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Dr. Cortlandt's History Continued
"In marine transportation we have two methods, one for freight and another for
passengers. The old-fashioned deeply immersed ship has not changed radically from the
steam and sailing vessels of the last century, except that electricity has superseded all
other motive powers. Steamers gradually passed through the five hundred-, six hundred-,
and seven hundred-foot-long class, with other dimensions in proportion, till their length
exceeded one thousand feet. These were very fast ships, crossing the Atlantic in four and
a half days, and were almost as steady as houses, in even the roughest weather.
"Ships at this period of their development had also passed through the twin and triple
screw stage to the quadruple, all four together developing one hundred and forty thousand
indicated horse-power, and being driven by steam. This, of course, involved sacrificing
the best part of the ship to her engines, and a very heavy idle investment while in port.
Storage batteries, with plates composed of lead or iron, constantly increasing in size, had
reached a fair state of development by the close of the nineteenth century.
"During the second decade of the twentieth century the engineers decided to try the plan
of running half of a transatlantic liner's screws by electricity generated by the engines for
driving the others while the ship was in port, this having been a success already on a
smaller scale. For a time this plan gave great satisfaction, since it diminished the amount
of coal to be carried and the consequent change of displacement at sea, and enabled the
ship to be worked with a smaller number of men. The batteries could also, of course, be
distributed along the entire length, and placed where space was least valuable.
"The construction of such huge vessels called for much governmental river and harbour
dredging, and a ship drawing thirty-five feet can now enter New York at any state of the
tide. For ocean bars, the old system of taking the material out to sea and discharging it
still survives, though a jet of water from force-pumps directed against the obstruction is
also often employed with quick results. For river work we have discovered a better
method. All the mud is run back, sometimes over a mile from the river bank, where it is
used as a fertilizer, by means of wire railways strung from poles. These wire cables
combine in themselves the functions of trolley wire and steel rail, and carry the
suspended cars, which empty themselves and return around the loop for another load.
Often the removed material entirely fills small, saucer-shaped valleys or low places, in
which case it cannot wash back. This improvement has ended the necessity of building
"The next improvement in sea travelling was the 'marine spider.' As the name shows, this
is built on the principle of an insect. It is well known that a body can be carried over the
water much faster than through it. With this in mind, builders at first constructed light
framework decks on large water-tight wheels or drums, having paddles on their
circumferences to provide a hold on the water. These they caused to revolve by means of
machinery on the deck, but soon found that the resistance offered to the barrel wheels
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Know Your Enemy: New York Red Bulls #2
OTF's Stephen Mangat can't believe that this is the end, my only friend the end…
So a season that went from great expectations to hopelessness, from hopefulness to frustration and uncertainty, and now to cautious optimism comes down to its final game. Third place is within reach as is sixth, and only a fool would claim to know what kind of performance to expect from the Chicago Fire. So mix your whiskey with pepto-bismol, Fire fans, and let's take a look at the team lying at the business end of this roller coaster season, the New York Red Bulls.
The New York MLS franchise has historically had marquee players and a solid roster to boot, yet has failed to ever put together a really strong team. This year is different, as MLS veteran and rookie coach Mike Petke has employed tactics that play to his team's strengths – mainly that they have more talent than their opponents. It's also worth noting that the former bleach-blond Petke has toned it down and acquired some designer menswear he models on the sidelines.
NYRB will be in a pretty simple 4-4-2. The midfielders are all good athletes who work hard, while solid defenders and goalkeeping keep things tight in the back. Up front is Thierry Henry, who acts as a human get-out-of-jail-free card to a sometimes prosaic attacking unit. Plan A is to move the ball quickly in order to create mismatches and space. Plan B is to just give the ball to Henry.
Recent real estate agent Luis Robles will be in goal. While he's not one of the league's elite, he's damn good and has played well enough to keep promising youngster Ryan Meara on the bench.
Jamison Olave and Markus Holgersson should be in the middle, with either Kosuke Kimura or Brandon Barklage on the right and Aussie David Carney on the left. This unit has played well all season with Olave and Holgersson standing out in particular. They're all quite good with the ball (save for Olave, who's just average) and they're not wimps either.
Expect either Eric Alexander or Lloyd Sam on the right and Johnny Steele on the left. Tim Cahill will be in the middle with the poor man's Kyle Beckerman, Dax McCarty. RBNY is without a real playmaker, save for the very limited McCarty who can attack with speed and skill at times. It's a dangerous group that put opponents under pressure, even if they sometimes lack a bit of subtlety.
Thierry Henry is still the man, and he more than makes up for whatever the New York midfield lacks in style with quality that has been matched by few in the history of the league. While he no longer dominates games from beginning-to-end, he can take over a match for significant stretches. As for Henry's partner, whether it's Bradley Wright-Phillips or Fabian Espindola, focus needs to be on tracking the Frenchman.
How can Chicago win?
Play like usual
Like a good boy scout when camp has been struck, Frank Klopas must be pitching a tent over this weekend's game because it presents a perfect opportunity to play two defensive midfielders. New York is less effective when opponents sit back, as they tend to rely on Henry and set pieces a bit much. And though he probably needs zero encouragement, Klopas should play defensively and look to sneak a goal in this one.
Focus on set pieces
New York is dangerous on set pieces. In addition to having size, they have Tim Cahill, who along with Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest non-tall header of the ball these past 20 years. The Fire need to focus on set pieces while defending and it'd be a good thing if they didn't waste the ones they get.
Don't waste substitutions
With Chicago playing later than Houston and New England, the Fire will know sometime in the second half the result they'll need to make the playoffs. Until then, Frank Klopas should not use any subs unless the situation is dire since they may be needed to shore up the backline or go kamikaze for a goal. While this is not the Klopas M.O., he'll need to hold back. Perhaps thinking about baseball or Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day will keep him from throwing someone on at halftime.
Good luck, Fire fans. I'll be watching the crap Philadelphia Union lose to Sporting KC on Saturday. While Frank Klopas is pretty useless, at least he's not a complete incompetent like John Hackworth.
OTF's Stephen Mangat is the vice admiral of the USS Enterprise. Follow him @smangat12.

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Allele frequency is a measure of the relative frequency of an allele on a genetic locus in a population.
Usually it is expressed as a proportion or a percentage.
In population genetics, allele frequencies show the genetic diversity of a species population or equivalently the richness of its gene pool.
The frequencies of all the alleles of a given gene often are graphed together as an allele frequency distribution histogram.
Population genetics studies the different "forces" that might lead to changes in the distribution and frequencies of alleles - in other words, to evolution.
Besides selection, these forces include genetic drift, mutation and migration.


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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Viewing 9,601–9,610 out of 15,073 events
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Saturday, December 3, 2016
It's My Park at Bushwick Inlet Park
at Entrance at N 9th Street (in Bushwick Inlet Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
This It's My Park season, volunteer with Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park to plant bulbs to help beautify at Bushwick Inlet Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park, Waterfront
Arts, Culture & Fun: Lenape Landscape: Trees as Tonic by Artist Susan Stair
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
This exhibit of clay castings by Susan Stair forms portraits in trees used by the Lenape Indians for food and medicine.
Category: Art, History
Early Childhood Math Program
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Back by popular demand! Ms. Carole Mulligan will be teaching a free early math program for kids ages three to six.
Category: Education, Best for Kids
Crochet Meet Group
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m.
This is a friendly group of parents interested in learning crochet to teach their children
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education
Nature Exploration Hike (Light)
at Prospect Avenue and Brentwood Avenue (in Allison Pond Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
On our hikes, you may explore nature, discover our city's urban forests, or just unplug from the world to clear your head.
Category: Nature, Hiking
Animal Tracking
at Union Turnpike Parking Lot (in Cunningham Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Our Urban Park Rangers will guide you to the best wildlife viewing spots.
Category: Education, Nature
Central Park Tour: Heart of the Park
at East 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue (in Central Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Visit some of the park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, and the Lake, on this east-to-west tour led by Central Park Conservancy guides.
Category: Nature, History, Tours
Walking Tour: Old Tales and Historic Facts of The Bronx River
at West Farms, Bronx
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Stephen DeVillo and Nilka Martel, NYC licensed tour guide and Bronx parks advocate, will lead a walking tour along the river, from West Farms Square to Hunts Point Riverside Park.
Category: Nature, History, Tours
The Greenbelt Gingerbread Man
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
We will read his story together, make a craft to take home, and then go for a hike, keeping an eye out for any of the animals the Gingerbread Man met during his adventure.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Best for Kids
In Alice's Garden: Fall Service Day
at Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Help us prepare our garden and grounds for next season.
Category: Volunteer, Waterfront
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|Chris Kelly will play Game 4 wearing cage
|04.21.11 at 12:55 pm ET
MONTREAL — Bruins center Chris Kelly will be in the lineup for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals after being cleared by team doctors. Kelly, who returned to Boston to be examined following a hit into Carey Price's goal on Monday, wore a cage in morning skate and will do so Thursday night. He said there was no fracture after seeing the doctors.
"I'm good to play tonight," Kelly said afterwards. "I went back to see our doctors in Boston and they gave me the green light and said everything is great and to just go out and have fun."
Coach Claude Julien confirmed that Kelly would play, saying the third-line center is "good to go" and that "he's going to be in the lineup tonight."
Kelly was shoved by Habs forward Scott Gomez while the Bruins were on a 3-on-1 in the first period. The B's center said he took no issue with the hit, which caused him to slide head-first into the post and left him with a shiner below his right eye.
"I know Gomez. I played against him for a lot of years," Kelly said. "He's a good, honest player and works hard. I don't think it was deliberate by any means."
As for wearing a cage for the first time since he was 14 years old, Kelly said that his comfort with it is "much better" than he expected it to be. Kelly even joked that if he were to play well with it, he could keep it on a la Richard Hamilton with the Detroit Pistons, who kept a clear mask on as his signature look in the 2003-04 season.
"He kept it on," Kelly joked. "Who knows?"
As for any lineup changes, it appears there won't be any. Mark Recchi was the only Bruin to not take the ice for the morning skate, though it's likely the veteran was simply given the morning off. Rookie Tyler Seguin stayed out on the ice with the scratches following the skate.


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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor
New York Choral Artists
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
The New York Philharmonic – America's preeminent symphony orchestra – gave A Concert for New York to mark the tenth anniversary of the events of 9/11. What work could be better suited to the occasion than Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony with its "evocation of every aspect of life" and "its profound sense of hope", as the Philharmonic's Music Director Alan Gilbert put it? This concert became an unforgettable event, a "consistently impressive" performance with "gripping playing", "magnificent" soloists and an "excellent" chorus (The New York Times).
Bonus: Alan Gilbert and Zarin Mehta on A Concert for New York
"… the camerawork, the orchestra, soloists and chorus are clearly inspired by the sense of the moment and are perfectly in sync with the Gilbert reading." blu-raydefinition.com
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Cracked Pepper-Nut Crackers
- Servings: MAKES ABOUT 3 DOZEN CRACKERS
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup salted macadamia nuts
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
- 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon water
How to make this recipe
In a food processor, pulse the flour with 1/2 cup of the nuts, the salt and pepper until the nuts are finely chopped. Add the butter and process until the mixture resembles fine meal. Add the water and process until the dough comes together. Shape the dough into an 8-inch log, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm.
Preheat the oven to 375°. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment or wax paper. Finely chop the remaining 1/4 cup of macadamia nuts and mix with the Parmesan. Cut the log into scant 1/4-inch-thick slices and arrange them on the prepared baking sheets. Brush the slices with the egg wash and sprinkle with the Parmesan mixture. Bake the crackers for about 17 minutes, or until golden brown. Let cool on the baking sheets. Transfer the crackers to a large plate and serve.
Make Ahead
The crackers can be kept in an airtight container for 3 days or frozen for up to 1 month.
Cut the butter into 4 pieces before adding it to the food processor. The flour and butter reach the desired consistency faster.
You can substitute other salted nuts, such as pecans or walnuts for the macadamias if you like.
Suggested Pairing
A Grüner Veltiner from Austria is a lively white with loads of very ripe fruit and a big hit of pepper that echoes the flavor of the crackers. Alternatively, the crunchy, peppery crackers call for a rustic, palate-cleansing red such as Chianti from Tuscany.


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Fast Track to Reading: Accelerated Reading Programme for EFL and ESOL Students
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Fast Track to Reading: Accelerated Learning for EFL and ESOL Students
Fast Track to Reading is an accelerated reading programme designed for adult learners of English who are not readily able to read the Roman alphabet. It can be used for students who cannot read at all and for students who cannot cope with reading at speed.
It is designed for adult learners of English who already have a concept of reading: those who can read and write in a linear phonetic language such as Arabic or Farsi, and those who are conversant with pictographic languages such as Mandarin or Cantonese. However, it can also be used with students who have yet to gain a concept of reading.
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sell your car? When is it time?
So I figured this would be an interesting thread. When do you guys decide that its time to pitch your daily driver and get a new one? At what point is it simply not reliable enough to depend upon anymore?
I've been thinking about this on and off lately. I have the jeep as my daily trans, and its been a great car. But now the driver's door has failed, so I've got to fix that which is somewhat of a major repair. I guess other than that its pretty much perfectly reliable. 160,000 miles on the clock and doesn't burn a drop. So I've been looking into buying a bit of a newer car, maybe one that doesn't use as much gas (I only get about 14-15 in the city, which I think kinda sucks). The front end on the ol jeep is a bit loose. One of the CV joints on the front axle is going out, just some little junk that is starting to add up.
So when do you guys throw in the towel and buy a new ride?
I only sell when I get tired of a vehicle. Anything can be fixed. I do the labour so repairs ( even an engine rebuild ) is relatively inexpensive.
I figure at least I know how my vehicles have been driven and how they have been maintained. Buying another used one is not knowing how it has been treated. It gets to be -30c and below here so I have to own reliable vehicles.
Daily driver................I drive 'em until another/better $100 special comes along. Have been driving my $100 83 Blazer for 5 years now.
They used to be $50 specials, but times have changed.
I got my Geo for $50 almost two years ago. So far I've put about $1000 in it in hard parts, tires and struts....and I'm about to spend another little chunk on a power steering pump.
170,000 miles so far and no signs of death yet. The way I see it I've spent $50 a month for 20 months not counting $600 in insurance for that time. It's hard to argue with that.
as long as i dont have a lot of problems with a car or truck i'll keep it around but i do a fair amount of driving i go to conn. a few times a year and lake george so i like to know that i'm not going to have any problems.
if i cant just get in and drive to the next town or new jersey when ever i want then its time to get a new one. i retired my last truck at 130,000 miles and bought a 94 with 93,000 mi.and in a few years i'll get another one.
as for the wifes car we bought it new and it has 40,000 mi on it. its a 2000 concorde. hopefully i'll be able to afford a new one in a few years.
I have to go with the general consensus here. I usually get rid of the vehicles when they're picked clean and the scrap yard gives me the gratuitous $50. Either the MTO (DMV) pulls the plates, or it's too dangerous to drive and too expensive to fix. Right now the Jimmy's getting that way, but with 475 000 kms and about $3000 in hard parts, and initial cost amortized over the last five years, I can't complain.
I'm looking for a ZR-2 Jimmy for my next truck, I'll spend a little more in initial cost. I hope it will be as reliable and as cheap to fix as my Jimmy is.
"little junk that's starting to add up" thats me. i just about drive them till they die. left a 91 regal up near some oregon ski resort when it blew up. got this total pos grand am for 2K two years ago after that. it looked and ran great then. then it started coming apart at the seems. both door windows came off the track repeatedly, the power module then the crank sensor twice. front end got smashed. stereo got ripped off. then the last electrical problem we couldnt fix other than if i replaced the power module for the third time. fk it. there's a limit that was reached, a line that was crossed. same with finding out all the doors and windows in my 70 chevelle had been packed with pink fiberglass. that stuff itches so i sold it. that and i had all the stuff to make it a SS, even bought a parts car with it. a junk SS. but when i found out SS's didn't come with small blocks i dumped a great car. my sister's izusu trooper needs to go to. on it's second or third engine, drivers window doesnt work, pass door "knob" wont open, cracked windshield, radio you cant understand, can't rev over 3500 rpm, gets 8mpg. it's time, kinda like when a human gets to be 70 or 80
Untill the wheels fall off and the engine wont crank plus the chassis breaks. lol.
When the old dodge gets bellow10 miles to the gallon... oh yea, i'm already getting 9 , rebuilding a 4 banger though, gotta love the gas mileage.
Well I don't really have a very good place to do major repairs these days... but I suppose the type of things wrong with my ride are things that would happen to pretty much any car. When that crank sensor went out (for those of you who had the pleasure of reading that jem, lol) I was late to work one day, because I had to walk. Lucky I'm within walking distance, but I really can't afford to have a car that's not going to be reliable. THere's a difference, I think, between being able to fix problems that arise, and not having serious problems coming from your car in the first place. I guess one way to avoid that is just to drive the most simple kind of car you can; so I suppose the 4x4 option on the jeep isn't helping things, lol.
Anyway, whenver you switch vehicles its kinda a big pain, because no matter how much looking and test driving you do, its going to take a good 3-6 weeks to get the feel for the car and how reliable it is, I think.
When it finally says"Look Ron,your wife has wrecked me one too many times,My paint is flaking,the front end vibrates like a space ship on Re-Entry,the fuel gauge always is on E,and I am just getting tired!"
When it needs an oil change, or when the bottle of Grey Poupon is empty...We are civilized, aren't we?
hmm, tend to go by milage or "gut" instinct. I had a nissan sentra, that had 175k miles on it, besides regular maintenence, never did a thing to it! I just KNEW that something major was bound to happen. Sold it, before it could. I have a 96 civic now and it has low miles, but is fastly approaching the 10 year mark, and the smog requirements are getting ridiculous for 10+ cars... Im gonna try and sell it next year and get another used "cheapy 4 banger" to drive the 80 mile commute!!
My wife's boss was telling her several years ago that he was getting a new Mercedes SUV.She told me he just had the Mercedes he was driving at the time for a few years.When she asked him why he was trading up,he told her the old one needed tires.Man I wish I had that kind of money.
i got an 88 corolla, the steering is ok, bad struts, good brakes,250000 miles,new floor(old engine hood),heater works on med and hi only,temp is only hot,headlight switch is on the blinker stick and is worn so the headlights go out when you put the blinker on if not careful. crappy dome light,
this is a true piece of crapola, but when i turn the key it runs .
it uses 1 qt of oil ,1/2 pint p.s. fluid.2 qts antifreeze , 1/4 qt of tranny fluid per month. so it's anyone's guess what disease will take it.
overall i like it cause it's cheap as dirt.mike
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The Celestial Design
The stage is now set to undertake a spiritual journey that is essential for this particular time in our history. It is time to feed your heart with all the gems of experience and wisdom from the past twenty-six thousand years in order to charge your Ka with the energy of light. It is time to retrieve small parts of your awareness that have been the magnet for the creation of your dreams and ideas and yet have been abandoned when things haven't worked out quite the way you planned.
Despite your expectations, your consciousness has been transformed by the unfulfilled event. Therefore, only by getting to the heart of the matter or the core of the story is it possible for you to extract the pearl that waits within and offer it up to the Great Mother as your humble gift to the collective consciousness.
In truth, this cycle of turning our dreams into form and then back into the pure essence of consciousness often remains incomplete. Many ideas flounder before reaching the full bloom of success, while at other times we cling desperately to manifested dreams without realizing that our soul's fulfillment is based not merely on material success but also on dissolving form back into pure consciousness.
Yet there is one part of our nature that never forgets: the higher self, the bearer of our spiritual blueprint. It is our constant companion, urging us on when we get stuck; encouraging us never to compromise when it comes to spiritual abundance; and marinating us in compassion, whatever choices we make. Like other aspects of our being, its contribution to our spiritual journey is highlighted in mythological stories of gods and goddesses, reminding us first and foremost that we are immortal beings.
The symbolism of our spiritual quest has been encrypted within many ancient divination systems, including tarot and astrology. Our ability to appreciate the wisdom and knowledge held within these sacred systems is directly proportional to the openness of our heart's mind, which inherently recognizes the universal patterns flowing through all creative processes.
Astrological Mythology
The word zodiac is derived from a Greek word meaning "circle of little animals." Although not all the symbols of the zodiac are animals, the Indo-European cultures developed a zodiac of twelve signs or constellations of stars through which the sun appears to pass during its yearly journey across the heavens on what is known as the ecliptic.
The twelve constellations are thirty degrees apart. Each symbolizes a particular phase of the sun's/hero's mythological story and impacts subconsciously this planet and its people. Starting with Aries, the Ram, the constellations alternate between being either masculine-positive or feminine-negative; there are six of each polarity in the zodiac. Each of the twelve constellations is also aligned to one of three qualities essential for spiritual evolution. These qualities are deemed to be either mutable, fixed, or cardinal.
Mutable: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces
Fixed: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Cardinal: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
As you can see, each quality is represented by four signs, which together create a cross. According to Alice Bailey, who channeled the sacred and alchemical teachings of the Tibetan Master Djwhal Khul, our spiritual quest requires us to embody each of the crosses symbolically in order to reach spiritual enlightenment.1
The esoteric meaning and symbol of each cross is as follows:
The mutable cross: a place of action, reaction, experience, and the awakening of consciousness. The symbol is the swastika, which is an ancient sign reflecting the freedom that comes when we learn to master our thoughts and desires. Each zodiac sign of the mutable cross represents a different focus for the mind:
Gemini: the consciousness of duality
Virgo: the blending of spirit and form through self-reflection and contemplation
Sagittarius: focused awareness on the truth
Pisces: blended radiance through universal consciousness, which allows the individual to ascend to the fixed cross
The fixed cross: a place of transmutation where desire shifts into aspiration and selfishness into selflessness. The symbol is a cross whose four arms are of equal length. Each zodiac sign included in the fixed cross reflects the type of resources that will nurture our spiritual journey.
Taurus: the wealth that lives within, awaiting manifestation
Leo: the wealth and richness of the manifested form
Scorpio: the wealth of experience extracted through trials and tests
Aquarius: the wealth of group consciousness as the essence of light is finally extracted from the manifested form, allowing the individual to ascend to the cardinal cross
The cardinal cross: a place of transcendence where the individual is free from the restraints of the physical world and is in service to universal consciousness. The symbol for the cardinal cross is an X, with each zodiac sign in the cardinal cross symbolizing the creative abilities inherent within the individual.
Aries: carries latent creative consciousness urging the individual to take the risk to create
Cancer: the creative plan in manifestation moves the individual to the awareness of his or her ability to manifest his or her own reality
Libra: the creative plan realized in consciousness challenges the individual to use these gifts wisely
Capricorn: the transformation of conscious awareness through the perpetual fire into pure essence; the individual becomes his or her own initiator as the mystic
It is important to note that the statements above do not relate to our sun sign per se or necessarily to the placement of any of the planets within the natal chart. Instead, they relate to an esoteric understanding of spiritual achievement; each cross leads us toward our spiritual goal of eternal life. Yet it is true to say that humanity as a whole is, at present, poised on the fixed cross ready to ascend the cardinal cross through the portal of the age of Aquarius, which is just now beginning its twenty-one-hundred-year cycle. This epoch represents a time of self responsibility, group consciousness, social conscience, and detachment from personal desires and aspirations.
Are we ready?
The Return of the Great Mother
2012 and the Galactic Center
The Return of the Great Mother
• Reveals the new era that will be ushered in as the current perception of time collapses and spiritual perception expands
• Explains the psycho-spiritual preparations necessary to transition into this new era
• Shows how the alignment of the sun with the Galactic Center will allow humans to experience awareness normally reserved for shamans, pharaohs, and sages
This is an extraordinary time in the planet's history. Starting in 2012, for the first time in almost 26,000 years, our sun will be most closely aligned to the Galactic Center. This Galactic Alignment, which began with the Harmonic Convergence in 1987 and will conclude in 2023, presents a thirty-six-year window of opportunity for humanity to participate in the creation of a new era of expanded consciousness.
Christine Page explains that, as the source of all creation, our galaxy is the Great Mother and its center, her heart. Auspiciously aligning Earth with the heart of the Great Mother, the Galactic Alignment heralds a rebirth of the divine feminine qualities of the Triple Goddess--intuition, emotional creativity, and renewal. Drawing on alchemy and mythology, Page details how to connect with and use the sacred spiritual tools unlocked during the alignment to merge with the Great Mother, a spiritual transformation that allows us to expand our awareness and experience ourselves as eternal beings.
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WASHINGTON No state is more symptomatic of the nation's split political personality than Minnesota.
The state has simultaneously elected left-wing Sen. Al Franken and right-wing Rep. Michelle Bachmann. Minnesota is governed by conservative Republican Tim Pawlenty, who clearly has ambitions beyond St. Paul. But Minnesota's annals also include some of the most identifiable liberals of the last half-century, from the late Hubert Humphrey to Walter Mondale to the late Paul Wellstone. Its combination of Franken and Amy Klobuchar give it one of the most liberal tandems in the current U.S. Senate.
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In 2009, Franken's prolonged court fight to win a disputed election over incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman stole the headlines. In 2010, conservative Minnesotan politicians are making the most noise.
By every indication, Pawlenty is gearing up for a run for president in 2012. And Bachmann, more than Sarah Palin or any other big-name Republican, has become the liaison between the anti-tax, anti-big-government Tea Party uprising and the Republican establishment.
Both Pawlenty and Bachmann were given prominent speaking slots at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference here, which organizers said was attended by a record 10,000-plus activists and students.
The attendance and enthusiasm were a stark contrast from last year, when conservatives were reeling after losing the White House to Barack Obama and seeing Democrats build bigger majorities in both the House and Senate.
But suddenly, Republicans look poised to recoup some of those losses, even if some conservatives at CPAC appeared to be as mad at the GOP as they were at Democrats.
The 2012 Republican nomination looks like it might be more valuable than some had concluded after Obama swept into power with 53% of the vote. Obama's job approval has rating sunk to around 50% or below, and 52% of those polled this month by CNN said he did not deserve re-election.
Pawlenty is being informally advised by veterans of Steve Forbes' and Pat Buchanan's presidential campaigns. Pawlenty came to the Conservative Political Action Conference to build his bona fides among conservatives, to tell them he was one of them, while also portraying himself as a conservative who could win in a state that has been one of the most solidly Democratic in presidential elections since the 1960s.
In a Republican field lining up to take on Obama in 2012, electability in Democrat-leaning blue states could be a useful campaign asset.
Pawlenty's CPAC speech was a presidential primary rehearsal. He came to the podium in a packed downtown hotel ballroom to the music of U2's "Beautiful Day." Americans for Tax Reform's Grover Norquist introduced him as a "Reagan Republican," the highest form of conservative flattery.
Pawlenty, 49, lacks the dynamic flair of other speakers, but he did a solid job aiming at the three legs of the GOP coalition.
On fiscal matters, he scolded Republicans for not controlling spending when they controlled Congress. They may be poised to get Congress back, he said, but "this time we must do what we say we are going to do."
On foreign policy, he railed against Obama's foreign "apology tours" and said terrorists should not be read Miranda rights.
And on the culture debate, he won applause when he declared that it is OK for politicians to say that God is in charge. The Declaration of Independence, he said, "doesn't say we are endowed by Washington, D.C., or endowed by the bureaucrats. ... It says we are endowed by the Creator. ... If it is good enough for the Founding Fathers, it should be good for every one of us."
In a CPAC straw ballot of possible 2012 Republican contenders, Pawlenty finished fourth out of 11 with 6% of the ballots cast by more than 2,300 conference attendees. Libertarian Ron Paul won with 31%, sparking gasps, cheers and boos. Paul, who was popular among campus conservatives when he ran for president in 2008, may have benefited from the fact that nearly half of those who voted in the poll were college students.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (22 percent) and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (7 percent) finished ahead of Pawlenty. Romney and Paul spoke at CPAC; Palin did not.
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An international team of astronomers led by Danish astronomer JensHjorth [1] has for the first time observed the visible light from ashort gamma-ray burst (GRB). Using the 1.5m Danish telescope at LaSilla (Chile), they showed that these short, intense bursts ofgamma-ray emission most likely originate from the violent collision oftwo merging neutron stars. The same team has also used ESO's Very LargeTelescope to constrain the birthplace of the first ever short burstwhose position could be pinpointed with high precision, GRB 050509B.The results are being published in the October 6 issue of the journalNature.
Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful type of explosion known in theUniverse, have been a mystery for three decades. They come in twodifferent flavours, long and short ones. Over the past few years,international efforts have convincingly shown that long gamma-raybursts are linked with the ultimate explosion of massive stars(hypernovae; see e.g. ESO PR 16/03).
"The breakthrough in our understanding of long-duration GRBs(those lasting more than about 2 seconds), which ultimately linked themwith the energetic explosion of a massive star as it collapses into ablack hole, came from the discovery of their long-lived X-ray andoptical afterglows," says Jens Hjorth (Dark Cosmology Centre, NielsBohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark). "Short durationGRBs have however evaded optical detection for more than 30 years," headds.
Things changed recently. In the night of July 9 to 10, 2005,the NASA HETE-2 satellite detected a burst of only 70-millisecondduration and, based on the detection of X-rays, was able to determineits position in the sky. Thirty-three hours after, Jens Hjorth and histeam obtained images of this region of the sky using the Danish 1.5mtelescope at ESO La Silla. The images showed the presence of a fadingsource, sitting on the edge of a galaxy.
"We have thus discovered the first optical afterglow of ashort gamma-ray burst", says co-author Kristian Pedersen, also from theDark Cosmology Centre of the University of Copenhagen.
The burst, named GRB 050709, resides 11,000 light-years fromthe centre of a star-forming dwarf galaxy that is about 2,400 millionlight-years away and is quite young -- about 400 million years old.From observations conducted until 20 days after the burst, theastronomers can rule out the occurrence of an energetic hypernova asfound in most long GRBs. This supports the hypothesis that short GRBsare the consequence of the merging of two very compact stars.
The same conclusion comes forward from the study of anotherevent, GRB 050509B. This 40-millisecond burst was detected on May 9 bythe NASA/ASI/PPARC Swift satellite, which could, for the first time,determine its position. Images obtained with the FORS instruments onESO's Very Large Telescope allowed the astronomers to study thevicinity of the burst.
The GRB was found to sit very close to a luminous, non-starforming elliptical galaxy lying 2,700 million light-years away andbelonging to a cluster of galaxies.
"It is striking that the two short bursts that have finallybeen localised appear in quite different environments", says JesperSollerman, a member of the team from Stockholm Observatory (Sweden) andDark Cosmology Centre (Denmark). "The most important aspect of thesediscoveries is probably that we have finally shown that the shortbursts are indeed cosmic explosions from far away in the Universe", headds.
Because elliptical galaxies are generally devoid of verymassive stars but rich in tight binary systems containing compactstars, the association of the burst with this kind of galaxy gives themerging hypothesis another boost.
Whilst Hjorth and his colleagues still caution not to jump tooquickly to definitive conclusions, astronomers cannot but marvel at thenew chapter in astronomy that has just been opened.
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Some of the results described in this ESOPress Release will appear in the October 6, 2005 issue of the journalNature ("The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst GRB 050709"by J. Hjorth et al. and "A short gamma-ray burst apparently associatedwith an elliptical galaxy" by N. Gehrels et al.). Other results areeither in press or published: "GRB 050059B: Constraints on shortgamma-ray burst models" by J. Hjorth et al. (Astrophysical JournalLetters vol. 630, p. 117) and "The host galaxy cluster of the shortgamma-ray burst GBR 050509B" by K. Pedersen et al., to appear inAstrophysical Journal Letters.
[1] The team behind the discovery of the optical afterglow of GRB050709is lead by Jens Hjorth, (Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute,University of Copenhagen (DARK)), and includes Darach Watson (DARK),Johan P.U. Fynbo (DARK), Paul A. Price (Institute for Astronomy,University of Hawaii), Brian L. Jensen (DARK), Uffe G. Jørgensen(DARK), Daniel Kubas (ESO, Santiago), Javier Gorosabel (Instituto deAstrofisica de Andalucia), Páll Jakobsson (DARK), Jesper Sollerman(DARK and Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University), KristianPedersen (DARK), and Chryssa Kouveliotou (NASA/Marshall Space FlightCenter).
The team is part of the Gamma-Ray burst Afterglow Collaborationat ESO (GRACE) carrying out gamma-ray burst afterglow studies with ESOtelescopes.
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Mr ZAPPIA (Makin) (10:59): I also welcome the opportunity to briefly speak on the Customs Amendment (Smuggled Tobacco) Bill 2012. Firstly, I want to respond to some of the comments made by the member for Wannon. He asserted that as a result of the funding cuts to Customs, we have seen a spike in the sale of illicit tobacco and that that is why we have such a black market.
Just for the record, the facts show that in the last three years there has been a decrease in the volume of illicit tobacco from the total amount of tobacco in this country. The statistics also show there has been an increase in detections by Customs as a result of their operations. It just highlights that the member for Wannon is incorrect with his assertion in respect to the role of Customs in this matter.
The bill amends the Customs Act 1901 to create new offences of smuggling tobacco products and for conveying or possessing smuggled tobacco products. The new offences carry a penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to five times the amount of duty evaded. The tobacco industry is big business and, contrary to trends in some parts of the world, it is growing. In Australia, around three million people over the age of 14 years smoke. According to a 2011 Deloitte report, commissioned by British American Tobacco Australia Ltd, Philip Morris Ltd and Imperial Tobacco Australia Ltd, tobacco global sales in 2011 were estimated to be US$780 billion, having risen from around US$646 billion in 2006. That is more than 50 per cent of the total Australian economy.
Similar trends for tobacco sales occurred in Australia, with the 2011 Australian market value of $10.7 billion comparing with $9.4 billion in 2006. Of course, in Australia that increase is more due to price increases than an increase in sales volume. The same Deloitte report estimated that in 2011 there were 2.264 million kilograms of illicit tobacco sold in Australia, representing 13.4 per cent of the market, and that over the past four years almost $1 billion of tax revenue had been lost. I suspect, however, that the tobacco companies' concern is not for the government revenue lost but for their loss of market share.
Regardless of their motivation, the fact remains that a black market trade in the order of $1 billion per annum raises serious concerns for government, including concerns about the formation of crime syndicates, bribery, theft, corruption, money laundering and violence. Of course, those figures are calculated estimates as no-one ever really knows what the value of the illicit market is, because there is no form of accurate statistics in respect to that sector of the market.
Notwithstanding that, I note that in 2010-11 Customs and Border Protection made 55 seizures of smuggled tobacco products in sea cargo, consisting of 258 tonnes of tobacco and 82 million cigarettes, representing a potential revenue evasion of $135 million plus GST. A similar amount of potential lost revenue arose from seizures made in the first nine months of 2011-12, again highlighting that the point made by the member for Wannon is inaccurate.
How much tobacco illegally enters Australia will never be accurately known. But there is little doubt that it is big business run by large criminal networks. Tobacco companies argue that increasing the price of tobacco products encourages a black market in tobacco products. The companies argue that the higher value means there will be more demand for cheaper black market products and, in turn, more profits for illegal operators. I accept that there is some validity to that argument.
According to one report that I have read, the World Health Organization has predicted that by 2020 illegal tobacco consumption will outstrip legal tobacco use. In other words, by 2020 the illegal tobacco market, using today's figures as somewhat of a guide, will be in the order of $600 billion, $700 billion or $800 billion around the world. It is indeed big business. The concern is that when you are dealing with that kind of money then quite clearly you are also dealing with other criminal concerns that need to be addressed, if, for no other reason than the continuing use of tobacco in society presents societies around the world with some very, very serious concerns and problems in the years ahead.
Increasing the penalties for offences relating to tobacco products should be a deterrent. But penalties must be part of a suite of measures including pricing, packaging, advertising and health warnings. It seems, however, that the most effective counter-smoking strategy to date has been the campaign to make smoking socially unacceptable by banning smoking in public venues and public places. A good study in respect of the effects of making smoking socially unacceptable was carried out in the US. It was shown to be the most effective strategy in reducing tobacco consumption. Whilst warnings on packets have been useful and increasing the prices might have assisted, the reality is that the biggest inroads in reducing smoking across the world have been achieved by those places that have made smoking socially unacceptable. We have seen that here in Australia where we have prohibited smoking in workplaces and recreation places. In my view, that has been the most effective strategy applied by governments. It is those kinds of strategies that I believe we need to continue with. As I highlighted a moment ago, we are dealing with a major problem around the world.
I take this opportunity also to commend an initiative between SANE and the Australian government which was announced yesterday by the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler. This initiative is designed to assist people with mental health issues to quit smoking. People with a mental health condition are more likely to be smokers, with as many as 30 per cent of Australians with a mental illness being smokers. I understand that the figures are much higher for severe mental health conditions. It is the case that those people who are the most stressed and quite often the most desperate are the ones that turn to smoking for some form of relief. The reality is unfortunately that it has the opposite effect—it just makes people more stressed. If you are down and out, it also means that you spend your money on cigarettes when you should be spending money on much healthier options. I particularly note that, in the fact sheet referred to in Minister Butler's media release yesterday, it was stated that diseases caused by smoking are the second-largest killer of people who have a mental illness. This is an interesting statistic. The fact sheet also showed that people with mental illness who quit smoking may need a lower dose of antipsychotic medication. Again, this is an interesting observation in the fact sheet.
Finally, I want to comment on the reaction of the tobacco companies to their loss in the High Court challenge to the Australian government's proposition to ensure that in the future cigarettes are sold in plain packaging. I note that the cigarette companies have now turned to the World Trade Organization and appealed to that body to try and prevent Australia from proceeding with plain packaging for cigarettes. This highlights how significant an issue this is for these companies. It is significant because of the profits being made from the sales of tobacco. It is clearly the case that their concern is not only for the losses that they might incur here in Australia but rather that they fear that other countries around the world might follow Australia's lead and also introduce plain packaging for cigarette products. These companies are prepared to go to the World Trade Organization claiming that this is a breach of some of the trade agreements that we have with other countries in an endeavour to stop the government from proceeding with this proposition. I certainly hope that appeal is also lost by these companies. I understand that it might take some years to resolve, and that will not stop the government from proceeding with the legislation that was passed this year. However, it is of concern to think that every attempt is being made by the tobacco companies to continue to sell their products which they know have serious consequences for users.
As members of this House would know, the effects of tobacco have been known by tobacco companies for decades. In fact, I understand that in the US—and perhaps in other parts of the world, including, I believe, even here in Australia—there have been some successful cases where action was taken against the tobacco companies. Even knowing that tobacco products have serious health effects on consumers, they continue to promote and sell their products wherever they can and in whatever way they can, and I have no doubt that they will stop at nothing to ensure that they are able to continue to do so.
This legislation, as I said from the outset, forms part of a package of measures which not only seeks to prevent the illegal and illicit marketing of cigarette products but is part of a more comprehensive strategy to try and reduce smoking throughout this country. I commend the legislation to the House.


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Espressivo! Chamber Theater—a traveling, singing theater company based on the Central Coast—returns with Irish Tales & Tunes, a dramatic reading of two Irish folktales, replete with giants, fairies, and corpses. The show, which mixes storytelling with song, kicked off with a gala opening on St. Patrick's Day. Ever since its founding by theater veterans D.A. Hance and Devin Wallace, Espressivo! has been a rather rootless company, traveling from venue to venue throughout the county, but it's found a home base, for the moment, at Alegria Wine and Ware at 942 Chorro St. in downtown San Luis Obispo. Remaining performances of Irish Tales & Tunes are Thursday, March 28; Sunday, March 31; and Friday, April 5. All shows start at 7 p.m. and run approximately 75 minutes.
"Finn McCool and the Legend of Knockmany" and "Teig O'Kane and the Corpse," two short stories adapted by Hance from W. B. Yeats' Irish Fairy & Folk Tales, will be read, accompanied by six musical selections, ranging from Irish traditionals to musical adaptations and originals written by Espressivo! co-founder Wallace. The cast also includes Jill Turnbow, Christine Hance, and Robin Kirk Wolf. Admission is a suggested donation of $10. For more information, visit espressivotheatre.com.
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I've been making some lovely chocolate muffins for a few years now. It's a quick and easy mix, and so plain that I usually dress it up a little, with some chocolate chips stirred through the mix, or perhaps a chocolate button in the middle. But a couple of weeks ago, I realised that I might be able to make them with a spoonful of caramel in the middle. So I did, with the assistance of my girls. They are truly divine. You should race out and buy the ingredients now, and have a go at them yourself. Actually, you're likely to have most ingredients on hand already, but you may need to get some sweetened condensed milk.
Start by making a small amount of caramel sauce. On our first attempt, the girls and I mixed together 1 tablespoon of butter, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk. The result was so-so: nice enough, but not quite there. Next time, we tried 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 large tablespoon of golden syrup, and 2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk. The flavour was better – there was a bit of an edge to the caramel, a fuller flavour. The measures are approximate, but the proportions are about right. Opt for more (well-rounded tablespoons) rather than less, so you get more caramel mix.
Put all the ingredients in a small saucepan. Use one with a heavy base, if possible. Stir over a low heat until all the ingredients have melted and combined, then bring them to a simmer. Reduce the heat, and let the mix cook for about four minutes, stirring every now and then, to make sure that it doesn't catch. The mix should thicken up quite a bit. It will need to cool and thicken some more before you use it in the muffins, so once the four minutes is up, set the saucepan aside while you prepare the muffins.
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius (that's about 390 – 400 Fahrenheit), and grease your muffin pans (I use spray on canola oil).
The muffin mix itself is a basic one. You can use it for almost any muffin, with variations.
First of all, melt 100gms of butter in a large bowl or jug, and set it aside to cool a little.
Next, sift into a large bowl, 1 and 1/2 cups of flour and 1 and 1/2 tsp of baking powder (or just use 1 and 1/2 cups of self-raising flour), and for chocolate muffins, 2 tablespoons of cocoa.
Stir in 3/4 cup of sugar, and mix well. At this stage, if you were making say, chocolate chip chocolate muffins, you would stir in the chocolate chips (plenty, of course), or the poppy seeds, or any chippy chunky dry ingredients that you thought might enhance the end product. But I'd go with the chocolate version, if I were you.
That's the dry ingredients done. One of the tricks to successful muffin making is to minimise beating, so next, get all the wet ingredients ready, so you can mix them quickly.
Break one egg into the melted butter, and mix well with a fork. The mix will thicken up a bit. Then add 1 cup of milk to the butter and egg, and mix some more.
Make a well in the dry ingredients, pour in the butter-egg-milk mix, and stir until the dry ingredients are mixed through. (At this stage, you would add blueberries, or stewed apple, or chunks of peach, or whatever wet variation you fancied, if you were experimenting with the basic mix.)
Using a 12-cup muffin pan, fill each cup about 1/3 to 1/2 full with the mix. A rounded soupspoon is probably about right. Make sure you leave enough mix to cover up the caramel. Using a teaspoon, make a small hollow in the centre of each raw muffin. Then, get the caramel mix, and using a couple of spoons, one to scrape the mix off the other, put about 1/2 teaspoon, or maybe a bit more, of caramel in each hollow. Then use the remaining muffin mix to cover the caramel.
Put the muffins in the oven, and cook for about 12 minutes, until they feel springy to the touch. While they are cooking, scrape the remaining caramel mix onto teaspoons, summon the children, and give them one each. Use a dessertspoon for yourself.
Once the muffins are cooked, let them cool in the pan for a couple of minutes, then put them on a rack. Cool for a few more minutes, and then, enjoy!
It turns out that if you are under a certain age,** you can poke your finger into the caramel and lick it off, or just stick your tongue directly into it, which will definitely enhance the muffin eating experience.
If you are a busy parent, or just plain busy, you may not have time to make the caramel. It turns out that these Cadbury Caramel Buttons do very nicely. I put two into each muffin. Then I eat the rest, all by myself.
* Why, yes! These are inspired by Stef's excellent Lemon Surprise Cupcakes.
** Probably about 120.


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Trey Whitley scored 27 points to lead the Harbor High boys basketball team past visiting Soquel 68-52 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday night.
Deane Rinaldi put in 15 points for the Pirates (11-3, 1-1).
Sam Walters scored 21 points for the Knights (8-6, 1-2), who host Aptos on Friday at 7 p.m.
Spencer Schwartz added 10 points, 10 rebounds and four steals, while Kai Chamberlain also deposited 10 points and Bruin Pollard had eight rebounds.
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Bri Miltimore scored on a pass from Stephanie Miltimore in the 10th minute and Aptos held on to beat visiting Harbor 1-0 in SCCAL play.
Goalie Emily Harris made 15 saves for the Mariners (6-2, 2-0), who host SLV on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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The Sharks (2-5, 0-2) face Santa Cruz on its home turf Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Jolene Cuevas also scored for the Cardinals. Goalie Mollye Zahler made four saves.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — About 200 ADT employees are participating in a Habitat for Humanity project here as part of a company exercise to strengthen staff relationships and perform community service.
The group is the largest from one company in Palm Beach County to participate in a Habitat project, the Sun Sentinel reports. ADT employees from various departments are competing for the "Golden Hammer," a made-up trophy of a hammer painted in gold.
Teams will be judged by three members of Habitat and three employees of ADT on their participation,
attitude, performance and creativity in later presenting the project to other employees, according to the newspaper.
"I'm having a blast," Steve Shapiro, ADT's vice president of industry relations, told the newspaper onsite this week at the project site. About 20 employees are working on the house at a given time with a goal to complete it by June 22.
Shapiro postponed a business trip to take part in the project. Taking time out of his day to work on the house is a better experience than writing a check, he said.
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Althea Ceasor, corporate development manager, said she's glad she works for a company that shows corporate responsibility. "I get to be a role model for my daughter," she said, pointing to her 15-year-old, whom she brought along to help.
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By Elvis Presley. Hal Leonard Guitar Signature Licks. Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly, Instructional and Play Along. Instructional book (song excerpts only) and accompaniment CD. With standard guitar notation, guitar tablature, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, guitar notation legend, introductory text, instructional text and black & white photos. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.696507).
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Signature Licks Elvis' music is synonymous with the birth of rock and roll and the invention of rock guitar. Wolf Marshall takes you back to the roots where it all started with this exploration into the influential style of the King's fretmen. This book is a step-by-step breakdown of the playing techniques of Scotty Moore, Hank Garland, and James Burton. Players will learn their unique concepts and techniques by studying this special collection of Elvis' greatest guitar-driven moments. The 75-minute accompanying audio presents each song in stereo-split with full band backing. Songs include: A Big Hunk O' Love * Heartbreak Hotel * Hound Dog * Jailhouse Rock * See See Rider * and more!
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