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Submit Your Questions:Save Darfur Coalition | STAND: Genocide Intervention NetworkAbout the Author: Major General (Ret) Scott Gration serves as the President's Special Envoy to Sudan.
On October 19, Secretary Clinton, accompanied by Ambassador Rice and myself, released the Obama Administration's new comprehensive strategy to confront the serious and urgent situation in Sudan. As mentioned in my past blog post, the strategy focuses on three major areas: ending the conflict in Darfur, implementing the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), and ensuring that Sudan does not become a safe haven for terrorists.
This approach involves engaging with all stakeholders, in and out of Sudan, and calls for addressing the myriad set of issues facing Sudan in a coordinated and comprehensive way, based on verifiable progress on the ground.
Today, we continue this engagement and conversation in a new and unique way.
The Sudan advocacy community is extremely active and deeply committed to raising critical awareness about the situation in Sudan. The Obama Administration is eager to continue an active dialogue with the advocacy community, and as such the White House and the State Department are partnering with the Save Darfur Coalition and STAND, the student-led division of Genocide Intervention Network, to launch "Ask U.S."
"Ask U.S." is an effort to reach out to the advocacy communities and to solicit questions on the U.S. Sudan policy from activists deeply and passionately engaged on this critical issue. As part of the "Ask U.S." campaign, the Save Darfur Coalition and STAND will collect questions from their members over the course of this week and weekend. Next Tuesday, November 10, leaders from these organizations will come to the White House and, in a live streamed video event, will pose selected questions to myself and Samantha Power, NSC Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs.
I would like to invite you to join the conversation and to watch the live stream at 3:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday, November 10. Through the State Department page on Facebook you can watch as members of the advocacy community have their questions posed to us, and I also encourage you to participate by inviting your friends and family on Facebook to join in the chat as this conversation unfolds.
We look forward to opening up this dialogue, listening and learning and ultimately building ways that we can work together to support the Sudanese people in their quest for peace, security and prosperity.
The advocacy community has had a major impact by raising awareness about the situation in Sudan. By maintaining an open conversation and working together, we can make a real difference with real progress for the Sudanese people.
We hope you will join us.
Haydar in New York writes:
Dear General,
Thanks for continuing to listen to us! As a Sudanese-American, I will continue to support your efforts as long as you continue to not only hear us, but also "listen" to us!
You are a good man, whose passion for peace is so obvious in the tireless effort you are putting in making it happen in Sudan.
May Allah continue to bless you!
Patrick in Maryland writes:
Hi, Major Gen...Scott and fellow Netizens of the Dep...
I think you have a very special view of the country you are in, and the people you are helping. Especially seeing it is your second home. You have a very intuitive, introspective of the people living in Africa. Which is something i believe, is important in the work your doing there. :)
...See...Ya ...Scott :)
Donald in Virginia writes:
I still think Sudan could use a sparkle, a waterfall of hope, a water display so big people come from miles to visit. something that brings good luck and fortune to the people of Sudan. Why doesn't the United States try and get world leaders to donate to the country of Sudan, to help with its economy and make something wonderful. We all are deeply moved by the sorrows of deaths surrounding Darfur. Our prayers and hopes the country can stablize and rebuild into something great!
Sam in Australia writes:
The current situation in Sudan, assessed from an objective examination of its political, economic, social and security aspects, calls for the urgent adoption of a new course based on national solidarity, and the country should place unity over division and the collective over individual. Only this will prepare Sudan for a national revival and start a tangible drive for development.
The first challenge facing today's Sudan is ideological. The so-called "New Sudan" scheme, dividing the country into various parts, is closely linked to the global plans of messianic U.S. politicians and champions of the Project for the New American Century, drawn up under former U.S. president George W Bush. The scheme aims to change the identity of Sudan, erasing its history and sapping the power of its people.
The implementation of this scheme in Sudan would promote goals that transcend Sudanese geographical borders and national territories. Eliminating Arab and Islamic culture in Sudan is only one of the declared goals of this scheme. The aim of the New Sudan project is to reshape conditions in Sudan in a way that benefits only pro-Africa, pro- Christianity and pro-American groups. Once Sudan is severed from its Arab fabric, Egypt's southern flank would be exposed, Red Sea security would be compromised and Sudan would become a thorn in the side of the Arab world.
The New Sudan scheme aims to undermine the essence of Arab national security through four main points, which include weakening the national security of Egypt and Libya by depriving them of the strategic depth Sudan now offers; threatening the security of Red Sea littoral countries; eliminating the function of Sudan as a strategic source for Arab food security; ending the role of Sudan as a bridge between Arab and African areas, and terminating cultural exchange between the Arab world and sub-Saharan Africa.
The second challenge facing Sudan is external. This external challenge has grown with the rise of the US as the world's sole superpower, a development that has given a boost to a global project spearheaded by the forces of Zionism and evangelical Christianity and their allies in Africa. The nature of the external challenge has changed over the past 20 years or so. At times, foreign threats have taken the shape of an economic, military and diplomatic blockade. At other times, foreign powers have interfered in favour of local players on the political scene, and neighbouring countries have been used as instruments of pressure and blackmail.
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Camille in Maryland writes:
I think that an important question to discuss is how the members of the special envoy team are educated/prepared for being stationed in Sudan. How involved are the Sudanese in this preparation. Those traveling to maintain and enforce the jurisdictions of the Peace Agreement must have a grasp on the past, present, and future initiatives that drive the state of the country. Listening to the advocacy community on these issues is of great importance and this "Ask U.S." live stream discussion is very progressive and inclusive. U.S. involvement is undoubtedly intertwined in the current status. We must work together to create comprehensive peace keeping strategies. They should not undermine the multifaceted Sudanese traditions and cultures, while squandering oppressive governmental practices that fuel conflict and prevent lasting stabilized livelihood.
Sharon in Ohio writes:
Is there any way to add the release of women help in prison for supposed Islamic infractions? There are over 700 women awaiting payment of fines in Omdurman prison. Some are under 18 and some are Christians. None of the women should be in prion.
In addition to Darfur, can the release of these women be added to our position on the Sudan?
Laura in Sudan writes:
i am excited and hopeful about this dialogue!!!
Robert in Virginia writes:
I am grateful that General Gration has taken the risks he has. It is much easier to condemn the government, and perhaps rightly so, than to work with it to solve the problem. General Gration seems to care about relieving the pain of suffering people and moving their rulers to a kinder place. The detractors seem to care more about outrage.
Sam in Australia writes:
Whether you like it or not, the US is going to lift sanctions! They do not like us, we don't like them; they do not like Southern Sudanese either. You would be stupid to think so! They like their interest..their own interest only. In the past South Sudanese have been fighting their (US) war to weaken and destroy our country, in the vain hope that the SPLA will rule the country. SPLA/M has failed them miserably!
Now they want to look after their own interest. Obviously it is in the North! This is why they are against secession, they want to keep South Sudan as a fish-bone in our throat, we could neither swallow it nor vomit it out!! If their interest is in the South they could have separated it more than 20 years ago. But if you stand in the way of their interest they will move them away like garbage and continue moving! They won't wait for South Sudanese and leave China, Russia "and even France is coming up" to reap all the richness of NORTH SUDAN,while SPLM patriotic leaders are looting the billions of their poor and marginalized people.


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In the meantime Creen at IU is putting together an absolutely absurd class, including locking up a top five prospect this weekend on his first visit and two weeks before he was scheduled to come to OSU.
With the talent of Ohio High School basketball abysmal as of late and Thad only locking up one of the three kids he did offer, as well as losing out on the national kids.... things are not good at the moment.
Really not good.
If the 2014 class follows the path of the 2012-2013 classes it'll be time to legit worry.


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A journey across Zion National Park and why you might run your next race alone
"Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds."
—Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
As a younger athlete, I eschewed the idea of just about anything that did not involve competing in an organized race. Why train for something if I wasn't going to test myself against the best? What was the point of traveling far away if a race wasn't on? And previous, jobless, kidless life did cater well to organizing my existence around, well, organized races.
Enter a real job, two kids, the big 3-0 and a bit of maturity (I know, what I'm about to describe may not seem very mature), and I made a shift. All of a sudden I found myself dreaming all winter about a different kind of big "race," one that did not involve other people, an official course or a marked starting line.
Ultrarunning for time and adventure on unofficial courses—Fastest Known Times (FKTs)—has taken off, and my first experience with the concept has convinced me why it's here to stay. For working professionals, parents and other busy people, the flexibility of setting a "race" on your own time has great benefits, whether or not breaking a record is your goal. For techies, route trackers like Strava provide a forum for competitive, friendly and/or social comparison. For backcountry lovers, running alone or with a small group in the wilderness provides adventure. For elites, an FKT attempt on a new or previously established route run can bridge other events. For pros, an FKT might even mean cash bonuses from sponsors.
So, last December, I set a goal of breaking ultrarunner Luke Nelson's record time of 7:48 for running 48 miles across Utah's Zion National Park on a route known as the Zion Traverse, Trans-Zion or Zion Crossing. Logistics, mapping and other details were an adventure of their own, and Nelson, adventurer Andrew Skurka and others helped with my homework.
Running across Zion is a fairly simple concept, and a glance at a park map reveals a clear route of established trails connecting Lee Pass on the west side to the East Rim Trailhead on the east side. Like other such endeavors, however, the devil is in the details. The route climbs some 10,000 vertical feet. Gradients range from flat to super-steep, both uphill and down. Footing includes decent trails and pavement, but a good deal of it is sand, rock, mud, slickrock and riverbed. A few potential bail-out points exist, but much of the route is remote, not covered by cell service and bereft of people—as it should be.
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Nintendo Wii video game console has always been heavily criticized for the lack of high-capacity storage, which is needed to play downloadable games. Nintendo at Game Developers Conference 2009 announced that with a new firmware the system would get support for SDHC (Secure Digital High-Capacity) flash memory cards that can provide up to 32GB of storage space.
"As the library of downloadable WiiWare and Virtual Console games continues to grow, Wii owners have asked Nintendo to provide easy, expanded storage space. Starting today, Wii owners will be able to save downloaded WiiWare, Virtual Console video games, and Channels directly to High Capacity SD cards, in addition to SD memory cards," a statement from Nintendo reads.
To play games that have been saved to SD cards, consumers will be able to select and launch them from an SD Menu icon on the Wii Menu. This feature is included in the latest version of the Wii System Menu Update, which owners will receive immediately after performing a system update.
While adding SDHC support to Wii is definitely a good news for its users, it is regrettable that during the keynote at the Game Developers Conference 2009 Mr. Satoru Iwata did not update the audience regarding the adoption of Wii MotionPlus game controller with improved precision by game developers. Besides, Mr. Iwata also did not reveal any plans for video streaming services for Wii, something that the console lacks.
Mr. Iwata also confirmed shipment of the 50 millionth Nintendo Wii game console, thus, once again confirming the extraordinary success of the device.
Nintendo Wii features IBM's custom PowerPC architecture-based microprocessor named Broadway clocked at 729MHz and code-named Hollywood chip with built-in graphics core, DSP and I/O features from ATI that operates at 243MHz, earlier reports suggested. Nintendo Wii uses 91MB of memory in total: 23MB of "main" 1T-SRAM, 64MB of "external" 1T-SRAM and 3MB texture buffer on the GPU. Nintendo's Wii does not feature a hard disk drive, instead, it boasts with 512MB of flash memory, but the console also has a card reader, which allows installing more memory.


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Love this cheat sheet – so friendly and informative. Definitely going to print it and stick it on the fridge. And good call on the sweetened condensed milk trick…I've been trying to perfect that for some time now!
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Climbing out of the canyon at sunrise was spectacular. It was the biggest ascent of the day, and zigzagging through Zion's slickrock spits you out at a breathtaking overlook. Photographer Fred Marmsater and video guru Jeff Johnson met me just past Angels Landing, running alongside and taking shots. They told me that Luke looked strong and was moving well.
As I crested the climb and started rolling along the sweltering west rim, I was thankful I had gotten in some hot, humid road miles on a recent family vacation in Florida. My leg turnover was quick, and, with the help of music shuffling through my iPod, I enjoyed the section and its views of soaring red-rock formations, before dropping into Potato Hollow.
My 70 ounces of water was disappearing quickly, though, and I started to ration. I still ran dry, and found out later from our crew that Luke had done the same. This section became about body-management, not running too fast to cause cramping or a bonk, but quickly enough to cover the ground and make it to our water resupply in Hop Valley. The running was just technical enough to keep my attention, but smooth and descending enough to allow quick movement.
Temps were in the high 80s and a constant breeze felt cooling, but I was becoming dehydrated. At the Hop Valley Trailhead, I guzzled at least four pints of icy water while friends Jim Speth, Adriane Frehner, Bryce Thatcher and Santiago cheered me on and refilled bottles. Leaving revitalized but with a jostling belly, I trudged through the next few miles, trying to absorb the fluids and get my legs back under me. The terrain changed from the high rim running and cruise-y descents through the canyons to an open grassy meadow and down in to a sandy wash.
Admittedly, though, I never felt great again, but did have a nice laugh when crossing the sandy wash for the final time. I caught my toe on a stick in the mud and did a fabulous sideways dive into several inches of wet sand—probably the softest landing I have ever had.
I took the opportunity to clean up and cool off while crisscrossing La Verkin Creek bed. I saw Fred poised behind his camera halfway up the final ascent. He spurred me on with the news that Luke had dug deep to set a new men's record.
In my dehydrated state, I progressed at more of a stumble than a run. Fred prompted me along and as I got closer to the rim he dropped back and I listened for the chatter of our friends, finding one last bit of energy to jog to the Lee's Pass Trailhead sign to hit my watch at 9:09.
First, I congratulated Luke on his impressive 7:48, 10 minutes faster than the previous record set by Matt Hart of Park City, Utah, in 2010. Candice Burt of Bellingham, Washington, had posted an unsupported time (meaning she carried all of her supplies and water) of 11:47 on November 16, 2011 to the FKT proboards. My 9:09, apparently the FKT for a women's supported run, was a happy ending to the day.


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Infineon Technologies AG and Qimonda AG announced Friday that Qimonda, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infineon, has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering of Qimonda's shares. The announcement is inline with Infineon's strategy to withdraw from the market of memory.
Qimonda and Infineon plan to offer 63 million of shares, each priced between $16 and $18, which represents the offer size between $1 and $1.1 billion. Of the 63 million shares, 21 million (approximately 33%) will be offered for sale by Infineon and 42 million shares will come from a capital increase (approximately 67%) by Qimonda, which hopes to get between $672 million and $756 million to invest into its manufacturing facilities as well as research and development.
An over-allotment option of up to 9.45 million additional shares (about 15% of all) will also be available from Infineon. Assuming completion of the offering and a full exercise of the over-allotment option, Qimonda's free float will be approximately 21%, which means that the company's market capitalization will be about $4.8 – $5.4 billion.
The Qimonda ADRs will be offered to institutional and retail investors in the and to institutional investors outside the
Earlier it was reported that Needham & Co. said in a research note that Micron would buy Infineon's
Credit Suisse, Citigroup and JPMorgan will act as joint book-running managers for the offering. Co-lead managers of the transaction are ABN Amro Rothschild, Deutsche Bank Securities and Hypovereinsbank.


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Lenovo Group, one of the world's largest makers of personal computers, will release its first netbook early next year, said Qualcomm, a designer of chips and silicon solutions for various mobile devices. The smartbook will be based on Snapdragon platform and will be aimed at the very entry-level market segment.
Lenovo's smartbook is slimmer than most smartphones and appeared not much larger than a hand, but sports a full-size screen and keyboard, reports Forbes. Qualcomm has demonstrated the smartbook at an event for financial analysts in New York. Actual specifications have not been disclosed; besides, battery life time of the smartbook has not been touched upon as well.
Lenovo Qualcomm Snapdragon smartbook. Image by Tech Ticker.
Lenovo is working hard to boost its PC market share these days. Smartbooks can hardly be called traditional personal computers: they are based on ARM processors and cannot run desktop version of Microsoft Windows, moreover, smartbooks are not intended for any serious office work and are generally designed only for surfing the Internet or using email.
Pricing of Lenovo's smartbook is unclear.
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Bosingwa in hot water at QPR
Even an apology from Jose Bosingwa may not be enough to salvage his QPR career after manager Harry Redknapp revealed some senior professionals within his squad were "disgusted" at the defender's refusal to sit on the bench against Fulham.
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Bosingwa has been left out of QPR's squad for the fixture against West Brom for storming out of Loftus Road after hearing he would be a substitute for the derby against Fulham 11 days ago.
The Portuguese, a Champions League winner with Chelsea last season, was fined £130,000 for his actions, but that may not be the end of the story.
Redknapp was infuriated at the lack of fight shown by the 30-year-old and is considering ditching the player as he says he needs warriors to lead his team out of trouble.
Asked whether he would recall Bosingwa if he apologised, Redknapp's body language suggested that might not be enough as scrunched up his face, shrugged his shoulders and said: "But you can apologise and...
"When you are down you need help. When you are playing Fulham at home you need help. We were desperate as we hadn't won a game all year.
"You need everybody to be with you and say 'Okay let's get on with it,' not 'I'm not happy to sit on the bench, let's talk about it on Monday.' You don't go home do you?
"His future here depends on his attitude really. We'll have to wait and see what happens.
"The fans pay their money and deserve to know the truth. They don't expect one of their players not to want to sit on the bench."
Mark Hughes and Neil Warnock have both gambled on big-money signings since QPR were promoted to the Barclays Premier League, but a large number have flopped and Redknapp will base his survival bid around the hungry British players who led the club to the top flight two years ago.
Redknapp is famed for his man-management skills, but judging by the reaction of some of his squad, he may decide to drop Bosingwa to the reserves or sell him in the transfer window.
"You go and ask (captain) Ryan Nelsen and people like that if they think I'm right," Redknapp added. "The good lads have not got a problem with it.
"The good lads would be sick. There might be one or two of his pals who might think 'Well, you know,' but the Ryan Nelsens and Clint Hills and all the good lads all thought it was a disgrace.
"That's the first time it's ever happened to me as a manager and I've managed some pretty temperamental players. I've never known anyone to do that.
"It was something new to me and not something I like."
Redknapp's row with Bosingwa is the last thing he wanted.
Five points adrift of safety after losing his unbeaten record at Newcastle on Saturday, the 65-year-old cut a gloomy figure at his pre-match press conference ahead of the clash with the Baggies.
And Christmas in the Redknapp household looks set to be a dour day.
"I'll be thinking football all the time," the former Spurs boss said. "Saturday night coming home for me was terrible. I get so low it's scary, horrendous.
"When Sandra (Redknapp's wife) sees what I'm like, she probably wishes I wasn't back in management. I can't be bothered with anyone, I'm just a nightmare, an absolute nightmare. It's scary, it's wrong."
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After Viper attacks the platoon, Sgt. Frog uses a top secret space spoon to morph into a giant version of himself. When the magical spoon gets mixed into with the dinner utensils, the world may never recover!
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Va-va-voom. What a hairstyle this is. Long, thick and with so much volume, Alicia Silverstone has styled her hair into this sexy, incredible updo. Her hair has all been gathered and styled high on her head. Her long hair has been curled and set in place at the back. Some hair has been left out by the forehead and nape.The hair has all been cut long.Alicia's hair colour is brown with blonde highlights.
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Stanley David Hudnall, MD
Professor of Pathology; Associate Medical Director, Precipio Diagnostics, LLC
Research Interests
Bone Marrow Examination; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Herpesviridae; Hodgkin Disease; Immune System Diseases; Macrophages; Monocytes; Virus Diseases; Molecular Probe Techniques; Herpesvirus 6, Human; Immunophenotyping; Virus Latency; Tumor Escape; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
Research Organizations
Cancer Center: Virus and Other Infection-associated Cancers
Research Summary
Dr. Hudnall is interested in the role of virus infection, chronic inflammation, and altered immunity in the development and progression of human cancer, and the possibility of inhibiting the progression of human cancer with the use of immuno-modulating and anti-inflammatory agents.
Extensive Research Description
Genetics of Hodgkin lymphoma
HHV-6 in Hodgkin lymphoma
Selected Publications
- Hudnall SD, Chen T, Allison P, Tyring S, Heath A. Herpesvirus Prevalence and Viral Load in Healthy Adult Blood Donors by Quantitative Real Time PCR. Transfusion 48:1180-7, 2008.
- Hudnall SD, Betancourt E, Barnhart E, Patel J. Comparative Flow Immunophenotype of Hodgkin Lymphoma and Lymphoid Hyperplasia. Cytometry 74:1-8, 2008.
- Hudnall SD, Chen T, Tyring SK. Species identification of all eight human herpesviruses with a single nested PCR assay. J Virol Meth 116:19-26, 2004.
- Hudnall SD, Chen T, Rady PL, Tyring SK, Allison P. Human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence and viral load from healthy adult blood donors. Transfusion 43:85-90, 2003.
- Chen T, Hudnall SD. Anatomic Mapping of Human Herpesvirus Reservoirs of Infection. Mod Path 19: 726-737, 2006.
- Hudnall SD, Ge Y, Wei L, Yang, P, Wang H, Chen T. Distribution and phenotype of Epstein-Barr virus infected cells in human pharyngeal tonsils. Mod Path 18:519-27, 2005.


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Larry Coker Golf Tournament information
SAN ANTONIO — The Fifth Annual Larry Coker Golf Tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, at the TPC San Antonio.
Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start an hour later. Lunch will be held at the High Velocity Sports Bar at the JW Marriott following the tournament. There also will be individual and team awards, as well as participant gifts.
Registration costs are $3,000 for a presenting partner package (foursome/opportunity to play with a UTSA coach/two suite tickets for a 2013 game), $1,200 for foursomes and $300 for individuals ($200 for UTSA faculty/staff).
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Flying is a very sensory activity. In fact, at times, it can lead to sensory overload, especially in the beginning. But over time, you begin to learn what things are supposed to look like and how a few things are supposed to feel.
The view of the runway during a landing, for example, is probably one of the most difficult things to learn because it all happens so fast, and no two attempts to land are ever the same. That is, in fact, what makes teaching the art of landing so challenging as an instructor.
As for feel, you develop that as well. Think of the effort you need to put into flying a steep turn, or the mushiness of the controls that develops as you approach a stall. You learn to feel not just normal control force tension, but also deviations from the norm. It's all part of the learning curve.
But how much do you pay attention to the sounds around you? The sounds of aviation—both normal and not-so-normal—are something you pick up on with experience as well, though you may not realize it at first. When I was teaching full time, I tended to put a lot of emphasis on listening to what was happening around us. For example, the engine makes varying levels of normal sounds throughout its operation: idle, during the runup, full power operations, cruise, et cetera. Each should sound a certain way. Even the mag check has a proper "normal" sound.
During flight, you probably subconsciously use the sound of the slipstream around the airplane to give you hints. It gets quiet when you are slow, loud when you are descending, and it changes in pitch when you extend flaps. In fact, the flap motor has a normal sound as well.
As you experience more complex aircraft, all the noises actually become even more important. On the Embraer Brasilia, the 30-passenger turboprop, there was a certain rhythm to extending the gear and adjusting the propellers. It had to sound a certain way, or something was wrong. On the CRJ, I once called for the first officer to extend the gear. The gear extension on the CRJ has a definite sound and normal sequence of events that all starts with opening of the nosewheel doors. On this occasion, there was a very abnormal thunk instead. I immediately said—well, I can't type what I said—and the FO asked what was wrong.
"Just wait," I said. That was immediately followed by the warning telling us that the gear was unsafe. Within seconds, the problem had resolved itself, and the gear was properly extended. But it was my experience that let me know that we would have at least an indication of a problem before that indication every showed up. Fortunately, it was all a non-event.
On another occasion, I walked on to an airplane parked at the gate. When I went to power it up, the normal sequence of clicks, clacks, groans, and avionic cooling fans coming on was replaced by what sounded like R2-D2 getting tasered. It turned out to be a faulty ground power unit. Again, it was the change in normal sounds that caught my attention first.
While your sight and feel can tell you much about your bird, pay attention to the hints that it is giving you by way of your ears. Chances are that if it sounds different, something is indeed different, and that should give you pause. But as always, fly the airplane first!
–Chip Wright
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While we're used to Amy Winehouse regularly adorning the pages of several British tabloids, most of us would be surprised if the singer was ever discussed in a more academic sense – for example, in an English Literature exam.
"Surprise" was certainly one reaction to an exam question put to students at Cambridge University, who were recently asked to compare Winehouse's lyrics to prose by Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday and 16th century poet and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.
The song in question was Love Is A Losing Game – co-written by Mark Ronson – and students were asked to compare the tune's lyrics to words from As You Came From The Holy Land by Raleigh, Boots Of Spanish Leather by Dylan and Fine And Mellow by Holiday.
Cambridgeis one of the UK's most prestigious universities and it's not known what today's bright young literary thinkers made of Winehouse's lyrics, but it's unlikely she'd be particularly perturbed if the track was slated; the same song recently won her an Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically & Lyrically.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Pakistani officials in Islamabad on May 27, 2011. Following their discussions, Secretary Clinton said:
"Admiral Mullen and I have just completed a very extensive, open, frank, and constructive discussion with the leadership of Pakistan -- with the president, the prime minister, the chief of staff of the army, General Kayani, the head of ISI, General Pasha, and with representatives from the foreign office and the interior ministry.
"I have to begin by expressing appreciation for the warm welcome that we both received and the open dialogue that was the hallmark of our hours together. The United States and Pakistan have been friends for a very long time. We have a relationship that is rooted in mutual respect and mutual interests, so there is always a lot to talk about. But this was an especially important visit because we have reached a turning point. Usama bin Ladin is dead, but al-Qaida and its syndicate of terror remain a serious threat to us both. There is momentum toward political reconciliation in Afghanistan, but the insurgency continues to operate from safe havens here in Pakistan. And the Pakistani people are standing courageously for their democracy and their future, but the country continues to face enormous economic, political, and security challenges.
"The United States has been clear and consistent about our expectations for this relationship. We have strong interests in the region and we are pursuing them vigorously. These are not uniquely American aims. We believe that Pakistanis pursue the same goals and share the same hopes. We seek to defeat violent extremism, end the conflict in Afghanistan, and ensure a secure, stable, democratic, prosperous future for Pakistan. And we expect to work closely with the government and the people of Pakistan to achieve those ends.
"First, the fight against violent extremism. For the past decade, many of the world's most vicious terrorists, including al-Qaida's most important leaders, have been living in Pakistan. From here, they have targeted innocent people all over the world -- in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and far beyond. But no nation has sacrificed more lives in this struggle against violent extremism than Pakistan has. Extremists have killed women and children, blown up mosques and markets, and shown no regard for human life or dignity.
"The United States and Pakistan have worked together to kill or capture many of these terrorists here on Pakistani soil. This could not have been done without close cooperation between our governments, our militaries, and our intelligence agencies. But we both recognize there is still much more work required and it is urgent. Today, we discussed in even greater detail cooperation to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaida, and to drive them from Pakistan and the region. We will do our part and we look to the Government of Pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead. Joint action against al-Qaida and its affiliates will make Pakistan, America, and the world safer and more secure.
"But I want to underscore a point that I made in public in the last weeks and made again privately today to the president, the prime minister, and others. There is absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest levels of the Pakistani Government knew that Usama bin Ladin was living just miles from where we are today. And we know that al-Qaida has been a source of great pain and suffering to the leadership that has been in every way attempting to eradicate the threat that is posed. But we know we have to redouble our efforts together. That is the way forward.
"Second, on Afghanistan, both our nations have an interest in a safe, stable Afghanistan that is not a source of insecurity for its neighbors or others. And we need to work together to achieve that goal. As part of America's strategy, we are supporting an Afghan-led process that seeks to split the Taliban from al-Qaida and reconcile those insurgents who will renounce violence and accept the constitution of Afghanistan. And we know that for reconciliation to succeed, Pakistan must be a part of that process. Many of the leaders of the Taliban continue to live in Pakistan, and Pakistan has very legitimate interests in the outcome of this process. And those interests need to be respected and addressed. But we also discussed that Pakistan has a responsibility to help us help Afghanistan by preventing insurgents from waging war from Pakistani territory.
"Today, we discussed Pakistan's perspective on Afghanistan and how it can support the international community's efforts there. And we look forward to putting those words into action and seeing momentum toward a political resolution. We think that the recently held trilaterals between the United States, Afghanistan, and Pakistan -- one here in Islamabad, one in Kabul -- are a very important step toward the resolution in Afghanistan.
"A third major area where America's and Pakistan's interests intersect is the future of this country itself. In recent years, the United States has tried to be a very good friend to Pakistan. We have repeatedly delivered on what we promised by providing billions of dollars in new assistance to address Pakistan's energy and other economic challenges. We've expanded assistance to your security forces. And we led ongoing international relief efforts to respond to last year's devastating floods. We've built the largest educational and cultural exchange program anywhere in the world as an investment in the youth of Pakistan. And we launched a Strategic Dialogue that brings our governments together to discuss the full range of common concerns. And we agreed that this work must continue. It continued today and it will continue tomorrow.
"We are prepared to stand by the Pakistani people for the long haul. The United States knows that Pakistan's future is imperatively important for us, but even more so for the people themselves, and we look toward a strong Pakistan, one that is democratic, one that is prosperous and stable, being a cornerstone for regional stability and global security. That is why the United States will continue to support Pakistan's sovereignty, its civilian-elected government, and above all, its people.
"But let me be clear, as I was today, America cannot and should not solve Pakistan's problems. That's up to Pakistan. But in solving its problems, Pakistan should understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make problems disappear. It is up to the Pakistani people to choose what kind of country they wish to live in. And it is up to the leaders of Pakistan to deliver results for the people. There is still a lot of work to be done to reduce corruption and grow the economy, to rebuild from the floods, to get electricity more readily available, to make progress in eliminating extremists and their sanctuaries.
"So there are hard choices to make, and we should proceed in a spirit of openness and candor, because part of friendship is speaking honestly and telling each other our perspectives and, where necessary, even difficult truths as we see them. We have shared interests, we have common challenges, and yes, we have areas of disagreement. During Pakistan's first winter as a young nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah said, 'We are going through fire. The sunshine has yet to come.' But his confidence in the resilience and determination of the Pakistani people never wavered. And the years have vindicated his faith.
"As we look ahead from this pivotal moment, that determination by the Pakistani people themselves will be more important than ever. I believe that Pakistan's best days are ahead, and the United States wants to be there as you move into a future that realizes the promise of your beginning. And we will stand with you and support you as you make the tough decisions to have the kind of country and future that the people of Pakistan deserve."
You read the Secretary's full remarks with Admiral Mullen here.
W.D. in California writes:
May peace one day overlay the earth, and heal the world.
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
I think its about time to put the Pakistan Intelligence to work, we continue paying these guys and they have amnesia. Well Osama bin ladens right hand man is still on the lamb, its about time the Pakistan Government gave up his location. NO MORE Excuses Dog ate my homework. We give this country billions of our tax dollars, we better get something for it.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Pakistani support for the idea, but these days in Pakistan to the United States tries to maintain a friendly attitude that, due to the death of a terrorist leader, in Afghanistan, a lot of attention and investment made, to be worried about their alienation, reaction appears to think. Re-development of Afghanistan and Pakistan is considered appropriate to link the development.
Greater concern about terrorism and I agree, but for his death, possibly large and indignation, anger, insecurity arising from the psychological state of temporary excitement, I think. Of course, having to worry about counter-terrorism intelligence agencies work hard to stop, but
I personally, the two countries do not approve individual assistance in doing. As one of the two countries plan to set a zone because of, qibbutz and microcredit to start the independence movement in the national economies of scale variations of the concept of industrial development plan is required to think.
India's active help and support will be required to think.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Europe and the explosive demand for economies of scale will be needed. Multiproduct economies that rely on small amounts of the concept of luxury goods to Europe from the economic crisis I think is hard to get away. Other areas including the new concept I think we should think deeply about. Consumption and low-income workers, just a simple labor supply in the area, but production and consumption, while at the same time, providing a ripple effect in the external economic ////// more?
Ashim C. in India writes:
Way for US to succeed with Pakistan is to isolate it from China. China will willingly replace US billions from US and the way to achieve this is to strenghen SAARC by active US participation in it and develop it on lines of ASEAN.
Jackie in Indiana writes:
CJCS Mullen will be missed. I wished I could have quized him on the Battle of Midway.
Larry in Texas writes:
I would have loved to asked him if the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was the major entity that propelled the United States deeply in the Vietnam conflict.


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Gram of pot? Ounce of pot? Equals what?
Half a gram. A gram. An ounce.
Those were some of the amounts of marijuana purchased in Pueblo on Wednesday, as the sale of recreational pot became legal in Colorado.
We reported about the first buyer in Pueblo. He bought a gram of the New York Diesel strain. We explained in the article that a gram of pot equals about three hundredths of an ounce.
We proceeded in the article to quote other buyers, each of whom bought varying amounts, up to an ounce.
No offense to our reporters, but when I read our articles and those of The Associated Press, which reported on sales in Denver, I was lost.
I don't know very much about marijuana, other than watching several of my friends smoke it when I was in college. I never tried it; it just hasn't been part of my life experience.
So although I know what grams and ounces are, I have no idea how much marijuana that represents. I would guess that a fair number of you don't know either.
Thursday, I asked several people how many joints (marijuana cigarettes) you can get out of a gram, how many out of an ounce.
"It's not that simple," they explained, their knowledge no doubt obtained from secondhand rather than direct experience. "How potent is the particular strain? How big are the joints? Cigarette size or comedians Cheech and Chong, big-as-someone's-leg size?"
We have to be able to explain to our readers, I insisted, what these measurements mean. Three-hundreths of an ounce doesn't mean anything.
Reporter Jeff Tucker posed the dilemma to Hank Borunda, a local marijuana store owner featured in our recent reporting. Here's what Borunda told us:
He estimates that a gram would make about two typical, cigarette-sized joints.
OK. Based on that, an ounce contains about 28 grams, which, multiplied by two, means you will get about 56 joints.
A quarter of an a ounce (the ceiling for out-of-towners) contains about 7 grams, which comes out to roughly 14 joints
There are about 3.5 grams in an eighth of an ounce — which appears to be the most common amount sold — and that gets you about seven joints.
So there you have it. A baggie or container containing an ounce is worth about 56 joints.
Or one Cheech and Chong joint. But let's not make things more confusing than they already are.
Steve Henson is The Pueblo Chieftain's managing editor. He can be reached at 544-0006, ext. 410; at firstname.lastname@example.com; on Twitter @SteveHensonME.


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Macropus rufus is the largest living marsupial. Males range in total body length from 1,300 to 1,600 mm and females from 850 to 1,050 mm. Tail length is from 1,000 to 1,200 mm for males and 650 to 850 mm for females. They may weigh as much as 90 kg and may reach 1.8 meters in height when standing. Coat color is usually reddish brown in males and bluish gray in females, although these colors are reversed in some areas, with females being reddish and males blue-gray. Red kangaroos are robustly built, with large, well-muscled tails and powerful hindquarters. The tail is strong enough to support the kangaroo's body weight, acts as a balance when jumping, and is used, with the two legs, to form a tripod for resting. The second and third toes of red kangaroos are fused and shaped into a grooming claw. Their foreshortened upper limbs terminate in clawed paws used with great dexterity in eating, grooming, and self-defense. Females have a forward facing pouch and 4 mammae. (Nowak, 1991; Snelling, Sept-Nov 1988)


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Barbara Curry
Senior Lecturer II
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Texas Woman's University, B.S., Deaf and Elementary Education;
University of Illinois, M.A., Audiology;
University of Texas at Dallas, M.A.T., Science Education
Senior Lecturer, Science Education Specialist, Graduate Advisor, Project Director: UTD Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching
Special Interests
I love to spend time outdoors, camping and kayaking. To be outside, not confined to the four walls and air conditioning of a building, is freeing, not only to the body, but also to the soul. It gets you in touch with the earth and develops an appreciation of what is really important.
I also feel that giving oneself back to the community is extremely important. Volunteering for Meals on Wheels and Habitat for Humanity has taught me that even giving just a small amount of time can make a big difference to someone in need.
Elementary Science Methods, Science for Elementary Teachers, Instructional Strategies in Science
About Barbara
Science has been a part of my life from the moment I was born. My father was a chemistry professor and my brothers and I usually got to go "help" dad at his lab on the weekends. Helping involved playing with dry ice, cleaning glassware, understanding acetone and its uses, as well as interacting with graduate students. Dad would ask for the sodium chloride at the dinner table rather than the just asking for salt! Mom was our amateur field scientist. She instilled a love of rocks, wildflowers and the wonders of the beach through annual family vacations. I was very fortunate to be able to experience these things while growing up, never realizing where they would take me.
I feel my purpose is to help instill a love of, if not a burning curiosity about, science in all of my students. While currently instructing pre-service elementary teachers in the methodologies of teaching science, I have found that they, for the most part, have quite a bit of fear and trepidation about teaching science in their own classrooms. Presenting science processes, concepts and pedagogy in a manner through which they actually learn the content truly makes a difference….no more reading the book and memorizing facts! Teachers typically teach in the same manner they were taught. Hopefully, as a result of their experiences in their pre-service science methods, they will teach their students science the way they learned it in their methods class.
As the director of the UTD Texas Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching and as an instructor of graduate classes in elementary science content and methodologies, I have the incredible opportunity to watch our participating teachers grow personally and professionally. My ultimate goal is to provide the best teachers and learning opportunities for students in their formative learning years. This interaction with our graduate students who are current classroom science teachers, also allows me to work with people who are driven to become better through developing their content knowledge and pedagogy skills. It is also wonderful to mentor them and watch them develop their science leadership skills.
In conjunction with a team put together by the Lunar and Planetary Institute, I am assisting in the process of developing content geared toward pre-service teachers that will help them in developing their own knowledge about space. This content will be based on The National Science Standards, the Benchmarks for Science Literacy and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. This project, along with one through the Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and the Texas Geospatial Extension Program, will help current teachers and pre-service teachers develop an understanding of content regarding the space sciences and remote sensing. This second project will develop curriculum that will help children learn about the ways that geospatial technologies monitor, study, and manage wildlife habitat and natural resources. It will also teach children how animals use "high tech" sensors (i.e. extreme sharp vision or hearing) to navigate in their own world.
My research interests lie most specifically in the area of pre-service teacher education. I am currently seeking a Ph.D. in Science Education at Texas Christian University with an emphasis in working on the optimum classroom and practicum experiences for pre-service teachers. I want to provide them with the tools that will enable them to teach in such a way that the love of science will inspire their students to become our future scientists.
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Eucharistic Prayers for Easter C
These brief eucharistic prayers are drawn from the themes and images of the Revised Common Lectionary texts for the six Sundays of Easter between the Resurrection of the Lord and the Day of Pentecost. This format for prayer is especially effective and appropriate for congregations celebrating the Lord's Supper each Sunday during the Season of Easter.
See related pages: Season of Easter, Great Thanksgiving, Presbyterian Worship
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heavydoom wrote:the alternative is to buy aged green tea for consumption. screw aging it yourself. that would be my suggestion.
i mean, come on, how much tea can you drink in a week? i think at the rate i am going, my pu cakes will last a long time. if you use a wee amount with long infusion times, you can maybe have like 6 sessions of tea with the yi xing pot. man, that cake may last three months. by that time, you can buy another aged cake. if you put aside a dollar each day, you can have 30 bucks a month, 90 in three months, enough for those fancy smancy pu cakes over there at HOU DE.....
Doom,heavydoom wrote: you can get a nicely aged tea from 2002 for under $30 on the net. i can. you can.
Well, in the interests of the poor baby Panda, I am going to see him as a levitating panda in the future.Dizzwave wrote:shogun89 wrote: a cute baby panda that fell on his stomach or something.
With the little "reflection" that the TeaChat puts under the avatar, it makes it look more like a levitating cute baby panda to me.


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Norah Vincent's first two books—the New York Times bestseller Self-Made Man and Voluntary Madness—were masterworks of immersion journalism. Now Vincent unleashes her considerable talents in a spellbinding novel that's as provocative and absorbing as her acclaimed nonfiction. Since his parents' violent deaths thirteen years ago, Nick Walsh has been living alone in his childhood home, drinking, drugging, and debauching himself into oblivion. Deranged by his relentless sorrow, he begins spying on his neighbors via hidden cameras and microphones. As he observes all the strange, sad, and terrifying things that people do when they think no one is watching, Nick begins to unravel the shocking truth about how and why his parents died.


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"With every passing year, and each new EU bailout, Europeans seem to be forgetting where they came from," writes journalist David Aikman in a new review of Becoming Europe: Economic Decline, Culture, and How America Can Avoid a European Future. In The Weekly Standard, Aikman commends Acton Research Director Samuel Gregg's book for showing how the long post-war project designed to advance European integration, economic security and social welfare has in fact degenerated into government dependency and bureaucratic bloat. The former Time magazine senior correspondent and bestselling author also applauds Gregg for reminding us that Marxist inspired "redistributionism" is really the core problem. Excerpt from the review:
The idea of a European federal superstate as an economic and political entity was never far from the minds of Europe's key founders. Democratic capitalism was to be the main economic engine of that entity. But as Samuel Gregg points out in this cogently argued study—which frequently refers to Alexis de Tocqueville—whereas the American federal experiment emphasized economic and political freedom as the prerequisites for social prosperity and "human flourishing," Europe's postwar program was heavily influenced by social democracy. The goal became economic security for everyone, an idea that required labor-union political power and large bureaucracies to administer the welfare state.
Gregg correctly reminds us that behind social democracy's stress on fair economic outcomes for Europe's population lay the fundamental Marxist principle of redistributionism. He certainly does not attribute the European Union's recent woes to the influence of Marxism, but he assembles a variety of ingredients that add up to what he calls "social Europe," a social-welfare coterie of EU countries in which general prosperity has declined as economic freedoms have been whittled down. (more…)


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Places Discussed(Critical Guide to Settings and Places in Literature)
*Mississippi River
*Mississippi River. The novel's primary backdrop, the Lower Mississippi is the motive force that drives both the raft and the narrative. Most of the novel's action actually takes place ashore, but no character ever strays far inland, and the river's presence always looms. Rich in symbolism, the river washes away sin (such as bawdy houses and murderers), bestows wealth (including bountiful fish and valuable flotsam), and wreaks destruction (destroying both steamboats and towns), all the while inexorably carrying everything upon it ever deeper into the South and its harsh plantation slavery—exactly where Huck and Jim do not want to go. They allow the river to carry them south because they lack the means to navigate upriver and because forces beyond their control repeatedly prevent them from obtaining such means.
Twain was intimately acquainted with the river. He spent his childhood on its banks and as a young man piloted steamboats between St. Louis and New Orleans. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn does a masterful job of conveying the river's beauty and terrible majesty through the eyes of its ingenuous narrator, Huck.
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg. Sleepy riverfront Missouri village in which Huck lives with the Widow Douglas and her sister when the novel opens. It is modeled on Twain's boyhood home of Hannibal, Missouri. The village and the widow's proper home represent decency and the forces of civilization, against which Huck rebels. After his alcoholic father kidnaps him and takes him upstream to a crude hut on the Illinois shore, Huck initially feels liberated. However, after his father repeatedly abuses him, Huck runs off on his own. He never expresses an interest in returning to St. Petersburg. Indeed, the novel ends with him expressing a wish "to light out for the Territory"—presumably an allusion to the untamed West.
Jackson's Island
Jackson's Island. Mississippi River island below St. Petersburg to which Huck flees on a canoe after faking his own murder. There he finds Jim, a slave running away from St. Petersburg because he fears he is about to be sold "down the river"—every Missouri slave's worst nightmare. The island is easy swimming distance from the free state of Illinois, but that state offers no refuge to Jim because fugitive slave laws make its western shores the dangerous hunting ground of slave catchers. Huck and Jim remain on the island until the prospect of imminent discovery spurs them to load their things on a raft and flee downriver.
Raft. Flat craft on which Huck and Jim float down the river. After a brief idyll on the island, Jim and Huck learn that slave catchers are coming and flee together on a lumber raft with a pine-plank deck about fifteen feet long and twelve feet wide that they have salvaged from flotsam delivered by the rising river. Their primary home through most of the remaining narrative, the raft represents their most reliable sanctuary from the evils of the shore and thus symbolizes the freedom they both seek. Huck's descriptions of life on the raft contain several idyllic masterpieces.
*Cairo (kay-ROH). Town at Illinois's southern tip where Huck and Jim intend to land, sell their raft, and buy steamboat passage up the Ohio River into free territory. In a critical juncture in the narrative, however, they drift past Cairo in the fog. The Mississippi continues carrying them ever deeper into slave territory and thwarts every plan they make to return upstream.
*Ohio River
*Ohio River. Major tributary of the Mississippi River, which it joins below Cairo. As the major physical barrier separating northern "free" states from southern "slave" states, the Ohio represented a threshold of freedom to African Americans and was thus an appropriate choice as Huck and Jim's primary destination. Although Huck and Jim never actually see the river, the distinct clear-water channel that its water creates in the muddy Mississippi alerts Huck to the fact that he and Jim have drifted past Cairo. A detailed and colorful explanation of the differences between the waters of the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers is a crucial part of the novel's so-called "raft chapter," which has been omitted from most editions of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because Mark Twain used it earlier in Life on the Mississippi (1883).
Grangerford home
Grangerford home. Prosperous plantation apparently located on the Kentucky side of the river. After their raft is smashed by a steamboat, Huck is separated from Jim and taken in by the prosperous Grangerford family, whose home represents the thin veneer of southern civilization. It offers everything Huck wants in life, but after all the Grangerford men are killed in a senseless feud that unmasks southern degeneracy, he returns to the river with Jim, who has repaired the raft while hiding nearby.
*Pike County
*Pike County. Real Missouri county, about fifteen miles south of Hannibal, from which Huck claims to come when he meets the King and Duke, scoundrels who board the raft and take control, again making it impossible for Huck and Jim to return upriver. The county was notorious as the birthplace of worthless frontier characters before the Civil War and is thus another symbol of the South's decadence.
Bricksville. Arkansas town in which Huck witnesses still more depravity: a shooting, a would-be lynch mob, and the King and Duke's lurid stage show, the Royal Nonesuch. "Bricksville" is ironically named, as its streets are all mud, and its houses are rotting wood-frame structures gradually sliding into the river.
Pikesville. Shabby Arkansas village that is the raft's last stop. Jim becomes a prisoner on the nearby farm of Tom Sawyer's Uncle Silas and Aunt Sally Phelps. In a wholesale departure from the tone and movement of the narrative, Huck and Tom spend the novel's last chapters in a farcical plot to free Jim. Afterward, Huck rebels against Aunt Sally's plan to adopt and "sivilize" him and proposes "to light out for the Territory"—presumably the vast Indian territory west of Arkansas and Missouri.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (435 votes).
In short: Nice course through country lanes, although the hills killed me!In full: Overall a good, but tough race. The heat was a killer and I needed to have done more hill training! The organisation was generally good, loads of water on route and helpful, friendly marshalls. My only complaints were the start was a little chaotic, so we got stuck behing the 2:30+ group and there certainly weren't enough toilets! We'll do it again next year, if only to conquer the numerous hills!Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: narrow route makes it a slow race In full: Lost a few minutes stuck behind the slow runners and the narrow route doesn't help its hard to overtake otherwise the organization was very good.Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: This was a very hard going race due to the hills and heat, very challenging indeed. extreemley well organised with something for the whole family.Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: What's not to like?In full: great weather, seamless organisation, really nice course with loads of water stations, lots of friendly locals to cheer you on, and a free ice lolly at the end. Perfect half marathon really. Probably a bit too undulating for a PB, but not so hilly it's too tough to do. I would recommend it to anyoneDate of review: June 15, 2009
In short: My first half. Really pretty and quite hilly, but a nice atmosphere and they even gave us an ice lolly at the end!! Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: Good Summer Half. Not to hard a course, not to easy.In full: The course had lots of marshalls and lots of water stations - which were needed on a hot day. There was a fair amount of support all the way round and all goos support came from the hundreds of walker that you overtake during the race.Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: Hot (again) Hilly (still) well-organised (consistent), parking muddledIn full: Seems to get harder each year? Not sure how the english weather can be consistently hot on one weekend each year.Lots of water on the course which was good - freindly "neighbours" offering their own impromptu water stations too!Course is challenging, but rewarding - great downhill finish.Need to provide better communication for those attempting to park .. where to go etc.Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: Wasnt' sure what to expect from this as last reviews were quite critical. As a result was plesantly surprised at the level of organistaion and the friendly atmosphere. More hills than reviews led to believe. Plenty of water was great! . Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: Hot and Hilly - then again it always is. Great organisation.In full: Having done this for the past 3 years they always seem to pick the hot days for it. The "undulating" (hilly) nature of the course is always challenging and with the heat definitely makes you feel like you've achieved when you get round. Never got anywhere near a PB here and dont think I ever will (invariably 15 minutes slower) - but then again I do it for the personal challenge. Great organisation (much improved on last year) the Ice Lolly at the end is bliss.Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: Very well organised day, well set up course.In full: Parking was easier enough. Plenty of facilities layed on for the non runners. Thought the organisation was spot on. Plenty of water stops, most I've had in a hlaf (mind you they were needed with the heat). Quite nice having the walkers go a hour before as it gave you targets to catch all the time! Couse itself is undulating rather than hilly, only 'bad' hill is mile 6-7 where it's a solid 1 mile of uphill. Last couple of miles in are downhillish. Would reccomend to anyone.Date of review: June 15, 2009
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On Thursday, the Buccaneers confirmed that their Week 14 game against the Philadelphia Eagles would be televised locally on WTVT FOX 13. A potential local blackout had been avoided because the team had sold more than 85% of the general admission seats for the game, and because earlier in the summer it had chosen to take advantage of that new NFL option to reduce blackouts.
There are a limited number of seats remaining for purchase, though it appears as if the rematch of the 2002 NFC Championship Game will draw the Buccaneers' biggest crowd of the year. That's not surprising given that the team is in serious playoff contention with just four weeks left, and because Sunday's game will double as the 10-year reunion of the 2002 Super Bowl Championship team.
Current Buccaneer players are enjoying the return of their championship predecessors but are not letting it become a distraction in their preparations. Likewise, while a potentially sold-out stadium would be a positive development for the home team, it's not something the players are counting on to help them overcome the Eagles.
"You have to look at it as, what can you do," said QB Josh Freeman. "Yeah, it gets you amped up and ready to go. You love it when the fans are out there screaming. But we have to have a singular focus and that's what's going on in between the lines. You can't let anything distract you. You just have to push forward, lock in and execute as well as you possibly can."


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It's time to say goodbye.Thursday, August 9th, 2012
Correction: In trying for brevity, I made the third paragraph of the blog post below misleading, as Dave pointed out and as is clear from some of the many reader comments. Dave is NOT de-emphasizing politics in the magazine or on the website in general.
What he actually said was that the overabundance of politics on our Facebook page does not reflect what the content of BHM is about and that it made BHM look like a political magazine, which we are not. As a result, he wanted to stop posting politically-oriented blog updates on Facebook. Clearly, I should have said, "de-emphasize politics on Facebook."
Further, his decision was in no way responsible for my ending this blog. It was merely something I chose to interpret as a coincidental message that reinforced what I was already thinking.
My apologies to Dave and to any readers who were misled.
It's strange how things happen.
For a few weeks now, I've been thinking that the hour or two I devote each day to reading for and writing my blog post could really be better spent on other things.
Then yesterday, Dave called and said he's decided to de-emphasize politics and since politics and current events are what I most enjoy writing about, it seemed like the universe, through Dave, was telling me to listen to myself and call it quits, so that's what I'm going to do.
I think I'll use those hours to do a bit of non-political writing, get things done around the house, and to spend time with my new grandson. After all, someone has to teach him the really important English words like liberty, freedom, rights, libertarian, honor, justice, commitment, character, and responsibility and what they really mean.
Thank you to everyone who has stopped by to read my various scribblings, especially those of you who visited daily. I very much appreciate the time you gave me and the many comments you left, even the ones that disagreed with me or took me to task.
Some final thoughts, or rather, quotes I hope you'll think about:
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. ~Thomas Jefferson
The first duty of a man is to think for himself. ~José Martí
When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. ~Oscar Wilde
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ~Thomas A. Edison
Revolution is just another word for "nothing left to lose." ~Me
It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~George Eliot
And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love, you make. ~Paul McCartney


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so, working in the kitchen is amazing at the moment. So many awesome people. So much delicious food.
One thing we should be aware of is that our annual hygiene inspection is probably coming up soonish. that means we have to be extra good at cleaning, particularly UNDER THE BENCHES where things like clothing, bags, umbrellas etc like to accumulate. yesterday we found some excellent (but dead) things. this is not so good for hygiene inspections. so now they are gone. At the moment we only do the deep clean once per week, so it would be great if night managers could remember to be extra careful about the floor/walls/surfaces/everything...
also: please keep your personal stuff in the volunteer cupboard! not only will it avoid accumulating crap under the counter, but nobody will trip over your bag & then try to sue you!
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