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good resources for rebuild instrucctions?
I am struglling to get the barrel off.. Looks like a tricky rebuild.
When the rear part of the tube is twisted into place on the lower how secure does it get. Mine seems loose any info is greatly appreciated
good resources for rebuild instrucctions?
I am struglling to get the barrel off.. Looks like a tricky rebuild.
The barrel will be very tight try some heat. If your talking about removing the old material just cut it away carefully and you will find three welds just grind them down flush
If you are building a semi-auto from the M56.......you can shorten the receiver tube and lower receiver correspondingly, as much as five inches.
You don't need the long receiver as you will have not have the problem of controlling full-auto fire. One of the last things I would do is shorten the recoil spring. When you have a shoot-able firearm, then I would shorten the recoil spring one coil at a time until the tension is right.
Shortening the receiver will also allow a better fire control group alignment with the converted bolt. Plus it gives you a shorter firearm overall.
I would suggest the possibility of using the SKS fire control group, except doing so will deprive you of the required U.S. parts.
the rear cap on the m56 is known to pop off and the bolt will strike you in the forehead, read about it in more than one place. Nice article about m56 forehead in SAR a while back.
Check out the m56 thread in the semi build section over at weaponeer. Quite a few folks already shooting semi m56's. Tommer is doing some beautiful bolt mods that allow an ar hammer and fcg to work, nice floating firing pin and bolt is slotted for hammer clearance. The one I got from him is a work of art. Jestism posted some really nice pics and drawings of a striker mechanism that fits in the bolt and uses a 45 gov model recoil spring for the striker . It engages the original sear . Ill post pics of my build shortly if interested.
Modify the lower and lower receivers so one large screw will hold the two receivers together, like the MP-38/40.
I have been wondering why the Yugoslavians didn't do this from the start.
I have been so occupied with bolt conversion work on Weaponeer, that I have neglected posting here. I am doing M56 bolt conversions that work smooth as silk. The bolts are carburized and surface hardened to 65Rc so some of the machining presents some challenges. Within the next two weeks, I should have the Suomi bolt conversion ready. My 1927 house needs restoration, my firearms engraving class always draws my attention and the conversion work fills my time and work still wants me to continue my space shuttle work. People still ask me about "The Game". What game?
All the Best
Hi All!
I am in the last stages of completing a Prexis receiver and USA made bolt M-56 build. I am also coming out with a CD based book on the build. It will be a companion to the Suomi M-31 build book I now have on the market.
I have my M-56 complete with the exception of the bolt. I am waiting on the Prexis USA made and BATF compliant bolt assembly It should be here by the end of the month.
I too had issues with excessive play in between the receiver and the lower frame. I fixed this by glass bedding the hook area on the back of the mag well and the groove it fit in in the lower.
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Competition Between Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz Heats up in USA
by George Achorn on 15 November 2012 in Audi News
Audi of America executives expect a wild and wooly finish to the 2012 U.S. luxury-brand sales race between BMW and Mercedes-Benz. But Audi's goal for the period is to continue to show strong and steady growth.
In sales reports on Thursday for October, the BMW brand narrowed the U.S. sales lead for Mercedes to just 2,748 vehicles from 5,221 units at the end of September. Meanwhile, Audi reported a 14.5-percent increase in U.S. sales in October over a year earlier.
In its efforts to fend off BMW, Mercedes-Benz is offering as much as $5,000 discounts to VIP customers, according to a report by Bloomberg. And that was even before Audi's German rivals unveiled their own versions of fourth-quarter promotions that annually make the U.S. luxury-car market a donnybrook at the end.
Meanwhile, the overall objective for the Audi brand is to "maintain our focus on sustained growth," said Jessica Thor, Manager of Retail Marketing for Audi of America. "We're not going to duke it out at the end of the year and try to hit a number just for the sake of hitting a number. We want to continue to grow in a healthy way."

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As a working mom, I'm used to feeling an anxiety rush in the days leading up to Ramadan. But this year, a new sickening sensation welcomed me as the first day of Ramadan was quickly approaching.I knew what caused it: the first week of Ramadan this year coincides with the last week of the presidential election season in Indonesia. By far, this year's campaign season has been the most contentious one that Indonesia has ever seen in its history, with Indonesians divided into two political … [Read more...]
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Universal respect for human rights undoubtedly creates social peace in nations and peaceful relations between countries because, very often, conflicts arise from the lack of respect for human rights and the failure to accept democracy as a basic rule in mediating between opponents. In as much as respect for the rights of all men leads to popular rule, which must be respected through the notion of the will of the majority and pluralism of opinion, political pluralism must be a priority, for there is no better way to reconcile people than through recourse to norms that are rooted in their philosophy as universally moral.
Our era has defined new concepts of peace to which more content must be given: political mediation, dialogue, arbitration and, beyond that, peacekeeping efforts by the international community. The international community has thus endowed itself with the means to avoid conflicts, to nip them in the bud, or to create the conditions for dialogue that will lead to peace. In extreme cases, it has the military wherewithal to impose peace on parties in conflict. That is why we must reinforce those international institutions whose role essentially is to re-establish peace in the world. Unfortunately, despite such efforts, there are still severe human rights violations—ethnically and politically driven genocide—that go unpunished.
Let's be frank with each other. The [U.N.] Security Council is, after all, a political institution where political interests indispensable to international order mingle with the economic interests of sovereign states. And we know that the world is made up of very unequal states. For this reason, I would like to propose the establishment of a high-level observatory for international human rights and peace that would include eminent persons who themselves are moral references in terms of human rights and the fight for peace. This body would have no decision making or sanctioning authority. Instead, its role would be that of a moral institution representative of the ideals of humanity. As such, it would call attention to unpunished crimes and instances of genocide that are not prosecuted for political reasons. In this way, I believe that citizens' awareness of humanity, supported by international human rights organizations and NGOs, could constitute sufficient moral force to lead decision makers to take up international justice for crimes and cases of genocide that otherwise will benefit from the impunity with which they are committed.
I believe a man's actions are the product of a matrix that explains the relations of those actions. This matrix is nothing more than doctrine in as much as it is true that individuals of different doctrines do not treat the same questions in the same way because their intellectual reactions and ethics are different. Thus, doctrine is the link between man and action. This doctrine itself has its roots in a philosophy that some people call ideology, since it would be a matter of a higher system of reference.
My philosophical conviction is that the concept of the individual is a value in itself and that freedom is its attribute, as seen by the revolutionaries of 1789. In history, not everyone shares this conviction because every political system has establish ed a relationship system between power and the individual, between groups and the individual, between the individual and his or her peer. Some people consider the group paramount, and that the individual must be subordinate to the group. This dangerous concept, which has been the cause of all abuses, must be struck down.
In our diagram for peace, it behooves us to consider the problem of religion and the misconceptions that surround it. We must work so that the "clash of civilizations" has no substance. This is possible because all religions preach peace. Only false adherents seize religion and use it for political purposes. Islam is a religion of peace. When two people meet, the first words spoken are "peace be unto you." Deviants who use religion do not belong to Islam. It is up to us to stand against the use of our religion for other purposes than those in the Holy Koran and in the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (s.a.w.). That is why I proposed a world summit of Islamic-Christian dialogue. I did not invent the notion, but I am attempting to raise it to the level of world decision makers who hold our fate in their hands. This being so, I have the blessing of the pope and the support of a number of Muslim leaders. For practical reasons, the summit, which was previously planned for the end of 2005, will now take place at the end of 2006.
His Excellency Maître Abdoulaye Wade is president of the Republic of Senegal. The above is an excerpt (translated from the French) of the speech he delivered upon accepting the 2004 Human Rights Award of the International League for Human Rights in September in New York.
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Pac-man—the iconic game and character that elevated video games from seedy arcades to national past time—is 32 years old. The Namco-developed creation, like many games of its era, features incredibly simple gameplay; you navigate Pac-Man through a maze with the goal of clearing the board of dots while simultaneously avoiding ghosts. It's the type of wackiness that the Japanese game industry excelled at during the '80s.
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January 25, 2013
Holiday cards always make me smile and reminisce about the person who sent it. I really hate to dispose of them, so mine are still sitting in a basket – for one more look. This year I plan on recycling some of the cards by sending them to St. Jude's Ranch for Children. Please read below for further information on how to do this.
I also heard a clever idea for the family photo holiday cards. Take a picture of the card with your smart phone and then store it as the picture in your contact information. Then every time that special person calls you will see the wonderful family photo.
Donating Tips for St. Jude's Ranch for Children
- All types of greeting cards, including Christmas are accepted.
- Only the card front can be used (please check to be sure the backside of the front of the card is clear of any writing, etc.)
- They do not accept Hallmark, Disney or American Greeting cards.
- 5 x 7 size or smaller is preferred
- To mail large quantities in the least expensive way, use the United States Post Office in a Flat Rate Box (available at the Post Office), which holds up to 70 pounds.
- Mail donations to :
St. Jude's Ranch for Children
Recycled Card Program
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Free Repair Cafe in Palo Alto Opens
October 12, 2012
I am totally amazed at this new FREE REPAIR CENTER in Palo Alto. Peter Skinner started this Palo Alto Non-Profit where you can bring the toaster, electronic devices all the way to tea pots. This is their endeavor to going green. Teaching people if you can fix something you no longer need to throw it away.
Absolutely fabulous!
This Repair Cafe is at the Museum of American Heritgage. This idea started in the Netherlands and is going strong.
Everything here that is fixed is FREE! Did I say FREE!
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San Carlos City Wide Garage Sale
September 23, 2012
The 2012 City Wide Garage Sale will be on Sept. 29, from 9am to 4pm. It is really neat, the city makes a map of all the garage sales and mentions items listed. A great way to support San Carlos and surrounding cities.
A list of registered sellers will be available online on Wed, Sept 26. Paper copies will also be available at the library.
Called to action in 2005 as part of the "Enhancing the City of Good Living Initiative" San Carlos Together (SCT) is dedicated to strengthening our San Carlos Community. SCT is a non-profit organization. We encourage community building through cultural, educational, recreational, and neighborhood improvement programs & activities. 100% of your tax deductible contribution goes back into the community through our operations and affiliated programs.
Our mission is to support local community enriching groups, volunteers & committees.
4th Annual San Carlos Lions Club "Parade Your Pride" Car Show
August 4, 2012
Join San Carlons for the 4th Annual San Carlos Lions Club "Parade Your Pride" Car Show on September 9th at Sparky's Hot Rod Garage. Located at 975 Industrial Road, Suite B.
San Carlos Seniors Having Fun
July 27, 2012
Music from the Tenor Band was provided on Friday for our monthly luncheon with homemade food. The Tenor Band entertained us while we had coffee, dessert and wine. Great band! Our event is always the second Friday afternoon of the month. If you would like more information, just give me a call. See you there! Pictures compliments of Doug Anderson!
Burton Park Fun in the Sun Hometown Days
May 19, 2012
Enjoy some fun at Burton Park this weekend. Saturday evening with the band, "High 'n' Tight, while enjoying dinner from 5-9…
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Burton Park Hometown Days
May 19, 2012
Check out this video at Burton Park's Hometown Days. Kids having fun bungie jumping. Today the bands were playing and I must say that ALL of them were great! Come back on Sunday for more entertainment and food.
Hot Harvest Nights in San Carlos
May 2, 2012
I am glad to say that we are at the time of year again when our "Hot Harvest Nights" starts.
Every Thursday night, May 3rd through September 13th, 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Downtown San Carlos.
The market features 50 to 60 booths set up in the middle of the street which will be closed to trafficThis will be a chance to stroll, meet your friends and have a leisurely night enjoying the finest San Carlos has to offer. Shops and restaurants on Laurel Street will stay open late for this all-community activity. Don't miss out!
I have enclosed some information that might be useful for you.
- Hot Harvest Nights Web Site
- List of Bands at 2012 Hot Harvest Nights (Acrobat PDF, 141 kb)
- Merchant at the Market – Booth Application & Details (Acrobat PDF, 170 kb)
( Schedule of City Departments & Council Members – 2012 Hot Harvest Nights (Acrobat File, 71.5 kb) )
Earth Day Free Compost San Carlos
April 21, 2012
The San Carlos and Recology San Mateo County invite San Carlos residents to the San Carlos Compost Giveaway on Earth Day. Each resident is welcome to take up to 5 gallons of nutrient rich compost to enrich their gardens. This will be just in time for all of our vegetable gardens out there.
The event is for San Carlos residents only – no commercial gardeners, please. Bring proof of residence. And remember, it's BYOB – bring your own bags and buckets.
Sunday, April 22, 2012 – from 9am to Noon
Highlands Park, Tennis Courts Parking Lot
2600 Melendy Drive
Memory and Ageing by Stanford Center for Memory Disorders
April 11, 2012
The San Carlos Adult Community Center is sponsoring a free "Memory and Ageing" presentation presented by Geoffrey Kerchner MD from the Stanford Center for Memory Disorders…
A very usful presentation for everyone that has concerns over this topic. I feel it is always good to get as much information as possible. Dementia is an epidemic. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in individuals over 60 years of age and roughly half of all people aged 85 and up suffer from it.
You can learn: How to avoid dementia, warning signs, latest research and treatment.
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In redoing kitchen I noticed my current kitchen drain is not in center of sink cabinet. It looks to be about 6 inches off from center. Can i still install the drain without an issue? I may have to run the pipe lateral a few inches. Can this be done without an issue?
Got a picture?
As long as it runs down hill it should be fine.
Yep--as long as the drain is inside the base cabinet you will be able to make that work---
May want to try 2, 45's.
on a standard double bowl kitchen sink the drain holes are 8 inches off center. but like oh"mike said as long as it's in the cabinet it will work
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I had same issue when going from an old double bowl sink to a new single bowl. remedt was to use a 1.5" 45 fitting on the stub out from the wall then a short piece of 1.5 then the trap adaptor
This is at least a two trip to the hardware store. LOL
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Did Judy Meet Cheney?
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Of all the analyzing of Judith Miller's account of her interactions with the Bush administration, one aspect of her piece has received little attention: her explanation of Libby's letter.
As she admits, Fitzgerald asked whether the letter was meant to shape her testimony. Miller said no, instead offering up this explanation:
When I was last before the grand jury, Mr. Fitzgerald posed a series of questions about a letter I received in jail last month from Mr. Libby. The letter, two pages long, encouraged me to testify. "Your reporting, and you, are missed," it begins.
Mr. Fitzgerald asked me to read the final three paragraphs aloud to the grand jury. [...]
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Mr. Fitzgerald also focused on the letter's closing lines. "Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning," Mr. Libby wrote. "They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them."
How did I interpret that? Mr. Fitzgerald asked.
In answer, I told the grand jury about my last encounter with Mr. Libby. It came in August 2003, shortly after I attended a conference on national security issues held in Aspen, Colo. After the conference, I traveled to Jackson Hole, Wyo. At a rodeo one afternoon, a man in jeans, a cowboy hat and sunglasses approached me. He asked me how the Aspen conference had gone. I had no idea who he was.
"Judy," he said. "It's Scooter Libby."
The Aspen Conference connection we already knew. But it was the reference to Jackson Hole that struck me as the most interesting reference.
See, Cheney lives in Jackson Hole.
Indeed, in August 2003 when Judy went to the town Cheney was taking a month-long vacation there. For the entire month of August, Cheney was fundraising and staying at his mansion in little Jackson Hole. As the article linked above shows, it is Libby himself who decides who is the bouncer for Cheney's Jackson Hole mansion, deciding who gets a guest pass and a chance to meet the VP.
And it Libby who Judy conveniently met at the "rodeo" in Jackson Hole, wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses. And are we truly to believe that Judy and Libby did not discuss what was, at that time, an exploding scandal that had the press all worked up?
Futhermore, is it too much speculation or just a natural inference from the facts that Judy met with Cheney that August in Jackson Hole? Is that why Fitzgerald is so intent on deciphering Cheney's role?
They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them.
Just conjecture....but we'll see soon enough.
Update [2005-10-16 10:9:48 by georgia10]:: I'm not sure if this was already addressed; I did a search and nothing came up. If it's already been diaried, let me know and I'll delete.
Update [2005-10-16 10:54:19 by georgia10]:: OK, so the "search" function still sucks but the "Tag search" is pretty cool. That's how I found out that teresahill already addressed this, as have katerina, and wendellgee. So, feel free to visit and recommend her diary from last night and unrecommend this one. :)Sorry for the dupe.
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In all the discussions and editorials about Judith Miller, etc., it seems to me most strange that the journalist who actually committed a criminal offense IN PUBLISHING THE NAME OF VALERIE PLAME, i.e., NOVAK, has never been indicted or subpoened to give evidence of his sources.
What's happening here? I'd greatly appreciate a response.
Novak was the first to turn for Fitzgerald and has been the major source for most of his leads. The only question remaining is whether or not he is singing the blues to avoid prison, or is he the major component of the CIA plan to exact revenge on the neocons.
Very interesting. But has anyone informed Fitzgerald and supoenaed the visitors log and schedule for Cheney at Jackson Hole at that time from Cheney and Libby? And what was Cheney doing in Jackson Hole? I knew he had to give up his Texas residence as a condition for appearing to legally be eligible to receive electoral votes from Texas Electors for Vice Preident on the same ticket as Bush--to appear to conform to Article II, Section 1, and Amendment 12 of the U. S. Constitution sufficiently to embolden corrupt judges to pretend he was not really also a resident of Texas in 2004 (to allow electors from Texas to vote for both Bush and Cheney).


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Tampa Man Charged With DUI After Hitting High School Student
(Tampa, Fla. - WFLA) A Tampa man faces DUI with great bodily injury charges after Tampa Police say he hit an 11th grader walking home from school at the D.W. Waters Career Center.
Police say 18 year old Monesha McDuffie was walking on the sidewalk in the 12-hundred block of Osborne Avenue, when 23 year old Malik Majied of Tampa lost control, left the roadway and hit her.
She was dragged under the car across a yard until the car came to a stop at a chain link fence. Neighbors rushed to help the victim and pulled her out from under the car.
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* Fuel economy push, new features help drive demand
* U.S. auto sales up 13.5 pct in 2012, still seen rising
* Good entry point for Canadian supplier stocks: BMO analyst
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TORONTO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - All systems are go for Canada's auto parts sector. A gradual economic recovery, pent-up demand for new cars and a push for more fuel-efficient components portend strong growth for the country's biggest suppliers.
The fortunes of Magna International Inc, Linamar Corp and Martinrea International Inc are tightly tied to the Detroit Three and the health of the U.S. vehicle market. The outlook for both is reason for optimism.
Auto sales in the United States, still Canada's most important parts market despite boom times in China and South America, rose 13.5 percent in 2012 to nearly 14.5 million vehicles. This year, U.S. sales will reach 15.3 million vehicles, estimates Polk, a Southfield, Michigan-based research firm.
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Why Housing Works is Fighting for the Passage of GENDA
Posted by Sunny Bjerk , May 09, 2013
Op-ed, originally published on POZ.com on Tuesday, May 7th.
Since 2002, Housing Works has been at the forefront of the effort to pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which would give transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers equal protections in education, employment, housing, credit, and public accommodations (think banks, bus stations, court rooms, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, libraries, and more). However, this effort to pass GENDA has been blockaded by the New York State Senate, which has refused to bring the bill to vote in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now again in 2013.
That's six years of stalling by the Senate leadership, which is stacked with Republicans opposed to the bill, and that's also another six missed opportunities to grant thousands of transgender New Yorkers the same protections and access as other New Yorkers to a job, an education, housing, and services and facilities all across the state.
And frankly, we're just not going to take it anymore. This year, Housing Works launched a new campaign to advance GENDA in the state, highlighting the discrimination and harassment faced by transgender New Yorkers, the personal stories of our clients who have been shut out of the civil rights sphere, and a Change.org petition urging the Senate to bring the bill to a floor vote in 2013. A link to our petition, as well as the personal stories of our advocates, is available to view and share at passgendanow.org.
Certainly, after six years of stalling by the Senate, a campaign urging the passage of GENDA in New York State is nothing new, as many New York–based LGBT and HIV/AIDS groups know all too well.
Nevertheless, many organizations, advocates, and transgender individuals have been surprised—and delightfully so—by our GENDA campaign, wondering what transgender issues have to do with Housing Works or HIV/AIDS. Indeed, the question recently posed to me was, "Why does Housing Works—as an HIV/AIDS group—believe it should support GENDA?"
Perhaps the best place to start is by noting that Housing Works is equally interested in ending HIV/AIDS as it is in addressing the social inequalities that drive the epidemic, such as poverty, race, class, gender, sexuality, and indeed, gender identity or expression. As Housing Works CEO and President Charles King has said, "HIV/AIDS is just a disease. But it's a disease that is driven by socioeconomic inequalities that affects the poor and most marginalized populations." In other words, as advocates, activists, and people living with the disease, we know that HIV/AIDS doesn't exist in a vacuum and that the disease continues to disproportionately affect communities of color, men who have sex with men, and those within the LGBT community.
And so our involvement with GENDA is not just endemic to the fact that transgender people have an HIV/AIDS rate five times greater than the general population, or even that the routine, often brutal discrimination transgender people face in housing and employment often leads to a cruel cycle of homelessness and sex work, that in turn places them at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, although certainly these are very great factors behind our push to pass GENDA in New York State.
It's also because Housing Works—in its 23 years—has championed the civil rights of all vulnerable and marginalized populations that have faced significant health disparities and political challenges.
We think it's wrong that transgender individuals can legally be denied medical care just because of their gender identity or expression. We think it's wrong that transgender individuals can legally be denied a home or an apartment because of their gender identity or expression. We think it's wrong that transgender individuals can legally be denied service in an employment agency, polling place, or dentist's office just because of their gender identity or expression.
As social justice advocates and activists, we know that campaigns, movements, and calls for equality do not—and should not—end with identities or our own identifications, however we choose to express, blur, queer, or refuse these demarcations altogether.
Supporting equal access and opportunities for transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers in education, employment, credit, housing, and public accommodations is simply the right thing to do.
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Breakfast Included Buddha Hostels, inspiring & innovating. From the success of the Secret Buddha we are pleased to give birth to our new space, the Urban Buddha.
We have tailored our hostels as unique expressions, to reflect the essence of the green city of eternal spring.
The Buddha is a hostel that fuses retro-Asian design with the original Art Deco architecture of a home built in 1953 located in Laureles, the most prestigious residential sector in the heart of Medellin. Located only 5 minutes from downtown, the Stadium, and the Zona Rosa (tourist party area), in front of the Bolivariana University and within walking distance from 70th st & 33rd ave (more traditional party streets), you can walk safely day & night in the realm of a serene green environment.
Buddha Hostel proposes a new concept which unites culture, art, adventure and foremost a place to unwind and relax, paving a natural platform of exchange between visitors and locals. Our 600m home splits in two levels, housing bright and airy dorms and private rooms, a spacious balcony, and a large patio area and garden with koi pond to complete the space.
Buddha Hostel will soon become a cultural home where art exhibitions, independent film and music can be enjoyed by each individual traveller regardless of nationality or age.
An original refurbished 1950s massive kitchen is fully stocked with all the toys for all to use. Since food plays a major role for anyone travelling whether it is for need or for love, Buddha Hostels is a shrine to exotic flavours, which you are invited to feast on with our home cooked meals.
We also have a front deck to chill as well as giant puffs facing a 42 HD LCD flatscreen with Direct TV 24hr, Playstation 3 and a DVD player with an extensive video library. For our adventure seeking friends if you wish to see Medellin from the sky you can do so in the most natural way there is to fly ; paragliding. Feel like having your feet closer to the Earth but wish to have a bit of a rush, then climb the second largest rock on the planet, horseback ride in la burroteca(horse disco) through the forest hillside of Medellin or Pub Crawl with us. Backpacking is a lifestyle, a journey, an opportunity for self-expression; it is not just about where you go but who you know along the way. Let Buddha Hostel deliver this with Love.
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Case seeking to enforce the presumed-parentage statute that provides a birth certificate listing both parents for children born to all married couples.
Case seeking to reverse a Michigan trial court ruling that violated the Full Faith and Credit clause by making three adopted children legal orphans in the state.
Case filed against Johnson City, Tennessee and its police chief on behalf of a man who unfairly had his photo released along with 39 other men arrested in a public sex sting operation.
Case representing Texas lesbian denied the opportunity to interview for a permanent teaching position at a Texas community college.
Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated her intention to live as a woman in accordance with her health care providers' recommendations.
Missouri State Trooper's partner of 15 years is denied survivor's benefits after trooper dies while on duty.
Federal case seeking spousal health benefits for lesbian employee of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Case involving the right of transgender people in prison to receive appropriate medical treatment.
Case seeking an emergency marriage license for a lesbian couple, several months in advance of the implementation of the new marriage law in Illinois.
Case arguing that the LAPD violated a settlement agreement intended to protect an openly gay officer from harassment and discrimination on the job
Federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of Thomas Hamm against the City of New York and New York City Department of Correction (DOC) officers and supervisors after a brutal attack on Mr. Hamm while he visited his long-time partner, P.F., at a men's facility on Rikers Island.


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[UNDER-17 WORLD CUP] Nigeria and Argentina joined Mexico and Sweden in the semifinals of the Under-17 World Cup with wins on Saturday.
Taiwo Awoniyi scored both goals to lead Nigeria to a 2-0 win over Uruguay, the 2011 runner-up to Mexico, and set up a date with Sweden on Tuesday. Awoniyi, who was
playing in place of injured star Success Isaac, took Nigeria's total to 20 goals in five games.
Early goals from Joaquin Ibanez and Rodrigo Moerira gave Argentina a two-goal lead and it held on for a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast after Franck Kessie's penalty kick cut the lead in half with 13 minutes to play.
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Connecticut Judicial Marshal Faces ID Theft ChargeA state judicial marshal assigned to Waterbury Superior Court has been charged with bilking an 86-year-old Torrington man out of thousands of dollars.
Woman Charged With Using Stolen Credit CardA Manchester woman faces charges after South Windsor police say she was caught using a stolen credit card.
State Resumes Issuing Tax Refunds -- With Extra PrecautionsSome Connecticut taxpayers who asked for their refunds by direct deposit or debit card will be receiving paper checks, instead.
Petition Aims To Stop Medicare's Use Of Social Security NumbersFind out how to be part of Clark Howard's petition aimed at reducing the problem of identity theft.
Police Arrest Man On Forgery, Identity Theft Charges
Three Barnes & Noble Stores In State Were Victims Of Data BreachThree Barnes & Noble stores in Connecticut were among 63 nationwide whose credit card swipe devices were targeted in what the company says was a "sophisticated criminal effort."
Defendant Found Guilty In Movie Theater/Credit Card Theft SchemeA federal court jury in Hartford has found a Pennsylvania man guilty of credit card fraid and identity theft in a scheme involving movie theaters in Connecticut.
22-Year Sentence In Multi-State Identity Theft SchemeA federal judge in Connecticut has sentenced a Florida man to 22 years in prison for participating in what authorities say was a multi-state identity theft scheme in which he and another man targeted purses in cars.
Hartford Sentencing In Identity Theft CaseA Florida man faces sentencing in Hartford this week for participating in what federal authorities say was an extensive identity theft scheme in which he and another man targeted purses in cars.
Data Breach At Community CollegeNames, social security numbers, and birth dates of 87,000 students and staff were exposed.
Data Breach At CCSU Central Connecticut State University says personal information on more than 18-thousand present and former employees may have been exposed by a recent computer virus.
Connecticut Arrests In Federal ID-Theft CrackdownFederal authorities say Hartford is one of more than two dozen locations where identity brokers have been arrested as part of "Operation Island Express." In all, fifty people are charged.


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FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion University held its 34th-annual Athletic Banquet, Monday, April 26, in the university's Edward S. Ervin III Dining Hall. Most Valuable Player awards were given in 14 sports. An outstanding cheerleader award and a student-athlete award were also presented.
Senior Allyson Bigby (Easley, S.C.) was presented the Gail Summersett Outlaw Outstanding Cheerleader Award for the third time in four years. An English (liberal arts) major, she previously won the award in 2001 and 2003. Her minor is business.
Senior Erin Jones (Dillon, S.C.) was presented the Conyers O'Bryan M.V.P. Award for baseball for the second straight year. Jones, a 5-10 right-handed pitcher, ended the regular season with a team-best 8-3 mark and a 2.88 earned run average. He struck out 90 batters in 100 innings, while walking only 19. Opponents hit only .261 against him, and he completed seven of his 13 starts. He helped lead the Patriots a 29-17 record, and a current sixth-place standing in the Peach Belt Conference standings. He finishes his career holding team records for wins (29), complete games (29), innings (336), and strikeouts (315).
Junior Louis McCullough (Goose Creek, S.C.) was presented the Howard Stokes M.V.P. Award for men's basketball for the second time in three seasons. He averaged 17.7 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.7 steals, and 1.4 assists per game, while helping lead the Patriots to their most successful season ever: a 27-4 mark, a Top-5 national ranking, and an appearance in the NCAA Division II national tournament Sweet Sixteen. He ranked second in the Peach Belt Conference in both scoring and blocked shots (48), connected on 51.7 percent of his field goal attempts, including 44.2 percent of his three-point shots (third best in the PBC), and 80.5 percent of his free throw attempts (third best in the PBC). He was named to the All-PBC squad and selected to two different All-Region teams. During FMU's Sweet Sixteen loss to the eventual national champion Kennesaw State University, he became only the second Patriot to amass 1,000 points, 600 rebounds, 100 blocked shots, and 100 steals during a career.
Senior Joanna Tincher (Bedford, Ind.) was presented the Carroll Player Jr. M.V.P. Award for women's basketball. Tincher, a 5-10 center, averaged 10.0 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game, while ranking seventh in the PBC in field goal percentage (50.5%) and eighth in blocked shots. She helped lead FMU to a 14-13 record and a third-place finish in the PBC's North Division standings.
Junior Ryan Plexico (Columbia, S.C.) was presented the Most Valuable Player Award for men's cross country for the third consecutive year. He also received the Jerry and Jean Lee M.V.P. Award for men's track and field for the second time in two years. Plexico was the top FMU runner in six of eight meets last fall and he recorded five top-10 finishes, including first-place honors at the Erskine College Invitational. His performance at the Overton's/Pirate Invitational Meet at East Carolina University on Oct. 4 was the fastest time (25:47) by a Patriot runner in 10 years, and the 15th fastest in school history. He helped the Patriots to a fifth-place finish at the Peach Belt Conference Championship Meet with his 19th-place showing. He also placed 48th out of 107 runners at the NCAA Division II South Regional Meet, where the Patriots placed 13th in the team standings. On the track this spring, he won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the South Carolina Championships, and was second in the event at both the Braves Track Classic and the Carolinas Intercollegiate Championships. In the three scored meets, he led Francis Marion in points. He also competed in the 5,000-meters, placing third at both the S.C. Championships and the Carolinas Intercollegiate Championships, as the Patriot men placed fifth in the team standings at the latter event.
Sophomore Nicole Hoeppner (Mannheim, Germany) was presented the Most Valuable Player Award for women's cross country. She was FMU's top runner in all eight meets last fall, including a first-place win at the FMU Invitational last September. She was 18th at the PBC Championships, where the Patriots finished eighth in the team standings. Hoeppner posted four sub-20:00 times last fall, including a program-best time of 19:10 at the Overton's/Pirate Invitational Meet at East Carolina University on Oct. 4.
Senior Fredrik Ohlsson (Goteborg, Sweden) was presented the Clifford Cormell M.V.P. Award for golf for the third straight year. Heading into next week's NCAA Division II Atlantic/Southeast Super Regional Tournament in Wilson, N.C., he leads the ninth-ranked Patriots with a 73.31 stroke average. He has posted seven top-10 finishes, and in nearly a third of his rounds (9 of 29) has shot even or below par. He has not missed a tournament in three years. FMU owns a 108-48-6 team record, including winning the recent Peach Belt Conference Tournament, where Ohlsson also gained All-Tournament honors with a third-place finish.
Sophomore Mike Greenaway (Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada) was presented the Jerry W. Wilson M.V.P. Award for men's soccer. Greenaway, a 6-3 back, anchored the Patriot defense, while taking 21 shots, scoring one goal, and recording one assist. He earned both All-Conference and All-Region recognition, while FMU posted a 9-10-0 record. Five of the team's losses were by one goal, and the Patriot defense allowed only seven goals over the season's last five matches.
Freshman Brittany Rothenbach (Bel Air, Md.) was presented the Most Valuable Player Award for women's soccer. A 5-7 midfielder and back, she started all 19 matches and helped anchor a defense that allowed only 22 goals. She also recorded 10 shots and assisted on one goal. She earned PBC All-Tournament Team honors as the 11-7-1 Patriots reached the tournament semifinals before falling to the eventual national champion.
Junior Betsy Bouknight (Leesville, S.C.) was presented the Bobbie Davis M.V.P. Award for women's softball. A 5-3 switch-hitting center fielder, Bouknight batted .363 and led the Patriots in runs scored (54), doubles (18), and stolen bases (24 of 27). She also hit three home runs from her leadoff position and drove in 29 runs, with a slugging percentage of .547. During the 2004 campaign, she recorded a team-best 10-game hitting streak along with 19 multiple-hit games. For her accomplishments, she was named to the All-Peach Belt team. She helped lead Francis Marion to a 37-17 record (the third-highest win total in the program's history), a fourth-place finish during the Peach Belt regular season, and third-place showing at the PBC Tournament. The Patriots are awaiting next week's announcement of the NCAA Division II national tournament field to see if they will receive the program's first-ever invitation.
Freshman Chatwinder Singh (Chandigarh, India) was presented the Lorin Mason M.V.P. Award for men's tennis. Playing at the No. 2 singles position, he compiled a 15-4 record, including 11 consecutive wins to close the season, and had a 6-2 mark against PBC competition. He also recorded a 13-9 doubles mark at the No. 1 slot. Singh helped lead the 34th-ranked Patriots to an 11-12 record that saw FMU lose four matches by 5-4 decisions. Seven of the team's losses were to nationally ranked opponents.
Freshman Kamini Murugaboopathy (Chennai, India) was presented the Gladys Hite M.V.P. Award for women's tennis. She occupied the No. 1 singles spot as a first-year player and compiled a 10-8 mark. She was 5-14 at No. 1 doubles. The Patriots ended the year with a 7-13 record, with all but one of the losses coming at the hands of nationally ranked opponents.
Junior Shante Merriweather (Batesburg-Leesville, S.C.) was presented the Most Valuable Player award for women's track and field. The team's leading scorer, she competed in the hammer, discus, and shot put. At the recent Carolinas Track and Field Championships, she won the hammer throw with a toss of 98.05, and placed seventh in the discus, and 12th in the shot put, as the Patriot women finished six in the team standings.
Freshman Lezlie Logan (Cleburne, Texas) was presented the Joseph B. Durant M.V.P. Award for women's volleyball. A 5-10 middlehitter, she led FMU in kills (2.81 per game) and total blocks (0.94 per game), and was one of only two Patriots to appear in all 129 games this past season. She recorded a .215 hitting percentage, 12 assists, 15 service aces, and 53 digs (0.41 per game), and following the season was named the PBC "Co-Freshmen of the Year." She had a team-high 20 matches where she registered double-figure kills, and recorded 10 matches with a hitting percentage above .300, including three matches above .500. She helped direct a young Patriot squad (only one senior) to an 11-24 mark.
Junior women's basketball player Jennifer Howard (Raleigh, N.C.) was presented the Debra Lee Orander Swamp Fox Academic Award. FMU's second-leading scorer on the court this past season at 10.6 ppg, she owns a 4.00 grade point average as a biology and chemistry major. She earned second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors this year. She is enrolled in the university's Honors Program, has been on the President's List each of her first five semesters, and serves as a math and science tutor. She is a Francis Marion scholar and a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and was named to the Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll in 2002 and 2003 and to the FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll in 2002, 2003, and 2004. Howard started 26 games this past season for the 14-13 Patriots, led the team in assists (72), was second in steals (47), and averaged 3.8 rebounds per game. She connected on 38.4 percent of her field goal attempts, including 31.3 percent from behind the three-point arc, and 77.1 percent of her free throws.
Of the 10 FMU athletic teams that keep win-loss records (excluding the cross country and track and field squads that compete in multi-team events), six registered winning records this past year, and six appeared in national poll rankings.


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For three months beginning in October, the Highline Historical Society will be hosting "Hope in Hard Times," a major traveling exhibit about the Great Depression era in Washington State. Originally developed by the Washington State History Museum, the traveling exhibit is made possible with the support of Humanities Washington.
In conjunction with the traveling exhibit, historical society curator Nancy Salguero McKay is developing several additional displays that focus on local Depression-era stories from around the Highline area.
Particularly, she would like to hear from anyone who has any knowledge of the Monticello chicken farm in the McMicken Heights area.
She also is interested in gathering 1930s-era artifacts and photos of the Highline area and its residents, and hearing about any special activities or stories from people who lived through those times in Highline.
Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com or call Highline Historical Society director Cyndi Upthegrove at 206-246-6354 if you have something you might like to share or loan for the exhibit.
By Tim Takechi
Along the idyllic beaches of Spain, where fantasy and reality are often indistinguishable, a long-needed reunion between a father and daughter from two different worlds opens deep wounds and unearths unspoken feelings.
"Beauty of the Father," the newest joint production by Latino Theatre Projects and Burien Little Theatre is a fervently written character-driven drama by Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz (who also penned "Anna in the Tropics," a production LTP and BLT produced last year).
The story centers around a young American student named Marina (Emily Feliciano) who visits Spain to be reunited with her estranged father, Emiliano (Fernando Luna, who delivers a touching performance), a painter who is an "artist" in every sense of the word.
As if Marina and Emiliano's relationship were not thorny enough, Marina falls in love with Karim (Matt Aguayo), a young Moroccan man who lives with Emiliano and also shares a complicated relationship with him. Rounding out this family is Paquita (Heather Ward), a woman who is Emiliano's companion but not necessarily his lover.
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Four of the Northwest's top blues bands will play at the 4th Annual Poverty Bay Blues and Brews Festival on the shores of Puget Sound. The event features tastings from 11 local microbreweries, plus hard cider and wine.
The festival benefits Highline Music4Life, which provides musical instruments to low-income students in Highline Public Schools. The event is organized by the Rotary Club of Des Moines.
The Stacy Jones Band returns to the festival again this year. The musical line-up also includes Portland-based vocalist/bassist Lisa Mann, the Coyote Kings with Mush Morgan, and the Randy Oxford Band.
Beer, wine, and hard cider will be available for purchase by the glass in addition to tastings. To compliment your beverage, Rotarians will be grilling up bratwurst and B&E's famous tri tip.
"Great music, food, and drink with a view of the sunset over the water! What better way to spend an afternoon?" said festival co-chair Lisa Meinecke. "Plus you are supporting music education in our local schools."
On July 27, Burien Arts and GreenStage will present "King Lear" at Dottie Harper Park, 421 S.W. 146th St., at 7 p.m.
"A Midsummers Night Dream" will be presented at the park on Aug. 3.
This is a reversal of the schedule originally published.
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Each year, Employees Community Fund (ECF) of Boeing Puget Sound makes gifts that reflect the generosity of Boeing employees, who graciously give their time and talents to help communities in which they live and work. In fall of 2012, The ECF awarded a grant to the Highline Medical Center Foundation in the amount of $39,454 to upgrade the family rooms in the Intensive and Critical Care units at Highline Medical Center.
Renovation started in winter of 2012 and was completed in Spring 2013. The upgraded family rooms now have a more home-like, welcoming space for families to gather, along with comfortable furniture, entertainment and options for rest.
They also have mini-kitchens and family spaces to prepare a favorite meal for their hospitalized loved one and a private room to discuss medical care with the healthcare team.
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Latino Theatre Projects and Burien Little Theatre are joining forces again this summer to present a co-production of the passionate Beauty of the Father, written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz, opening Aug. 2 in English.
This production follows a successful and critically acclaimed co-production of Cruz' Anna in theTropics last summer.
In Beauty of the Father, a young American woman travels to Spain to meet her long-estranged artist father and falls for his Moroccan companion.
Cruz explores the conflict between love and sacrifice in an unrequited love triangle in Andalusia, where the restless ghost of Spanish poet/playwright Federico Garcia Lorca wanders the streets, conversing with the living.
This show is suitable for ages 13-plus due to some adult themes and content.
Beauty of the Father will be performed at Burien Little Theatre from opening night on Aug. 2 through Aug. 25. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
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USO Northwest and Port of Seattle announce the signing of a long-term lease for a new $1.27 million, 7,000-square-foot USO center opening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport the summer of 2014. The new center will be more than double the size of the current USO Sea-Tac Center, enabling better service to increasing numbers of local and traveling military personnel, their families and veterans.
With the additional space, the new USO Sea-Tac center will provide greater access to shower facilities, beds, hot meals and snacks, computers and Internet access, a family room, theater room and much more.
"Today's announcement represents a major milestone and commitment for USO Northwest. We invite local corporations, civic organizations and private donors to show their support for our military and be a part of this historic endeavor," said Donald Leingang, Executive Director of USO Northwest and retired Commander, U.S. Navy.
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Highline School Board Member Angelica Alvarez was honored with a SOAR Partnership Award for Early Learning for her exemplary leadership and contributions to King County communities.
Alvarez has served on the Highline School Board since 2009 and works at Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) as a PreK-3 Systems Coach. Previously, she was with Child Care Resources for fourteen years.
SOAR is a community coalition that promotes the healthy development of children, youth, and families in King County.
Alvarez is one of just three people to receive the award.
In addition to her work at Highline and PSESD, Alvarez is also Chair of Families and Children Early Support (FACES) South, a coalition of organizations that supports young children in South King County.
It takes a whole community to make a wonderful and memorable Fourth of July Parade.
I want to especially thank Ashley Fosberg, executive director of the Highline Schools Foundation, for helping out the three young women who rode in the parade car for the Fourth of July event. The Highline Schools Foundation, Project PROMise loaned the young women dresses so that they could participate in this event and be elegantly dressed. It gave them the opportunity to be beautiful and glamorous looking for the event.
The Project PROMise program gets its funding and dresses from citizens. In the foundation's own words, "Highline Schools Foundation (Project PROMise) collects beautiful new and gently worn formal dresses and gowns, shoes, and accessories from throughout our community and invites high school students in need to 'go shopping' for the perfect dress for their prom. The dresses are offered to the girls to keep, or they may return them to the foundation to be used the following year.
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SeaTac Rotary proudly dedicated a neighborhood park located next to Galliano's, to charter member and club founder, Gene Tonnemaker on Friday June 14th. The park was built by Rotary members and community partners as part of a community enhancement project.
The dedication included comments from Mayor Tony Anderson, Rotary Assistant Governor Isabella McPeak, ILS Manager Joseph Emmanuel and Past President Diane Gallegos. Afterwards everyone gathered for an ice cream social and a game of volleyball.
SeaTac Rotary titled the park, Integration Peace Park for two significant reasons. First, because the property is owned by Integration Living Services, a non-profit organization that has an adult living facility for the disabled next to the park property. And second, because it has become a peaceful and inviting place for people from various cultures to gather, eat food, visit, and connect.


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Adam Whelchel with the late Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement. Adam: "TNC has helped GBM align its work with other groups, to focus on expanding their work to maximize their impact, and provided GBM with an ecological framework to justify actions and prioritize activities for the betterment of Kenyan people and forests."
TNC helped GBM identify through watershed demonstration exercises the most ecologically important watersheds. GBM is focusing on seven watersheds in the Aberdares – one of five Water Towers in Kenya. GBM is now writing plans for two watersheds that feed the Tana River, a critical water source for Nairobi.
Adam: "We discussed how people derive livelihoods from the forest and how we need to shift away from activities that are threats. We highlighted that GBM is already addressing threats through action, like generating revenue from honey production, promoting use of efficient clay stoves, and alternative livestock grazing patterns."
TNC expertise and knowledge are being leveraged, with GBM staff now leading conservation planning discussions and trainings. The student is now the teacher for Kenya's people.
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The latest information on school closures in the Aberdeen School District can be sent straight to your cell phone or computer thanks to a feature the district has added to its FlashAlert Newswire. You can sign up to receive a text message on your cell phone and e-mail account every time the district posts an emergency notice on the Internet.
Signing up is easy. All you need is an e-mail address and you can register up to three e-mail or text message addresses.
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This is an added feature to the district's emergency notification system. The district will continue to notify local media whenever there is a closure and continue to post emergency information and weather-related closures on the Web site.


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The program comes with access to all of the president's executive orders, speeches, approved acts, and White House press releases, among other documents.
The new, free app, officlally, the Presidents Document app, is a Web app, meaning you access it via your browser and do not download it from any marketplace. The Government Printing Office and National Archives' Office of the Federal Register (OFR) are behind the app. The Printing Office has authored two other apps: the fiscal year 2013 Budget app and a Mobile Member guide of Congresspeople.
This is the first time GPO has enabled an app with a geolocation feature providing users with access to the most recent content near their location
The cool part: maps are OSM from MapQuest!
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All aboard
Thank you for the article "Stay on the Train" in the August 1993 New Era. It made me realize how dangerous the world really is, and that we're better off "staying on the train" and not following the ways of the world. It also encouraged me to build my own testimony.
Rachel Petersen West Jordan, Utah
What it meant to her
My ward and a neighboring ward recently went on a trip to the Atlanta Temple. It was my first time at the temple, so I was very excited. While we were standing outside waiting to do baptisms, I recalled the article "The Temple: What It Means to You" (April 1993) and felt the presence of the Lord. As I was doing confirmations, I felt the people were there, thanking me.
Shara Timberlake Fort Knox, Kentucky
She's positive
Thanks so much for printing "A Positive Note" in the April 1993 magazine. I am constantly criticizing myself, and the article helped me realize I am a special person. This article gave me an idea: I'm going to look for kids at school who need "a positive note." Thanks, New Era.
Heather Smith Conway, Arkansas
Already inspired
I just started getting the New Era in January of 1993, and I have already been inspired. Sometimes I feel low so I pick up the New Era and my heart and my spirits are lifted. I feel like doing everything the Lord commands.
Esther McCullough Muncie, Indiana
Editor's Note:
The poem "Breeze of Galilee" that won honorable mention in the 1993 New Era Writing, Art, Photography, and Music Contest was written by Holly Facer Heath. Her name was published incorrectly in the August issue. We apologize for the error, and thought you'd like to see the poem again.
Breeze of Galilee
It's hard too
The article "You Know Me Better Than That" in the July 1993 New Era really touched me. I guess if you make those tough decisions when you're younger, it's a lot easier to keep the Word of Wisdom. Being an example is not only important, but it's hard too. At times I wonder what I will do when I face those kinds of trials.
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I've been wanting to try this line and recently got the Clean Cream in a trade. The smell was so strong and perfumy that I didn't even try it. The smell was that bad to me.
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First Nations/Union Alliance Takes Shape as Pipeline Issue Heats Up in Canada Again
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb 3, 2016) -
Attention News Editors:
Media are invited to a signing ceremony and press conference hosted by the Yinka Dene Alliance and the BC Government and Service Employee's Union in downtown Vancouver tomorrow morning (Feb. 4, 2016).
Union leaders will join First Nations in a signing ceremony of an Accord supporting the Save the Fraser Declaration, and speak about an emerging alliance between First Nations and unions amidst an escalating national debate about tar sands pipelines, consultation and the environmental review process.
The Save the Fraser Declaration is an indigenous law banning tar sands pipelines and tankers from crossing BC, signed by representatives of over 130 First Nations.
|Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 9:15 am Pacific/12:15 am Eastern
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|Rueben George, Manager, Tsleil-Waututh Nation Sacred Trust Initiative
|Chief Stan Thomas, Saik'uz First Nation
|Chief Fred Sam, Nak'azdli Nation
|Cheryl Bear, Nadleh Whut'en Councillor
|Paul Finch, Treasurer, BC Government and Service Employees' Union
|Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs
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Two arrested over assault
A teenager was left with head injuries after an alleged assault in Swanage.
A teenager was left with head injuries after an alleged assault in Swanage.
Detectives in Swanage are appealing for witnesses after an 18-year-old man from Swanage suffered head injuries in an assault that led to him receiving hospital treatment. Two 19-year-old men have been arrested and bailed while enquiries continue.
The incident happened in Institution Road, Swanage, at around 10.30pm on 9th July 2012. During the arrest in Shore Road, Swanage, at around 11.45pm, a Special Constable received injuries which required hospital treatment. Anyone with information should call Dorset Police in confidence on 101.
I understand that a number of people were walking nearby and it may be that some of these people witnessed these incidents. I am appealing for anyone who may have seen the incidents in the Institute Road and Shore Road area on Monday evening to contact me urgently."
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Purpose: There are approximately 600,000 bridges in the United States, which include bridges on the National Highway System and bridges maintained and operated by various State and local entities. These bridges are essential to our Nation's mobility. The Structures Laboratory is a unique facility at Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, which specializes in developing and testing innovative bridge designs, materials, and construction processes that promise safer and more efficient structures in the Nation's highway system.
The purpose of the Structures Laboratory is to support FHWA's strategic focus on improving mobility through analytical and experimental studies to determine the behavior of bridge systems under typical and extreme loading conditions. These experimental studies may also include tests of bridge systems developed to enhance bridge durability and constructability over time. Data from these studies help upgrade national bridge design specifications and improve the safety, reliability, and cost effectiveness of bridge construction in the United States.
The Structures Laboratory also provides bridge failure forensic investigation services to State departments of transportation, FHWA divisions, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and other organizations. Through this forensic service, the laboratory determines the causes of bridge structural failures and develops practices and procedures to help avoid similar failures from occurring in the future.
Description: The Structures Laboratory has the capability to perform a broad range of tests to characterize the performance of bridge structures and structural systems. This capability resides in five individual facilities: the main Structures Laboratory, the annex structures laboratory facility, the outdoor testing facilities, the computer modeling and simulation facility, and the metallic material testing facility.
The main Structures Laboratory (figure 1) is a state-of-the-art facility for indoor testing of full-scale bridge structures and large components. This laboratory, built in 1984, consists of a strong floor with a universal loading frame that can be customized to erect and test full-scale bridges. This strong floor measures 181 by 51 feet (55.2 by 15.5 meters) and includes a grid of 573 tie-down holes. Two 20-ton (178-kilonewtons) overhead cranes service the entire floor area and can operate separately or together to unload trucks, erect structures, and set up experiments.
|Figure 1. Overhead view of the main Structures Laboratory showing: (1) Full-scale box girder experiment with blue frame (left), (2) Concrete reaction wall (center) used to perform gusset plate experiments, and (3) Two blue frames (back right) to perform fatigue of steel composite girders.
The annex structures laboratory facility—the original Structures Laboratory—was built in the 1960s and still provides additional testing capability. The annex structures laboratory facility has a strong floor area measuring 12 by 40 feet (3.7 by 12 meters) and has one 15-ton (89-kilonewtons) overhead crane.
The Structures Laboratory's outdoor testing facilities, consisting of permanent geosynthetic reinforced soil abutments and an outdoor strong floor, were constructed during the late 1990s to provide additional capacity for testing large-scale components subjected to environmental loading. The permanent test abutments cover a single 70-foot-long (21.35-meters-long) span with a width of 13 feet (3.95 meters), and the outdoor strong floor measures 25 by 30 feet (7.6 by 9.2 meters).
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|Figure 2. Image of 11 0-kip servohydraulic test frame in the Material Testing Laboratory performing a tensile test on a steel plate by grasping and holding the ends of the steel plate using hydraulic grips.
|Figure 3. Image of 550-kip servohydraulic test frame in the Material Testing Laboratory performing a tensile test on a steel plate in a controlled temperature chamber. The image also shows the steel plate grasped and held by the hydraulic grips in the frame.
|Figure 4. Image of a full-scale fatigue experiment (front left) showing: 1) large-scale steel girder with full depth precast concrete deck panel grouted into place on top of the girder, 2) blue pedestal supporting the end of the steel girder; and 3) two blue load frames, each supporting an actuator.
Figure 5. Picture of 110-kip servohydraulic test frame in the Material Testing Laboratory performing tensile test on steel strand by grasping and holding the ends of the steel plate using hydraulic grips
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JAIME AND MICHAEL'S WEDDINGMay, 2010 in Dowagiac
"Our wedding couldn't have gone any better - the biggest lesson I learned is that the less details you have the better since there is just fewer things that could get messed up! Also, a country wedding was a fantastic way to have a unique wedding that many of our city friends hadn't experienced. We also saved a TON of money :)"
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- Photographer: Nichole Frank Photography
- Reception: Millcreek Barns
- Hotel: Ramada-Watervliet
Bartenders & Beverages:
The Liquor Locker3872 Red Arrow Highway
Saint Joseph, MI, United States
"We worked with the Liquor Locker to supply all drinks for the wedding - they were very reasonably priced and brought in all the beverages and picking up what was left over. They even buy back what you don't use! We supplied our own bartenders but they had a list of suggested bartenders to help us through that process."
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Dee's Specialty Cakes5606 Alpine Rdg
Stevensville, MI, United States
"The cake was one of the things I was most looking forward too. We chose Dee because she had the perfect combination of delicious cake and yummy frosting. We realized that we had a bit of a mis-communication when the cake didn't have the right filling, but Dee was very gracious and worked with us. We got lots of compliments on how good the cake was and I thought it looked beautiful!"
EZ Tymes DJMichigan City, In 46360, USA
"Tom was fanstastic - he had a great questionaire that we went through prior to the wedding. He kept the wedding moving quickly, kept my husband and I on track, and then got everyone on the dance floor. He played all the music my husband and I wanted and we had a great time dancing all night! I would definitly recommend EZ Tymes DJ."
Nichole Frank PhotographyNew Buffalo, MI, USA
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Millcreek Barns68770 80th Ave
Watervliet, MI 49098
"The barn was beautiful - I am so glad that the owners Amy and Kirby took on the adventure of renovating two old barns and turning them into amazing venues! We constantly recieved praise from our guests on the venue - it really made our reception the success it was! I highly recommend offering a shuttle service to your guests since it is in the middle of the country and the roads can be a bit scary at night for those that aren't used to driving in the country."
Ramada-Watervliet8258 Arnt Blvd
Watervliet, MI, United States
"The hotel is now called Sufari Joes and no longer the Ramada. The hotel was perfect since it was the closest to our venue and offered a shuttle (from what I understand they are no longer offering that option). Our guests were a little freaked out by all the taxidermy in the lobby, but it definitly offer a lot of great conversations for weeks to come. The hotel rooms were very clean and nice with flat screens."


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Online Learning? Choice, Yes. But a Good One?
Corporate efficiencies combined with the Internet. Sounds like a winning formula for transforming public education and achieving success in children with nontraditional means.
Not so much. As Stephanie Saul reports in The New York Times on Tuesday, there are serious questions about whether online schools "benefit children or taxpayers, particularly as state education budgets are being slashed."
After several months of reporting on K12, a publicly traded company that manages online learning programs, "a portrait emerges of a company that tries to squeeze profits from public school dollars by raising enrollment, increasing teacher workload and lowering standards."
Yet the company, which brings in about $700 million a year, is thriving on Wall Street — as is the second-largest company, Connections Education, with revenue of about $190 million, which was bought this year by Pearson for $400 million.
The in-depth report cites criticism of the online programs by state officials who are providing enormous amounts of taxpayer dollars for the services, all in the theory of giving students more school choice.
Choice is the chief argument made in his company's behalf by Ronald J. Packard, chief executive of K12.
"Kids have been shackled to their brick-and-mortar school down the block for too long," he says repeatedly, Ms. Saul reports.
But Thomas L. Seidenberger, superintendent of the East Penn School District in Pennsylvania, says: "It's choice. What about a bad choice?"
Also in The Times, Jenny Anderson has a delightful article about the educational system of Finland — and Americans' obsession with it. She cites Pasi Sahlberg, a Finnish educator and author, who made the rounds in the United States recently to tout the Finnish model to various audiences interested in all things Finnish when it comes to schooling.
Ever since Finland, a nation of about 5.5 million that does not start formal education until age 7 and scorns homework and testing until well into the teenage years, scored at the top of a well-respected international test in 2001 in math, science and reading, it has been an object of fascination among American educators and policy makers.
Finlandophilia only picked up when the nation placed close to the top again in 2009, while the United States ranked 15th in reading, 19th in math and 27th in science.
The article points out the differences between Finnish and American culture and societies, which some critics find too profound to compare the two systems. But Linda Darling-Hammond, the Stanford University educator, said, "The fact that we have more race, ethnicity and economic heterogeneity, and we have this huge problem of poverty, should not mean we don't want qualified teachers — the strategies become even more important."
Definitely worth reading.
On Monday, both Gotham Schools and The Daily News reported that a judge overturned the unsatisfactory evaluation of a former teacher at the Bronx High School of Science.
And if you have not yet read the New York Magazine article on Bronx Science, you should. The principal, Valerie Reidy, opened her door to the reporter, Robert Kolker.
Gotham Schools also had an interesting post on Monday about the city's efforts to devise a system to evaluate more than a thousand itinerant teachers.
SchoolBook reported on Monday that a letter protesting the state's evaluation system now has more than 900 signatures of principals.
A more complete roundup of Tuesday's education stories can be found in Gotham Schools' Rise and Shine post.
In education on Tuesday in the city:
From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the New York City Parents Union will hold a meeting to discuss "changing N.Y.S. Education Law and the N.Y.C. School Governance Law (Mayoral Control) to give parents and communities real power to participate in decisions regarding school closings, truncations and co-locations proposed by the N.Y.C. Department of Education." The meeting will be at Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street. You must R.S.V.P. by e-mail to email@example.com or call (917) 340-8987.
The Manhattan Institute is holding a conference on teacher quality, with former Chancellor Joel I. Klein as the keynote speaker. The conference, to promote the latest book from the institute's Center for State and Local Leadership, focuses on a new book by the institute's senior fellow, Marcus Winters, "Teachers Matter: Rethinking How Public Schools Identify, Reward and Retain Great Educators" (Rowman & Littlefield, January 2012).
The conference runs from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., with Mr. Winters's presentation on his book from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. The Manhattan Institute is at 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, Manhattan.
And on Tuesday on The Learning Network, this question for students: Do You Discuss Religion With Friends?, off a much e-mailed article, "Americans: Undecided About God?"


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If you're anything like me (you know, with sleeping disorders and such), alarm clocks do you no good. They go off, you turn it off and you don't even remember doing it. This one goes off and runs away from you. That should do the trick.
I love this beautiful piggy bank / money box. A porcelain skull with a filigree cut out. Just stunning looking even as a simple objet d'art.
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