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Wednesday, 10 April, 2002, 19:47 GMT 20:47 UK
Gordon Ramsay quizzed
Celebrity chef and former footballer Gordon Ramsay ran the London Marathon for Sport Relief, and took time out just before the race to answer your e-mails.
Famed for his obsessive perfectionism and short temper, the acclaimed chef will be channelling all his energies into raising money for Sport Relief in Sunday's London Marathon.
A joint venture between BBC Sport and Comic Relief, every penny raised from Sport Relief will go towards helping children and young people in the UK and around the world.
Before embarking on his marathon challenge, Ramsay answered your questions on the charity and the race ahead.
Rob Bonnet: Gordon, can you give us a brief outline of what Sport Relief is all about?
Gordon Ramsay: Sport Relief is an organisation raising huge amounts of funds and getting behind the nation's youth.
We aim to bring communities together throughout the country, and to help young people who may no have had the chance to accede in their chosen sport - not only in this country, but across the world.
We aim to get into communities, and really take some of this aggression that young people seem to experience from about 14-16. They could be channelling that into football coaching, running, swimming or playing rugby.
Rob Procope, UK
I am running as well and wondered if you could recommend a decent recipe for the night before.
GR: Well firstly Rob, good luck. Three or four days before the race it's crucial to cleanse the body and drink lots of water in order to prevent dehydration. Keep it light, and don't eat anything fatty - avoid foods like cream and butter. Perhaps a simple risotto with some steamed rice would be good, and lots of spinach - plenty of carbohydrates.
Perhaps after that, have something classic with pasta, and make sure it it's laced with some fresh tomatoes, basil and olive oil - stay away from items that are very acidic. Also, eat early. Don't eat after nine o'clock.
RB: What would you recommend as a breakfast on the morning of the race?
GR: Obviously, avoid any fried foods. I'm obsessed with Special K and skimmed milk. Also stay active; don't think you have to relax too much because that's not good for the muscles. On the day before have a light breakfast, a light lunch and an early dinner - that's absolutely crucial.
RB: Is decent vegetarian diet you can recommend?
GR: Again, I'd stick to pastas and risottos, or even soups. A lot of vegetarians nowadays eat fish, which is easy to have poached or steamed and is also incredibly good for you. Again, keep it light, stay away from cream and butter and use lots of fresh vegetables.
RB: What about energy bars during the race?
GR: They're a great added motivator, but don't eat any of that within the first two hours of running. The average person out there on Sunday will be running for between three-and-a-half and four hours, and taking those within the first hour will slow you down.
RB: On television we see lots of images of people reaching for water bottles during the race. What's the view on that?
GR: For my first two hours on Sunday, I'll take a sip of water at every water station. If you get to a water station and you're thirsty then you have to slow down, because you're going too fast.
Take two or three sips at each water station and maybe splash the rest over your head in order to cool down. Don't think that you have to drink half the amount that's in the bottle.
RB: Is there a specific diet depending on the weather on the day.
GR: Not really, but the weather forecast for the day is quite mild with no rain. It will be slightly cold around the time of the start, so I would start off with a banana, and that should see you through the first couple of hours.
Kev O'Shea, London
How did you get involved in the whole Sport Relief thing and who gets the money in Britain?
GR: It's a fascinating campaign for me. I come from a very basic family, and got a lucky break when I finished playing football. It was an organisation very similar to Sport Relief that helped fund my first two years at college because my parents couldn't afford it.
So when I looked at the briefing for Sport Relief I knew it was something that I really wanted to participate in get behind. The insight and support that I got 17 years ago helped spur me on to become the chef I am today.
Britain is constantly lagging behind in sport, and we need to have a surge of talent over the next four or five years.
RB: There a re a number of very influential people who are simply saying: more sport equals less crime.
GR: Exactly, and the fascinating thing about Sport Relief is that it focuses on the nation's neighbourhoods. We look at the trouble that has been experienced in Yorkshire recently - in Leeds and Bradford.
I was born in Glasgow, and there is an accumulation of youngsters there that are totally bored, and get into drug-related problems that can led onto crime. When you get into that sort of trouble as youngster, you can be stuck with a criminal record for a long time.
The only way to get rid of that aggression to make it sport orientated and give the young people plenty of options. So that is why I got behind Sport relief.
Jenny Penk, UK
What motivated you to take part?
GR: Chefs don't get to sit and eat proper meals during the day - we graze. And that's a very bad way of living and eating. The second reason that I got involved is that I enjoy eating, and by running twice a week, I'm able to keep cooking at that level without putting serious weight on.
I used to feel so guilty seven or eight years ago, waking up on a Sunday morning and watching the winner come through, and then focusing on the next two hours of fun and excitement behind it.
Then when it was all over I used to think that I wish I'd done that, rather than lying in bed at 11:30 on a Sunday morning. Now that I run regularly, it's the only time of the week that I get to spend to myself.
It sounds crazy, but it can be a great relaxation, and it's a tremendous relief to run two hours on a Sunday.
Mark Fleming, UK
What would be the bigger challenge: working for Marco-Pierre White or running the London Marathon?
RB: He has a bit of a reputation, doesn't he?
GR: Yes he does, like any good chef. Working for Marco was a fascination. He picked me up when I came out of football and put me on path to get me are I am today.
When you're obsessed with something you want to work for a great master, and Marco was the best of the best back then. To be honest, running the London Marathon is easier than working for Marco White!
RB: You must where out a few pairs of shoes running around the kitchens.
GR: Yes and when you look that the excitement that surrounds food today, and the culture that has developed around it, it provides a great insight. It's that which really keeps us on out toes.
We have to be ahead of our game, we have to stay active and fit and we have to continue to research and develop.
Julie Halbauer, Canada
Are you looking forward to it or are you terrified?
GR: My mother-in-law has a huge party at her house the night before, and everyone's up early on Sunday morning.
I've got about six or seven staff running with me this year, one of whom is a wine waiter, Ronan, who's from Scarborough. He has an amazing palate, and is obsessed with the best wines from around the world. And it's just incredible to see his focus at 9:00 on Sunday morning. This guy eats and drinks all week, yet he'll run it about 3h 33m.
This is serious stuff for us, and it's great for the image of the profession. Chefs had always been seen as having this traumatic lifestyle where they can never relax, but each year more and more people from the catering industry run the marathon.
RB: Running and cooking come together as far as olive oil is concerned.
GR: Some people prefer to use Vaseline for nipple-rash and general lubrication, but chefs prefer olive oil. And if it's hot and sunny out there we're going to get quite hot, so it's a great protector.
Jane Morgan, England
What's the furthest you've run so far and have you hit the wall yet?
GR: Three years ago I went to South Africa, and ran my first double marathon - 58 miles. That was for a children's charity. The London Marathon is tough, but not as tough as that.
I was out there for nine hours, and if you don't get past the first marathon in a certain time they pull you. It's not so much the distance that's hard as the terrain. The fascinating thing there is the winners actually complete it in five-and-a-half hours!
But yes, I do hit the wall, and on Sunday I'll probably start finding it tough around about mile 21. By then you're in pain, and you're taken you've painkillers, but that's when the support of the nation gets you through.
RB: What is all the support worth in terms of extra energy and adrenaline?
GR: It's a huge rush. I've been fortunate enough to play football in front of 40,000 people, but running the London Marathon is slightly different in that you have that huge support from start to finish. And the closer you get to the finish, the packed the support gets. It's a great day out.
Becky Walters, UK
At any point over the last few weeks have you thought: "What on earth am I actually doing?"
GR: Three years ago I said that I wanted to do ten London Marathons, and ten double Marathons in South Africa. Then I can say to my children and my customers that I've actually done something quite substantial.
My father-in-law is on his 54th marathon this Sunday, and is still running around 3h 37m. I did my last two hour run last Sunday, and did ask myself why I'm doing this.
RB: what about the training schedule? One might imagine that because you do so many of these events you don't have to do very much.
GR: I run seriously three times a week: Tuesday night and Thursday night along the embankment - 10-15km, and then a good half marathon every Sunday. You've really got get focused for the race from the September before, so it's about seven months worth of planning and training.
If you do it like that you don't feel as pressurised, because you know you've put the groundwork in. So that's the way - sufficient training, don't get too worked up and enjoy the day.
RB: Amongst the group you're running with, is it a case of last man home cooks the dinner?
GR: My staff are just looking forward to beating me! But we'll sort that one out on Monday morning when we get back to work.
Jean Mandela, Zambia
How does Sport Relief money go to benefit African children?
GR: The funds will be evenly separated, and more information you can look at the Sport Relief website throughout the campaign. It will carry on throughout the summer, and it will be heavily backed by the team set up for Comic Relief.
So I don't know exactly how the money will be split, but he can certainly find out through the website.
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Wald International F01/F02 BMW 7 series Black Bison
Wald International has released their take on the new BMW 7 series. Most striking is the rear overlapping oval exhaust which is different without being tacky. They style is influenced no doubt by Techart who would use a similar exhaust tip on their Porsche exhausts. Unlike most Japanese tuning, this is tasteful and not overdone. The LED's in the front and rear are also integrated fairly well. Check out the pics!
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the only good part i found in this car is exhaust pipes , they are real(or atleast i think) not fake like stock; and the question is why everyone think LED's are cool?they are simply not
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I think it looks good overall. I would change the wheels in favor of something 5 or 6 spokish with a lip.
Whats not to like about LEDs? They are brighter than halogens and give the car a 'fresher' look to it...it certainly isnt any autozone style cheap LEDs lol...

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Oct 10 Posted 3 years ago
Great post, David! I agree with your take that the Knowledge Graph is the key to Hummingbird's ability to better match results to queries. I also think that although Hummingbird will now enable Google to speed up the propagation of KG data, it's likely that the inevitable increase of adoption of semantic markup will speed that process even more.
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Phil, I have been away for a week speaking at SMX East in NYC so I am sorry I am getting to this so late. However, seeing how you took the trouble to add your comment here, it would be a shame not to reply. First, while I accept that the robot voice may not be to anyone's liking, I would take you to task on the content value which explains a complex subject that affects all online marketers, succinctly and in a way that helps you understand what it is that you need to do.
You do not necessarily need to know a lot about me but content for content's sake is pretty much the exact opposite of what I have been pointing out for years and since we are at the point where we are discussing SEO merits, Google has never treated embedded code as a "good thing" whatever that may actually mean.
Oct 5 Posted 3 years ago
Mark, just back from SMX East that was in NYC where the question was discussed at length and where Googlers pitched in with ideas. Basically, Hummingbird represents a whole new set of ranking signals. Quality content is key but if you can start to implement schema.org mark-up, while not a ranking signal, it certainly helps in presenting rich snippets in search that increase the CTR which in turn is a positive signal. G+ Authorship is also a requirement, now.
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Nicky, thank you for letting me know and I really appreciate this.
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As search gets smarter, I wonder how long it will be before Google starts to penalise sites for stuffing poor-content videos like this?
The robot voice is irritating, the "hand drawn" presentation is awful, and the content of the video was poor aside from the commentary (which as already pointed out, the robot voice was irritating). It literally adds nothing to the article.
I thought "why would someone make a video of this? Why not just write out the commentary instead?" Then it hit me - it has now come to this; Google decides to interpret embedded videos as a good thing, so now people cobble together lame auto-generated videos to tick the "video on webpage" box, and fudge their way up Google.
The natural evolution of the web perhaps, but like everything else, Google will catch up with it eventually and start penalising "video for video's sake" .
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nice explanation about hummingbird by google. It can be a revolutionary update for those who are running with standard optimisation of the website , supporting natural link buliding by not to be a part of buying spam links.
website witn full descriptive details will get rewards under this update which is comparatevely good and informative.
Sep 30 Posted 3 years ago Hello David, and thanks for writing this. I follow you on G+ and read pretty much everything I see you write on semantic search. What I'm wondering is there something us web site owners should be doing right now to our web site to make it more hummingbird friendly? Like adding more schema mark up to a site ? Or is it more about just sharing good content socially like on G+ ? I know there's properly a ton of answers to my question but if you had to say just 1 main thing that would increase search results for a website semantically what would that be. Again thanks for sharing you knowledge. By: Mark White
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Google's Hummingbird update very good! its userfully for everbody!
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Andre The Giant was born Andre Rousimoff in a small farming community in France on May 19, 1946. Over time, it became obvious that the young Andre was, to say the least, not like other children. Although born of "normal" sized parents, he reportedly reached 6`3 and weighed 200 lbs. by the time he was twelve.
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Of course there was the WWF title fiasco, in which Andre defeated Hogan after one of two twin referees made an illegal count on the Hulk. Andre then "sold" the WWF World title belt to "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase, meaning his "reign" lasted a matter of minutes. Several years later, he also had a 4-month long WWF World Tag team title reign in 1989 w/Haku (Meng). This would end up being the last title Andre would hold, and his career soon ended forever. He died soon after his last public appearance, which was at the celebration for 20 years of NWA/WCW wrestling on TBS. Despite his rapidly deteriorating health at the time of his death, the giant was said to have been gearing up for another run with the WWF when he passed away.
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Foreign Beggars – Peak Season mixed by NonamesSaturday, February 14th, 2015
Download :
- "Intro" ft Ghosttown
- "Fresh out the Box verse" vs – "Viagra" XLII
- "Amen" (Dag Nabbit rmx)
- "Jellyfish" vs "Thought Youd Fancy It" (Chesslo refix)
- "Gravity" (prod Dabrye)
- "Palm of My Hand" ft Kid Kanevil
- "Monolith" Alix Perez ft FB & Jehst
- "Move" ft FB & Jehst
- "Jaded Future" Birdy Nam Nam (FB rmx prod Metropolis)
- "7 Figure Swagger" ft Remus, Kyza, Dot Rotten, Farma G, Rewd Adams, Dr. Syntax + Stig of the Dump: (Nonames
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- "Lock 'n' Load" Trolley Snatcha ft FB
- "Crep Hype" ft Salva & Nasty Nasty (MRK1 rmx)
- "Stay Seated" prod Sasquatch
- "Never Stop" ft Starkey & Chrom3 (Ghosttown rmx)
- "Pinot Grey" ft FB, Grems, Microcos & Ntek
- "Bankjob" ft Medison, Ruckspin and Durrty Goodz (Ghosttown rmx)
- "Soldier" DJ Vadim ft FB Wretch 32 & Kyza (Trolley Snatcha rmx)
- "No Holds Barred" Noisia ft FB, DJ 2Tall & Devlin (Goth Trad rmx)
- "Goon Bags" ft Blue Daisy (UZ rmx)
- "Eyes Open Wide (EOW)" Son of Kick ft FB & Virus Syndicate (Starkey rmx)
- "Flying to Mars" ft Alix perez & Donae'O (Medison and Ruckspin rmx)
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Subject: Re: [MELUNGEON] Historical Records.
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:54:05 -0400
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Page 110 of your book reads NOT BEING A FREE WHITE MAN of age 21 --
disqualified by the laws of these state on account of color.. I see
nothing about 'free negro' -- what page would I find that on?
Joanne Pezzullo
Historical Melungeon Indians
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Subject: Re: [MELUNGEON] Historical Records.
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<>>>>>>Apparently the indictment called them
'free person of color' -- > which from everything I have read included,
Indians, mustees and> mulattoes. They could just as likely been tried
for having Indian> blood as having African blood.. we just don't know
for sure, do we?No Joanne the law was directed at the free Negro, they
would have shipped them to Oklahoma if they were Indians. . I have a
copy of Lewis Minor Grand Jury conviction and they all read about the
same.JAN term 1846. Lewis Minor not being a white man and being
disqualified on account of color by the laws of this state from giving
evidence in a court of Justice against a white man. here to wit on the
Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
Hundred and Fourty Fivedid then and there knowingly and unlawfully vote
in an election held under the constitution and laws of the United
States for Representive to Congress, for Governor of said state and
members of the state Legislature, this goes on and mentions on account
of Color 3 times in this grand Jury indictment. All these men charged
were listed free colored on the 1830 census and 2 of them charged were
E1b1a African. Jack> Historical Melungeon Indians>
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[MELUNGEON] Historical Records.>>> ----- Original Message ----- From:
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----------------------------------------> ### No Joaane you are making>
the assumptions. It plainy says in this> indictment the charges were>
for voting in the election held in August> 1845> for Governor and Rep.>
The judges of the election made the decision to> allow> them to vote,>
the person who filed the charges was not named. The> losers are>>
normally the ones who challenge an election, that's not an
assumption.>> The> hearing where this was bound over to the Grand Jury
was most> likely in> 1845> we have not located the hearing. We have the
records> where this was> turned> over to the Grand Jury and their
descision and> the names of the Grand> Jury> who found them guilty, or
you might say> enough evidence to have them> stand> trial.>>>>>>THIS IS
FROM YOUR> ARITCLE JACK>> ''The 1834 revised Constitution of Tennessee>
specifically disfranchised> Indians, mustees, and mulattoes. The>
illegal voting charges and trials> of known Melungeon families in>
Rogersville proves they did not escape> this discrimination. After two>
separate juries ruled Wiatt Collins and> Zachariah Minor not guilty
the> state dropped the charges on Solomon,> Levi, Ezekial, and Andrew>
Collins and later dropped charges on Lewis> Minor. The answer to why>
the charges were dropped is simple, they were> brothers and cousins.>
Why try Lewis Minor after his brother Zachariah> was found not guilty>
by a Jury? Evidence points to a probable pre trial> deal between their>
lawyer and the state prosecutor on who was to be> tried.''>> Is there>
anything in the records you have found so far that identifies> these>
people as 'Indians, mustees or mulattoes? You don't know who> filed
the> charges, you haven't located the hearing -- and do you know> if
they> were charged because they were mulattoes or Indians, because>
the> bottom line is this is what this is about right? Negro or
Indian.## No,> the grand Jury indictment calls them colored and not
allowed to vote or> to testify against a white man in a court of law.
Indians, or mulattoes> are not mentioned in these trials or in the
state legislation meeting> conducted by John McKinney, who were
discussing free Negroes and> McKinney did not mention Melungeons as
reported by Droomgoole.>
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That's the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide, according to the group Reporters Without Borders, which tracks such incarcerations.
Of the countries with reporters behind bars, China leads with 32, followed by Cuba with 21.
Also on the list are Burma, Iraq, Rwanda and North Korea.
Oh, now another country can be added to the list of nations where reporters are locked up for doing their jobs:
The United States of America.
As we've mentioned in earlier installments here, Judith Miller of the New York Times sits in a jail because she refuses to give up a source.
Judith Miller, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize-winner, wife, graduate of Barnard and Princeton.
Judith Miller, inmate.
Her confinement is an outrage, an ugly irony in our land of the free. As we push and spend and bleed to extend democracy elsewhere, are we neglecting our own liberties?
The world is watching this case. As The Guardian in London wrote, "The American Constitution no longer protects the unfettered freedom of the press. That is the only conclusion that can be drawn from the remarkable case of the New York Times journalist Judith Miller."
True freedom of the press is the freedom to report critically and independently -- without undue meddling from a government whose imperfections the press is Constitutionally empowered to reveal.
High-stakes reporting often relies on anonymous sources. The San Francisco Chronicle's recent expose on steroid abuse did. A series by Long Beach Independent Press Telegram on patient dumping did, and a project by the Orange County Register on fertility fraud did as well.
Contacting representativesWe urge readers to contact their federal representatives and urge support the Free Flow of Information Act.
Here is contact information for them:
Sen. Barbara Boxer
Phone: (202) 224-3553
Fax: (202) 228-2382
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Phone (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
Rep. Richard Pombo
Phone (202) 225-1947
Fax: (202) 226-0861
Nearly all states recognize that and have passed so-called shield laws. These laws, essentially, put up a shield between the journalist and the prosecutors and plaintiffs who would seek their sources or unpublished materials.
Now it is time for a federal shield law so reporters like Miller can perform their vital work without worry of being handcuffed for it. Such a law is slowly working its way forward. It is known as the "Free Flow of Information Act" and has bipartisan sponsors.
The act would bring federal law in step with state law and provide legal consistency. A key point: It would include exceptions in cases that might involve national security.
This should be a no-brainer. Yet the Bush Administration announced this week that it is opposing the act, contending it is too broad and could endanger national security.
No doubt the act can and will be tweaked. However, we find the administration's chilly view of this proposed law, the very least, troubling.
Our president and some members of Congress seem to be missing this:
Without our liberties, our national security is meaningless.
That's right, meaningless.
Just ask Patrick Henry, who cried out, "Give me liberty -- or give me death!"
Or Thomas Jefferson, who said, "The only security of all is in a free press."
Or just ask the people in Cuba, Iran or North Korea.
In this nation of the free, Judith Miller must be released.
A federal shield law affirming our liberties must be embraced, and without delay.
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Congressman Tom Delay went through this in Texas as well as Sarah Palin and Senator Stevens in Alaska, the criminalization of politics by the desperate Alinsky Democrats who smell a beating coming at the polls.
I started writing here at this blog some five years ago defending then Texas Congressman Delay after reading the statutes the corrupt prosecutor in Texas used to indict him out of office. There was no case against Tom Delay and that is why it took seven grand juries to come up with the ham sandwich indictment Delay eventually prevailed against - long after his political career was over.
And as with US Senator Stevens of Alaska. The facts of his indictment did not match the mish-mash of charges of corruption levied against him by prosecutors in Alaska. Those convictions were tossed before just he died.
Sarah Palin outsmarted the Left as she has always done by resigning from office rather than suffer death by a thousand accusations, one of which was firing a thug State Trooper. (She lives on to aggravate her opponents on a daily basis to the point Palin hatred of is almost a definable mental disorder of the Left.)
Does prosecuting an opponent out of office sound familiar?
Now it is Governor Rick Perry's turn. And here is what will certainly begin - the abandonment of Republican victims of the criminalization of politics by Establishment Republicans who seize the opportunity to rid themselves of a candidate they do not like.
That is just as bad as the phony indictments.
Do Establishment Republicans think they gain by this?
Are they immune from the same treatment in the future?


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Step down under the ground and experience how mining has changed throughout history. We are currently extending and updating The Mine, which will open again in February 2017.
The museum´s mine gallery shows how work in mines has changed throughout history - from ancient times to today.
In mines, you mine and extract different minerals and rock. A mineral that contains a lot of metal - so much that it is worth mining - is called ore. Most mines in Sweden today are ore mines where iron ore or sulphide ores, which contain several different metals such as copper, zinc, gold and silver, are mined. No-one really knows how long there have been mines in Sweden. We know for certain they have existed since the 13th century, but they probably existed even much earlier.
Underground mining operations and subsequent metal extraction has historically been of great significance to Sweden´s economy. During the period when Sweden was a major military power, many of its wars were financed largely from mining operations — in particular the Falu copper mine, which played an important role. In the 18th century, the mining industry started to become dominated by iron.
You get down into the Mine in the museum via a steep wooden staircase which is placed in a shaft. You can also go down via the mine lift/elevator, but in that case you must first contact one of the museum staff. Ladders, hoists and water pumps were placed in the shaft. So that the rock would not collapse, the walls were shored up with timber logs. You can take a closer look at the timbering as you descend the staircase.
To the right of the stairs, fires light up the darkness. This tells of the oldest method used to extract ore: fire-setting. The ore was extracted by setting fires against ore laden rock. The heat from the fires made the rock fracture. The ore could then be easily hammered off with picks and crowbars, loaded onto barrows and carts and transported away to the working place right under the shaft. From there, the ore was loaded into tubs and hoisted up to ground level.
The need to drill into the rock arose when explosives were introduced — gunpowder in the 17th century, nitro glycerine and dynamite in the mid 19th century. Up until the beginning of the 20th century, almost all drilling was done by hand with sledge hammers and hand drills. This was hard and dangerous work.
The introduction of compressed air and electric power into mines at the beginning of the 20th century had a great impact on mining practices. Pneumatic drills started to become common around 1910. Initially, they were heavy and unwieldy. In the 1940s, drilling was revolutionized by the introduction of the "Swedish method", that is, lightweight pneumatic boring machines equipped with drills with carbide drill bits.
Mine work rapidly changed in pace with the new high-tech options. LKAB today uses computer technology, automation and remote control of mining machines. Ore mining in the Kiruna mine´s new main level is guided with the help of computers and monitors. In the control room, the operator watches over fully automatic loading machines, trains and drilling machines.
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August 19, 2013—Fearlessly Archived—Still a fun read; price & availability may have changed.
When you take the time to barbecue, you want it to be special. And depending on what part of the country you're in when you turn on that grill, you probably have a clear idea of what barbecue is supposed to be. True fanatics of the flame know that every part of the U.S. has its own special way of preparing barbecue. Heck, in some parts of the country, you might even find multiple styles of barbecue in the same town!
At Trader Joe's, we love barbecue, in all its incarnations, so we've embraced the diversity and introduced Trader Joe's Carolina Gold Barbecue Sauce, capturing yet another regional flavor. This rich, thick golden-hued, mustard-based sauce reminds us of some of the best grilled meats we've enjoyed in the Carolinas. It's sweet & smoky with a hint of molasses and just the right blend of spices. Use it as a glaze near the end of barbecuing, as a sauce for burgers and sandwiches, or as a dipping sauce for chicken or veggies. No matter how you use Carolina Gold Barbecue Sauce, your result will be grilled goodies that are worth their weight in gold. We're selling each 18 ounce bottle for $2.69, a golden value, every day. You'll find it in our grocery aisle.
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EDMONTON (updated June 2012)
StFX Alumni Chapter
Chapter News for the Alumni News
Edmonton Chapter
May 29, 2012
The Edmonton Alumni Chapter is planning a busy summer filled with social gatherings and great times! Our first planned event is a Pub Night to be held on Friday, June 22 from 5:00 on at Brewster's in Oliver Square (11704 104 Avenue). We have the entire upstairs of the pub so we are hoping for a larger turn out. There is no cover charge and all alumni are encouraged to bring a friend or two along with them. The more the merrier!
Our second event is our Annual Student Send Off and Alumni BBQ to be held on Saturday, August 11 at 5:00 at the Clan Rugby Club. Last year we held the event at the same venue and the weather and location were wonderful and the food delicious. Note: There is no cost for this event. We are hoping for a great turn out again this year.
Please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions about the Edmonton Chapter or would like to become involved in our dynamic group.
Wishing you a wonderful summer,
Laurie Oakes
Class of '79 & ''80
Edmonton Chapter President
The Edmonton StFX chapter had a busy, and fun year!
The most recent event was a StFX Day celebration held on December 4th
with approximately 45 alumni. Each decade was represented from the 40's up to
the 2000's.
This year's StFX Day celebration was held at St.
Edmund's Parish, with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Emeritus Joseph MacNeil
('44) and Fr. Leo Cordeau ('57). After the Mass, there was a reception in the
Parish Hall, followed by a dinner.
It was a great night for everyone to gather, share
stories over a glass of cheer, and meet some new friends. Included in the crowd
were Mary MacDonald('81), David McGreer ('81), Lisa Miller ('01), Andrew and
Patricia Koning ('07), Helen and Pierce Peters ('61), Jane ('88) and Roger
('85) Smith, Anne and Vince Isaac ('60) Miki and Paul Norris ('50), Denise and
Bernie Bryden ('52) and Harriet and Hyland Fraser ('72) who recently moved to
Edmonton from Antigonish.
A couple of months earlier, the Edmonton chapter had a very successful pub
night with a crowd of about 50 alumni. We met up at a local watering hole, and
enjoyed a great night of fun. The crowd was generally from the past few years,
including Ben Soutar ('01), Tanya Boyd ('03), Daniel MacDonald ('07), Terry
Leblanc ('05), Maura Beaton ('07) and sister Laureen Beaton ('10). One of the
neat parts of the pub night were the out of town visitors who were in Edmonton for a
conference, and had heard about the event (through Joe Doyle of '87), and came
by to join in on the fun. It included Paul Tobin ('88) visiting from Halifax,
and Erin MacDonald ('08) visiting from Hamilton.
In addition to these two recent events, the Edmonton chapter had a
great President's Reception in June, and a successful student send-off and
alumni picnic in August. There are plans in the works for a few events for
2011, so if you are in and around Edmonton,
please let us know.
As well as organizing these events, the Edmonton chapter has a
Facebook group page (search: StFX Alumni Association – Edmonton Chapter) with
information on events, and photos from past events. There is a great group
working on the Edmonton
chapter, including Laurie Oakes ('79) who is the new President of the chapter.
If you want to be part of the chapter organizing group, or simply want to make
sure you're on the contact list for future events, please send us an e-mail
([email protected]
Laurie Oakes `79
[email protected]
2010 Summer Picnic & Student Send-Off
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I am looking to add a 4-channel amp to my stock system, and a 2 channel bridged down to one for a 12" sub. My question is do I have an amp currently powering stock speakers without the Harmon Kardon system? What would the difficulty be to rewire the stock speakers to the 4-channel amp? Any help would be appreciated. I am going to splice into the stock unit with the MTX RE-Q5 and put the signal out that way.
HK and non HK cars both have amps in US spec cars
here is everything you need to make it happen: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=245914
you will need to replace the speakers as well.
OMG. I have replaced speakers and rewired cars before, but this takes the cake. This would be a weekend project for sure. Any links on rear speaker component replacement?
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ONE of Thailand's largest industrial estates in the east of Bangkok is in danger of being inundated as floods continue to creep towards inner areas of the capital.
Rancid brown water has gushed into fields near Lat Krabang estate, which accommodates more than 50 factories employing tens of thousands of people.
Seven other large industrial estates have already been swamped in a disaster that has killed more than 437 people, affected the lives of up to 3 million others and caused damage estimated at $US5.8 billion ($A5.6 billion).
A slow-moving mass of runoff water from the north following three months of monsoon rains has created a stark divide for Bangkok, a city of 12 million people.
Twelve of Bangkok's 50 districts are either flooded or at imminent risk of flooding, affecting up to 1.7 million people, while the city's inner areas remain bone dry under a clear blue sky.
City and government officials are unable to say whether the water will eventually swamp the capital's inner area of high-rise shopping malls, apartments and luxury hotels. The Chao Phraya River, which winds through Bangkok, has broken its western banks, flooding areas there more quickly than the business districts on the eastern side.
''In terms of area, about 20 per cent of the capital is under floodwater but nobody knows the exact population affected,'' said Bangkok Metropolitan Administration spokesman Jate Sopitpongstorn.
More than 11,000 people have taken shelter in government evacuation centres while many residents have opted to stay at their homes, living on verandahs and second storeys above waters that bubbled up through drains or sewer outlets or gushed through streets that have become waterways. Raw sewage and animal carcasses float in waters ripe for disease.
Health experts warn of outbreaks of flood-related diseases when the waters recede, leaving stagnant pools.
''There's a lot of danger around,'' said Mark Thomas, spokesman for UNICEF, which is assisting with sanitation issues.
''You need to keep the kids out of the water and everybody should stay out of the water as much as possible.''
While drowning is the most common cause of death, dozens of others have been electrocuted in their flooded homes, unaware of the risk from electricity.
Bangkok's residents have become increasingly frustrated amid rivalry and bickering among officials of government and city agencies divided by political loyalties who have often sent out confusing and inaccurate information, which fuelled panic buying and prompted many to flee the city.
Residents have complained that their homes and businesses have been sacrificed to save downtown Bangkok, which accounts for 42 per cent of Thailand's economic output.
In the city's main commercial and tourist areas air-conditioned restaurants continue to serve well-heeled diners while only a few kilometres away food and drinking water is in short supply for thousands of people struggling to survive in flooded areas.
Angry residents have destroyed some dykes and more than 100 police were deployed to protect a key sluice gate from others demanding it be opened further to ease flooding in their local area.
Only 12 weeks after taking office, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has come under strong criticism for her handling of the crisis as she has frequently toured flooded areas to help deliver relief supplies.
''I don't know if you've come here to help or make things worse,'' shouted a woman who missed out on an aid package because supplies ran out.
Ms Yingluck, the sister of exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, told reporters she has a ''heavy heart to see people suffer. Anyway, I will work to the best of my ability and please be assured officials will comply.''


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"Oh, go up to the king cause the sky is falling in, but it's not. But it's not. Maybe not. Maybe not."
-Radiohead "2+2=5"
Third-and-6. Less than 2 minutes to play. Leading by 4 points. Opponent has one timeout remaining. Quarterback takes the snap, turns and hands it to the running back who runs into the pile. No gain. 4th down. Opponent burns final timeout. 80 yards in 1:29. No way to stop the clock in the field of play. Rewind…
Much has been made of the offensive play-calling on the final possession of the Week 3 loss in Minnesota, specifically the fact that three consecutive inside runs were called. Against the league's best run defense. Without your star running back and best player available. The sequence has led to questions. Not just questions about the play-calling itself, but about the entire philosophy behind the offensive system.
Ever since Mike Singletary laid out his formula for success last season, the emphasis on the ground game has been obvious. Never mind the limitations at QB, the lack of a certain lofty draft choice to sign his contract, or anything else: Singletary wants his team to run. Hard. A lot. He doesn't just want to crush your will. He wants to rip it out of your body, hold it over his head while the rest of the team chants some gibberish, then throw it to the ground and crush it with a sledge hammer.
Sounds great in your head, doesn't it? It sounds great. But does it work?
In spite of all claims to the contrary, the answer is yes. Football is a game won by physicality. It was before they invented the forward pass. It still is. One need only look at some of the most successful teams of the last decade to see it.
There are anomalies. New England is the team of the decade, and they never had a fierce running attack. Likewise, Indianapolis has a long track record of success this decade, especially in the regular season.
But for all their success, Indianapolis has one Super Bowl win to show for their dominance, and it was thanks to the vast improvement of their defense (and the return of Bob Sanders) and the emergence in the playoffs of their running game that was chiefly responsible for their title (Peyton Manning had 3 TDs and 7 INTs during that postseason, and a QB rating of 68.1). Arizona had a similar path to their Super Bowl appearance last season: they gained almost 1/3 as many rushing yards in their three NFC playoff games as they did during the entire regular season, and their defense took a major step forward, registering 13 takeaways in four games.
Overwhelmingly, the success of teams, particularly in recent years, is predicated on the oldest formula in the game's history. Run the ball. Play good-to-great defense. Mix in the passing game. From the Giants to the Ravens to the Steelers to the Chargers to last year's Panthers/Falcons/Titans and this year's Jets/Vikings. New Orleans has emerged as a legitimate contender because of their newfound rushing attack, not because of their all-world QB…5000 yards couldn't get them a playoff berth in 2008. Cincinnati has surprised with back-to-back impressive wins, and their commitment to the running game in both has been the leading cause (along with an amazingly improved defense).
This is not to suggest that the passing game be neglected; far from it. In fact, I wrote about the need for balance last week. But this balance should still operate within the paradigm that has proven successful. Diversifying an offense is a great thing. Taking what someone gives you is good. Taking what you want from someone is better (this is not an invitation for robbery/rape/murder, although out of context it sure looks like one…wow).
As the saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. There are many different environments in which to raise a child, and all of them have benefits and drawbacks, but most folks would agree that a two-parent home is ideal. There are dozens of options out there for those who want a "greener" alternative to their mode of transportation, but mass transit is most likely to be your best bet if you have a commute.
Likewise, there are a wide variety of offensive philosophies that have shown to be successful, from the 2000 Ravens extremely low-risk approach to the run-and-shoot days of the Houston Oilers. But the philosophy that has proven to be the most effective for long-term success is the classic "balanced but run-oriented" system. The reasoning behind the proliferation of this mindset is simple:
It doesn't take a superhuman quarterback.
There aren't many quarterbacks that pass through the NFL who go down as all-time greats. MAYBE Tom Brady has established himself in that class. If Peyton Manning can win another title and play better under pressure in doing so, he probably gets there. But outside of those two (and Kurt Warner if you ask certain people), none of the rest of the QBs who have established records of success with their teams likely scream "legend" status the way Montana or Elway does. Operating within that framework, it becomes obvious why Mike Singletary's formula for success so strongly resembles that of so many other coaches.
Singletary has said this week that he plans on "opening up" the offense as QB Shaun Hill gets more comfortable in the offensive system. Time will tell if that becomes a reality, but in spite of his rigid reputation, he has shown a willingness to adapt (from pulling JT O' Sullivan in his first game as coach to naming Dashon Goldson the starter at safety) to whatever works.
And as far back as you could possibly care to look, "whatever works" has shown to be the physical juggernaut Singletary envisioned when he got the job.


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Community book swap needs a new home
March 25, 2013
The community book swap has lost its warehouse and is in immediate need of finding a new, permanent place where they can have their monthly free swaps. They are looking for a place where they can store their tables and books without having to box them every month. If not, then they will need an on-site storage room. They also need a convenient location, wheelchair accessible, with plenty of parking. A rest room would also be a tremendous asset. The swap has been an established service in the community for more than four years. Contact Cheryl Noble at 530-615-4155.
Cinderella Boutique offering a "Sneak Peek"
The Cinderella Project will host an opening Reception and "Sneak Peek" to the Cinderella Boutique from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday April 5 at 900 Golden Gate Terrace, Unit E. Light refreshments will be served and a raffle will be held in the midst of a wonderland of over 300 donated dresses The project's "fairy godmothers" have created through the generosity of the community. The Cinderella Project is in its third year of ensuring that every girl has a prom dress who needs one. High school students are invited to participate in the Cinderella Project by referral from a counselor, teacher, group leader or other adult who knows of a need. When the girls arrive at the Cinderella Boutique, they enter a magical world of generosity, including dresses, shoes, jewelry and fairy godmothers ready to help them find the perfect dress for their prom. For more information, see the Facebook page NevadaCountyCinderellaProject or visit http://www.NCCinderellaProject.us to download a referral form. Interested parties can also email the project at email@example.com or call 530-268-5172.
Professor of geology to speak at Gem and Mineral Society
Dick Hilton, professor of geology at Sierra College will talk about the geology of the Sierra Nevada at the The Nevada County Gem & Mineral Society meeting, slated for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2. The meeting will be at the Golden Empire Grange, 11363 Grange Court in Grass Valley, CA. General membership meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month. Visitors always welcome. For more information, visit http://www.ncgms.org or call Lori Woodhall, president, at 530-432-1750.
Austin Dowling fundraiser slated for April 6
A 5K Walk/Jog Leukemia Fundraiser in honor of Bear River High School senior Austin Dowling will be at the BRHS track on Saturday, Apr. 6. Registration begins at 8:30 and the 5K begins at 10 a.m. Imagine being 17 and having your senior year of high school put on hold to fight Leukemia. Dowling was blind-sided by this news on Feb. 18 and since then has been in the hospital undergoing treatments with his family by his side. The community is invited to join friends and family for a fun-filled event to help raise funds to defray growing medical expenses. To register for the 5K, visit the Austin Dowling Public Event Facebook page. Donations can be sent to the Austin Dowling Leukemia Fund at El Dorado Savings Bank.
Community Partners to bring solar to Grass Valley familiesSeveral struggling homeowners in Grass Valley will no longer have to choose between utility payments and other pressing family needs. Through a collaborative project between renewable energy non-profit GRID Alternatives and Nevada County Habitat for Humanity, volunteers and homeowners will be installing the first of many solar energy systems for low-income families challenged with high energy bills.
These low-income homeowners purchased their homes through Habitat's affordable home ownership program in 2002 and 2003. This project offers dedicated volunteers the opportunity to work side by side with families to provide solar energy and neighborhood renewal including low-maintenance landscaping and exterior repairs.
"Habitat is committed to a long term partnership with all of our homeowners," said Debbie Arakel, executive director of Nevada County Habitat. "We have learned a lot along the way, and this project enables us to apply that learning to improve this neighborhood."
One household will be saving nearly $50,000 over the lifetime of the system. GRID Alternatives' program supports local green jobs training, by providing no-cost hands-on solar installation opportunities for corporate teams, community volunteers and job training organizations like Sierra College. On Friday March 22,, a team of Sierra College students will begin the solar installation work and on Saturday, the systems will be completed with a large UNFI, Inc. corporate team.
For more information, contact GRID Alternatives North Valley office, at 530-217-6154 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
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New rock music that will burn down BrooklynSeptember 12, 2013
Brooklyn is on fire! Well, not literally. As a Brooklynite myself, I have seen more bands come out of my borough than Lady Gaga has strange outfits. Bands pop out of nowhere, playing little dive bars that used to be Chinese restaurants while more of them mark their territory with an amp and a dream. Brooklyn band, Motive, is one of my newest discoveries, and they are super addicting!
With a tasty hint of Nirvana and The Strokes, Motive is one of the many bands that have taken shelter in New York's trendiest of boroughs after leaving grunge's home of Seattle, and it shows. Their sound mixes classic grunge with a Brooklyn indie vibe that will have you on your feet either to dance or thrash around…if that's your thing.
Their videos for "What's So Bad" and "It's Illicit" caught the attention of MTV and have even premiered on the network's 120 Minutes with Matt Pinfield. Hold up…those two things are back on the air?! We have hope, everyone! If that wasn't cool enough, the videos quickly skyrocketed to #2 and #12 on MTV.com's Most Popular video chart! Get 'em, boys!
After learning that the band has shared the stage with Walk The Moon and The Vaccines, I just knew it was a match made in Brooklyn. As most music fans know, you can pretty much trust in the opinions of your other favorite bands. Trust in mine and check out Motive. Brooklyn never sounded so good.
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A film titled Osama from Afghanistan? It sounds incredibly political. And indeed it is - in that director Siddiq Barmak is spreading the word about both the incredible poverty and filmmaking talent in his war-ravaged homeland. Support for the film has continued to grow since its Cannes premiere last year, when it was singled out for praise, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association writers have been its greatest champions, even if it wasn't nominated for an Academy Award.
"It is a wonderful night for me and my people," Barmark said as he accepted the Golden Globe for best foreign film.
That this heartfelt, hard-hitting film is also immensely enjoyable is testament to Barmak's talent. The story of a determined young girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to attend school - something that was denied girls under the Taliban - the film is reminiscent of Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief and, particularly, Iranian director Jafar Panahi's The White Balloon, with its tough story told through innocent eyes.
Certainly, the last thing on the viewers' minds when they're contemplating the plight of poverty-stricken Afghans is whether the country can sustain a film industry. Essentially, it can't on its own. Barmak received considerable assistance from neighbouring Iran; the film was shot by Iranian cinematographer Ebrahim Ghafori, who also shot Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Kandahar; and Makhmalbaf, one of the most influential figures in Iranian cinema, has been a huge supporter of Barmak's.
Afghanistan has produced only 40 films - features, documentaries and shorts - in the 100 years that cinema has existed, and most have been produced with the Afghan Film Organisation, of which Barmak is the manager. The body was disbanded during the Taliban's reign and Barmak's films were confiscated. As the violence was about to begin, his wife, young daughter and baby son were forced to flee Kabul, walking 80 kilometres in intense heat before finding help. (That his son's first word was "bomb" and not "Mummy" or "Daddy" angers Barmak.) The family finally settled in what he calls "an artistic enclave of creative people" in Pakistan. He made Osama on his return, with financing from Ireland's leBrocquy Fraser Limited and Japanese television station NHK, for a meagre $US21,000 ($A28,688).
When I meet Barmak, a bearish 41-year-old, he embraces his role as Afghan ambassador. At the same time, he's a film nut who loves telling stories in images - he received a masters degree in film directing from Moscow University - so, with his passion on two fronts, he's a force to be reckoned with.
With a title such as Osama, one would think his film is about the big bad guy, I tell him.
"The big bad guy!" he repeats with some delight - now that he finally can.
Does he think bin Laden is alive? "He's still alive and I think the Americans know where he is," Barmak replies emphatically.
In the film, the young girl adopts the feared name of Osama to deflect attention when she disguises herself as a boy. She needs an education so she can find employment and ultimately support her impoverished family. Of course, the Taliban find her out.
"The whole thing about the Taliban was that they provided something for young boys to grow up like a military resource," Barmak says. "They learnt the teachings of the Koran, but they were not really religious schools - they were schools for military training."
He chose to focus on a girl in the story, he says, because "a little girl is representative of all our women who saw a lot of suffering - dead brothers, sisters, fathers and sons, and not only during the Taliban".
"Women generally are punished in traditional Eastern society. Even in Buddhism, Hinduism and Zionism, women are kept outside of frame. I think powerful men want to make religion a very useful weapon to enhance their political positions and to keep women down."
Will that now change? "Not fully, and it'll take a long time. It needs very hard work. We need to educate people, but unfortunately 85 per cent of the population are currently uneducated."
Barmak searched far and wide for the girl to play his lead while recruiting many of his supporting players in refugee camps. "I met Marina (Golbahari) on the street one night when she asked me for money. She was a beggar, and when I saw the light in her eyes it shocked me. I told my friend, 'I've found my daughter'," he says with a laugh.
Golbahari, now 14, was able to draw on her own experiences - she witnessed the death of her sister during the war, and her handicapped father was, and still is, unemployed. Other than buying her family a mud house with her earnings from the film, her life has changed little.
While there's no reason the film should have a rosy ending, Barmak remains optimistic for the future of his people.
"It's important to forgive, but not to forget," he says, quoting the words of Nelson Mandela.
"Most important, though, is to look forward to a brighter, freer future."
Osama is now screening.
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Target: Members of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Goal: Grant the African Lion the Status of "Endangered" and Allow It to Be Protected Accordingly
The image of the African lion has become synonymous with the wild beauty and majesty of the African landscape. Once roaming the vast areas of the continent, the lion population has been in a rapid decline.
According to the Lion Conservation Fund, "recent studies suggest that lion populations may have decreased nearly 90% in just one past decade, with fewer than 20,000 remaining in just a handful of countries." Due to climate change and severe droughts, much of the lion's habitat has been threatened, if not altogether destroyed. Add that to the threat posed by poachers and the loss of habitat to human expansion, and the African lions are stepping closer and closer to becoming extinct.
The United States has played a huge role in the decline of these animals, hunting them and keeping them as trophies of their hunts. The Humane Society has found that in the ten years between 1999 and 2008, out of the 7,090 lion trophies traded internationally, the vast majority (4,139) were imported into the United States.
As part of the problem, the United States U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was petitioned by groups like The Humane Society International, The Humane Society of the United States, Born Free Foundation, the Fund for Animals and the International Fund for Animal Welfare to have the African lion added to the list of "endangered" animals under the federal Endangered Species Act—and thusly be afforded the protection that comes with it.
However, after the initial 90-day deadline to have the petition was missed, the fate of the lion is still undetermined. According to Jeff Flocken of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), without this status the African lion is not protected "from unsustainable trophy hunting by Americans who import over half of all sport-hunted lion trophies."
Until these lions are recognized as "endangered" they will not be able to get the help that they need.
Dear Member of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
The United States has played a large role in the declining populations of African lions, with the majority of lion "trophies" being imported into the United States.
Now is the time for the United States to take steps towards protecting the animal that it has been for so long threatening. By adding the African lion to the Endangered Species list and giving it the title of "endangered," the animal will be afforded the protection it needs in order to sustain their populations.
Jeff Flocken of the International Fund for Animal Welfare explains that "the Endangered Species Act is the most comprehensive legislation we have for protecting these magnificent creatures." The African lion needs to be added to the list of Endangered Species in order to ensure its future survival.
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Indiana Reconsiders Common Core
This past weekend, Indiana legislators approved a proposal to halt the implementation of Common Core until after preliminary hearings and an in-depth analysis are conducted…. Read More
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Illini's Pieters Wins NCAA Golf Championships Individual Title
May 31, 2012
Illinois' Thomas Pieters won the NCAA Golf Championships individual title on Thursday, firing a 5-under 208 over 54 holes. The Illini sophomore is the second Illinois golfer in the last three years to claim the title, following 2010 champion Scott Langley.
As a team, Illinois (+35) placed 21st while Iowa (+36) tied for 22nd, both missing the cut for the match-play portion of the championships. The Hawkeyes Joseph Winslow carded Iowa's top score, firing a 2-over 215 over three rounds of play.
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Popular Televangelist Joel Osteen Delivers Sermon At Baltimore Convention CenterThousands are in downtown Baltimore to hear just one man speak -- Pastor Joel Osteen -- the wildly popular preacher whose sermons are televised in 100 nations around the world.
Friday, Nov. 15, 2013Don Scott had "Coffee With" Joel Osteen. Ron Matz had "People Are Talking" about Harry Connolly, a noted Baltimore photographer who has an exhibit on display at Stevenson University.


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Lloywen Carty, 25, of Kensal Green, north-west London, is due to appear at Brent Magistrates' Court on Friday accused of the murder of Lee Subaran.
Three men were jailed for life for Mr Subaran's murder last July. One man was cleared at the same trial and the jury could not agree a verdict on another.
Another man is in custody awaiting trial over Mr Subaran's death.
Mr Carty is also charged with possession of a firearm and intent to endanger life.
Leon Roberts, 27, Tafari Dacas, 29, and Shane Taylor, 27, all from north-west London, are currently serving their jail terms.
No date has been set for the retrial of the man who the jury could not reach a verdict on.
Mr Subaran was shot in the head and neck.


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Salk Scholars Come to La Jolla for Summer Training
In the New York City borough of Brooklyn, summer was hot and muggy, as usual. Riding the crowded subway or bus to work during the week, commuters worried about the impending transit fee hike. On Sundays, some of them perused the outdoor flea market to shop for vintage wares and munch on pupusas or pizza by the slice.
These could have been the recollections of William ("Will") Mak and Diana Kachan, two Brooklyn residents who recently graduated from the City University of New York (CUNY) with plans to attend medical schools in the fall.
But they weren't.
Instead, Will and Diana came to work at the Salk Institute for the summer, after receiving the coveted Jonas E. Salk Scholarships. The scholarships were created in 1955 at the request of the late Dr. Jonas Salk, an alumnus of CUNY, when the city of New York wanted to celebrate his discovery of the Polio vaccine with a ticker-tape parade. He suggested that the money might have a better use.
The Salk Institute's participation with the scholarship program began in 2005. In addition to helping with medical school tuition, the students receive a salary and an allowance for living expenses while they perform research for eight weeks during the summer.
Diana and Will came to Salk from mid-June through the first week of August to work on projects that, for each of them, held personal importance.
A native of Belarus, the landlocked Easter European country where her parents still live, Diana, 28, moved to New York City in her early 20s through a work-exchange program and began taking courses at CUNY, where her interests turned first to chemistry, then physics, and ultimately biology.
"I just loved it," says Diana, who remembers considering a career in medicine many years earlier after volunteering at an orphanage for children who were handicapped from radiation exposure after the Chernobyl explosion. "[Biology] wasn't just about memorization and facts, but about real life. It wasn't until after I came to the U.S. that I realized this was something I want to do."
Diana is now enrolled in the M.D./Ph.D. program at the University of Miami School of Medicine. She plans to pursue both epidemiology and neurology. At Salk, she learned a theoretical approach to neurology, guided by Tatyana Sharpee, assistant professor in the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory.
Imagine that neurons are like rubber bands. If one end is anchored and the other stretched, then released, the "snap" that occurs is similar to the way a neuron receives input and fires its own signal down the chain. The snap looks like a spike when it is plotted on a graph, and so they are called spikes.
Scientists understand the physiology of neurons and how they create a spike, but what actually determines a spike, and what different patterns of spikes mean, is still unclear.
This is the focus of Sharpee's work. Using data collected by collaborators at the University of California, San Francisco from retinal cells and the relay cells in subcortical regions, she used a computer code to analyze how input spikes are transformed into sequences of output spikes.
Diana came to the lab with no experience in theoretical neuroscience, and only a little bit with computer programming. But after two weeks of reading computer programming textbooks at her desk, she managed to make some sense of things.
"See this portion of the code here?" she asked, scrolling down more than 500 lines on her computer screen. To the untrained eye, it looked like an e.e. cummings poem. "This is the section that I'm really interested in."
Sharpee had hoped for an acute response such as this.
"I think it is important to expose students to computational and theoretical techniques, even if these techniques are not going to the main focus of the their future research," she said. "Besides, Diana brought a fresh approach to our research.
"There's a practical side to this arrangement," Sharpee admits. "I had projects that I needed to get done. But also, in the field of neuroscience we are working toward the goal of merging theoretical and experimental techniques. We need a common language to do this, and by giving Diana theoretical exposure, this may help in the future."
Analyzing Gene Sequences
Working in Professor of Molecular Neurobiology Dennis O'Leary's laboratory alongside postdoctoral fellow Todd Kroll, Will's project focused on understanding whether a section of genetic code is responsible for development of the brain region that controls movement, including vision and balance, in mice.
"My research in New York was more behavioral than this," Will explained. "The project focused on measuring eye movement in patients to understand how stimuli could grab their attention. But my work in Dr. O'Leary's lab is much more 'wet' than what I'm used to."
He began at the computer, analyzing gene expression patterns that are published online, finding one that is complimentary to another gene that specifically identifies visual cortex. He then cloned the new gene into a plasmid vector so that it could be used to make a probe that will identify where this gene is turned on. Finally, he used the probe he generated to analyze thin brain sections with a staining technique that allowed him to see where the gene "appeared" in the overall developing brainscape.
"I wish that I could have done something like this for the summer when I was his age," admitted Kroll, who has worked in the O'Leary lab as a postdoctoral fellow for six years.
At the lab bench pouring careful measurements from bottles of buffer solution, or at the cryostat tissue preparation machine, Will, a preppy young man, appeared slightly slouched, as though about to give himself a hug. This is because he was born with scoliosis, an S-shaped curvature of his spine that restricts some of his movement and causes him daily pain.
"When I was in high school, I had my lower lumbar spine fused," he explained. "At the time, it dashed my hopes of joining the NBA or becoming a football player, but I dealt with it."
He can joke about it now, but it was his traumatic experiences working with doctors as a child and young adult that led him to study at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. One day he hopes to work as an orthopedic surgeon, focusing on pediatrics.
His experiences as a scoliosis patient are also what led him to choose this project in O'Leary's lab.
"Perhaps one day the discoveries in this lab will lead to cures for spinal deformities, or ways to prevent them from happening in the first place," he ventured. "It's really exciting for me to think that I could say, 'I helped with that research.' "


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Editor's note: This op-ed is by John R. Killacky, executive director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. It first aired on Vermont Public Radio on Aug. 9.
In the summertime, daily life at the barn overflows with young children, ages 7 and up, terrified and thrilled simultaneously, up on their first mounts during pony camp. I love the end of the week "show" when everybody wins something and every child is successful.
As for the regulars, the teens and young women spend weekends traveling around the state competing in dressage and jumping events. I'm amazed at how fearlessly they navigate horses 10 times their weight over cross-country fences. One friend had what is called a "double clear" with no faults in either timing or jumping, but then a disappointment in dressage. Failures are almost as important as successes here – life lessons learned early.
The adult boarders prefer to acquire new skills at clinics or simply ride through the hayfields. In the world, they're doctors, scientists, lawyers, teachers, veterinarians, therapists, accountants and administrators. At the barn we're defined by our equines. Here, I'm Raindrop's dad.
Mundane chores unite us: mucking stalls, cleaning water buckets, picking out hooves, and polishing tack. Grooming tips are shared. Then there are the fly masks and sprays to protect our loved ones while grazing – some have homemade "all natural" concoctions. I'm always learning: from teenagers to one friend in her 80s who rides her 24-year-old gelding every day.
Recently, my Shetland pony Raindrop and I went off-site to a driving clinic in Waltham. First though, we had to practice loading on and off the trailer, and then bring along buckets of her water. Anything new throws her.
Jeff Morse, who led the two-day event, encouraged us to "create the horse you want, rather than fix the horse you have." He had me drive with my eyes closed to feel the connection of my hands on the reins to the bit in her mouth. It was transformative.
Back home at the barn in Williston, my eyes now open to where I want to go, I try to see the arena as my pony does. Human vision is focused straight ahead; horses see at 350 degrees, encompassing peripheral vision. I practice this perspective and vast horizons of fields, mountains, and clouds feathering the sky unfold.
My favorite time is after driving her on a hot day, when I rinse my pony down with cold water. This took some getting used to, but now Raindrop loves it when I turn the nozzle to a light spray, point it heavenward, and give us both a shower. We are giddy with delight.


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WDS is the way of bridging between APs so CP will work if you connect your
primary (Master) AP to CP Interface and all the rest Slave Repeaters will
use master as the source of Inet connection.
However if you want to use mono's wireless interface and connect your AP to
that interface in WDM mode, then it may work or not it just depends on your
APs. For us we never even considering trying that because majority of AP
makes use proprietary bridging (and WDM) things, they all similar but some
of them just refuse to tallk to other makes, so its better to do WDM in same
brand ewuipment.
If you still need to do WDM on multi make APs that just set up one or 2 APs
as repeaters, that gona do the same as some cheap APs call WDM ex: Senao WDM
is just plain repeater
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Subject: [m0n0wall] Wireless WDS
Hi All
Just wondering is there any chance that monowall supports WDS . We have
a few access points in one location and we are hoping to control them
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The Deal
- $75 for a two-hour pontoon-boat rental for up to 12 (up to a $150 value)
Eagle Mountain Boat Rental
Picnic areas, walking trails, and restaurants dot the shoreline of Eagle Mountain Lake, and the crew at Eagle Mountain Boat Rental helps guests access the attractions with its fleet of rental watercraft. They equip adventurers with jet skis, pontoon boats, fishing boats, pedal boats, and canoes—ensuring that each one contains a full tank of fuel or a motivational rowing coach to keep guests from ever getting stranded. Eagle Mountain's crew includes a set of water skis with each ski-boat rental, and they also provide renters with the option to rent tubes, wakeboards, or inflatables for additional fees.