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June 2, 2008 by multiracialsky
There has been a lot of internet chatter, especially on the blogs I visit, about the newly recommended changes to the MultiEthnic Placement Act (MEPA). The report, and the myriad of media articles and interviews that followed, have offered few new insights (for me)–but I was grateful to hear that the New York Times article really spoke to the parents in a family I know. They are now looking into moving to a racially diverse community for the sake of their transracially adopted children.
I received several phone calls last week from friends and family members letting me know that National Public Radio was holding a call-in show about transracial adoption. (I caught only a moment of one mother talking about 'doing her tenth adoption,' and how her kids were 'voting on whether they should get a chocolate baby or a vanilla one, or one that was both'. Call-in shows are always dicey on what you're going to hear, but I had to turn it off after that.) One of my family members listened to the whole show and then wanted to know what I thought about requiring additional training for transracially adopting parents (specifically White parents adopting Black kids out of foster care), since one of the 'adoption experts' on NPR said adding training requirements only left more Black kids in foster care longer. Let me be clear: I am all for special/additional training for potential transracially adoptive parents. Kids don't just need to 'get out of foster care into adoptive homes'; if they absolutely cannot be placed with anyone in their biological family, children in foster care need to move into permanent families with prepared parents.
Adoptive parenting is more complex than parenting birth children. Transracially adoptive parenting is an additional layer of complexity. White people/parents in particular have not often considered many of the race and racism-related issues that will be crucial to the growth and development of a child of color. If White potential adoptive parents balk at additional training before a Black child is even in their home, is there any reason to believe these same parents will be willing or able to rise to the multiple unforeseen challenges (both related and unrelated to race) that their family will face after their child is home?
Adults who become parents completely on purpose (which includes all non-relative adoptive parents) hold total responsibility to do everything they can upfront (before a child arrives in their family) to prepare for the new experiences this particular child will bring with them. This includes everything about the child, especially things the parent is unfamiliar with: medical conditions, abuse history, health issues, physical or educational disabilities, cultural practices, and–yes–racial differences. Growing up Black in the United States is not the same as growing up White, and White potential adoptive parents must realize that an additional session of training is the very least they can do to begin to educate themselves about the experiences of their soon-to-be child.
The articles I've been reading that most interest me speak to the larger issue of why there are so many children in foster care and in need of adoptive families. These articles begin to tackle the huge sticky overlapping topics of racism and poverty–specifically as they relate to adoption and to foster care. Check out the articles and blog posts linked below. There are lot of great thinkers writing right now on all aspects of transracial adoption. I've included a key paragraph or two from each piece.
- Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Policy Brief on Finding Families for African American Children: The Role of Race and Law in Adoption from Foster Care:
While transracial adoptions can provide much-needed homes for boys and girls who may not otherwise have them, it is important to address the potential challenges in this growing practice in order to best serve everyone involved, especially the children.
In order for children of color to be placed with families who can meet their long-term needs, consideration must be given to needs arising from racial/ethnic differences. Consequently, when workers choose permanent families for children, and when they seek to prepare and support them in addressing the children's needs, race must be one consideration – such as promoting connection of the child to adults and children from their own racial/ethnic group, developing a positive racial/ethnic identity, and learning to deal with discrimination they may experience. Sound social work practice to accomplish these goals is severely impeded under current federal law and policy.
- New York Times article De-Emphasis on Race in Adoption is Criticized:
Minority children adopted into white households face special challenges and white parents need preparation and training for what might lie ahead.
Transracial adoption itself does not produce psychological or other social problems in children, but these children often face major challenges as the only person of color in an all-white environment, trying to cope with being different.
- Peter's Cross Station post Asking the Wrong Question:
Ironically, one of the most important things white parents of Black children need to understand is the racism that put their children in their arms. To parent a Black child, you must look that racism square in the face, see that you have profited incalculably from it and swear to fight it with all your strength for the rest of your life; to do everything in your power to create a world in which a child such as yours would never again need to end up in arms such as yours.
- Resist Racism post Considerations of Race & comment (#10, by panracial on May 28):
I encourage all people adopting from foster care to adopt the least adoptable children that they could love unconditionally – children with real special needs, sibling groups (including half siblings), teen children (including very old teens), children with behavioral problems, complex histories, or who have been abused or neglected (even severely), and black boys who are the least picked (regardless of other factors and especially if their complexions are dark) are most in need of homes. I encourage people not to automatically adopt a five year old biracial girls – chances are, if you don't adopt them someone else will, but the teen black brothers may never get picked if you don't offer them a home.
- Feministe post Too Poor to Parent (emphasis is mine):
All of my white-girl middle-class solutions don't work across the board. Yes, contraception access is crucial – but it's not going to stop a teenage girl who wants to get pregnant because for her, it's the best option. Yes, it's better for everyone to have health care, wholesome food, and a good education with every opportunity in the world available to them – but that isn't reality, and until it is, we can't be blaming individuals who are doing the best they can with all the odds stacked against them.
Children are not objects of privilege that only the rich are entitled to. Women who are good, loving moms but who can't afford certain luxuries – or even certain basics – don't deserve to suffer the burden of our societal failures.
- Harlow's Monkey post What I Was Trying to Say:
We/they/all of us need to look at the underlying reasons why children are parent-less and maybe that preventative part makes us overwhelmed. We might feel we can't eliminate poverty, or war. We can't control natural disasters. We aren't able to cure AIDS. We haven't gotten rid of chemical dependency or mental illnesses. But we can take in a child – that much we can do.
- Multi-Ethnic Placement Act(MEPA): full text, including the InterEthnic provision of 1996, MEPA Internal Evaluation Instrument, and Protection from Racial Discrimination in Adoption and Foster Care
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MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (07/17/2012) —See the inside of early polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's hut, visit a penguin colony and take in the wonders of the Antarctic landscape from the comfort of your own home or office with new images launched online today by Google in cooperation with the University of Minnesota's Polar Geospatial Center.
"This is the ultimate public outreach," said Paul Morin, director of the National Science Foundation-funded Polar Geospatial Center in the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering. "These are places that nobody can visit without tremendous effort and cost. This puts the glory of Antarctica at people's fingertips around the world so everyone can be an 'armchair' polar explorer."
See examples of the 360-degree imagery including Shackleton's hut, Scott's hut, and South Pole Telescope.
"We're honored to work with the Polar Geospatial Center to expand our imagery of this remote continent," said David Pablo Cohn, Senior Research Scientist at Google. "This collaboration supports our ongoing efforts to map every corner of the world, and we hope people enjoy the breathtaking landscape that Antarctica, and its penguins, have to offer."
The public/private partnership provides new images to give public access to the outside and inside of historical huts that served as bases from which the explorers launched their expeditions a century ago. The huts were built to withstand the drastic weather conditions only for the few short years that the explorers inhabited them, but remarkably, the structures are still intact, along with well-preserved examples of the food, medicine, survival gear and equipment used during the expeditions. Now anyone can explore these huts and get insight into how these men lived for months at a time.
University of Minnesota research fellow Brad Herried took more than a dozen images of the historical huts, research stations and other places during the Antarctic field season between October 2011 and January 2012 that now appear on Google Maps. He used a lightweight tripod camera with a fisheye lens that could withstand the harsh conditions and took the photos manually.
"When I visited the historical huts of the early explorers, it gave me a new appreciation for what they endured to provide generations of scientists with important Antarctic information. I don't know how they did it back then," Herried said. "To just visit a place like that is so interesting. Now I am able to share it with the world. It makes me feel like I am part of their enduring legacy."
Because many of the sites are in very remote locations, Herried said getting to them required some interesting forms of transportation. Some sites were accessible by snowmobile, while others, such as the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station required traveling by U.S. Air Force LC-130 Hercules aircraft.
In addition to the 360-degree images, University of Minnesota researchers produced panoramic imagery of historic Antarctic locations that are now part of Google's special collection on their World Wonders Project site where visitors can learn more about the history of South Pole exploration.
Researchers also helped Google pinpoint specific points of interest and increase the accuracy of searchable location names in Antarctica on Google Maps. More images will continue to be added in the coming months including many from arctic regions in Greenland, Siberia and Alaska.
Today's announcement of the new imagery was made in conjunction with this week's Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Conference in Portland, OR.
In addition to the National Science Foundation-funded Polar Geospatial Center, other international partners involved in the Google projects include the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey, and the Australian Antarctic Division.
About the University of Minnesota's Polar Geospatial Center
The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) is based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. It is part of the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering. Founded in 2007, the center is funded by the National Science Foundation to support and promote research by providing geospatial information to the Arctic and Antarctic sciences, operations and education communities. The PGC also serves the Arctic and Antarctic as a data resource, map repository, and GIS service provider for researchers. For more information, visit www.pgc.umn.edu.


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January 12, 2004
Dothan, Alabama, draws nearly 100,000 people each November during the National Peanut Festival. The week-long celebration includes a fair and Saturday morning parade down Main Street -- a street which is home to the nation's largest distributor of retail porn videos, Movie Gallery.
This year, mothers angered by Movie Gallery's open display of porn literally took their message to the streets. Armed with 5,000 sealed envelopes containing boycott cards, brochures, and Movie Gallery officers' names, they hand-delivered them to parents lining the street during the annual parade on Saturday morning.
"We're here to send a message that some of our local citizens are deeply involved with the porno industry," said Jawana Stewart. "Movie Gallery decision-makers live among us and we are going to let parents know who they are."
At the same time, an airplane flew overhead bearing a banner reading,
Later that day, some in the group visited neighborhoods, handing out boycott information to those who live next to Movie Gallery's porn kingpins, and also handed out literature at the fairgrounds.
Dothan is not the only town fighting Movie Gallery's display of porn videos. Mississippi-based American Family Association is working with citizens in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Virginia, and Kentucky to rid their communities of smutty videos in Movie Gallery stores.
Randy Sharp is director of special projects for the American Family Association. This article appeared in the January 2004 issue of AFA Journal, a monthly publication of AFA.


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Nintendo's Wii. Sony's PlayStation 3 Elite. Microsoft's Xbox 360. They promise a whole new generation of high-definition gaming, but when it comes to the crunch, it's the same old story. As our search for greener electronics continues, it was time for the game consoles to go to our labs for scientific analysis – and all of them tested positive for various hazardous chemicals.
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In addition to the Revs' annual cleanup at the MLS SuperDraft, which last year produced not one but two capable replacements - Adam Cristman and Wells Thompson - at forward, they have former Gambian U-20 internationals Sainey Nyassi and Kenny Mansally, and Honduran midfielder Mauricio Castro. Coming back from national duty with the Bermudan national team is Khano Smith, so once again, even without two of his stars, Coach Steve Nicol will have excess options to replace them.
Twellman missed last weekend's opener, yet the Revs thrashed defending champion Houston, 3-0, with Nyassi and Mansally scorching the Dynamo on numerous occasions. Upon further review, in Twellman's grouchy right knee was found a meniscus tear that will require surgery and approximately six weeks of rehabilitation.
In the same game, Ralston fell heavily under a challenge and suffered a dislocated shoulder. He will be re-examined Wednesday to determine the severity of the injury.
Nicol could move Castro, who played the left flank against Houston, to fill Ralston's central playmaking slot and use Smith on the left side, or jigger the formation. The Revs used a four-man back line several times in preseason as well as their standard 3-5-2 alignment that worked to great effect against Houston, thanks to stellar showings by central midfielders Shalrie Joseph and Jeff Larentowicz, and the back line of Jay Heaps, Michael Parkhurst and Chris Albright (Gary Flood replaced Ralston in the 63rd minute).
Earlier this week, the Revs signed former Clemson defender Chase Hilgenbrink, who trained with Colorado for two months before being released on the roster compliance date of March 3.
A veteran of several seasons in Chile, he can play left back, so Nicol could add him to a lineup with four in the back, yet Nicol might prefer to wait until 2008 first-round draft pick Rob Valentino, a rugged 6-foot-4 central defender who is scheduled to resume competitive action this week in a reserve match, is ready. Valentino would be an ideal complement to Parkhurst as a central partner in a four-man system.
Nicol sounded a cautious tone after the dismantling of the Dynamo and certainly teams will be better prepared to face the speedy, confident Gambian pair. Born two days apart in January, 1989, they inject elements of daring and pace into the Revs, somewhat similar to the impact of Smith the past few seasons. If Nicol puts all three of them on the field in Chicago, who have a few burners of their own as well as the roaming Cuauhtemoc Blanco, the cameras may not be able to keep up.


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Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity
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As Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity, Sarah Coakley holds the established chair at Cambridge in philosophy of religion. She has previously held positions at the Universities of Lancaster, Oxford, and Harvard, and a visiting professorship at Princeton. She has been awarded honorary degrees by the University of Lund, the University of St Andrew's, General Theological Seminary, New York, and the University of Toronto (St Michael's College). In 2012 she delivered the Gifford Lectures in Aberdeen on the topic 'Sacrifice Regained: Evolution, Cooperation and God'. In 2012 she was also elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and from 2013-2015 she was the President of the British Society for Philosophy of Religion.
From January 2011 until September 2014 Professor Coakley served as Deputy Chair of Arts and Humanities in the University.
From October 2014 Professor Coakley has a three-year Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Foundation which she will use to complete various research and publication projects. In the same period she will continue to act as PI in her Templeton World Charity Foundation grant on 'Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Natural Sciences'. During this time Professor Coakley's undergraduate and MPhil teaching is being covered by Dr Jacob Sherman.
Professor Coakley has also over the last five years chaired annual symposia funded by the McDonald Agape Foundation on major topics in theological ethics, with the papers published in Studies in Christian Ethics: 'The Future of Theological Ethics', 25/2 (2012); 'Evolution, Cooperation and Ethics', 26/2 (2013); 'The Ethics of State Punishment', 27/3 (2014); 'New Conversations in Islamic and Christian Political Thought' (forthcoming in 2016); and 'Towards a Contemporary Art of Dying' (forthcoming in 2016). Previous interdisciplinary research projects have included 'Evolution and the Theology of Cooperation' (with Martin A. Nowak, funded by The John Templeton Foundation) and 'Pain and its Transformations' (with Arthur Kleinman, funded by the Harvard Mind / Brain / Behavior Interfaculty Initiative).
Professor Coakley contributed to Analytic Theology (eds. Oliver Crisp and Michael Rea, OUP, 2009), and with her doctoral and postdoctoral students has continued to participate in international colloquia related to it. In 2009 she also instituted an annual day conference in philosophy of religion bringing together graduate students from Cambridge, Oxford, Nottingham and London. Students of philosophy of religion at Cambridge are encouraged to interact with members of the Philosophy Faculty and other cognate Faculties, and enjoy connections with several European and North American universities with which there are exchange arrangements.
Subject area and speciality
- Christian Theology specialists:
- The future of 'systematic theology'
- The patristic, scholastic, and contemporary doctrine of the Trinity
- Pneumatology and the filioque problem
- Chalcedonian and post-Chalcedonian christology and the problem of the communicatio idiomatum
- Philosophy of Religion specialists:
- The origins and relations of analytic and continental philosophy of religion
- 'Analytic theology'
- The contemporary status of arguments for God's existence
- The 'hiddenness' of God and 'apophatic' claims about God
- The epistemology of 'religious experience'
Research Interests
- religious epistemology, especially in the patristic tradition of the 'spiritual senses'
- rationality, the passions and religious truth claims
- gender theory and philosophy of religion
- the relation of apophatic and cataphatic claims in philosophical theology
- the future of 'natural theology': revisiting teleological and design arguments
- evolutionary theory, game theory and Christian philosophical theology
- systematic theology and its relation to philosophy of religion
Research Supervision
During the period of her Leverhulme Research Fellowship Professor Coakley's intake of new doctoral students will necessarily be limited. Nonetheless she continues to welcome general enquiries about the study of Philosophy of Religion and Theological Ethics at graduate level in the faculty, especially for projects bridging the divide between philosophy and theology. She herself works in both the analytic and continental strands of philosophy of religion, and this inclusiveness is characteristic of the teaching of Philosophy of Religion at Cambridge.
Key Publications
The first volume of Professor Coakley's four-volume Systematic Theology, God, Sexuality and the Self: An Essay 'On the Trinity' (Cambridge, CUP) appeared in 2013. (There is an extended discussion of it in the October 2014 issue of Modern Theology). The second volume is now in progress and was given as the Warfield Lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary in March 2015. Her 2012 Gifford Lectures are due to be published in book form (Oxford, OUP and Grand Rapids, Eerdmans) in 2017.
A full list of Professor Coakley's publications is available in a separate document.


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I'll be playing the three major shooters this autumn across three different platforms so I thought it'd be a good idea to write down some notes on each and compare what can be compared. I'll be playing Battlefield 4 on PC, Killzone Shadow Fall on PlayStation 4, and Call of Duty: Ghosts on Xbox One. I'll also be doing season passes for each which makes BF4 and CoDG $120 each while Killzone Shadow Fall is a mere $80.
First up is Battlefield 4. I run the Giant Bomb server (with the help of several others) which comes with its own stresses near launch. Sadly it's impossible for me to separate the anxieties of server administration from my overall impression of the game. This launch has been roughly as messy as Battlefield 3's was. It's pretty clear this game came in real hot.
Maps are unoptimised and have audio glitches. One map crashes 50% of clients when an event is triggered. There were frequent server crashes for the first week after release. Client crashes are far more common than they should be and stat loss is fairly common when crashes occur. These problems have been patched pretty quickly on the server side, but client side patches are only starting to hit now, two weeks later.
I want to get all the negative 'this-is-a-DICE-game' stuff out of the way early because pretty much everything else about Battlefield 4 is brilliant. You're not far off base if you want to call it Battlefield 3.5, but I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing either (unless we see Battlefield 5 in the next 18 months). 3 was a great game with lots of issues. 4 fixes most of them.
For starters, there isn't a better looking game out there right now, perhaps with the exception of Crysis 3. This won't change any time soon either. Battlefield 4 is surprisingly well optimised and with everything set to ultra my GTX 780 has no issue cranking 100+ FPS. Advances from 3 seem subtle at first, but when you see the effects, animations, and destruction of the new Frostbite it's almost overwhelmingly impressive.
The single player campaign plays like a lot of Call of Duty wannabes. It's not bad, but it's not great either. Luckily it's pretty short so playing through it is worth your time. The story is poorly written and uses plots we've seen time and time again. Voice acting is hit or miss and there's just an overall lower quality feel to it compared to some of the better CoD games. Let's face it though, nobody buys Battlefield for singleplayer. Play it, get your weapons unlocks, and move on.
Multiplayer is fantastic. The maps aren't going to knock Battlefield 2's or Bad Company 1's off their pedestals, but they're more than serviceable for a multiplayer structure which is otherwise pristine. Commander mode is back, there's a new spectator option, levelution is stupid and great, and oh boy those explosions. Battlefield 4 might be the best sandbox yet for their trademark "Battlefield Moments". We've all been having a fantastic time with it (between crashes) and having a solid community server has made it all the better.
I feel like 4 finally gets infantry combat feeling correct. The guns feel great, the player movement is nice and fluid, and the classes are well balanced. It's a shame that there aren't more infantry-viable maps at the moment, but I think we'll start to see that in map packs. Vehicles are still Battlefield's forte, and they do them better than anyone else. I can not emphasize enough just how much 4's streamlining of features has allowed players to focus on just doing cool shit.
BF4 is the purest and and most focused Battlefield since BF2. Will it ever dethrone that king? Probably not, but it's one hell of a franchise entry. I hope we see a Bad Company 3 or Battlefront from DICE next so that we give the core series some time to breathe after this.
Next up will be Killzone Shadow Fall, which I'll start playing tomorrow when my PlayStation 4 arrives. I'm a fan of the K'zone series, so I'm pretty excited. Part 2 next week some time, I hope. If you want to see some of the Giant Bomb BF4 server's dumbassery, check out the video below;
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Stream gradient
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Stream gradient is the grade measured by the ratio of drop in elevation of a stream per unit horizontal distance, usually expressed as feet per mile or metres per kilometre.
Hydrology and geology[edit]
A high gradient indicates a steep slope and rapid flow of water (i.e. more ability to erode); whereas a low gradient indicates a more nearly level stream bed and sluggishly moving water, that may be able to carry only small amounts of very fine sediment. High gradient streams tend to have steep, narrow V-shaped valleys, and are referred to as young streams. Low gradient streams have wider and less rugged valleys, with a tendency for the stream to meander. Many rivers involve, to some extent, a flattening of the river gradient as approach the terminus at sea level.
Fluvial erosion[edit]
A stream that flows upon a uniformly erodible substrate will tend to have a steep gradient near its source, and a low gradient nearing zero as it reaches its base level. Of course, a uniform substrate would be rare in nature; hard layers of rock along the way may establish a temporary base level, followed by a high gradient, or even a waterfall, as softer materials are encountered below the hard layer.
Human dams, glaciation, changes in sea level, and many other factors can also change the "normal" or natural gradient pattern.
Topographic mapping[edit]
On topographic maps, stream gradient can be easily approximated if the scale of the map and the contour intervals are known. Contour lines form a V-shape on the map, pointing upstream. By counting the number of lines that cross a certain segment of a stream, multiplying this by the contour interval, and dividing that quantity by the length of the stream segment, one obtains an approximation to the stream gradient.
Because stream gradient is customarily given in feet per 1000 feet, one should then measure the amount a stream segment rises and the length of the stream segment in feet, then multiply feet per foot gradient by 1000. For example, if one measures a scale mile along the stream length, and counts three contour lines crossed on a map with ten-foot contours, the gradient is approximately 5.7 feet per 1000 feet, a fairly steep gradient.
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- Channel types
- Discharge (hydrology)
- Hydraulic gradient, concept used for aquifers
- Relief ratio
- Rapids
- Types of waterfall
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Bail set for teen in vet beating case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Bail has been set at $3 million for a 16-year-old boy arrested in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War II veteran.
Spokane County District Judge Debra Hayes on Tuesday also ordered Kenan Adams-Kinard moved from a juvenile jail to the Spokane County Jail. He will be tried as an adult and faces up to life in prison if convicted.
On Monday, bail was set at $2 million for another 16-year-old, Demetrius L. Glenn.
Both teens are charged in last week's beating death of Delbert Belton, who survived the Battle of Okinawa.
Both teens face charges of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery.


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The Dorset round of Endurancelife's Coastal Trail Series, CTS, looks to be the toughest so far with over 6000ft of climbing on the marathon and a rating of 5-Extreme. All courses cover a significant amount of coastal path on the stunning Jurassic Coast of Dorset, with the start, finish and event HQ based in Lulworth Cove. My raceday preparation has started already, read on to find out more and pick up some tips. I will be taking part in the marathon, as usual, and am seeking to learn on the mistakes that I've made in the Pembrokeshire and Gower rounds. Click on their names to check out my reviews and find out what I mean. They also feature more background about the Endurancelife Coastal Trail Series events.
As you will all know, the temperature has plummeted in the last few weeks and the country is littered with minor shunts and dramatic slides every morning as the regular commuters find their routes paved with ice. My original plan was to leave Ivybridge at 6am on race day and drive straight to Lulworth Cove, but if this weather persists I run the risk of getting caught out on ice, so I've booked a night of accommodation on Friday at East Burton House. I've never stayed there before, but it is only 5 miles from Lulworth Cove, so I'll get a bit of a lay-in and wont have to rush 🙂 I'd suggest you all to think about the same if you have far to travel, as it would be a shame to miss the start because you are parked in a hedge on a country lane in the middle of nowhere.
My race prep began on Monday where I halved my usual number of training sessions for the week, so that I do a small taper for the marathon. Most of my training this week has centred on short, easy sessions in the pool and on the turbo. Tonight I'm going for a run, but I'll be aiming just to stretch my legs and make sure that all of my limbs are functioning for Saturday. Yesterday I visited Mick Smirthwaite for some sports massage to loosen up the stiff muscles from my crash on ice last week. He worked his usual magic and I'm feeling pretty good today.
This morning I started drinking beetroot juice with breakfast. I'll also drink some tomorrow and on Saturday to ensure that the nutrients in the juice can do their magic to help aid my red blood cells to carry the oxygen around my system more efficiently. I am going to eat and drink very carefully today and tomorrow to ensure that my stomach is at 100% for the race and ready for the trauma that I will be putting it through. My race day plan will be similar to normal, but with a few small changes:
- The two litres of drink in my Camelbak will contain only Elete Electrolyte and a small amount of high juice for flavour. This is to keep it simple, so that I don't end up in the same situation as in the Gower e.g. if my stomach does kick off then I can still hydrate effectively.
- I wont be carrying any solid food and will be carrying 4 x gel bottles filled with SiS Isotonic Gels to keep me fuelled up, plus a couple of extras wherever I can squeeze them in.
- Winter running tights instead of shorts or Ronhill Tracksters.
- Buff wrapped around my wrist.
- Ultra lightweight Ronhill gloves
- Ear warmer or lightweight beanie
- Gore windproof jacket instead of my usual pertex affair. it is a bit heavier, but if I get cold and have to walk then the extra warmth will be more than worth it.


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Emmen, a town (1947 population, 55,500, with 175 Mennonites; 2007 population, 108,863; coordinates: 52.783333, 6.883333 [52° 47' 0" N, 6° 53' 0" E]) in the Dutch province of Drenthe. In 1879 there were about 100 Mennonites here, most of whom seem to have joined the Baptist Church which arose here at this time (Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 1894, 85). In 1939 the Mennonites living here, having held occasional meetings in the preceding years, organized a Mennonite fellowship (Kring). About 30 members joined. From 1942 the group met in a school building, then once a month in a room of the Reformed Church, and in 1956 in a rented hall.
The membership in 1956 was 35; there was a Sunday school for the children (39 children). J. Meerburg Snarenberg, pastor of the Zwolle congregation, was in charge of this group.
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Reliwiki. "Emmen, Prinsenlaan 82 - Hutkerk." 18 September 2013. Web. 13 October 2014. http://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Emmen,_Prinsenlaan_82_-_Hutkerk.
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Congregation: Hutgemeenschap Emmen
Address: Prinsenlaan 82, 7822 GJ, Emmen, Netherlands
Telephone: 0591-613213
Church webiste: Hutgemeenschap Emmen
Denominational affiliation:
Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Emmen (Drenthe, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 27 Jun 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Emmen_(Drenthe,_Netherlands)&oldid=126177.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Emmen (Drenthe, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 June 2017, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Emmen_(Drenthe,_Netherlands)&oldid=126177.
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Halestorm's Lzzy Hale Lists Her Top 10 Favorite Cover Songs
Halestorm will release their new EP, ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP, on October 15. As with its predecessor, 2011's ReAniMate: The CoVeRs eP, the record sees Halestorm putting their distinctive spin on a eclectic collection of classic songs, including, this time, tracks by Judas Priest, AC/DC, Pat Benatar, Fleetwood Mac, Marilyn Manson, and Daft Punk. In anticipation of the EP, Revolver asked frontwoman Lzzy Hale what her Top 10 Favorite Cover Songs are.
Revolver premiered the ReAniMate 2.0 EP earlier last week here.
10. Stone Temple Pilots, "Revolution"
9.Van Halen, "Pretty Woman"
8. Chris Cornell, "Billie Jean"
7. Evanescence, "Heart Shaped Box"
6. Marilyn Manson, "Sweet Dreams"
5. Seether, "Careless Whisper"
4. Doro Pesch, "White Wedding"
3. Adrenaline Mob, "Barracuda"
2. Metallica, "Whiskey in the Jar"
1. Device, "Close My Eyes Forever"
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Like its predecessor, this incarnation of 0 Dark 30 isn't mess hall Java or MRE powder. Instead, you can expect a rich, silky coffee with creamy chocolate undertones and hints of spiced berry. Featuring a smooth, lingering finish and a spicy yet sweet flavor profile, this brew will take your taste buds by storm, whether you wear the uniform or not.
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Colombia's Mayor, Sergio Fajardo, Brings
Beauty to the Slums
By: Simon Romero
July 15, 2007
Margarita Gonzalez on her roof in La
Quintana barrio in the shadow of one
of five libraries at the center of
Mayor Sergio Fajardo's social
Photo: Scott Dalton
for The
New York Times
MEDELLÍN, Colombia, July 11, 2007 —
Dressed in jeans and a T-shirt,
sporting three days' growth of beard
and unruly hair nearly down to his
shoulders, Sergio Fajardo looks
every bit the nonconformist
mathematician who spent years
attaining a doctorate at the
University of Wisconsin.
Photo: Scott Dalton for The New York
Times Statues by Fernando
Botero fill Plaza Botero in Medellín.
But that was a past life for Mr.
Fajardo, this city's mayor and the
son of one of its most famous
architects. Now he presses forward
with an unconventional political
philosophy that has turned swaths of
Medellín into dust-choked
construction sites.
"Our most beautiful buildings," said
Mr. Fajardo, 51, "must be in our
poorest areas."
With that simple idea, Mr. Fajardo
hired renowned architects to design
an assemblage of luxurious libraries
and other public buildings in this
city's most desperate slums. Their
eccentric shapes — one resembles an
immense blackened loaf of bread
sliced in half — occupy areas where
foot soldiers in Colombia's cocaine
wars once died by the thousands each
year. But several years ago,
residents here say, a tenuous peace
was imposed by paramilitary drug
traffickers who outfought their
Now, Medellín is no longer stymied
by being described as the world's
deadliest city.
This city of about two million
people had 29 homicides per 100,000
inhabitants in 2006, down from 381
per 100,000 when killings peaked in
Elected in 2003 as an independent,
and riding a growing economy and
this decline in violent crime, Mr.
Fajardo has turned the city into a
showcase for new educational and
architectural projects.
He increased city spending on
education, bringing it to 40 percent
of Medellín's annual budget of $900
million, while also raising spending
on public transportation and micro
lending projects for small
businesses. Five new libraries are
at the center of his social
policies, but Mr. Fajardo is also
building a sprawling public science
center and dozens of schools, and
expanding public transportation by
building cable cars up into the
slums on the city's hills. He
contends the poor will develop the
skills they need to compete through
these investments in education and
new public spaces, reflecting a
faith in architecture to help
achieve this goal.
"Fajardo is making a long-term wager
by carving out a foothold for the
state in areas that were neglected
for years," said Aldo Civico, who as
director for the Center for
International Conflict Resolution at
Columbia University has done
extensive fieldwork on Medellín's
violence. "You need to start a
process of transformation
Many parts of Medellín remain far
from idyllic. Police officers toting
assault rifles and wearing combat
fatigues still patrol many parts of
the city. Downtown, just steps away
from the elegant plaza filled with
voluptuous sculptures by another
native son, Fernando Botero, street
children sniff glue out of plastic
bags and snort cocaine. Some in
Medellín whisper that Diego Fernando
Murillo, the paramilitary warlord
known as Don Berna, still controls
much of the city from his cell in
nearby Itagüí prison. Others say
drug traffickers launder revenues
into the construction boom in
high-rise apartments and malls that
is accompanying the mayor's
architectural reconfiguration.
And yet Mr. Fajardo's transformation
of Medellín has captivated the city
and, increasingly, other parts of
Colombia. His approval ratings stand
at more than 80 percent, making him
the country's most popular mayor and
leading him to be widely mentioned
as a potential presidential
candidate after his term ends this
"He is carrying out a redistribution
of wealth without a discourse of
rage," said Héctor Abad Faciolince,
a prominent novelist and political
commentator here. "If Medellín
cannot take these risks, then what
place can?"
President Alvaro Uribe hails from
Antioquia Province, which
encompasses Medellín. He and Mr.
Fajardo were schooled here by
Benedictine priests. But Mr. Fajardo
offers a departure from the
staunchly conservative policies of
Mr. Uribe, the Bush administration's
closest ally in South America.
Mr. Fajardo, for instance, favors a
debate over legalizing drugs, a
somewhat maverick position in a
nation that is the world's largest
cocaine exporter. And some personal
decisions, like choosing to live
with his companion, Lucrecia Ramírez
(near the home of the archbishop
here), have drawn criticism from
Roman Catholic leaders.
Ms. Ramírez is a psychiatrist who
prefers the title of "first woman"
to "first lady" and leads efforts to
bar underweight models from
Medellín's fashion shows. She also
challenged beauty pageants through
alternative contests that reward
knowledge of science, literature and
Not everyone in Medellín, which
despite its history in the drug
trade is considered one of
Colombia's most culturally
conservative cities, supports the
projects carried out by either Ms.
Ramírez or Mr. Fajardo. Old villas
and trees are falling; critics say
the new commercialized look
resembles Miami or Caracas.
Photo: Scott Dalton
for The New York Times
Mr. Fajardo, above, greets residents
in Santo Domingo Savio, where he has
built a structure with a library,
auditorium, day care center and an
art gallery.
Some take jabs at his taste for
expensive public works that resemble
pyramids or massive abstract cubes.
"Fajardo is our pharaoh," said Jaime
Alonso Carvajal, a member of the
Environmental Collective, a group
that led raucous protests over the
mayor's decision to build
pastel-colored pyramids along the
median of a major avenue at a cost
of nearly $500,000. "He is cementing
over Medellín to turn us into a dust
Mr. Fajardo says he welcomes such
protests, viewing them as part of
the creation of a city in which
residents can intermingle anywhere
regardless of their social or
economic circumstances. "It is an
advance for our society that people
feel safe enough to say whatever
they want about me in any part of
this city," he said during an
interview while strolling through
central Medellín. And as for the
shapes, he said: "I'm still a
mathematician. I love geometric
The pièce de résistance of Mr.
Fajardo's strategy sits on a hill in
Santo Domingo Savio, a sprawling
slum that is home to 170,000 people.
Visitors take the metro from
downtown then connect to a new cable
car system that swiftly transports
them up into Santo Domingo. From
there, they walk through hard-edged
streets until reaching the Parque
Biblioteca España, designed by
Giancarlo Mazzanti. There, rising
from cinder block hovels, is a
hulking rectangular structure that
looks not unlike some medieval
citadel and includes a library,
auditorium, Internet rooms, day care
center and an art gallery.
It strikes those who live in its
shadow variously. Yasmin Henao, 30,
a maid who lives with her husband
and three children in a wooden shack
with a view of the library, said she
was hesitant to go inside. "I saw
guards at the doors," said Ms. Henao
in an interview in her home. "I
don't know if it's a place for me."
A short stroll away, Jaime Quizeno,
a mechanic, offered another
assessment as dusk began to envelope
the hillside. "It looks like an
enormous cloud when it is
illuminated at night," said Mr.
Quizeno, 63, smiling.
"Such a beautiful thing,
right here with us,"
he continued. "Who could have
imagined that?"


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Salad season
April 25th, 2010
We're officially done with the soups, stews and stodgy hot dinners of winter. Yes they kept us warm on cold winter nights but now it's getting to salad weather and we couldn't be happier about it! They're quick and easy to prepare, use little cooking equipment and they're healthy too. But salads don't have to be boring, make yours exciting by adding unusual ingredients such as fruits and nuts and vary the dressings you use. Having different tastes and textures in a salad will also make it into a more satisfying meal and shouldn't leave you feeling hungry afterwards. So as well as swapping your wardrobe for something lighter, you can swap your diet for something lighter too!
Try toasted walnuts, goat's cheese and pear as a mouth watering combination to add to your salad vegetables. Add smoked chicken and balsamic vinegar for extra deliciousness. Why not try making your own dressings? For a simple and easy salad dressing that you can make as and when you need it mix balsamic vinegar with olive oil, ground black pepper, salt and lemon juice.
And if you're feeling adventurous give some of these a go;
- Cranberries, they give a tart flavour to a dish and work well with cheeses such as brie.
- Avocado goes great with nuts; especially walnuts, cook them lightly in a frying pan first before tossing on top of your salad.
- Apple, fruit is under rated in salads but can often compliment savoury flavours such as pork, turkey and cheeses. Also try grapes (great with goats' cheese), pineapple or pear.
- Hot strips of meat (such as bacon, chicken or beef) or hot vegetables make a salad more interesting.
- Cold meats, roast salmon fillet is just as delicious cold and flaked over a salad as it is hot. Add some peri-peri sauce before baking for a spicy kick to your salad.


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Elementary Strings is offered daily on each campus on the days that the students do not attend the Carver GEM Program. Students are given the opportunity to enter the program at the sixth grade level and continue through their senior year in high school.
Students who have been involved in the elementary strings program may continue their participation in the MISD Orchestra program in grades 7-12. Both the Lee High School and Midland High School orchestras have gained state and national recognition. The MISD Orchestra program continues to be one of the most successful programs in the state.
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Spring Strings 2007
The culminating event of the year for orchestra students is a district-wide concert with all MISD strings students from the beginners to the All-State veterans. The elementary schools, junior highs, freshman campuses and high schools joined together this year for some hand-clapping, foot-stomping Texas-sized fun. In West Texas, we sometimes take our culture with a side of barbecue and a Dr. Pepper. Yee-haw and pass the rosin
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2006 "Hauntcert"
An annual event at Lee High School, the 2006 "Hauntcert" was titled, "What's Up at the Symphony?" and featured music from well-known cartoon episodes and animated films. Besides the performances, there was a costume contest, celebrity judges and lots of surprises and disguises. From the grand entrances of conductor Karen McAfee to the antics of a mystery emcee, Halloween was celebrated in MISD with panache. Oh, and a lot of candy.
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Goddard and San Jacinto -- Fall 2006
The orchestras at Goddard and San Jacinto Junior Highs, conducted by JoAnne Bonnington, and Bill DeLevan respectively, presented a fall concert on October 24, 2006. The audience at Midland Freshman High School was treated to the first "orchestra" concert by last year's sixth grade strings students. They had certainly grown up, both in appearance and in sound. Bravo!
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Mariah Carey will release her new single "Almost Home" from Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful next Tuesday, February 19. She has shared a photo from the set of the video, which she is currently shooting with David LaChappelle.
"When Disney approached me to be involved with the process of writing and recording the main song from Oz the Great and Powerful, I didn't hesitate to say yes! It was a labor of love and a group effort. From the movies to the theme parks –I am a Disney fanatic, and this was so much fun to do."
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Seasonal fishing bans are helping to recover stocks of Bangladesh's national fish, the hilsa. Bigger fish are fetching better prices and – from traders to retailers − many people along the value chain are benefiting. But a new IIED study shows how one group is slipping through the net: the fishermen and women.
An IIED workshop heard how new global agendas and advances in ways to measure the benefits of natural resources are reframing the debate on how to protect the environment while reducing poverty.
New accounting methods for natural resources could help governments get to the source of the problem when it comes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal on access to water.
Policy measures to tackle poverty often overlook environmental impacts, while environmental policies do not always deliver for the poor. The Sustainable Development Goals require both – so how can governments combine efforts?
Conversion to monoculture continues despite the multiple benefits from improved agricultural systems, such as shade coffee. Have we finally found the arguments to turn the tables, asks Ina Porras after a side event at the Global Landscape Forum.
Smallholder and community carbon projects have shown they can deliver local benefits and promote climate resilience. Now the Plan Vivo Standard and its partners, representing the oldest ethical carbon standard, have pledged their commitment to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Payments for ecosystem services have the potential to promote healthier ecosystems and fairer deals for smallholders. This is all very good, but where will the money for such schemes come from?
Metals, excess nutrients, and sediment are processed and filtered out as water moves through forests, wetlands, natural grasslands and riparian zones. It is usually easier to prevent pollution harnessing the forces of nature than to clean up the mess with costly technology. However, unchecked human activities continue to compact the soil and reduce its natural capacities. Is there a solution at hand, or is it all water under the bridge?
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The Wells College Arts and Lecture Series presents The Hot Club of San Francisco, an ensemble of accomplished musicians celebrating the gypsy jazz music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli's pioneering Quintette du Hot Club de France. Innovative arrangements of classic tunes and original compositions are played by the group's lead guitarist, Paul Mehling, the amazing violin of two-time Grammy Award-winner Evan Price and a swinging rhythm section.
Their program "Cinema Vivant" calls on a tradition born in the 1930s French countryside, when gypsy caravans entertained locals with lively swing music played along to silent films projected onto the side of a barn. The Hot Club of San Francisco revives this lost entertainment through two works by European filmmaker and obscure cult hero Ladislaw Starewicz—The Cameraman's Revenge (1912) and The Mascot (1933)—as well as There It Is (1928) by American filmmaker Charley Bowers.
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Being an Android isn't easy. You have a brain the size of a planet, you're 50,000 times more intelligent than a human and all they do with you is play Angry Birds and watch Netflix. If only the human race understood just how much you could do. If only they knew how much you could teach them. You provide access to a vast wealth of knowledge and computing power just waiting to be tapped.
At Instructure, we understand that mobile devices play an integral role in education. Since launching Canvas, we've been committed to providing a native mobile experience. With tools like Canvas' SpeedGrader for iPad, we've helped free instructors from stacks of papers in manila folders. But until now, our mobile apps have only been available on iOS devices like the iPad and iPhone.
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With the launch of our first Android app, we're signaling the start of a long-term commitment to the platform because we think it's important for education. We didn't just port our iOS experience to Android—we built a tool designed specifically for an Android device.
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USA TODAY's interactive electoral vote tracker lets you build election scenarios, share them with friends and study past election outcomes.
USA TODAY's interactive presidential poll tracker helps you dig into the various possible head-to-head polling matchups nationwide.
On Roe v. Wade
Arizona Sen. John McCain, a Republican, opposes abortion except in cases of rape or incest or to protect the life of the pregnant woman. He believes Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, should be overturned. McCain supports a constitutional amendment or federal law banning abortion, with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the pregnant woman.
During his campaign for president in 2000, McCain angered some abortion opponents by saying overturning Roe v. Wade would force women to have dangerous, illegal abortions. When posed a hypothetical question about what he would do if one of his daughters sought an abortion, McCain said it would be a "family decision."
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Fed's outlook for the economy is revised lower
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that policymakers stand ready to take more aggressive steps to stimulate the sputtering economy after the central bank slashed its growth forecast for the next two years.
Yet no actions were announced, and the Fed repeated its intent to keep a key interest near zero "at least through mid-2013" to aid the economy.
Despite better-than-expected reports recently on third-quarter economic growth, retail sales and business investment, "The outlook remains unsatisfactory over the next few years," Bernanke said at a news conference after the Fed's two-day meeting.
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He said the central bank could buy more mortgage-backed securities to cut rates for some mortgages if the tepid recovery doesn't gain steam — an idea that seemed to draw increased support from policymakers. "We are prepared to take further action," Bernanke said.
For now, the Fed's policymaking committee agreed only to continue an initiative announced in September to sell $400 billion in shorter-term Treasury bonds and buy a similar amount in longer-term Treasuries by June 2012. Economists say the move has kept long-term interest rates about two-tenths of a percentage point lower than they otherwise would be.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Charles Evans, president of the Chicago Fed, was the lone governor to vote against the November policy decision.
The central bank also said it would continue to reinvest maturing mortgage-backed securities in similar assets to hold down mortgage rates. And it will keep its benchmark short-term interest rate near zero.
Bernanke conceded the Fed's asset purchases "may be somewhat less powerful" than in the past in sparking the purchase of homes, cars and factory equipment due to high consumer debt and tight credit standards. But he added they're "affecting economic growth and job creation."
Three members of the Fed's policymaking committee who previously opposed the strategy on fears it would stoke inflation did not dissent Wednesday. Another member voted against the stimulus plan because it didn't go far enough.
The shift suggests "less resistance" to the possibility of more government bond purchases, RDQ Economics said in a research note. Such purchases represent a more aggressive way to lower long-term interest rates.
The Fed cut its forecast for economic growth next year to a range of 2.5% to 2.9% from 3.3% to 3.7% in June. It also said unemployment, now 9.1%, would still be about 8% by the end of 2013, vs. its previous projection of 7% to 7.5%.
It said inflation has moderated recently as energy and other commodity prices have fallen. The Fed expects inflation to remain below its target 2% annual rate for the next few years.
In a statement, the Fed said: "Economic growth strengthened somewhat in the third quarter," as household spending and business investment picked up. The economy grew 2.5% last quarter, the most in a year. But policymakers noted the housing market remains depressed and unemployment is still high.
Policymakers said the economy strengthened in the third quarter as consumers spent more, but the housing market remains depressed, unemployment is high and the European debt crisis is unsettling financial markets. "We did overestimate the pace of recovery," Bernanke said.
He said the economy improved recently as Japanese supply disruptions eased and oil prices fell, but the European debt crisis remains a significant drag.
"Unfortunately, we can't disassociate ourselves from Europe," he said. "The things that are happening there do affect us."
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Today has been a day of getting organized! John's just assembled this industrial-strength shelving unit for my office so I can neatly store all the products that are awaiting giveaway. I've got 15 bins ready to stack in this new unit as soon as it gets it secured to the wall. It will be so nice to be able to see all the products, by category, at a glance!
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lights & plugs went out in a few rooms not all rooms, CHECKED all plugs that are out,all look good, changed breaker with no success, so confussed
Assuming it does not trip, is there a GFCI receptacle anywhere on this circuit? It may be tripped, cutting power to downstream devices. If so, use the black Reset button on it.
If it's not a GFCI, use a neon circuit tester or multimeter in 120VAC mode to see if you have voltage from hot (the small blade in an outlet) to ground (the round hole in an outlet). If it lights up, your neutral is broken. Check all connections at the neutral bus bar in the breaker box, one may be loose. Warning -- live voltage is present inside a breaker box even with the MAIN breaker OFF -- use extreme caution or call an electrician!
If your breaker box neutral bus bar is OK, you probably have a broken connection. Flip that breaker off and remove the covers from affected receptacles, pull each receptacle, and verify you have secure connections via curled wires to side terminals. If you find any backstabs, pull them out and curl them at least 180° and attach to the side terminals. If you find any cracked receptacles, or ones that rattle when shaken, replace them. If you have any receptacles that are "tired" -- don't hold on tightly to cords plugged into them -- replace them. If they're more than 20 years old, replace them.
If all the receptacles are good, now you have to start pulling light fixtures. Undo each wirenut connection and verify good connections and wire condition, then re-nut.
I'm assuming you have copper wiring except for the leads going to light fixtures. If you find aluminum house wiring, STOP, turn that breaker OFF, and call an electrician!
all reciptcals look good, all light switches look good, all wiring in fuse box looks good no loose wiresGFCI is on another circuit, doing light fixtures now, wish me luck
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Your problem may also be in a receptacle that still works. Often circuits are wired daisy-chain, so the first outlet in the chain might still be working but nothing downstream will. You'll need to turn off every breaker except the problem circuit, then start testing every receptacle for power. If you find one with power, that's likely to be where the broken connection is.
You have not provided enough information for any one to help you. What steps have you taken? Why did you replace the breaker? Have you opened up any boxes and inspected the actual wiring? Until you do the most basic functions, no one can help.
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Rihanna Fan Proposes to Girlfriend at Backstage Meet-and-Greet
Rihanna unknowingly took part in a romantic proposal when a fan of the R&B singer got down on one knee before his girlfriend during a backstage meet-and-greet on her 2011 Loud tour.
According to Idolator, the red-haired pop star was graciously posing for photos with members of her Navy when a couple sauntered up for their pics. Before Rihanna knew it, the man had taken out a small blue Tiffany's box and asked his girlfriend for her hand in marriage in front of the unsuspecting star.
Judging by the photos, Rihanna was the most shocked out of the three, looking wide-eyed and bringing her hands to her face during the proposal. The woman said yes (how could she say no in front of RiRi?), and showed off her stunning solitaire for the camera.
The R&B songbird then posed for a memorable photo with the just-engaged couple, looking jealously at the woman's freshly iced ring finger. Talk about one for the scrapbook! Will Rihanna make it to the wedding? Anything's possible, but one thing's for sure — she's definitely on the guest list.
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Nadal, Federer Put Rivalry Aside in Queensland Flood Aid Exhibition Match
Tennis stars including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Australian Samantha Stosur played an exhibition match yesterday seeking to raise at least A$1 million ($989,000) for flood-stricken Queensland state.
The players, who are in Melbourne for the Grand Slam tournament starting today, appeared at the so-called "Rally for Relief," Australian Open organizers said in an e-mailed statement. Kim Clijsters, Lleyton Hewitt, Novak Djokovic and Queenslander and former top-ranked player Pat Rafter also played, according to the statement.
They joined other sportspeople in seeking to raise funds for people in Queensland, where more than 28,000 properties have been affected by flooding and at least 28 people have died. Replacing damaged infrastructure alone will cost billions, state Premier Anna Bligh told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. yesterday.
"This is a terrible tragedy, not only the loss of life but the destruction of people's homes," Nadal, the top-seeded player for the Open, said in the statement. "I am pleased to be able to contribute in some way to help bring it to the attention of the world and raise some money for the victims in the process."
Stosur, currently ranked 6th in the world, was born in the Queensland state capital, Brisbane, which is cleaning up after its worst floods since 1974.
Laver's Hometown
The city's main tennis ground, which was inundated with floodwaters, is named after Rafter, one of the organizers of the event who said Jan. 13 he hopes to raise at least A$1 million. A similar event to raise funds for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti last year raised at least A$500,000, according to Tennis Australia.
Federer contacted Rod Laver, the only player to twice sweep the Grand Slam singles titles in a season, to offer assistance after seeing the Australian's home town of Rockhampton had been flooded, the Herald Sun newspaper reported.
Lance Armstrong and the other 132 riders competing in this week's Tour Down Under are also doing their bit. All 12,000 euros in individual prize money from yesterday's Cancer Council Classic prelude race will be donated to the appeal, organizers said.
The Queensland Reds rugby team's doctors are providing free medical assistance to anyone affected by the floods.
Nadal's Quest
The Australian Football League is considering a number of proposals to assist with the relief effort, including an All- Stars match, it said in an e-mailed statement.
Football Federation Australia donated A$100,000 to the relief effort and said it will use matches next weekend to help raise more relief funds.
Nadal, 24, needs to win the Australian Open to become the first male player to reign simultaneously as singles champion at all four major tournaments since Laver swept the titles in 1969.
Only Laver, who also accomplished the feat in 1962, and American Don Budge in 1938 have won four in a row in one calendar year.
Spain's Nadal is the joint 7-4 favorite at bookmaker William Hill Plc in London, along with Switzerland's Federer. That means a successful $4 bet brings in $7 plus the original stake. Britain's Andy Murray is third favorite at 6-1 and Serbia's Novak Djokovic fourth at 13-2.
With Serena Williams of the U.S. out of this year's women's event, William Hill makes Kim Clijsters the favorite at 7-4, with fellow Belgian Justine Henin 5-1 and Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki at 6-1.
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Yes ! We did, using 3G VideoShare to real time content upload to YouTube
After showcasing use cases of our LiveServe Suite Infrastructure as real time broadcasting video from 3G VideoShare capable handset. (We use currently the native client included Nokia N73 and other N Series and several E Series ) as:
- real time videobroadcasting inserted as widget in whatever WEB 2.0 site as blogger.com
- real time videoposting in a dedicated blogger site
We unveil how uploading real time content from wherever you are, at any time to YouTube. The stream could be so long as your handset battery life decides :-)
Our first YouTube realtime video-upload using 3G VideoShare with our platform:
original size is QCIF (176x144) and the UMTS uplink was 64 kbps, the quality then is limited, hope soon the uplink rate will reach 128 kbps and the handset clients will do also.
for YouTube fanatics a nice enhancement, it could be operated by independent hosting or even better using carrier branded commercial videoshare services !!!
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