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|Re: [TowerTalk] Need Idea's on what Hardware to use to bring in COaxand Grounds
|Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:04:50 +0000
Rob: Until I installed a tower plus associated conduit runs into the shack, my coax came out of the house through a clothes drier vent that covered a series of holes in the wood frame of the shack, drilled just above the cement block foundation. The coax then runs in the crawl space underneath the shack and emerges indoors through several holes I drilled up through the flooring/carpeting in the shack. Had I had a larger drill and 4-inch hole cutter I would have made one large hole, just like for a drier vent hose. Instead I drilled four or five 3/4-inch holes to pass several coax lengths plus connectors through to the outside. I kept the holes close together in a circular pattern so the vent cover could hide all openings. The coax runs then went underground or up the adjacent chimney to their respective antennas. If applicable to your installation, you could even mount this vent higher up on the side of your house for coax that leads upward. An alternative would be to use gray (UV-resistant) electrical conduit components to protect your coax runs as they emerge from your shack to the outside world. Check out Scott KA9FOX's web page at http://www.qth.com/gallery/AntennaParty/05_10_KA9FOX_065 and note the smaller dark PVC conduit and elbow just outside his shack. Yours would have to be considerably bigger (I'd suggest 3 inch or larger) for multiple coax runs. With either of these alternatives you could abandon them in place when you sold the house. Neither looks out of place. Just be sure you stuff any open space with fiberglass insulation to keep outdoor critters outdoors. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Rob @ Peg Pohorence" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > Hello all, > I have just got started back into Ham Radio after a 13 year absence! > > I was wondering what hardware is available to bring coax/Grounds into the > house! > I have 2x6 studded insulated walls, > > I would like to be able to make any holes through the walls, invisible > when > it comes time to sell the house! > Your suggestion would be appreciated. > > thanks rob n8rt > > > > > Sincerely, Rob, Peggy , and Maggie Sue Papillion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new > and > used cars. > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > firstname.lastname@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan opened the scoring before the Poland international brought up three figures for the club to keep alive their last remaining hope of silverware this season
Henrikh Mkhitaryan opened the scoring for Dortmund, just as he did in the weekend victory over Bayern Munich, as he expertly fired home from the edge of the penalty area after 13 minutes.
The visitors had plenty of possession and opportunities, but Lewandowski killed their momentum with his to bring up a century of Dortmund goals on the stroke of half-time.
Despite a flurry of late chances, there was to be no comeback as Dortmund beat Wolfsburg at home for the second time this month to set up a meeting with either Kaiserslautern or Bayern in the final on May 17.
Wolfsburg made the stronger start and thought they had taken the lead just two minutes in when former Dortmund man Ivan Perisic headed home before play was brought back for a foul on Roman Weidenfeller.
Dortmund's first sight of goal came soon after with an audacious Marco Reus backheel that was easily collected by Florian Grun. But they did not have to wait too much longer before taking the lead as Mkhitaryan produced a finish of the highest quality.
After Lewandowski played in Reus, the German pulled the ball back for Mkhitaryan to finish left-footed from 20 yards.
But for a poor final touch Reus would have found himself through on goal soon after and Wolfsburg's Kevin De Bruyne forced a save from Weidenfeller before the Belgian's teasing set-piece delivery evaded his team-mates in the penalty area.
They went close again when Junior Malanda's header hit the post, with De Bruyne putting the rebound wide, and Lewandowski made them pay with a cool finish after a swift Dortmund break.
Reus played in the Pole and, with the visiting defence stretched, he angled a finish into the top left-hand corner to put the hosts in sight of Berlin.
Wolfsburg could have made the ideal start to the second half when Ivica Olic pressured Weidenfeller into a poor punch, only for Maximilian Arnold to divert an effort wide.
Lewandowski's header was then ruled out for offside before Malanda skied a gilt-edged chance from close range.
The Belgian was also denied in a frantic late goalmouth scramble as Dortmund became the first team since Eintracht Braunschweig in October to keep a clean sheet against Wolfsburg and maintain their hopes of a fourth Pokal crown.


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Jailhouse Rock
Dir. Richard Thorpe
USA 1957 | Black & white | 97 mins | Cert U | Drama | Hollywood Classics
Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler
In arguably the best of Presley's films, he plays a hot-headed young truck driver who kills a man in a fight and is sent to prison, where he is taught to sing and play guitar. On his release he sets out to break into show business and eventually succeeds, with the help of a pretty record promoter.
Available on: 35mm
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Search for a film title or combine several keywords to get a list of films (e.g. Japan, 35mm, Naruse).


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Selected as Party of the Day on January 6th!
All American Sports Party
Party Recap
My little #3 turned 3! He's such an active, sports loving kid, I had to do a sports themed party to celebrate. I spent months brainstorming, shopping, creating and preparing for his party. There are so many fun ways you could take this theme: balls, one specific sport, a few sports, all sports, Olympics..... I decided that since he is still so young and doesn't have one favorite sport, I wanted to incorporate his four favorites: Football, Soccer, Basketball and Baseball. After choosing these sports I needed to come up with a color scheme. After experimenting with several combinations of colors, I decided that red, white and blue would work well with my "All American" sports theme.
I scoured the Internet and etsy for invitations and printables to go along with my theme but I didn't find any that fit the vision I had in my head, so I learned how to make my own! This is part of what took so much time preparing for the party. It took me hours to design the invitation, party circles, pennants, banners and mini buntings. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and was pleased with the final product and the way they pulled the party together.
I love celebrating birthdays and I spend a significant amount of time and effort to do so, but I am not a fan of spending a lot of money. So when it came to a location I thought it would be fun to have it somewhere "sporty". However, since it is winter I couldn't have it at a park or baseball field and I don't usually pay for a special location so I decided that reserving our church gym would give us room to eat and play on a "court".
I hope you enjoy the pictures of the details as much as my big 3 year old loved his party!
Party Helpers
Don Searle


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PGR update: ultrasound was great. Had a student technician who kept saying "aww, so cute!" Still due on Jan 20 (that hasn't changed since the beginning!). She's weighing at about 5lbs. I was up a pound and a half from last week. Belly measuring 35" - in all, still good!
CJ: I'm a consultant. I didn't end up buying the BOB for my stroller - I think I'll look for a used one in the new year after everyone gives up on their resolutions. I'm happy to hear the acid is gone!
MA: Thanks for sharing the story about your dad - yeah, it can get frustrating. especially when the big companies often demand the most time from me! Nice job on finishing the christmas shopping in record time.
TNesq: I hafta tell you - the prenatal massage is THE BEST. How was the reaction on Facebook to your announcement?
Schmetterling: when you say Pinterest workout, I imagine a lot of sitting and clicking
Sasha: Thanks for sharing that story about your dad. 90 days to pay is redonkulous. I guess the only benefit for me is that if a client tried that, I would charge WAY more an hour. THat's awesome your midwife recommended more runs
Ozzy: Ooooo. Apps! There's one called contraction master that my doula uses and recommends. And because I love dogs, I downloaded "weather pup" - i used it more to check the weather than the weather channel app (though that's a good one too).
Monk: So happy to hear your vacation is going well!
Dr. T: Just a regular ultrasound for me. We got to see a squished up little face with big cheeks, so that was adorable. 11 days off sounds AMAZING!
Mannluna: good luck at the u/s this aft!
Sorry - just have time for a quickie and it's going to be a late work night, so probably won't be back Thanks everyone for feedback on the pubic bone stuff...feels a bit better today.
RR- just walked this AM to take it easy. Yesterday just couldnt' make it to prenatal yoga at night after also doing early AM bootcamp. Have to find a better option for yoga. Feel bad because I wasted some money on a month trial membership at the yoga studio...oh well. Made it twice :/
PGR - 25wks5days. Feeling super bloated post-lunch now. Ugh.
NPGR - Lots to do before we leave for CA on Saturday! Have most of our presents en route to MIL's since we bought online and shipped to her house. Just need to figure out what I need to bring for myself. We'll be in two climates - So Cal for a few days then up to Mammoth in the SIerras for the rest.
Have a good day everyone!
Oh, any word from Teri? Is it game time for her or did I miss a post?
Good morning, ladies!
RR: Did a 2 mile run today. The wind was 30 mph sustained and 40 mph gusts. Temperature was 33F, but with the wind chill made it feel like 21F. The first mile I did fartleks with the wind, about a 10 min mile. Felt awesome. Second mile, I trudged back to where I started, against the wind, about a 14:30 min mile. Ha ha! It was awful, but I feel like a superstar now that I'm finished. Using a maternity support belt is making it possible to run at all. Without it, I'm sure round ligament pain would stop me. Slight shin splints in both legs, but mostly my left leg. So, I guess I need to avoid hills, uneven ground, and speed work (like fartleks) until it feels better. Planning to stretch the calves, point and flex toes, all day today and all of tomorrow. Hubby ran with me again. He did well the first mile and walked the 2nd mile. His knee is healing slowly. He's frustrated, but I'm trying to encourage him.
PGR: 21w6d. Ate well again yesterday, but should have eaten a second egg and skipped it. I'll try to fit in an extra egg today or tomorrow, if I can. Feeling good, but I really like to take a nap in the afternoons when I can. Even a 15 to 30 minute nap makes all the difference for me. Not sure if running is helping me feel more energetic or using up any energy I have. I think it is helping me with digestion (if that's TMI, I'm sorry!), and I think I can attribute my sleeping well to the running.
TN asked yesterday about cloth diapers... I have used cloth diapers with all of my babies. When they are washed properly, the diapers AND your machine are sanitized. I recommend www.greenmountaindiapers.com to buy your cloth diapering supplies and they have an excellent guide on how to take care of the diapers. Situations where cloth isn't as desirable: camping, traveling, emergency situations. So, keep a stash of disposables set aside. While baby is exclusively breastfed, the poop will wash out fine, and not be offensive. When baby starts solids, you may want to keep a dedicated rubber spatula next to the toilet to scrape off solids, and I have one of those potty pail sprayers, too. They are really fantastic! I never can seem to use liners. I always forget to put them in, and then baby poops, but when baby doesn't poop, I remember them easily! :P
Forgot to say... flushable liners are nice when you are out for the day, so you can just dump the poop and not have to scrape it off when you get home.
Was just thinking about you ladies and thought I'd pop in and say hi.
My LO is now almost 4 weeks old. I can't believe how time has flown. BFing is our biggest struggle – I had some oversupply issues and LO kept spitting up a ton and it was just not cool. We are under control now but I'm still having pain, so we're working on it. My DH has been FANTASTIC and I wish that for all of you – he will watch M so I can go to the gym or shower or take an hour nap. He's just the best daddy! I am slowly recovering from my tear and am easing into working out – running .5-1 mile at a time within some walking now. We're getting there and every day is a new day!
YJPM – You are so close! I have the breast friend and the Boppy – to be honest I haven't been using either one, but you may find you like it! I thought for sure the Breast Friend would be my best friend but it's just not working for me (sorry, don't mean to discourage you!). Glad the U/S went well! Will be thinking of you in the next few weeks.
Jazz – Uh oh, the waddling I think (hope?) I sort of escaped that (DH says I waddled though, I disagree&hellip. I'm glad your LO is wiggly in there – always reassuring.
MA – 26 weeks already!?!? Where has the time gone. Glad you got some good sleep and the shopping done. I hate Christmas shopping. I don't know why… Way to keep up with 12 mpw – that was about my goal too (or more like 10).
Ozzy – You need to post a new bump pic on FB! Hope you had a nice swim. So cute about the bunny hat – I hope it is super cute! You are getting so close too – your LO is starting to run out of room in there and might be changing how you feel movement. You will still feel it, but to me it was like "rolls" rather than jabs at that point. Way to keep up on the workouts!
TN – I got massages almost weekly after 34 weeks or so. It was SO worth it. I felt so much better. YAY for movement. I sent you a PM on FB about the diapers, but we're doing cloth and I am really happy with it so far. I don't know if you're doing BFing or not, but breast milk is water soluble so it just sort of disappears in the wash – we rinse our dipes but you don't really need to (and your washer won't be poopy). I'm not sure how overwhelming cloth would be with twins – talk to GoTaraGo – she's doing cloth and loves it I think. She's a super woman! And cute with the stockings!
Schmet – Boo on all that teething. Hope you got some rest today.
Sasha – I agree – elliptical is way better than nothing. Can you bike? Glad the MW appt went well – Yay for that U/S too!
Monk – ((Waves)) – hope that trip goes well and glad you could escape the snow.
DrTre – (that is like Dr Dre – love it). We haven't "met" but wanted to say hi! You will get to the "pop" stage soon enough – I remember the awkward in between stage where you're PG but no one can tell and you just feel blah. Enjoy the 11 days off!
Mann – Hope the cake turns out super cute. Hope the xmas shopping is a success too.
Liz – 25 weeks already for you too!?! You ladies are trucking right along. Hope you get all the stuff done for CA – sounds like a lot of planning! Good luck finding that yoga.
Laura – we haven't "met" either, but hello! Nice job keeping up with the running too. Naps are always good – if you can fit one in it's so worth it. I second the GMD website – very helpful. We didn't buy our materials from there, but I use it to get information a lot.
Swim: missed you!! glad you're doing well, and I hope BF gets better for you. Hubby sounds like wonder man! Thanks for stopping by again - I've been creeping the new mom's over on RW so I can join in soon!
Thanks for the welcome, swim. About the BFing and oversupply. I sometimes have that problem in the beginning, too. What has helped is nursing on just one side at each feeding rather than both sides. The more times you switch, the more times your let down reflex is stimulated. As for pain while BFing, check latch if you haven't already. Some general tenderness is normal, but no chaffing or rubbing sensation. Have you seen a lactation consultant or visited with a LLL Leader? Lansinoh can be very helpful in healing if you are cracked/bleeding. I'm a retired LLL Leader, so feel free to PM me about the BFing and I'll do my best to help.
It must be nice to have baby on the outside.
Jazz - Loved that pic that you said you copied from Pinterest. Cute!
Laura - I have had some help from other ladies re: oversupply. I did some block feeding (feed 2 times on one breast, then switch) and that seemed to help a lot. I stopped it and now I"m wondering if it's coming back as an issue... I block fed for a few days and it seemed to regulate but now I'm SO full after just a few hours. And M tends to pull back, unlatch, and cough like he's choking on the fast flow. Poor guy. I went to see an LC and have called a few times - the issue is shallow latch/lipstick nipple (maybe b/c he had to stop that flow early on?). Thanks for the offer to help though - do you have a Facebook account or are you on the group that these ladies have set up?
Swim - Yes, I'm on FB. Search for Laura Grout If there is more than one person with my name, my profile pic is of my toddler son, about a month before he died, and my cover photo is of me and one of my little babies. I have long dark brown hair with bangs.
Sometimes babies just have to grow up a little so they can handle the fast flow of us "jersey milkers," ha ha! So if the block feeding is causing you to become painfully full, grab a cloth diaper or hand towel and tuck it under your boob so it'll be ready to "catch" the flow when baby pops off. After a few seconds when the flow slows down, latch baby back on and hopefully enjoy the rest of the nursing. Let down can happen several times throughout the session, however, so be ready. You may even hand express a bit while the flow is going crazy so there is less milk to deal with during the nursing session (but understand this could increase supply). I wouldn't be surprised if M gets very frustrated while you wait for your flow to slow down, so be expecting some fussiness.
Some babies get a greenish tint to their poop, and it becomes watery when the mother has such an overabundance of milk. Some experts believe this is because they get a lot of the foremilk that comes at the beginning of the nursing session and don't get much of the rich hind milk. I don't know why it makes the poop green and watery, but I just wanted you to know that's a normal side effect of the over supply issue, and not to worry.
Latch may be impeded by the flow, because just as you said, baby doesn't really want to have that nipple all the way into his mouth for fear of choking to death on the fast flow. Just continue insisting that M does it right, or you'll continue to be in pain. You can keep doing the block feeding if you aren't too full/lopsided. Some mothers have pumped one side with the electric pump while nursing on the other side. This does nothing to reduce the supply or flow, and actually encourages it. However, if you are wanting to build a stockpile of breastmilk in the freezer, this is not a bad way to do it. You may only have to pump while nursing once or twice a day to get the desired effect while nursing throughout the day. Some mothers have found milk banks or donation coordination websites online where they have donated their extra milk.
It's a balancing act between figuring out how to deal with the fast flow and extra supply and also trying to discourage your body from producing enormous amounts. I hope something I've said is helpful. Keep at it. The rewards of breastfeeding successfully last a lifetime!


text: Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, through the World Mission Initiative, will offer a certificate program in World Christian Discipleship. The program—designed for recent university graduates who are interested in discerning and preparing for Christian vocation—offers a monastic missional encounter. The WCD allows young adults to discern and prepare for Christian vocation, regardless of occupation (pastor, church planter, lawyer, teacher, missionary, etc.). The program is non- traditional and experiential so students will live a simple life, they will live in community, and they will serve the East End community and churches in Pittsburgh while reflecting on Scripture and great interpreters of the faith. The community of about 12 will be a diverse ethnic community from across the nation, committed to living according to a religious rule, accountable to one another, while exploring the global needs of the Church.


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The Power of Thought
Edward A. Kimball
Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts
[NOTE: It will be noted that the report of this lecture is given entirely in indirect discourse.]
Before coming to England Mr. Kimball said he was told he would find in Aldershot an audience composed of men and women who were accustomed to look well into things, who were accustomed to analytical study, who were more or less profound concerning their examination of the problems and the vast things which went to make up man's being. He had come to talk to them about a subject which was as old as man, as old as God himself. What did the term Christian Science mean? It simply meant Christian knowledge. As a Christian people they believed that the divine Christ had absolutely demonstrable knowledge of God and man and the universe, of creation and power, and of everything that was included in the actuality of being.
Christ Jesus knew something, and his knowledge was Christian knowledge. Therefore they would understand that Christian knowledge was not a new thing. Christian knowledge, he would remind them, had been interpreted to this world for eighteen centuries, and there had been many scores of beliefs, and many creeds, and many doctrines, and even after all the eighteen centuries there was still a great variety of opinion as to what Christianity was, and what Christ really meant, and what all he did really amounted to. And yet he asked them to bear in mind that in spite of all the theorizing of the ages there was such a thing as the truth about it all, and the truth about Christianity was the Science of it all.
Christ Jesus, when he was teaching them, told his disciples that they did not understand it. He told them they could not then, but he declared prophetically that the time would come when they would understand it. He said "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Free from what? Everything that wounded them; everything that meant distress and tragedy; everything that meant pain, and worry, and woe, and sorrow.
"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Know the truth about what? You shall know the truth about being, about life, about man, his legitimate destiny, and the possibilities of his existence. You shall know that, and when you know that, it will make you free. And for all the centuries people had been praying that they might know it in the hope that it would do what was promised of it. And Christian Scientists were the people who declared that it was being revealed. Christian Science was urging on humanity the comprehension and appreciation of man, and it was literally doing what was promised.
It was freeing the world beyond the scope of its fondest hope. The subject was vast — it was as vast as was infinity, and he could barely touch upon it that day. People had been puzzling over it for ages, and he could not solve the problem in one hour. He would touch upon one or two of its phases. It purported to do pretty well everything for humanity that was needed. Christian Science was the Science of Life, Mind and health; the Science of creation.
The one principal thing that he was going to talk to them about was the power of thought. He came to a people who were in perpetual lamentation over their agony and distress, to people who would want to know that there was a possibility of salvation. He knew that the hour would come when every man would look around with the desire to say: "Is the best being done for me that can be done?" Coming with no other purpose than to lay before them certain information for them to consider, which, if considered by them, would be an everlasting advantage to them, coming to ask nothing for himself, nothing for the Christian Science movement, nothing for any of its adherents, but coming alone in order that they might learn, if they cared to do so, something of the vast promise that was now at their door, he would ask them to consider one or two things.
Christian Scientists were accustomed to say much for their religion, but one thing in particular, viz., that it reconciled reason to God. They included men and women from almost every denomination in the world. They did not come before them as a lot of pagans, or as a lot of aborigines. They had believers from every church. They knew all about Christianity, as usually accepted, from beginning to end. They came in the name of those who declared that no longer was a man obligated to believe in something he could not understand. The hour had struck when man could learn that the exquisiteness of his reason might be reconciled to the exquisiteness of God. No longer was there any mysterious link or unfathomable dark abyss between the two.
Lest some of them might be tempted to be afraid of him, he wanted to say to them that as Christian people they believed as much as anybody in one infinite, individual, spiritual, self-existent, all-creative God. They believed in one divine Christ, one adequate and acceptable Saviour, and one Christian salvation. They believed that there was none other way than the way through Christ, and none other needed. They were believers in the Bible, and they accepted the Scriptures as revealed as their guide to eternal Life. They believed no other mandate than that of God and Christ. They believed and they were taught life, according to the highest conceivable ethical and moral standard. They were taught to be more honest and upright. Indeed all the teachings of Christian Science, and its splendid impact of thought, brought to man greater happiness, longer life, more dominion, more control, less flurry, less misery, less pain, less anguish. It healed the broken heart, and dried copious tears. Secondly they need not be afraid of him, because they did not have to believe a word of what he said. They were perfectly safe. He wanted them to consider, for a moment, the power of thought.
Without thought none of them would ever have been born; without thought no country ever would have been discovered or colonized; no government ever would have been organized; no city ever would have been built. Their vast and superlatively great city of London never would have been a thing of any consequence at all without thought. All their society had been erected and formulated by thought. Their education, their politics, their art — all that went to make up the paraphernalia of their social life was in consequence of thought; all the commerce, all the manufacturing industries, all the business, all the agricultural pursuits, all the coming and going of humanity and the world was in consequence of thought.
Thought committed all the suicides, thought committed all the murders; all the sin was in consequence of thought; all the anguish and woe was in consequence of thought; all the temper amongst men was because of thought; all wars had been in consequence of thought; indeed, so conspicuously active was thought that he would remind them that the two Napoleons were two thinking men and by reason of their thinking they had plunged all Europe into tumult and disaster. Thought had over-turned empires and obliterated races; without it humanity would cease in a minute; without it all things that man's hands worked would perish and crumble.
He was only reminding them of that in order to bring to their consideration that one thing — that thought was the one supreme animus of humanity. He wanted to remind them that the wisest men in the world would persistently tell them that humanity had very little correct knowledge, that their knowledge was not proved to be true. The wisest men would tell them that the great realm of knowledge lay almost unexplored.
Let them follow this line of reasoning. He did not expect them to take it all in and at once say: "Oh yes, it is so." He knew that sometime they would think about it. Thus lay their pathway to the only possible help — every other highway and every other lane led to nothing but disaster.
Consider the human race; contemplate it as a long procession, and what distinguished it? At the bottom of the line was the Hottentot; at the top such men as Shakespeare, Longfellow, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin, Gladstone, and so on. What was the difference? In the mere matter of animal and physical comparison the fellow down below was superior. The chances were that he could digest his food better than the other men. The chances were that the animal tissues of his body were better than those of the other men, and that his blood circulated better than that of the other men. At the World's Fair at Chicago it was decided that the best specimen of physical manhood was a South Sea Islander. But what distinguished them? The distinctive difference was in the realm of mind. The man at the bottom knew least, and the man at the top knew most. Let them consider that and they would find one trend of thought pervading the whole thing. It was that every man, woman, and child represented what they would call a materialistic belief of life, materialistic philosophy, a materialistic estimate concerning the origin of man.
At that point he urged upon them one of the most important declarations of Science. It was this: Causation or primary impulsion of being was actually in the realm of mind and not in any matter at all. Christian Science was always with them, and in its modus operandi it was impalpable. They had got to take it on trust, and that seemed objectionable. For of the invisible mind action, man says: "I cannot feel it, I cannot smell, hear, or taste it," and he declares it is not good.
He admitted that that which healed the sick in Christian Science was something they could not smell. But having already reminded them that the thought which created the habit of the world was also invisible — they could not smell that, either — was it very strange to say that that which would work to heal was also invisible but nevertheless absolutely superior? Whether they were materialists, or whether they believed themselves of divine or spiritual origin or creation, it was just as true.
Holding up a flower, he said: "This is a thing." Something was the primary animus of that thing. Whatever was primary by way of impulsion, was the principle by reason of which it existed. Whether they called it mental or material, could they see the principle by which it existed? Could they smell it or feel it? No! That flower would never have existed had there not been a law to induce the activity which brought it to pass. Could they see the law? Could they smell it or feel it? No! That flower existed because of the exertion of some power.
Did they ever see any power at all? No! Let them go and look at a steam engine; let them go and fire a cannon — could they see the power? No! Nobody ever saw any. The only thing they could suggest was the theoretical supposition as to what caused it; but they never cognized it at all. They said that the thing existed because of an atomic substance — but this was absolutely theoretical from beginning to end. There was nothing more tangible, nothing more palpable in the materialistic view concerning cause and law and power than there was in the theory of Christian Science.
Let them examine for a moment what the atomic theory did for them and him. Christian Science repudiated it at every point. What did it mean? It meant that every one of them would be eventually annihilated. It meant the utter and irretrievable extinction of every man and woman and every life. Why? The reason ought to have discovered itself to man long ago. It was simply that if man be the offspring of man, intelligent dust, then he will return to that dust for the simple reason that nothing could possibly outclass, or exceed, or rise superior to its source. If their source was the dust — then unto dust literally everyone of them would go. How useless was prayer according to the atomic theory! Why, it would be folly, abject waste of time and endeavor, to worship in a church, or read the Bible, or pray, or even to try to find God. There was nothing but oblivion for the atomic theory.
What did Christian Science come to plead for? The recognition of God as the creator of the universe and man. He did not mean a man with grey whiskers and grey hair with a purple robe sitting on a white throne. The age of that puerile picture of God was past. It came to plead for the recognition that God was the very infinity of wisdom, the infinity of knowledge, of Truth, of power, of law, of capacity. It came to plead for the divine Mind as the only creator of being, and no being was actual that God had not created. One might say "That is nothing but theory," but there came the satisfaction of proof. It was simply this. When they came to understand that life had an immortal basis with God, they would begin to live longer; they would begin to lose their fear of death; they would begin to lose their fear of constraint and limitation. When they began to learn that man had his fountain and his maintenance with the perpetual Mind; when they learned that man would exercise dominion over his surroundings; when they learned and began to find that the actuality of power was in God, good, or Mind, then they would find they would overcome the theory of evil power.
It has been declared, he said, concerning someone in England, that years ago two or three medical students decided to try an experiment on a man, and by arrangement one of the students met the man and engaged him in conversation as he was passing along the road. He told the man he was sick, but he retorted: "No, I feel quite well." But the student persisted, and said he should see someone about it, saying: "You may feel well, but you are not." Further along the road another student met the man, and said much the same as the first, but the man replied: "I don't feel bad." The next student waylaid him and said, "You have got so and so, and if you don't look to it you will die." The man, continued the lecturer, went home and died, and it was of the utmost importance to everybody that lived on this planet to decide whether that man died according to law or not. He died according to some impulsion, to some rule; but it was not law.
Supposing they had gone to the man and been called upon to heal him, would it have done any good to have put a plaster on his back? No. Any good giving the man pills? None at all! Christian Science came to declare that the diseases of mankind were not according to law, but according to mere belief. That was the reason the man died — the only reason in the world. Christian Science declared that the death of man and woman was not according to law, but according to outrage, according to the abominable imposition upon mankind, according to a gratuitous, wretched, and spurious pretense of power and rule.
Mr. Kimball told of the case of a man who had lost much flesh, but was later restored to health through Christian Science. What was it that was killing him? The carnal mind; a mind of death, the philosophy of disaster, the philosophy of theory, the network of doom, and all the misery caused by a materialistic sense of life and law. "To be carnally minded is death." The business of the carnal mind was to scare them to death, to torment them, to limit their existence, to put upon them the blight of spurious law, rule, and burden. "To be spiritually minded is life and peace." "Let that mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus." What saved that man? It was a little of the Mind which was in Christ. It was just a touch of the Mind that meant life, that meant health, that meant dominion, that meant law and God and good for man.
What was the mischief-maker doing for them? One thing that it had succeeded in fastening down upon the world was the law of hereditary contamination.
They were a poor stricken race, crawling upon the face of life under the blight of supposing that they had been stung even before they were born, stung by the venom of mischief and that they must be limited. What did that law of heredity include? Why, it included the supposition that they had got a sort of job lot of diseases around them and that people possessed only second-hand things of no interest to them.
He did not presume to intrude upon their affairs, he understood that it was a delicate matter to ask them to put aside their misery. Yet he would be a recreant to his purpose if he did not say to them that it had been determined that the long-drawn-out mystery of hereditary contamination was no longer a mystery. That trouble of mankind had been solved, and to-day Christian Science with the utmost honesty exposed with vast amplification the whole network of hereditary disease, declared what it was, and declared that every bit of it could be annulled.
One reason why Christian Science practice was resulting in the cure of hereditary diseases with the utmost simplicity was that it was the master of what was called hereditary mystery. He could testify concerning hundreds of cases of the most wretched hereditary diseases so-called, which had been healed — many of them almost instantly. But they never knew it was true until they proved it. Think of the hope, of the promise, in learning that that one dreadful thing at the doorstep of their life had been found to be something that could be annulled. Materialistic theory concerning law and power declared that they were limited concerning opportunity. How common it was to say: "A man has one opportunity in his life. If he loses that, he will probably never get another." Another outrage! One and all declared that they were limited, that they could go only so far, and do only so much, that they were in the narrow groove of restriction and hindrance. Humanity was a dwarf, a wretchedly circumscribed state of life. Christian Science came to declare that, instead of all that, they had an unlimited right to unlimited manhood and unlimited womanhood.
How did that rule strike human existence? Let them go to a man and ask him his estimate of human life and he would tell them: "I was born without any consent on my part; I was thrown upon the earth without any consultation at all. I began to cry the day I was born, and I have cried every day since." The man would tell them that after a while came the disappointments of life; then came the time when according to a supposed law he became almost an imbecile; his mind became debauched; his memory weakened, and life became a burden. He had almost become heartless and heart-broken, without any vista except the grave and mystery. He even wished he had never been born, and many times he wished he were dead.
He (Mr. Kimball) said that humanity was thus under the blight of outrageous materialism, and the theoretical philosophy of death and mortality. Carnal mindedness would kill anybody if they gave it time. To have the right understanding of being meant life and peace. No sooner did they reach the age of usefulness and maturity and manhood than they expected to be undone. It was most common in society to find a lot of people a little past middle age getting together and telling each other what they could not do any more. Was it a question of mind or matter whether they could continue to be a man or not? It was a question of mind, and a very poor article of mind, too. So absolutely immediate was the effect of belief over the body that if they were cold and wanted to get warm they could do so by taking up an imaginary dumb-bell three or four times.
The materialistic theory of life absolutely bereaved every man of legitimate dominion over matter. That theory, or philosophy — they were equivalent — reconciled man to being the victim of matter instead of the master of it. The consequence was that every human being was burdened and twisted and distorted more or less. That was illegitimate aggressiveness. There was nothing normal about it. They would learn that they might become the master of theory, that they could absolutely overcome it and release themselves; and then they would know that they had entered the door of heaven, that they were inside, and that they would never get out of heaven again.
Aldershot, he said, was a military centre. He presumed that in the theatre there were some military men. He dared say that the military men had tried to decide why the Japanese army overcame the Russian army in the late war. They had doubtless found many reasons, but there were two reasons that were of greater importance than all the others. The philosophy of the Japanese inclined him to a subordination of sheer individualism in behalf of a splendid coöperative unit. There was no army on earth to-day that operated with such absolutely subordinate individualism and with such splendid unification of purpose and result. Another reason was that the philosophy of the Japanese divested him more largely of fear than any other nation in the world except the Turk. The Japanese was less afraid of death than any other soldier in the world, and these two things and nothing else were what made the Japanese a superior military people.
Fear was the paralysis of humanity, an outrage on humanity. The whole thing was illegitimately imposed upon them. Even doctors had admitted that if the world and humanity had never departed from the normal there never would have been any sickness. Christian Science declared that sickness was abnormal, and promised its extinction; it promised to annul the law of heredity, to annul the law of disease; it promised to bring every evil under the vast legitimate dominion of man.
He said he wanted to try to reconcile reason to God. Let them look for one moment at the mission of Christ Jesus. Every Christian with more or less intelligence subscribed to the proposition that in some way Christ Jesus showed and manifested a divine purpose, that he demonstrated law, and moreover, that he abolished the law of sin and death.
There was a verse in the Bible that would redeem the race if people only understood it. "Christ hath abolished the law of sin and death." Christ was not a mere figure upon a tree. Christ was not simply a babe born of Mary. Christ was not something that could be killed upon Calvary. Christ was vastly more than that. Christ was the very offspring sent in manifestation of Mind, of omniscience, of the spiritual allness of God; and it was that Christ which came with the understanding, with the Mind and power of right philosophy, knowledge, and right Science. It was the Christ that came to show them the way whereby the law of sickness could be abolished.
What did it mean to abolish it? Christ came to cast down the idols of this race, to destroy and upset them. What was an idol? He called an idol that which man was afraid of, that which he bowed down to. One of the idols that their race was given up to was the idol of the so-called law of disease. Christians looked to Christianity for salvation, and the only Christian who really sought to get any benefit was the Christian Scientist. Could they exterminate anything that had a right to exist? Did Jesus annul any divine law, purpose, or anything that had an acquired right to exist?
The promise of Christian Science was this. Christian Science came now in the name of the right Christ, in the name of the right Christianity; it came in the name of the right salvation to declare in favor of the right man, and of the right of that man to escape from misery now; and it came to show the way.
It promised to make known the right, it promised to lead, sustain, and transform life; its promise was fulfilling itself in human behalf to-day. One million people stood on earth to-day, most of whom would have been dead, insistently to declare that they had been delivered from the very depths of sin and vice and misery, from an open grave; and yet there were those, forsooth, who looked to it as a joke.
Let them go to the man who had sounded the very depths of misery as he (Mr. Kimball) had. Let them go and watch him die inch by inch alongside of an open grave; let them observe some mighty influence that dragged him back, restored him to life, usefulness, and happiness, and they would find a man who would regard it as no joke.
Let them go to the home of the drunkard who had been debauched, see a whole family blighted, the wan and pale face of the mother spelling misery and wretchedness. And let them see upon that home the same influence at work, transforming that man, and now bringing life and spirit to the family redeemed from their misery; and it was no joke. He would spare in pity the poor man or woman who could contemplate the testimony of millions and see in it anything that would excite his hilarity or ridicule.
What was the redemptive agency? It was the interpretation of Christianity that had been vouchsafed to the world by Mrs. Eddy, and when they considered the vastness of her purpose, when they considered the splendor of the promise, when they considered the vast benefit that had accrued to the world, when they contemplated the prospect, when they contemplated the possibilities of the world under the influence of such a mighty transforming animus, did they wonder for a moment that that dignified woman had persistently refused to descend into the mud and quarrel with everybody who chose to lie about her?
He had been in hell himself — he was an expert on the subject. But he knew that hell was not eternal, because he had got out of it. And he was confident that if he got in again he would get out too, because he knew how to get out. But there was a time when he was consuming in hell, and in that hour there came to him the balm of heaven, and it stayed the flame of disease and death, and in course of time he knew what it meant. It meant that in the evolution of their race, the cost of the attenuation of the human race, it was possible for somebody to grasp the splendid import of the Christian's humanity. He knew that although Mrs. Eddy was obliged to stand as firm as a rock in the sea, she had stood nevertheless against all odds, and had published that gospel to the world. He knew that she had continued to labor for humanity, until a million of mankind rose up and said: "I have been delivered from the depths."
Did anyone in England know of such a parallel? Did they ever read in the history of all ages of such an instance of benefit to mankind? What were they who were Christian Scientists to say concerning Mrs. Eddy? Nothing, except that she was living through the fire of antagonism, and asserting the propriety of her life, asserting the beauty of her labor, asserting a splendid vitality; and this was the justification that would be the indestructible answer to mankind forever.
Christian Scientists had no apology to offer in defense of a grand, noble, high-minded, loving, and tender-hearted woman, intelligent, cultured, profound — they had no apology to offer because, to-day, she was leading the most successful religious movement of all times. Because of the healing of the sick the Christian Science denomination was growing so rapidly that they were obliged, in order to accommodate the people, to establish a new church every four days. He hoped that sometime they might come to know what was stirring these people to such superlative gratitude and happiness and testimony.
[Delivered at the Aldershot Theatre Royal, Aldershot, England, taken from Sheldrake's Aldershot Military Gazette. This is the fifteenth of 18 lectures featured in the book Lectures and Articles on Christian Science by Edward A. Kimball.]


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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 30212-30214] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-12233] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R01-OAR-2009-0689; FRL-9674-4] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vermont; Regional Haze AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: EPA is approving a revision to the Vermont State Implementation Plan (SIP) that addresses regional haze for the first planning period from 2008 through 2018. The revision was submitted by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC) on August 26, 2009, with a supplemental submittal on January 3, 2012. This revision addresses the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's regulations that require States to prevent any future, and remedy any existing, manmade impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I Areas caused by emissions of air pollutants from numerous sources located over a wide geographic area (also referred to as the ``regional haze program''). DATES: Effective Date: This rule is effective on June 21, 2012. ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket Identification No. EPA-R01-OAR-2009-0689. All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding legal holidays. Copies of the documents relevant to this action are also available for public inspection during normal business hours, by appointment at the Air Pollution Control Division, Agency of Natural Resources, Building 3 South, 103 South Main Street, Waterbury, VT 05676. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne McWilliams, Air Quality Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail Code OEP05-02), Boston, MA 02109--3912, telephone number (617) 918-1697, fax number (617) 918- 0697, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' ``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. The following outline is provided [[Page 30213]] to aid in locating information in this preamble. I. Background and Purpose II. Final Action III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews I. Background and Purpose On February 28, 2012, EPA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for the State of Vermont. See 77 FR 11914. The NPR proposed approval of the Vermont State Implementation Plan (SIP) that addresses regional haze for the first planning period from 2008 through 2018. It was submitted by the VT DEC on August 26, 2009, with a supplemental submittal on January 3, 2012. Specifically, EPA proposed to approve Vermont's August 26, 2009 SIP revision, and its supplement, as meeting the applicable implementing regulations found in 40 CFR 51.308. EPA also proposed to approve Vermont's revised Section 5-221, ``Prohibition of Potentially Polluting Materials in Fuel,'' and incorporate this regulation into the Vermont SIP. A detailed explanation of the requirements for regional haze SIPs, as well as EPA's analysis of Vermont's Regional Haze SIP submittal was provided in the NPR and is not restated here. EPA received one comment on the NPR. It was from the U.S. Forest Service in support of the proposed approval of Vermont's Regional Haze SIP submittal. II. Final Action EPA is approving Vermont's August 26, 2009 SIP revision and supplemental submittal on January 3, 2012, as meeting the applicable implementing regulations found in 40 CFR 51.308. In addition, EPA is approving Vermont's revised Section 5-221, ``Prohibition of Potentially Polluting Materials in Fuel,'' and incorporating this regulation into the Vermont SIP. III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve State choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. Accordingly, this action merely approves State law as meeting Federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by State law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993); Does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); Is certified as not having a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4); Does not have Federalism implications as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999); Is not an economically significant regulatory action based on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); Is not a significant regulatory action subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act; and Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In addition, this rule does not have tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in the State, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law. The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by July 23, 2012. Filing a petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. See Clean Air Act Sec. 307(b)(2), 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(2). List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds. Dated: May 8, 2012. Ira W. Leighton, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: PART 52--[AMENDED] 0 1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Subpart UU--Vermont 0 2. Section 52.2370 is amended by revising the entry for Section 5-221 in paragraph (c) and adding a new entry at the end of the table in paragraph (e) to read as follows: Sec. 52.2370 Identification of plan. * * * * * (c) EPA-approved regulations. 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Vermont Non-Regulatory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applicable State submittal Name of non-regulatory SIP geographic or date/ effective EPA-approved date Explanations provision nonattainment area date ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * Vermont Regional Haze SIP and Statewide......... 8/26/2009; 5/22/2012 [Insert its supplement. supplement Federal Register submitted 1/3/ page number where 2012. the document begins]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [FR Doc. 2012-12233 Filed 5-21-12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


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Sally Fitzgibbons — Celeb Crush
In all honesty, we're not sure Sally isn't a professional mermaid, though she claims to be a professional surfer.
Chelsie Aryn — KBAT Babe of the Day
Chelsie is a 20-year-old mega-babe who was recently inducted into our Model Melee Hall of Fame.
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Born and raised in Sacramento, CA, this 3-year-old pro-golfer is not only talented, but she's easy on the eyes, too.
2013 NFL Draft Recap: 7 Things You Need to Know About the First Round of the 2013 NFL Draft
The first round of the 2013 NFL Draft was held on Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York, as NFL teams plucked the best college talent to augment their rosters. The night featured a few surprises and several trades. We've gathered up the essential information for you below:
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It feels a little weird to say this, but it's true: Dakota Fanning is all grown up, and she's pretty dang cute. The 19-year-old actress already has a long history in Hollywood, and it looks like the best is still to come.
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UTMB Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Admission Process
Graduate education at UTMB Health is organized and administered within the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), a well-established component of UTMB Health. The GSBS was founded as a free-standing graduate school in 1969 and has 15 programs, 13 of which award doctoral degrees (http://gsbs.utmb.edu/programs/degree.asp). These programs cross departmental boundaries and facilitate interdisciplinary research and teaching. All GSBS faculty have primary academic appointments either in the School of Medicine, Nursing, or Allied Health Professions and are often members of campus-based research centers or institutes such as the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity (IHII).The GSBS admissions process is open between December and April for Fall term (Aug-Sept) entry. Applications are submitted through a centralized GSBS web based application and then forwarded to a specific program admission committee based upon the applicant's stated interest and experience. The Experimental Pathology Admissions and Recruitment Committee is responsible forselecting qualified applicants for our Program. Applicants are evaluated based on many factors including, but not limited to, undergraduate academic performance, GRE test scores, research experience, personal statements, letters of recommendation, and personal interviews.
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Student stipends and tuition rates are determined by UTMB Health GSBS (see http://www.gsbs.utmb.edu/aboutgsbs/default.html). First year students are supported by the GSBS, but subsequent support is provided by the student's mentor upon entering a specific program. In 2017, 75% of our students were supported by extramural grants awarded to their mentors and 25% were supported by NIH supported training grants or by funds provided through intramural mechanisms. Current predoctoral NIH supported training opportunities are available through the T32 Emerging and Tropical Infectious Diseases Training Program (PI-Dr. Alan Barrett), the T32 Biodefense Training Program (PI-Dr. Scott Weaver), and the NIEHS Environmental Toxicology Training Program (PI-Dr. Bill T. Ameredes). Students were also supported by other sources including the McLaughlin Foundation that is administered by the IHII and the W.M. Keck Center for Viral Imaging Training Program (PI-Dr. Scott Weaver).
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Cliff tunes up for gig and helps Flatley raise €100k
CHARITY was the undoubted winner when Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley hosted Cliff Richard.
The veteran UK singer was guest of honour last night at the dancer's lavish €30m Castlehyde House in north Cork in advance of his opening of the 'Live at the Marquee' festival tonight.
Flatley used the occasion to present a magnificent Steinway piano to the World Academy of Music and Dance (WAMD) at the University of Limerick (UL).
The piano, personally tested by Cliff, will now be used for recitals and orchestra performances. The Steinway was donated to UL by the Michael Flatley Foundation.
An estimated €100,000 was raised during the evening with funds donated to a number of local charities.
Flatley has rehearsed at WAMD both for the ITV special, 'A Night to Remember', and his forth-coming show, 'Lord of the Dance – Dangerous Games'.
UL Foundation boss, David Cronin, said they were deeply appreciative of the gift.
The dancer said he was "a huge fan and a great admirer" of Richard (73), who is the third biggest selling singles artist in UK history.
To honour the singer, there was a special gathering of more than 100 guests at Castlehyde where other 'VIP' guests over the years have included Maureen O'Hara and George Hamilton.
Cliff said he was "very honoured" by the invitation to stay at Castlehyde and thrilled that his Cork concert had proved such a sell-out success.
Cliff is the opening act in a month-long music festival that is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The festival, staged in a giant marquee by Cork's docklands, has established a worldwide reputation and is now annually played by some of the top touring acts.
Promoter Peter Aiken hailed the 2014 programme as the best ever staged with such acts as Richard, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Paulo Nutini, Christy Moore, Imelda May, The Coronas, Robert Plant, Tom Jones, Elbow, Bryan Adams, Lana del Rey and the Pixies.
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By Times Staff Writer
Published January 27, 2008
SCORE will offer free workshops throughout Pinellas County on how to start a small business.
Titled "10 Steps to Start a Successful Small Business," the two-hour sessions are led by an adviser with SCORE, a group of retired executives and business owners who volunteer to advise small businesses.
The first workshop is Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. Petersburg's Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S., third floor. SCORE also offers free counseling by appointment.
Visit score115.org, e-mail email@example.com or call 532-6800.
Chamber has its say on Tuesday election
The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce's Chamber Action Network has released its public policy positions ahead of Tuesday's election.
The chamber opposes Amendment 1. "Amending our Constitution is not the ideal way to fix this problem, especially with the average relief homeowners will experience is estimated at just $240 annually."
The chamber is supporting the half mill increase for Pinellas schools to "recruit and retain a qualified teaching staff" and better prepare the area's work force.
Funeral home group installs new officers
The Pinellas County Funeral Homes Association installed new officers for 2008 at its Jan. 14 banquet.
New president is E. Dale Gunter of E. Dale Gunter Funeral Home & Cremation Services; vice president is Steve Miller of Garden Sanctuary Funeral Home; secretary is Mary Fagan of Memorial Park Funeral Home; treasurer is Adam Plutchok of Veterans Funeral Care.
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The Green Wellie Educational Day Nursery Ltd first opened its doors in 1994, and since then has earned a strong reputation for providing high quality childcare and learning for babies and children aged from 3 months to 5 years. Green Wellie is set in lovely characterful grounds in the village of Barrow, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. We're proud that our parents and children take away very happy memories of their days at Green Wellie.
Children are at the heart of everything we do, and we offer a happy, loving, family environment, encouraging the children in our care to thrive and develop at their own pace.
We have a long standing team of highly qualified Early Years Practitioners who help us to maintain our nurturing, family environment and provide continuity for your child.
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The first (and only) tandoori chicken pizza I ever tried was at a little pizza café in Balaclava in Melbourne. It was the first time I had tried fresh tomato on a pizza as well as toppings that were added after the pizza was cooked. My mind was sufficiently blown! Unfortunately the pizza joint has since closed down and for some reason I had never thought to try and re-create the pizza at home. So this month's theme to create a healthy pizza was my kick up the butt to give it a go.
In order to make this pizza healthy AND delicious, I applied the three secrets to making the best homemade pizza that I learnt at my pizza masterclass last year. So for this pizza:
Secret 1 Preparation is everything: I cooked some extra chicken when I made my tandoori chicken, zucchini fritters and salsa and popped it in the fridge ready for the pizza.
Secret 2 It's all in the cheese: I used a small amount of Perfect Italiano's Pizza Plus cheese to give the perfect melt and stretch
Secret 3 Garnish to become a pizza guru: I garnished my pizza once it came out of the oven with fresh rocket (arugula), cucumber slices and yoghurt
OK, so let's talk about why this pizza is better for you. In addition to the fact it is topped with fresh green veggies and has a great source of protein from the chicken, I have used a Goodness Superfoods Wholegrain Barley Wrap for the base. I came across these wraps last year and not only do they taste good (there is no dry cardboard here!), they are high in fibre and are low GI. They are also the perfect size for making a satisfying pizza for one.
Tandoori Chicken Pizza
A quick and healthy pizza featuring tandoori chicken.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 pizza
- Category: Pizza
For the pizza
- 1 Goodness Superfoods Wholegrain Barley Wrap
- 1 tablespoon tomato passata
- 1 small Roma tomato, sliced
- 100g cooked tandoori chicken, diced (see notes)
- 30g pizza cheese
To serve
- Rocket (arugula) leaves
- Sliced Lebanese cucumber
- Greek yoghurt
- Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
- Spread the tomato passata over the Barley Wrap base
- Top base with sliced tomato, tandoori chicken pieces and cheese
- Bake in oven for five minutes or until cheese has melted
- Once out of the oven, top with rocket leaves, cucumber slices and dot some yoghurt onto each cucumber slice
Here is a recipe for tandoori chicken https://whatsforeats.com.au/2014/01/tandoori-chicken-zucchini-fritters-salsa/
What are your tips for making a healthy pizza?
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The credits make this sound like a posse cut, but it's unmistakably Drake's party. Over fidgety synths as cold as Toronto in January, he croons about fame's rewards and kvetches about its annoyances ("All that hype don't feel the same next year, boy") - a serviceable stopgap till his next LP. The others keep it brief: Ross makes gangsta clichés sound improbably cool, Weezy fires off half-asleep punch lines and Khaled bellows his name once before vanishing.
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We have a reputation for leaving no stone unturned and being pro-active in gathering evidence to support your case, with a view to enhancing your chances of obtaining the best possible result.
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Math league advances to state event
The Jefferson High School (JHS) Math League had its fifth and final meet of the season on Tuesday, February 12. The Alexandria team earned 3rd at the meet.
Team scores were Bemidji (66), Breckenridge (60), Alexandria (55), Pelican Rapids (47), Thief River Falls (41), Detroit Lakes (39), Greenbush-Middle River (29), Fergus Falls (25), Moorhead (25) and Nevis (18).
Alexandria's top individual scorer at this meet was Kyle Pietrowski with nine points. Ben Tollefson and Marissa Wheeler each scored eight.
Teams are awarded season points based on where they place at each meet. Alexandria and Bemidji tied with 44 points going into the final meet. Bemidji broke that tie by winning the meet, earning a trip to the state tournament.
With the Minnesota State High School Math League's "Hibbing rule," if a team finishes second to the same team two years in a row and maintains a score high enough to keep it in the top 50 schools statewide, it earns a state tournament invitation.
Alexandria finished second to Bemidji this year and last year and is ranked in the top 50, and will participate in the state tournament on March 11 at South St. Paul High School.
A divisional awards ceremony was held following the meet. The JHS team and several individuals were honored. The team received a plaque for finishing second. Individual awards went to:
Carl Branch, third place, top team scorer, first team all-conference; Eric Branch, top 10 percent in division, first team all-conference; Brandon Thoennes, top 10 percent, first team all-conference; Taylor Score, top 10 percent, first team all-conference; Ben Tollefson, top 10 percent, first team all-conference; Cody Weisel, second team all-conference; Marissa Wheeler, second team all-conference; Ally Timm, second team all-conference; Tyler Kay, second team all-conference; Kyle Pietrowski, all-conference honorable mention.
Team scores are calculated by combining the scores of eight preselected individuals on individual exams and points earned during a team exam. During the individual rounds, students have 12 minutes to complete four problems.
The problems cover different topics in algebra, geometry, advanced algebra, trigonometry and pre-calculus.


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Ebenezers Coffeehouse Presents:
John Mark McMillan - Hosted at The Miracle Theatre (535 8th St, SE, Washington, DC )
The Miracle Theatre
535 8th St SE
Washington, DC, 20003
Doors 6:30 PM / Show 7:00 PM (event ends at 10:00 PM)
This event is all ages
The recording that launched the music career of critically and commercially successful singer-songwriter John Mark McMillan, The Song Inside The Sounds of Breaking Down, will be independently reissued Sept. 4. Originally sold out of his basement in 2005, the album has been digitally re-mastered and re-mixed and includes the never before released tracks "Hold On" and "Dancing On The Doors." In addition, the re-release will feature the original extended version of "How He Loves," as well as an alternate unreleased version of the congregational favorite.
"How He Loves" was recently listed by Integrity Music as one of the 25 most influential worship songs in the past 25 years, and has spent the last 14 months on CCLI's Top 25 chart, indicating the songs most often used in North American churches. The song has also been covered by David Crowder Band, Kim Walker of Jesus Culture, Todd Agnew, Flyleaf and several others.
Pre-order packages for The Song Inside The Sounds of Breaking Down: Deluxe Reissue are available beginning today (Thursday, Aug. 23) at thejohnmark.com with everyone who pre-buys receiving instant access to the new original track, "Dancing on the Doors," and the full digital album one day early (9/3/12). An autographed copy of the album is also being offered as a pre-order incentive.
Music from The Song Inside The Sounds of Breaking Down will be featured on "Economy Class Fall Tour," which begins Sept. 10. Special guests at select stops along the tour include Kye Kye and Jude Moses. For all the tour dates, ticket information and more details, go to thejohnmark.com.
The tour will also feature songs from McMillan's widely acclaimed album, Economy. Available on Integrity Music and distributed by Provident and RED/Sony, McMillan's Economy became a Top 20 iTunes® overall "LP" hit and was tapped by ABC Network for its Grey's Anatomy promotions. McMillan's "Seen A Darkness" was featured on the 30-second promo for the show's episode, "Hope for the Hopeless" (Season 8: Episode 12), which aired on Thursday, January 12 (www.tvfanatic.com).
"With a cracking voice and soaring, fuzzed-out amplification, McMillan stands out as a true worship pioneer," says RELEVANT magazine of the three-time GMA Dove Award nominee for "New Artist of the Year," "Worship Song of the Year" and "Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year." For those following the North Carolina-based songwriter's steady rise as an artist, McMillan is hailed for his concise, poetic and often "raw" lyrics, with roots in Dylan, Kerouac and Springsteen, but haunted by the presence of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
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Four Jacksonville female shoppers say the economy has changed how they spend their money at the grocery store, malls and department stores, as well as when they travel. And for the most part, these women say they think the hard times have taught them lessons in pinching pennies that they just may keep after the economy gets better.
Aliera Peterson
Aliera Peterson, 24, a public relations and social media specialist at Brunet/Garcia Multicultural Advertising & PR and her husband, Chris, 25, have set up a checking account to use strictly for disposable income.
The agreement between them is that they discuss expenditures before they make them. Aliera Peterson said it's working well and saving them money. The couple is also taking other steps, she said.
"We've started renting movies instead of going out to movie theaters. We invite people to come out to our house instead of going to restaurants and bars. We've also been going out a lot less to eat and we've found we've been cooking more at home. Just a little bit to help.
We've also been doing road trips to visit friends out of town, whereas before we might have taken a plane."
When it comes to clothes, Peterson said she's strict.
"I'm only looking for the sales and bargains," she said.
At the grocery store, the couple, who used to look for name brands, now say they've been pleased with store brands.
But when the good economy returns, not all of their previous habits will, she said.
"I think some of the habits will stay. Eating at home is healthier," she said.
Kelly Smith
Kelly Smith, 30, works for a local radio station, but her boyfriend Glyn Gallops, 33, has just recently landed another job after one company retracted a previous offer. The couple, with three children in tow, relocated here in July and have had to make ends meet on one income until recently, she said.
And that's meant Smith has had to cut back on everything, she said.
"For groceries, we're only buying sale items and using coupons — I've never used a coupon before now. I'd also never gone to consignment shops or bought used clothing, but I'm having to do that now. I'm finding a lot of people are having to do this now. I have a 6-month-old and I haven't bought her one new item."
Beyond paying the necessary bills and buying food, she said, new items are essentially few and far between.
"Goodwill, or just deal with what they have. Garage sales. Family help, sometimes. Thank God for family," she said.
She'll keep a number of those habits after both are working again and the economy improves, she said.
"I'll visit consignment shops before the mall stores," she said.
Danya Parks-Freel
Danya Parks-Freel, 40, works for the Jacksonville Humane Society and she and her partner, Robin, 36, have a 1-year-old daughter. Since the economy worsened, the couple cut occasional weekend excursions, but kept an annual traveling vacation.
And they've also reeled in much of their impulse spending, Parks-Freel said.
"We used to just go buy and think about it later," she said. "Now, anything that involves spending disposable income we really think about. We never were that way before."
Parks-Freel said the scaling back started last Christmas, in which the two, who usually splurged when it came to gift-giving, bought less.
"We didn't buy as much as we normally do — for our families or for each other," she said.
And before the recession, the couple ate at restaurants two or three times a week, she said. That's down to one time a week now.
"It's more grocery store, less eating out," she said.
And that habit probably will stick after the recession ends, she said.
Audrey Aviles
Audrey Aviles, 31, is a freelance marketing consultant who also works part-time for local home health care agency First Coast Care. Her husband, Vanthana Xayarath, 28, is a crew chief for Pratt Corp., a sign company, and the couple has a 10-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son.
Aviles said for her, frugality began last November, when they were married. Seeking to avoid credit card debt, they spent their savings on the wedding — and started the new year off living from check to check.
"We went from owning a home, to renting," she said. "This was a huge change for us, but we're still very thankful that we have a roof over our heads."
Then Aviles was laid off, spurring her to start her freelance work, she said. Today, their food and other shopping habits have changed, she said.
"We used to go shopping once a week and just load up," she said.
But that approach to grocery shopping left them with food they never ate, she said.
"I go shopping now two times a week and only buy what we need," she said. "It's tons of planning. I feel like we constantly plan our meals to get more bang for our buck. We didn't do that before."
She's now even more strict for any other purchase, she said, questioning everything and looking for the best values.
"I feel like I haven't shopped for clothes for myself for a long time," she said. "My kids are definitely coming first."
When it comes to entertainment, the couple seeks out free events for the children to participate in. They don't eat out as much.
"I think we'll stick with most of the habits we've developed," she said. "We won't question our spending as harsh as we have been, but we'll definitely be more wise with how we use our money."


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GuideLive.com Still Not Quite There Yet
After seeing a tweet last night from Dallas Morning News editor Bob Mong that said, "GuideLive.com revamped, redesigned and much more functional," I popped over this morning to check it out. Into the dining listings I dove, picking one at random. Veracruz Cafe. The first blurb I see has been culled from the restaurant's website. That's not clear until you click the "more" at the end of the blurb, and it expands. The only indication that the blurb was written by Veracruz Cafe is a URL that follows an em-dash, much like a byline would. So that's misleading. And not helpful. But okay. Bill Addison's unbiased review follows the pablum from Veracruz. His review was written in 2008. After a few opening lines, you must click the "full review" option to read the rest. That takes you to a Dallasnews.com page that doesn't exist.
It's only one restaurant listing, but at this point I must respectfully disagree with Mr. Mong.


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Popular beauty retailer Sephora has made a lot of changes recently in an effort to improve the company's digital experience. For starters, Sephora launched a new website that includes a much more targeted product search, more content, and trending lists.
Secondly, the company integrated with Pinterest to allow users to easily pin products and brand pages. Sephora also introduced an in-store iOS program that brings technology into its stores to give consumers a more personalized and easier shopping experience.
As Julie Bornstein, the Senior Vice President of Sephora Direct, explained to WebProNews, Sephora is trying to make online shopping much like the Sephora in-store experience, which is very hands-on. She told us that the company believes digital is the way of the future since consumers are beginning to expect digital integrations into practically every aspect of their lives.
Sephora, according to Bornstein, is excited to see where beauty and digital meet going forward. She said the company plans to be at the forefront innovating as these changes take place.


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Positive Behavior Support (PBS) » Class Recognition
Attendance Flag Program
The purpose of this program is to encourage your students to be at school. Each grade level will have the opportunity to earn the attendance flag. At the end of the week, an attendance summary of ALL classrooms will be printed. From this, the top 3 classes- in each grade level (with the highest attendance of students IN school) will receive a flag. This flag will be put on display in the hallway at the beginning of the week and stay until the following week.
Hawks' Nest Cafeteria Incentive Program
Classes will be rewarded for demonstrating excellent behavior in the cafeteria. Behavior expectations specific to the cafeteria are referenced in the Behavior Matrix. The overall behavior of the class will be monitored using a three-cup system. Each cafeteria table will have a green, yellow, and red cup. Classes demonstrating appropriate behavior will have the green cup displayed. Classes that received a reminder of behavior expectations will have a yellow cup displayed. Classes that are given multiple reminders of the behavior expectations will have a red cup displayed. At the conclusion of each lunch period, classes with Green cups will be allowed to move their class hawk up one position of the Hawk's Nest. Once a class reaches 20, the class will be treated to fine dining at their next lunch period. That class will be greeted with a mini celebration of table coverings and a special treat (ex. Dessert, ice cream).
Golden Awards
Golden Plunger Award- The Golden Plunger will be awarded weekly (by the custodians) to the cleanest classroom in each hallway.
Golden Spatula Award- The Golden Spatula will be awarded weekly (by the cafeteria staff) to the most polite class. One spatula per grade level will be awarded on each side of the cafeteria.
Hillsboro R-3 School District
Hillsboro Primary
101 Leon Hall Parkway
Hillsboro, MO


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Will Wright voices opinion on Microsoft's Xbox One DRM changes
In the wake of Microsoft's recent policy switcheroo in regards to the Xbox One's infamous DRM features, many have begun weighing in on the company's decision, like famed developer Will Wright, who called it "very impressive."
"From the consumers' point of view, I can really understand a lot of the backlash to DRM," Wright said, speaking to CNN Money. "The fact that if something's required on the Internet that means they can't play it on the airplane or if their Internet connection goes down. It was interesting watching the Microsoft thing. I thought it was very impressive how responsive Microsoft was to that."
So, DRM's bad then. An understandable sentiment to come from the father of SimCity, don't you think?
In Wright's opinion, it was wise of Microsoft to listen to the gamer community, something he believes game companies should do more often, instead of just waiting for feedback from gamers once a game or console is out in the wild. "I tend to think of the fan base, especially the hardcore fan base, as co-developers," he said.
"To see a company like Microsoft actually sit back, listen, and understand the fans and respond to them is impressive," Wright added. "For a company that size to be that responsive is great. These companies are the ones that obviously keep us in business and allow us to make games."
Source: CNN Money
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A writer, journalist, and aspiring storyteller, Peter Grimm has been gaming since the days of the Nintendo 64, and reporting on the goings-on in the World of Gaming since late 2011. His base of writing operations is located within the void between Here and There, or so he would have you think.
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text: Big deal! How about 5.2 trillion dollars added to OUR debt since mr. despot took the reins. This is the number one issue. There's a long list after that; feel free to bring this up Mitt. I'm completely behind you...we need a new CEO who knows how to balance his checking account.


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Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday stood behind the city's move to ask residents to voluntarily get water meters installed as part of a blueprint to improve Chicago's environmental standards.
City Hall wants homeowners to get the devices put in so the city can start charging them based on the amount of water they use rather than an estimate tied to the square footage of the home. Only about 20,000 residential property owners have volunteered for meter installation the last two years, but the mayor isn't ready to make them mandatory.


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As a native Philadelphian, I'm still in shock over the Eagles trading star quarterback
On this slow week for stock car racing, NASCAR could certainly use that type of extra visibility. Through my agony, I'm reminded how the NFL benefits from McNabb's trade in two ways: keeping people talking and keeping the NFL in the news during the offseason. How does NASCAR compare? The best 2011 free agents available are
That leads me to my second point. Big news elsewhere means an outright burial in the news cycle for NASCAR. During a week that saw MLB (Opening Day), the NFL, Tiger Woods and NCAA Basketball take center stage,
So let's do our best to raise the sport's profile and have a little weekly Q&A. If your question didn't make the cut this week, don't despair, you can always try again at
Let's begin:
Joe, I picked your e-mail because it summarizes two main worries that bubbled to the surface after a fantastic race at Martinsville:
"It was a dumb move on my part. I should have just finished third and collected some points and got one of our best finishes at Martinsville, but I figured I'd go for the win, which, I guess in hindsight, was probably a mistake."
While I think Kenseth's frustration got the better of him, just saying those words is alarming enough. Would you ever hear any batter in the MLB say, "Well, I wish I went for the walk so I could up my on-base percentage instead of going for broke with a home run that would have won us the game?"
Of course not. And while NASCAR made a litany of positive changes for 2010, the Chase is one area where it has still fallen short. It's so easy for "revenge" to come into play in, say, the Nationwide Series, where Cup drivers moonlight and it doesn't matter if they get wrecked out. But with a title in the Chase based on consistency, scoring that fifth-place finish is often worth more to drivers than going that extra mile for a win. When not taking a risk is rewarded, drivers will continue to back down from going for the win until NASCAR changes the system.
Wow, Mike! I'm thinking fans at Talladega and Atlanta -- who saw Carl get flipped and then flip someone else, respectively -- might take issue with the excitement factor. I've heard a lot of adjectives to describe Mr. Edwards, but "boring" is definitely not one of them.
But when we look a little deeper, you're right about one thing: Edwards has lost his edge. Sure, he's leading the Nationwide standings and sits on the fringe of Chase contention, 14th in points with three top 10s after half-a-dozen starts. But he's still without a top 5 finish in Cup and carrying a 42-race winless drought in NASCAR's top division. In order to break it, Edwards has to lead a lap, something he has yet to do in 2010. Even backmarkers
Last year, Edwards' shortcomings were blamed on a system-wide struggle within Roush Fenway Racing. But with
Whether that will wind up costing crew chief
Mike refers to a Thursday
Do I agree with what was said? Absolutely not. But isn't the beauty of this country freedom of speech? Newman's comments are radical ... but it's not like he's saying the Holocaust was a hoax.
Look, we're talking about the lone Cup driver with a college degree (Newman holds an engineering bachelor's from Purdue.) So it's not like he's spewing ignorance when speaking about scientific issues. I think it's his right to tell us what he believes and why. Would you rather have that, or a generic interview in which he thanks his sponsors and says nothing at all?
So feel free to disagree, but make sure you don't drive Newman back into his shell by forcing him to issue a public apology. You can't have it both ways. If you want drivers to speak their minds, you don't get to control what comes out of their mouths.
Solid point, George. I think what you mean is the media shouldn't let their own personal biases against Stewart affect their coverage. But not everyone feels that way.
John, as much as I know half the NASCAR media would love to take you up on that offer, they simply can't do it. When all is said and done, the purpose of being a journalist is to report the news as it happens, not create it or reshape it based on our personal biases. If Tony Stewart lights it up with five wins in seven races, we need to write about it. And if he snipes at every question we ask, so be it. How he treats us isn't a story.
So as much as we as sportswriters like to pump ourselves up, the bottom line is that you don't click on this column to read about us. Our struggles are meaningless in the face of a sport that millions tune in to watch every week. Let's not stand in the way of what's really happening.
Sending it out to hundreds of thousands of loving, caring people is the least I can do, Kris. Good luck!
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Diffference between Nickel Strike plate and Typical Nickel plating
I am trying to explain the difference between a Nickel Strike plating and a typical Nickel plating.Mark Kane
TRW - Livionia, Michigan
Hi there:
Nickel strike: Higher content of chloride, is going to be used for direct plating of steel if cyanide copper is not requested. Content usually: Nickel chloride, HCl
Watt's Nickel: Is going to be used for decorative reasons. Content: Nickel sulphate (metal delivering), Nickel chloride (anode dissolving agent), Boric acid (ph-buffer agent), wetting agents and primary/secondary brightener systems depends on application.
- Mexico City, Mexico
Thickness and adhesion.James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
A "strike" is a low efficiency solution that makes more hydrogen gas than it deposits metal. The purpose is to "activate" (I hate that word) or remove the oxide from the substrate and lay down a thin film of very active ready-to-plate nickel. The hydrogen ion helps reduce the tenacious oxides of stainless steel or old nickel electroplate from the surface. Secondly, the strike acts as a "sewer". The strike covers the substrate iron, copper,. brass, zinc, zincate, etc so that when you get to the "efficient" plating solution you do not leave contaminants of those (now covered up) other metals.
Robert H Probert
Robert H Probert Technical Services
Garner, North Carolina
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