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JohnHarper posted on Jul 26, 2013 4:17:05 PM - Report post
Hi Guys,
the game got an update. Plz, update the Trainer!
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the game got an update. Plz, update the Trainer!
THX a lot!
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DJLethalDosge posted on Sep 07, 2013 2:23:17 AM - Report post
Funny how ONE person ruins it for all of us, and btw my ArmA 3 game has never crashed while playing normally, just saying... anyway Calibur and PWizard, many thanks for "ALL" the hard work put into the trainers, I am one of the ones who don't about every little detail, and thanks for the trainer even though I can't use it!
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New Trainer plz for full version.1.00.109911
tostrand posted on Sep 12, 2013 2:51:09 PM - Report post
Think the final game is out. Hope 4 a trainer. Game version in previous post. Thanks for good work!
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Would be nice to a see a trainer, but during beta/alpha a lot of kids were crying about this and that so they suspended updates. I wonder why they dont just get rid of the people who whine and cry and ruin it for the rest of the community who actually appreciate the work.
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Well, i know i for one would love a trainer; especially since arma 3 is hard as **** from a rhino's ass. However as i always say, patience is needed when it comes to trainers, remember there are only a few team members making them for all the games in existence. Thanks to the CH team for the hard work.
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Thanks to Caliber for putting up with the alpha/beta crap and still creating and posting a trainer!
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•Editor's note: This editorial, published Sunday in the Las Vegas Sun, endorses a property tax increase in Las Vegas to fund that city's libraries. Carson City is embroiled in a similar debate over the proposed City Center Project, which would include a new library and be partially funded by a local sales tax increase. The Nevada Appeal (which has neither editorially endorsed nor rejected the City Center plan) is reprinting the Sun's editorial at the request of several readers.
With the sour economy, the Henderson Library District is facing a troubling time.
As Tovin Lapan reported in the Sun, the district has seen its budget, funded by tax revenues, drop from $10 million to $7 million. The district has made rounds of cuts, including closing its branches on Sundays, trimming hours and programming and shedding nearly a quarter of its staff. But it hasn't been enough.
Now, library leaders say they can't do more cutting without significantly harming services, so they plan to ask voters this fall for a small increase in property taxes to support the system.
The proposal calls for an additional 2 cents for every $100 of valuation, which would mean that a homeowner with a house worth $200,000 would pay an extra $14 a year. Thomas Fay, the library district's executive director, said the request wouldn't put the district back to its pre-recession budget, but it would maintain current services. Without the increase, officials say they'll have to lay off more staff, further cut operating hours and close up to three of the district's six branches.
The irony is that since the recession, the library district has seen an increase in demand.
"A lot of people ended up rediscovering libraries during the recession," Fay said. "They realize all the services we provide, for adults and children, and they won't go back to their old ways once they find out what we do have."
Libraries are an important part of this country. The American library system goes back to 1731, when Benjamin Franklin and a group of men each put in 40 shillings to buy books and pledged to pay 10 shillings every year to support the effort. Founded with the motto "To pour forth benefits for the common good is divine," their library became a model for the American Colonies, and their small investment had huge dividends.
Still in existence today, the library became a center of learning, with a wide variety of books. Donors also helped by expanding the collection with other items, including ancient coins, models and fossils. The men used the library to expand not only their own horizons but the community's. They discussed ideas about forming volunteer fire departments and public hospitals.
Unfortunately, libraries have lost some of the luster of Franklin's day, particularly because many people think they can find anything on the Internet. Not only is that not true, but also it misses a larger point: Libraries provide a great benefit to the community, with an incredible range of resources. They provide people with access to books, recordings and items they can't afford or find. They also provide public-access computers, research help and children's programming, among many other things.
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Do you listen to podcasts? If so, you might be interested in Loud in the Library, a new podcast by FHPS district teacher librarians Chris Patrick and Tracy Chrenka.
The podcast will be published on the 15th of each month during the school year and will feature an interview with a different author or illustrator during each episode. The podcast will also contain other information regarding books, reading, and literacy.
You can find the current episode as well as future podcasts athttp://loudinthelibrary.com/
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Whether you're in a car, a plane, or close to home over spring break, it's a ideal opportunity to take a break from your regular studies and have someone else read you a great story. Here are 30 highly rated audiobooks available in the FHPS Overdrive collection. Take a look!
"A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say."
- Italo Calvino from "Why Read the Classics?"
"Why Read the Classics?" The New York Review of Books. Web. 13 Jan. 2016.
Great Comics and Graphic Novels balance words and illustrations to tell amazing stories. Many have substantial literary merit. Did you know that both Ta-Nehisi Coates and Margaret Atwood have recently announced that they will soon be creating comics? Our library collections have added many of these great books in recent years (because we're awesome! :) Here, FHPS Media has highlighted twenty-one such comics and graphic novels that we think might interest you.
Check out these 21 Great Comics and Graphics Novels.
If you want a specific book, but your school library doesn't have it on the shelf, fear not! As an FHPS student, you have access to ALL of the books owned by our district libraries. You just need to know how to place a hold using Follett Destiny. By placing a hold, you are requesting that the first available copy of a book be sent to your school library for you to check out. That's right. If your home library doesn't own a book or if it's checked out and you don't want to wait, simply place a hold and have it sent from another school library.
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There have been a lot of great nonfiction books published in recent years. The best of the best inform while telling compelling, entertaining stories. They take us to places we otherwise wouldn't be able to visit, and they expand our understanding of the world and our place within it. FHPS Media has highlighted nine such nonfiction books that we'd like to recommend. Click the headline below to access the interactive .pdf that introduces you to each of these books.
Most of the titles that we are recommending are available through Overdrive, our eBook and audiobook lender. If you see the Overdrive logo next to the listed title, then the book is available in the FHPS Overdrive Collection. All students can sign in to Overdrive using their student username and password.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an online database available free to all Michigan residents through the Michigan eLibrary. It is a powerful resource to assist you with your online research assignments.
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The conflict in Georgia has awoken fears of a new Cold War between Russia and its allies and the West, nearly 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. But will the animosity come back to haunt Western imaginations as it once did?
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Ss. Robert & William Parish in Euclid is hosting an International Family Festival this weekend, through Sunday. The fourth annual fest will celebrate the parish's diversity with a mixed menu including homemade pierogi, Raddell's Slovenian Sausage, steamed clams, Italian sausage, gyros and more. There will also be an Oktoberfest area, games, pony rides and amusement rides. There will also be live music from The Polka Pirates, Mid-Life Crisis, Joey Tomsick Orchestra, New Barley Corn, Festivus and Phil n' the Blanks, plus an old-fashioned car cruise. Visit www.srweuclid.cc, call 216-731-1515 or follow the church on Facebook for information. The church is at E. 260 Street, Euclid.
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Hey Rebel Nation –
Last night, a horrific earthquake shook Kathmandu, Nepal, killing at least 8,019 people (UPDATE: official count as of 4 pm Eastern on May 11, 2015). The death toll continues to rise.
As many of my longtime readers know, I was born in Kathmandu, Nepal and immigrated to the U.S. as a child. Many of my family members still live there; fortunately they're safe.
Unfortunately, many others can't say the same. Thousands of children are new orphans today. Thousands of survivors are permanently disabled or homeless. Ancient temples are destroyed. The earthquake triggered avalanches in the Himalayas, killing at least 10 climbers on Mt. Everest, with many more missing or injured.
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A small group of us intend to create this space at a 17th-century resort in the lush mountains of Otavalo, Ecuador.
One dozen amazing people, plus four hosts, will spend a week discussing financial freedom, happiness, life passions, investing, real estate, sustainability, generosity and service, philosophy, and living your personal legend.
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A few days ago, I slept in my own bed for the first time in more than a month.
I've been on the road nearly nonstop for the past few months — including trips to Costa Rica and Ireland — and the last 30 days really took the cake: from San Diego to New Orleans to Austin, I traipsed all across the U.S.
These trips were half-work, half-play.
I made speeches and presentations at a couple of conferences, met with a various bloggers, and participated in a few face-to-face mastermind groups. But I also went camping with friends, read loads of books, hiked, kayaked, paddleboarded, and generally soaked up each new location with gusto.
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I'm about to tell you something that most travel and lifestyle bloggers are afraid to say.
I'm going to reveal the truth about the "digital nomad" lifestyle.
The term "digital nomad" (or the phrase "location independent") refers to people (like me) who have the freedom to work from anywhere on the planet with an internet connection. Bali, Barcelona, Belize — the world is wide open. We can roam the globe freely.
Most articles about location independence only highlight the awesomeness. (And to be fair, it's absolutely awesome.) But most bloggers gloss over the rough edges.
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I've been in Costa Rica for a week now; a few more days until I fly out.
Believe it or not, I came here for work. I spoke at a blogging workshop for the first five days, at the invitation of a publishing company. About a dozen attendees came to learn about blog writing and tour this beautiful country.
(True to my "one day of freedom for each day of work" philosophy, I decided that 5 days of speaking should be followed by 5 days of beach time. So here I am, literally writing this blog post from the beach.)
In speaking at this workshop, I fulfilled a decade-old ambition: I'm "getting paid to travel" for the first time.
If I've been conspicuously quiet on this blog lately, there's a solid reason: I've been traveling nearly nonstop.
One of the benefits of no longer Working for the Man is the ability to do whatever the heck I want, and "what I want" usually involves airfare.
Life hasn't always been this way. There are three phases in a person's quest for financial freedom: Start, Accelerate, and Escape.
Four years ago, when I first moved to Atlanta, I focused on building both my online business and my investment portfolio. I traveled very little. Those were the "Acceleration Years," when I sacrificed all else for the sake of hitting Escape Velocity.
At first glance, Forest doesn't seem to fit the profile of a successful entrepreneur and world traveler.
He grew up in a working-class neighborhood. He dropped out of school at age 16. He endured a tragedy in his early 20's.
But our early life doesn't determine our future. Forest is living proof.
He's been traveling the world nonstop since 2007, and he runs an independent graphic design business from his laptop.
How did he succeed? And what advice can he offer to aspiring location-independent entrepreneurs and world travelers?
In this interview, Forest shares his story with the Afford Anything tribe.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity, but otherwise the story is told in Forests' own words.
I grew up in Plumstead, a very working-class part of South East London. Back then, budget airlines and such things were not around. Taking the whole family abroad was well out of the financial reach. We did go on vacation, though, but mostly to the beaches within a few hours drive of London. I was lucky to see Wales on a few occasions.
As a young child, I wanted to be an archaeologist. I knew all the names of my toy dinosaurs and the names of sites around the world where a they had been dug up. My earliest memories include wanting to travel to far-off deserts and join the dusty dig sites, looking for a glimpse into our world's past.
Then along came Jurassic Park. I HAD to see it, and my mother took my best friend and I to our local cinema for my 12th birthday. We had to queue around the block early to get our tickets.
As soon as the dinosaurs came onto the screen — I wanted to know how on earth they created that effect! From then onwards, I decided to get into movie special effects.
Four years later —
I left school at 16. I did very well up to that level … but I honestly wouldn't be able to pay for higher education without going into serious debt.
However, I had other ideas.
I found a 6-month apprenticeship in Graphic Design. The pay barely covered my weekly travel card, but it would give me a foot into the industry. I planned to work in graphic design for a few years and then hop over to "moving images."
I never made that hop! As it turned out, I enjoyed graphic design. My career and pay were doing reasonably well by the time I turned 18. My best friend and I would talk about traveling the world together.
But in late 2002, everything changed.
On my way to work one morning, my phone rang. I remember staring at the phone for a few seconds before answering. For some reason, I had a strong sense of foreboding.
The caller was my best friend's brother. He told me that my best friend had passed away in his sleep. My best friend had terrible asthma. At least once a year, he would get carted off to the hospital due to an asthma attack. This time, his luck had run out.
My best friend was almost 21. I was 22.
We never got to travel the world together, but I carry his memory with me each and every place I go. I miss him dearly.
For about 6 months, I sat around feeling sorry for myself. But I slowly started to kick myself back into shape. The idea I could just – "not wake up" — played on my mind.
I couldn't mess around anymore. I needed to embrace each day.
Shortly after that, I flew on an airplane for the first time.
My first flight was to Guernsey, an island off the coast of the UK. Even though I hadn't even left the UK, it felt foreign! I loved every minute of it. I knew more than ever I had to travel the world.
Over the next few years I took trips to France, Andorra and around the UK. In 2005, I traveled to Banff, Canada. I had never felt so far away from home, never felt such cold temperatures, never seen such high mountains. It was exhilarating.
I knew that "one day" I wanted to live somewhere foreign.
But "one day" still seemed far off. I had a very high paying job and I felt pressure to buy a house and "settle down."
So in 2006, I purchased a flat in London. I spent the maximum I could afford. I laid down a tiny deposit and started to settle into the life of being stuck with an overblown mortgage for an undersized living space.
Just a few months later, I started to get itchy. My mortgage payments were huge, and I wasn't happy within my high-stress job. I felt like I was being squeezed by a Boa Constrictor.
I realized I wasn't enjoying London as much as I used to. And I did not enjoy home ownership one bit!
A good friend of mine was living in Montreal at the time. I decided I was going to do something crazy and just move there. In 2007, I quit my job, left the UK, and spent the next two years living in Montreal and Vermont.
Unfortunately, I left without preparing financially — This is NOT a model I want anyone else to follow.
I struggled for the first two years. I had no savings.
I worked at an Irish pub in Montreal, washing dishes. (I was later promoted to a sandwich cook.) I rented a small basement apartment, which I shared with a few other people.
During this time, my mindset changed dramatically. I learned to relish being frugal.
Back in London, when I had a well-paying job, I spent too much money and lived beyond my means. Traveling changed my mentality about money.
These days — even when I have money — I still tend to live modestly. I have a basic level of comfort, but nothing extravagant.
I thought Canada might become my new, permanent home. But my partner (whom I met in Montreal) decided to enroll in graduate school in Cairo, Egypt, and she asked if I wanted to move there with her.
I said yes without hesitation.
Living in Egypt was so mind-blowing that I realized I'd probably never want to stay anywhere permanently. We had to evacuate from Egypt during the Arab Spring revolution in 2011.
Since then, we've lived all over the world – we spent a year in New Zealand. We're currently in Budapest, Hungary.
I wasn't sure how to make money. In London, I'd worked as a print designer – not an online designer. So I didn't think I could work in online design.
I started a small blog and learned web design and WordPress basics – just to get myself set up. People started asking me who designed my graphics. When they learned that I created my own designs, they asked me if I could do the same for them. I started accepting small graphic design jobs.
As time went on, word-of-mouth spread and my client list grew. I learned new skills as-needed (and I continue to teach myself new skills, to this day)!
I have never advertised my services. I've always gotten word-of-mouth clients. On occasion, I've asked my current clients if they know anyone who needs design work — that's the most "marketing" I've ever done.
Living in a place for a while enables you to soak up the zeitgeist. You get a kind of feeling that you 'get it,' you understand this new setting, culture and people. You make friends that often stick for life (I hope).
You find out things you never would have understood in tourist mode, and you get an insight into the aspects of life help you more deeply understand the world.
One of the reasons I didn't travel for so long is that I seem to have inherited "the worry gene." I worry things won't work out, worry that I won't have enough money, won't that I won't be happy, blah, blah, blah.
It's taken me years of battling to pin this little devil down. Of course, the worry rears its ugly head at times. It's a constant fight!
No matter how much preparation you do, its always different than you expected. That means you'll always experience a tiny bit of doubt … but you have to promise yourself that no matter what, you will make it the right move. With this mindset, everywhere is a good place to go!
I think most people have the ability to rearrange their life so they can save enough money and get out into the world. Once you start talking with travelers, you meet people from every corner of the world, from all kinds of backgrounds, all political leanings, all religions. Literally anyone with any background or mindset can benefit from travel.
Traveling away from home has taught me a lot about the place I grew up. I now approach London as a destination, like any other. I can experience people, cuisines and music within the city, and feel like I am traveling without moving far at all.
Travel can happen by walking down a street, attending a cultural event or reading a magazine or website. Anyone can open their mind to transcend their own bubble and see the world around them.
You can read Forest's story at EverydayNomad.com
You want to escape the ordinary …
But you also want a practical plan.
You're as pragmatic as you are adventurous. You're a rebel with a retirement plan.
How do you start?
After last week's post, several Afford Anything Rebels asked me how to prepare for a massive leap into the unknown.
Some want to travel. Others want to start their own business. Some just want to ditch the cubicle and see what happens next.
In response, I've created The Essential 4-Step Guide to Escaping the Ordinary. The steps have an easy acronym: the ABCD Game Plan.
We'll tackle the steps in reverse order: DCBA.
What do you want to do?
Travel the world? Launch a business? Become a real estate tycoon?
Whatever your goal, you might have some false assumptions about how to get there.
To shatter those assumptions, delve into the subculture of people who are doing the same thing you're trying to do. Read books, browse Internet forums, and don't be afraid to ask silly questions.
Once you take this step, you'll discover new information that will change for plans — for the better.
Let's take travel as an example:
At this early stage in planning, you might be thinking: "I love the beach. Maybe I should go to Aruba."
But as you dive deeper into the long-term traveler subculture, you'll begin to understand that your experience in a particular place is created not just by the photogenic attractions, but also by the average prices, infrastructure and amenities.
If you want the privacy of a spacious villa for less than $10 per day, for example, Southeast Asia might be ideal. But if you prefer a jam-packed hipster party hostel, Europe is your zone.
There's one more essential component to the "D" Step: Set a Damn Deadline. If you don't, you'll never make the leap.
This is the most critical step.
Most people who don't take a dramatic leap into the unknown cite commitments as their reason.
Here's the hard truth: Most people enter into commitments without thinking of the long-term consequences on their future flexibility and freedom.
(Hence why so many people are in debt.)
You need to do two things: Break the commitments that you can ethically sever, and renegotiate the ones that you can't.
This is the most crucial step. I repeat: MOST crucial.
Here's how this would look:
Debt and relationships are two types of commitments that get special attention, due to their gravity.
Freakin' pay it off already!! OMG people, is this really a question?
Okay, if you have a mortgage, I get it. There's no rush to pay down your mortgage before an epic round-the-world journey. Stick a renter in your house while you're traipsing across the globe, and if you bought correctly, that renter should be covering every dime plus extra.
(If you didn't buy correctly, sell the house. It's a chain that's preventing you from traveling and experiencing the life you love.)
If you have a student loan at some stupidly-low interest rate, like 2 percent (less than inflation), and some token monthly payment, like $40 per month, you also get a pass. There's no massive rush to pay that off.
But if you have any debt that's higher than 6 percent interest, start living on ramen noodles and stop making excuses. Decimate that beast.
I hear from a lot of people that they want to do X (become their own boss, spend a year in Italy) but their significant other isn't on-board.
Now, I'm not a relationship counselor. But I see this as a massive problem in your compatibility. You two have a serious divergence of values and priorities, and those need to get aligned.
Before I began dating Will, I ended a relationship with someone purely based on the fact that I was going to travel for two years. This other guy had a thriving career as a magazine editor and wanted to stay stateside. He had zero interest in traipsing the globe.
I'm proud of him. But we're not compatible. In my world, "I never want to travel" is a deal-breaker.
So our relationship ended, and I prepared to travel solo. And at the last minute, along came Will. He had recently sold his business and was looking for his next adventure.
Whatever. I impatiently jetted off without him. Paula waits for no man.
Will surprised me by popping up unexpectedly in Thailand, where he asked if I'd become his girlfriend.
The rest is history.
(… Wait, where was I going with this?)
Oh yeah, relationships. So the moral of the story is:
This step is pretty straightforward.
Now that you've delved into the details (i.e. you've done your homework), you have a rough idea of how much your undertaking will cost. And you know your Damn Deadline.
Divide cost by time.
Easiest. Step. Ever.
For example:
"I want to spend 12 months traveling Southeast Asia. I know I can live comfortably on $35 per day. Multiplied by 365 days, that's $12,775.
"That sounds like a lot, until you consider that it's WAY cheaper than my cost-of-living here at home.
"Okay, now let's add a 10 percent buffer to that estimate. This brings us to $14,052. My Deadline is one year from now. This means I'll need to start saving $270 per week.
"Hmm. My freelance / consulting / teaching side hustle brings in $200 per week. If I cancel my cable, cook from scratch and stop getting plastered at bars, I bet I could save another $70 per week."
Boom! That's how it's done.
Let's try it for aspiring entrepreneurs:
"I've been working this awesome side hustle in the evenings and weekends for the past year. It's already bringing in $475 every week, or $1,900 per month. And I only work at it 10 hours a week.
"I really think that if I ditched my crummy cubicle job, I could make this a full-time gig.
"Let's think through this. My cost-of-living is $3,000 per month. I want to save enough to support myself in full for six months.
"That's $18,000. If I save all the money that I make through this side hustle, I could build those reserves in a little over 9 months. I'll use cash from my regular day job to pay my estimated taxes during that time.
"Those 9 months will also give me time to seriously ramp up my efforts – to 15 or 20 hours a week – and see if that extra effort yields more income and opportunity.
"Of course, I probably won't need to tap that $18,000 reserve. After all, when I ditch the cubicle, I'll already be pulling in almost $2,000 per month or more. Still, I'll sleep easier knowing that it's there."
This is going to seem like the scariest step. But it's crucial.
You can't waste your life waiting for someone in your existing network to join you on your adventure. Your current friends are not necessarily the most reliable, qualified or desirable people to accompany you (or to partner with you) on your travel or business idea.
You must be prepared to start this journey alone.
Yeah … alone.
Scary, right?
But don't worry. You'll never truly be alone.
Once you start along your adventure – whether that's entrepreneurship, investing, travel, or any other escapade – you'll meet be plenty of people who will befriend you and help you along the way.
By definition, you'll meet people who are journeying the same route.
Some of these people will become mentors. Leaders. Trusted friends. You're on the cusp of bonding with some of the most brilliant, interesting people that you'll ever encounter.
You just haven't met them yet.
And you'll never meet them if you keep wallowing in your living room.
Your success, in fact, will hinge on your connections with this new rockstar network. In business, this is self-evident. But you'll discover that this is true in non-professional pursuits, such as travel, as well.
In travel, your adventure will be characterized by the people you encounter, not the postcard-gracing attractions you see. Your fondest memories won't be visiting the Pyramids. Instead, at the end of it all, you'll remember that time that you got into a water-balloon fight with those goofy twins in the Czech Republic, after which you all went out for banana toffee cake and a cup of lemon tea.
Doesn't it sound awesome? I can't wait to enjoy a slice of banana toffee cake with new friends I haven't met yet.
Or to start that business that I haven't imagined yet.
Or buy the rental property I haven't seen yet.
Or, if you're a contrarian like me, D-C-B-A.
That's the key to getting started.


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CBNNews.com - JERUSALEM, Israel - Syrian President Bashar Assad will pay a state visit to Moscow next week, according to Russia's RIA news agency, and Israeli leaders are concerned about Russian weapons transfers to Syria.
According to RIA, Assad will arrive on August 20 for a two-week stay, during which he will meet with Russian leaders to discuss "regional developments."
According to media reports, Assad would like to purchase Russia's S-300 missile defense system, one of the world's most advanced, which Russia is also offering to Iran.
A year ago, in August 2007, Russia negotiated a complicated arms deal with Syria, which included payment of an $11 billion dollar debt.
After lopping 70 percent of the debt off the top, Russia divided the remaining 30 percent between cash payments and permanent port services for the Russian navy at Syria's Tartus and Latakia ports.
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To crosslink the films prepared last week, to prepare more glutaraldehyde fixant, and to synthesize the quaternary ammonium salt
Crosslinking Glutaraldehyde Films
Glutaraldehyde fixant is prepared by making a solution of 100 mL H2O, 2 mL concentrated H2SO4, and 20 g Na2SO4 in a 150 mL beaker. We prepared this solution on a 1000 mL scale.
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Create sophisticated quilts with easy-to-use precuts. Best-selling author Kimberly Einmo shares piecing, appliqué and machine-quilting techniques!
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What materials did you use? 100% cotton, blue baby fabric and appliqued feathers and all the necessary items you need to quilt!
What are you most proud of? That I was able to make one and to see the joy that was in my grand daughter's eyes when she saw it, she loved it! and that is what makes me proud, to be able to give to my children and grandchildren and to be able to share our stories and talents that God gave to each of us :)
Wow this is such a stunning quilt and I love your picture with your new little one on this quilt. The colours are blended so well and I like your use of applique in the corners. I totally agree with you about sharing the gifts God has given us with those we love. Congratulations on such a stunning quilt
Did you have a pattern? I want to make a queen size quilt with the large star in the middle. Any advice would be most appreciated!
I would love to know that to I would love to make a new baby girl one
Sorry to make one for my new baby girl sorry had her in my arms
I apologize for being late in answering you, I would cut the diamonds larger, I sewed strips of 2 1/2 strips, try sewing 4 1/2 strips together :) I followed Kimberly Einmo in LOne Star Magis turtoial & I also got her book, you can also find this in Eleanor Burns tutorial in Radiant Stars :)
What a treasure!! Love the way the colors flow. The detail of feathers is an added feature for sure. A big Lone Star fan myself. Have made several, mostly for baby gifts. My purple one was for a 50th Anniversary.That baby must be very special to get such a wonder gift. Keep making them.....and sharing them, too.
Very nice. What pattern did you use?
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Agora Grand Event Center to host Dempsey Challenge event
The Dempsey Challenge has announced that its annual Champions for Hope celebration, a moving and special part of the annual Dempsey Challenge weekend, will take place for the first time this year in the all-new Agora Grand Event Center, scheduled to open in May in the former St. Patrick's Church on Bates Street in Lewiston.
Woodlands opens Memory Care of Lewiston, Phase II
Maine-based Woodlands Senior Living is preparing to open Phase II of Woodlands Memory Care of Lewiston, the family-owned company's 11th Senior Living Facility in Maine and its sixth purpose-built memory care community in the state. Phase I opened in October of 2015, when half of the 64-bed community became available for residents. With Phase I already at capacity, the 32 additional beds of Phase II will be a welcome opportunity for potential residents in need of memory care.
CNA grads complete state exam
Four recent graduates of the Maine College of Health Professions Nursing Assistant course have passed the Maine competency examination. Completing the training program were Jennifer Blais of Winthrop, Bernadette Burks of Saco, and Lindsay Monaghan and Casey Trip, both of Auburn.
MainStreet announces fourth quarter grants
Androscoggin Bank's MainStreet Foundation has announced the recipients of its quarterly awards for the fourth quarter of 2015. Recognizing a need for at-risk kids in Maine to be safe, healthy, active, happy, educated and nourished, the MainStreet Foundation awards impact grants four times each year to organizations actively working to help kids thrive. The grants vary based upon the need and are awarded in amounts of up to $5,000. In November, a total of $12,500 was awarded to the following four nonprofit organizations.
Junior Achievement of Maine. $5,000 was awarded to this Portland-based organization focused on reaching and educating Maine school children about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy. The funds will allow JAME to bring Education, Career & Financial Skills programming to 160 Lewiston-Auburn third and fourth graders. The teachers and schools provide access to their classroom while businesses and professionals volunteer as presenters.
Viles Arboretum offers annual Table Tour
Viles Arboretum in Augusta will present its popular annual Table Tour on Sunday, February 7. Last year, over three hundred participants gathered to snowshoe, ski or hike on the groomed trails while sampling culinary delights supplied by a variety of restaurants and food providers from the Capital City area.
After enjoying delicious fare from hearty chowder to fresh baked breads, no one leaves the event with an appetite, especially after ending with a dessert and a cup of freshly brewed coffee or other warm beverage. It's a great way to get some fun outdoor activity before settling down to watch the big game. Trails will open at 11 a.m., trail foods will be served until 1 p.m., and desserts, coffee and hot beverages will be served at the main building, located at the end of the course, until 2 p.m.
Warden Service urges snowmobilers to ride responsibly
The Maine Warden Service and the Maine Snowmobile Association are reminding snowmobilers to operate their snowmobiles safely and responsibly this winter. The most common contributing factors associated with snowmobile incidents in Maine are operating too fast for conditions, driving beyond the effectiveness of headlights, driving beyond operator abilities, and operating on unfamiliar bodies of water. Also, they encourage operators to be especially aware of thin ice, trip preparation, and landowner relations.
Thin Ice: Be mindful of early season and mild weather hazards, specifically thin ice and open water, especially when operating on unfamiliar rivers, ponds, or lakes. Be sure to respect warning signs, especially near hydropower facilities.
Poland Spring employees spread holiday cheer
Employees from the Poland Spring bottling plant donned Santa hats and went out into the community recently to make two special holiday deliveries. Their first stop was at the Poland Community Church Food Bank, where they presented a check for $1,800 to Rose Frost, director of the Mannafed program, which provides backpacks of food to RSU 16 students to bring home on weekends and during school vacations. Their second visit was to Poland Community School, where they unloaded gifts of toys, books and clothing to benefit three local families in need.
Spaghetti Supper & Raffle for Shayna Newton
Family members are organizing a Spaghetti Supper & Raffle to benefit Shayna Newton on Saturday, January 23. Shayna is battling Rasmussen encephalitis, a rare disorder of the central nervous system; proceeds from the event will assist with her medical expenses and monthly travel to the Boston Children's Hospital.
The supper will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and the raffle will be drawn at 6:30; you need not be present to win. The meal will include spaghetti & meatballs, macaroni & cheese, casseroles, salad, sides, dessert and beverages. A cash bar and take-out will be available. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children. They may be purchased at the door. The event will take place at VFW Post 1603 at 588 Minot Avenue in Auburn.
Bishop opens Holy Door in Lewiston
To inaugurate the Holy Year of Mercy declared by Pope Francis, Bishop Robert P. Deeley opened the fourth and final holy door in the Diocese of Portland when he celebrated Mass at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston on December 20, the fourth Sunday of Advent.
Franco Center presents New Year's Eve "Dinner, Dance, Drop and Draw!"
On Thursday, December 31, the Franco Center will celebrate New Year's Eve and ring in 2016 with a year-ending "Dinner, Dance, Drop and Draw!" After the doors and bar open for a fun and elegant evening at 7 p.m., a delicious buffet dinner, prepared and served by the Franco Center staff, will be served from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. After that, guests will dance to live music from across the decades, performed by nine-piece band Every Other Sunday.
Then, just before midnight, everyone will ascend to the center's magnificent Performance Hall, with its own "balloon drop," champagne toast and drawing of the evening's New Year's L/A prize, for the Times Square countdown to 2016 on the big screen.


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Surprise, its a ******* repost and its made in FJs comic creator so "found" does hardly make it justice because you just re-uploaded something that was on the front page a couple of weeks ago and a couple of weeks ago before that. so screw you.
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weeks/months ago i dont keep count but ive seen it multiple times.
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yeah well its because people stoped caring that this site got overrun by **********.
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Oh but i do know what kind of faggots are roaming funnyjunk nowadays, thats why i hardly visit anymore.
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CB West girls stay perfect in league play with a home win
Posted: 7:00 PM EST Jan 11, 2013 Updated: 10:39 PM EST Jan 11, 2013
The CB West girls beat North Penn in a battle of Suburban One unbeatens Friday night, 58-47.
The Bucks went on an 11-1 run early in the game sparked by Maggie Gratz as they built a 15-point lead. North Penn hung around all night, rallying to trail by just 5 at the half. Nicole Munger helped CB West close the door in the 2nd half, Munger had 18 points in the win keeping CB West perfect in league play and alone at the top of their division.


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Trump's Florida neighbours live in fear that he might actually win
Trump's time in Palm Beach has largely been spent sueing it
Trump's time in Palm Beach has largely been spent sueing it
Colombian Carlos Ortega recently lost his lawsuit against the US and a Florida prosecutor, which he had hoped would see him reimbursed for his financial losses and personal distress
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been arrested
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Disneyland Paris - Toy Story Playland
Contributing photographer Jason of disneygeek.com spent 10 days at the Disneyland Paris resort. I will sharing a series of posts from the trip here on AllEars.net and have a full set of pictures, videos, thoughts and observations linked to my 2015 Paris Trip Summary Page on disneygeek.com.
This posting takes a look at the Toy Story Playland area inside the Walt Disney Studios Park. This area opened in August 2010, a little over a year before its cousin in Hong Kong Disneyland. The two playlands share the same three attractions and have a similar layout. The Paris version seemed more compact and almost jammed into the park where as the Hong Kong one felt more open and a more natural layout. Hong Kong was also larger featuring a gift shop and snack location that Paris did not.
Approaching one of the two entrances to Toy Story Play Land.
If you approach from another walkway this is how the entrance looks.
The other entrance is from the Ratatouille area. Here you pass under a bridge and through a barrel.
Looking back.
Monkeys overhead as you enter from the Ratatouille area.
Near the entrance a photo spot.
Rex is another photo spot near this entrance.
Looking into the land. To the left is Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin. To the right is RC Racer and beyond that the Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop.
First up a look at Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin. This is the same attraction as in Hong Kong. It was closed most of the days of my trip, only open the weekend due to renovation.
The entrance to Slinky Dog.
The RC Racer attraction is across the walkway.
A photo op nearby.
Another photo op.
The final attraction is the Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop.
A look at the parachutes.
A photo op near the queue.
The Slinky Dog queue area.
To close out a look into the land from the Buzz Lightyear entrance side.
Hope you enjoyed this look at Toy Story Playland inside the Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris. For additional photos and details from this trip you can check out the full set of Disneyland Paris pictures/videos I posted on my site, http://disneygeek.com Also be sure to follow me on twitter @disneygeekcom for pictures from the parks.


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Robert Zaretsky: Hollande Faces Challenge of Winning Over JewsRoundup: Historians' Take
Robert Zaretsky is a professor of history at the Honors College at the University of Houston. The author of "Albert Camus: Elements of a Life" (Cornell University Press, 2010), he most recently contributed to "The Occupy Handbook" (Little, Brown & Company).
"I'm not criticizing, but simply making an observation" — "Je ne critique pas, je constate" — is a favorite rhetorical dagger of the French. It was unsheathed on Monday when CRIF, the Council of Representative Jewish Institutions in France, acknowledged Francois Hollande's victory over Nicolas Sarkozy in a press release. Under the (awkward) title, "In congratulating Francois Hollande, CRIF Takes Note of His 'Horror of Anti-Semitism and Racism,'" Richard Prasquier, the organization's president, assured the Socialist president-elect of his organization's determination "to combat all forms of extremism and populism."
The message seems matter-of-fact, as "normal" as Hollande famously portrayed himself during the campaign. After all, there is nothing more natural than to be horrified by anti-Semitism, nothing more normal than being devoted to challenging all forms of extremism and populism....
...We do not know the distribution of Jewish votes in France. Most observers nevertheless believe that a majority voted for Sarkozy, just as they did in 2007. This is hardly surprising: Ever since 1981, when French Jews voted overwhelmingly for François Mitterrand, they have moved steadily to the right. With the impact of the second intifada on French politics, a rash of anti-Semitic crimes and the growing prominence of the culturally conservative Sephardic community, this shift has simply grown more pronounced. Just as the Republican Party holds greater credibility among American voters when it comes to issues of security, Sarkozy had persuaded many French Jewish voters that his party alone would guarantee their safety and well-being....
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Chocolate chip cookies are one of those staples that every bake should know how to make. When you think of chocolate chip cookies, you probably envision the type of cookie that comes out when you make the recipe from the back of a bag of chocolate chips: a buttery, chewy with a crispy edge and plenty of chocolate. It is definitely the recipe for a ... Read More »
The Baker's Four Seasons
Food tv shows, as well as magazines and cookbooks, often stress that cooking should be seasonal. Ingredients like fruits and vegetables taste the best when they are ripe and in season, after all. While cooking seasonally is often stressed, it is worth noting that baking can be done seasonally, as well. A freshly baed chocolate chip cookies is delicious every day of the year and ... Read More »
Flavor Flours
While all purpose flour continues to be the most widely used flour when it comes to baking, it certainly isn't the only option that you have when you want to bake up some delicious dishes. Over the past several years, the popularity of non-wheat flours has skyrocketed. It is now easier than ever to find these "alternative" flours in the baking sections of regular markets, ... Read More »
Dessert Mashups
Two desserts are usually better than one, but when that one dessert already combines two favorites, you know you can't go wrong. Dessert Mashups: Tasty Two-in-One Treats Including Sconuts, S'morescake, Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie and Many More is a cookbook that focuses on mixing and matching different desserts into new forms for some incredibly decadent treats. The book contains more than fifty recipes – though ... Read More »
Be Sweet: Caramels
Caramel is a delicious confection that doesn't get to be in the spotlight nearly as often as it should. It is most frequently used as a filling, topping or other accompaniment to add an extra layer of flavor to some other dessert. In Be Sweet: Caramels: Gooey, Chewy Delights, caramels are the focus and the book delivers more than 30 recipes for different types and ... Read More »
Soup of the Day
On a chilly day, there is nothing that I like to sit down to than a hot bowl of delicious soup paired with some freshly baked bread. It's a great way to make you forget the cold outside, and there are so many different flavors of soup out there that you never have to eat the same thing twice. I always enjoy homemade soups, of ... Read More »
New Cookbooks Available for Pre-Order – Making Vegan Frozen Treats & How to Make Ice Cream!
Earlier this year, I had a new cookbook come out that was dedicated to frozen yogurt called How to Make Frozen Yogurt. The easy-to-use cookbook focused on the basic technique you need to make amazing frozen yogurt recipes at home, perfect for everyone who finds themselves running out to pick up a cup of their favorite froyo once or twice a week. I'm happy to ... Read More »


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Animal rights activists and local agriculture organizations alike were outraged by undercover video footage released Tuesday that revealed "cruel treatment of animals and inhumane conditions" at a Wyoming pig-breeding facility owned by a Denver supplier for Tyson Foods.
The video " shot in April and released by the Humane Society of the United States in Denver Tuesday morning " was taken at Wyoming Premium Farms in Wheatland, Wyo., owned by Denver-based Itoham America, Inc. and shows workers kicking living piglets, swinging sick piglets in circles by their hind legs, striking mother pigs with their fists and kicking them as they resisted leaving their young.
The Humane Society said in a news release that it has notified local authorities of the incidents, and that, as of Tuesday afternoon, the Platte County Sheriff's Department was investigating the incidents, but no charges have been filed.
Humane Society officials added that Tyson Foods has decided to stop doing business with Wyoming Premium Farms.
Along with animal-rights activists, the abuses also enraged those in the livestock industry.
"Hopefully it is well-known, not just implied, that we're opposed to such despicable treatment of animals," said Bill Hammerich, president of the Colorado Livestock Association, based in Greeley. "Although this happened in Wyoming ... boundaries begin to blur when you see such mistreatment."
Don Shawcroft, president of Colorado Farm Bureau, said his organization, too, was outraged at the actions of the workers.
"We believe the people featured in this video are unfit to care for livestock animals, and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," he said in a statement. "Fortunately, cases of animal abuse on the farm are rare. As a farmer, ensuring the health, well-being and comfort of the animals I raise is my number one priority. Consumers should be confident that their meat is produced in a sustainable, humane, and healthy manner."
Colorado's number of pigs and hogs ranks 16th in the nation, with about 570,000 head, according to numbers from the National Agricultural Statistics Services in Colorado. Much of that production takes place in the far eastern part of the state.
According to the Humane Society's news release, the video also reveals a mother pig with a broken back leg enduring a very heavy worker sitting and bouncing on top of her hindquarters as the pig screamed in pain. The investigator also found pigs with untreated abscesses and severe rectal and uterine prolapses.


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GOLD COAST — Australia take on Argentina tomorrow with Nathan Sharpe at the helm amid a captaincy crisis as they seek to build on their first win in the Rugby Championship.
After two defeats to world champions New Zealand to open their campaign, the Wallabies came from behind to beat the Springboks last week, giving besieged coach Robbie Deans much-needed breathing space.
But the 26-19 win in Perth came at a cost, with skipper Will Genia badly injuring his knee. First-choice captain James Horwill is also sidelined, along with his successor, David Pocock.
The Wallabies start as favourites for the Gold Coast clash but will be wary of a Pumas outfit that pushed the All Blacks hard for 60 minutes last weekend before eventually fading to lose 21-5.
Australia insist they will not underestimate the Argentinians, who also held the Springboks to a 16-16 draw in Mendoza last month in the inaugural championship.
Sharpe, 34, who originally announced he was going to retire earlier this year, is the only Wallaby to have faced the Pumas and flyhalf Quade Cooper conceded that the Australians had little knowledge of the South Americans.
"There's been a lot of tape-watching this week for a lot of the boys," Cooper said. "We don't know much about them and no one in the team, except for Sharpey, has had the opportunity to play against them. Their unpredictability is a big strength … also their forward pack. They're definitely a team we're not taking lightly at all. They're going to throw a lot at us."
The enigmatic Cooper will be faced with extra responsibility following the season-ending knee injury to scrumhalf Genia.
Melbourne's Nick Phipps comes into the side at scrumhalf in one of three changes to the Wallabies team after the match against the Springboks.
Waratahs lock Kane Douglas will make his Test debut in place of injured Sitaleki Timani, while inside centre Pat McCabe returns from injury, with Berrick Barnes dropping to fullback and Kurtley Beale to the bench.
Sharpe, who had intended to retire at the end of the Super 15 season before an injury to Horwill led to his call-up, takes over from Genia as captain. He has captained Australia twice before.
Argentina's Leicester-based front-rower Marcos Ayerza, who is in the Pumas squad but will not be playing on Saturday, said Genia's injury would be a huge loss for the Wallabies.
"When you lose a key player like a No9 or 10, a captain, it makes a large difference and we hope to use that to our advantage," Ayerza said.
"It's a huge task for us to compete with Australia. We are desperate to get our first win and we know that if we are not at 110% that will not happen."
Pumas coach Santiago Phelan has made two back-line changes to the team that lost to the All Blacks, dropping scrumhalf Nicolas Vergallo and fullback Martin Rodriguez. Martin Landajo comes in for Vergallo, while the exciting Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino takes over at fullback.
Berrick Barnes, Dom Shipperley, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Pat McCabe, Digby Ioane, Quade Cooper, Nick Phipps; Radike Samo, Michael Hooper, Dave Dennis, Nathan Sharpe (capt), Kane Douglas, Ben Alexander, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Benn Robinson. Replacements: Stephen Moore/Saia Faingaa, James Slipper, Liam Gill, Scott Higginbotham, Brett Sheehan, Kurtley Beale, Anthony Faingaa.
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You may have been there before. You're in an online business group. You're in the group with mostly those who are B2B consultants. Someone asks a question, is looking for a service provider recommendations or shares an opinion and it's picked on like the seagulls...read more
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When the big 3-0 is right around the corner, it can seem like all your biggest anxieties about money are culminating into one apocalyptic mess. Getting married, having kids and saving for retirement, once distant goals with their own financial implications, have now edged their way up to the top of your to-do list. But turning 30 can also be a time when you finally figure things out.
If your first full-time job is locked down by the time you cross the stage on college graduation day, you're probably feeling a mix of excitement and relief. But looking back on the past four years doesn't usually come without a hint of anxiety for the future: Entering the working world means you'll no longer be a big fish in a small campus pond.


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Tuesday's rain wreaked havoc on the Amarillo-metro baseball and softball scene, forcing nearly 10 postponements.
Five baseball games set for Tuesday were postponed and moved to several different dates over the next three days.
In Class 5A, the Amarillo High-Lubbock High District 2-5A game was moved to 4:30 today at Westerner Field in Lubbock.
In Class 4A, wet fields forced two District 3-4A games to be changed. Randall will visit Palo Duro at 1 p.m. Friday, while Caprock will travel to Dumas at 4:30 today.
In Class 3A, all three District 1-3A games scheduled Tuesday were washed away by the rain. River Road is set to visit Tulia at 4:30 p.m. today, while Perryton hosts Dalhart, 5 p.m.
Canyon and Borger rescheduled to play at 1 p.m. Friday at Conner Park in Canyon.
Tuesday's rain also caused several shifts in the softball schedule.
Tuesday's game between Amarillo High and Tascosa has been postponed to 5:30 today at Tascosa. Randall will visit Caprock at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Canyon, which was originally scheduled to play Dalhart on Tuesday, rescheduled for Monday and Canyon won 15-0.
Pampa's Tuesday game at home against Plainview was rescheduled to 4:30 p.m. today. Borger will play at 3 p.m. today at Perryton. The game was originally scheduled for Borger, but Perryton's field is much drier.
The status of the Dumas-Hereford game is undetermined because Hereford's field suffered a severe soaking. Palo Duro's game against Lubbock Coronado was canceled.
High school baseball/softball
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Wednesday's game
Amarillo High at Lubbock High, 4:30 p.m.
Caprock at Dumas, 4:30 p.m. (tentative).
River Road at Tulia, 4:30 p.m.
Dalhart at Perryton, 5 p.m.
Thursday's game
Dumas at Randall, 4:30 p.m.
Perryton at River Road, 4:30 p.m.
Canyon at Dalhart, 4:30 p.m.
Monterey at Tascosa, 6 p.m.
Tulia at Borger, 6 p.m.
Friday's games
Borger at Canyon, 1 p.m.
Randall at Palo Duro, 1 p.m.
Saturday games
Pampa at Caprock, 1 p.m
Palo Duro at Plainview, 1 p.m.
Today's games
Amarillo High at Tascosa, 5:30 p.m.
Plainview at Pampa, 4:30 p.m.
Borger at Perryton, 3 p.m. today (site changed from Borger).
Thursday's games
Pampa at Hereford, 4:30 p.m.
River Road at Dalhart, 5 p.m.
Canyon at Borger, 5 p.m.
Caprock at Plainview, 6:30 p.m.
Friday's games
Dumas at Palo Duro, 1 p.m.
Randall at Caprock, 4:30 p.m.
Lubbock Coronado at Tascosa, 4:30 p.m.
Amarillo High at Lubbock Monterey, 6:30 p.m.
Note: The status of the Dumas-Hereford game is undetermined.
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MARK THATCHER, MULTIMILLIONAIRE designer of the ubiquitous Teva sandal, likes riding wild rivers, which makes sense, since they provide a pretty accurate metaphor for his life. They're rough, unpredictable, they flip him over—and he always bobs back up. "Everything that looked horrible," says the 41-year-old entrepreneur, "I've converted into something positive. I'm relentless."
Just so. Fourteen years ago, Thatcher was laid off from his job as a geo-physicist in Houston. Pondering his next move while guiding rafts through the Grand Canyon, he noticed his fellow guides all wore flip-flop sandals that tended to slip off when the wearers slogged through water or mud. Thatcher designed a solution: a rubber, nylon and Velcro sandal with a heel strap that he called the Teva—Hebrew for "nature." He made a deal with a shoe company, California Pacific, and started touring the Southwest as a low-rent salesman. "I put my kayak on the roof and my sandals in the trunk and lived out of my car for the next year and a half," he says.
Thatcher sold only 200 pairs his first year, but then word-of-mouth began to kick in. At that point, California Pacific, realizing it had a winner, claimed it owned the Teva name and that Thatcher was only an employee. The company sued; he countersued and, after a nasty, expensive court battle, won his case in 1985. Last year 2.3 million pairs of Tevas were sold, and Thatcher earned $2.8 million.
After his victory, Thatcher thought he was set for life—then life set him straight. Two years ago, while happily renovating his two houses in Arizona and California and making his first TV commercial, he started waking at night with painful cramps; within three months he'd dropped 20 pounds from his 6-foot frame. An outdoors-man who prided himself on his high pain threshold, he says he "ate a bunch of antihistamines and went back to work." When friends persuaded him to see a doctor, tests showed he had Type 1 diabetes, in which the body almost completely stops producing insulin. "At first," he says, "it was a death sentence. Now, it's a way of life."
Every eight hours, Thatcher injects insulin directly into his abdomen, and 10 times a day he pricks a finger to test his sugar level. On a kayak trip last year with friends, he was carrying his boat on a portage and stopping constantly to check his blood. Falling behind, he momentarily lost sight of the group. "I was scared," he recalls. "Scared to stay, scared to go out and maybe pass out in my boat. If you pass out and flip over, you're dead." Realizing that he was risking his life, Thatcher went home. He knows now that he can no longer take such adventuring for granted.
Thatcher's life has been an adventure almost from the beginning. The younger of two children of lawyers Helen and Tom Thatcher, he was 6 when his parents divorced and his father left their suburban Philadelphia home for Florida. A self-described "rebel child of the '60s," Mark dropped out of school at 15. A trip to Israel on a student program, says his sister, Leslie, 44, "was a moral awakening. He learned a sense of community, the dignity of work and the importance of education." Finishing high school in the U.S., he returned to Israel, where a park ranger named Gil Dror befriended him. They roamed the Sinai in a Jeep, checking on animals and sharing meals with the Bedouin. "I was in love with the desert," says Thatcher. "From that point on, I wanted to study the outdoors in a scientific way."
While majoring in geology at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and working summers in the Grand Canyon, he learned about rivers. After graduation, he took a desk job in Houston analyzing rock samples for the petroleum company Citgo. When that ended, he says, "I just knew I couldn't exist in an office, so I was going to be an entrepreneur or a bum." Since, he says, he had "lived on nothing and already knew how to be a bum," he decided to start his own business. Teva, his first at-bat, proved a grand slam.
At least financially. Socially, his life has been less stable. Before taking off on his extended road trip to introduce his sandal, he ended an eight-year relationship with a girlfriend. "The main obstacle," Thatcher says, "was my commitment to wherever the business was going to lead me."
These days, success lets him stay in Flagstaff, where he lives in a three-bedroom, wood-and-glass hilltop home and can be, he says, "close to the people who run the river." He owns just one sports jacket but has two motorcycles, a Jeep, eight guitars and four kayaks. Though his mother chose to stay in Pennsylvania, he has brought his father, Tom, 70, and sister Leslie to Flagstaff as Teva consultants. "I'm reassembling my family, in a way," he says. Still, he remains incorrigibly single. As his father puts it, "Mark likes family life, but he's afraid of it for himself."
It may be one of the few things he is afraid of; after so many bumps, he tends to focus on those things, big or small, that are going well. "My life now," he says simply, "is a gift from God."
ANNE-MARTIE OTEY in Flagstaff
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Monday, 24 September 2012
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.", were Armstrong's first words on the moon.
Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969 from Merrit Island, Florida and landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969.UTC time 20:18 hrs. Armstrong became the first human to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC time. The third member, Michael Collins,did not step on the moon as he was responsible for piloting the command spacecraft in lunar orbit.
According to non believers ,the Moon landing is a hoax because :-
1.The US flag while being planted on the moon is seen to flutter. This is proof of wind, and therefore must have been filmed on Earth rather than in the vacuum atmosphere of the moon.
Now read this:-
In fact, the vacuum of space is exactly why you can see it flutter !.The flag if surrounded by air, would flutter in a strong wind,but would also stop as soon as the wind stops. In space,where there is no air to prevent resistance of motion, any slight movement of the flag will continue for a long time until the friction of the flag slows it down gradually.
2. In some photos ,it is seen that the astronaut shadows appear to be cast in different directions. non-believers say that this is proof of two light sources.If the photos were really taken on the moon then there would only be one light source, the sun and only one shadow.
Now read this:-
All of us know that multiple light sources always create two shadows for each object and not one shadow that points in a different direction. The different directions of the shadows are only because of the angles of the background and perspective illusions.
3. There is now photographic evidence from later missions of the moonlanding and that too from third party sources.
a.) November 2011, LRO(Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) pictures show the Apollo 11 landing site, descent stage of the LM is visible, as well as the trails of regolith disturbed by the astronauts and the experiment packages they left on the surface.
b.) In 2009, the LRO pictures sent shows several made-made items on the moon, including both the Apollo missions and the Soviet rovers especially the Lunokhod 2 rover, which had gone missing for 30 years. The debris left behind by the astronauts is clearly visible and so are the double tracks of the Soviet and US rovers.Again in Sept 2011, NASA released even higher quality photographs taken by the LRO from just 25 KM above the moon's surface in which, even the footprints left by the astronauts are visible.
c.) In 2007, the Japanese probe Selene spotted an area of the Apollo landing site.
d.) Even India's Chandrayaan-1 independently recorded evidence of lighter, disturbed soil around the Apollo 15 site.
e.) China's second lunar probe, Chang'e 2,launched in 2010 , also spotted traces of the Apollo landings.
And lastly, The rocks returned by Apollo are similar in composition to the samples returned by the independent Soviet Luna programme.
So what more proof do we need. Therefore all non believers give credit to the guys who risked their lives to land on the moon.
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