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Removing Barrel from Remington 870
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> Removing Barrel from Remington 870
March 4, 2006, 01:05 PM
I just purchased a Remington 870 Express HD 18" BBL. 12 GA with 2 shot extension - Model# 25077. The question I have is can the barrel be removed, it seems like it is fixed to the receiver.
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Delivery McGee
March 4, 2006, 01:32 PM
If you've lost the book, the magazine cap or extension holds the barrel on. Open the action halfway, unscrew the extension, and pull the barrel off.
Dave McCracken
March 4, 2006, 02:01 PM
Welcome aboard. Nice shotgun. After you get it apart and back together, go have fun shooting it.
Use light loads to start off. Trust me on this...
March 4, 2006, 08:49 PM
Here's how to disassemble the HD model with the extension:
Unscrew and remove the screw in the side of the barrel clamp, then slide the clamp forward and off the gun.
The extension tube is screwed into a collar or coupling.
Unscrew the extension tube from the collar, LEAVING THE COLLAR IN PLACE.
WARNING: The magazine spring is LONG and VERY strong. As soon as the extension tube is unscrewed, the spring will try to "blow" out of the gun.
As you unscrew the extension tube, HOLD ON TIGHT, and allow the tube to move up JUST enough to allow you get your fingers around the spring.
Remove the extension tube, then carefully allow the spring to expand out of the magazine.
Remove the magazine spring.
Open the action about 1/2 way, then unscrew the coupling or collar from the front of the gun's magazine tube.
With the coupling off, pull the barrel forward , and off the gun.
Follow the owner's manual for the rest of disassembly.
March 4, 2006, 11:27 PM
I finally got it to come off. I'd like to thank everyone who responded to this thread you all have been very helpful.......:)
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Precordial catch syndrome
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Precordial catch syndrome (PCS), also known as Texidor's twinge,[1] is a common cause of chest pain in children and adolescents. It also occurs, though less frequently, in adults. PCS manifests itself as a very intense, sharp pain, typically at the left side of the chest, generally in the cartilage between the bones of the sternum and rib cage, which is worse when taking breaths.
The symptoms of PCS are often described as a "bubble in the chest" sometimes associated with the feeling of a "bubble popping" or cracking sensation which usually resolves the pain. Patients often think that they are having a heart attack which can lead to panic. This pain typically lasts from a few seconds to a few minutes although, in some cases, it can persist for up to 30 minutes. The frequency of episodes varies between patients, sometimes occurring daily with multiple episodes each day, or on a less frequent basis with weeks, months, or even years between episodes. On rare occasions, breathing in or out suddenly will cause a small "bubble" popping or cracking sensation in the chest, which results in the pain going away. In most cases the pain is resolved quickly and completely, and analgesia is not required. There is no known treatment or cure for PCS.[2]
Signs and symptoms[edit]
PCS has consistent characteristics. Its symptoms begin with a sudden onset of anterior chest pain on the left side of the chest. The pain is localized and does not radiate like heart attack pain typically does. Breathing in, and sometimes breathing out, often intensifies the pain. Moving also intensifies the pain. Typically this causes the patient to freeze in place and breathe shallowly until the episode passes. Episodes typically last a couple of seconds to three minutes. In some cases it lasts for 30 minutes. The frequency of episodes varies by patient, sometimes occurring daily, multiple episodes each day, or more spread out over weeks, months, or years between episodes. PCS is believed to be localized cramping of certain muscle groups. Intensity of pain can vary from a dull minor pain, to intense sharp pain possibly causing momentary vision loss/blurriness and often loss of breath.
The cause of PCS is unknown. Miller and Texidor suggested that the pain may originate in the parietal pleura of the lungs. The pain is most likely not of cardiac origin.[2]
There is no known cure for PCS. However PCS is not believed to be dangerous or life-threatening, and generally not seen as a major medical issue. Many see the worst part about PCS to be the fear that this chest pain is an indicator of a heart attack or other dangerous condition. PCS should only occasionally interfere with normal activity, and there is no reason to use any form of medication.
While there is no known cure, some patients have reported relief after slowly inhaling and holding their breath for a short while. Also, lifting the elbows while in an upright position reportedly decreases pressure on the region. Keeping the body hydrated is reported to decrease the frequency of these episodes as well, and ibuprofen may also help.[citation needed]
The syndrome was first described and named by Miller and Texidor, medical practitioners at the Cardiovascular Department and the Department of Medicine at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, in 1955.[3] They reported the condition in 10 patients, one being Miller himself. In 1978, PCS was discussed by Sparrow and Bird who reported that 45 healthy patients suffered from it and that it was probably more frequent than generally assumed.[4] PCS in American children has been discussed by Pickering in 1981[5] and by Reynolds in 1989.[6] These constitute the literature available on PCS.
See also[edit]
- ^ Berlan, Elise D; Bravender, Terrill, eds. (2012). Adolescent medicine today a guide to caring for the adolescent patient. Singapore: World Scientific Pub. Co. p. 512. ISBN 9789814324496. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ a b Gumbiner CH (January 2003). "Precordial catch syndrome". Southern Medical Journal. 96 (1): 38–41. doi:10.1097/00007611-200301000-00011. PMID 12602711.
- ^ Miller, A.J.; Texidor, T.A. (December 1955). "Precordial catch, a neglected syndrome of precordial pain". Journal of the American Medical Association. 159 (14): 1364–5. doi:10.1001/jama.1955.02960310028012a. PMID 13271083.
- ^ Sparrow MJ, Bird EL (October 1978). "'Precordial catch': a benign syndrome of chest pain in young persons". The New Zealand Medical Journal. 88 (622): 325–6. PMID 282484.
- ^ Pickering D (May 1981). "Precordial catch syndrome". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 56 (5): 401–3. doi:10.1136/adc.56.5.401. PMC 1627421. PMID 7259265.
- ^ Reynolds JL (October 1989). "Precordial catch syndrome in children". Southern Medical Journal. 82 (10): 1228–30. doi:10.1097/00007611-198910000-00007. PMID 2678498.


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Over the past decade, the words "gay marriage" and "same sex blessing" have been at the forefront of liberal Anglican theological discussion in North America. And while media coverage and the North American Anglican liberal majority have attempted to make homosexuality the central issue of progressive Anglicanism, orthodox Anglicans have stepped forward to clarify that it is the authority of scripture, and faithfulness to Jesus, that is the heart of the issue.
The "Anglican Crisis" is primarily a Western/North American crisis. The region represents the minority of the global Anglican Communion, but they have still had the power to tamper with ancient Anglican doctrine. When the Archbishop of Canterbury failed to respond to rampant defiant and disobedient practices of the West, foundation-shaking rumblings were sent across the global Communion.
In a press release on Christmas 2007, orthodox bishops and clergy, representing 30 million of the 55 million Anglicans worldwide, released the statement announcing the Global Anglican Future Conference: A Gospel of Power and Transformation.
While some have been hostile to the assembly of these pilgrims due to the fact that the conference was established as an alternative to the Lambeth Conference (a meeting of bishops every 10 years, which has governed the decisions of the Anglican Church for the past 300 years), many others were encouraged that the unity and voice of the orthodox majority finally came to life in the city of their Savior.
Why Jerusalem?
Bishop Robert Duncan, moderator of the Common Cause North America, opened the pre-conference event with an address called Anglicanism Come of Age: A Post-Colonial and Global Communion for the the 21st Century.
"We have come to reclaim our roots," he said. "We want to tell story clearly in our time, without loss or compromise in translation or transmission…without individually or corporately getting in the way of the story."
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With a tired voice Masters described the difficult uphill journey that led them to this gathering in Jerusalem and that unexpected tears had caught him off guard at the release of the statement. He said "all we had been praying and longing for had been validated." His joy stemmed from the fact that the statement flowed directly from the Gospel.
The Global Anglican Future Conference: A Gospel of Power and Transformation, has called their church to just that. While liberal Anglicanism beckons "come as you are, and stay as you are," orthodox Anglicans have remained faithful to what they have been calling "the old, old story," to the Jesus who beckons "come as you are and be transformed and healed by the power of the Holy Spirit."
GAFCON in Jerusalem represents a significant awakening and softening of hearts in the Anglican Communion. It is not a schism, but a call to reformation; not a political power struggle with Lambeth, but a humble submission to Jesus and the scriptures.
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I decided to add a ply spar at the CG line. I laid the CG line out on the bottom of the plane. I needed to cut perpendicular to the bottom. I used a piece of aluminum angle and a multi-blade knife. The angle provided a verticle guide for the knife. This worked perfectly.
I then cut a piece of ply the width of the slot and thicker than the wing. The top and bottom surfaces are not the same shape. I inserted the ply into the slot and drew a line along the bottom edge of the plane on the ply. I also marked the center line.
I cut the line with a band saw and followed up with a sander. I then inserted the ply back into the wing, aligned the bottom and verified the bottom followed the contour of the wing. I then marked the top of the spar. I removed the spar and again cut the spar and then sanded to the shape. I reinserted the spar and it looked to fit great.
I debated on using Super 77 but finally decided on epoxy. I used 10ml but could have used 15ml. I spread the epoxy on both sides of the spar and inserted the spar. I laid it on the bed, with the waxed paper, and weighted it while it cured.
I did have to sand the ends a bit on the spar on the bottom but it fits well.
The spar is expected to be a component in the motor mount and so the epoxy was used for a stronger bond.
Time for the layout. First I taped a dowel on to the bottom of the wing on the cg spar. This is to allow the plane to tip on the CG line.
I then laid everything out and taped on the elevons. The motor and prop were laid on the wing in the position I expect it to be mounted.
I then moved the battery until I found the location that balanced the wing.
The battery location is on top of the spars. That is not great but not terrible. I will have to cut some foam out of the trailing edge of the wing behind the motor. This will cause the battery to move aft.
A few other changes with shift the CG a little but This looks like it will work.
Here is the video from today, it should be available shortly.
I made more progress today but it is too late to do the photos and vids.
I have finished cutting and mounting the motor mount.The balance is still coming out with the batteries on top of the cf spars. I can separate the batteries but that precludes using a single pack. I may wind up going that way; otherwise, I have to cut the cf spars.
This is the work from Wednesday. I am mounting the motor to the CG spar. The requires removal of the foam for prop clearance. I have clearance for a 14" prop.
To add additional connection between the motor and the rest of the wing, I inserted two CF rods by drilling through the motor mount, ply spar, and into the wing. The two rods were epoxied into place.
I did two motor mounts. I did not leave enough room on the sides for the mounting bolts the first time when I rounded the top.
I am still contemplating the placement of the battery, esc, etc. I don't want to have them above the wing surface and the CF rods are in the way. I am planing to cut the rods to make a recess to contain the electronics. This would allow for a low profile hatch to cover the area. I will put a thin ply or plastic floor in the recess for mounting equipment. I don't have a hot wire cutter that will aid with this so I am thinking of using a finish router. I will use the cut-out piece to test and make sure it will work well.
Here is a quick update. I have been a little busy so I don't have pics or vid updates.
I cut the two top spars and routed out a 5" x 6" x 1.3" hole in the top of the wing for the electronics. I plan to embed a case of some kind in there.
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I'll try to get some pics up in the next few days of how we are approaching our build. We also cut the spars back and are going to box in the area with some added strength from a couple bulkheads to span the opening.
I have some pictures of the cut-out area I made. You can see that the CF rods were cut. I used a router bit and a trim router to make the hole. You can also see the motor mount and spar that I installed.
I want to try a couple of options on lining the cutout or at least installing a floor.
After I work that out, I will be making cut-outs for the servos. I may try a die cut approach to that. I plan to make a test on the piece I cut out for the prop. If I don't like the results, I will route those holes also.
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I just received my kit from Flying Foam.
Firstly I'd like to thank Coby for going the extra mile in sending me a kit to Australia. The kit needed to be sent in 2 boxes and the wings cut in half to fit into the maximum size box. Thanks heaps.
I am currently gluing the quarters together to make halves.
Any update on this build as I am watching it keenly
Perth, Australia
I am out of town this week. I plan to get back on this when I return.
You should not have quarters, only halves. The wings are inside the beds. There are four pieces that are the beds, two on top and two on bottom. The wings are inside those four pieces.
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lol... I have 4 pieces of wings as the wings themselves had to be cut in half to fit in the box size that could ship to Australia. Spars also had to be cut to fit in the box, so had to join spars as well as I got 8 pieces...
All good. Glue drying today. Should have a full wing by tonight and can then start the equipment planning and layout
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Your welcome Brian. I finally have the bench cleared and my Mother sitting, waiting patiently for me to finish paperwork. We got distracted with a new 36" forward sweep design that we plan to release in the next couple weeks. Hope to get back in the shop later today and continue the Mother.
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Handed down, largely unwritten, from teacher to pupil since the beginning of the century, New Orleans jazz is one of America's great folk musics, a come-as-you-are celebration of everyday joys and sorrows. The Preservation Hall septet, ranging in age from 48 to 83, keeps the style from gathering moss. You would never guess, from the gusto with which trumpeter Percy Humphrey sings the title cut, that New Orleans musicians generally regard that song as hackneyed (a famous bandstand sign in Preservation Hall reads, "Traditional requests $1, Others $2, Saints $5"). But the best moments on this LP are found on Just a Closer Walk With Thee, Part I. The reason is the pace at which it's taken: that of a traditional New Orleans funeral march. In music, as in film, slow motion magnifies detail. At a fast tempo, a good musician can get by on technique. Slow it down and you've got to say something. In its dreamy, flannel-cozy rendition of that old spiritual, the PHJB brings time almost to a standstill. (Columbia)
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Cecilia Ford, who has been a psychologist in private practice in New York City since 1987, has addressed emotional issues for Women's Voices in many articles over the years. This week, she reviews cartoonist Roz Chast's graphic memoir of caring for her elderly parents.
Imagine, though you may not want to, a book that explores the pain and tragedy of caring for your aging parents. Imagine that the author describes much of the quotidian drudgery and the agony of ambivalence that caregivers are subjected to. Also, visualize the parents' decline, how they are forced to give up the places, people, and things they love, while their health and faculties fail.
Impossibly, yet not surprisingly, the cartoonist Roz Chast has done all this while managing to make her graphic memoir poignantly hilarious. Chast, in my opinion the foremost cartoonist of her generation, was born in Brooklyn in 1954. As an only child, she grew up under the watchful eyes of her fearful (and sometimes phobic) father and dominating mother. Along the way she developed her own set of nervous quirks, which she has lampooned gently but insistently over her many decades as a contributor to The New Yorker and in her own collections. She has a truly original style, and an inimitable way of looking at life's losers and losses with humor and affection.
In this book, Chast turns her considerable talents to the subject of her parents' final years. "Listen in on a group of middle-aged children of the elderly, and you'll hear that even the most casual mention of aging parents is likely to open up a Pandora's box of anxieties," says Lillian Rubin, author of 60 on Up: The Truth About Aging in the Twenty-First Century. "These are stories told with tears." Not so for Chast, though as an only child, the full burden of her parents' care fell on her. Despite the fact that through her childhood and beyond her mother and father seemed more interested in each other than in her, she rose to the occasion. Chast, telling this tale through text and cartoons, displays considerable honesty about her ambivalence and conflicts about this most painful of transitions.
Her mother, it seems, was a particularly "difficult" woman. Overbearing and negative at the best of times, like most old people she did not "soften" when confronted with the challenges of aging, loss, and illness. Chast's father died first, and she was left alone to care for her mother, as well as managing all the complicated details of both parents' lives. The scenes of the random stuff accumulated in their closets (they were hoarders) are among the best—vintage "Roz Chast," whose work has always been particularly acute when depicting people's neurotic foibles. This book makes it more than clear how she came to understand these things so well.
Chast is dead honest about some of darker sides of this process, including the sad decline in her parents' health and all the attendant loss of dignity. She is also very open about her own feelings, including ambivalence, impatience, anger, grief, and guilt. She agonizes over how much time she should be spending at "the Place," which is what her parents called the assisted living home. She is relieved that her mother finds a caretaker who can tolerate her negativity, stubbornness, and verbal abuse, freeing Chast up to work. She worries that their money will run out and she will wind up footing the bill. She wishes, at times, that it would all be over. And then she feels terrible about feelings these things.
No one who has been through this has not felt these things. The baby-boom generation has frequently been cited as the one that is saddled with aging parents and college-age children at the same time. According to Rubin, many middle-aged adults now spend even more years caring for their aging parents than they spend raising their own children. The emotional stress of these dual roles, as well as the costs, is very hard on families. Add to that the fact that losing a parent causes a painful rehashing of old issues, though much of it may be unspoken. For most of us, the impending loss of a parent brings up unresolved wounds and wishes.
Chast includes in the book a very poignant scene at her mother's bedside. The old woman is clearly days from death and Chast tries to have a "final conversation" with her, and tells her she wishes they could have been "better friends." Her mother is characteristically unresponsive, though she does ask if this "worries" Chast. Then, when she asks her mother if she should stay or go, she replies, "It doesn't matter." The daughter concluded that "it was time to go."
Somehow these scenes, rendered in Chast's squiggly hand, are able to spark great empathy in the reader toward both of them. You see how the daughter has to come to accept that her hope for a different kind of relationship with her mother is finally at an end. As for her mother, she has been portrayed with such precision yet affectionate tolerance throughout that you are able to understand how deeply Chast loved this woman whose limitations created a prison for herself and those around her her whole life. She was herself to the end.


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angle strain (Baeyer strain)
the strain associated with compressing bond angles to smaller (or larger) angles
anti conformation
a conformation with a 180 degree dihedral angle between the largest groups. usually the lowest-energy conformation.
ring flip
switching from one chair conformation to the next, with all the axial and equatorial positions reversed. the boat conformation is an intermediate for this interconversion.
structures that are related by rotations about single bonds. in most cases, conformations interconvert at room temperature, and so they are not true isomers
conformations of cyclohexanes:
1. chair-most stable
2. boat: less stable
3. twist boat- more stable version of twist boat (twist reduces torsional strain and steric strain)
4. half-chair
1,3 diaxial interaction
the strong steric strain between two axial groups on cyclohexane carbons with one carbon between them.
the reaction of alkanes with halogens, in the presence of heat or light, to give products with halogen atoms substituted for hydrogen atoms.
a thin, volatile hydrocarbon with a boiling range between that of diesel fuel and that of gasoline.
methane hydrate
an icelike substance consisting of individual methane molecules trapped inside cages of water molecules
ring strain
angle strain (baeyer strain): bond angle compression or expansion
torsional strain: the strain associated with eclipsing of bonds in the ring.


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I transitioned from the "health food" store propaganda diet so I was already well acquainted with all of the obscure grains, plant foods, herbs, and such. I started eating the insidey parts of animals like heart, kidneys and tongue, various new animals, coconut, palm oil (which was short-lived, blah). That's about it actually. My meals are basically some sort of animal flesh, vegetables, spices and fats. Or fruit, coconut, chia seed pudding if I desire something dessert-like. All in all I eat many fewer types of foods and am a hell of a lot healthier and happier. Fuck quinoa, amaranth, and other bird food.
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LOS ANGELES - R&B casanova Usher, whose album "Confessions" steamed up the charts with songs about sex, affairs and breakups, received a leading four nominations Tuesday for the American Music Awards.
Many categories included last year's winners - Toby Keith, Tim McGraw and Linkin Park - and previous award nominees Beyonce, Avril Lavigne, Norah Jones and R. Kelly.
Meanwhile, rapper-producer Kanye West, whose album "The College Dropout" combines gospel, rap and braggadocio, had three nominations, the second most after Usher.
Usher was nominated as favorite male artist in both the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories, and his "Confessions" also has best album bids in both groups.
In the hip-hop/rap class, West was up for favorite male artist, "The College Dropout" got a mention for best album.
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Female Artist: Sheryl Crow, Avril Lavigne, Jessica Simpson.
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Album: "The Diary of Alicia Keys," Alicia Keys; "Musicology," Prince; "Confessions," Usher.
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Struggles are in the eyes of the beholder, and although first-year Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein—brought over from the Red Sox to rebuild the long-suffering franchise—expected some rough stretches in Chicago, he didn't envision this.
With 12 consecutive losses entering Monday's game against the San Diego Padres, the Cubs were on one of the longest skids in franchise history. Chicago beat San Diego to snap the streak Monday, but still has one of the worst records in baseball at 16-32.
In most recently losing six straight to the Astros and Pirates, the Cubs lost three one-run games in the streak but still were outscored 29-12 by their division rivals.
Epstein says he doesn't think "this is indicative of the type of team we are," and that the Cubs are "clearly better than this."
Only seven times in their history had the Cubs dropped 12 or more in a row. They entered Monday's game on their worst losing streak since they opened with 14 losses in 1997.
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Kids Inc. will dedicate its new conference room today to C.C. "Bus" and Freda Dugger. The organization will have a public reception at 10 a.m. at the Kids Inc. WareHouse, 27th Avenue and Osage Street, according to a news release from Kids Inc.
In the fall of 1944, Cal Farley had the idea to establish Kids Inc. Farley recruited "Bus" Dugger to speak to the Parent Teacher Association at Glenwood Elementary School about starting a youth sports program. On the first Monday in 1945, Dugger formed the very first team for Kids Inc. and became the group's first coach.
"Bus" Dugger retired in 1982 as elementary principal from Boys Ranch Independent School District.
Freda Dugger also retired in 1982 after teaching 38 years for Amarillo Independent School District, 35 of those at Forest Hill Elementary School.
The west end of the Kids Inc. WareHouse was renovated over the summer, financed by a gift from the Duggers, the news release said.
In honor of the Duggers' years of support to Kids Inc., the "Bus and Freda Dugger West Wing" will be formally dedicated during today's reception.
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> i' ve a problem with the connection data from pppd. I want to get
> some value about time and transfered data. My log looks like this:
The totals are cumulative between instances of pppd and, as far as
I know, there is no pppd option to get around it for PPP connections
made in pppd demand mode. (It must be demand since otherwise there
would be no problem, even pppd got the same pid for 2 consecutive days
and part of the third - you probably terminated pppd manually on the
third day and then restarted it.)
[some of log elided]
> Sep 13 21:50:35 firewall pppd[460]: Sent 802021 bytes, received
> 3270842 bytes.
> Sep 14 13:39:28 firewall pppd[460]: Sent 550756 bytes, received
> 9177986 bytes.
> Sep 15 09:32:19 firewall pppd[460]: Sent 318719 bytes, received
> 4245222 bytes.
> Sep 15 09:38:23 firewall pppd[460]: Sent 352899 bytes, received
> 4539876 bytes.
> Sep 15 11:54:16 firewall pppd[1386]: Sent 20246 bytes, received
> 205221 bytes.
> Sep 15 11:58:15 firewall pppd[1386]: Sent 31521 bytes, received
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Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide
The Christmas season carries with it the fragrant scent of generous giving. It is quite unthinkable that we forget about gifts during this time of the year. Just as we think of what we will give to our family and friends, we also get excited of the presents with cards that bear our names. Surely the message of giving almost naturally blends with the cool breeze of December.
This feeling of gift-giving also comes naturally when this special season arrives. It is because Christmas in itself is a gift – the Gift of all gifts. On that first Christmas Eve when Jesus Christ was born, we received the highest blessing in all of mankind's history – the Gift of God's Presence. Thus says in the Scriptures, "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"-- which means, "God with us" (Matthew 1:23). Every Christmas, we remember this supreme manifestation of grace-driven generosity – the Almighty God giving us His only Begotten Son that we may experience His Presence. And this is also the revelation found in John 1:14a: "And the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us…"
Indeed, the Advent of Jesus Christ is the arrival of God's loving embrace to the lost mankind.
Unwrapping this gift of His Presence leaves us immensely fascinated by an overflow of amazing gifts. The highest and most precious of all is the salvation that was made possible by Jesus' life, death and resurrection. Once again, mankind has been given the opportunity to be reunited spiritually with its Powerful Creator. This renewed connection with our Heavenly Father has assured us of the daily gifts that we need throughout the year. Truly, every needed blessing is ours to claim.
His Provision. Proverbs 10:22 says, "The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no trouble to it." Our Lord Jesus Christ brought to us the blessing of our Heavenly Father and with it is the promise of wealth for all of us. Everyday, we are guaranteed of His timely blessing that will fill what we lack. Whenever we think of what do not have, let us be reminded of the truth that God has everything we need, and He is very near. Wherever we are, He stands beside us, willing and ready to meet our material/financial needs. As we are filled to the brim by God's provision, we also become blessings to the needy and lacking around us, making us His representatives of grace in this world.
His Healing Touch. Jesus Christ came to restore us to wholeness. He proclaimed this divine calling in Luke 4:18-19: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." We who were once prisoners of sicknesses have been given freedom through His Healing Touch. Physically wounded? His touch can bring restoration to your body. Emotionally injured? His touch can nurse back to health your despairing heart.
His Comfort. Life is never always fine and pleasant. We reach a point where things do not go as planned, and we find ourselves in the darkest valleys of our journey. During these times of depression, God's answer is His Comfort. The apostle Paul firmly believed this, evident in his heartening words in 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God." The God of all comfort is our constant companion in this life fraught with difficulties and failures. Whenever we stumble and think we can never recover, we feel the encouraging warmth of His divine embrace.
His Strength. The gift of His strength has also been made available to us by Jesus Christ's Incarnation. We can always rest on the promise of empowerment from the Omnipotent One. Second Corinthians 12:9 clearly expresses this assurance: "…My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." The keywords are sufficient and perfect, for they convey the precise solutions to the flaws of our own strength. Our Living God knows that we are imperfect human beings with inevitable frailties, and so He showed His love towards us by being the Ultimate Strength of our hearts. Because of this, we overcome our weaknesses and are able continue the journey of life.
His Direction. Who has never found him/herself lost and confused? We all have our share of desert/wilderness experiences – in the uncomfortable place of seemingly endless wandering. During those moments, we see ourselves as helpless ones finding our way through the pitch dark surrounding. Hope appears nowhere to be seen or felt. No direction, no destination. Well, Christmas is the birth of the new direction in our otherwise confused journey. The Holy Infant in the manger is the affirmation of the sweet promise in Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." Isn't it encouraging that when we see nothing good ahead of us, we hear God saying, "I know what is good for you, My child." Therefore, let us heed the wise counsel of Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight." And we can hope for the best as God leads us in the right path.
Truly, Christmas has showered us with the awesome gifts from above. With these gifts of his provision, healing touch, comfort, strength, and direction, we can experience life at its best, genuinely alive in the promise of the Life-Giver. In every circumstance, God proves to us His unequaled power and supremacy. The inspired words of 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 ring true, "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed."
We face trials, but in God's grace we obtain triumph after triumph, as we fix our eyes on none but our Lord Jesus Christ, the Ultimate Gift of Christmas.


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How much time was remaining when Coughlin went into the tank and rolled out the prevent offense (runrunrunkick)? 5 minutes left? How about 6 minutes? No, and no. Guess again.
He had a 4 point lead, be nice, he knew that it would hold up, so we were all wrong and he had it all measured up, it was okay to burn clock!
9:27 left.
Fassel was a total meathead for going into the tank with 17 minutes left and a 24 point lead. This time it is 9:27 left and a 4 point lead. I am not sure which is worse. You play with fire and you WILL get burned. Try doing that with Favre next week, we'll see who needs a skin graft.


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a guy whose penis size is so small and virtually nonexistent, that he uses a magnifying glass to locate his stem, and a tweezers to masturbate.
After 5 minutes into the sex act, his wife asked him, "Is it in, yet?"
From that point forward, he earned the name, "Needledick Bugfucker."
From that point forward, he earned the name, "Needledick Bugfucker."
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A guy who thinks his dick is huge, but after investingating, his dick is realy no bigger than a pin. (needle)
Such a small dick, that he could only fuck a bug(cockroach), and still get his rocks off. Poor bug would say: (Hey you got a realy small dick. (Needle dick bug fucker)
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A man was arrested Thursday after police said he beat and choked a woman while they were waiting outside a central Phoenix apartment where the assault took place, according to authorities.
Witnesses called police after they reported seeing Anthony Walker, 51, fighting with a woman outside her apartment complex near 32nd and Flower streets , according to Maricopa County Superior Court documents.
Upon arrival, the officer heard a woman screaming from inside an apartment, according to court documents. The door was open and the officer could hear the women screaming for help and telling someone to get out of the apartment, police said.
As the officer was walking toward the door, Walker saw him and closed the door. The officer then knocked three times and heard nothing inside, according to court documents.
Nearly 20 minutes later, the woman answered the door with blood running down her face from a wound on her forehead, police said.
The woman explained that she knew Walker, and he had hit her multiple times with the handle of a farm tool, police said. She said she was hit twice before police arrived and then once after Walker closed the door on the officer, according to court documents.
Walker threatened to kill the woman if she opened the door, according to court documents.
The woman said that after Walker closed the door on police, he grabbed her around the neck in an attempt to choke her. She said her breathing was restricted, police said.
Once Walker thought the police had left, he let the woman go and left the room, giving the her the chance to allow the officer inside, according to court documents.
Walker was arrested on suspicion of committing three felonies, including aggravated assault, and kidnapping with the intent to assault or kill the victim.


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Mikes Jr., who followed in his father's footsteps and was attending Notre Dame University, appeared for a preliminary examination hearing before Judge William Bolle in Troy's 52-4 District Court Monday.
Andrew Mikes, Patrick Mikes Jr.'s 16-year-old brother, testified against his sibling, stating that his brother had reported hearing voices in the past, had a sometimes-strained relationship with his father and that a metal baseball bat — the suspected murder weapon owned by Andrew Mikes — was usually stored in the a bedroom in the garage but discovered by investogators wedged in a basement couch, The Detroit Free Press reports (see full story).
The Free Press reported that Oakland County Medical Examiner L.J. Dragovic testified at the hearing that Mikes Sr. died of four blunt force strikes to the head, potentially from the bat.
Troy police arrested Mikes Jr. on Aug. 8.
A third Mikes sibling, Elizabeth, was working at Notre Dame when her father disappeared and was allowed to remain in the courtroom Monday, despite requests from defense counsel that she be sequestered, The Detroit Free Press reported.
Police also recovered blood-saturated clothing and evidence that there was a struggle in the home's basement.
- Mikes Jr. arrested
- High likelihood body in Montrose
- Search continues in Montrose Township
- Police seeking answers in disappearance of Troy bicyclist Patrick J. Mikes
- Troy police: Missing bicyclist's son suspect in violent attack at family's home
- Troy Police: Resident tip led investigators to Montrose Township


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Ecology of seawalls in Sydney Harbour
Professor Gee Chapman
Built seawalls are one of the most extensive intertidal habitats in Sydney Harbour. They can be made of cement or sandstone, be sloping or vertical and have rough surfaces or be very smooth. Even sandstone walls, which are made of the same material as rocky shores around the Harbour, differ from nearby natural shores in some fundamentally important ways. They tend to have steeper slopes, which reduces the amount of intertidal area from high- to lowshore, from 10s of metres, to about 2 metres. In addition, they do not have particular microhabitats, such as rock-pools. Nevertheless, many intertidal animals and plants can be found living on seawalls.
With increasing urbanization and the continued alteration of our foreshores from natural to built habitats, natural habitats are being fragmented and replaced and areas of the estuary that did not originally have hard shores are now lined with walls. The consequences of this for local biodiversity depends, to some extent, on the use of seawalls as habitat by indigenous and introduced species, or by rare and common species.
The Centre therefore supports a number of research projects, including many student projects, that are examining the animals and plants that live on seawalls compared to natural shores. More importantly, we are attempting to identify those that do not live on walls, or are perhaps very sparse on walls compared to natural habitats. In addition, to these measures of ecological structure (the numbers and types of organisms present), we are also measuring ecological functions, e.g. recruitment, mortality. There may also be strong effects of walls on adjacent habitats. For example, boulder-fields have been formed at the base of seawalls, from disposal of the stones during earlier repairs to the walls.
Understanding which intertidal species can use seawalls as habitat, which reach much larger numbers on seawalls than they appear to naturally, how species interact in these different habitats and how processes, such as predation, dispersal, mortality, reproduction, etc. vary between walls and shores, will identify more clearly what impacts seawalls may be having on biodiversity. With this information, ways in which to manage these artificial habitats should become clearer.
Results will be posted as they become available


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While total U.S. cropland acreage has remained roughly constant for 100 years, relatively large amounts of less productive, or "marginal," cropland have shifted in and out of production over time. Almost three-quarters of the cropland acreage that shifted into or out of cultivation between 1982 and 1997 had soil productivity below that of the average acre of cropland. Economic forces, such as changing commodity prices or production costs, are likely to induce farmers to shift marginal land in and out of production, while farmers will tend to keep highly productive cropland in cultivation. ERS research shows that, in general, low-productivity croplands are more environmentally sensitive than high-productivity land along several dimensions, including wind and water erosion and potential nutrient losses to water. Therefore, land-use changes on less productive cropland may have unanticipated environmental consequences.
Agricultural and conservation policies also influence land-use decisions. Land retirement programs directly affect land use, while other agricultural policies may change the economic incentives to cultivate crops. Two very different types of policies—the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Federal Crop Insurance Program—illustrate how policies can affect land use on lower quality and environmentally sensitive cropland. These government programs that affect land use may have as significant an effect on the environment as on production, and the specific environmental impacts will vary with the features of each program.
The Conservation Reserve Program is a land retirement program that offers payments to farmers to reduce cropland acreage for environmental gains. The program has been an important driver of changes in cropland since 1985. The CRP uses a competitive bidding process with selection criteria that target highly erodible land, among other environmental factors. This gives farmers the incentive to offer their less economically productive acreage, and, by design, the retired land is more environmentally sensitive than average cropland.
In 2005, the CRP paid farmers $1.7 billion to keep a land area almost the size of Iowa out of production. Thus, the CRP directly influences cropland conversion. As long as the program does not affect commodity prices, the land-use effects of the CRP can be largely restricted to those lands participating in the program. An ERS study of land parcels enrolled in the CRP found them to be less productive and more environmentally sensitive in terms of erosion, but not in terms of potential nutrient runoff and leaching, than average cultivated cropland and than other lands shifting out of cultivation. These patterns in environmental sensitivity for CRP and non-CRP land held even within the same crop reporting district (multicounty areas within States).
Although crop insurance participation does not involve a direct land-use conversion, unintended acreage and production impacts may occur. The Federal Crop Insurance Program raises incentives to grow crops. A longstanding concern is that the program may maintain or increase crop cultivation in frequently flooded and other risky areas containing wetlands and other environmentally sensitive lands.
Farmers weigh three main factors when deciding whether to purchase weather-related crop insurance: their estimated probability that a weather-related event will occur; the amount of loss that will be indemnified (never 100 percent); and the premium they must pay. They will tend to choose to insure if their perceived loss is less with insurance than without insurance. The Federal Crop Insurance Program subsidizes part of the premium for farmers, which increases their incentive to participate.
In the early 1990s, the high cost of insurance premiums discouraged participation in the program. In 1994, following the devastating floods of 1993, Congress passed the Federal Crop Insurance and Reform Act, increasing premium subsidies for all crop insurance products, while adding catastrophic coverage and revenue insurance options. The premium subsidies were increased significantly to encourage more producers to participate.
Further subsidy increases were enacted by Congress in 1999-2000. Crop insurance participation increased with the growth in subsidies. Insured acreage more than doubled from 90 million acres to 197 million acres between 1990-94 and 1995-99, and then rose to an average of 212 million over 2000-03. That is about 60 percent of cultivated cropland in the 48 contiguous States.
ERS researchers studied the period of increased enrollment after the 1994 Crop Insurance Act to observe how land use responded. Insurance program changes increased cropland in production by an estimated 1 percent in 1997. But effects of these changes appear to have been largest on low-quality and certain environmentally sensitive lands. An ERS model was used to estimate the acreage that had been brought into or kept in cultivation due to the increases in insurance subsidies, and, on that acreage, soil productivity was below that of average cropland. While 25 percent of all cultivated cropland was classified as highly erodible in 1997, an estimated 33 percent of acreage added to cultivation during the period after the increased insurance subsidies was highly erodible land.
ERS research found that lands brought into or kept in cultivation due to changes in the crop insurance program were slightly more prone to frequent flooding and were more likely to include previously cropped wetlands and environmentally sensitive ecosystems than average cultivated cropland. Total wetlands in cultivation as a result of the 1992-97 subsidy increase are estimated at 37,000 acres, 0.7 percent of the 5.4 million acres of wetlands under crop cultivation. But the affected wetlands represent about a fifth of the net loss (163,000 acres) in non-Federal wetland area between 1992 and 1997.
Crop insurance subsidies are also estimated to increase cultivation in areas subject to high levels of nutrient loss. While nutrient loss estimates take into account land erodibility, they may not accurately reflect differences in fertilizer applications on less productive lands. These lands in cultivation due to insurance subsidy changes are estimated to have higher potential phosphorus leaching and nitrogen loss to groundwater, surface water, and estuaries than do average cultivated croplands. In contrast, cropland enrolled in CRP tends to have below-average levels of potential nitrogen and phosphorus losses, possibly because the program tends to attract lands from arid regions where factors driving nutrient loss—rainfall runoff and rainfall-based soil erosion—are less intense. Once CRP acreage is removed from cultivation and the approved ground cover is established, nutrient transport from the land would be even less.
Acreage enrolled in CRP is located in different geographic areas than croplands brought into cultivation after the 1994 increase in crop insurance subsidies. Lands brought into or retained in cultivation due to the increased subsidies are clustered in certain regions (Prairie Gateway, Mississippi Portal, and Eastern Seaboard). The Heartland (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and Ohio) has extensive cropland and a fair amount of land shifting in and out of cultivated crops. This region, however, has relatively few CRP acres (except for a cluster in Iowa and northern Missouri), and the ERS study showed virtually no increase in cultivated area in the region due to higher crop insurance subsidies. (The ERS study accounts for the fact that the level of participation in the crop insurance program was already high in the Heartland, with less potential for an increase than in regions with historically low participation levels.)
Land going into cultivation due to higher crop insurance subsidies was estimated to include areas with large populations of wildlife species classified in NatureServe's Natural Heritage database as imperiled. In particular, the cluster of land shifting into production in the Plains States coincides with an area of high CRP enrollment and high counts of imperiled bird species. Areas of subsidy-induced cultivation along the Mississippi River and Eastern Seaboard overlap with habitats of fish and mollusk species that are imperiled. ERS land-use models estimate that lands in cultivation due to the crop insurance subsidy increases are located in watersheds with higher counts of imperiled wildlife than average cropland. CRP lands lie in areas with higher counts of imperiled birds (protecting habitat, particularly for birds, is an express CRP objective). While ERS research suggests there are real changes in land use due to these policies, available data are insufficient to determine whether observed or predicted land-use changes have an impact (positive or negative) on imperiled wildlife populations.
Agricultural and conservation policies may affect farmers' land-use decisions directly or indirectly. These decisions will likely be associated with less economically productive land, and these lands are also likely to be more environmentally sensitive along several dimensions than average cropland.
Programs such as crop insurance can have unintended environmental consequences, but crop insurance only affects land use on a relatively small amount of acreage compared with land intentionally retired by CRP. Which lands are affected also depends on the incentive structure of each program. Further, the environmental effects vary regionally and by environmental medium (such as water, soil, or wildlife habitat).
The examples provided by the CRP and the Federal Crop Insurance Program illustrate these effects, but many other policies also induce land-use changes that have environmental effects. Identifying the economic and environmental features of the lands affected by policy incentives, and recognizing that the economic impact of policy-induced land-use changes could be less than previously anticipated—and the environmental impacts could be more than anticipated—could improve the formulation of future farm programs.
Environmental Effects of Agricultural Land-Use Change: The Role of Economics and Policy, by Ruben N. Lubowski, Shawn Bucholtz, Roger Claassen, Michael Roberts, Joseph Cooper, Anna Gueorguieva, and Robert Johansson, USDA, Economic Research Service, August 2006
The ERS Briefing Room on Land Use, Value, and Management, USDA, Economic Research Service, June 2011
Policy Instruments for Protecting Environmental Quality, by Marc Ribaudo, USDA, Economic Research Service, July 2016
Major Land Uses, by Daniel Bigelow, USDA, Economic Research Service, May 2016
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It may be that, unless a child of yours or someone you are close to has been killed or impaired for life because of alcohol you won't take seriously the fact that nearly 5,000 young people die each year of alcohol-related causes. It's a fact of life that we tend to think, "It happens to other people. It won't happen to me. It won't happen to my child, or in my family."
But sometimes it does happen. It may not result in death. Sometimes it's irreversible brain damage, serious injuries from a car crash, suicide, assaults, rape, murder, burns, drownings, falls. There may be permanent brain damage. Addiction to alcohol can cause someone to lose everything and everyone they care about, not just their freedom to live and enjoy their lives, but the wives, husbands, children, parents who have tried to help the person with alcohol addiction but just can't take it any more.
Risky sexual activity can end up being an unexpected pregnancy and a baby is born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. FASD is a group of disorders of varying severity which can result from the mother drinking alcohol during pregnancy. FASD is the only form of mental retardation that is preventable.
Did you know that alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse among America's youth? Binge-drinking is common among underage drinkers, making this a primary public health priority. According to some statistics, girls are narrowing the alcohol consumption gap with boys. Eighth grade girls drink as much as boys and 10th grade girls are very near drinking the same amount as boys. Youth are gravitating away from beer to distilled spirits.
It has been reported that 10 percent of 9- and 10-year-olds already drink and more than 1/5 of underage drinkers begin drinking before the age of 13. The place where they are most like to drink isin private residences where three or more individuals are present: home or the home of someone they know. It's easily accessible. And when they go off to college, there is a higher occurrence of alcohol consumption, and more opportunity to binge. And they do.
It's reported that children whose parents binge drink are likely to binge, also, and become dependent on alcohol.
Potential long term risks for underage drinkers include impairment in planning, executing plans, memory, special operations and attention. These youth fall behind in school. (Which is not to say that all youth who fall behind in school are substance abusers.) The federal government is concerned and involved in addressing the related issues of alcohol use, abuse and dependency among youth.
Some families regard alcohol consumption by minors as a rite of passage. They may say that they'd rather their child drink at home where they can be safe. They may serve alcohol to minors who are guests in their home. But "Parents who host, lose the most." Do you know what the law says about serving alcohol to minors? Do you know what the law says about minors consuming alcohol on your property, even if you don't serve it, even if you don't know anything about it?
It is illegal to serve minors alcohol. Anywhere. You can be prosecuted, fined or jailed. To learn more, visit www.drugfreeactionalliance.org/pwh.php.
Family Recovery Center promotes the well being of individuals, families and communities. For more information on our education, prevention and treatment programs for substance abuse, contact us at 964 N. Market St., Lisbon; phone, 330-424-1468 or e-mail, firstname.lastname@example.com. FRC is funded, in part, by United Way of Northern Columbiana County.


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Mandeville Lions Club
Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:42 AM
The Mandeville Lions Club teen dance door prize winners for the July 12 party are addy Ausdesau and Zoe Womack. The next dance will be July 26 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. The event is for children, ages 9-14, and will be held at the Lions Hall, 720 Lafitte St., in old Mandeville. Food, drinks and snacks will be sold. Parents must sign children in and out. Door prizes will be awarded. For information, call 985.626.8267 or 985.626.8862.


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China's leading wireless carrier can use some new juice.
Shares of China Mobile (NYSE: CHL ) slipped 4% yesterday after posting poorly received quarterly results. The potential of the world's most populous market as it embraces wireless connectivity would seem to make China Mobile a no-brainer for growth stock investors, but the results aren't very encouraging.
Operating revenue has climbed just 9% through the first nine months of the year as earnings and EBITDA declined slightly. Average revenue per user is not growing, and the average voice minutes per customer declined sequentially.
Cast against this backdrop, China Mobile remains the lone holdout among the country's three largest wireless carriers in not offering Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL ) iPhone.
It's been widely rumored that China Mobile would join China Telecom (NYSE: CHA ) and China Unicom (NYSE: CHU ) in hopping on the iPhone bandwagon. A photo even leaked earlier this month, pointing to a Nov. 11 release of the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s through China Mobile.
This would be a pretty big deal. China Mobile is substantially larger than China Telecom and China Unicom, commanding more than double the market cap of its two nearest rivals combined. China Mobile closed out its latest quarter with 755.2 million customers, but just 169.5 million were 3G accounts.
We still don't know if the iPhone's popularity peaked late last year when the iPhone 5 sold 2 million units in China during its debut weekend, largely through China Telecom and China Unicom. We don't know how many of the 9 million iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s devices sold during this generation's first weekend on the market went to China, again primarily through China Telecom and China Unicom. We may get some color on China when Apple reports next week. However, it's undeniable that being made officially available through China Mobile would help Apple's stance in a very significant market. Let's also not dismiss the potential for China Mobile's own business to pick up given the nature of iPhone users. There's no shortage of reports out there showing that iPhone users spend more on their devices and that advertisers are willing to pay more to reach them. Introducing the iPhone could get average revenue per user moving in the right direction.
Apple's iPhone 5c may be priced too dearly to become the iOS device for the masses in China, but getting China Mobile's marketing muscle behind the device and its hotter-selling sibling iPhone 5s -- whether or not that ultimately begins on Nov. 11 as reported -- will be a win-win at a time when China Mobile needs the growth and Apple would love the validation.
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Sarah Grant was in Germany, of all places, when she discovered she had an interest in Asian culture. She picked up a Japanese anime, or an animated story, that interested her and later when she found it again, she was still intrigued.
"I started to learn about the culture," Grant said. "It was very cool."
Grant, a junior at the University of Northern Colorado and the club coordinator of the Asian/Pacific American Student Services, as well as treasurer for Chinese Culture Club, joined more than 200 people Monday night at UNC to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
"I think it's a great learning experience for students and community alike," Grant said. "It's a great bonding experience. It's a win-win all the way around."
Grant participated in a skit about the New Year Beast. The skit told the story of why the culture values the color red, light and firecrackers. The evening also featured students telling stories about studying abroad in Asia, songs, a karate demonstration, dances and traditional Asian cuisine.
The Japanese Culture and Anime Club presented a traditional dance called the Yagura Ondo for the third year.
"We have a lot of exchange students," said Marissa Baker, a senior in the club. "It's really good to incorporate their culture here at UNC. It's very important to learn these cultures and figure our what is going on in the rest of the world."
Adam Fong, an assistant professor of history at UNC, said the Lunar New Year is like Christmas, Mardi Gras and international New Year rolled into one.
"One of the things we want to do is bring the world to Greeley," Fong said. "We want to make sure Greeley has the opportunity to celebrate as many holidays as possible."
This is the year of the snake. Fong said there are 12 animals that rotate for the Lunar New Year. There are also different elements that rotate. This year is water.
"In the lunar calendar, the snake is seen as a symbol of wisdom and attractiveness," Fong said. "Water is scholarly. We can hope for good things this year."


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Although storms are unlikely to form today, forecasters say if any storms do develop, funnel clouds are possible.
To that end, the National Weather Service issued a special weather statement for Harris and other counties in the area near the coast:
Within this very moist tropical air mass atmospheric conditions are favorable during the daytime hours for the formation of short lived funnel clouds. Albeit rare, a funnel cloud can extend to the surface to become a weak tornado.
Most likely the region will not see any funnel clouds today. However, as daytime temperatures warm coastal areas may see some convection this afternoon or early evening.
Otherwise, skies will be partly sunny with highs in the mid-90s.