgun you absolutely must buy this. It only comes with two shells so you gotta get this. The quality of these is really solid. My only small complaint is this: WHY 6!? Why charge $15 for 6, which is a good deal BUT why sell 6 at once? Why not in a two pack? Don't ask me.
When you get this gun you MUST get these shells, so buy it.
- finallyOK I own the gun, I�m not just guessing about these
Well my shotgun came with 1 black and 1 red shell
I ejected them out of my gun and let them hit the ground a couple times which is possibly why they sometimes misdeed
They add realism to the gun and I think it makes it more fun to load
I posted a review on the gun to if u want to look at that click below my name
hope this helped
- greatif you have the m3, it's a must have. the gun only comes with two and thats not very helpful with only 10 shots. it's a must have for the m3.
- A MUST HAVE IF YOU GET THIS GUNOk so lets face it 2 shells just aint gonna cut it. I mean thats only 18 shots. Plus for only like 15$ you get 6 the other 2 shells giving you about 75 shots. Thats a lot better than just 20 shots. So DEFINITELY GET THESE!!!!!!!!
- Poor Quality....These shells, the ones that hold thirty, which came with my UTG M3L TRI-Barrel shotgun-have NOT Impressed me. They jam SO much, It really is a joke. I have TSD shells which came with a different shotgun. They have no jamming, holding, or clinging problems WHATSOEVER. The only downside to those shells is that they only hold 14. Now The other Day I was shooting My UTG shotgun with JUST the two thirty shot shells that came with the gun. I was shooting for two hours. In those two hours, I am NOT going to exaggerate, the shells jammed a total of FIFTEEN times. And about three times, I would take the shells out and a BB or two would just roll out of the shell housing. 15 jams in two hours, that is pathetic. And I didnt even use the shotgun the whole time. I mean yeah, I guess you REALLY shoud get these shells, in the long run. I mean now youll have MUCH more than TWENTY shots. You should get them, yes, but just heed my warning, and beware of these problems.
~It Is Not The Gun That Makes The Soldoer, It Is The Solid Tactition Holding It.
- Great MagsGot em for my mauri spaz 12 at a local store,
mid-high quality very worth it
fits utg shotguns and mauris
new at shortys(hehe)
realistic touch
only holds 29 on most compataple guns
thats about it
great buy if youre getting/have an M3 or mauri shotgun
- Good and bad...First of all, thanks Shorty for FINALLY puting these out here...cripes...
The mag capacity on the UTG M3 shotgun shells absolutely SUCK. So you need to buy more.
>Better solution than reloading 2 shells repeatedly after you empty them in 15 seconds
- Cons -
>The mag cap is GODAWFUL
>You have to carry a lot around/sometimes hard to keep track of
>Sometimes they dont load properly and you have to dink around with it to get it to fit in
This is a necessary buy, unfortunately.
It is such a pain in the ass to carry these around. Sure it's realistic, but who cares? Airsoft isn't realistic. You shoot little BB's at people from guns that have orange tips. I'd rather have a product that works well, but doesn't look very realistic than one that is a hassle, but looks cool.
- Must Buy!!!!If you have one of the UTG shotguns you must buy these shells, and I would recommend getting 3-4 packs of shells. This will help cut down on time spent reloading these shells in the middle of a battle.
- PerfectThe shells are the same as those that came with the gun except in color. They work extremely well and are needed for the shotgun. The price is perfect, being only 3 dollars a shell, and each shell is 30 rounds.
Overall a must buy for those who have this shotgun


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Cordillera Talamanca > Cerro Chirripó > Climber's Log
Cerro Chirripó Climber's Log
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|chugach mtn boy
Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2016
|This was a fantastic hike. With due props to scgrant, there are some advantages to doing it slowly and taking in the incredible flora and fauna as you make the 8500' elevation gain! We saw a pair of quetzals near km. 3--keep your eyes peeled.
|Posted Apr 6, 2016 1:34 am
|Chirripo Grande
Date Climbed: Mar 21, 2016
|Awesome day with Greg Jagielski. We started up a little before 4 am reaching the summit by 9 am. Awesome weather and mostly clear views from the top. We were making good time so we went up Cerro Piramide and Cerro Terbi on the way down. Fun hike up and over Terbi and down through the Crestones. Back down to the trailhead and drinking beer at Hotel Uran by 1:30 pm.
|Posted Apr 6, 2016 1:05 am
|The whole experience was fun...
Date Climbed: Dec 24, 2015
|...from the small towns heading up to the TH to Base Crestones and the beautiful weather we had. Did the two day and I'm really glad we did not do it in one push. We thought about it but after coming down we realized what a brutal time that would have been.
|Posted Jan 6, 2016 12:40 am
|My first summit in Costa Rica
Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2014
|Well worth the trip. The changes in scenery along the way are great and keep it interesting.
|Posted Nov 18, 2014 10:24 am
|Normal route
Date Climbed: Feb 27, 2014
|We took the classic route with a night at the Base Crestones and a summit push the next morning. Great weather, spectacular hike. The refuge was rather noisy, though, would have loved to camp instead.
|Posted May 2, 2014 4:27 pm
|CR Success
Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2014
|Picked up last 2 permits day before, spectacular afternoon summit (4:00pm) then spent the night at Crestones before heading back down on the 5th.
|Posted Apr 2, 2014 2:52 pm
|Cerro Chirripo
Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2014
|Overnight permits have become much harder to get. Usually requires going to the permit office two days in a row.
Therefore, I opted for a big day hike as well. Started about 1:30 AM. Summited in about 8hrs, with a bit of running after Base Crestones. Total time TH to TH 14hrs, with some running as well as picture taking. Very foggy at the top so didn't see much.
Note, total hike is about 19.6km. Water is at 7km and Base Crestones is at 14.5km.
Beast of a hike!
|Posted Mar 26, 2014 6:34 pm
|Long Day
Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2014
|We couldn't get room at Base Crestones, so we had to do it in one long day. Started at about 1:00 am, Base Crestones 8:30 - 9:00, summit 11:30 - noon, back to the trailhead around 7:00 pm. Clear skies up high, descended into thick fog around sundown.
|Posted Jan 26, 2014 9:59 pm
|Fun push
Date Climbed: Feb 3, 2013
|The tallest in Costa Rica. The hike itself is pretty good, if not, the best of summits in central america. A lot of vistas, views, and the hut is pretty well maintained. a rarity in Central America.
|Posted Dec 31, 2013 5:18 pm
|Grande indeed
Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2011
|A fantastic two-day hike in perfect weather.
|Posted Jun 18, 2013 11:52 pm
Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2013
|Great clear sunrise at 530 AM!
|Posted Apr 17, 2013 2:47 pm
|Foggy and beautiful
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009
|Damp hike up, spent the night in the hut and started up the summit at 4am for a view of the sunrise. Too socked in too see it from the top, but beautiful anyway. Back to the hut for a warm up and back down muddy slopes.
|Posted Apr 15, 2013 10:30 am
|Really fun climb
Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2011
|Really liked this mountain (despite the cost $15pp for 2 days + $10pp lodging at the refugio). Here are some numbers as of April 2011:
The bus from San Isidro to the mountain costs 1000 Colones (US$ 2) each way.
Buses to San Isidro leave from the San Gerardo soccer field at the following times:
(as of February 1, 2011)
5:15 a.m. – arrive San Isidro 6:45 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – arrive San Isidro 1:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. – arrive San Isidro 5:30 p.m.
Bus from San Isidro to San Gerardo de Rivas
The bus leaves from the Bus Station in the Mercado (market) south of the cathedral plaza. The blue and white bus marked San Gerardo leaves at the following times:
(as of February 1, 2011)
9:30 a.m. – arrive San Gerardo 11:00 a.m.
2:00 p.m. – arrive San Gerardo 3:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m. – arrive San Gerardo 8:15 p.m.
The village of San Gerardo is at 1500m.
The refugio is at 3400m.
Camping is NOT ALLOWED in the national park - note that you enter the national park at the 4km marker.
The refugio has desktop computers with internet access from 2pm to 6pm...all solar powered of course.
There is reliable water source at km7 and km13
UP= 6 hours from trailhead to refugio (14 km)+ 2 hours from refugio to summit (5km)
DOWN: 1.5 hours from summit to refugio (5km) + 4 hours from refugio to trailhead (14km)
You can read the complete trip report on my blog there:
|Posted Apr 4, 2011 8:22 am
|cerro chirripo
Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2011
|Beautiful hike, Eight hours to the hut,climbed Mt.Terbi/Crestone, that day as the sun was setting. summited Chirripo the next day in the rain,wind and fog.
|Posted Mar 3, 2011 10:21 am
|Beautiful experience
Date Climbed: Jan 9, 2010
|We enjoyed hiking through the various levels of the jungle/rain-forest. We took our time taking pictures of flowers and spotting all the different types of birds. We also saw monkeys several times too. Stayed at the lodge, hiked to the summit the next day (some visibility, but not enough to see either coast). All around an excellent trail. I was pleasantly surprised by how well marked the trail was. Great fun.
|Posted Feb 4, 2010 1:48 am
|Mudslide Marathon :)
Date Climbed: Nov 18, 2009
|Left the town at 03.00 (AM). 2 hours in the dark over very muddy tracks. Breakfast at the first ut (KM7), lunch at the main refugio.
Summit at 10.00 AM, but no view due to rain.
Relax in the refugio a bit and back down in 5 hours. A bit too much for one day (1/2 marathon + 2.5km up and same down :)
Harder with muddy trails, but great scenery and a very enjoyable hike. My first time here, my friend Warner Rojas had lost count as he had been guiding here in earlier years!
|Posted Nov 19, 2009 11:43 am
|Route Climbed: Normal
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2009
|beautiful scenery!! .. climbed up to the refugio the first day then summited the following morning and back down to San Gerardo
stayed at the Hostel Casa Mariposa right near the start of the trail .. highly recommend staying here
|Posted Jul 8, 2009 11:45 am
|First hike of the season
Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2009
|This hike features some good elevation gain! I am sore, two days later. Great views!
|Posted Jun 13, 2009 11:39 am
|A long day climb
Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2005
|A long day climb, started in the predawn hours. 15 hours round trip.
|Posted Mar 14, 2009 8:29 pm
|San Gerardo de Ribas
Date Climbed: Feb 18, 2008
|Coming from Colorado, this was a very different kind of hike for us. The 9.0 miles up to the shelter on Day 1 took 8.5 hrs. We hit the trail at 6:00 AM. The elevation gain was 6100 ft, no switchbacks. The eye contact with a jaguarundi only 10 feet off the trail helped motivate us to pick up the pace for the last kilometer. We got to the Crestones base camp shelter at 2:30 and fell asleep immediately to the sound of rain starting to fall on the metal roof. Day 2 began at 5:30 AM. We made the 3.4 mi, 1,500 ft climb to the summit by 8:00. Then back to the shelter for a short rest before heading down the mountain. We left at 11:00 and the 9 mile downhill took 6 hrs, mostly because of the rain and mud. The steep mud slopes were slow and we slipped and slid often. We arrived back at the hotel in the village of San Gerardo soaked through, mud all over us, famished, mildly hypothermic, but happy for experiencing a unique place.
This is a good time of year for the trip. It doesn't rain much (except on the day of our descent) and there were few others on the trail and in the shelter.
You need a permit to do the hike, which is worthwhile because it helps support Costa Rica's extensive park system and controlled access. You can purchase the permit at the MINAE office in San Isidro de El General, but be forwarned, this office is open only very limited hours.
|Posted Nov 29, 2008 2:06 pm


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Dial Read Your Meter
A dial meter face usually has four or five dials. Each dial has the digits 0 to 9 around its edge and a pointer in the middle, somewhat like a clock. The pointers turn when electricity is being used, but because they move so slowly, you can hardly see them turning.
The dials are read from left to right. Some numbers run counter-clockwise, some run clockwise. When a pointer falls between the two numbers, the smaller number is recorded.
To read the meter in the illustration labeled January, start with the dial on the far left.
The pointer falls between the 7 and 8, so the 7 is recorded as the first digit of your meter reading. On the next dial, the pointer falls between 2 and 3, so the 2 is recorded. Continue with the remaining dials. In January, this meter reads 7235.
What is the meter reading shown in the illustration labeled February?
It reads 8390 kilowatt-hours.
Your Duke Energy representative does not reset the meter each month, so you can see how much electricity you have used by simply subtracting last month's reading from this month's reading. In this example, 1155 kilowatt-hours were used between the January and February meter readings (8390 - 7235 = 1155).


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SAN DIEGO -- Superman is coming back, and he'll have a caped co-star.
"Man of Steel" director Zack Snyder made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con on Saturday to announce he is making another Superman film and it will include Batman -- the first time the two superheroes will be united on the big screen.
He declined to reveal many details, saying the script is just being written. He then invited an actor onstage to read a passage to hint at the story line.
"I am the man who beat you," read Harry Lennox, before an image of the Superman logo, backed by the Batman symbol, flashed on the screen.
Warner Bros. confirmed the first-ever pairing in a statement.
Snyder reimagined Superman in his June blockbuster "Man of Steel," starring Henry Cavill and Amy Adams. The film has grossed more than $630 million worldwide.
Cavill and Adams will appear in the sequel, Warner Bros. said.
Reaction to the news stunned Twitter and left fans at Comic-Con giddy.
"Personally, I love him," said Claudia Gomez, who was wearing a Batman T-shirt while her niece, Ana, wore a Superman shirt.
Gomez, who traveled to Comic-Con from Mexico City, said the pairing of both heroes left her optimistic about a new Superman film.
Benjamin Ha, who dressed as Superman to his wife's Wonder Woman, said bringing the two superheroes together will yield fireworks.
"They're both alpha males," he said.
Production is set to begin next year and the film is expected to be released in the summer of 2015.


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If the Summit girls' basketball team can see consistency in coaching, it has the potential to grow into a winning team, this year's head coach Dylan Hollingsworth said.
Hollingsworth, who coached from 2006-2008, is one of six coaches the team has had in the last decade.
"Just finding the consistency is going to be important," said Hollingsworth, who joins forces with former college coach Sara Mortensen and junior varsity coach Colton St. Peter, who has rapport with many of the girls from the rugby season, to lead the team this winter.
"No. 1, (we want them to ) know they're wanted," he said. "No. 2, we can start building on the fundamentals."
In the meantime, Hollingsworth is just looking to get the girls to have fun.
And so far, they are.
Senior Alex Benes said, as the sole senior, she is just looking forward to enjoying her last season. And junior Kayce Chaparas said so far, the team has been enjoying building teamwork as they're simply enjoying the court together.
Chaparas' main goal is to grow the team's unity, bringing her experiences with the rugby team to the paint.
Hollingsworth does have a few goals, though. Like playing fundamentally sound basketball offensively and defensively. In a recent scrimmage against West Grand High School, the team looked fractured until Hollingsworth gathered them in a huddle. After a few words, the girls were playing the court better.
Entering the Western Slope League should be a boost to the team, though Hollingsworth doesn't discount his team's new opponents. He wants to take the season one game at a time, and use the schedule to measure success.
"We'll measure our growth by the first and second time we play these teams," the coach said.
He's hopeful that through a fun season, numbers will stay strong and underclassmen will continue to develop skills. With 13 freshman and 10 sophomores on the team, there's strong underclassman talent that "just needs to be drawn out," Hollingsworth said.
Several seniors opted not to come out for their final season, but Benes doesn't feel alone. She's excited to play with the younger players and is also hoping for a few more wins than last year, which finished 5-18.
Still, "we can't get caught up in the win-loss record even this year. We are building a program and a team culture," he said, adding that sometimes its better to play without expectations from both inside and outside.
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4 Isidra Luna Jr.
5 Brittany Berry Soph.
12 Bailey Thompson Jr.
15 Lily Weldon Jr.
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23 Janessa Buer Soph.
32 Kalee Hollingsworth Soph.
33 Molly Murphy Jr.
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Hi, I am Danny Batson (Knouse) and I am a lifelong resident of the Chillicothe area. I was born in 1951 and graduated from CHS in 1969. I took over my dad's septic tank business that he founded in 1937. While I have been in every state (except Hawaii and Maine), there is no place like home! I love taking pictures of old and unusual things and sharing them. There is beauty in everything, if we look for it. I have three Facebook pages filled with local pictures that may be of interest: "Where Has Danny Been," Chillicothe Now," and "Danny Batson".
Hi, I am Gary Thomas and I was born just across from Central School in 1942. I graduated from CHS in 1960 and MU in 1964. After two years in Army, I completed a graduate degree at the University of Chicago in 1970. After working in software development for more than 40 years, I retired from Raytheon in 2007. I have an abiding interest in history and in researching past events, places, and people. My latest project is developing a history-based chronology for Livingston County from 1801-2000.
The sky has always fascinated me as a kid and that is probably true for all of us growing up. Superman comic books were cool because they showed he could fly anywhere in the skies, even space. Even my kids and grandkids loved playing Superman or Wonder Woman.
Getting back down to earth, it was 1957 and I was living in Utica, Missouri when I first saw a handcrafted paper airplane that flew like a real plane. I was just a first grader and all the planes I had built previously would go straight up and straight down. Back then the second graders were in the same class room with us, and one boy knew how to build a plane that would do loops, turns, and glide to a safe landing!
Everyone wanted one, so we all got out a sheet of our Big Chief paper and followed along one step at a time as he folded his plane. In no time at all, we each had our own plane to fly! However, we soon learned that each plane seemed to fly a little differently. Some of us would add our own little tears and folds to make air foils that would make them loop more and/or turn in the directions we wanted. We would have contests with them during recess.
By the third grade, I attended Central School in Chillicothe. I found a little nearby grocery store called Butcher's that sold balsa-wood planes that allowed you to slide the wings and tail onto the body of the plane. Now this plane could fly very well without much extra effort. My friends and I would fly them off the Washington Street viaduct down to the railroad tracks just to see how far they would go.
With the trains passing through and electrical wires down below we would lose a plane now and then---but the fun we had was worth it. Then there were the planes with a rubber band and propeller. These were the ones that tore our fingers up! We were also looking for new rubber bands because we seemed to break them continually. When we flew one of these off the viaduct it was like watching a real plane in flight!
Later, Butcher's sold a styrofoam plane with a 3-foot wing span. We coudn't wait to throw one of those off the bridge. But, that one got caught on the power lines below. The gas-powered planes on a string that Butcher's kept on display were always out of my price range, but they still made it to my dreams!
It was in Mrs. St. John's fifth grade class at Central when I got into some trouble with paper airplanes. My best friend Billy Jones and I sat side by side on the back row, but not for long. We could do all kinds of things out of the teacher's sight back there, or so we thought.
We had each made a paper plane, the same kind had I made in the first grade. Billy dared me to fly it to the front of the room. I never turned down a dare, so I waited for the right time to do it. It was reading time and teacher was looking out of the window as she watered her plants on the window sill. Mrs. St. John was not very far from us. When I was certain she wasn't looking, I threw my plane towards the door at the front of the room.
It headed in the right direction until suddenly it turned to the right and headed back toward me. However, it didn't make it all the way back before it turned again and headed toward the window. It made a perfect landing right in front of Mrs. St. John!
I didn't know it at the time but she could see the whole class from the reflection in the window. I must have been the biggest dummy of the year for that trick. A whole week of my recess time "bit the dust" that day!
Through all the years of teaching kids in our church programs, I have always taught them to make paper airplanes. I think it's a good thing pass along some of the little things from the our past to children today. The only problem with paper planes is they seem to fly where they shouldn't...


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The A's left the winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn., with their shortstop situation still unsettled, but there is a possibility that Stephen Drew will be coming back.
An unnamed major-league executive told the San Francisco Chronicle that he believes Drew will sign a one-year deal with the A's, and that the contract will include a player option for 2014.
But according to a tweet from the Detroit News, the Tigers haven't given up on landing Drew. The tweet said Detroit "will probably be able to pop payroll to add Stephen Drew -- if he's their best option."
Just how much Drew will cost the A's -- or another team -- isn't certain. Drew is represented by agent Scott Boras, so he won't come cheap. Boras and A's general manager Billy Beane discussed Drew in Nashville.
The A's need a shortstop to tide them over for a year or two until Addison Russell, their first-round draft pick in June from Pace High in Florida, is ready for the major leagues.
Russell hit a combined .369 in three minor league stops during the 2012 season, but none was higher than low Class-A.
Drew, 29, hit just .223 with seven homers and 28 RBIs in 79 games in 2012, but he played fairly well for the A's after being acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 20 for a minor-leaguer.
He hit .250 with five homers in 39 games for Oakland, but his play at shortstop improved the A's defensively and allowed the club to move Cliff Pennington to second base.
But Pennington was traded to the Diamondbacks in October in a three-team deal that brought the A's outfielder Chris Young.
Bochy said he doesn't anticipate finding any complacency next spring and doesn't believe it will be hard for the Giants to find extra motivation, even after they satisfied their hunger for the second time in three years.
"Hopefully you realize that's why you play the game," Bochy said. "Hopefully they will savor and cherish (the 2012 run) for the rest of their lives, but success is never final."
The roster, however, nearly is. With Jeremy Affeldt, Angel Pagan and Marco Scutaro back in the fold at a combined price tag of $78 million, the Giants guaranteed that last year's group will return almost entirely intact.
They hope to add a right-handed hitting left fielder and a right-handed pitcher, but any further additions will come from the bargain bin.
The winter meetings spending spree, along with coming agreements with arbitration eligible players such as Buster Posey and Sergio Romo, will carry the payroll past $140 million for the first time.
The A's re-signed the veteran pitcher to a one-year deal last month.
"I certainly don't think this is something that he's done over the course of his career, and he just made a mistake," Melvin said. "He's a quality person -- everybody that's around him knows that. He was a good fit for us, and he's just going to take his punishment and come back and try to do his thing in the same fashion that he did last year."
Melvin said Colon, who was 10-9 with a 3.43 ERA at the time of his 50-game suspension, can continue to be a resource for the A's young starters.
Asked about the positive test, Melvin said, "(Colon) just made a mistake, and he's paid for it."
Colon talked to several teammates and Melvin after the suspension was handed down, expressing remorse.
"You're always concerned with depth," Beane said of his A's starters. "I would suspect that given (McCarthy's) talent and the lack of starting pitching out there, he's going to be attractive to quite a few teams."
The San Jose Giants were honored by the Single-A California League for excellence in marketing and promotions.
"Oh, I'd do it again -- sure," he said. "Any time you have a guy like this who can go multiple innings, shut down the offense and dominate, it can change the game. Without question I'd do it again."
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Sonoma's celeb chair: If you love those trendy Adirondack winery chairs, you'll want to sit down for this one. In fact, sit your whole family down in Holdredge Wines' newest piece of art and utility: a gigantic Adironack chair that stands outside their Healdsburg tasting room.
The chair, which is more than 12 feet high and 8 feet wide, was handcrafted from Western red cedar by winemaker John Holdredge and his woodworking friends, Randy Davis and Mike Nonella.
Holdredge had admired different versions of big chairs in Europe but was determined to craft one that people could actually sit on. He estimates that 10 people can fit on this giant Adirondack -- four on the back, four on the front, and a couple on the arms (aww, cute). Sounds like a great Instagram opp.
The winery will celebrate the big chair from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 24 with small bites from Liberty Duck Farm and special pricing on current release wines. Details: 51 Front St., Healdsburg. www.holdredge.com.
Happy National Wine Day: No joke, oenophiles. May 25 is our national holiday (not to be confused with National Drink Wine Day on Feb. 18). I know, it's hard to keep track.
What will you do? Spring-clean your cellar? Open that special bottle? Bathe in Champagne? Maybe you should be selfless, and pay your knowledge forward by gifting a friend with "Savvy Girl: A Guide to Wine" (Savvy Girl, $19.99, 96 pages).
Author Brittany Deal says that after the five-hour read, your friend will know what makes great wine better than good wine and throw out words like "terroir" and "tannin" like wine speak is their first language. All we can say is #wineday. Details: http://savvygirl.net.
Festival del Sole: There are few summer wine festivals as swoon-worthy as Napa Valley's Festival del Sole July 11 to 20, when classical music, jazz, opera and ballet converge on Napa Valley along with culinary, wine and wellness adventures.
You can view the entire program at http://festivaldelsole.org, but highlights include Robert Redford's tribute to Sophia Loren at Far Niente, featuring Loren's son, the conductor Carlo Ponti.
Don't have $1,000? Check out "A Taste of Napa" ($45) featuring wines from 70 Napa Valley wineries and nibbles from 50 food artisans and chefs. Or, take in a free wellness talk and tour at eco-chic Bardessono resort. It includes a mystery welcome drink. Now, that's wellness.
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UWA softball team splits with UAH
Published: Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 11:53 p.m.
LIVINGSTON | The 25th-ranked West Alabama softball team earned a split with Alabama-Huntsville in a Gulf South Conference doubleheader Saturday.
The Lady Chargers hit three home runs in the first game in a 10-7 victory. West Alabama made the most of six hits to earn a 4-3 win in the nightcap.
Whitney Toler (4-0) earned the win for UAH (8-8 overall and 1-1 GSC) and Kimberly Jack earned her first save. Jessica Brock (2-2) took the loss for UWA (8-3, 1-1) in the opener. Sarah Ray (5-1) went the distance in the nightcap to earn the UWA win. Whitney Gilbert (1-5) took the loss for UAH.
Brooklyn Phillips and Scarlett Wright hit home runs for West Alabama in the first game. Abby McKay, Mary Kelley and Nicole Bobrowski all homered for the Lady Chargers. Anna Shartzer had a pair of hits and scored two runs for the Tigers.
UWA's Rebecca Schick and UAH's Cortney McNett both homered in the second game.
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I've got PS3 Mediaserver running on Linux CentOS 6. The problem I'm having is when I get to my PS3 and click on Media Server I have to click through the whole path to get to my Music.
Example: (The X is the button on the PS3 Remote)
Media Server X / X (Entire root listing) usr X local X share X Media X (My folders are here )
The first X going into the directory listing of my Linux box I see the whole root folders. I just want to go straight into Media. It's a pain to scroll through to get to my media.
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Some grandkids favored more than others.
How to deal with favoritism during the holidays?
2 big girls +1 little boy = Done!
I talk to walls. (#)
Has this been going on for 11 yrs, since you had kids?
You can't really do anything about what they buy..... but it is a difficult thing to explain to a small child. Maybe just tell them (if it is so) that gramma and grampa have a harder time picking a present for them because they don't know them as well as the other grandchildren? I've never been in this situation before myself, but have you talked to your inlaws about it? Maybe make a "wish list" for them, or send them your kids "santa" letters?
G5P1. married DH 2010, DS1 2012. DS2 due 02/02/16. One child in my arms, one on the way, Three more in my heart.
you certainly Can not go. thats all I've got. I don't think your DH wants to ruin your girls' christmas.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
2 babes, 20 months apart.
I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me
It's unfortunate this hasn't been addressed by your husband at a time in the past when he wasn't deployed. I mean, your 11 & 9 yo have been old enough for years to notice. If you've been avoiding holidays in the past, why is this year different?
And, for the record, I don't think you're greedy, this is about favortism. You are right to be wary of that. But if you've been avoiding holidays w/ them due to this, why go this year?
You are at home making the decisions, he isn't. He hasn't had you go to their house all this time when he is there, so why go now? You can just as easily have Xmas at home and send him pictures. Why is this such a big deal for him? Just tell him that you refuse to hurt your children and you are not going.
~ Cara
Mom to two guys, 21 (the College Student) and 19 (the Special Olympian)
I'm the only female here, please send help.
Is it just your husband and his sister? Was his sister MILs favorite growing up?
Don't do that on facebook. Frankly nobody else cares about that kind of detail. You care because it's your kids getting the shaft, know what I mean?
Why not visit on a different day when not everyone is unwrapping prsents? Or better yet, dont go without your husand like CSTX said.
And what she gives people is her decision, your decision is putting your children in a position where you know they will get hurt. This isn't on your mil if you do go, it's on you.
~ Cara
Mom to two guys, 21 (the College Student) and 19 (the Special Olympian)
I'm the only female here, please send help.


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Though the Reebok Court Victory Pump Men's Athletic Casual Shoes are known for their time on the hardwood but when first introduced they spent a lot of time on the tennis court. Worn by tennis sensation Michael Chang, the shoes were first released in 1990, but now they're back in a bright colorway of green and tennis ball yellow. The shoes even come complete with a fuzzy tennis ball Pump.
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A new survey from the Pew Internet Technology Research, there has been a huge increase in the use of home broadband to access the news.
By the end of 2005, 50 million Americans got news online on a typical day, a sizable increase since 2002. Much of that growth has been fueled by the rise in home broadband connections over the last four years. For a group of "high-powered� online users – early adopters of home broadband who are the heaviest internet users – the internet is their primary news source on the average day.
Do you use the net for news? Are you spending less time in front of a newspaper or news magazine? Are you watching less news on television?
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Most people spill out from an exciting, critically acclaimed Broadway show with great memories, a souvenir playbill and maybe, if they're lucky, an autograph from a star. My friend and colleague Nick Lammers came away with a little something more.
On Nov. 14, Nick, his wife, Ginny, and her mom were attending a splashy new theater production at New York's historic Cort Theatre. It was "Grace," starring Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon and Ed Asner. But that night, it could easily have been subtitled: "The Man Who Came to See a Broadway Play and Lost His Dinner -- Over the Edge of the Mezzanine and onto Several Audience Members, but Mostly Nick."
Everything's Coming Up Grossness
Oh, you haven't heard the delightful holiday tale? It's been splattered all over the Internet, so to speak. Just Google "Broadway" and "vomit" and you'll be knee-deep, so to speak, in jokes suggesting this eruptive emission from an elderly patron -- whether because of illness or alcohol -- was a caustic commentary on the performance, or that the man must have dined at Guy Fieri's much-maligned restaurant before the play.
Rudd's since been on Letterman, providing "The Top 10 Thoughts That Went Through Paul Rudd's Mind When an Audience Member Vomited at his Broadway Show," which included items such as, "Is there a janitor in the house?" and "I've never been a fan of audience participation." Hilarious!
Les Miserables
Oh, yeah, um, unless you were Nick. I saw him Tuesday at work, where he's this newspaper's photo director. He's thoroughly clean now, but I gave him a wide berth anyway. He's able to laugh a little. Just a little.
"Trust me, there was nothing funny at the time," he muttered, in the sardonic tone of someone who was, well, recently awash in tossed cookies. "Plus, it was my birthday."
Yes, that's why the Oakland photographer was in New York in the first place, on a nice trip with Ginny and her mom for his 56th birthday celebration. They'd been having a terrific time, been to a couple of plays, watched a taping of Jimmy Fallon and the TV show with the odd combo of Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan. On the day of "Grace," they'd lunched at Robert restaurant, then gotten all gussied up for their special evening out. The Cort is right on Broadway and holds about 1,000 people with a mezzanine and balcony. Nick and family had great seats in the orchestra.
I Could Have Hurled All Night
The show began. It's about a Christian evangelist couple launching a chain of gospel hotels, and there's something to do with a German pest-control man and an agitated rocket scientist. Sounds like a comedy, but apparently it's a drama, a study of faith and love in cynical times.
About 20 minutes in, "I heard this cacophonous collective gasp from above, and then this ... this ... spluttering ..." Nick said, unable finish his sentence, merely shaking his head at the memory.
Basically, the "Top 10 Thoughts Going Through Nick's Mind When an Audience Member Vomited On Him" were: 10. Oh my gawd! 9. Oh my gawd! 8. Oh my gawd! 7. Oh my gawd! 6. Oh my gawd! 5. Oh my gawd! 4. Oh my gawd! 3. Oh my gawd! 2. Oh my gawd! And the No. 1 thought: Oh ... my ... gawd!
"It was in my hair, my glasses, my ears, my shirt, coat, pants -- everywhere. No one got it as bad as I did. I just stood there, I could not believe what was happening."
Nick and the Amazing Technicolor Slime Coat
The play's the thing, not the vomit, so the show went on, and Nick and two other male victims somehow made it to the men's room. He took his shirt off and tried washing it in the sink to no avail, tried washing his hair under the faucet, to no avail. A couple of theater workers brought more towels. The owner offered to pay for his dry cleaning. Someone went to the wardrobe room and got him a red plaid flannel shirt -- perhaps worn by a Broadway star? -- so he could at least go outside.
Ginny and her mom were having their own fun in the ladies' room, where they ran out of towels. Ginny had removed her blouse and was standing in her undergarments. A Cort worker stripped a T-shirt (it read "Grace: Have Faith and a Backup Plan") off a mannequin in the lobby and thrust it at her, promising ticket vouchers in the mail while rushing them all into a cab. It was raining.
Gonna Wash that Man's Vomit Right Outta my Hair
Redolent with regurgitation, they rode back to the hotel and all "vigorously" showered for about an hour, the kind of cleansing like in the movies where someone's been violated in some way and the person showers in fetal position, shuddering under near-scalding water.
If nothing else, Nick will remember this birthday. "The play looked pretty good. I'd like to see it someday," he said. "Fortunately, it starts with the ending, so at least I know what happens."
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The Great Salt Lake is temperamental: sometimes flooding, other times shrinking away to mud. Some of this fluctuation is driven by reduced water supplies entering the lake. Upstream diversions on the Lake's main tributaries have reduced the historic size of the Lake's freshwater and brackish wetlands, particularly in Farmington Bay, Ogden Bay and Bear River Bay.
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I've installed 1.72 - and later the Magma edition - but both give me the same issue. I've searched the forum and faqs without a hint on what is wrong.
I've solved the stuttering issues by lowering the quality settings, and setting a bandwidth limitation. So the video is not stuttering (i.e. there are no stops), the audio is AC3.
But: One frame every one second (or so) is wrong. Constantly. The frame that is wrong is a frame that should have appeared 1 second ago. So, say if the video is showing a car moving from left to right, then the expected position of the car in the frames would be: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 etc. What I get is: 2,3,4,5,1,6,7,8,9,5,11,12,13,14,10,15 etc. - it is unbearable.
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STOCKTON – A suspect who successfully eluded police by running across all lanes of Interstate 5 near Benjamin Holt Drive around 3:50 p.m. Monday was eventually tracked down by a police K-9 hiding under a tarp in the backyard of home, police reported.
The incident unfolded as officers with the Community Response Team attempted to make a traffic stop on a vehicle near Benjamin Holt and Grigsby Way. According to a report, the driver pulled the vehicle into a shopping center in the 3100 block of Benjamin Holt and led officers on a short pursuit to the east end of the property before leaving the vehicle.
As he fled, he dropped a loaded magazine before climbing a chain-link fence and darting eastbound across the freeway. Meanwhile, the passenger was detained at the vehicle.
Responding officers on the east side of I-5 were waved down by a witness who pointed out a trash can where a running man had dumped a gun.
K-9 Thor and his handler were brought in and discovered the suspect hiding in the backyard of a home in the 6800 block of Plymouth Road. Police arrested Craig Meadows, 23, on suspicion of pursuit, weapons and controlled substance charges, and Dwight McCoy, 23, on suspicion of parole violation.
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- Apr 23:
- Boston bombing suspect's wife is 'nice,' 'sweet' American convert to Islam
- Boston bombing victim Martin Richard, 8, laid to rest privately
- Older Boston bombing suspect frequently visited jihadist websites, U.S. officials say
- Apr 21:
- Top cop says Boston bomb suspects likely planning more attacks
- Governor: Video shows Boston bomb suspect placing backpack
- Police: Boston bomber may have been killed by his own brother
- Apr 20:
- Doctor: Boston suspect had so many wounds he couldn't tell which was fatal
- Authorities arrest two in town where Boston bombing suspect may have lived
- Boston bombing suspect hospitalized following arrest
- Apr 19:
- Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother-in-law sickened by attack
- Boston Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt
- Boston bombings: Television can only 'hurry up and wait'
- Boston bombing suspect's U-Mass Dartmouth classmates: He was 'calm,' 'cool,' 'laid back'
- Boston bombing suspects' uncle, 'ashamed,' asks nephew to turn himself in
- Boston bombing suspects spent night in Honda before carjacking a Mercedes
- Boston manhunt: MIT police chief says slain officer Sean Collier was dedicated, well-liked
- Boston manhunt: Chronology of chaotic search for suspects in marathon bombing
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WEST NEW YORK, N.J. -- The FBI has removed a computer from the New Jersey home of the sister of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
Police in West New York say the woman is cooperating in the investigation, but they didn't immediately release her name. They have cordoned off the three-story brick building across the Hudson River from New York City.
The woman, speaking earlier through a crack in the door, told News12 New Jersey and The Star-Ledger she is sorry for the families that lost loved ones.
She says she doesn't know what got into her brothers. At the same time, she says she doesn't know if it's true that her brothers were responsible.
Her brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed overnight in a shootout with police outside Boston. Her younger brother remains at large.