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Recorded Webinars
This webinar discusses the use of several models to study the projected changes in sediment, nutrient and organic matter loads to the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays under climate change scenarios.
Private water wells and springs are vital to the rural water infrastructure in Pennsylvania providing drinking water to approximately three million rural residents and farms. This webinar will summarize results from over 32 years of research and outreach with private wells in the state.
This study answers a basic question. "What is nature worth?" Does it have a hidden value beyond the beauty and welfare of a community? What are we willing to pay to maintain or enhance our quality of life, health, cost of living and economy that nature provides?
This webinar summarizes the extent of the use of water quality protection practices in Pennsylvania agriculture.
This two-part webinar discusses some specific examples of green parking lot zoning requirements and design in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
Groundwater is a vital natural resources to the Commonwealth that must be protected from contamination.
PA Sea Grant and a host of partners have been helping coastal communities along the Delaware River to prepare for the flooding and extreme heat expected with future climate.
Climate change poses significant challenges for water policy makers. Environmental law and water law are structured to treat issues of water pollution and temporary shortage, but poorly equipped to deal with increasingly rapid changes in the hydrological cycle that the existing forms of law have assumed to be nearly constant.
Approximately 3 million people in Pennsylvania rely on private wells but groundwater is not ubiquitously free of chemical and/or microbial contaminants.
In an impaired watershed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a dynamic, locally- led partnership known as the Little Conestoga Partnership worked collaboratively over a three year period from 2013-2015 to assist municipalities and suburban/urban landowners with innovative, cost-effective tools and approaches to achieve and maintain reductions in stormwater pollution.
According to the Chesapeake Bay Model, planting certain biomass crops (specifically grasses like switchgrass and winter crops like winter rye and winter oilseeds can provide a reduction in nutrient pollution.
Nuisance algae growth is one of the most common problems reported by pond and lake owners in Pennsylvania. Of greatest concern are algae blooms that are caused by microscopic blue-green algae which are capable of producing toxins. These toxins can sicken animals and humans that contact the water and may cause the death of fish or other aquatic life.
Jennifer Fetter and Kristen Kyler from Penn State provide some details on this new tool for Citizen Scientists to use for easy evaluation of stream health.
This webinar by Erin Ling from Virginia Tech University provides an overview of a Virginia Cooperative Extension program, the Virginia Household Water Quality Program (VAHWQP).
Amy Galford, a water resources educator with Penn State Extension in Cumberland County, discusses specific issues associated with inspections of water wells and septic systems when buying or selling rural homes and farms.
In response to the increased attention that lead in drinking water has received over the past few weeks in Flint, Michigan, Penn State Extension Specialist Bryan Swistock provided a webinar focusing on lead issues in private drinking water supplies.
This webinar by Dan Ludwig from the Natural Resources Conservation Service highlights how properly balancing phosphorus levels in dairy and beef rations relates to and effects manure phosphorus excretion levels.
Bryan Swistock, a water resources extension associate with Penn State Extension, discusses "forest hydrology" or the movement of water within forested watersheds and how that ensures clean water.
Dr. Li Li, an Associate Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State, discusses the use of Reactive Transport Models for predicting subsurface water quality.
Jennifer Fetter from Penn State Extension discusses the new "Rain to Drain - Slow the Flow" curricula. This fun, engaging, hands-on experiment and activity walks learners through the basics of stormwater and how it moves.
This webinar discusses practices that homeowners can implement to protect groundwater including private water wells and springs.
Penn State Extension Water resources Educator, Susan Boser, highlights extension water resources available and designed to be used with youth audiences.
Dave Yoxtheimer, an Extension Associate with the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research at Penn State, provides a summary of data on groundwater impacts from Shale Gas Drilling.
Amy Galford, Water Resources Educator for Penn State Extension, provides a summary of irrigation water quality concerns in Pennsylvania.
Penn State Agricultural and Environmental Economics Professor, Dr. Jim Shortle, explains water quality trading, what it is, and who does it.
Penn State Extension Water Resources Specialist, Bryan Swistock, discusses the causes and problems associated with harmful algal blooms in PA.
Erin Frederick with Penn State Extension in Lehigh-Northampton Counties and Jim Wilson with the Northampton County Conservation District describe the new Master Watershed Steward program that is being piloted in southeast Pennsylvania.
Bryan Swistock and Jim Clark from Penn State Extension discuss various ways that individuals can protect Pennsylvania groundwater using management practices.
Amy Galford, Water Resources Educator, and Steve Bogash, Horticulture Educator, from Penn State Extension discuss the importance of pH and alkalinity for irrigation.
Penn State Extension Watershed Youth Development Educator, Jennifer Fetter and Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Project Coordinator, Kristen Kyler discuss the need for simple and inexpensive methods for stabilizing stream banks and explains how live staking can fill this need.
Dr. Rachel Brennan from the Department of Civil Engineering at Penn State talks about Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and how they can be removed using new technologies.
Dr. Tess Russo from the Geoscience Department at Penn State discusses a study of trends in groundwater across the United States and climate correlations.
Penn State Department of Meteorology lecturer, Paul Knight, examines trends in precipitation based on past data and data projections that will affect weather patterns in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Tony Buda, Research Hydrologist, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit discusses this short-term decision support tool to optimize the timing of fertilizer and manure application to protecting water quality and use nutrients efficiently.
Melissa Hess, Senior Project Manager for URS, discusses green infrastructure projects installed in communities that are both beautiful and functional.
Kristen Kyler, the Project Coordinator of the Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center's Lower Susquehanna Initiative, discusses why homeowner's need to manage stormwater and how the "Homeowner's Guide to Stormwater" is meant to be used.
Penn State Extension Water Resources Specialist, Bryan Swistock, covers five steps pond managers can use to create a healthier PA pond.
Steve Bogash, a Horticulture Educator with Penn State Extension, discusses building and maintaining your own home garden irrigation system.
Dr. Luke LaBorde from the Penn State Department of Food Science discusses water quality as it relates to food safety.
Matt Royer, Director of the Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center discusses the Conewago Initiative's approach and results.
PA Sea Grant Personnel, Sarah Whitney and Sara Stahlman, discuss aquatic invasive species.
Dr. Jim Shortle, a professor of Agriculture and Environmental Economics at Penn State, discusses the economic costs associated with plans to restore the Chesapeake Bay.
Lara Fowler, Senior Lecturer at Penn State Dickinson School of Law and Research Fellow at Penn State Institutes of Energy and Environment, reviewed water rights history and law in the western U.S. and lessons for integrated water management in the eastern U.S.
Penn State Extension Watershed Youth Development Educator, Jennifer Fetter, shares several Penn State Extension education tools for teaching youth about water.
Diane Oleson from Penn State Extension in York County and Jim Clark from Penn State Extension in McKean County discuss results from a study of several dozen roadside springs in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Susan Brantley, a Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University, presents resources available from the Shale Network, an online shared compilation of water quality information from watershed groups, agencies and institutes of higher learning.
Dr. Elizabeth Boyer from the Penn State Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, presents results of atmospheric deposition research.
Dr. Charles Abdalla, a Penn State Professor of Ag. and Environmental Economics, Renata Rimsaite, a Doctoral Student in Agricultural Economics at Penn State, and Dr. Allan Collins, a Professor and Assistant Director of the Division of Resource Management at West Virginia University present findings of a study of public water suppliers in PA and WV that have sold water to shale gas companies.
Penn State Doctoral student, Sarah Tzilkowski, presents results of a study of Pennsylvania residents opinions regarding water resources.
Penn State Extension Water Resources Educator, Susan Boser, discusses the West Nile Virus.
Seth Pelepko from the PA Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Oil and Gas Planning and Program Management, discusses using a statistical model to explain the variability of methane levels occurring in groundwater.
Joe Gallagher from Ecological Solutions, Inc. presents information on methods to control nuisance algae and aquatic plant growth.
Penn State Extension Water Specialist Bryan Swistock discusses results of a research study on the quality of water supplies for livestock, especially dairy cows.
Penn State Extension Watershed Youth Development Educator, Jennifer Fetter discusses a new youth water education program, now formally known as the 4-H Stream Teams Program.
Jim Clark from Penn State Extension in McKean County explains the results of a study of groundwater in northcentral PA as it relates to shale gas drilling.
Bryan Swistock, Extension Specialist in Water Resources, looks at how shale gas drilling relates to private water supplies and the potential impacts.
This webinar describes basic septic system functions, components, reasons for failures, and steps to prevent failures.
Dr. Charlie Abdalla, professor of Ag and Environmental Economics at PSU, describes a study done in several PA communities near shale gas drilling with the potential to impact their water supply.
Tom Christopherson from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services discusses the results from a study of grout used to seal water wells.
Joe Gallagher, President of Ecological Solutions, Inc. presents information on proper management of fish species in ponds and lakes.
Penn State Extension Water Resources Educator, Diane Oleson, highlights the practice of water gardening and how that relates to the spread of invasive species.
Susan Boser from Penn State Extension in Beaver County explains how to interpret results from water testing.
Jim Clark from Penn State Extension in McKean County introduces the Triple Divide Watershed Coalition and it's efforts toward Source Water Protection in northcentral PA.
The original taped webinar on this study was removed based on a laboratory error affecting some bromide data. The revised final report for the study is available at the link below.
Penn State Extension Water Resources Educator, Dana Rizzo, outlines the uses of rain barrels and rain gardens in stormwater management.
Penn State Extension Water Resources Educator, Susan Boser, talks about how to control aquatic plants and algae.
Dr. Tom McCarty from Penn State Extension in Cumberland County discusses the various types of drinking water treatment devices.
Penn State Extension Urban Forester, Vinnie Cotrone, reveals the role of forested landscapes and trees in particular in stormwater management and pollution mitigation.
Jim Clark from Penn State Extension in McKean County discusses how to protect water quality from pharmaceutical contamination.
Dave Yoxtheimer, Extension Associate in Earth and Mineral Sciences discusses the management of both freshwater and wastewater related to shale gas drilling operations.
Dr. Charles Abdalla, an Agriculture and Economics professor at Penn State, discusses the basics of River Basin Commissions in Pennsylvania.
Bryan Swistock, Extension Specialist, and Jim Clark, Extension Water Resource Educator help you understand complex test reports from water testing laboratories.
Diane Oleson from Penn State Extension discusses best management practices for aquatic invasive species.
Peter Wulfhorst from Penn State Extension in Pike County discusses how to properly manage a private water well, spring or cistern.
Susan Boser from Penn State Extension explains the aspects of good pond management.
This webinar by Dr. Tom McCarty from Penn State Extension discusses current water use and the amount of water and money that could be saved by installing water-conserving devices and adopting water-conserving habits.


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CMJ 2010: The Long Road Home
Oct 23, 2010 Line 6 General
Hundreds of overheated music fans spilled out onto a Brooklyn sidewalk after (yet another) excellent BrooklynVegan CMJ event. Incredible sets from Ted Leo, Morning Teleportation, Titus Andronicus, No Joy, Jamie Lidell, Dominique Young Unique, Reggie Watts and others sent us away exhausted but exhilarated. Yesterday's spike in Spider Valve™ praise was matched by this afternoon's […]
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A chemistry course -- with a side order of food
When Jack Goldsmith made the momentous decision to become a stay-at-home dad for his three young sons, he also became the family's chief cook.
He's no Emeril Lagasse, but with his background as a Ph.D-trained chemist, Goldsmith turned the kitchen into a laboratory of sorts as he experimented with different foods and ingredients. And thus was born his idea for an Honors College course that's now in its second popular semester: the chemistry of food.
"I had a chance conversation with Davis Baird [dean of the Honors College] and mentioned this idea I had about teaching chemistry from the perspective of food and cooking," said Goldsmith, who was an associate professor of chemistry at USC Aiken for nine years. His wife, Edie, is an associate professor in the School of Medicine's cell and developmental biology and anatomy department.
The Honors College has offered courses on the ethics of food and the politics of food, so the chemistry of food is a natural fit. The course attracts both science and non-science majors.
"Students enjoy understanding why things turn out a certain way when they cook," Goldsmith said. "We take a technical approach to cooking and food, which introduces many opportunities to explore chemical concepts."
In discussing salt substitutes, for example, Goldsmith points to the periodic chart to show why, chemically speaking, potassium makes a suitable substitute for sodium. He also brings in salt shakers with various types of low-sodium and no-sodium salt substitutes so that students can see that chemically, similarities notwithstanding, there are subtle taste differences.
"We talk about the chemical changes that occur when green vegetables are cooked: the chlorophyll is destroyed and the vegetable loses its shiny green color," he said. "You can raise the pH of the water by adding baking soda, which prevents the chlorophyll from degrading, but it doesn't take too much baking soda before you are left with a soapy taste."
Discussions on bread making inevitably lead to chemistry as Goldsmith explains the process of creating a protein network called gluten in the dough (too little protein in the flour leads to little gluten and weak dough). The chemical roles of flour, yeast, salt, water, and oil in bread making also come to the fore, as well as basic gas laws (the expansion of CO2 in rising bread dough) that are a staple of most introductory chemistry courses.
Even the simple act of brining meat like turkey or chicken before roasting or frying leads to a discussion of osmosis and the connection to other colligative properties.
"We don't go into what drinks are best suited to certain foods in this course but instead look at taste in relation to the molecular geometry and chemical properties of sugars and proteins."
Goldsmith's pipe dream would be to team up with a gourmet chef in a demonstration kitchen, explaining the chemistry behind everything the chef was doing.
"Along with CSI type shows, I think food is the big thing on TV," Goldsmith said. "There are all kinds of food shows emerging; it's a popular topic and a great way to get students to see the value of chemistry in their own lives."
And the chemistry of food, it turns out, is attracting its own following in the Honors College.


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In her first stint as head coach at Coker, Rafalowski led the Cobras to a 4-24 record.
Julia Rafalowski was appointed as Coker's head women's volleyball coach in February 2015.
Before coming to Coker, she served as the head coach for the Sullivan East High School women's volleyball team in Bluff City, Tenn. In six years as the head coach she compiled a 163-116 overall record and was 45-7 in conference. She led her team to four conference championships, three district championships, and to the Tennessee state tournament in four out of six seasons. Many of her players received postseason honors during her time including three conference players of the year, 22 all-conference selections, a conference setter and libero of the year, two conference hitters of the year and two all-state players.
Before coaching at Sullivan East, Rafalowski spent two years as an assistant coach at Carson-Newman. During her time with the Eagles the women went 48-26, earning a bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament. She also coached three All-SAC selections and an all-region player.
As a player Rafalowski was a four-year member of the King University women's volleyball team. She helped guide the Tornado to four Appalachian Conference regular and tournament championships, a regional championship and a trip to the NAIA National Tournament.
Rafalowski holds a bachelor of science in mathematics from King, a master's of arts in teaching from Carson-Newman and an educational specialist degree from Union College.


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So I haven't posted anything useful on here in a while. I still read the threads though on a weekly, if not daily basis, however. It never fails to see so many ridiculous threads on here these days.
I propose that on the next major update to Back|Track; that the Install GUI is removed and we go back to the old r3 days when if a user wanted to install Back|Track, they actually had to learn a little bit of linux prior to doing so.
Offer the Install GUI .deb for like $10, and the Back|Track devs would be rich beyond belief.
I think this would also kill off some of the idiot posts ya get on here..
Just my 2 cents.
Pffbt..[quote]I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me... Or feels threatened by me.. Or thinks I'm a smart ass.. [/quote]


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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38 give the genealogy of Jesus. Matthew recorded Joseph's lineage, while Luke gave the family tree of Mary. This is the printer friendly version of the Genealogy of Christ article.
Interpretation principals
To better understand the genealogy of Jesus, it is important to know some of the notions Jews had regarding ancestral records. This section discusses property rights, prophecies, and Jewish use of the word son.
Property rights
Jews carefully maintained accurate genealogical records. They did so primarily because property rights in Israel were linked to family heritage.
When the Jews settled in Israel, the tribes were given portions of the land as an inheritance. Families within each tribe were given parcels of that land. The land could be farmed, developed, or sold. Every 50 years a dispossessed family could lay claim to the parcel of land which their ancestors had received when it was originally distributed.
Individuals who could not trace their family had no inheritance in the nation of Israel. They were treated as dispossessed foreigners. This factor alone contributed strongly to the Jewish preoccupation with genealogies.
Prophecies also contributed to Jewish interest in genealogies. God had promised several people that the messiah would be one of their descendants. To prove this descent, it was important to maintain accurate genealogical records. The table below shows the promises and their fulfillment.
Use of the word "Son"
The Jews did not use the word son in a limited sense, as we do today. Matthew 1:1 states Jesus was the "son of David, the son of Abraham." This appears to indicate that David was the father of Jesus, and Abraham was his grandfather. A Jew would have understood that Matthew did not mean there was only one generation between these men; but that Jesus was a descendant of David, who was a descendant of Abraham. This fact is born out in the verses that follow (Matthew 1:2-17).
In the Jewish mind, the word son could be applied to one who was not a literal, first generation son, as is commonly understood today. It could mean a descendant; which could be a grandson, great grandson, or son of a more distant generation.
Genealogical abridgement
Genealogical abridgement occurs not only in Matthew 1:1, but also in the Old Testament. Compare Ezra 7:3 with 1st Chronicles 6:7-10, and you can see how Ezra deliberately skipped six generations from Meriaoth to Azariah (son of Johanan).
Son could also be used to describe kinship without sonship. Although Zerubbabel was the nephew of Shealtiel (1st Chronicles 3:17-19), he was called the son of Shealtiel (Ezra 3:2, Nehemiah 12:1, Haggai 1:12). Jair is another example of this principle. He was a distant son-in-law of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 2:21-23 and 7:14-15). Yet, he was called the "son of Manasseh" (Numbers 32:41, Deuteronomy 3:14, 1st Kings 4:13).
The point to remember is that the word son can be applied to several types of relationships.
Matthew's genealogy of Jesus
Matthew wrote to the Jews to present Jesus as King of the Jews. The account is in Matthew 1:1-17.
It begins by showing Jesus was a legal heir to the throne of David, by virtue of his lineage. This fact is immediately set forth in verse one, which states Jesus was the "son of David, the son of Abraham." His kinship to David the King of Israel is mentioned before that of Abraham, the father of Israel.
Matthew's genealogy traces the ancestors of Joseph, the legal father of Jesus.
Structure of Matthew's genealogy
Matthew's structure descends from father to son, beginning with Abraham. Additionally, he divides the genealogy into three groups of fourteen generations, separated by important historic points (Matthew 1:17). The three divisions are as follows:
Abraham to David the king's reign (Mt 1:2-6).
David's kingdom to the Babylonian captivity (Mt 1:6-11).
Release from captivity to Christ (Mt 1:12-16).
The names in each division appear below.
Matthew abridged the genealogy by omitting some names that appear in earlier records. Some speculate that the abridged arrangement was intended to aid in memorization. Genealogical abridgement has biblical precedent, as was disussed earlier.
Repeated names
It is important to note that Matthew did not say there was a total of 42 generations (i.e. 14 multiplied by 3). He respectively indicated that there were 14 generations from Abraham to David, 14 from David to the Babylonian Captivity, and 14 from the release to Christ.
David's name was repeated because he was alive when the first division ended, and when the second division began.
Women in Christ's genealogy
Matthew included five women in his genealogy of Christ. This is notable since it was not customary for Jews to include women in their records.
Even more remarkable is the fact that Matthew included some women who had disreputable histories. The five women included were: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary.
Tamar: Genesis 38:6-30
Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah. She was a childless widow, who was given to her brother-in-law after her husband's death. By this marriage, her offspring would continue the name and inheritance of the deceased. Such a union was later called a Leverite marriage (Deut 25:5-6).
Unfortunately, Tamar's brother-in-law refused to have proper intercourse with her. God killed him for this. Afterwards, Judah would not give Tamar to any of his other sons. So Tamar disguised herself as a harlot and seduced Judah. Through him, she became the mother of Perez.
Rahab: Joshua 2:1-24
Rahab was a harlot who lived in Jericho. She hid the spies of Joshua. Because of this, the Israelites spared her life when they conquered Jericho. She later became the wife of Salmon, and the mother of Boaz. Rahab's faith was later commended (Heb 11:30-31).
Ruth: Ruth 1:1-4:22
Ruth was a foreigner from the land of Moab. She was the widow of a Jew. Her mother-in-law, Naomi, also lived in Moab. Naomi journeyed to Israel after her family died. Ruth's devotion was extraordinary. She left her own country to follow Naomi.
While in Israel, Ruth was married to Boaz, one of Naomi's relatives. Ruth later became the mother of Obed, the grandfather of David the King.
Bathsheba: 2 Samuel 11:1-27
Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, who was a soldier in the army of King David. She and David had an adulterous affair.
When David discovered Bathsheba was pregnant, he tried to cover it up by summoning Uriah home from war, hoping that Uriah would have intercourse with his wife. Uriah came home to Jerusalem, but refused to lay with Bathsheba as long as the armies of Israel were at war.
So, David sent Uriah back into battle, with orders that Uriah should be withdrawn from when the fighting became fierce. After Uriah was slain in this manner, David took Bathsheba as his own wife. God punished them for this by killing their first child.
Bathsheba later became the mother of Solomon.
Mary: Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:26-56
Mary was the mother of Jesus and the wife of Joseph. She was a virgin when Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Joseph was betrothed to Mary when he discovered she was pregnant. He intended to put her away secretly because this was shameful. However, an angel told Joseph what had happened. So Joseph took Mary as his wife, and kept her as a virgin until she gave birth to Jesus.
During her pregnancy, Mary spent time with her relative Elizabeth, who was the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:39-56). Mary was not a perpetual virgin, as she later became the mother of other sons and daughters (Matthew 13:55-56).
Mary was a widow at the time of Jesus' death. While on the cross, Jesus committed her to the care of John, his apostle (John 19:25-27).
Luke's Genealogy of Jesus
This record is in Luke 3:23-38. Luke was a physician. He carefully investigated the life of Christ, and wrote the books of Luke and Acts (Colossians 4:14, Luke 1:1-4, Acts 1:1).
Luke's audience
The original readers of Luke's works were Greek Christians. While Matthew wrote to the Jews, Luke wrote to the Greeks.
Matthew's genealogy emphasized Jesus' claim to the throne of David. Since Luke's readers were less concerned about the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy, his genealogy focused on Jesus' descent from God. It placed no emphasis on Jesus being the descendant of King David.
Reason for differences
Differences between the genealogies of Matthew and Luke may be attributed to the fact that Matthew traced the ancestry of Joseph, while Luke traced the that of Mary.
Unique placement of the genealogy
The placement of Luke's genealogy is after the baptism of Christ. When Jesus was baptized, God said "This is my beloved son." Immediately following this event, as if to prove God's declaration, Luke inserted the genealogy.
Encouragement to Greek Christians
The genealogy culminated by showing Jesus was the "son of Adam, the son of God" (Luke 3:28). This emphasized the humanity of Jesus, and the equality of all christians, regardless of ethnic backgrounds.
Christians of Jewish descent originally considered Greek Christians as inferior to themselves (Acts 15:1-31, Galatians 2:11-16). Luke's genealogy underscored the fact that Jesus was the son of God. Since all men are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27), this would have been a source of encouragement to the Greek Christians.
Joseph in Christ's genealogy
Matthew and Luke showed that Joseph was a legal parent, but not a genetic parent to Jesus. Jesus was miraculously conceived in Mary, through the Holy Spirit. By virtue of being Mary's husband, Joseph was considered the father of Jesus. Since Jesus was born into Joseph's family, he was a legal heir. Through Joseph, Jesus obtained a rightful claim to the throne of David.
Although Jesus was a legal descendant to Joseph, he was not a physical descendant. Luke's genealogy directly addressed this issue by stating Jesus was "supposedly the son of Joseph" (Luke 3:23). Clearly, people had assumed that Joseph was the biological father of Jesus, when in fact he was not (Matthew 13:55).
Who was Joseph's Father?
At first glance, Matthew and Luke appear to be in disagreement as to who Joseph's father was. Matthew states he was the son of Jacob, while Luke states he was the son of Heli. Fortunately, an unlikely source has aided scholars in unraveling this mystery.
The Jerusalem Talmud indicates that Mary was the daughter of Heli (Haggigah, Book 77, 4). Joseph was the son-in-law of Heli. Luke could rightfully call Joseph the "son of Heli" because this was in compliance with use of the word "son" at that time. Moreover, designating a son-in-law as a son had scriptural precedent. Refer to Son in Jewish Genealogies under Principles of Interpretation for more on this topic.
Thus, Joseph was the son of Jacob, and the son-in-law of Heli.
The Curse of Jehoiakim
An unusual curse in Jeremiah 36:1-32 explains the necessity of the virgin birth of Jesus.
The Curse
Jehoiakim was a king of Israel. He angered God by burning a scroll that Jeremiah the prophet wrote. God cursed Jehoiakim by indicating that none of his children would sit on the throne of David (Jeremiah 36:29-31). And although Jehoiakim had children, scripture shows that none of them ever reigned as King David had.
The Problem
Joseph, the father of Jesus, was one of Jehoiakim's descendants (through Jeconiah). Joseph's offspring could not claim David's throne because of the curse. Jesus laid claim to the throne of David (Luke 1:32, Acts 2:30, Hebrews 12:2). If Jesus had been born of Joseph, the curse would have been contradicted.
Also, God had promised David that one of his physical descendants would reign on the throne of his kingdom forever (2 Samuel 7:12-13). As explained above, Joseph was excluded from being the genetic father of the future king of Israel.
It was impossible to fulfill the requirements of both curse and promise by natural means. One man had to be both heir to and offspring of David, without being the genetic descendant of Jehoiakim. This problem required a divine solution.
The Solution
God created a solution through the miracle of the virgin birth. Although Joseph was one of Jehoiakim's offspring (through Solomon), Mary was not. She was a descendant of Nathan, one of David's other sons (Luke 3:31). God's promise to David was fulfilled because Mary was the biological parent of Jesus.
The virgin birth also addressed the curse God had pronounced upon Jehoiakim. Kingship was an inherited right. By Joseph, Jesus inherited a legal claim to the throne of David. However, he was exempt from the curse of Jehoiakim because Joseph was not his genetic father.
So the miracle of the virgin birth accomplished God's will in two ways. First, it granted Jesus a legal claim to the throne of David. And second, it maintained the integrity of the curse God had pronounced upon Jehoiakim. Indeed, Jesus was not one of Jehoiakim's offspring.
Alleged Discrepancies
A discussion of the genealogies would be incomplete without considering some of the apparent discrepancies between the records. Some of the most common objections are raised here.
Those which are addressed in greater detail in the preceeding information, are briefly recapped.
1. If Matthew indicated there were 42 generations from Abraham to Jesus, why do only 41 names appear in his genealogy?
This is a common objection, which a cursory look at Matthew 1:17 would seem to justify.
However, careful examination shows that Matthew broke the genealogy down into three historic divisions, each of which contained fourteen generations. David's name was repeated because he was alive when the first division ended, and the second division began.
2. Matthew's genealogy is inconsistent with Old Testament records, that show Matthew skipped generations.
Matthew's genealogy was deliberately abridged. This may have been to aid in memorization of the tables. Old Testament writers also abridged their genealogical records, so Matthew had scriptural precedent to do so (compare Ezra 7:3 with 1 Chronicles 6:7-10).
3. Comparison shows that Matthew and Luke did not record the same names in their genealogies. Since they are not in harmony with each other, one or both of them must be erroneous.
Matthew and Luke traced two family histories. Matthew recorded the ancestors of Joseph, the legal father of Jesus. Luke recorded the ancestors of Mary, the biological mother of Jesus. The divergence of names is natural, given the fact that both authors presented two different family trees.
4. Luke stated that Joseph was the son of Heli, while Matthew stated he was the son of Jacob.
The Jerusalem Talmud shows that Joseph was the son-in-law of Heli. Joseph's father was Jacob. It was customary to refer to a son-in-law as a son in the first century. So Luke's statement was culturally correct.
Closing Remarks
"Instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation, rather than furthering the administration of God..."
~ Paul's advice to Timothy (1 Tim 1:3-4)
Instead of dwelling on the many speculations regarding the genealogies, this article has focused on presenting the most probable truths.
Response of 1st Century Jews
Many first century Jews were literate, vocal opponents of Christianity. Unlike modern scholars, they had access to the original genealogical records. Had the genealogies been inaccurate, it would have been easy for a first century Jew to prove that they were.
Although the Jews were both predisposed to and capable of refuting the genealogies, they did not. One might conclude that their silence is testimony to the accuracy of the gospel writers.
Other Issues
Brevity and clarity have been key considerations in this work. The material presented here has been limited to that which this author deems most relevant and credible.
It would be remiss to disregard other issues related to the genealogies. The following issues have not been presented, but may be of interest.
Roman burning of the genealogical records.
The many Leverite marriage possibilities.
Theories that both genealogies are through Joseph.
The debate over Shealtiel and Zerubbabel.
Much has been written regarding the genealogy of Jesus. Some additional sites which further explore this topic are indicated below.
The Genealogies of the Bible: A Neglected Subject - http://custance.org/old/geneal.html
Problems in the Genealogies of Jesus - http://www.christian-thinktank.com/fabprof4.html
Quartz Hill School of Theology - http://www.theology.edu./ap10.htm
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Brevard, N.C. - The women's soccer team of Brevard College hosted the Valkyries of Converse College in a non-conference match on Wednesday evening. The Tornados used two second half goals to defeat Converse by a score of 2-1.
Despite starting the second half trailing 1-0 the Tornados were able to rally on to down the Valkyries and pick up their second win of the season.
It was in the 30th minute of play that Converse College put one past freshman keeper Brittany Webster (Stafford, Va.). It took the Valkyries four shots and three saves to finally put one by Webster. Although they took eight shots, six on goal in the first half the Tornados were unable to beat the Converse keeper and Brevard trailed 1-0 at the half.
In the second half the Tornados took seven shots before freshman Laura Smith (Leavenworth, Kan.) netted one in the 81st minute of play to tie the match at one goal a piece. Bailey Varley (Concord, N.C.) came up with the assist.
Just under five minutes later, Brevard was awarded a penalty shot after Converse College defender, Hilary Parkin committed a foul in the goal box. Freshman Jamie Bundy (Platte City, Mo.) took the penalty kick and fired a shot right by the Valkyries' keeper to take a 2-1 lead which proved to be enough for the win.
Freshman Crissy Moran (Franklin County, Va.) started the second half in net for Brevard. She made two saves, while Webster stopped three while in net.
The Tornados outshot Converse 17-9 and were took six corner kicks while the Valkyries took just two.
The women's team will head to Morrow, Georgia on Saturday to square off with the Clayton State Lakers. Kick-off is set for 5 p.m. at Laker Field.


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Breastfeeding - self-careNursing mothers - self-care
As a breastfeeding mother, know how to take care of yourself. Keeping yourself well is the best thing for breastfeeding your baby. Here are some tips about taking care of yourself.
Eat to Stay Healthy and to Feed Your Baby
- Eat three meals a day.
- Try to eat foods from all the different food groups.
- Vitamin and mineral supplements are not a substitute for healthy eating. Know about food portions, so that you eat the right amount.
Eat milk foods, at least 4 servings each day. Here are ideas for one serving of milk food:
- A cup of milk
- One cup of yogurt
- 4 small cubes of cheese or 2 slices of cheese
Eat protein-rich foods, at least 3 servings each day. Here are ideas for one serving of protein:
- 1 - 2 ounces of meat, chicken, or fish
- ¼ cup cooked dried beans
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
Eat plenty of fruits, 2 - 4 servings each day. Here are ideas for one serving of fruit:
- ½ cup fruit juice
- Apples
- Apricots
- Peaches
- 1/2 cup cut up fruit, such as watermelon or cantaloupe
- ¼ cup dried fruit
Eat plenty of vegetables, at least 3 - 5 servings each day. Here are ideas for one serving of vegetables:
- 1/2 cup cut up vegetables
- 1 cup of salad greens
- ½ cup vegetable juice
Eat grains like bread, cereal, rice, and pasta, eat about 6 servings. Here are ideas for one serving of grain:
- ½ cup cooked pasta
- ½ cup cooked rice
- 1 cup cereal
- 1 slice of bread
Eat one serving of oil each day.
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 tablespoon of low fat mayo
- 2 tablespoons of light salad dressing
Drink plenty of fluids.
- Stay hydrated when you are nursing.
- Drink enough to satisfy your thirst. Try to drink 8 cups of fluid each day.
- Choose healthy fluids such as water, milk, juice, or soup.
Don't worry about your food bothering your baby.
- You can safely eat any foods you like. Some foods may flavor the breast milk, but babies are usually not bothered by this.
- If your baby is fussy after you eat a certain food or spice, avoid that food for a while. Try it again later to see if it is a problem.
- Some highly allergenic foods (such as strawberries and peanuts) may be passed into breast milk. This may increase the risk of a later food allergy in the baby. If you are concerned, discuss food allergies with your health care provider.
Caffeine, Alcohol, Smoking, and Breastfeeding
Know that small amounts of caffeine will not hurt your baby.
- Limit your caffeine intake. Keep your coffee or tea at 1 cup per day.
- If you drink larger amounts of caffeine, your baby may get agitated and have trouble sleeping.
- Learn how your baby reacts to caffeine. Some babies may react to even 1 cup a day. If that happens, stop drinking caffeine.
Avoid alcohol.
- Alcohol affects let down of your milk.
- If you choose to drink, limit yourself to 2 ounces of alcohol.
- Talk to your health care provider about drinking alcohol and breastfeeding.
Try not to smoke. There are many ways to help you quit.
- You put your baby at risk if you smoke.
- Breathing in smoke increases your baby's risk for colds and infections.
- Get help to quit smoking now. Talk to your health care provider about programs that can support you to quit.
- If you can quit, you will feel better and decrease your risk of getting cancer from smoking. Your baby will not get any nicotine or other chemicals from cigarettes in your breast milk.
Know about your medicines and breastfeeding.
- Many medicines pass into mother's milk. Most of the time, this is safe and okay for your baby.
- Talk with your health care provider about any medicines you take. Do NOT stop taking your medicine without first speaking to your health care provider.
- Know that medicines that were safe when you were pregnant may not always be safe when you breastfeed.
- Ask about drugs that are okay with breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Drugs keeps a list of these drugs. Your health care provider can look at the list and talk to you about medicines you take when breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding and Contraception
Know that you can get pregnant when breastfeeding. Do not use breastfeeding for birth control.
You are less likely to get pregnant while breastfeeding if:
- Your baby is younger than 6 months old.
- You are breastfeeding only, and your baby does not take any formula.
- You have not yet had a menstrual period.
Talk to your health care provider about birth control. You have lots of choices. Condoms, diaphragm, progesterone-only pills or shots, and IUDs are safe and effective.
Breastfeeding delays the return of normal menstrual periods (called lactation amenorrhea). But your ovaries will make an egg before you have your period. You can get pregnant before your periods begin again.
Review Date: 9/27/2012
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director and Director of Didactic Curriculum, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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UNDP promotes energy efficiency and conservation, as well as sustainable urban and transportation systems.
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Some of the most cost-effective ways to increase access to energy are through energy efficiency and conservation, helping simultaneously to enhance energy security, reliability and quality.
UNDP promotes energy efficiency working with countries to establish standards and labels for energy efficiency, introducing energy effiicent building codes for new construction, improving energy efficiency of exsiting building stock through retrofits, reducing demand for energy services and increasing energy efficiency.
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53rd Annual Sugar Bowl Classic ~ January 1, 1987
#6 Nebraska 30 (Final: 10-2-0, #5)
#5 LSU 15 (Final: 9-3-0, #10)
How Nebraska and LSU Met in the 1987 Sugar Bowl
After the game, Tom Osborne glanced at the Superdome scoreboard and put his team's effort in perspective: "We weren't playing for the national championship, the Big Eight championship was out the window. The only thing we had left was the Sugar Bowl."
The sixth-ranked Cornhuskers made the most of their season finale, running roughshod over the fifth-ranked Tigers, 30-15. If the Tigers ever had a real chance at victory, it dissipated with one late and lost opportunity, coupled with an amazing 100 yards of first-half penalties and Nebraska's brutal dominance of both lines.
On the game's first play from scrimmage, Wendell Davis, in full stride, caught a pass from Tommy Hodson for a 43-yard Tiger gain to the Nebraska 23. Six plays later, Harvey Williams scored from the 1 to give LSU a 7-0 lead.
That - with 2:54 gone in the first quarter - was the LSU high point. Despite limiting Nebraska to 36 first period yards, the Tigers self-destructed in attempting to build on the lead.
One possession after the opening touchdown, LSU advanced into Cornhusker territory. Then the Tigers were beset with penalties. A personal foul and a holding call made it first-and-35, and punter Matt DeFrank eventually had to kick away.
The next time around, a sack of Hodson and an illegal receiver-downfield penalty killed another drive.
"We had the ball inside their 30 twice and didn't score," linebacker Ron Sancho said.
"It's hard for the defense to go out there and keep stopping them."
Tiger offensive coordinator Ed Zaunbrecher assessed, "If we stayed in a normal situation on first and second downs, we had a chance to do the things we wanted to do. Obviously, it's very hard to overcome the things that happened out there today."
From the second quarter, when Nebraska began to take control, until the final three-and-a-half minutes of the game, LSU made only two first downs and 32 plays that produced a total of 38 yards.
The mistakes frustrated the Tigers but didn't make a dent on the scoreboard until early in the second period. In punt formation, DeFrank, under a heavy rush from linebacker Dante Wiley, fumbled at the LSU 25. Nebraska got its first point minutes later on a 42-yard field goal.
LSU may have glimpsed at its fate on the next 'Husker series. Steve Taylor, who sat out the previous offensive possession, quarterbacked Nebraska 78 yards in nine plays. Taylor's score from the 1 gave the Cornhuskers a 10-7 halftime margin.
Nebraska began pulling away with a third-quarter touchdown, but one dramatic play made Tiger pulses race. Facing fourth-and-15 at the LSU 35, with a 10-point lead and a minute to go in the period, Osborne decided to go for a 52-yard field goal.
Noseguard Henry Thomas roared in, blocked the kick and put LSU in business at the Nebraska 17.
But Hodson was sacked twice for losses of 15 and nine yards. For the third time, the Bengals had penetrated the Huskers' 30 and were turned away pointless.
The Sugar Bowl essentially ended there.
"It's just like I said," Nebraska offensive tackle Tom Welter said, "We were going to pound 'em, and they were going to crack."
The defeat stung the Tigers because LSU was clearly an improved team and Nebraska not quite as good as it was two years before when the squads played, a more competitive game in the Superdome.
"The thing I'll always wonder," Tiger center Nacho Albergamo reflected, "is that you don't know if they were really that good or if the penalties made us that bad."
On the following day, in the Fiesta Bowl, Penn State recorded the lowest offensive output (162 yards) and the highest defensive yield (445 yards) of any of the 10 teams that played on New Year's Day or Jan. 2.
To put it in perspective, LSU had 191 total yards and Nebraska had 352 total yards. But the little output Penn State generated against Miami was enough to win the national championship, 14-10.
In New Orleans, though, the day belonged to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Defensive end Broderick Thomas of the Cornhuskers broke into a wide grin when asked if the impressive Sugar Bowl showing was a stepping stone to a possible national championship in 1987.
"Tell the world," Thomas declared, "that Nebraska's 1987 hell-raising tour has begun."
Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Louisiana Superdome
Att: 76,234
Nebraska 0 10 7 13 - 30
LSU: Williams 1-yard run (Browndyke kick)
Neb: Klein 42-yard field goal
Neb: Taylor 2-yard run (Klein kick)
Neb: Knox 1-yard run (Klein kick)
Neb: Millikan 3-yard pass from Taylor (Klein kick)
Neb: Knox 1-yard run (Kick failed)
LSU: Moss 24-yard pass from Hodson (Lee pass from Hodson)
Neb.: Knox 16-84 yards, 2 TDs
LSU: Williams 12-48, 1 TD
Neb.: Taylor 11-19-0, 110 yards, 1 TD
LSU: Hodson 14-30-1, 159 yards, 1 TD
Neb.: Banderas 4-42
LSU: Davis 3-63
Miller-Digby Award recipient: Steve Taylor, Nebraska quarterback


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By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer
The first of five public hearings in Washington on regulating a new system for legally growing, distributing and selling recreational marijuana is scheduled Tuesday in Everett.
The hearing begins at 1 p.m. at Everett's Comcast Arena Conference Center. The new statewide system for legalizing marijuana is regulated by Washington's Liquor Control Board.
The state agency is responsible for carrying out the legalization of the sale and possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for adults. The proposed regulations spell out the licensing of marijuana producers, processors and retailers and the taxing of marijuana.
The first stores selling marijuana are expected to open next year.
One of those expected to turn out for the hearing is Bruce King, a pig farmer in Snohomish County.
King operates a farm on Ebey Island. Following passage in November of Initiative 502 legalizing recreational marijuana for adults, King publicly declared his interest in growing marijuana as a cash crop, drawing a wave of media attention.
King said he expects that the state's proposed rules will be adopted pretty much as they are now written.
"The proposed regulations seem to be pretty workable in terms of production, security of buildings and requirements for shipping," he said.
King said his biggest concerns involve the differences between what he called the untaxed and "essentially uncontrolled" medical marijuana stores and the state's taxed and regulated system for growing and selling recreational marijuana.
Having this dual system, he said, will put recreational marijuana growers and retailers at a price disadvantage.
The state is asking for public comment on a wide variety of proposed regulations for the recreational sale of marijuana.
They include: fingerprinting of all those involved in its growing, sale, distribution; requirements for securing, tracking and testing marijuana; limiting the hours stores selling marijuana can operate from 8 a.m. until midnight, and requiring child-resistant packaging of marijuana.
The state will determine how many retail stores selling marijuana will be allowed in each county.
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A public hearing on the state's proposed rules for the growing, distribution and selling of marijuana is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Comcast Arena Conference Center, Ballroom 1, 2000 Hewitt Ave. in Everett.


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The Long Beach City College women's basketball team never trailed as it defeated visiting Cerritos 62-54 Friday evening, extending its win streak to six games.
In a contest much closer than the first game between South Coast Conference rivals, the result was very much the same.
After taking a 39-25 advantage into halftime, LBCC (18-2, 8-1 SCC) never surrendered the lead despite allowing two runs which reduced the Falcons' deficit to four each time.
Shakeena Benton anchored the Vikings' scoring attack with 14 points to go along with seven rebounds and three assists. The freshman guard sank six free throws in as many attempts in the final minute to seal the victory for the Vikings.
Sophomore Talia Rayford added a double-double for the Vikings, tallying 13 points and 10 boards along with four assists, four steals and two blocks.
Long Beach scored 29 points off 21 Cerritos turnovers while the Falcons scored nine points on 16 LBCC turnovers.
LBCC coach Michael Anderson said he will gladly take the conference victory after his team let the Falcons (11-9, 5-4 SCC) back into the contest a couple of times.
"We had a six-point lead and we gave up a jailbreak layup," he said. "At least we learned from it. We hit our free throws. We've got to learn and I'll take a win any which way."
As the second round of SCC play resumes, Anderson said he is looking for his team to put together a more complete effort over the course of games.
"We had great energy at the start of the game," he said. "We had the tempo and we were playing the way we normally play, but we have to find a way to play 40 minutes of basketball. We're not there yet. If we're winning games and not playing 40 minutes, then we have room to improve."
Sophomore guard Marissa Rendon paced Cerritos with 14 points on 5-of-13 shooting, including 2-of-5 from beyond the arc.
Sophomore forward Angela Pena added 12 points, five rebounds and three assists for the Falcons.
Long Beach returns to the court Wednesday when it travels to take on SCC rival Pasadena at 5 p.m. The Vikings won the first matchup 71-57.


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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:05 am
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Location: Hawaii, United States
AerosmithPA found King Boreas meets King Kamehameha
(Traditional Cache) at 8/23/2012
Log Date: 8/23/2012
Greetings from Minnesota Ki....King Boreas? Hey, we've got a guy back in Minnesota who goes by that name too. Anyway, felt need to make this stop and grab on way back to hotel after morning on volcano. Took nothing, LAUNCHED a Minnesota themed TB (let's see where it goes), and SIGNED THE LOG!
Thank you! for this placement.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:15 pm
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Got a log today on one of our caches that had a funny way of putting things. Short and sweet.
"Location: Minnesota, United States
Dani_leia found Low Bow - French Regional Park (Traditional Cache) at 9/27/2012
Log Date: 9/27/2012
Yay, found it just in time! Hi ho, hi ho, it's back to work I go. TNLN SL TFTC!
Glad to wipe this off my dnf list!
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:56 pm
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Another good log. This time on our new under-water cache.
"Location: Minnesota, United States
mikedeotis found Who lives in a geocache under the sea? (Traditional Cache) at
Log Date: 10/1/2012
When I saw this cache listed I thought, probably not for me. Of course, that didn't last very long. So I grabbed my waders. What are my waders? That would be my cut off jeans and a pair of old tennis. I got to the boat launch and to the utter surprise of a woman standing, I just walked right in! I smiled and waved...she stood there with her mouth open. Funny! But the joke was on me. I didn't know that the cache was a ten of a mile from the launch. How long to walk a tenth of a mile? Three minutes? No, more like twenty-three minutes. I started walking and my feet started sinking. HELP! Something is holding onto my feet! My feet had sunk into the soft ooze on the bottom. When I tried to get out, my shoes started to come off. Oh god, now what? So it was one slow step at a time with an occasional almost losing my balance and going into the water. Got to the cache, got it out of the water and then couldn't open it up URGH! Dried off my hands on my shirt and tried one more time Unnhhh! Got it! Sign the log...everything is dry so far. Put it back and started the slow slog back. You guys really out did yourself this time. Made me feel like a kid again! Thanks a
bunch! TFTCSL Look for the pictures."
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King Boreas
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Posts: 2463
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:08 pm
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hunter-killer posted a note for GC3KBTE The End of the State Forest Road (Traditional Cache) at 10/10/2012
Log Date: 10/10/2012
Ground zero for the forest fire, so we were unable to look but took some photos. I recall you posting that Jane was Hot. We met her and she seemed about 98.6 degrees, but guess you were right, she was the last person here, and voila....a fire...she must be hot.
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Pear Head
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:53 am
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King Boreas wrote:
hunter-killer posted a note for GC3KBTE The End of the State Forest Road (Traditional Cache) at 10/10/2012
Log Date: 10/10/2012
Ground zero for the forest fire, so we were unable to look but took some photos. I recall you posting that Jane was Hot. We met her and she seemed about 98.6 degrees, but guess you were right, she was the last person here, and voila....a fire...she must be hot.
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Nice, especially for a couple of Canadians.
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King Boreas
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 3:38 am
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joboo found The Armory (Traditional Cache) at 10/20/2012
Log Date: 10/20/2012
I've been watching this cache for far to long!!!
Everything lined up, and me and Z found ourselves with a couple hours to kill, and what better way than to check out this cache I keep seeing being found in the big city.
All the while thinking how the heck can a big trash can last there?? LOL
Well the joke was on me, and NOW I see!! [
With flash light in hand [:0)] we parked, spied said cache; and Z almost jump out of his pants with excitement at the well stock cache!! Ha Ha
A quick ring of the doorbell and a short chat, and a big thank you for the cache owner were at hand.
Then it was off for a couple more caches and some grub, then back downtown to pick the girls up from the "Beaver" [
] concert!!
Thanks again KB!!
Left a can cosey and took the yellow 4x4 TB to move north and east.
Peace, Joboo and Zack
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:33 pm
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Got another fun log today. Apparently we cache hider's in Minnesota are doing a good job. Glad to have been part of it!
Location: Minnesota, United States
beatusaum found The Moose Cave (Traditional Cache) at 10/20/2012
Log Date: 10/20/2012
TFTC!!! Finding out really quick why people love MN!!
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this one made me laugh, at first i thought magpie had found it and changed his name.
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So I thought this might be a good time to go for this cache, what with the drier ground. It was drizzling a bit, as I made my way back. Once I got under the cover of the trees, my gps started laughing at me again. It had me going in circles one way and then back the other way. Finally I zoned in on the cache. I had just signed the log and was putting it back when I heard the voice, "water, I just need a little water!" I looked around there was this CREATURE! He (I think it was a he) was just a few feet tall. The hand he reached out was hidden by the mud from the bog. "Water! Please!" He looked so pathetic that I took out my water bottle and gave it to him. That was a terrible mistake! He pored the water over himself and suddenly he began to grow and GROW! "More!", he screamed! "That's all I have!" I yelled, backing away. "Then I'll have to take it from your body!" and he surged toward me. I turn and ran like my life depended on it. Breathing hard, I made it to the car. I could see him walking back to the bog. WOW! Will you be the next to go into the BOG?? Thanks for the cache, but not the creature. :] TFTCSL
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King Boreas
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:25 pm
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ArcherDragoon found Land of The Lost: Enik (Traditional Cache) at 10/27/2012
Log Date: 10/27/2012
Found this one while in attendance at Halloween Hoopla!!! Well...the group hitting up caches in the park now consists of jREST, Boreal Walker, laura(no_name), theodellfamily, GeoMatrix, SmilingDuo, and yellowdogs. It was sort of an Eb and Flow all day with the group depending on the cache and other cachers in the park!!!
This one had all of use searching for a while...glad the group put up with us...it was only laura(no_name), SmilingDuo, theodellfamily, and myself that needed it!!! New container here...this one had us searching for a while...and searching...and searching...and searching...
The best part...the conversation between those that had found it prior...
"We found it over here..."
"Well, I found it over here..."
"I found it over here..."
"We found two caches...one here and one there..."
Had me laughing...goes to show...caches really do have legs!!! We found a "temp" cache and signed it (Sharpie Style) and placed it in the seemingly logical spot...and placed a bottle over it to help protect it!!!
Thanks for the Cache,
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Location: Minnesota, United States
Jeepers_Creepers found Black Beach (Traditional Cache) at 10/30/2012
Log Date: 10/30/2012
Out caching up the North Shore with Eskoclimber today. Sure glad I brought TOTT, Eskoclimber, with me on this one! TNLNSL TFTC. -Jeepers_Creepers [^]
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After doing maintenance on this cache, I remembered this log:
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Holy Strollers found Poultry GC1N231
Sunday, 28 October 2012Minnesota
What a fun day! I grew up a block and a half from this park. Of course it wasn't a park then. After the Navy jet crashed and took out four houses just off the crosstown (though there was no crosstown then) the government bought up the remaining open land in the area around Mother Lake for an airport buffer zone. They put up a little fence that could never keep us kids out. I was an adult before they put up a fence that would keep anybody out. I know of at least one private plane that went down in the buffer zone because I saw it upside down.
It's been nearly fifty years since I have been in this area, but what fun we had fifty years ago. Today I found the remnants of an old pump house I never knew was there; there was a lot more water in those days which greatly limited our mobility. There used to be another pump house somewhat west of the one I found today. I think it must be underneath the hills they made with all the fill they dumped here. If I ever found out that my son did the things that my friend Jack and I did in that pump house I would have grounded him till he was forty-five. Not that it was so very bad, just completely illegal and incredibly dangerous. It is by the grace of God, and a miss by maybe six inches, that I am neither dead nor horribly disfigured. This was the best place in the world to grow up.
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minxcomix reported Chute Square (Traditional Cache) needs maintenance at 11/7/2012
Log Date: 11/7/2012
Found this with AmazingGirl. Took us a bit, It was a nice hide. But
it seems to have been muggled as the log had been removed and an interesting note putting a spell on the finders was put in it's place. Oh lucky me.
I removed the spell and put a strip of paper as a new log in it's place, but CO may want to keep an eye open on this one. Send me a line if you wish to communicate with me about this.Construction seems to be done as the yellow tape is broken and flying about in the winds like long banners. But this isn't in an area that is taped off anyways.Always liked this area. Thanks for the excuse to wander about in it.
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Minnesotaman6 found Boreas Rex LXX (Neill O'Neill) (Traditional Cache) at 11/22/2012
Log Date: 11/22/2012
10:14 a.m. Old School geocaching. There are so many caches now that are in signs, lifters, etc. It's nice to have to work for one. tftc.
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Had a hard laugh this afternoon. It appears Minnesotan's are too trusting of Old Man Winter's ability to freeze the water. Our first log came in earlier today from tonkajen. She wrote:
"Now trying to get my 100 caches for November (then challenge complete) I tell you my GPSr was not being nice to me. It sent me the wrong way off the trail then it had me going across the little river. Hmm that Ice looked strong enough...WRONG! I went around using the path and STILL had me in the middle of a grassy area. Finally I rebooted and found myself 40 feet from the cache on the other side of the trail. Once close to GZ I picked up on some tracks that lead me straight to the promised land."
Then just a couple minutes ago I opened a log from mikedeotis, in the same park and stream!
As far as I can tell they were not geocaching together. I couldn't have made the story up better:
"I took a chance and skated with my shoes over toward the cache. [See picture] The ice I was on was good in most spots until I heard a loud "Crack"! That sent me to the side of the pond where I could see the bottom through the ice. Found ground zero, but try as I might, no cache. I was standing there next to the tree trying to get a read on the gps when a woman with her dog came by and asked me if I was taking pictures of the inside of trees. I was going to give here a story, but decided the truth is strange enough. At least she had heard of geocaching and wished me well. This one just might be gone. Thanks guys for the hide. Now I'm headed for a couple of your caches by Parker Lake! TFTCSL"
If I remember, the last time cachers trusted the ice near one of our caches when it wasn't quite cold enough they had similar results as Mike and Jen.
to almost two years ago at our Wednesday Night Caching at Curtis Lake...
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"Well, we're not at a stage anymore where there are moral victories in tournaments like this. We're well past that. And so I think what's really frustrating when I look at it is we didn't lose to superior teams necessarily."
-- U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati on the U.S. men's Olympic team's first-round exit, after which Coach Peter
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We already knew that the NSA has weaponized the internet, enabling it to "shoot" exploits at anyone it desires. A single web fetch, imitated by an identified target, is sufficient for the NSA to exploit its victim.
But the Edward Snowden slides and story published yesterday at The Intercept convey a wealth of new detailed information about the NSA's technology and its limitations.
First, it's clear that the NSA has settled on a system called QUANTUM as its preferred, if not near-universal, internet exploitation mechanism. QUANTUM is vastly more effective than just sending spam. But since its launch at NSA, the program has clearly suffered from both mission creep and target creep.
If NSA only used QUANTUM to attack wannabee terrorists attempting to read Inspire, hardly anyone would object. But instead the agency expanded it greatly, not only in target scope (including its confirmed use against Belgacom) but also in functionality.
Today QUANTUM packs a suite of attack tools, including both DNS injection (upgrading the man-on-the-side to a man-in-the-middle, allowing bogus certificates and similar routines to break SSL) and HTTP injection. That reasonable enough. But it also includes gadgets like a plug-in to inject into MySQL connections, allowing the NSA to quietly mess with the contents of a third-party's database. (This also surprisingly suggests that unencrypted MySQL on the internet is common enough to attract NSA attention.)
And it allows the NSA to hijack both IRC and HTTP-based criminal botnets, and also includes routines which use packet-injection to create phantom servers, and even attempting (poorly) to use this for defense.
The reaching can be extensive. The most glaring example is a QUANTUMDEFENSE idea that has the NSA wiretaps look for DNS requests for NIPRnet addresses, and packet-inject a bogus DNS reply redirecting the attacker to a NSA controlled site.
NIPRNET is the Defense Department's portion of the internet – it's unclassified, and reachable by the public. So QUANTUMDEFENSE is a classic case of "if all you have is a hammer, all problems look like nails." The DoD controls the DNS authority record that the attacker is looking up, and could directly send the attacker off on a wild goose chase.
Moreover, for all its utility, QUANTUM has three limitations that come through in the slides: classification bureaucracy, a limited implementation, and weaknesses on defense.
A previous mystery was how 100 "tips" (the wiretap detecting something of interesting and telling another computer about it) would result in only 5 successful "shots" (an exploitive packet received by the victim) in one test, and why previous QUANTUM slides showed an obviously broken design where the "shot" was executed by a remote computer, adding latency and reducing effectiveness. It turns out this is almost entirely due to classification.
The wiretap itself lies on the internet, in "system low" space. The logic behind the attack lives in the NSA's classified, "system high" land.
It's easy to send data (tips in this case) from system low to system high – from the unclassified internet to the classified NSA network. But by design, going the other way is almost impossible. A special one-way "diode" gateway controls the communication to keep information from backwashing out of the classified network.
This is the underlying reason for the split design and subsequent poor performance. NSA required the attack logic be in "system high" and the rest just flowed from that design decision. The "system high" systems needs high protection, may need to be located in a different secure location, and can't just send out requests to the internet.
Rather than go through the bureaucratic fight to move the attack logic into "system low" (and co-located on the wiretap), the NSA sought to work around it in the case of QUANTUMHAND. Instead of targeting just any web connection for exploitation, it targeted persistent "push" connections from Facebook, where a user's browser would leave an idle connection open, waiting for a command from the server.
This way, even the slow, broken, classified architecture could exploit Facebook users. Sadly for NSA and GCHQ (and FSB, and DGSE, and every other spy agency), Facebook turned on encryption a few months ago, which should thwart this attack.
The second limitation is revealed in the description of an experiment. The NSA/GCHQ was looking to add "pwn by keyword": check if a user's email through Hotmail or Yahoo mail contained any keyword and, if so, exploit them automatically.
The agencies conducted and experiment to see if this attack would work. This experiment reveals that the QUANTUMTHEORY wiretaps only look at individual packets, not complete TCP streams, making it a surprisingly limited tool.
QUANTUM, at heart, really is airpwn without the goatse.
The final limitation involves QUANTUMSMACKDOWN, the NSA's plan to use packet injection to block attacks against DoD assets that they were testing. This seems like wishful thinking to me.
In order for this to work, the wiretap needs to identify 'evil traffic' headed to a Pentagon network– a hard problem further compounded by the wiretap's packet-only nature. Even when 'evil' is identified, QUANTUM can only block requests and terminate replies early: By the time QUANTUM decides to terminate a connection (a problem made worse by the classification structure), the damage is likely already done.
QUANTUMSMACKDOWN can keep some bottom-feeders off the DoD networks — but only that, the bottom feeders. Any DoD network infected by such low-level adversaries deserves to be infected, and the contractors responsible fired. Professional adversaries will breeze past the QUANTUMSMACKDOWN like it doesn't exist.
Finally, there is the big guide of possible selectors an analyst can use for targeting. There has been much back and forth about private companies also doing NSA-like data collection. Yet this single slide shows just how serious this symbiosis has become, with both private companies and the NSA using and exploiting the same information. Most of the data is involved in some form of user tracking.
Both the content networks like Google and Facebook as well as numerous ad networks have built a global network of user monitoring, so it's natural that the NSA not only piggybacks off this monitoring but uses it to guide attacks. Behind the scenes, the NSA also performs user-linking, which allows them to fully deanonymize the supposedly "anonymous" advertisement cookies.
Everything we've seen about QUANTUM and other internet activity can be replicated with a surprisingly moderate budget, using existing tools with just a little modification.
The biggest limitation on QUANTUM is location: The attacker must be able to see a request which identifies the target. Since the same techniques can work on a Wi-Fi network, a $50 Raspberry Pi, located in a Foggy Bottom Starbucks, can provide any country, big and small, with a little window of QUANTUM exploitation. A foreign government can perform the QUANTUM attack NSA-style wherever your traffic passes through their country.
And that's the bottom line with the NSA's QUANTUM program. The NSA does not have a monopoly on the technology, and their widespread use acts as implicit permission to others, both nation-state and criminal.


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Meat Loaf will share his life story in a new Vegas Strip production. He's the first music figure to star in "Rocktellz and Cocktails," which features rockers discussing their careers and personal memories.
The 65-year-old singer tells the "Las Vegas Sun" he's, quote, "the cat with nine lives who has used eight of them." Best known for his classic "Bat Out of Hell" album, Meat Loaf has cheated death a number of times, survived lawsuits and broken his legs while jumping offstage.
He will make his "Rocktellz and Cocktails" debut September 26th at Planet Hollywood.
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There's going to be a 6-foot-6 hole in the middle of the Seattle Storm's lineup this summer.
The Storm announced Wednesday that star center Lauren Jackson will sit out the 2013 WNBA season. Jackson has chosen to remain in her native Australia to rehabilitate a recent hamstring surgery. Her contract has been suspended and she is expected to return to the Storm in 2014, the team said.
"We support Lauren's decision to take time off and let her body fully recover," Storm coach and general manager Brian Agler said. "Lauren is the best player in the world at her position so it will be impossible to replace her, but we are moving forward."
The 31-year-old Jackson is a three-time WNBA Most Valuable Player (2003, 2007, 2010). She helped the Storm win league titles in 2004 and 2010. In 12 WNBA seasons, all with Seattle, Jackson has averaged 18.9 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.
Jackson underwent surgery last month in Melbourne, Australia, to repair her injured hamstring.
"While it's heartfelt and disappointing for me not to be joining my teammates in Seattle for the coming season, I have to be fair to the club and give them enough time to prepare for my absence this season and make the best decision for all concerned," Jackson said in the press release. "Although my surgery has been successful and post-operative medical opinion is that I will make a full recovery, clearly I was not going to be fit, ready or confident for the demands of the WNBA season."
The Storm also announced that veteran center Ann Wauters will not return for the 2013 season. Wauters, 32, has chosen to spend the summer with her family. Wauters appeared in 25 games last year, her only season in Seattle. She averaged 9.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
"(We) truly appreciate the time and effort Ann and her family gave to the Storm in 2012," Agler said. "She is a fantastic person and great player. We wish her the best of luck in the future."


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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by dargonking999, Sep 2, 2004.
Hey is tere ognna be a game thread on for those who can't see the game
hey dargonking,slow down on the typing
Please post here for the game.
Dagonking dosent lik you very muhc hos.J/k.
Have you all tried listening to the game online via the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network? I'm at work now but when I get home I'll fired it up and let you all know where to go (and if it still works!)
Man ya'll are some funny people or should i say funny poepel
The game is on in the midwest at around 10:30...tape delayed due to the President speaking.....but at least I'll get to watch some of it. Not sure how much I'll watch though. I never seem to get to riled up during pre-season. Once they take the starters out, my interest fades a bit.
Is priest holmes gonna play?
not sure r-dub but i hope so, a little dose of him wouldn't hurt to test our D.
yeah i hope he plays. he's a good test against us.
Well, average backs have been killing us. If he plays, maybe our defense will wake up.
exactly, plus we need a stud rb to face. We haven't faced one yet, i hope he plays, just so we can "wet our feet". It should "wake" us up, or give the guys a barometer of how they fare.
30 mins til kickoff.
now here i live in texas and can't get the game on the tv or radio. what's wrong with this picture?
Quit you complaining, live where I do and you have to see the skins in the sports section, on the news, on the radio and on tv 24/7!
Are you ready for some football!
Have they kicked off yet?
nice return by reeves.
found game on 92.7 - beaumont area. thank you god.
Johnson, Gurode and Tucker start on the line........


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