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This line was my favorite...There are so many accessories the AR is nothing more than a Black Barbie Doll for Boys.
+1 Kev I got a chuckle out of that. Buddy from work went to Parris Island singing the praises of the AR-15 and came back wanting an AK, that was all I needed to hear
I've got both an AR and an AK. If for some reason I had to go hide in the woods and could only take one I'd take the AK. I'll lose a little in accuracy but it's going to work. Don't get me wrong I like my AR and I thought about getting another one actually. But it has it's down sides and there's no denying that.
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thats funny, i did a stress test a while back with my ak and sks i did the whole mud and snow bit threw some mud and snow in the chamber the sks ran into problems but nothing a finger sweep and spray lube couldnt fix, i didnt do it to my ar for fear of losing 1200 dollars, being in the army as long as u kept the weapon in your hand and didnt drop it and cleaned it twice a day and after range visits you were genrally okay. i dropped my M4 once while in the army, on pavement and lost my foward assist button and spring, it still fired without it but i had a terrible back blast to the face since im left handed...lol can we say safety glasses! anyway the ak was flawless but ive been looking into the gas piston ar stuff. grab and run scenario id probably grab my ak and ar to give my ar to anyone that joined me.
I'm sorry, but I stopped reading after this:After training I went to a unit that had an Armourer that believed any jam was a personal insult to him so he used special tools he got from a jewelers and polished every internal bearing surface to a mirror finish. I thought the parts were chromed. I thought that THIS was how an M-16 was supposed to be like. Perfectly smooth and slick in every function from trigger pull to magazine ejection and everything in between. No I dont remember having any jams with it but then again, this obsessive compulsive Armourer always insisted upon checking the rifle and detail stripping and cleaning it when ever I was on down time. Not just my rifle but every rifle in the unit.
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Yeah, that part made me do a double take, too. I think I need to scrap the poo-poo off of my boondockers.
However, in Storm, me and my crew kept our one-issued-per-tank M-16A2 wrapped in the heavy plastic storage sleeve and locked away in the sponson box to keep it clean. After clearing the minefield we borrowed AK-47's from the nice Iraqis who greeted us as we arrived in Kuwait. I hated to admit it but that ugly clangy-bangy thing will shoot! Dirty, rusty, crappy steel cased ammo, whatever...it would always go bang. (Didn't always hit in the same zip code; but close enough!) I have to admit, I gained a great deal of respect for the AK platform. (But I shouldn't be surprised. Mikhail was, after all, a tanker!)
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Reason #2: Cloud computing means a world of new products and offeringsAs a developer, it is a continuous battle to keep up with constantly emerging technologies, but it is imperative that we do so in order to ensure we take full advantage of available solutions. Cloud computing providers introduce a whole new world of service offerings for consumption by application developers. Cloud providers are offering new storage solutions, new database implementations, new content distribution mechanisms, new application integration capabilities, etc. As developers who may potentially be writing applications that run in the cloud, these new offerings directly affect the code we write. We need to educate ourselves about these new services, and we should understand when these solutions can be best leveraged to deliver our end product.
Reason #3: SOA becomes more importantOkay, so maybe this is not aimed squarely at the developer, but I know many times a developer wears the hat of architect as well... even if they don't know it! In a cloud computing world, the applications and services we deploy to the cloud should align and fit into our SOA. This is critical if we are to fully exploit the benefits of ubiquity offered by the cloud. Cloud computing inherently provides the ability to access services from any machine with a network connection, automatically giving the kind of service ubiquity sought by many companies. By developing these services in a SOA-compliant manner, we extend the reach by making it more readily consumable by other application components. We move beyond pure end-user applications and services, and in doing so new or increased revenue streams may be realized for the service.
These are just a few of the ways I see cloud computing currently affecting the developer's role. There are a myriad of reasons that developers should be cognizant of cloud computing, and I expect the list of reasons to boom as cloud computing continues to advance. I'd also like to hear what you think about cloud computing and the developer, so post a comment below if you would like to join the discussion.
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Ohio Man Wrecks into 200 Ft. Deep Gorge, in Critical Condition
Jenkins was heading southbound on U.S. 522 North (North Frederick Pike), around 8 a.m. Wednesday, when he drove his tractor trailer into a 200 ft. deep gorge, near
"When the first volunteer chief from Gainesboro arrived on the scene, he found a driver that was severely entrapped in the cab of the tractor," said Karl Steudl, battalion captain for the Frederick County Fire & Rescue Department.
Deputies said Jenkins was hauling recycled plastic bags to Trex in
Officials think the trailer vaulted over the tractor, pinning Jenkins in the cabin.
The plastic bags Jenkins was carrying, may have saved his life. Fire and rescue personnel believe the lightweight load and cushioning from the plastic bags prevented the trailer from completely crushing the driver.
"If the load had been heavier, we believe the risk of crushing the driver would have been much more severe," said Steudl.
It took crews about an hour to get Jenkins out from under the trailer.
"We had to use hydraulic extrication equipment. We had to use a lot of stabilization, because the trailer was somewhat unstable. And then we just had to start cutting, piece by piece, the sheet metal and various parts of the tractor away from the driver."
Although his injuries were severe, Jenkins was conscious during his rescue.
"He was able to talk to us. [He was] able to figure out how he was injured, [and] what was injured on him. He wasn't able to give us a whole lot of detail about how the accident occurred," said Steudl.
Crews cut Jenkins free, and brought him in a pickup truck to a nearby helicopter. Jenkins was airlifted via AirCare 4 to the trauma center at
"I have no spoken to any witnesses, our dispatcher says that it was a 'passerby' who called it in," said Steudl.
Officials believe that witness may have saved Jenkins' life.
The accident is still under investigation. No charges have been filed at this time.


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Feb. 2, 2013
Recap | Box Score | Quotes | Photo Gallery
TENNESSEE TIDBITS Tennessee leads the all-time series against the Razorbacks, 17-14.
For games in Fayetteville, Arkansas leads the series, 7-4
The Vols had won the last two games in the series and four of the last five dating to 2009 prior to Saturday.
Tennessee's last win in Fayetteville came on Feb. 4, 2009.
DOUBLE-FIGURE GUYS Jarnell Stokes netted 18 points. It was his 12th time in double-figures and 20th time in his career including the last three games in a row.
Jarnell Stokes had his seventh double-double of the season and ninth of his career with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Stokes has double-doubles in his last three games and four of his last five games.
Kenny Hall had his first SEC game in double-figures this season with 14. It was his fourth this season in double-figures, but first since the Memphis game (1/4/13).
Josh Richardson tallied 11 points, his seventh game this season and ninth of his career in double-figures.
It was Richardson's first game with 10 or more in four games and second in eight games after three in a row from Dec. 21-Jan. 4.
REESE REBOUND HIGH Vols freshman Derek Reese grabbed a career-high eight rebounds. His previous career-high was four, done twice, most recently at Kentucky (1/15/13).
GOLDEN MISSES FIRST IN 60 Vols point guard Trae Golden missed the game with a hamstring injury. He had played 60 games in a row. It was the first game he missed since Feb. 19, 2011, vs. Georgia in his freshman season.
TAKING THE CHARGE Kenny Hall took two charges to give him eight on the season. Second only to Yemi Makanjuola's nine.
Skylar McBee drew his fourth charge of the season in the game.
WIth the three charges, the Vols now have 34 on the season in 20 games.


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Kollur Mine
The Kollur Mine (or Gani Coulour) in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh was one of the most productive diamond mines in the world and the first major diamond centre. It is situated on the south bank of the River Krishna. It operated between the 16th and mid-19th centuries.[1] In addition to the Kollur, the Paritala, Gollapally, Mallavally, Ramallakota, and Banganapally were extremely prolific mines in India during this period.[2] At the height of production, it was recorded that around 60,000 people mined the region, including men, women and children of all ages.[3][4][5]
The famous diamond known as the "Tavernier Diamond" was purchased by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier from the Kollur mine in the mid-17th century.[6] The diamond was purchased from Tavernier by King Louis XIV of France but was stolen during the French Revolution; it is believed to have reappeared as the re-cut Hope Diamond.[7] The Indian mines were eventually depleted and the diamond centre shifted to Brazil, where a good amount of diamonds were discovered. Many of the most famous and notable diamonds were mined from these early Indian mines, including the Koh-i-Noor, the Regent Diamond, the Great Mogul (all from the Kollur); the Daria-i-Noor, the Orloff, the Dresden Green, and the Nassak Diamond.[8]
Notable diamonds[edit]
Some of the most famous diamonds mined in the Kollur mines are:
- The Great Mogul Diamond, 280 carats (56 g) cut, 787 carats (157.4 g) rough, - Lost after Nādir Shāh sacked Delhi
- The Pitt or Regent Diamond, 140 carats (28.0 g) - in the Apollo Gallery, Louvre Museum, Paris
- Nizām Diamond, 340 carats (68.0 g) - currently owned by the Government of India.
- The Orloff Diamond, 300 carats (60.0 g)
- Daryā-ye Nūr, 182 carats (36.4 g) - in the Iranian Crown
- The Golconda, 135 carats (27.0 g) - belonging to Dunklings Jewellers, Melbourne, Australia.
- Koh-i-Noor, 105.6 carats (21.12 g) (793 carats (158.6 g) rough, 186 carats (37.2 g) cut, further cut for Crown Jewels) - in the British Crown Jewels, London
- The Hope Diamond, 67 carats (13.4 g) - in the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington
- The Kolluru Diamond, 63 carats (12.6 g) - Purchased by Tavernier and present location unknown.
- Dresden Green Diamond, 41 carats (8.2 g) - "The New Green Vault" in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
See also[edit]
- ^ Marshal, E. 1677. A description of the Diamond Mines as presented by the Right Honourable, the Earl Marshal of England to the Royal Society. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society, Pages 910-917
- ^ A Manual of the Geology of India: Economic geology, by V. Ball. 1881; Henry Benedict Medlicott, William Thomas Blanford, Valentine Ball, Frederick Richard Mallett; By Geological Survey of India, 1881, p. 16
- ^ India Before Europe, C.E.B. Asher and C. Talbot, Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-521-80904-5, p. 40
- ^ A History of India, Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund, Edition: 3, Routledge, 1998, p. 160; ISBN 0-415-15482-0
- ^ Deccan Heritage, H. K. Gupta, A. Parasher and D. Balasubramanian, Indian National Science Academy, 2000, p. 144, Orient Blackswan, ISBN 81-7371-285-9
- ^ Travels in India by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Cambridge University Press, 2012
- ^ The History of the Hope Diamond, Smithsonian Institution
External links[edit]
Media related to Kollur Mine at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 16°42′10.41″N 80°1′53.23″E / 16.7028917°N 80.0314528°E


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Old Queens Head Sheffield- Ghost Sightings doc and Investigation.
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Bell Inn Ghosts - The Haunted Honeymoon
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LSD - check
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harness bar - check
GT3 seats - check
harness - check
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We are ready to race!
If you are going to do GT3 seats, do it right, color coordinate!
LSD - check
Track wheels and tires - check
harness bar - check
GT3 seats - check
harness - check
sponsor graphic - check
We are ready to race!
If you are going to do GT3 seats, do it right, color coordinate!
Wow, does that look good.
Good luck on the track
Now all we need is a quick jockey...enjoy it looks ready as it can be.
Damn, that looks slick. Do us proud!
What wheels are those?
that is one sweet ride. wheres the supercharger and springs
cant wait to see it at vegas!
HP is irrelevant
K Your CS is looking very serious, and with your new LSD riding seriously also, way cool.
Damn looks like you put some serious coin into your toy
'07 987S: sold
'05 Dodge Magnum RT: catback, high-flow cats, custom intake, projector headlights, SC FlashPaq, custom suspension... and on and on.
'16 BMW X3 - wifey car.
do those graphics stay on all the time? that's a lot of yellow! Which LSD did you put in?
Cayman S 2006 - Sold
2010 GT3 White
Boxster 2001 - race car and current track toy.
titanium bolts alone were $800'ish. They are going on Stephen's 997 Turbo.
I am not doing springs, I am doing the Bilstein PSS Damptronic system for PASM. My set is in and sitting at Bilstein in Los Angeles awaiting engineer approval to be released to me. I was bummed that I didn't have it for this event, but maybe my next event I can try that out...
I just put the graphics (magnetic) on for the Club Race weekend because Fios is a sponsor, they are good up to 140mph at least. Yes, that is a lot of yellow, but I could probably find a few more places for some. LSD is the Quaife unit, did you miss the front page news item from yesterday with all the play by play pictures???
Looks awesome, and i'm sure it drives even better!
07 Cayenne Turbo S
06 Cayman S - sold
Yesterday I found out why LSD would be great.
Nice car man.
Dispatch from K-Man S:
The LSD is tracking extremely well- at least 3 seconds better on his circuit early today. So far he is passing everything in his path including vipers, C6 vettes, and a 996 GT3 that couldn't shake him and had to let him go by. He pulled out of corner so strong that the C6 couldn't catch up all the way down the straight. More to come when he gets home and starts typing...
Whoo-wee. I'm getting all lathered up and can't wait for my AX tomorrow.
What no yellow calipers? Very nice have fun.
Black 2012 Cayman R
White 01 Ford Ranger
Blue 73 914
Looks absolutely serious! Can't wait to see first hand posts on the LSD. Got my Quaife Monday and looking for an installer. Great to hear the Bilsteins for PASM are out.
Your Cay is a trip.
My first question is how are the GT3 seats? I am wondering how comfortable they might be for cross country trips?
The BBS look great. In fact, your ride in yellow is one of the most inspiring. I sure like the seats in yellow as well. Now, about those brakes . . .
Why can't you have a 3.8L? It seems as though maybe you should have gone with a F-L GTR and just gotten it all done and over with. But then, it seems that you enjoy making this a project car in evolution.
It sure is some "project car!"
About those wheels made from carbon fibre. Now, those sound like pure indulgence!
Back from teh track, will post a recap after dinner. Family calls!
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The nominees for the 2010 Lulu Awards were announced and it looks like Kablamer, Athena Currier has been nominated for the Kim Yale Award for Most Talented Newcomer for her webcomic work on Action Athena. How cool is that!?
Nominees for the 2010 Lulu Awards, recognizing "the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women" have been announced. Voting is open to the public right here, with the voting deadline September 27th. The awards will be presented at the Long Beach Comic-Con on October 29th.
You can also see more of Ms. Currier's work on Indy Planet with her awesome comic series, Burn Book which you can find right here.
Let's show Athena some Indy Comic making love and vote for her in a category filled with some tremendous talent. C'mon Kablamers…let's vote! There's no need to register or hand over your first born…just vote!
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The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) is a private, professional educational membership association of over 200,000 educators in Catholic schools, universities, and religious education programs. It is the largest such organization in the world.[1]
NCEA traces its official beginning to a meeting held in St. Louis, Missouri, July 12-14, 1904. At that meeting the separate Catholic education organizations, the Education Conference of Catholic Seminary Faculties (1898), the Association of Catholic Colleges (1899) and the Parish School Conference (1902) agreed to unite as the Catholic Educational Association (CEA).
From then until 1919, the CEA was the only unifying agent for Catholic education at the national level. In 1919, the establishment of the National Catholic War Council (NCWC), later changed to National Catholic Welfare Council, to serve as an agency of the American bishops to coordinate all Catholic activity, including education, marked a new era for CEA. A working relationship of independent cooperation between the Association and the Department of Education of NCWC was established that endures with the NCW successor, the United States Catholic Conference (USCCB).
In 1927, the word 'national' was added to the official CEA title and, in 1929, the association headquarters moved to Washington, DC to be in proximity to other national secular agencies of education. The Association began a policy of friendly cooperation with other private and public educational associations and federal government agencies in the service of all aspects of American education.
ACCU and NCEA[edit]
The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, founded independently in 1899, has a long relationship with the various components that later became the National Catholic Educational Association, of which it has for some time been a constitutive member. As of July 1, 2000, ACCU is an independently incorporated 501(c3) organization and an Affiliate of the NCEA.
NCEA is a voluntary association of educators and institutions. The Association's structure is based on a departmental arrangement whereby member institutions hold association membership through one of the constitutive departments. The membership departments are:
- Boards and Councils Department
- Chief Administrators of Catholic Education Department (CACE)
- Elementary Schools Department
- Religious Education Department
- Secondary Schools Department
- Seminary Department
NCEA is the largest private professional education organization in the world, representing 200,000 Catholic educators serving 7.6 million students in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, in religious education programs, in seminaries and in colleges and universities.[2]
Symbolism of the Official NCEA Logo[edit]
The base of this stylized lamp of learning represents all Catholic educators. From the witness of their lives emanate the flames of the gospel message, faith community, and Christian service. As they pass the flame of learning to others, they share the warmth and light of Christ. In their ministry, they are constantly gifted and challenged by the Holy Spirit, symbolized by the highest flame. The overall circular design of the logo reflects the universal love of the Father, and the concern of Catholic educational ministers for the entire world community.[2]
An annual convention and a national DRE (directors of religious education) convocation feature prominent educators in sessions and showcase the latest in technology, publications and services along with a major exposition. Various other conferences, seminars, workshops and symposiums are held throughout the year with each one with its own specific focus.
- In-service programs
- Religious education assessments: ACRE for children and IFG for adults
- Development field services
- National Marketing Campaign for Catholic Schools (joint project with USCCB)
- National conferences
- Award programs recognizing outstanding educators and students[3]
Momentum- Each issue is built around a special section highlighting an area of particular interest to Catholic educators. Momentum also includes editorials, pertinent book reviews, ads of interest to educators, short essays based on personal experiences, and columns.
NCEA Notes- Catholic schools newsletter.
Press releases may be found here, and include upcoming events.
Awards Given By The NCEA[edit]
C. Albert Koob, O.Praem Award The C. Albert Koob Merit Award is given to an individual or organization that has made a significant contribution to Catholic education at any level – early childhood, elementary, secondary, higher education – or in any educational setting, in one or more of these areas: teaching, administration, parish religious education, research, publication or educational leadership. Such service or contribution should be recognized as having current significance at the national level. The award is given at the annual NCEA convention during Easter Week.
John F. Meyers Award The John F. Meyers Award is presented to "someone who has supported Catholic education" in any of the above-mentioned ways or through such contributions as development, public relations, scholarship programs, financial management, or government relations. This award, too, recognizes national impact. The award is given at the annual NCEA convention during Easter Week.
Catherine T. McNamee, CSJ Award The Catherine T. McNamee, CSJ Award is presented to an individual or school for leadership in promoting a vision of Catholic education that welcomes and serves cultural and economic diversity or serving students with diverse needs. The award is given at the annual NCEA convention during Easter Week.
Leonard F. DeFiore Parental Choice Advocate Award The Leonard F. DeFiore Parental Choice Advocate Award is presented to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in promoting full and fair parental choice in education. The award is given at the annual NCEA convention during Easter Week.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Awards NCEA's St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Awards were created to honor those individuals whose personal or professional philanthropy or volunteer service has impacted Catholic education in particular or U.S. education and our country's youth in general. Named after Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in recognition of her lifelong dedication to teaching, those receiving Seton Awards have a $1,000 scholarship presented in their honor to a deserving Catholic school student from their community. The awards are given in early October in Washington, DC.[4]
External links[edit]
- National Catholic Educational Association website
- President Delivers Remarks to Catholic Educational Association. The G.W. Bush White House web site. Press release, January 9, 2004.


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Stephen Pearcy(former lead singer of Ratt) scheduled for this Saturday May 10th at The Chance in Poughkeepsie has been postponed until October 18th. If you are a ticket holder, tickets will be honored on the new date. Visit www.thechancetheater.com for more info.
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The second seed clutched at his side a few times during Monday's 6-4 7-6 (7/5) 6-1 win on Centre Court, which was a worrying echo of the back troubles during the clay-court season that led to him pulling out of the French Open.
Although the win came in straight sets, there was not the same fluency about Murray's game, with the Scot having to fight back from 5-2 down in the second set and then 5-3 down in the tie-break. He played down worries over his fitness, though, saying: "There's no cause for concern. My back is what it is. It's felt way, way better than it was a few weeks ago."
Murray continued: "There's a few times on the court where you feel things. You just have to find a way of managing those issues and getting through them because a lot of guys have had problems during this slam especially. A lot of guys have had trainers on court and whatnot. So everyone's got little niggles. You just have to manage them and get through it."
Murray retired mid-match against Marcel Granollers in Rome prior to his French Open withdrawal but, in a Wimbledon tournament that has seen more than its fair share of injury problems, only something drastic would put him out. The second seed said: "Now that I'm playing, there's no chance I would stop unless I couldn't hold the racket."
Murray had 20 minutes of additional treatment on his body after leaving the court to try to ensure he is in prime condition for potentially three matches to come, starting with a quarter-final against Fernando Verdasco on Wednesday.
Murray said: "I need to make sure I do all the right things, like ice-bathing, having my massage, and taking care of my body. Obviously, a few weeks ago I missed the French Open. I don't want it to be a case of things creeping back up on me. I want to take care of my body. It's my main priority this tournament."
A tournament of shocks saw possibly the biggest in the match before Murray's as women's number one seed Serena Williams crashed out against Sabine Lisicki to end a 34-match winning streak. It was another reminder that, as inevitable as a final between Murray and Novak Djokovic may look, nothing can be taken for granted.
"She hasn't lost for a long time," said Murray. "So for her to lose at Wimbledon in the fourth round, especially a match where she'd come back, had a lot of chances, it's surprising.
"When those sort of results can happen to a player as good as her, there's absolutely no reason why it can't happen to me. That's why I'm not getting ahead of myself, and no one else should."
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Money is the primary concern at the University of Montana right nowor rather, a lack of it next year. And while Provost Perry Brown says budget reductions are merely a "possibility" at present, the tone on campus has been markedly altered as deans and department chairs write up recommendations for cuts they hope will have a limited effect on students.
"The deans are working hard to maintain all the necessary ingredients for all of the programs that they offer," Brown says.
Registration for fall semester opened on Cyberbear April 8, and students may already have taken note of the impacts of budget discussions. Brown has encouraged chairs to identify sections of courses that could be cut if budget reductions become a reality. That means select sections may be listed on Cyberbear but not open for registration. Some of those sections may open later, Brown adds, depending on student demand.
"Last fall, we had 700 fewer students than we had the previous year," Brown says. "If we have fewer students again, that means there are at least some sections that won't be needed because there won't be anybody in them."
At the College of Arts and Sciences, the 8 percent reduction administrators are using as a cautionary figure could equate to cuts up to $1.6 million, says Dean Chris Comer. He's told his chairs to be transparent with adjunct faculty and to realize that they can't "register students for courses that we then can't deliver." The overall uncertainty has created a mood of "deep concern," Comer says, and caused some faculty to become "edgy."
"I'm sure a number of adjuncts have been told that the course they taught last year or the year before is in doubt and may not be offered," he says. "But the colleges have not been given definite numbers ... so nobody's being told they're not going to be hired for next year."
Comer adds that "it would be fair to say [budget reductions] will not be invisible to students." It will be harder to find courses, he explains, "and yeah, it's going to inconvenience some students and cause some consternation."
Comer would like to remain optimistic, but he's also realistic.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is lifting a 16-year-old ban on commercial flights by U.S. carriers to two airports in Kurdish northern Iraq, citing increased stability in the region.
Civilian flights to that nation, which had been the scene a U.S.-imposed no-fly zone and then a war to depose President Saddam Hussein, were halted in 1996 for safety reasons, the FAA said in a notice to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow.
The agency will now allow flights into Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region. Flights by commercial operators from other nations have used the airports without incident for years, the FAA said in the notice.
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In a 2-3 vote, the schoolboard voted against changing the name Tuesday night. Board Member Sue Mosley had suggested the change after realizing the acronym for the school was HAMO.
"I'm not necessarily crazy about the acronym HAMO. It just doesn't sound very attractive and there has been some slang things attached to it," said Mosley.
Schoolboard Member Steve Herring agreed the name should be changed but the other three board members did not.
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Horizon Academy at Marion Oaks is just down the street from Sunrise Elementary School.
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Mercer West: Project Archive
West Mercer Place
The Mercer West Project Team completed evaluation and public outreach regarding options to improve traffic operations and pedestrian and bicycle connections on W Mercer Pl near Elliott Ave W. The purpose of the evaluation was to determine if improvements are justified, based on the potential benefit (reduction in delay or travel times) and the estimated costs and impacts of such improvements.
The Mercer West Team presented the alternatives and evaluation results at an Open House on March 15, 2011 and presented the evaluation to community organizations and other stakeholders in March and April to gather feedback on the alternatives and evaluation. (see March-April 2011 entry in Project Updates Archive)
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Site: Allendale, Mich. (Kelly Family Sports Center)
Event: Grand Valley State Bob Eubanks Open
U-M Team Result: Non-scoring
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Jan. 19 -- host Simmons-Harvey Invitational (U-M Indoor Track Building), 10:30 a.m.
ALLENDALE, Mich. -- The 19th-ranked University of Michigan women's track and field team opened the 2013 indoor season on Friday (Jan. 11) at Grand Valley State's Bob Eubanks Open. The Wolverines produced 26 top-five performances, including four first-place finishes -- junior Amber Smith (Cleveland, Ohio/Collinwood) in the 60-meter hurdles, junior Megan Weschler (Wyandotte, Mich./Roosevelt) in the 800-meter run, sophomore/freshman Devon Hoppe (Newport Beach, Calif./Corona Del Mar) in the mile run and senior/junior Sara Nitz (Zeeland, Mich./Zeeland East) in the high jump.
Smith was one of three Wolverines to qualify for the 60-meter hurdles final, winning the event with a personal-best time of 8.39. In her career debut in Maize and Blue, freshman Cindy Ofili (Ypsilanti, Mich./Huron) also placed in the top five, stopping the clock at 8.54 to finish fourth.
Weschler paced a group of Wolverines that claimed the top four spots in the 800-meter run, clocking a time of 2:13.79 to win the event. Sophomore Chinyere Onimo (Ypsilanti, Mich./Huron), freshman Maya Long (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron) and sophomore Chelsey Miller (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) followed in second, third and fourth place, respectively, in times of 2:19.32, 2:19.78 and 2:19.81.
In her first collegiate race, Hoppe won the mile with a time of 5:11.60, finishing more than four seconds ahead of the runner-up.
After missing the 2012 indoor season due to injury, Nitz returned to lead the field-event group, leaping 1.67 meters (5-5.75) to finish first in the high jump.
Senior Erin Pendleton (Lindsey, Ohio/Woodmore) began her final indoor season, finishing fourth in the shot put (13.18m, 43-3) and fifth in the weight throw (16.94m, 55-7).
In the 60-meter dash, five Wolverines qualified for the finals, taking three of the top five places in the finals. Senior Ada Unachukwu (Morganville, N.J./Marlboro) was the first of three U-M sprinters who finished 2-3-4, placing second in a career-best time of 7.67. Ofili (7.70) and senior Charlotte Cahill (Farmington Hills, Mich./North Farmington) (7.70) finished almost simultaneously, taking third and fourth, respectively.
Junior Erin Busbee (Cleveland, Ohio/Collinwood) recorded personal-best mark in three events -- 60-meter dash (7.76), 200-meter dash (25.31) and 60-meter hurdles (8.66). She registered her best finish in the 200, finishing runner-up, while Unachukwu followed in fourth place with a time of 25.44.
In the 300-meter dash, which is not an event contested at the championship level, Cahill finished third (40.13), followed by Smith (40.79) and Ofili (41.05) in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
Senior/juniors Meg Bellino (Monroe, Mich./Catholic Central) (1:33.41) and Jami Hill (Onalaska, Wis./Onalaska) (1:34.57) each recorded personal-best times in the 600-meter run to secure the third and fourth positions in the 600-meter run. Sophomore/freshman Dana Carey (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Marian) finished on their heels in fifth place with a time of 1:38.81.
Michigan finished 2-3-4-5 in the 3,000-meter run, led by sophomore /freshman Anna Pasternak (Brighton, Mich./Hartland), who finished runner-up in 10:08.59. Junior/sophomore Alex Mathews (Birmingham, Mich./Seaholm) finished third in a time of 10:12.42, followed by sophomore/freshman Laura Addison (Spring Lake, Mich./Grand Haven) (10:18.73) in fourth and junior Nicola Hallenborg (Summit, N.J./Summit) (10:25.60) in fifth. It marked the collegiate debut for Pasternak and Addison.
The Wolverines will return to Ann Arbor to host the annual Simmons-Harvey Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 19, at the U-M Indoor Track Building. The meet will kick off with field events at 10:30 a.m. and continue with running events at 12:30 p.m.
Event Winners/U-M Finishers
60-meter Dash (Prelims) 1. Cindy Ofili, U-M 7.73q t2. Charlotte Cahill, U-M 7.73q 4. Erin Busbee, U-M 7.74q 5. Amber Smith, U-M 7.78q 5. Ada Unachukwu, U-M 7.78q 11. Tofunmi Akeredolu, U-M 7.92 60-meter dash (Finals) 1. Brittney Jackson, Grand Valley 7.67 2. Ada Unachukwu, U-M 7.67 3. Cindy Ofili, U-M 7.70 4. Charlotte Cahill, U-M 7.70 6. Erin Busbee, U-M 7.76 9. Amber Smith, U-M 7.93 200-meter Dash 1. Margaret Bamgbose, Notre Dame 24.65 2. Erin Busbee, U-M 25.31 4. Ada Unachukwu, U-M 25.44 19. Tofunmi Akeredolu, U-M 26.66 300-meter Dash 1. Michelle Brown, Notre Dame 38.76 3. Charlotte Cahill, U-M 40.13 4. Amber Smith, U-M 40.79 5. Cindy Ofili, U-M 41.05 600-meter Run 1. Alysson Bodenbach, Michigan State 1:32.05 3. Meg Bellino, U-M 1:33.41 4. Jami Hill, U-M 1:34.57 5. Dana Carey, U-M 1:38.81 8. Emily Wee, U-M 1:42.85 800-meter Run 1. Megan Weschler, U-M 2:13.79 2. Chinyere Onimo, U-M 2:19.32 3. Maya Long, U-M 2:19.78 4. Chelsey Miller, U-M 2:19.91 Danielle Pfeifer, U-M DNF Mile Run 1. Devon Hoppe, U-M 5:11.60 3,000-meter Run 1. Nicole Michmerhuizen, Calvin 10:03.59 2. Anna Pasternak, U-M 10:08.59 3. Alex Mathews, U-M 10:12.42 4. Laura Addison, U-M 10:18.73 5. Nicola Hallenborg, U-M 10:25.60 60-meter Hurdles (Prelims) 1. Nevada Sorenson, Notre Dame 8.48q 1. Amber Smith, U-M 8.48q 6. Cindy Ofili, U-M 8.57q 7. Erin Busbee, U-M 8.70q 15. Liz Sherzer, U-M 9.79 60-meter Hurdles (Finals) 1. Amber Smith, U-M 8.39 4. Cindy Ofili, U-M 8.54 7. Erin Busbee, U-M 8.66 Long Jump 1. Ashley Stacey, Michigan Sta 5.71m (18-9) 26. Liz Sherzer, U-M 3.95m (12-11.50) High Jump 1. Sara Nitz, U-M 1.67m (5-5.75) Shot Put 1. Sam Lockhart, Grand Valley 14.09m (46-2.75) 4. Erin Pendleton, U-M 13.18m (43-3) 13. Elly Mioduszewski, U-M 11.42m (37-5.75) 19. Liz Sherzer, U-M 11.03m (36-2.25) 20. Erin Busbee, U-M 11.02m (36-2) 26. Kari Prena, U-M 10.45m (34-3.50) Weight Throw 1. Sam Lockhart, Grand Valley 20.43m (67-0.50) 5. Erin Pendleton, U-M 16.94m (55-7) 12. Kari Prena, U-M 15.46m (50-8.75) 18. Amanda Adwon, U-M 14.53m (47-8) 23. Elly Mioduszewski, U-M 13.32m (43-8) 4x400-meter Relay 1. Michigan State 'A' 3:44.36 5. MICHIGAN 'A' 3:56.26 (Dana Carey, Maya Long, Meg Bellino, Chinyere Onimo) 7. MICHIGAN 'B' 3:58.17 (Chelsey Miller, Jami Hill, Devon Hoppe, Emily Wee) q - qualified for finals
Ada Unachukwu -- 60m Dash (7.67)
Erin Busbee -- 60m Dash (7.74) (P)
Erin Busbee -- 200m Dash (25.31)
Meg Bellino -- 600m Run (1:33.41)
Jami Hill -- 600m Run (1:34.57)
Devon Hoppe -- Mile Run (5:11.60)
Amber Smith -- 60m Hurdles (8.39)
Erin Busbee -- 60m Hurdles (8.66)
Liz Sherzer -- Shot Put (11.03m; 36-2.25)
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Griswold Christmas
Sunny day yesterday,climbed up on my roof and got all the light hungWe have this cool rope ladder you hang from the roof,has Santa,Reindeer,Elf,and a Snowman(?) climbing up it,lights on it.A guy at work makes wreaths at Christmas and I bought a big 2 1/2 footer to put on my porch rails,Eight spirilaing Christmas trees all lit up,One three foot stocking and an old skeleton key on red ribbon,so Santa can come in,since we do not have a chimmney,kids love that key idea.Also took some red ribbon and candystriped my front porch uprights.I still have three weeks to go.My wife went to Lowes and spent almost eighty dollars.We have a nice Christmas tree upstairs and one with the kids ornaments on it downstairs.The whole house looks like Santa's workshop right now.Man I love Christmas.
I like Christmas more than most people. I get into the spirit. Freeze my nuts off putting lights up. Drive around with Christmas music blasting. I put a cool train platform up around the tree, build a town and everything.
I love it.
i am a big christmas fan.its somthing so cool about it, its like a nostalgia that every can share.
now if i could just find a way to get rid of the bright snow :drunk: ...
im a christmas fan always have been. with the kids its even better i spent many cold christmas eves in an unheated garage assembling things. at least thats over now.:cool:
Im a Christmas fanatic to. It seems like Im having money problems every year and cant buy lights. My kids really get a lot though no matter what. HG:thumbup:
December 26th is the best day for buying lights and gifts.If the lights and decorations cost you say,$13.00 before Christmas,on the 26th you can get the same lights for $4.00.
Speaking of Christmas Music (Ghetto mentioned it). I gotta reccomend everyone check out the 12 Yats of Christmas. A local New Orleans group. funny funny stuff. They also go by the name of Benny Grunch and the Bunch.
the 12 pains of christmas is a riot to!!!:eek: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Man I love christmas time. All the stores are playing christmas music, the snow is falling, you can go sledding. I have christmas music blasin through my radio all the time when I drive now. Just a nice time of the year.
Hey I live on the northshore, in Ponchatoula. Those guys are funny. I love to watch them on the news. Everybodys starting to put stuff up. Do you know if they have a website or something?
I don't know if they have a web site, I will have to check that out.
Just kidding Mike, I do the same thing.
i like to get a wreath on the front of the truck and a little pack of battery powered lights and away i go.......:cool:
ps to the powers that be we need some temporary holiday smileys.
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To the flower industry, Robert McLaughlin will tell you, no other holiday is as big as Mother's Day. Sure, Valentine's Day dominates rose sales, but when it comes to your Gerbera daisies, your Peruvian lilies, your assorted tulips and sunflowers and irises, moms rule.
Which means McLaughlin — CEO of the Maitland-based Organic Bouquet, one of the largest organic online florists — has been an especially busy man these past few weeks.
But it's not just checking on growers in Apopka and California and Ecuador, or filming a segment for Better Homes & Gardens TV, or even doing interviews on ABC News about his floral recommendations for the royal wedding that has kept him running.
Because McLaughlin isn't just trying to promote flower sales that will make mothers happy for a day. He's trying to change mothers' lives.
Women dominate the work force of Organic Bouquet's growers. All but the smallest family-owned farms have on-site medical facilities, child care, health education and above-minimum-wage pay. In some places, the company has plowed 12 percent of revenue back into funds managed by the workers, who can collectively decide to use it however they want.
Outside Bogotá, Colombia, the company provided a no-interest loan to convert a former horse farm into an eco-friendly grower of flowers and greens — the first organic-greens grower in that nation. Now Organic Bouquet takes 10 percent of the proceeds from sales of those products and gives them to a small foundation started by the grower for local children with autism.
And in Ecuador, Organic Bouquet is helping small landowners break into the eco-friendly floral business by creating family-owned farms. Initially, Organic Bouquet offered seeds — then bought the first crop of sunflowers those seeds produced. With the profits, the families are now growing a second crop. And using a no-interest loan from the company, they will attend finance classes and become certified in sustainable-growing practices.
All of Organic Bouquet's flower-farming partners have been certified "sustainable" by third-party agencies — meaning the company must pay living wages, guard workers' health, build soil quality and conserve water. The most common certification comes from Veriflora, a global program whose mark of approval is considered the industry's gold standard.
"Everybody is looking for today's buck, not tomorrow's," McLaughlin, 41, said of his floral-industry competition. "But these community projects — that's what I get excited about."
His "mission-based" company — one that emphasizes social responsibility as much as profits — is now bringing in about $10 million a year. Though it's still dwarfed by the likes of 1-800-Flowers, Organic Bouquet has carved out a growing niche of health- and eco-conscious consumers willing to spend $5 to $10 more for a product they feel good about.
"I can't help but have respect for anybody who is trying to change the floral industry," said Marty Mesh, executive director of Florida Organic Growers, a nonprofit. "It has been very slow to go organic. In South America, there are communities where the people can't even drink the water anymore because of the floral industry's runoff."
Organic Bouquet is working on the pace of change and awareness. In its "Flowers for Good" program, it has partnered with 55 nonprofits throughout the world to sell specific bouquets that bring a percentage of proceeds back to the charity. Among them: The Nature Conservancy, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Physicians for Peace.
"It was this dark-purple bunch of roses, and they were sort of big and fluffy and just beautiful," she said. They even came in a brown paper wrapping and then in a cardboard box. So for me, as the director of an eco-nonprofit, I was just so thrilled."
"It's a great idea," said Susan Leopold, executive director of United Plant Savers, one of the 55 nonprofit partners. This past winter, when she finished her doctorate in environmental studies, friends surprised her with an Organic Bouquet delivery.
Few visions excite McLaughlin more than the one he has for his hometown of Apopka, where nurseries and fields have been doused for years by some of the nastiest chemicals in agribusiness.
This is where McLaughlin came of age in the flower industry. At 14, he started working after school and on weekends for the nurseries that supplied his stepfather's Sandlake Flower Co.
McLaughlin's mentor was a man in his 60s who taught him — outside the greenhouse — how to get rid of aphids using dish soap and how to kill weeds with salt water.
But when it came to the greenhouse, the common practice required a highly regimented chemical spray. Workers would take off their shoes and shirts to avoid getting them wet, leaving their bodies exposed to synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
"My mentor — he spent years being exposed," McLaughlin said. "We all were, but not for as long. If you looked at his face, he constantly had lesions and drooping skin that looked like it was about to fall off."
A few years later, his mentor was dead, riddled with cancer. Though it is impossible to prove, McLaughlin has no doubt that the greenhouse chemicals were the culprit.
Cindy Johnson, now 59, worked as a company driver at that time and remembers the impact on McLaughlin.
"I think he learned the lessons the hard way: by seeing what the chemicals did to people," she said. "Deep down, it helped him realize there has got to be a better way."
McLaughlin soon worked his way up to management, eventually running the Winn-Dixie floral program for all of Metro Orlando. Ultimately, the industry took him in the mid-1990s to Ecuador, where he witnessed the unfettered growth of the rose business. The country's equatorial high-altitude location makes it uniquely suited to growing the more exquisite blooms, a fact not lost on hordes of foreign investors who set out to make a quick buck. Many succeeded, but some blossomed only to bust.
"When that farm goes out of business, everybody in town is out of work, and it's devastating," McLaughlin said of the impact he witnessed. "People are forced to either move to the capital, where there is a lot of crime and few jobs, move to another area, turn to crime themselves or grow illegal narcotics. There are no good choices."
By the time Organic Bouquet hired McLaughlin as its CEO in 2007, the company and the industry were both in trouble. South American growers in general had earned a horrendous reputation for pollution and exploitation of workers, and Organic Bouquet was hemorrhaging money.
McLaughlin soon closed its expensive San Francisco-based headquarters, consolidated operations across the country and set up shop in a Maitland business park, where he can watch ducks swimming around a pond just outside his office window.
The scene, like virtually everything about the company these days, is a reminder of its commitment to Mother Earth and her people. There is the recycled-cardboard furniture, the recycled packaging for the flowers, the carbon-offset program for deliveries, the venture into sales of such gifts as organic honey and recycled-metal jewelry, and the birth of a pilot floral farm in battered Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
And someday soon, with an eager grower, McLaughlin hopes to begin transforming the first of 400 greenhouses in the indoor-foliage capital of the world, Apopka.
"It starts with awareness," he said. "And it'll take money — I'll have to get an investor — and I'll need to find a progressive-thinking grower that wants to make a change. … But right now, I wouldn't send my 16-year-old son out there to work in the kind of greenhouses I used to work in. And if I won't send my son, why should I send someone else's son or daughter?"
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