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Coral Reefs are fascinating and mysterious ecosystems. They have been around for over five hundred million years and are considered the marine equivalent of tropical rainforests. Covering only 2% of the ocean bottom, they are the home to 25% of all marine species.
Unfortunately this underwater paradise is slowly being destroyed. Destructive actions such as the practice of uncontrolled, destructive fishing methods, oil spills, pollution (from domestic and industrial wastes, fertilizers, and pesticides), anchor damage, untreated or improperly treated sewage, and land runoffs are serious threats to the delicate reefs.
Fine sediment-like silt is also extremely harmful to corals. This kind of sediment clouds the water and cuts down the amount of light that reaches the coral. Without the right amount of light the Zooxanthellae in the corals are prevented from carrying out photosynthesis. The corals become smothered with a blanket of the sediment-like silt. This blanketing layer pampers the proper feeding patterns and gas exchange process naturally utilized by corals.
Corals are very sensitive and usually grow in waters that are very low in nutrients. Pollution of high nutrients usually kill the corals.This is do to the fact that in low nutrient water seaweed does not grow at the same rate as in high nutrient water. This permits corals to compete succesfully for space,light and food. If corals were to grow in high nutrient waters the seaweed will grow too fast and choke the sensitive and slow growing corals.
Another factor contributing to the deterioration of the Coral Reef is Global Warming. Global Warming causes significant temperature increases in waters in which corals inhabit. This rise in sea temperature creates a very stressful living enviroment for the coral reef. Coral Reefs respond to such stresses by ejecting necessary symbiotic Zooxanthellae within them.The Zooxanthellae are single celled photosynthetic organisms that provide vital nourishment to the coral. This ejection leads to a loss of pigmentation in the coral reef, this is known as coral bleaching
Where is our only living coral reef?
There is only one living coral reef in the Northern Hemisphere.It is located in the Florida Keys.To protect it, a plan was approved by the governor of Florida Lawton Chiles and the Florida Cabinet. Starting July 1,1997 the plan makes 19 small areas of the Keys off-limits to fishing. There will be safety rules to limit reckless boating, improve channel marking and greater protection of sea grass beds. It took a really long time to get the plan approved since it involved the Federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Enviromental groups, Key residents and county officials. Even though 55% of the Key residents voted against the plan, everyhting possible was done to approve the Marine sanctuary.
There is another issue involving the sanctuary now. The Government is planning to "test" shooting off missiles in the Florida Keys. The Air Force and the Ballistic Missile Defence Organisation say that there is nothing to worry about, the launches will be rigidly controlled and will cause no harm to the reef or humans. However, what would happen if by mistake a missile does not go or land where it is aimed ? Also exactly how much will the tremblin of the ground and the noise affect the coral reef? The launches are not going to begin until the Air Force completes an enviromental impact study and holds more hearings.
Suggestions concerning our reefs.
Even though a lot is beeing done to protect our coral reefs they are still in trouble, primarily from too many visitors. Various proposals to alleviate the situation have been made such as,
limit access: Limiting access to the coral reefs is a very good idea but it would be very difficult to enforce. Considering that anyone can access the parks at any time since they have entrances from all sides. This is nearly impossible to control.
rotate reefs: This proposal has never been tried. Giving it a try would mean that heavily impacted reefs would have to be closed for an indifinate time to give it time to recover while visitors visit other reefs wich might be smaller.The needed time to recover is unknown and these smaller reefs might not withsatand the pressure.
prohibit diving. Diving and snorkeling are two of the major factors contributing to the deterioration of the coral reef. These activities can be prohibited for several years until the coral reef recover.Glass bottom boats will stil be allowed to give tours of the reefs but only those which are part of the park. Other boats outside of the area will be prohibited to enter the park.
restrict diving: Experts strongly beleive that scuba diving and snorkeling are the activities that put the coral reefs to danger the most. Prohibiting private snorkeling and scuba diving would really help. Only allowing these activities to occur from dive boats where divers could be closely supervised. This can be a very effective solution.
close the parks: Fullclosure of the parks would be a very drastic step and should be considered only as a last resort. This step will be taken only if every other option fails.
None of the suggestions given concerning human contact on the reef will alleviate the problem if the problem of poluted water is not alleviated also. If all of us do not cooperate, soon there will not be reef to save. Time is running out.


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Punk band's members claim they are freer than those carrying out their prosecution as judge sets 17 August for verdict. Three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot said Vladimir Putin's Russia was the one on trial as they delivered closing arguments on Wednesday in a case seen as a key test of the powerful president's desire to crackdown on dissent. "This is a trial of the whole government system of Russia, which so likes to show its harshness toward the individual, its indifference to his honour and dignity," Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, one of the trio on trial said in an impassioned statement. "If this political system throws itself against three girls … it shows this political system is afraid of truth." The judge set 17 August as the day she would deliver a verdict against the women, charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred following an anti-Putin performance in a Moscow cathedral. (…) "I am not scared of you," Alyokhina told the court. "I'm not scared of lies and fiction, or the badly formed deception that is the verdict of this so-called court. Because my words will live, thanks to openness. "When thousands of people will read and watch this, this freedom will grow with every caring person who listens to us in this country."
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siehe auch: Pussy Riot profile: Maria Alyokhina. Unofficial spokeswoman for Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina has challenged witnesses and remains defiant over the charges. Maria Alyokhina, 24, has emerged as the unofficial spokeswoman of Pussy Riot, making impassioned speeches and conducting sharp questioning of witnesses from inside the glass cage where she had been tried with her bandmates; Pussy Riot profile: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. Philosophy student Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, has been described as the evil genius behind Pussy Riot. At 22, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has a long history of political activism, often in cohort with her husband, Pyotr Verzilov, who has championed Pussy Riot's cause in Russia and abroad. The duo, members of the radical art collective Voina, shot to underground fame in 2008 after being photographed taking part in an orgy in Moscow's biological museum to protest against the election of Dmitry Medvedev, the man Putin handpicked to hold his place in the Kremlin. She also took part in the group's most famous art performance – drawing a giant phallus on a drawbridge across from the FSB headquarters in St Petersburg.


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Fashion is serious business. According to a recent article in The Pacific Business News, the fashion industry in Hawaii is already generating "more than $750 million in annual sales, $20.4 million in tax revenue and 3,630 jobs." It goes on to quote Melissa White, co-founder of the Hawaii Fashion Incubator and co-chair of Hawaii Fashion Month: "The state sees that the fashion industry is a creative industry that can basically create jobs along the entire production cycle. And, it can be exported. It's a great industry base for the state."
University of Hawaii Maui College has a long history of preparing students for careers in the fashion industry. The first program was launched in the 1940s when the college was then Maui Vocational School, and it was geared solely for apparel design and construction. While some of the basic technical skill sets are the same (like sewing and pattern making), today's fashion technology students must encompass a much broader range of skills and perspectives to work in this fast-paced industry.
Successfully preparing students with those 21st century skills was one of the reasons fashion technology program coordinator Cheryl Maeda received this year's "Excellence in Teaching Award."
"People immediately understand the creative side of fashion, but they don't realize that from a technical perspective, fashion is very similar to engineering," said Maeda. "You need to be able to model something in three dimensions before you build it, and you need excellent math skills. We have hybrid classes that incorporate computer technology for design. Then there are the 'soft skills' that employers are looking for. Students must manage their time effectively, communicate well, and work as part of a team. They also learn to manage their costs and materials while maintaining the integrity of their design."
Maeda graduated from UH-Manoa with a bachelor of science in fashion design and spent a summer in France at the Paris American Academy. In addition to teaching at the college for over 30 years, she's assisted companies with mass production, pattern grading and pattern making. She enjoys traveling the world and always brings back handmade or locally designed textiles to inspire her class.
"I want my students to understand that they have to approach fashion with a global perspective. Designers look to what's happening in the world for their inspiration, and students need to be aware of trends in color, shape, and form to be successful," said Maeda.
Maeda's patient instruction and innovative curriculum development have made her a student favorite. Alani, a fashion technology student, has lived on Maui for 13 years, and she only has one regret about the program-that she didn't start sooner.
"Cheryl is a master. She's an amazing teacher, and taking her class is enough reason to be here. I hadn't realized it was such a rich program," she said. "You learn everything you need to know about clothing construction, pattern making, sewing and knits. She's very inspiring and she cares about people."
Students also are challenged with real-world "Project Runway" kinds of events, like the annual student fashion showcase, and annual participation in the Imua Family Services "Fantasia Ball" fundraiser.
"Designing on a deadline with limited resources isn't just a TV show," said Maeda. "It's the kind of pressure students will face in the real world, so giving them the opportunity to learn how to manage that stress before they enter the fashion industry is key."
The associate of applied science degree in fashion technology is a two-year program, and students who graduate are ready to pursue their bachelor of applied science in fashion, start their own small business, launch careers in fashion design, fashion sales, interior furnishing and design, or work as a dressmaker or seamstress. One graduate of the program, Tamara Catz, went on to design a sequined bikini featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and she currently owns boutiques in Paia and Venice, Calif., that offer her collections.
There's still time to apply for fall classes at UH-Maui College. To apply online, visit our website at www.maui.hawaii.edu.
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Improving and streamlining glycan analysis has also occupied a team of scientists at Agilent Technologies. "Our goal is to improve current workflows that use laborious enzyme-cleavage protocols of glycans followed by analytical characterization with mass spec and other time-consuming techniques," said Kevin Killeen, Ph.D., director of molecular separations.
To improve throughput and simplify analysis, Agilent has built an integrated microfluidic LC/MS device for enzymatic deglycosylation with immobilized PNGase F, constructed using laser ablation and lamination technologies. It performs complete sample preparation and analysis of n-linked glycans of IgG mAb samples. The microfluidic workflow system telescopes the required time for analysis from hours to a few minutes, according to Agilent.
Glycans are released and purified from the antibody using an in situ porous graphitized carbon-trapping column. The deglycosylated recombinant antibodies are irreversibly trapped on the column, and the glycans are then eluted using a nanoseparation column with a formic acid gradient. Subsequently the sample undergoes electrospray ionization and identification by TOF-MS detection.
"We measure the amino form of the glycans instead of the hydroxyl form typically observed using in-solution cleavage," said Dr. Killeen, claiming several benefits to this strategy. "This an important advantage in characterizing minor components of the mAb glycan profiles. We also can better characterize the heterogeneity of deglycosylated antibodies with our on-chip workflow.
"Our approach reduces multiday solution-phase enzyme cleavage of glycans and sample clean-up workflows for MALDI, LC/MS, or fluorescent-labeling analysis to minutes for the HPLC chip approach," Dr. Killeen concluded.
According to Mark Schenerman, Ph.D., of MedImmune, "Antifoam C is widely used in the pharma and food industries, and while there are no known risks associated with its use, its presence is often monitored."
The compound, whose active ingredient is poly-dimethylsiloxane, is a silicon-containing material used to control foaming in industrial and manufacturing processes.
Although it is generally removed by subsequent processing, quantitative demonstration of this can be a challenge. Developing a sensitive detection method has proved challenging due to its lack of spectroscopic absorbability. Elemental silicon (Si), however, can be detected using inductively coupled mass spectrometry, a sensitive approach.
"This technology has come a long way in the last 10 years," Dr. Schenerman said. It uses an ionized gas, or plasma, and any material introduced into the plasma will itself be ionized and can be identified in the mass spectrometer. The procedure can measure Si at parts per trillion. It is widely used in trace-element identification throughout the industrial world.
MedImmune demonstrated that this approach to the quantification of Antifoam C is highly specific and reproducible. A number of different diluents and spiked solutions were monitored with a high degree of accuracy. Thus this method is suitable for determination of Antifoam C levels in production samples. It should be noted that this technique is applicable to the detection of any compound that has a unique and identifiable atom as part of its structure.
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Cute apartment in Olivera Street.
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Facing onto the street and very sunny.
Building with lift; very well connected: 3-minute-walk from subways (line 1 and 3), trains (railways of the Generalitat de Catalonia) and buses (Aerobus to airport T1 and T2).
The flat is located in the neighborhood of Poble Sec, a traditional area within a walking distance to tourist spots such as Plaza España, Pueblo español, the Gardens and Castell of Montjuïc, the Olympic Stadium and museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Catalunya, among others.
For those who like to enjoy the night, the Poble Sec district offers a variety of bars and different food to taste, like the ones on Blai street, a very typical street. You can also find many options on Parlament street, in the Sant Antoni neighborhood.
To get to Plaza Catalunya you can take the metro, L3 or L1 which are not more than 4 stops, or you can walk and in 15 minutes you will reach the city dowtown.
To get to the apartment from the T1 or T2 of El Prat airport you must take the Aerobus directly to Plaza Espanya and it's only a 10 minute walk. Then take Av Paral.lel to reach Lleida street and turn to your right until Olivera street, then look for number 45.
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-There is an additional charge of 20 euros for check in from 20:30 till midnight, 50 euros after midnight. We won't accept any check in after 2 am.
-Tourist fee (obligatory) must be paid on your arrival 0,72ct/person/night.
-There is an additional charge of 50 euros if you check in on 24, 25, 31 of December and 1rst of January.
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We really liked the house and the owner. She was friendly and helpful during check in.
Very nice stay, check in on time, very friendly host with superb tips where to go, nice flat. Very good flat and a very nice surounding with C/blai.
My family enjoyed our stay in this property. The host was friendly and helpful. We did not have any problems during the time of our stay. It was nicely situated in the city center, with little mini markets around the corner, and couple of restaurants especially one Italian restaurant within 2 blocks or so. It was nice being able to enjoy a couple of drinks, while our kids played in the little playground outside the property. It was very easy to move around, even with kids as the metro was right there.
The apartment itself was very nice, comfortable and very much satisfying.
However, unfortunately (Possibly due to poor noise isolation) the place was rather noisy.
A very beautiful Appartment in the middle of the city.
We liked it a lot.
All what you need can you get near.
Buona la posizione ma il lavandino del bagno non funzionante e a mancanza di aria condizonata nella camera da letto in giorni molto caldi ha reso il soggiorno non completamente piacevole
Appartement conforme aux photos situé en RDC.
Coralie nous a très bien accueilli et conseillé en français sur les activités à faire, transports en commun... un grand merci à elle.
Boules quies à conseiller car quartier bruyant ou murs fins.
Sinon rien à sign'aller notre séjour fut agréable.
Merci Coralie
El piso es limpio y acogedor, muy cercano a supermercados y a la parada de metro.
El barrio es tranquilo pero algunas noches había un ruido innecesario.
Todo genial. Muy satisfechos con la estancia. Apartamento muy acogedor y limpio. Zona muy tranquila y cómoda. No ascensor.
Piso caro para lo que ofrece, el acceso al piso por una escalera para pies de enanos y sin ascensor, la habitación interior con mucho ruido que nos impidió dormir hasta las dos de la mañana, toallas insuficientes, una toalla de manos para cuatro personas, nos cobraron 20 euros mas por llegar a las nueve de la noche. En nuestra próxima estancia en Barcelona no nos alojaremos de nuevo en este apartamento.
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GRAND BLANC, Michigan — The Grand Blanc Family Fun Fest benefited from a mostly warm, sunny weekend that drew 21,000 people to Physicians Park and the surrounding area for carnival rides, games, food and music.
That's up from 12,000 people last year, according to Jet Kilmer, president of the Grand Blanc Chamber of Commerce. The chamber organizes the event.
"The weekend was absolutely golden," said Kilmer.
The festival, now in its second year, kicked off Thursday night with the Mayor's Dinner, a new addition to the weekend of activities. Mya McHallan, 7, of Flushing sang the national anthem with her powerful voice.
The dinner included dignitaries from Grand Blanc and Grand Blanc Township, members of the organizing committees, media and special guests.
"We have a lot of volunteers that have helped us," said Kilmer.
Volunteers met weekly beginning in January to plan the four-day event.
Chamber of Commerce Chairman Lou Blessing introduced a family he referred to as the "most important people working this event," Karen and Howard Matties of Wixom and their son Martin Matties, 40, of Mundy Township.
Last year, the family picked up garbage all weekend long by themselves after Martin Matties volunteered to head the sanitation committee.
"Nobody wanted to pick up garbage. I couldn't get volunteers," Martin Matties said.
In a pinch, he called his parents to help.
"We said, 'Son, we always supported you in the past. We'll support you now," Karen Matties said.
Martin Matties owns James Martin Enterprises in Fenton, a computer systems company. This year he brought son Lincoln, 4, to help set up garbage stands.
The family left quite an impression at last year's festival.
"Had it not been for this highly efficient, coordinated team, the festival would not have received the rave reviews," said Grand Blanc police Chief Steve Solomon.
Solomon said city leaders were impressed with how clean the festival was last year, and the Matties family set out to repeat that performance this year.
"We had fun," said Karen Matties.
And this year, they family members didn't have to bring their own brooms and dustpans. Festival organizers bought equipment for the cleanup.
"It's nice to have your name on an event like this," Mayor Michael Matheny said at the opening event.
The Grand Blanc Family Fun Fest gave families a weekend outing close to home. Trina and Rolando Lucio of Grand Blanc said their three children saw the rides from Saginaw Street and asked their parents to take them.
"We came last year, and we really enjoyed it," said Tina Lucio.
They were impressed with the number of rides and games for children and "seeing all the families together doing the family thing," Rolando Lucio said.
Fireworks on Friday night coincided with the end of athe Grand Blanc High School football game. Kilmer was happy to see so many teens at the fireworks.
"All of the youth had somewhere to go, and it was a safe environment," she said.
Police said there were no problems associated with the event.
"Everything went well as far as we're aware," said Grand Blanc police Lt. Dennis Baker.
There were several fundraising events went on going on throughout the weekend.
Stylists from Imagine Salon in Grand Blanc Township held a Cut-a-thon on Sunday to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Grand Blanc Parks and Recreation raised money for its activities by hosting the entertainment tent and held a pancake breakfast for Habitat for Humanity.
Other events helped defray the costs of the festival. Profits benefit the Chamber of Commerce by keeping the cost of membership down and providing funds for the $5,000 in community donations the chamber makes each year, Kilmer said.


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UPDATE #40 - November 6, 1998
PART 1: Upcoming Chats
Tuesday, November 10, 1998, 11 AM Pacific Time: Gloria Yamauchi, aerospace engineer Gloria conducts research in rotor aerodynamics and acoustics. The objectives of her work are to understand the flow environment of rotor blades which, in turn, help her understand why rotors perform the way they do and why they make so much noise. To study the rotor wake, she sometimes runs large computer programs which simulate the air flow around the blades. Read Gloria Yamauchi's autobiography prior to joining this chat. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/team/yamauchi.html Registration information at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/chats/#chatting Tuesday, November 17, 1998, 11 AM Pacific Time: Rich Coppenbarger, aerospace engineer Rich develops systems (hardware and software) to assist air traffic controllers in managing aircraft as they fly through the nation's airspace. Read Rich Coppenbarger's autobiography prior to joining this chat. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/team/coppenbarger.html Registration information at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/chats/#chatting As part of our continuing series of after school chats, we would like to invite you to join our next chats scheduled coming up this month. Our first after school chat will be with Jack Farmer, an exobiologist and member of Mars Team Online/Space Scientists Online projects. This chat is scheduled for Thursday, November 12, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. More information about this chat is available at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/events/interact.html Our next after school chat will be with Nancy Dorighi, a computer engineer and member of the Women of NASA project. Our chat with Nancy is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time. More information about this chat is available at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/won-chat.html. We hope you will be able to join us for our upcoming after school chats with Jack Farmer and Nancy Dorighi. You can learn about upcoming chats with other NASA experts on our schedule of events page, at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/common/events. We hope to hear from you online!
THE WRIGHT FLYER STATUS REPORT Wright Flyer Online Status Reports will appear on the site at: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/wright/news/ The following is the first of these reports: NASA/Wright Flyer wind tunnel test team meets On October 29, 1998, a meeting was held to discuss recent developments and upcoming plans to prepare the 1903 Wright Flyer replica for the wind tunnel test scheduled for March 1999. The model is currently up on a sting (as it would be in the wind tunnel test) in Hangar One. It will be dismounted on November 7, 1998, and engineers will then begin instrumentation work. Other information discussed in the meeting included: Plans for a live broadcast when the Flyer replica is moved from Hangar One to the test prep room in the National Full-scale Aerodynamic Complex (December/January) Data acquisition and processing plans Possible early installation in the wind tunnel -------------- Hangar One: http://george.arc.nasa.gov/jf/mfa/facilities.html#Buildings THE WRIGHT BROTHER TIMES A graphic representation of the timeline is now online at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/wright/background/timeline/timeline_core.html It's fun to look at because the graphic version uses a newspaper headline format. CORELATION TO NATIONAL STANDARDS Have you been searching the website looking for a way to justify participating in Wright Flyer Online? You can find the corelation to the National Education Standard in the Teachers Lounge at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/wright/teachers/standards/ POSTER CONTEST! Help us advertise the wind tunnel test of the 1903 Wright Flyer! For more info go to: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/wright/events/contest/poster.html COLABORATIVE PROJECTS Wonder what kind of news classrooms share in collaborative projects? Here's a clip from what one class wrote: "We are using the Problem Solving Process to design recycled planes. We hope to test our gliders and finish our recycled planes this week. Most of my students are really enjoying this project. They can hardly wait to get started each day. Some, jokingly I am sure, want to come to school on the weekend. Oh my!" This class is participating in the Right Flying project where classes are trying to improve glider designs see below. The ELEMENTARY / MIDDLE SCHOOL - Right Flying (glider building) on-line collaborative activity is now online. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/events/collaborative/elem-mid.html If you haven't already send an email message to email@example.com leave the subject blank and in the message body write subscribe debate-aero The HIGH SCHOOL / JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - Free Flight Analysis: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/events/collaborative/video.html an "in-flight" movie" online collaborative project for grades 8-12 is now online. To join the discussion list for this project send an email to Scott at firstname.lastname@example.com In your message include information about who you are and why you are interested in participating. HIGH SCHOOL / JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - Wind tunnel building activities are online at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/events/collaborative/wind_tunnel.html To join the discussion list for this project send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com In your message tell us who you are and why you are interested. For more information go to http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/events/collaborative/index.html
[Editor's Note: Ray Oyung is the Research Coordinator for the Fatigue Countermeasures Program which is one of the Human Factors areas of research. Lately he has been working on and experiment that goes up on STS-95. Read his bio and journals at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/team/ray.html ]
by Ray Oyung
November 14, 1998 STS-95 launched on October 28, 1998 at 2:19 p.m. The day could not have been better and several of us on the Sleep Team had the pleasure of seeing the launch 46 miles from the launch pad, 39-B along a small body of water separating us from the launch area called a causeway. In addition to seeing the launch under a clear blue sky with very little wind, an orbiter was also on the other launch pad, 39-A. That shuttle is getting ready for a November 20, 1998 scheduled launch to deploy the first piece of the International Space Station. Now before I go on, here's a little primer on shuttle anatomy. The orbiter is the whole vehicle that we see on the launch pad. It consists of the 2 recoverable booster rockets along the side of the great big orange tank in the middle. This tank is the external fuel tank that holds the majority of the solid rocket fuel the shuttle burns. To learn more about the orbiter, check out this URL: http://shuttle.nasa.gov/reference/shutref/ If any of you are interested in viewing a shuttle launch, below is a URL for more information. Anyone can view the launch and they're free of charge. For most folks, the trick is finding the time and money to get to Florida. If you can find both, here's the link: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/carpass/carpass.htm There were loud speakers lined along the opposite side of the road from this viewing area and an announcer provided regular updates of shuttle activities prior to launch. As the announcer's countdown reached zero, everyone saw a billowing cloud form into a large plume of rocket exhaust and steam. Thousands of gallons of water are used to spray down the launch pad to keep it relatively cool under the intense rocket blast which occurs during lift off. It was an amazing thing watching the orbiter accelerate from zero to over 1,000 mph in just a few seconds. At 25 miles overhead, the orbiter was racing along at over 2,000 mph. By the time the shuttle reaches orbit and begins circling around the earth, it will be moving along at the steady pace of about 180,000 mph! Seeing the launch was only half the experience. Sound travels through the air at a certain speed. Just a few seconds after seeing the orbiter launch, we were able to feel and hear the tremendous rumble produced from the main engines. After the launch the following day, we joined the rest of the Sleep Team at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas to help monitor the mission in the Science Center of Mission Control -we're just getting started-
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Skip to comments.Bachmann to Endorse Romney
Posted on 05/02/2012 2:24:25 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
National Review Online has confirmed that Michele Bachmann will endorse Mitt Romney tomorrow at a campaign event in Virginia.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
You're far closer to the GOP elite establishment with your view that Obama is not a threat to the nation than I am.
No further discussion from me either........now that the facts are on the table, and your premise destroyed by reality.
Perhaps it's because you know that your accusations that I am a Romney supporter are untrue.
I hope you at least have that much common sense.
I have conservative principles to the core.
And I HATE Barack Obama.
Hope you do too...... we're supposed to have the same goals here.
At least I think we are......
So if your not for Newt who were you for? Let me guess Santorum? No uh Paul?
I was for Herman, then Newt, now I'll go with the winner!!!!
Then given I recognize machine politics from my days as a precinct Captain in NW Suburban Chicago, we will never know the amount of fraud that this entire election cycle is rife with. Newt messed up in Virginia. He should have more people working for him to get him on the ballot. He had some people who thought it was funny to mess up his signatures. However he Newt lost Oklahoma, Tenn, Miss, Louisiana to Rick so neither one of them wanted to bow out and it cost us our pick!!! All they had to do is one bow out. But I believe they have swelled heads and they couldn't. Even for the good of the Nation!
Don't thank me, I never clicked on his link. Mittbots live in the land of assumption.
You, on the other hand.......
Are as different from mittbots as day is to night. And that's the way it will remain as I'm grounded in Truth and not deception.
I've seen you mentioned quite a bit recently without being pinged. Do you realize why? It is referred to as a "courtesy ping." Quite a few people have determined, on account of your vile behavior, that you are not worthy of the slightest respect or courtesy.
Cause and effect, you malignant little goblin.
The post above mine calls you 'malignant.' I do not disagree with that.
The Deceiver poses as an angel of light. Be careful. You are on very thin ice here if you think the vile way you behave yourself has anything to do with Truth.
Twelve Principles to Restore America!
Thanks again, Jeff!
(Rational thought, strong conservative principles, and decent behavior are SO refreshing!)
"Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them" Eph 5:11
"Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them." 2 Tim 3:4,5
I have nothing to discuss with those who have kicked God out with their support to a 'same sex marriage, pro baby killing, backstabber, bishop of a cult godless candidate' - if they could fall that low, it shows that IS their level as any test/trail reveals what's within each.
They are left with a 'nation' all on it's own under evil like any another nation now.
But God, All Knowing/Seeing protects His own, those who would never bow to evil, from amidst any calamity that WILL befall the wicked/drawn to evil and that is Truth as It is Written. God always has a remnant, His own, His faithful.
So you go your way, my decision was made before there was a decision in this election. God is first, last and always no matter what.
LOL!! Evil hates light.
Help from the pro homo/pro baby killer/cult bishop candidate group? LOL! Like Romney is going to help you, LOL! He spent a fortune to get his hands on you and America.
No need to ping me, anymore. Too much of my God-given time spent on the deceived already and that is ill-spent.
1 John 1:9
Using God's name to defend your vile behavior is dangerous ground.
1 John 1: 9
Proclaiming that your political opinion makes you part of the "remnant" and condemning other believers in Jesus Christ who don't share your political opinions is more than dangerous.
It's blasphemy.
1 John 1:9
I'm getting off the computer right now to spend some time in reading and prayer, and you will be mentioned specifically in that prayer. Though I don't know your real name, God does.
God is Faithful. He hears and answers prayers when prayed in the Name of Jesus. I will pray.
LOL!! Evil hates light.
Help from the pro homo/pro baby killer/cult bishop candidate group? LOL! Like Romney is going to help you. He spent a fortune to get his hands on you and America.
No need to ping me, anymore. Not spending anymore of my God-given time on the deceived/the cultist bishop's group.
Prayers mean nothing from anyone who supports evil - there about as good as from the bishop romney you entrust for your care. God and evil - they never met up. You can't have two masters.
As soon as there is a supposed crisis you fold like a cheap suitcase. I live my faith, not talk about it.
Case closed.
You have insulted many followers of Jesus Christ, just in this one thread. You have heaped derision and scorn on others who show His love with their lives, and have lied repeatedly about more good people than can be counted.
Often before I come to FR, I pray for my own spiritual control, because on my own I say many things that don't please the Lord, and have to beg Him (and others) for forgiveness. I've done that more times than I would like to admit.
We are all fallible. We are all sinners, saved by grace, and if we don't reflect the grace and love given freely to us to others, we need to ask for forgiveness.
Be careful about your Pharisaical attitude. Jesus Christ condemned those who thought they were superior to others and belittled everyone who didn't follow their personal code (not HIS), far more than He condemned the repentant sinner.
I will continue to pray that both of us behave more like the latter than the former.
Because if we don't, we heap dishonor on the Name of our Savior who died for our sins by behaving sinfully toward others, and in cases such as this, before many witnesses. Just because we are hiding under screen names doesn't mean our sins are hidden before a Holy God.
"They will know we are Christians by our love."
Hell no. I'd vote FOR Romney before I'd vote for Paul, and since Romney's never getting my vote - well, you do the math.
I liked Cain, and we saw what the Machine did to him. I would have supported any other Candidate with a shred of Conservative principle.
Romney doesn't have a shred, and he's Obama's pick for an opponent for November. /p>
I'm not plying into the trap.
Have a great Sunday, you and yours. And thank your son for his service to this Republic from me and mine.
I took my two sons and my son-in-law (career, active duty Navy) to see Avengers tonight. It was GREAT. Highly recommmended.
You have a great Lord's Day as well!
I'll convey your thanks to my son, and thanks for the recommendation of the Avengers. I thought it would be good.
No, you have not "suggested" it explicitly. You have demonstrated it.
You are so wrong on so many levels and you and I have long passed discussing anything civilly. Have a great weekend. I know my husband and I will....
For example, you do not have to explicitly suggest that you're being passive-aggressive when you demonstrate it like that.
You mean in 1988 when Ronaldus Magnus endorsed Mr "Read My Lips" Blue Blood RINO Bush I?
David Axelrod was getting a polisci degree while Jimmy Carter was demonstrating the shortcomings of liberalism.
Axelrod was working with educators 30 years ago during Reagan's term to create the skulls full of mush that were fainting for Obama in 2008.
Oh yeah. They think REALLL long term.
That's why HE is implementing policy today with the President, and we're posting opinions on a website.
I don't think Romney's victory over Obama, if it occurs, will delay the Left's strategy at all, and it will do real damage to conservatism if conservatives endorse him. So Axelrod won already.
Conservatives better stay out this election. Write in somebody and have your conscience clear. Write in yourself. I'll probably write in Mother Angelica.
Words of wisdom, putting out the most words doesn't prove you are intelligent. In some peoples case, look in the mirror, it only exposes their lack of intelligent thought.
You know who did Cain in? Axelrod they the Obama campaign were afraid of him so they had to destroy him. That is how the Democrats work. They did the Same to Sarah Palin! The left destroys you. and they will do the same to Mitt Romney!
Question is would you vote for Romney over Zero? I would without a doubt. Zero has to go before he does anymore damage to our great Republic!
That's how the GOP-e and Ruling Class also worked in concert with Axelrod and Obama to destroy everyone from Palin to Newt as well. The Ruling Class Establishment worked together to make sure Conservatives had no chance this election.
Question is would you vote for Romney over Zero?
I'm voting for neither one of them. I have to stand before the Lord one day, and I already repented of voting for a lesser evil just to save our skins in 2008 to no avail.
I will not vote for someone whose record is identical to Obama's.
I remain convinced that the American 'experiment' was established by God for at least 3 main reasons:
1. The propagation of the Gospel of Jesus The Christ.
2. The assistance in the establishment and help of Israel again as a Nation in her God granted lands.
3. last . . . a VIVID DEMONSTRATION, OBJECT LESSON that EVEN the MOST humanly successful and most balanced, constructive, beneficent structural form of government ever known on the planet in the era of recorded history as we have known it
would still END UP as evil, corrupt, deadly to FREEDOM AND LIFE as all the other more overtly horrific structural forms of government.
Our salvation as individuals, peoples, as a Nation has NEVER been safe placed, assumed, projected into the arms of government--big or small--and certainly not big.
Any devotion to ANYthing other than Jesus The Christ; The GREAT I AM, Father-Son-Spirit
IS eternally damning IDOLATRY--PURELY DEADLY AND SIMPLE.
We, as individuals, either accept and choose the Authoritative Loving Parental leadership and Fatherly headship of THE GREAT I AM--ALMIGHTY GOD--THE ALPHA AND OMEGA . . . as HIS DEVOTED AND DELIGHTED-IN-HIM LOVE SLAVES
we accept deadly enslavement wittingly or unwittingly controlled by lesser beings, objects, entities.
There is NO middle or other choice.
ALL other choices are not only lesser--they are deadly--and eternally deadly--regardless of their glitter, white-wash or bling.
Christians not thankful for our God-given National heritage and strutured freedoms are insufficiently thankful.
Those who put such ahead of or above God in emotion, thought, heart, practices . . . are spiritually and eternally suicidally idolatrous, unless they CONFESS, REPENT and TURN FROM such a deadly orientation and prioritization.
It's a sad thing to see any individuals or people not love the best of their national homelands.
It's a sadder thing to see individuals or groups give unfitting deadly adoration to fleshy, carnal structures, forms, forces, &/or institutions that inevitably end up corrupted by satanic forces and values.
In our present situation, our National government has long been consumed by, mangled by and controlled more or less top to bottom by the Biblically predicted satanic global government of the END TIMES.
Folks who do not yet see that are increasingly not worth my being that concerned about--particularly the arrogantly, self-righteously stubbornly willfully blind. They have actively or passively chosen their torture rack and they shall lie in it much longer than they'd ever imagine in their worst nightmares.
The window of opportunities to change their direction are shrinking increasingly rapidly.
As far as I can discern and tell, we are roughly where the citizens of Germany were a year or 3 or so before the harsh brutality and finality of the Nazi regime fell with a black-booted THUD around all their necks, on all their heads and existences.
The ONLY refuge, life, hope, security, provision, . . . available is JESUS THE CHRIST; FATHER THE GREAT I AM; HOLY SPIRIT THE COMFORTER LEADING INTO ALL TRUTH.
Those who think that globalism is not that powerful or not that infected into every global and national structure, institution and incrfeasingly every level of modern life are either uninformed, naturally or willfully lignorant or otherwise terminally clueless.
Those who think that satanic Marxist globalism is merely an also ran political entity are likewise ignorant.
The following is exceedingly and literally true:
18. "No one will enter the New World Order unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian Initiation." David Spangler, Director of Planetary Initiative, United Nations
19."We shall have world government whether or not you like it, by conquest or consent." Statement by Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) member James Warburg to The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 17th, l950
20."The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes." Benjamin Disraeli, first Prime Minister of England, in a novel he published in 1844 called Coningsby, the New Generation
PRETENDING that such is not true is
--NOT wise;
--NOT life giving nor life preserving;
--NOT hopeful;
--NOT realistic;
--NOT informed;
--NOT perceptive;
--NOT discerning;
--NOT good reality testing;
--NOT survival oriented;
. . .
Facing such facts as a willfully blind lobotomized slug is plain DUMB--terminally stupid.
Fantasies about different pretend realities may provide temporary comfort and allow a little more sleep here and there. They won't last long. They won't provide protection nor provision more substantial than wet toilet tissue in a hurricane.
People working desperately, vainly to 'IMPROVE THE PROCESS AND BODY POLITIC' by carnal fleshy human oriented means are like Jews polishing the silverware or doggedly professing faith 'IN THE SYSTEM' in the face of abundant evidence that the gestapo would bash the door down any minute to take them to the death camps.
The TRUTH may be horrifically HARD TO FACE. Trying to build a daily life on FALSEHOODS AND FANTACIES is DEADLY.
PRETENDING that it is all business as usual in our beloved land is suicidal thinking.
Time is short.
God only knows how long we have to pretend that life is somewhat normal.
Time to prepare hearts, spirits, lives, family, home, neighborhoods . . . is slipping through the hourglass with increasing speed.
God is purifying and raising up HIS ARMY of believers--who do well to keep in mind that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities [demonic forces, fallen angels, satan and crew] in high places.
However . . . human individuals are more and more rapidly; with increasing finality; more and more emphatically choosing--ACTIVELY OR PASSIVELY--
LIFE OR DEATH--whether they realize it or not.
Believers must increasingly be led of Holy Spirit as to those to spend time on or those who have already consigned themselves to eternal death, hell.
We will all give an account of how we spent our time, resources, energies, choices.
Those actively, willfully choosing satan and his goals, ways and structures will mostly be more and more beyond hope. More and more, those passively choosing satan's deceptions etc. will also be beyond hope. Trying to save and help such WHEN GOD IS NOT SO DIRECTING--will be hazardous, deadly and at least a waste of God's gifts to you.
IT DOES NOT MATTER if they are father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, beloved friend, mentor or shoe-shine boy.
We have been warned in The Bible that this era would involve all types of such loved ones turning one into the authorities for execution. Pretending otherwise is UNBIBLICAL, UNTRUE AND SUICIDAL.
Spending one's time rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic is DUMB, STUPID, ignorant, futile. Stop it.
Spend your time, resources and energies in behalf of THE KING OF KINGS AND HIS KINGDOM.
THAT is the ONLY and the BEST good you can do the Republic of the US of A.
There are no other viable options in our era. Pretending otherwise is suicidal.
Those who pretend otherwise and through their silence decline to stand up and be counted . . . will increasingly find themselves moved across the line into the enemy's camp. We are NOT all called to be town criers or watchmen as one of our major roles. We ARE ALL called to behave within our sphere of influence wisely as Holy Spirit directs--to warn and rescue the perishing as HE directs and enables.
REMEMBER--COWARDS--are lumped with homosexuals, liars, murderers et al consigned to the lake of fire.
WISELY AS HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTS--stand up at least spiritually and be counted--but also in homes and on the streets in the body politic. Cowardly passivity or denial ridden busy-work will turn out to be deadly.
Those bastards were GETTING PAID to WORK on their leftist strategies 20 years before you signed on the FR for the first time.
But you still think you can just sit home while those guys continue to IMPLEMENT.
I dont think Romneys victory over Obama, if it occurs, will delay the Lefts strategy at all, and it will do real damage to conservatism if conservatives endorse him. So Axelrod won already.
So did Axelrod win "already" just now when Romney has locked the nomination, or did he win when conservatives started bickering among themselves unable to gel on a credible conservative early on in the primary?
And if Perry had won the nomination and made fools of us? If Cain had won and his shenanigans came out in the general? If Bachmann had won and put her deer in the headlight mantra on display?
Stay out? You can't even point to a standard bearer for 2016. Fools writing in themselves and "Murray the cat." Idiotic.
Conservatives better stay out this election. Write in somebody and have your conscience clear.
"Patriots better stay out of General Washington's catastrophe. Let someone else fight and have your conscience clear when the King wins."
It's ok. Nobody expects cowards to step forward to make hard decisions.
Thank you for sharing your concerns and insights, dear brother in Christ!
Outstanding post. I recommend this DVD set:
Thanks for your kind reply.
Given your wisdom and maturity in Christ, I'm curious if there was any part of that which you felt was MOST timely, fitting, useful from your perspective, current life experiences and location etc.??
Are any of them on YOUTUBE?
Your remark concerning cowardice as a sin before God is particularly timely.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. - 2 Timothy 3:1-5
EXCELLENT points, as usual.
What do you suggest for those who were reared with serious ATTACHMENT DISORDER . . . essentially . . .
being TRAINED AND TAUGHT to fear everything—particularly FATHER FIGURES.
How can they best cooperate with God in overcoming their TRAINING TO FEAR?
Your translation is self serving. I implied no disrespect nor have I ever posted anything that would suggest I am "high and mighty." You and I? Never the twain shall meet. You have no use for anyone who does not think "just like you do."
My strategy is to get a conservative party in the US built that can claim a serious spoiler status: 15%-30% of the electorate. To do so, the first step is to not united behind centrists like Romney. That is the paramount goal. Getting Obama beaten would be nice, but not at the cost of having conservative movement, that just learned how to show real teeth in 2010, back on the reservation.
You seem to have some fixation of Axelrod. One thing to learn from them indeed is what you point out: that they win by thinking 20 years ahead, and we field Doles, Bushes (twice), McCains and now Romney because we cannot think beyond 4 years.
Exactly. And while Carter was crashing (while Tip ONeil directed traffic after the wreck), the "planners" were working with 'educators' and lawyers and bureaucrats building the liberal skulls-full-of-mush breastworks that are still growing percentage of the population today.
I understand your eagerness to run to the front and frag a RINO General because he's not brash enough, but what's to learn from "THEM" is that the decade long slog comes from not grass-roots politicking NOW but from plowing the ground and forming the battlefield NOW with the next generation. The grass will naturally grow on that hill later.
You can't fix Washington with more or different Washington.
You have to tend to America while Washington does what it does, and try to minimize the damage meanwhile.
I imagine blessings are greater to those who are handicapped to begin with.
1. Love God
2. Believe God
3. Trust God
I'm not trying to be ornery, obtuse or obnoxious.
I just know that many times I've screamed HOW, LORD?
I certainly know others who feel that way.
HOW does one 'force' one's self to Love or Love more;
Believe, or believe more?
Trust or trust more?
PARTICULARLY when one's whole being has been TRAINED, CONDITIONED, HAMMERED intensely for 18+ years to think, feel, do the opposite?
You had a loving mother who modeled such very powerfully and effectively. Perhaps you've never had a shred of ATTACHMENT DISORDER. Perhaps you've never had a shred of existential angst, doubts, fears, etc.
I know many, including myself, who cannot recall such a wonderful childhood or life in such terms.
I don't have any significant problem trusting God's word AS GOD'S WORD. Certainly intellectually I can affirm that God and His Word are TRUSTWORTHY.
HOW does one get the intellectual assent to the Scripture down fully in their heart/ whole being/ spirit/ bone marrow etc? That can be a desperately felt yearning for many of us at many points in our lives.
Attachment Disorder has literally resulted in our brains being permanently damaged in such areas as emotional trusting; relationship trusting etc. That's not an easy thing to overcome. One doesn't just snap one's fingers and jump over that line.
So what CAN one functionally, actively do toward fulfilling your exhortation?
I'm voting for neither one of them. I have to stand before the Lord one day, and I already repented of voting for a lesser evil just to save our skins in 2008 to no avail.
NARL said this about Romney!
Yes, I agree totally. By not endorsing the RINOs the ground is plowed: the people understand that true conservatism has not been tried in America since perhaps the first Reagan's term.
You can't move the masses unless you are first understood by the masses. For example, if Bachmann endorses Romney Bachmann becomes that image that the media created of her: an off-kilter woman with plenty of air between the ears and a political ambition that has replaced principles.
With all due respect to her personally, politically and on principle, she has not become what the media portrayed....she has proven that they were correct about her all along.
Further, I think she and Santorum have done major damage to a sizable portion of their supporters with their bait-and-switch...ok....let's call a spade a spade: they lied to their supporters.
Newt did too, but his followers were already realpolitik enough to overcome it.
Those janus-faced also-rans have done much to keep conservatives out of politics and on the sidelines not just in the potus race as you advocate, but down-ticket too. They got crushed and they're going to stay home and lick their wounds, childish as it may be.
MEANWHILE, this morning millions of little kids are going to public skrools eating an extra free-meal morning noon and afterschool, dumping all of their personal crayons into the communal crayon bucket and "sharing" their personal property to be "fair."
In 20 years we'll be where France is and those kids will be fainting for the latest leftist liar. What's the plan to fix the kids?
All I can contribute is in reference to this:
The best a person can do, IMHO, is to be aware of when he is being self-absorbed and consciously stop thinking about himself and instead think about Who God IS.
The best a person can do, IMHO, is to be aware of when he is being self-absorbed and consciously stop thinking about himself and instead think about Who God IS.
THAT'S CERTAINLY an EXCELLENT exhortation.
I am no fan of either of them.
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Alfred Culliton, who has led the Erie County Industrial Development Agency since 2006, will retire at the end of this year.
Culliton serves as chief operating officer and acting chief executive officer of the ECIDA. He was honored as the 2011 Economic Developer of the Year by the New York State Economic Development Council.
"The loss of his finance and economic development knowledge will be very hard to replace," said John LaFalce, the ECIDA's chairman, in a statement. "I am very pleased that he has agreed to stay on during the transition to new leadership."
Culliton said in a statement he felt it was the "right time" to retire. He said he was particularly proud of the ECIDA's accomplishments in venture capital and supporting all business and micro-lending capacity, especially for minority businesses, during his time at the agency.
Culliton said that after his retirement, he wants to stay involved with venture capital through Launch NY, the Western New York Venture Association and the Buffalo Angels.
The ECIDA said it expects to make decisions about the search for Culliton's successor over the next few months.
Culliton joined the ECIDA and its affiliates in 1992 as chief lending officer. He was promoted to the ECIDA's chief financial officer/treasurer in 2003 and retained that title through 2009.
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MORRISON — The last time Littleton resident Mike Berry ran with the NHRA at Bandimere Speedway — last year's Mopar Mile-High Nationals — it wasn't his Pro Stock Motorcycle he was riding. It was fellow competitor Matt Smith's bike, but with Berry's motor.
The 2009 Buell XB9R didn't work out too well for the 45-year-old. On his first run he couldn't disengage the clutch and ended up burning out. But, oh, how things have changed.
The next few weeks of late July and early August are not the most exciting time in the bird world. Although a few early fall migrants will drift through, there is no big movement of birds.
I still have red crossbills coming to the feeder with young, so I have had a good chance to study all their various plumage. They are truly beautiful birds that vary in color, especially the adult males that range from yellow to orange to light red to dark red.
When calls go against a team it can be deflating. But not for the Evergreen Cougars.
Evergreen led Golden by two runs in the top of the fifth inning at Evergreen High School on July 17 when Demons shortstop Jordan Johnson stole second base and headed for third when the throw trickled into short center field. The throw to third beat Johnson to the bag, but he was called safe anyway.
After a strikeout, which would have ended the inning, Cougars pitcher Sean Imes gave up a walk and a double, tying the game.
Growing up in North St. Louis, Mo., soccer was always a part of Vince Ventimiglia's life. He started playing when he was 5 and, modestly he'll tell you, he had some successful years playing. Like when he was on the U-19 National Cup championship team.
But when the now-73-year-old moved to Colorado in 1960 with an engineering degree from Missouri School of Mines and jobs lining up for him the sport was virtually non-existent.
Nil. None. No soccer to be found.
It's not like Sam Hoidal isn't athletic. He played basketball in middle school, but he didn't find his sport until he walked on at the University of Wisconsin four years ago.
"It's something you can be competitive in," the 20-year-old said of rowing. "Wisconsin is a great football, basketball school, but rowing is something I found that I can do well. People have their clubs, have their study groups, their teams. It's nice being a varsity athlete at a Division I school."
Late June and early July are probably the most beautiful time of year in the mountains. Rain has finally come in enough quantity to restore life to the foothills and everything is lush green.
It is so green that you might think you are in Ireland. The grasses are green, the trees are green, kinnikinnick is green, our whole immediate world is green with blue sky overhead, and around every twist of a road or trail you are greeted by a splash of color from wildflowers.
Shortly after 7 a.m. on July 9, 53-year-old Dan Oracion felt like he was ready for the challenge he was about to embark on. The Casper, Wyo., cyclist was about to begin his journey in the 23rd annual Triple Bypass. Only this time, he was going to do it twice, both ways, in the same weekend.
"I'll have to make sure to recover real well tonight, get a good meal and get to bed early so my battery is recharged, my legs are recharged to do it again tomorrow," he said.
The last out is a lot of times the hardest to get, even despite when one is pitching as well as Mike Imes was on July 9. The Evergreen starter baffled Bear Creek's batters, scattering just four hits. But with his team leading 3-0 with one out to go in Game 1 of a doubleheader five straight balls threatened the win.
However, Imes didn't flinch.
A reader of this column sent me a message via the Canyon Courier this past week, saying she had seen a great blue heron along North Turkey Creek and was wondering if that was unusual. Yes, it is a bit unusual this early in the season.
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When Marc
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When Marc
Butler began offering lease-to-purchase financing options to his
customers, it opened doors and was a way for him to respond to
the needs of the American market.
Recognizing its success in bringing
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finding a niche in retail furniture stores and enabling owners
to tap into the Rent-to-Own market. Premier Home Furnishings President
Jim Schebler announced that Marc Butler, owner of Sofas 4 Less
in Orlando, Fla., has become the first retailer to join the
Premier Home Furnishings family.
Butler's 16 successful years in retail have been largely spent
in London where he opened his first Sofas 4 Less retail store in
1998. His specialty has been in the direct import of southern
Italian leather that he has used in the manufacture of his
sofas. By importing material and cutting out the middle man, he
has been able to offer higher quality mid-grade sofas for
competitive prices. He offers 30 different styles in 15
different colors.
Three years ago, he explored the American market. Drawn to the
Florida climate, he liked America and now plans to stay. But he
very quickly learned that his business model – that included
importing leather – wasn't going to work in the States.
"For starters, being over in the UK makes it easy to have
leather transported from Italy," he says. "Here it takes longer
and is more complicated to get. Plus, U.S. customers don't want
to wait for anything. So special order wasn't working for me."
Looking now for a niche in the American market, he investigated
lease-purchase and the concept of "no credit check," which,
according to him, doesn't exist in the UK. "They don't
understand credit scores and lease-to-own." But Butler did and,
working through a third party, began offering lease-to-purchase
financing options to his customers. It opened doors and was a
way for him to respond to the needs of the American market. "I
had spent three years building up a furniture store, and I
didn't want to dismantle it and change my concept of Sofas 4
Less." He just needed to enhance it and position himself to
succeed in diverse directions.
Butler discovered Premier and felt their model matched his. "I
talked with Jim Schebler, president of Home Furnishings. My
operation was a replica of what he is doing at Premier. We were
even using some of the same suppliers. I realized Premier's
systems could slide into what I'm doing very well and help
support me as I developed my niche. I decided to become part of
Premier Home Furnishings. In fact, I am the first retail
furniture store to do so."
Butler sees benefits in his alliance with Premier, an
experienced and proven franchiser that is established in both
retail and lease-to-own. He'll have support on many fronts with
the variety of services and buying power that Premier offers. He
also recognizes the value of Premier's unique and customized
software, developed exclusively for Premier to organize every
aspects of running a Home Furnishings store. "That's all new to
me. It is a pretty intense program that covers inventory,
tracking customer payments, mailing and is a complete data base
for all incoming and outgoing information that concerns the
entire entity of a dealer's business. The program is very
specific to Premier."
Butler, who has been on his own and successful for a decade, is
eager to be part of a network of seasoned entrepreneurs, one
more reason for becoming part of Premier. "For the first time in
my life, I don't want to be Mr. Independent as much anymore. I
want to be part of something. With the way Premier does it, I
still have my own independence even though I am part of Premier.
They give you a lot of leeway. They are quite relaxed. It's not
this sort of military big brother beating you over the head
saying, 'Do this!' If it had been that way I wouldn't have
joined it. I still want some independence." And with Premier
each dealer regulates just how much he wants.
Butler was quite complimentary of Schebler. "He has been very
hands on, very patient and quite diligent in his way of
describing things – especially when you consider that most of
his other dealers have come from an RTO background. He taught me
to get into the right mindset, came down and nursed me through
the Premier software system and made sure I was on the same
page. He doesn't have a problem talking through any situation I
need help on and is very passionate about helping people get
their business off the ground. I couldn't have found someone
better to work with. And my business is running very well."
Typical of a Premier Home Furnishings dealership, Sofas 4 Less
varies from the look and feel of a traditional RTO store in that
it is bigger, features only sofas and love seats – some of which
are made in Italian leather. Its main goal is to appeal to every
type of customer, both least-to-own and retail. In a tricky
economy, Butler wants to make all feel welcome in his store.
"When the economy is on the downside, people want time to pay
for stuff. We don't do a credit check. And there are people out
there to whom no-credit sales have appeal. We still offer
financing for those with good credit. But one of the concepts
that led me to add lease-to-own to my business was that I
wouldn't have to say 'no' to anyone. If you've got a regular
income and a checking account, you're approved. That stands out
to anybody."
Butler says as time goes on he will probably sell the three
remaining stores he has in the UK. "All my time is spent over
here now. I intend to expand with Premier. They make it a lot
easier to expand." Plus as Butler gets more and more comfortable
in his new niche, he finds the warm, Floridian sun to be an
extra benefit of living in the US. Speaking not only of weather
but also of where he now sits as a dealer who can offer retail
and leasing options, he says, "As far as I'm concerned, I get
the best of all worlds."
The national office of Premier Rental Purchase is located in
Williamsburg, VA. All Premier stores are independently owned and
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A while back, my friend Anne Barnes remarked on how many of our pals here in town are named Anne (with an "e"). Not only that, we all happen to be married to a William, be it Will or Bill.
She celebrated this generational coincidence by throwing a dinner for four of us couples who share the name (more proof that Charlestonians will use any excuse for a party).
Anne and Will Cleveland followed up a few months later with another festive gathering.
I guess it's my turn soon, but this got me thinking about what a period piece our name has become: exotic enough to be a party theme.
From being a fairly common girls' name in the 1940s and '50s, Anne lost ground to Ann (sans "e"). But I checked Social Security online to discover that, in 2012, our ranking in the United States sank to 561st. This was humiliating.
We were light years behind No. 1 Sophia. How could we achieve Serenity (No. 58)?
What could be the Genesis (No. 56) of this steep decline? On our Journey (No. 327), it's hard to accept that Brooklyn (29), London (94) and even Jordyn (121) had left us in the dust.
It seems to me that one's birth name wields a big influence on personality. It's a person's ID. People almost appear to live up, or down, to their name and perhaps with it their parents' aspirations.
Young mothers who saddle an infant with a corny moniker such as Blue Ivy (Beyonce), Bear Blu (Alicia Silverstone) or Zuma Nesta Rock (Gwen Stefani) might consider taking a longer view. The child with the quirky name, whose path through life will be greeted with raised eyebrows or worse, can't help but be affected.
Just last summer celebrity Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West dubbed their new baby North.
One wonders what the future holds for a kid called North West.
The latest hot names, according to Nameberry.com, which tracks trends, are Imogen, at No. 1, and Khaleesi at No. 6. The latter is from the "Game of Thrones" series. Pop culture strikes again.
As for creative spellings of traditional names, the Jazmins, Madalaynes and Kourtnayes, it's a matter of taste, just not mine.
On the other hand, I love the names that African-American moms come up with, from Ashandra to Lashona and Quanesha to Zettica, which sound original and pleasing to the ear.
A venerable Southern tradition is using family surnames as first and middle names. The other day an old Charlestonian joked to me that when he introduces himself to newcomers from "off," they do a double take. They seem to think, he said, that his parents named him after local city streets.
I'm sure there are exceptions, but we Annes strike me as straight arrows, even a bit boring. Whether it's the name, our times, or our upbringing, I can't say.
Indeed, what's happened to the Barbaras, the Ellens, the Susans and Lindas of previous generations? Also sadly out of fashion are Southern double first names: the Martha Jane's and Betty Sue's we all knew. Yet in the boys' rankings, William has remained in the top 20 for the past 100 years. It doesn't seem fair.
On 2012's list, Anne got a look-in with Hannah, at No. 22, from the Hebrew mother of the prophet Samuel, and the root of our name, which means grace.
If I'd been named Hannah or Anna, and my husband was Bob or Otto, instead of Bill, we'd be a complete palindrome couple, since our last name spells the same way backward and forward.
Not to be small-minded, but when Anne is so far down the list of popular names, how can we have a Melody (No. 174) in our hearts and a snappy Cadence (290) in our step?
On second thought, maybe we shouldn't have too many wannabe's in our exclusive little club. My dining table only seats 10.
Anne Semmes is a freelance food and travel writer who moved to Charleston from London. Before going to England, she was a restaurant critic for The New York Times New Jersey section. A regular correspondent for Passport Newsletter, her articles also have appeared in Food Arts, Food & Wine, The Local Palate and Victoria.


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Sorry, I know there were a few other threads, old and new, with other people having issues with their xdrive (I have replied to a couple), but ModChipCentral told me to make a new thread. Not sure if that is their way to provide me with support of their own, but on to my issues...
I have two xboxes so I ordered 2 xdrives with xfans and neither of them work. Everytime it is hooked to the xdrive, my drive will not read the disc, it just keeps giving me the "Open Tray" error, but if I connect my drive back into the xbox it works perfect!
I have done some troubleshooting of my own and when i hook everything up to the xdrive EXCEPT the SATA cable that is hooked to the SATA exchange unit (I plug the SATA cable directly to the xdrive instead), everything works perfect. So that leads me to believe that it is either the SATA exchange unit that is bad or faulty, or the SATA connections from the connection module to the xdrive. Also BOTH 90 degree to 180 degree SATA cables do not work out of the box, and i have tested those on a couple different devices that I have to confirm it.
All I want is a working device, what should I do Team Xecuter?
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Check the wires out man. I found that they pull out easily. I had problems with the black wire on the bottom most. Every time I plugged it in the wire would push out of its socket.
I had one fail on me. Same issue. The drive just wouldn't read games in the external kit. Worked fine inside the console but not outside. I just unhooked it all and hooked it all up again making sure to press the wires firmly in not just the plug. A few weeks went by and it started doing it again but this time I replaced the sata cable for the chip inside the xbox and got it working again. Yet again just a few days go by and its not working again. This time I couldn't get it working. I contacted the reseller I got it from (Xconsoles) and they promptly replaced it as it was still under warranty.
My replacement unit gave me a little trouble when I first hooked it up. Again I just made sure everything was plugged in all the way and it worked.
On a side note another issue I have had with both my Xdrive + Xfan kits is occasionally when I turn it on it sounds like the fan in the Xdrive is locking up. Loud horrible Growling sound coming from it. This is on two (2) kits in a row. This time I unhooked the fan in the Xdrive and haven't heard it since.
Ow and I also had to replace the Sata inside the Xdrive when I first got the first kit.
Dont get me wrong. I really like this kit. It looks great and as far as cooling the GPU its the best option on the market, but there does seem to be some issues with the product.
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Yeah at first I thought it was me,even though I have a lot of experience with this kind of stuff, but after about the 4th or 5th time on the first unit I knew it wasn't me anymore. Collectively between both my units, I probably tried to reinstall 15 times.
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On a side note, modchipcentral said they would exchange the units but I'm not sure of their terms. They also gave me the option to return, but I want to try new units to see if it will work.
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This years Memorial Day Parade on Saturday, May 25, kicks things off at 11 a.m. The parade route begins at the high school, goes down Main Street to Front Street, and then to the Coupeville Town Park.
In the park, people will open picnic baskets and listen to speakers, including NAS Whidbey Capt. Steve Black and Langley resident Kit Carson, a World War II B-17 pilot. Master of ceremonies will be Michael Thomas.
Food will be available at the park, including hot dogs, popcorn, ice cream and soft drinks provided by local merchants. Just down the street, the popular library book sale will take place in the towns Recreation Hall.
Other attractions in the park will include an old car show, martial arts demonstrations, and music from the All Island Community Band.
Coupeville boasts the only Memorial Day parade in the area, and it always attracts a large contingent of active and retired military personnel, ranging from the Pearl Harbor Survivors group to the U.W. Air Force ROTC Drill Team.
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10 Things you should never put on Facebook
Published 10:24 AM EDT Apr 30, 2013
Lots of us enjoy posting -- and reading -- items on Facebook. But beware, there is some information you might want to refrain from putting out there. Here's what you should never post.
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The Houston Rockets will be one of the most-watched teams of the 2013-14 NBA season. They'll also be one of its more competitive squads.
Expectations are demanding it, too. The hype surrounding both the team's acquisition of Dwight Howard and the rise of James Harden is considerable.
The Rockets will follow through on a lot of the hoopla. They'll win a lot of games, make a postseason push—but not win a title this season—and see perhaps the best superstar duo in the league come together. They'll also have to make a move or two.
Overall, this looks to be a ramping up of a season for the Rockets; a promising prelude to years of title contention.