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Junior Hayden Joblin has been selected as the Horizon League Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the week ending March 17, it was announced Tuesday by the league office.
Joblin (Brooklyn, New Zealand) helped lead the Raiders to a 5-2 win at IUPUI on Sunday, March 17, picking up a pair of wins. He won 6-3, 7-6 at #2 singles and 9-8 in a hard-fought #1 doubles match.
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David Chase memorializes James Gandolfini
Michael Gandolfini, left, son of James Gandolfini, arrives for the funeral service of his father, star of "The Sopranos," in New York's the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Thursday, June 27, 2013. The 51-year-old actor died of a heart attack last week while vacationing in Italy with his son.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
NEW YORK (AP) — The creator of "The Sopranos" said at James Gandolfini's funeral that the actor brought the traits of a sad boy, "amazed and confused," to the role of Tony Soprano.
"You were a good boy," David Chase said Thursday at the ceremony at New York's Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine.
One of four speakers at the funeral, Chase gave his remarks in the form of a letter to Gandolfini. The actor's widow, Deborah Lin Gandolfini, and two family friends were also speakers at the ceremony.
Chase remembered that Gandolfini once told him that "you know what I [auth] want to be? A man. That's all. I want to be a man." Chase said he marveled upon hearing that, since Gandolfini was a man so many others looked up to.
Chase added that, paradoxically, he always felt that in Gandolfini he was seeing a young boy as well as a man.
"A sad boy, amazed and confused," he said. "You could see it in your eyes. That's why you were a great actor."
The 51-year-old actor best known for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano in the HBO series died of a heart attack last week while vacationing with his son in Italy.
Celebrities and fellow actors were among the mourners, along with members of the public who wanted to salute Gandolfini's work.
Those from "The Sopranos" included Edie Falco, Joe Pantoliano, Dominic Chianese, Steve Schirripa, Aida Turturro, Vincent Curatola, Tony Sirico, Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli. Yet another former castmate, Steve Buscemi, chatted with talk show host-comedian Dick Cavett before the ceremony started.
Others from the acting community included Julianna Margulies, Alec Baldwin, Chris Noth, Marcia Gay Harden and Steve Carell. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was also on hand.
Some 1,500 seats had been set up in the huge sanctuary. A private family wake was held for the actor Wednesday in New Jersey.
Broadway theaters paid tribute by dimming their lights briefly Wednesday night. Gandolfini was nominated for a Tony Award in 2009 as an actor in "God of Carnage."
Susan Aston, who was Gandolfini's longtime dialogue coach and collaborator, spoke at the funeral of how the actor was devoted to his craft.
"He worked hard," Aston said. "He was disciplined. He studied his roles and did his homework." But when the cameras rolled, his performance would become an act of faith that carried him, she said, "to an uncharted place."
New Jersey accents were easy to hear among members of the public waiting outside the cathedral and waiting for a chance to get in. A few people spoke in Italian.
"I'm a fan," said Saul Stein, 60. "I came to pay my respects today because he's a character I identify with, a family man."
One casual meeting with Gandolfini was enough to bring Robin Eckstein to the funeral.
"I had friends that worked with him," she said. "I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times and he was just lovely. So warm … As soon as he knew you were a friend of a friend you were his friend too. He'll be missed. I missed a meeting at work today. I told them I had a funeral to go to."
Meanwhile, directly across Amsterdam Avenue, in the window of a bar, a large photograph of a grinning Gandolfini was on display, accompanied by a handwritten message that spoke for the actor's fans and friends. It said, simply, "Thank you."
Associated Press correspondent Bethan McKernan and Television Writer David Bauder contributed to this report.
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02 WRX Sedan, Silver ("Bugeye")
TXS Up-pipe, Turbo-back w/cat, Cobb AccessECU Stage 2.
97 Legacy Outback, White
Stock. Very stock.
fell in love with the blue... im still a big fan of it... .but why don't you just get one of each
If it's an '02, gotta be Midnight Black Pearl. Best color IMHO.
I was pi$$ed when they didn't make it for '04, but I got WRB, hit the boost and got over it .
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it was stupid of you to not even put silver as an option
haha seriouslyOriginally posted by Mili727
Oh wow if I see this ****ing thread one more god damn time.
Color Poll - What color is your WRX ?
no this one is about what color i should get for my wrx
No its the same thing, everyones gonna put their color.Originally posted by MyNameIsBryan
no this one is about what color i should get for my wrx
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No its the same thing, everyones gonna put their color.
there are very few people who would change what color they got. But from your list I would go white. just because black is alot warmer, and harder to keep clean.
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Okay, eventhough I have a midnight black WRX I love the blue. Yeah, everyone has the blue one, but it's tight lookin. U can't go wrong with black either becuz the color changes a bit. Black with a lil blue.
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I am feeding Fromm LBP a bit loose stools at the end as I switched her fast :( she only eats 3/4 cup 3x a day. Is this too little? She won't eat any more than that. Seems picky
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I'm actually switching mine from BB LBP to Fromm LBP. The breeder had him on Blue Buffalo when I got him. He's been here for a week and I noticed really soft stools and at night they would be pudding-like. He really doesn't even like it.
Most of the time I'd give him 1/2 cup breakfast lunch and dinner and he didn't even eat that. Im slowly switching to Fromm and he LOVES it. He's actually eating the full 1/2 cup now.
You can always try switching the food around to see what she likes best.
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I think I was trying to feed her a full cup and it was too much. Plus I alway thought you leave food down few min then pick it up. She's a slow eater so I may need to leave it down longer. Do u add any toppers or a bit of water? My puppy has been home only since monday
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I have other dogs so that would be a problem. I can block her In the kitchen though:) I add a teaspoon if Greek plain yogurt or ground beef.
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With pups I have been told to give them as much as they want to eat for about 15 min, then take it away. I've never had one that actually ate for the whole 15 minutes, they usually lose interest (ie got their fill) or get distracted by a butterfly.
Decided to go back on the food my breeder was feeding she inhaled entire cup with only water added no toppers. Think I found my answer :)
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At that age, I was told to feed 3/4 cup four times a day. The breeder was feeding Fromm.
My 8 week old is on 3/4 cup twice a day. He's starving right now and just got an extra 1/2 cup. He had an enema yesterday so I imagine that due to that he is hungrier than normal.
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The Ransom Center is proud to announce the completion of the cataloging of the Carlton Lake Collection of French Manuscripts. With financial assistance from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the papers were processed over an eight-month period. The Carlton Lake Collection is one of the most important collections of French literary manuscripts outside of Paris. Over sixty years, Lake amassed this grand collection of rare and important French literary manuscripts, including the works of Jean Cocteau, Céline, Colette, Henri Pierre Roché, Gertrude Stein, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Guillaume Apollinaire, Valentine Hugo, and many more. Carlton Lake retired from the Ransom Center in 2003 with the title Executive Curator Emeritus.
The Mellon team, consisting of Monique Daviau, Richard Workman, and Catherine Stollar, along with Head of Visual Collections Joan Sibley and French Curator Linda Ashton, began the project in January 2004. The new organization of the collection includes, for the first time, indices of the works and correspondence, leading to more efficient retrieval by future scholars. The new finding aid is one of the Center's largest and will exist in both paper and electronic formats.
The Mellon Foundation provided the Center a grant to catalog four French literary collections over a two year period: the Carlton Lake Collection and the papers of Edouard Dujardin, The William Bradley Literary Agency, and Princess Marthe Bibesco.
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This is more of a re-introduction. My last post on here was back in 2005 when I took a break from the car scene. I just started working on a 56 Chevy 1300 pickup 3 months ago and will have the build completed within 12 months.
Glad to be back, now if you'll excuse me, I have a few years of reading to catch up on.
Here's a mock up of the truck laid out on the shop floor. More for my own motivation .
nice truck.... not into the lay frame thing.. but ..
kool truck
whats the plans other than the drop..lol
the truck will be lowered with mono leafs and a 3" dropped front axle so the rockers will sit about 7 inches from the ground. Low enough for around here. The power train is made up of the typical 350, TH 350 combo with a 3.08 rear end, the paint will be diamond blue metallic with white and then I'm going to pinstripe the entire thing
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Welcome back. Looks like a sweet ride you have got to work with. Keep pictures coming as you go along. Thanks for sharing.:thumbup:
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Are the rear licence plate lamps always difficult to remove! The covers came off easily but the lamps are stuck in the housings.
Are these wedge type capless lamps, I only want to replace them with led lamps
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They are a bit tough to get out - I had to use needle nose pliers... use light pressure though! I got one out OK when I changed mine and then the other broke but I was still able to pull out the remains with the pliers.
IIRC they are normal 168/194 bulbs - you should be able to see them if you take the covers off and look up in there.
This is what it looks like with the LED, I think I used 5K color:
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Mine came out no probs. Aye they're just wedge type bulbs:thumbsup:
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Soil enzymes are constantly playing vital roles for the maintenance of soil ecology and soil health. These enzymatic activities in the soil are mainly of microbial origin, being derived from intracellular, cell-associated or free enzymes. Therefore, microorganisms are acting as the indicators of soil health, as they have active effects on nutritional cycling, also affecting the physical and chemical properties of soil. Microorganisms respond quickly even to minute changes by changing their population and activities, and thus, can be used for soil health assessment. On the other hand, soil enzymes are the direct mediators for biological catabolism of soil organic and mineral components and they are often closely related to soil organic matters, soil physical properties, and microbial activities or biomass. They are the better indicators of soil health as changes of enzymes are much sooner than other parameters, thus providing early indications of changes in soil health. In addition, their activities can be used as the measures of microbial activity, soil productivity, and inhibiting effects of pollutants. The potential enzymes playing major roles in maintaining soil health are – amylase, arylsulphatase, β-glucosidase, cellulase, chitinase, dehydrogenase, phosphatase, protease, and urease. Deterioration of soil, and thereby soil health, is of concern for human, animal, and plant health because air, groundwater, and surface water consumed by humans can be adversely affected by mismanaged and contaminated soil.
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ACCORDING TO A JULY 2000 REPORT by Cahners In-Stat Group, a lot of corporate Private Branch eXchanges (PBXs) may be shown the door in the next few years. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based research company predicts that more general-purpose communications servers will take its place as integrated communications become more critical to corporate life.
The current market for communications servers sits at around $122 million for 2000, but that number should balloon to $4 billion by 2004, says In-Stat. The reason is that these open-standard servers make it easier to integrate data applications and features, such as LAN-based telephony, than do the current crop of more proprietary PBXs. Communications servers can also be administered like any other application server, and they generally cost less than PBXs.
As a result, In-Stat says it expects to see some of today's little-known communications server vendors' names become more widely recognized in the coming years. It notes, however, that PBX vendors also see the trend and will likely migrate their current PBX offerings toward more open products similar to and better able to compete with communications servers.
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Paul Kennedy is Dilworth Professor of History and director of International Security Studies at Yale University; and the author of many books, including "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers."
Being about the only professor at a liberal, tolerant, cosmopolitan Western university who is known to be a practicing Catholic — baptized at the age of two weeks — I have been asked frequently in recent times about what I think will happen to the church in the light of Pope Benedict's resignation. Will it split further, between conservatives and liberals? Will there be an African pope? When will there ever be female priests, then bishops? What about declining attendance of the European congregations (as opposed to the surging populations in the southern world)?
I sigh. When I turn to my daily newspapers, I sigh further, at the stereotyping, the false assumptions, the hostility in some quarters, the focus upon protocol rather than substance, the obsession with fiscal laxities at the Vatican rather than the proclaimed mission of Christ. Much of this criticism is boringly predictable; I may be wrong, but I suspect it might be hard to find a month, for example, when New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd does not launch an attack upon the papacy and the Catholic Church. And when the College of Cardinals announces the successor to Benedict, there will be fervid speculation about the new pope's attitude toward divorce, abortion, the Jews, secularism in Italy, and so on....
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The scary thing about football is that a player's season can end on any given play. That's why general managers build on their teams' depth every offseason and why players and their agents fight with front offices for every cent of possible guaranteed money.
You don't have to tell the Giants about the impact injuries on a secondary. The team has lost Terrell Thomas for two seasons in a row due to knee injuries, and two weeks ago it saw starting safety Stevie Brown go down with an ACL tear.
"I've talked to [Thomas] a few times," said Brown, "I was asking him about the different type of surgeries that he's had and the different surgeons that he's had. Just the whole recovery process. I know me and him are going to get together some time this weekend and talk a little bit more as well."
Brown was hurt on a play that seemed routine. He intercepted a Geno Smith pass during the Giants' preseason game against the Jets and started running downfield. While trying to avoid being tackled, he twisted his knee.
"I was hoping it wasn't bad," said Brown. "There's been plenty of times I've been running and tweaked something and sat down for a second and just move your leg around and you're like 'I'm fine' and you keep it moving. That's what I was hoping it was, but it was hurting a little longer than normal."
Later, the Giants found out that Brown would be out for the season with an ACL tear. Ryan Mundy, who was signed as a free agent in the offseason, will step into the starting lineup. Brown, on the other hand, may not play another game in a Giants uniform. He was playing in the final year of his contract.
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January is the time when state senators and assembly representatives routinely hold listening sessions in their district. These meetings are particularly important in state budget producing years (which this is) and especially to members of the powerful Joint Finance Committee.
See below for listening sessions scheduled at WVLS libraries and in WVLS communities on Monday January 23 and Wednesday January 25.
Kris Adams Wendt will supply talking points and background information on state budget library priorities from WLA's Legislative Committee to those attending.
The WLA Budget Team has been meeting with selected Joint Finance Committee members at the Capitol (including 35th District Rep. Mary Felkowski) with very cordial results as recently as January 3 and are drafting materials for background briefing prior to local listening sessions and Library Legislative Day (February 21).
Senator Tom Tiffany and Representatives Mary Felzkowski (formerly Czaja who remarried on New Year's Eve!) and Rob Swearingen have scheduled Legislative Listening Sessions in WVLS communities and member libraries on January 23 and 25.
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- 9:30 AM – Minocqua Public Library
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Wednesday, January 25 @ Tomahawk Public Library
Expected Guests: Senator Tom Tiffany and Representative Mary (Czaja) Felzkowski who are members of Joint Finance Committee, and Representative Rob Swearingen
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The history of a long-time mill town as depicted by seventh and eighth grade students at Mattanawcook Junior High School, with help from Lincoln Historical Society and Lincoln Memorial Library. The site includes exhibits on the paper industry, founding fathers, wartime Lincoln, Main Street, influential institutions, and communication and transportation.
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My range here in Kalifornia is 8.00 a go and 99.00 for a year. I don't feel it is unfair at all. The amount of good times and great people I have met there is priceless.
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I do not know where you are but I would be proud to shoot with you. Please note I said with not at. It is a shame that this type of BS still goes on.
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My range here in Kalifornia is 8.00 a go and 99.00 for a year. I don't feel it is unfair at all. The amount of good times and great people I have met there is priceless.
George Washington: "A free people ought to be armed."
BlueLion where do you live? Man at our range color is not even an issue. I have shot with black, red, and even wheelchair boud people. I guess that is about the only thing good about California is that everyone is accepted.
George Washington: "A free people ought to be armed."
my range is free. that's what you get when you have a family farm. the pay range here is over $100 a year with a $200 plus first time fee. they only take a few new members each year.
I honestly don't know you or where you are located, but it is truly sad that we still have this crap in 2006! I had someone ask me a minority question (don't recall detail) a few years ago about my club. Since I had attended a number of the New Member Orientation sessions, I was able to answer the person (who was concerned that he might not be accepted). When I had to think about it, it was interesting to note that out of a new member orientation of ~30-35 new folks/month there were on average a real mixed bag of white, black, Asian, male, female and some Hispanics. I've never seen any signs of any bigotry at this club, and for that I am very thankful.Originally Posted by BlueLion
But, I agree with you that if you get bad vibes from a place, best to go elsewhere. Good luck!
our rod n gun club just opened this year took about five to get it opened because of a large hippy population that say guns are baaaaaaaaaaaddddd (sheepl ) our only biase is hippys no flower power. lol blue come on up would be glad to shoot with you. 75 dollars a year we have a club house ect 150 to join we dont have lights yet but are working on it. would have a far better facilaty if we hadnt had to pay a lawer so much but he is a member and we just had to cover court cost.the indoor in chico is kinda pricey and there is an outdoor in oraville that is free out to 600 yards no bmgs sorry to say theres always state blm land about 30 minutes up the mountian
I was just at a range in Virginia yesterday where I learned that they are closing out their membership effective 22 May. One can still sign up for $280/yr individual and $290 family. When they re-open for membership in July the price will go up to over $400/yr. I'm looking around for less expensive ranges which means farther out from where I live...like Quantico Shooting range or somewhere in Fredericksburg. No idea how much they charge. I will have to justify the cost since price of gas has also gone up.
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The National Museum of American Jewish History, which is in a new building that sits in the heart of Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall, opens on November 26. It traces the history of Jewish Americans from 1654 -- when the first permanent Jewish community began in New Amsterdam -- to the present day.
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"The American Jewish experience is enormously important to the grand sweep of Jewish history," said Michael Rosenzweig, the museum's president. "It has not been well told, and we exist to fill that void."
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- The Green Goblin appears next in Untold Tales of Spider-Man #18.
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well damn that sucks
cant believe 8 wide cant work ok
thats crazy
never have this problem on any other vehicle. so thats why i assumed it would be fine on this one
it figures that it had to be this particular vehicle that this problem occurs on...
well shoot
but i still dont see how it would make a diffference only 1" narrower wheels(only 1/2" narrower both sides of the wheel)if you dont change tire width height that only sucks in the width at the tire beads
and not the tread width, where it may rub the spoiler fascia whatever thing
so what the heck?
im just not seeing how rim width is gonna make tire tread move or clear the lip any better or differnetly.....
i dont like elkies any more now..... what a pita car......truck... thing... whatever it is..
i alreayd hated it when we went to start trying to find new parts for it and omg its a nightmare no one makes new parts that you need for these, wow..... you have no idea how much of a nightmare it is to find so many parts for these things wow..... it took about three years to finally find the last piece, except for a new oem style radio antenna in which we still have not found one of....
im glad i dont own it or id have shot the damn thing with a 410 or a 12 guage by now(i dont own a gun though) or put it into a tree or off a gravel pit ledge or something....
i looked up today on the carpart.com junkyard parts search site for stock wheels for these and they dont evne give an option for any 15" wheels at all.
only 14x7 plain steel, and the 14x7 s-10 style steel rallies these have,. like ours has, and both my s-10 trucks out here have...
why is that?
and on the door sticker of this elky its 14x7JJ
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I'm reappearing to let everyone know I have my first official court hearing tomorrow here where I live since the case was moved. I am attempting to change all custody back to supervised where I live only. I pray I finally achieve what is necessary to keep the children protected. I have a lot of solid evidence and this is pretty much my last chance to get things right for the sake of the kids. That last judge really did a lot of damage with his predjudiced ways against batterered women. I do still lurk here but I am under a different username because my ex has been stallking here. I don't care if he sees this because he is fully aware of the hearing tomorrow! I was hoping everyone could send an extra dose of prayers to all my children tomorrow. Thank you.
Definitely saying a prayer. Please come update!
I'll send prayers for you and your kids.
I'll be thinking of you! Let us know what happens!
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I've been thinking of you and hoping things finally get straightened out. Hopefully your ex finally gets exposed for what he really is and that the court system sees what is best for your kids!
Good luck. I hope it all turns out for the best, finally!
Sending love and peace and luck. Hope it all goes well and this can finally be behind you for the sake of your kids as well as you.
Hugs, hugs, hugs!! Sending lots of good vibes that sanity will win out this time.
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Been praying but will say extras through tomorrow. ((hugs))
I will be thinking of you!!!
Sending you lucky wishes...although you really shouldn't need them if you get a just judge.
Praying for you guys. You've been through so much hell.
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Good luck! I was thinking about you the other day. I hope things work out for you and the kids.
Praying for you and your kids!
trolling for updates, even though I know you are 3 hours earlier than I am! Thinking good thoughts and sending them your way!
Keeping your family in my thoughts and hoping for the best possible outcome!
Hoping you've already had positive news, but just in case the judge is still considering matters, prayers for the best possible outcome for your children and you.
Well the judge gave him Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Spring break here where I live and then the judge scheduled our hearing for that Monday. At the hearing the judge will decide if ex gets the kids for any longer or if they are allowed out of the county that I live in. Yet another holiday where I have no clue if I will see my kids, plus my daughters birthday is that week and I have no idea how long ex will have them for. When the judge asked my lawyer if the dad could have the weekend he just said yes as long as it is in the county we reside and I can call the kids daily. But he didn't even ask me my opinion. I would have thought that the no visitation should occur until the hearing happens. My ex told a lot of lies as usual and he told the judge that he has a certificate as a mental health aide and that me and his ex girlfriend abused him. Oh and I guess ex will appear at the hearing with a lawyer and a whole lot of damaging evidence as he puts it.
Thanks for the update. Let's hope this is just a bump in the road and there are many more positive developments to come.
Ok, make sure that next time you go in with your lawyer, you make perfectly clear to him that you do NOT agree to ANY unsupervised visitation, and that your ex is to pay for and provide a county supervisor as you will not approve anything else.
I feel like once again another precedent gets set without me being able to say anything. After hearing all the evidence will the judge really go back on unsupervised visits after he just allowed it without hearing any evidence? Ex's ex girlfriend just got supervised visits of their child together set. It makes me mad because the judge asked my lawyer what he thought and he didn't confer with me. I think he was proud he kept the kids in this county with my being able to call them daily.
My declaration and the order stated I was requesting supervised visits only with ex paying all costs. It just feels like it will be too late because we went in before spring break to prevent the unsupervised visits and without a hearing ex got unsupervised already.
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NFL: Steelers sign RB Blount
PITTSBURGH — The Steelers and free-agent running back LeGarette Blount agreed on a two-year contract that will give the team needed depth in the backfield behind budding star Le'Veon Bell.
The 27-year-old Blount ran for 772 yards and a career-high seven touchdowns in 2013 for the New England Patriots. He added 166 yards and set a team playoff record with four touchdowns in a playoff win over the Indianapolis Colts.
Blount has 2,711 yards rushing and 20 touchdowns in 56 games, with 28 career starts.
Undrafted out of college following his career at Oregon, Blount began his NFL career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before being dealt to the Patriots before last season.
He is most remembered for an incident in college when he sucker-punched a Fresno State player after a game on national television, resulting in a year-long suspension.
The 6-foot, 250-pound Blount also gives the Steelers a big back near the goal line.
The Steelers need bodies in the backfield after Jonathan Dwyer and Felix Jones were not re-signed after last season.
By adding Blount, the Steelers now have five running backs on their roster: Bell, Blount, Alvester Alexander, Miguel Maysonet and Tauren Poole.


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Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Polk County Records Inventory
Corner Survey Records
Series documents the establishment and/or restoration of survey corners or monuments by the county surveyor or registered land surveyors. Records include maps, field survey restoration notes, historical notes, and indexes. Information includes description of corners; existing markers; descriptions of new markers and any changes made to the locations; property owners; township, range, and section numbers; donation land claim information; date the new markers were set; and surveyor's signatures.
Records at the Polk County Public Works Department Building, Surveyor's Office:
Corner Restoration [Forms], vol. A-G, 1888-1989 (7 volumes);
Corner Restorations [Form Book-with index], vol. 1-5, 1990-present (5 volumes);
[Government Corner Restoration-Record], vol. E-G, 1977-1989 (3 binders);
[Land and Road Survey Field Books-includes corner survey information-includes some timber company books], ca.1908-present (113 volumes);
Re-Established Corners Book], vol. D, 1971-1977 (1 binder);
Re-Established Gov't Corner Book [U.S. Government Survey-with index], vol. B-C, ca.1904-1971 (2 volumes);
Re-Established U.S. Survey Cors. [Corner Record-with index], vol. A, 1888-1904 (1 volume).
Records at the Polk County Public Works Department Building, Surveyor's Records Storage Room 4:
Corner Index [Corner Survey Location Index Map Book], n.d. (1 volume).
Records at the Polk County Web Site:
Government Corner Search [Survey Maps-searchable by township and Bureau of Land Management number], ca.1853-present (Internet);
Survey Search [Survey Plats-searchable by number, type, township, and date-includes corner restorations, subdivisions, partitions, survey notes, road strip maps, and related records], 1858-present (Internet).


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Where to Buy Concord Furnace Parts
Hi, I'm new to the forum and am just wanting to get information on where to buy parts for a Concord furnace, I know they're bottom end a a POS but that's what the builder put in my house, if I have to call a technician I am just going to replace the damn thing. Anyway, through Justask.com I have found out that I need a circuit board and a pressure switch the problem is finding the pressure switch, any HVAC place close to me that can get it in won't sell it to me unless they come and install it :furious: and I can't find the pressure switch online. The issue with the furnace if you're wondering is that it will kick out shortly after start-up (within a minute) and start clicking continually.
It is a Concord CG90UB050D12B-1A, I know they're owned by Lennox and share parts with Armstrong and were owned by Allied Air. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it.
What you are describing does not sound like a pressure switch or a circuit board to me. Other people posting here are having what sounds like the same problem you are having. Please look at the responses on concord furnaces. I posted several. If your furnace goes through the entire ignition sequence, starts up and runs fine, then cuts out, I really suspect a problem in your condensate evacuation system, or loss of draft from the inducer, caused by condensate build up. Can you post a picture of your furnace with the front panels off so we can see the design?
I am nowhere near as good as some of the guys on here like Doc, Yuri, Been there, etc. and they might be able to help.
Sometimes a greenhorn like me hits on something out of the ordinary because we dont know any better. If your furnace has that condensate line that runs uphill to the inducer from the secondary HE, to me it flies in the face of logic. I would change it.
Thanks for your info, I uploaded this video to youtube:
I used justask.com and one of the HVAC specialists said the control board but if someone else has other ideas for me to try first I would love to hear them! :)
I'll do some searching under Concord on here.
If it ends up where you do need parts check out Pex Supply. Nicole is great. Great prices, and faster shipping than you can believe. I just looked at the video. OK so what was his final solution? The video ended before he said what was happening?
Never mind I see that is your video DUH.
I just watched your video again and I bet your flame rollout sensor is kicking your furnace off. you should not have that wayward flame all along the crossover tube. Have you had the air into your jets adjusted? Is your incoming and outgoing air intake and exhaust clear? Take it off and blow your leaf blower through it .
Thanks, I made sure the intake/exhaust was clear, I guess I could call a service guy to come adjust the flame and tell me what's really wrong but then I'm gonna be pissed haha.
Why would the LED indicator say pressure switch closed if its a different sensor? just asking because I know nothing about furnaces... I've never had one break before.
At 2 years old, all parts should still be under warranty.
I'd clean the trap before I got any parts.
Yeah, Take the trap off, and really clean the heck out of it. Run some bleach and water in it and let it set, purge, and do it again several times. It probably full of bugs and sludge.
is that a copper line going to the gas valve? sorry ive just never seen that before. is that system oil? we dont have any oil stuff around here so its interesting if that is oil.
No, its Natural Gas. All of the gas lines in my house are copper, first for me too, last house was all threaded pipe.
I thought the soft copper for gas had to be the stuff that's painted yellow so you don't confuse it with a water line. Anybody?
All of my water lines are pex, and much larger than the gas line so it would be hard to mix up :thumbsup:
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This section highlights the ways in which new and ongoing National Institute on Aging (NIA)-supported programs, centers, and collaborative efforts are advancing Alzheimer's research.
A key component of the Federal research program for Alzheimer's disease is to create and sustain an infrastructure that supports and enhances scientific discovery and translation of discoveries into Alzheimer's disease prevention and treatment. NIA's coordinating mechanisms and key initiatives are central to this effort. Specifically, important advances are being made by supporting high-quality research, from which data can be pooled and shared widely and efficiently through a well-established Alzheimer's disease research infrastructure.
The infrastructure and initiatives described in this report seek to bring together researchers and Alzheimer's interests by:
- Convening and collaborating in workshops addressing new scientific areas
- Working across NIH to vigorously discuss new science and opportunities for new investment
- Partnering with other Federal agencies, not-for-profit groups, and industry in the shared goals of improved treatments, new prevention strategies, and better programs for people with Alzheimer's and their caregivers.
The current research infrastructure supported by NIH includes:
NIA Intramural Research Program (NIA IRP). In addition to funding a broad portfolio of aging-related and Alzheimer's research at institutions across the country, NIA supports its own laboratory and clinical research program, based in Baltimore and Bethesda, MD. The NIA IRP focuses on understanding age-related changes in physiology and behavior, the ability to adapt to biological and environmental stresses, and the pathophysiology of age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Laboratory research ranges from studies in basic biology, such as neurogenetics and cellular and molecular neurosciences, to examinations of personality and cognition. The IRP also conducts clinical trials to test possible new interventions for cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease. The IRP leads the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), America's longest-running scientific study of human aging, begun in 1958, which has provided valuable insights into cognitive change with age.
The IRP's Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience is identifying brain changes that may predict age-related declines in memory or other cognitive functions. Using brain imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging, which measures structural changes, and positron emission tomography scans, which measure functional changes, IRP researchers are tracking memory and cognitive performance over time to help identify both risk and protective factors for dementia. For example, an IRP study involving more than 500 BLSA participants uses brain imaging, biomarkers, and cognitive assessments to track changes in cognitive function in people who do not develop Alzheimer's and in those who develop cognitive impairment and dementia.
Additionally, IRP researchers help identify potential drug targets for Alzheimer's disease, screening candidate drugs for efficacy in cell culture or animal models. The most effective compounds are moved through preclinical studies to clinical trials. IRP researchers also collaborate with academia and industry to develop agents that show promise as an Alzheimer's intervention. Industry has licensed patents covering a variety of novel compounds from NIA for preclinical and clinical development.
NIA funds 27 Alzheimer's Disease Centers nationwide. See a state-by-state list.
Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADCs). NIA-supported research centers form the backbone of the national Alzheimer's disease research effort. These multidisciplinary centers, located at 27 institutions nationwide, promote research, training and education, and technology transfer. Thanks to the participation of people in their communities, the Centers conduct longitudinal, multi-center, collaborative studies of Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and treatment, age-related neurodegenerative diseases, and predictors of change in people without dementia that may indicate the initial stages of disease development.
The ADCs also conduct complementary studies, such as imaging studies and autopsy evaluations. All participants enrolled in the Centers receive a standard annual evaluation. Data from these evaluations are collected and stored by the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC; see below) as the Uniform Data Set. The ADCs serve as sites for a number of major studies, such as national clinical trials and imaging and biomarker research.
Alzheimer's Disease Translational Research Program: Drug Discovery, Preclinical Drug Development, and Clinical Trials. NIA has a longstanding commitment to translational research for Alzheimer's disease. In 2005, the Institute put this effort into high gear by launching a series of initiatives aimed at supporting all steps of drug discovery through clinical development. The program's goal is to seed preclinical drug discovery and development projects from academia and from small biotechnology companies and, in doing so, to increase the number of investigational new drug candidates that can be tested in humans.
This strategic investment has led to the relatively rapid creation of a large, diverse portfolio of projects aimed at discovery and preclinical development of novel candidate therapeutics. To date, NIA has supported more than 60 early drug discovery projects and 18 preclinical drug development projects through this program. Fifteen of the 18 preclinical drug development projects are for compounds against non-amyloid therapeutic targets, such as tau, ApoE4, pathogenic signaling cascades, and neurotransmitter receptors. Four candidate compounds projects have advanced to the clinical development stage.
This program supports outreach and education activities held at regular investigators' meetings and at an annual drug discovery training course organized by the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation. These meetings provide much-needed networking opportunities for NIA-funded investigators and industry and regulatory experts, as well as education of a new cadre of academic scientists.
Two major program initiatives are:
The Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study develops and tests new Alzheimer's interventions and treatments that might not otherwise be developed by industry.
- Alzheimer's Disease Pilot Clinical Trials Initiative. This ongoing initiative, begun in 1999, seeks to increase the number and quality of preliminary clinical evaluations of interventions for Alzheimer's, mild cognitive impairment, and age-associated cognitive decline. These trials are investigating drug and nondrug prevention and treatment interventions. The goal is not to duplicate or compete with the efforts of pharmaceutical companies but to encourage, complement, and accelerate the process of testing new, innovative, and effective treatments. The National Institute of Nursing Research, part of NIH, also participates in this initiative. See Testing Therapies to Treat, Delay, or Prevent Alzheimer's Disease to learn more about the trials and to see a complete list of treatment and prevention trials.
- Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS). NIA launched the ADCS in 1991 to develop and test new interventions and treatments for Alzheimer's disease that might not otherwise be developed by industry. Currently operated under a cooperative agreement with the University of California, San Diego, this large clinical trials consortium comprises more than 70 sites throughout the United States and Canada.
The ADCS focuses on evaluating interventions that will benefit Alzheimer's patients across the disease spectrum. This work includes testing agents that lack patent protection, agents that may be useful for Alzheimer's but are under patent protection and marketed for other indications, and novel compounds developed by individuals, academic institutions, and small biotech companies. The ADCS also develops new evaluation instruments for clinical trials and innovative approaches to clinical trial design.
Since its inception, the ADCS has initiated 32 research studies (25 drug and 7 instrument development protocols.) The ADCS also provides infrastructure support to other federally funded clinical efforts, including the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) and the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN). (Read more about these studies below.)
National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC). NIA established the NACC in 1999 with the goal of pooling and sharing data on participants in ADC studies. By 2005, NACC had collected data, including neuropathological data from 10,000 brain autopsies, from some 77,000 ADC study participants. NACC then added clinical evaluations and annual follow-ups to its protocol, enriching the database with detailed longitudinal data from 26,500 participants and 2,100 brain autopsies. The data are available to Alzheimer's researchers worldwide.
NACC data are helping to reveal different symptom patterns in different subsets of people with Alzheimer's, patterns that would not have become apparent without analyzing a data set of this size. NACC also helps coordinate other NIA efforts, such as the identification and selection of appropriate post mortem material collected at ADCs to send to the National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease.
National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease (NCRAD). This NIA-funded repository located at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, provides resources that help researchers identify the genes that contribute to Alzheimer's and other types of dementia. NCRAD collects and maintains biological specimens and associated data on study volunteers from a variety of sources, primarily people enrolled at the ADCs as well as those in ADNI, the Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium, and other studies. NCRAD also houses DNA samples and data from more than 900 families with multiple members affected by Alzheimer's.
Qualified research scientists may apply to NCRAD for samples and data to conduct genetic research. Since it was funded 22 years ago, more than 150,000 biological samples have been requested and sent to more than 120 investigators and cores across the world.
NIA Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS). Located at the University of Pennsylvania, NIAGADS is a Web-based warehouse for Alzheimer's disease genetic data. All genetic data derived from NIA-funded studies on the genetics of late-onset Alzheimer's are deposited at NIAGADS, another NIA-approved site, or both. NIAGADS currently houses 22 data sets with nearly 44,000 subjects and more than 24 billion genotypes. Data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) that are stored at NIAGADS are also made available through the database of Genotype and Phenotype (dbGaP) at the National Library of Medicine's National Center for Biotechnology Information, which was established to archive and distribute the results of large-scale GWAS analyses. Through dbGaP, data sets from multiple GWAS done on different platforms can be merged, and data from thousands of study participants can be analyzed together, increasing the probability of gene discovery.
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center. Congress created the ADEAR Center in 1990 to compile, archive, and disseminate information concerning Alzheimer's disease for people with Alzheimer's disease, their families, health professionals, and the public. Operated by NIA, the ADEAR Center is a current and comprehensive resource for Alzheimer's disease information and referrals. All of its information about research and materials on causes, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and caregiving are carefully researched, evidence-based, and reviewed for accuracy and integrity.
NIA supports and participates in several innovative research initiatives that are crucial to the advancement of Alzheimer's research. These include highly collaborative and international efforts to uncover the basic mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease, the biomarkers that signal stages of the disease, and efforts to better understand the aging brain. These research initiatives include:
The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative seeks to identify neuroimaging and other biomarkers that can detect disease progression and measure the effectiveness of potential therapies.
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). NIA launched this groundbreaking initiative in 2004. It is the largest public-private partnership to date in Alzheimer's disease research, receiving generous support from private-sector companies and foundations through the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. ADNI's goal is to find neuroimaging and other biological markers that can detect disease progression and measure the effectiveness of potential therapies.
In the first phase of ADNI, researchers recruited 800 participants, a mix of cognitively healthy people and those with Alzheimer's disease or MCI. To speed the pace of analysis and findings, ADNI investigators agreed to make their collected data widely available. Magnetic resonance maging and positron emission tomography brain images as well as clinical, genetic, and fluid biomarker data are available to qualified researchers worldwide through a Web-based database.
Findings from this initiative have generated excitement about using brain and fluid biomarkers to identify people at risk for developing Alzheimer's or to characterize the pace of deterioration. Accomplishments include new findings about how changes in the structure of the hippocampus may help gauge disease progression and the effectiveness of potential treatments, and the establishment of biomarker and imaging measures that predict risk for cognitive decline and conversion to dementia.
A follow-on effort, ADNI-GO, was launched with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in 2009, followed by ADNI 2 in 2010. ADNI 2 builds on the success of earlier ADNI phases to identify the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease. It set a 5-year goal to recruit 550 volunteers, age 55 to 90, at 55 sites in the United States and Canada. The volunteers include people with no apparent memory problems, people with early and late MCI, and people with mild Alzheimer's disease.
The volunteers will be followed to help define the changes in brain structure and function that take place when they transition from normal cognitive aging to MCI, and from MCI to Alzheimer's dementia. The study uses imaging techniques and biomarker measures in blood and cerebrospinal fluid specially developed to track changes in the living brain. Researchers hope to identify who is at risk for Alzheimer's, track progression of the disease, and devise tests to measure the effectiveness of potential interventions. ADNI2 continues to follow participants recruited for the other ADNI cohorts.
ADNI has been remarkably fruitful. To date, more than 430 papers using ADNI data have been published from investigators around the world, and many more will come as more data are collected and analyzed. The success of ADNI has also inspired similar efforts in Europe, Japan, and Australia.
Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Disease Network (DIAN). NIA launched this 6-year study in 2008 to better understand the biology of early-onset Alzheimer's, a rare, inherited form of the disease that can occur in people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. People born with a certain gene mutation not only develop Alzheimer's disease before age 60 but have a 50–50 chance of passing the gene on to their children. When Alzheimer's disease is caused by a genetic mutation, about 50 percent of the people in the family tree get the illness before age 60.
Scientists involved in this collaborative, international effort hope to recruit 300 adult children of people with Alzheimer's disease to help identify the sequence of brain changes that take place before symptoms appear. By understanding this process, researchers hope to gain additional insights into the more common late-onset form of the disease.
Until DIAN, the rarity of the condition and geographic distances between affected people and research centers hindered research. Today, volunteers age 18 and older with at least one biological parent with the disease are participating in DIAN at a network of 13 research sites in the United States, England, Germany, and Australia. Each participant receives a range of assessments, including genetic analysis, cognitive testing, and brain scans, and donates blood and cerebrospinal fluid so scientists can test for biomarkers.
DIAN researchers are building a shared database of the assessment results, samples, and images to advance knowledge of the brain mechanisms involved in Alzheimer's, eventually leading to targets for therapies that can delay or even prevent progress of the disease. The study is led by the ADC at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Initiative (ADGI) and Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC). The study of Alzheimer's disease genetics is complicated by the likelihood that the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's is influenced by many genes, each of which probably confers a relatively small risk. Identifying these genes requires analyzing the genomes of large numbers of people. ADGI was launched in 2003 to identify at least 1,000 families with multiple members who have late-onset Alzheimer's as well as members who do not. In 2009, NIA funded the ADGC to support the use of large-scale, high-throughput genetics technologies, which allow the analysis of large volumes of genetic data, needed by researchers studying late-onset Alzheimer's.
These initiatives are achieving important results. The ADGC, for example, was one the founding partners of a highly collaborative, international group that announced the identification of 11 new Alzheimer's risk genes in 2013. Combining previously studied and newly collected DNA data from 74,076 older volunteers with Alzheimer's and those free of the disease from 15 countries, the research offers important new insights into the disease pathways involved in Alzheimer's disease.
Research Partnership on Cognitive Aging. Through the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, NIA and the McKnight Brain Research Foundation established the Research Partnership on Cognitive Aging in 2007 to advance our understanding of healthy brain aging and function. The partnership is currently supporting grants funded through two research Requests for Applications: "Neural and Behavioral Profiles of Cognitive Aging" and "Interventions to Remediate Age-related Cognitive Decline." To date, Partnership-supported researchers have published 107 scientific papers. The Partnership, with co-sponsorship from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, released a new Request for Application in late 2013, "Plasticity and Mechanisms of Cognitive Remediation in Older Adults," and expects to award grants in summer 2014.
This public-private collaboration is expanding its outreach. In 2013, the McKnight Brain Research Foundation, with co-sponsorship from NIA and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, AARP, and the Retirement Research Foundation, contracted with the Institute of Medicine to conduct "Public Health Dimensions of Cognitive Aging." The study is examining cognitive health and aging with a focus on epidemiology and surveillance, prevention and intervention opportunities, education of health professionals, and new approaches to enhance awareness and disseminate information to the public. The technical report, including commissioned papers, conclusions, and recommendations, will be released in 2015.
NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function. Supported by the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, researchers developed this set of brief tests to assess cognitive, sensory, motor, and emotional function, particularly in studies that enroll many people, such as epidemiological studies and clinical trials. These royalty-free tests, developed under a contract with NIH, were unveiled in September 2012. Available in English and Spanish and applicable for use in people age 3 to 85 years, the measures enable direct comparison of cognitive and other abilities at different ages across the lifespan.
Human Connectome Project. The NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, a group of 15 NIH institutes and offices engaged in brain-related research, started the Human Connectome Project in 2010 to develop and share knowledge about the structural and functional connectivity of the healthy human brain. This collaborative effort uses cutting-edge neuroimaging instruments, analysis tools, and informatics technologies to map the neural pathways underlying human brain function. Investigators will map these connectomes in 1,200 healthy adults—twin pairs and their siblings—and will study anatomical and functional connections among regions of the brain.
The data gathered will be related to behavioral test data collected using another NIH Blueprint research tool, the NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function (see above), and to data on participants' genetic makeup. The goals are to reveal the contributions of genes and environment in shaping brain circuitry and variability in connectivity and to develop faster, more powerful imaging tools. Advancing our understanding of normal brain connectivity may one day inform Alzheimer's research.
BRAIN Initiative. The NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is part of a new Presidential focus aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. The BRAIN Initiative aims to accelerate work on technologies that give a dynamic picture of how individual cells and complex neural circuits interact in real time. The ultimate goal is to enhance understanding of the brain and improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of brain diseases such as Alzheimer's. The National Science Foundation and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are partnering with NIH in this initiative.


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