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The University of Virginia, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, is a vigorous, modern institution, animated by the forward-looking spirit of its founder, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson's powerful convictions—the idea that the university exists to train young people for public affairs and the belief that the liberal arts constitute the foundation for any education—continue to inspire its students and faculty and guide the development of its programs.
Jefferson was a man of many talents, and he expressed them fully in founding the University of Virginia in 1819; he outlined the institution's purpose, designed its buildings, supervised construction, and planned its curriculum. He also directed the recruitment of its initial faculty.
When classes began in 1825, with 68 students and a faculty of eight, the University of Virginia embodied dramatic new ideas in American higher education. In an era when colleges trained scholars for the clergy and academia, Jefferson dedicated his University to the education of citizens in practical affairs and public service. The innovative curriculum permitted the student a broader range of study than was available at other colleges and universities of the day, and Jefferson implemented novel ideas concerning student self-government and religious freedom.
Jefferson chose an undeveloped plot of land on the edge of Charlottesville on which to locate the University of Virginia. Jefferson was a skillful architect, a consummate builder, and an inveterate tinkerer. His belief in public service, his respect for the achievements of the past, and his sense of balance and proportion are expressed in the buildings he designed for his "academical village."
This educational community was built around a rectangular, terraced green—the Lawn—flanked by two continuous rows of identical, one-story rooms. These rows are accented by large buildings, the Pavilions, each in a different style. Both the rooms and the Pavilions open onto a colonnaded walkway fronting the Lawn. Behind each of the two rows of buildings are public gardens delineated by serpentine brick walls and backed by yet another set of rooms. The Rotunda, a half-scale model of the Roman Pantheon, closes off one end of the Lawn, while the south end was originally left open to a vista of the mountains.
The genius of Jefferson's design is that it integrates housing for students and faculty as well as classroom and library space into a single unit. Students lived on the Lawn and in the outer two rows of rooms, known as the Ranges. Faculty members lived in the Pavilions, while the Rotunda held the library and classroom space.
Although the University has grown since Jefferson's time, the Lawn remains the intellectual and spiritual heart of the academical village and serves much of its original purpose. Students who have made special contributions to the University are awarded a Lawn room in their fourth year; senior faculty and their families live in the Pavilions, where classes are also held; and graduate students live in the Ranges. The Rotunda's oval rooms and the Dome Room are used for meetings of the Board of Visitors, dinners, and other ceremonial occasions, as well as for student activities.
The special grace and character of Jefferson's design are widely recognized. As Ada Louise Huxtable noted in the, the University "is probably the single most beautiful and effective architectural group of its kind in the country, or in the history of American building. In 1976, the American Institute of Architects proclaimed "the proudest achievement in American architecture in the past 200 years"; in 1987, the Lawn was named to the prestigious World Heritage List.
Although the University of Virginia has expanded to encompass more than one thousand acres, it still retains the intimacy that characterized the academical village. University planners have been careful to reserve open space for study and contemplation while erecting modern facilities for each of the six undergraduate schools.
Each year, the area attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists, who come to see the Grounds of the University, visit the homes of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe, tour local wineries, and hike through the Shenandoah National Park, just 20 miles west in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Charlottesville has its own traditions. The community celebrates each spring with a Dogwood Festival and New Year's Eve with First Night Virginia fireworks and entertainment. Steeplechase fans attend the Foxfield Races and every spring, runners in the Charlottesville Ten-Miler rush through town toward the finish line at University Hall.
A pedestrian mall downtown offers fine dining, distinctive shops, and nightspots in a historical section of the city. In the Court Square area, lawyers and business people occupy offices in buildings dating back to the 1700s. The city is known for its fine restaurants, appealing to every taste and budget, and many establishments present nightly entertainment by local artists. The Virginia Film Festival brings new visitors and celebrities to the area each fall, along with movies, seminars, and premieres. The Virginia Festival of the Book brings poets, writers, and novelists to Charlottesville each spring.
Charlottesville is located 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and 70 miles from Richmond. Airlines offer more than 30 flights daily to such destinations as New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta, Detroit, Cincinnati, Charlotte, and Pittsburgh. Major highways convenient to the city include Interstate 64 and U.S. Route 29. Nationwide bus and railway service for passengers and freight is provided by Greyhound, AMTRAK, Norfolk Southern, and the CSX Corporation. The Charlottesville Transit Service and the University Transit Service provide bus service on Grounds and around the city. Visitors to the University are always welcome. On-street parking is limited, so visitors are encouraged to park at the paid hourly Central Grounds Parking Garage off Emmet Street.
Maps of the University are available for visitors at the University's Visitor/Information Center at 2304 Ivy Road in Charlottesville (follow signs from 29N or Interstate 64 to the University Information Center). Bulk quantities can be purchased by calling (434) 982-4925. Brochures about the University and walking tours of the Rotunda, the Pavilion Gardens, and the historic Academical Village can be obtained at the Rotunda. Books about Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, and the University of Virginia may be purchased at the University Bookstore, located atop the Central Grounds Parking Garage.
Internet enthusiasts can access a great deal of information about the University through its online site:
You can view electronic versions of all of the undergraduate publications, and even print out an undergraduate application
Admissions information for the graduate and professional student is also available
For more information about the University, check out the Facts at a Glance
and Statistics & Facts
online sites. The University supports two events web calendars
and online maps of the Grounds
In creating an academical village, Jefferson sought scholars who had distinguished reputations and were willing to live among their students—an unusual, but from Jefferson's point of view, essential combination. The University of Virginia faculty, one of the most distinguished groups of scholars and researchers in the country, still exemplifies this tradition.
The University's full-time instructional/research faculty numbers approximately 1,900, most of whom conduct research and publish their findings on a regular basis. The University has established approximately 460 endowed professorships for outstanding scholars, and the Shannon Center for Advanced Studies plays a major role in attracting and retaining scholars of national and international distinction.
In 1995, the prestigious National Research Council, which evaluates 274 institutions every ten years, placed our graduate programs in English, religious studies, German, Spanish and Portuguese, and physiology among the top ten programs in their fields; ratings based in large part on the quality of the faculty. These ratings will not be done again until 2005.
In its September, 2002 issue, U.S. News & World Report once again ranked the University of Virginia as one of the nation's top public institutions, placing it 23rd among 249 public and private colleges and universities, and second among all public universities. The McIntire School of Commerce ranked fifth in the country among undergraduate business schools, tied with the University of North Carolina.. The 2002 graduate issue of U.S. News further ranked the School of Law seventh among all public and private law schools, tied with the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Berkeley. The magazine placed the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration tenth overall, among all business schools. The Curry School of Education was ranked nineteenth overall among schools of education. In 1997, the last year programs in the Arts and Architecture were ranked, the University's Master of Architecture Program was ranked sixth overall, tied with Berkeley and Rice. The Master's Program in Creative Writing was ranked fourth overall, tied with Columbia. In Psychology, the graduate program in Developmental Psychology was ranked fifth overall and the graduate program in Clinical Psychology was ranked ninth overall.
University faculty members this past year have continued to receive many national and international awards. This year, Charles Wright, Souder Family Professor of English, was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining approximately twenty-nine other members of the University of Virginia previously elected. Ladislau Steiner, Alumni Professor of Neurosurgery, received the Sugita Award for his work on the Gamma knife. Barry Condron, Assistant Professor of Biology, was one of five people nationwide to receive the William Keck Foundation's Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Award. Filmmaker Kevin J. Everson, Assistant Professor of Art, received a 2001-02 Rome Prize. P. Todd Stukenberg, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, was named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. David Wotton, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, was selected for a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Janine Jagger, the Becton Dickinson Professor of Health Care, was the recipient of one of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowships. George Garrett, the Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing Emeritus, was named Poet Laureate of Virginia. R. Scott Jones, the S. Hurt Watts Professor of Surgery, became the eighty-second President of the American College of Surgeons. Madge M. Jones, Barbara Brodie Professor of Nursing and Daniel Hallahan, Cavalier Distinguished Professor of Eudcation, both received the Commonwealth's Outstanding Faculty Teaching Awards; and Michael Menaker, Commonwealth Professor of Biology, received the Commonwealth's Outstanding Scientist Lifetime Achievement Award.
Despite the demands of research and writing, University faculty are remarkably attentive to the needs of their students. In addition to their teaching responsibilities, faculty members serve as academic advisors. Professors routinely post office hours, and students do not hesitate to use them. It's not unusual to encounter students clustered in the hall outside a professor's office, waiting for a chance to discuss papers or review classwork.
The quality of the student body is evident in the awards and honors many of them receive. The University has graduated 43 Rhodes Scholars, the highest number graduated by state universities. The University is attracting some of the very best students in the country through the merit-based Jefferson Scholars Program.
Four years at the University prepares students well for becoming adults who are educated citizens and contributing members of society. Whether they go directly to a job (many do), teach English in a developing country for the year, enroll in law or medical school (to which University of Virginia students are accepted at well above the national average), or enter graduate school to pursue the scholarly life as a profession, their undergraduate years at Virginia provide the chance to explore subjects and ideas that will lay the foundation for their future careers and lives.
A member of the highly competitive Atlantic Coast Conference, Virginia fields 12 intercollegiate sports for men and 12 for women. Women's golf will begin competing as the 25th intercollegiate sport at U.Va. during the 2003-04 academic year.
U.Va. ranked 30th in the nation in the final 2000-01 Sears Directors' Cup standings, which rank the overall success of Division I athletic programs in up to 20 sports. Virginia has finished in the Top 30 each year in the eight-year history of the Sears Directors' Cup program.
Few teams in the country can match the overall success of Virginia's varsity teams in recent years. Over the past thirteen years, U.Va. has claimed five national championships in men's soccer, two in women's lacrosse and one in men's lacrosse. In 1993, Virginia became the first school in NCAA history to win three consecutive national men's soccer titles. Remarkably, the Cavaliers topped that achievement in 1994 by capturing their fourth national title in a row and fifth in six years.
The Virginia football team has made 11 bowl appearances in the last fifteen years. Most recently, the Cavaliers appeared in the 2000 Jeep O'ahu Bowl. U.Va. established an ACC record with thirteen consecutive seasons of seven or more wins, from 1987-99. In 1995, the Cavaliers defeated Georgia 34-27 in the Peach Bowl and were co-ACC champions. Among U.Va.'s 1995 regular season victories was a 33-28 win over then second-ranked Florida State. In 1990, U.Va. climbed to number one in the regular season national polls (Associated Press and United Press International) and played Tennessee in the 1991 USF&G Sugar Bowl. The 1989 Cavaliers won a share of U.Va.'s first ever ACC championship and met Illinois in the 1990 Florida Citrus Bowl. Off the field, Virginia has been honored regularly for its graduation rate involving scholarship football players.
The 2001-02 men's basketball team advanced to the first round of the National Invitation Tournament. It was Virginia's 21st postseason appearance (NCAA or NIT) in the last 25 seasons. Virginia won a share of the ACC regular season championship in 1994-95 and advanced to the finals of the NCAA Midwest Region Tournament. U.Va. has won two NIT championships (in 1980 and 1992) and reached the NCAA Final Four twice (in 1981 and 1984).
The women's basketball team made its 19th consecutive trip to NCAA postseason play in 2001-02 with a first-round tournament appearance. U.Va. won ACC Tournament titles in 1990, 1992 and 1993, and reached the NCAA Final Four three consecutive years, from 1990-92. The Cavaliers won their first ACC regular season title in 2000 since winning six in a row from 1991-96.
Virginia regularly wins its share of state, conference and national honors in many other sports as well. At the same time, U.Va. student-athletes graduate at a rate which is comparable to that of the University's entire student body.
The University contributes to the cultural milieu with a wide range of events sponsored by academic departments and student groups. Among these are the Tuesday Evening Concert Series; the University Union Speakers Series; talks by government officials and public figures sponsored by the Student Legal Forum; performances by many student singing groups; and a Collegium Musicum baroque group sponsored by the music department. The University's Art Museum houses broad-ranging art collections, which include outstanding examples of twentieth- century American art and European art from Jefferson's era. The museum's growing permanent collections are supplemented by frequent visiting shows, the Fayerweather Gallery, which displays student and faculty art and other exhibits, and several private galleries in the city of Charlottesville. Dramatic productions are presented year round by professional and local groups, including the highly acclaimed Heritage Repertory Theatre and the Virginia Players, in the University's well-equipped drama and fine arts center. The theatre department regularly presents drama, musicals, and small workshop productions by students in the Culbreth and Helms theatres.
Honor System
is one of the University's oldest and most venerated traditions. Based on the fundamental assumption that anyone who enrolls at the University subscribes to a code of ethics forbidding lying, cheating, and stealing, the Honor System allows students the kind of personal freedom possible only in an environment where respect and trust are presumed. If a student violates the Honor Code, he or she cannot remain a member of the University community, and is not entitled to receive or hold a degree from the University of Virginia. For nearly 160 years this system has been administered by students.
The University of Virginia libraries play an integral role in the University's ability to maintain its standing as a top-ranked public institution of higher education. Fourteen libraries serve the University's undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. They house more than 4.7 million volumes and receive more than 53,000 periodicals and newspapers from around the world. The general library collections in the social sciences and humanities are housed in
Alderman Library,
together with the library's depository collections of state, federal, and international documents. Alderman also houses the University's world-renowned collection of manuscripts and rare books in its
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
The Science and Engineering Library
and its satellites (Astronomy, Biology/Psychology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics), serve the research needs of the University's scientific community. Additional subject collections and services are offered by the Education, Fine Arts, and Music libraries.
Clemons Library
provides a general collection of frequently used materials, reserve reading, and video and audio materials housed in the Robertson Media Center. The library needs of the University's professional schools are served by the
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, the
Camp Library
in the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and the
Arthur J. Morris Law Library.
Libraries at the University of Virginia are committed to the provision of cutting-edge access to information through technology. The online catalog of the collections and on-line access to newspaper and journal articles are available in all library locations, and may also be accessed from home and office computers via the library's Web site at
www.lib.virginia. edu.
Electronic centers offer library users assistance with innovative technologies such as digitizing images and text and combining sound and video for multimedia presentations. User education programs assist the University community in expanding its information literacy base.
Information Technology and Communication (ITC)
(www.itc. virginia.edu)
supports the University's instructional and research activities and administrative processes, and facilitates communication and transmission of information for all University departments. To perform these functions, ITC maintains a wide variety of computing environments and peripheral equipment available to faculty, students and staff. Included are: an IBM 9672-R34 (Enterprise Server), OS/390 operating system; IBM RiscSystem/6000s, AIX operating system; Sun workstations, Solaris operating system; IBM-PC compatible microcomputers with Windows 98/NT; Apple Macintoshes; and graphics equipment including scanners. Other specialized computer equipment is available in labs at Academic Computing-Health Sciences (ACHS) and the Digital Media Center.
The majority of microcomputers, Macintoshes, workstations, printers and graphics equipment supported by ITC are located in public facilities throughout the Grounds for ease of student access. Software available for these systems includes programming languages as well as word processing, network communications, spreadsheet, mathematical, statistical, and graphics packages.
Access to the Internet is provided on all systems via high-speed interactive terminal access (telnet), file transfer (ftp), electronic mail, Usenet news, and the World-Wide Web (WWW). Other on-line information retrieval systems include the University Library Catalog (VIRGO) and the University Directory (whois). Consulting, training, and documentation are available for these services. Additional information about ITC facilities and services is available on-line at
Noted for its world-class research capabilities, the University of Virginia is engaged in a wide range of research in medicine, engineering, and the arts and sciences. Cutting-edge research and scholarship by the University's outstanding faculty bring opportunities to learn about the latest advances in the classroom as well as the ability to become involved in research work in many fields.
Research is an integral part of the educational process at the University. Opportunities to participate in research are available for both graduates and undergraduates and may result in published papers for graduate and some undergraduate students.
Since 1946, students and faculty of the University of Virginia have benefited from its membership in Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a consortium of colleges and universities and a management and operating contractor for the United States Department of Energy (DOE) located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, and faculty enjoy access to a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Students can participate in programs covering a wide variety of disciplines including business, earth sciences, biomedical sciences, nuclear chemistry, and mathematics.
A distinct feature of the University's research community is the extent to which it fosters interdisciplinary research. A number of research centers and institutes have been established in recent years to facilitate collaboration among faculty from different academic units who have common research interests and objectives. One outcome of this interdisciplinary emphasis has been the growth of joint academic programs leading to joint degrees.
Exciting research is undertaken jointly by faculty from both engineering and medicine in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Program in Engineering Physics. Other engineering faculty have research ties with faculty in environmental sciences, physics, and other fields. Faculty in medicine and biology work closely on a variety of research projects, as do those in physics and chemistry.
Research collaborations are common among non-scientists as well. Faculty from the schools of law and business have launched a center jointly with faculty in psychology. Professors in business and various humanities departments bring their separate viewpoints and research strategies to bear on common issues. Interdisciplinary research provides opportunities for shared use of facilities and for synergism in research efforts and augmented funding.
In fiscal year 2001-2002, research at the University was supported by over 2,500 separate awards totaling $257 million dollars from federal and state agencies, industry, and foundations. This represents an increase in both the total dollar amount and the average size of each grant in recent years and reflects the University's growing research stature and prominence.
The University demonstrates its commitment to research by providing internal financial funding in certain circumstances. The University provides funding for particularly meritorious research which might otherwise have brief funding interruptions, thus maintaining continuity in important, ongoing projects. Through the Bankard Foundation endowment, year-long research grants support research in economics and government studies. Another program provides grants for faculty research in the humanities and social sciences.
The knowledge being disseminated and the technology being developed today at the University of Virginia will play a vital role in how we live in the future. More detailed information about research and funding at the University is available online from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies,
The University of Virginia's mission extends beyond the lives of its students, faculty, and staff to the surrounding community, the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world. From professional development for elementary and secondary school teachers to leadership training for local governing bodies across Virginia, the University is committed to sharing its resources of expertise and scholarship in ways that improve the well-being of individuals and communities. OutreachVirginia
an interactive, searchable database and web site, provides extensive information on all the University's public service programs.
Through a bachelor's degree program designed specifically for part-time, adult students in Central Virginia and educational seminars, short courses, and graduate degree programs offered through regional centers across the state, the University continues to expand access to higher education while maintaining its tradition of academic excellence. Telemedicine programs and screening clinics provide residents in rural areas of the Commonwealth with access to both basic and specialized health care. Programs in all of the schools reflect a similar dedication to enhancing the quality of public life in Virginia and beyond.
Students, faculty, and staff exemplify the institution's commitment to service. In 2002, nearly 3,000 students contributed over 110,000 hours in service to the surrounding community through the student volunteer center, Madison House. Last year, over 1,000 Virginians attended free community lectures throughout the state, delivered by some of the University's most eminent scholars as part of the Engaging the Mind lecture series. Faculty in every school contribute countless hours of service participating on international, national, state, and local advisory boards and providing professional expertise to non-profit organizations, government agencies, and businesses through both University programs and individual initiatives. In 2002, over 3,000 staff and faculty contributed more than $400,000 to the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign in support of 1,000 charities.
Additional information about public service and outreach initiatives at the University of Virginia is available from OutreachVirginia a
The University of Virginia was chartered by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1819. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. The University is one of a select group of 62 American and Canadian universities chosen for membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. The Master of Landscape Architecture is accredited by the
American Society of Landscape Architecture,
Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board. The Master of Architecture is accredited by the
National Architectural Accreditation Board.
The Urban and Environmental Planning degree program is accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board of the
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
The Curry School of Education and all of its programs to prepare school personnel are accredited by the
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
In addition, individual program specializations within the Curry School are accredited by such organizations as the
American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, the
National Athletic Trainers' Association and the
Council for Exceptional Children.
The McIntire School of Commerce and the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration are accredited by the
American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business.
The School of Law is accredited by the
American Bar Association and the
American Association of Law Schools.
Degree programs in the School of Engineering and Applied Science are accredited by the
Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology.
The School of Nursing is accredited by the
National League for Nursing and the
Virginia State Board of Nursing.
The chemistry and music programs in the College of Arts and Sciences are accredited by the
American Chemical Society and the
National Association of Schools of Music respectively.
The M.D. degree in the School of Medicine is accredited by the
Liaison Committee on Medical Education
(representing the Council on Medical Education of the
American Medical Association
and the Executive Council of the
Association of American Medical Colleges.


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Census of Population, 1980 [United States]: Equal Employment Opportunity Special File (ICPSR 9026)
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The Census Bureau has created a special subset file from the 1980 Census of Population and Housing data designed to meet the needs of Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action planning. It contains detailed 1980 Census data dealing with occupation and educational attainment for the civilian labor force, various race groups, and the Hispanic population. The collection contains two tabulations of the United States civilian labor force: one offering detailed occupation data and the other, data on years of school completed. The occupation tabulation includes information for 514 occupation categories organized by sex and race (including Hispanic origin). The second tabulation, years of school completed, is organized by age, sex, and race (including Hispanic origin). This collection contains 51 separate files, one for each state and the District of Columbia. Each state file contains statistics for the state, each county, standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA), and place with a population of 50,000 or more within that state. If an SMSA crosses state lines, each state file containing a part of the SMSA will have totals for the entire SMSA. The 51 files in the collection include a total of 48,168 data records. Each of the data records contains 1,098 "substantive" variables, as well as geographic identifiers. A CENSPAC-compatible database dictionary, Part 90, is also included with this collection.
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All persons in the civilian labor force in 1980 in the United States.
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- United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population, 1980 [United States]: Equal Employment Opportunity Special File . ICPSR09026-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09026.v1
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Quiet For Now
Things were kind of quiet at Bright House Field on Wednesday, where the Phillies begin spring training again on Sunday.
Field supervisor Opie Cheek and his crew have done a terrific job with the fields. Don't know if grass can get any greener.
57 lockers are in numerical order from # 3 (Pence) to #79 (DeFratus) in the clubhouse. Oh, there are the usual familiar Phillies names, Howard, Rollins, Utley, Victorino, Hamels, Lee, Halladay and Ruiz. There are a lot of names more familiar to Phillies fans in Lehigh Valley, Reading, Clearwater or Lakewood.
Then, big league names who'll be wearing Phillies pinstripes for the first time, Papelbon, Thome, Pierre, Wigginton, Qualls, Willis, Pineiro. OK, OK, Thome has worn the uniform before.
Two indoor batting cages located under the left field stands were empty. White baseballs dot the green Astroturf, lying there despite a big sign in red letters, Pick Up Baseballs When Finished. Missing on the turf are empty sunflower seats, proving that someone pays attention to another big sign, No Sunflower Seeds.
In a storage room at the back end of the clubhouse was a lot of luggage waiting to be claimed by the players. Two baby strollers, three bicycles and ten golf bags help fill the room. None of those items belong to me!
Outside the ball park and at Carpenter Complex about a dozen Phillies fans were peeking from behind chain link fences, hoping to get a glimpse of one of the players and/or an autograph. Fans show up as early as 6 a.m. seeking autographs.
With the return of Cliff Lee to the rotation, the Phillies were the major media story in spring training a year ago. Chances are the masses won't be there this spring. The Tigers camp in Lakewood (Prince Fielder) will get a lot of media attention. Out in Arizona, the Angels camp (Albert Pujols) will attract the masses.
Friday morning, Ruben, Charlie and their respective staffs, including minor league instructors in camp, will gather in the large meeting room on the second floor of the Carpenter Complex clubhouse. They'll spend most of the day discussing every one of the 58 players in camp.
On Saturday, the same staffs will have a golf outing and then on Sunday, the 10 a.m. daily workouts get underway at Carpenter Complex. Can't wait to hear the first pop of a catcher's mitt.
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I'm arriving in Clearwater next Sunday, 2/26, for a few days of R&R. Thinking of heading over to the fields to watch some practice on Monday, 2/27. You said the 10am workouts are daily. How long do they normally last? Want to make sure we get there before they're finished!


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Approval of plans to build a large indoor shooting range, the second to be built in Poway this year, will be up before the City Council next week.
The 40,000-square-foot range would go on a vacant, already graded 2.8-acre parcel in the Poway Business Park, between Stowe Drive and Danielson Street just west of Parkway Centre Drive.
It would include 42 shooting lanes and would be open to the public, Poway Weapons & Gear owner John Phillips said.
The range has been planned for four years, Phillips said, but now funding has come through. Phillips said he expects to win council approval Tuesday night and start construction in June. He hopes to have the business open by next spring.
"The primary objective is a law enforcement training center, and it will be built to those specifications, but we'll also be very focused on training and education" of the general public, Phillips said.
City planners are recommending approval of the conditional use permit. They say the only environmental harm would be gunshot noise, which construction techniques can control.
The shooting range will cover 28,250 square feet. The rest of the building will be used for offices, meeting rooms, storage and a 3,750-square-foot retail area. Plans call for 84 parking spaces.
The council approved a smaller shooting range in the same area in February. Contained in a 13,400-square-foot building on Gregg Street, it will have 17 shooting lanes and be open to the public.
The Poway City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 13325 Civic Center Drive.


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Strange Weekend
This is going to be a strange weekend at Citizens Bank Park. It is our home but we will be the visiting team, batting first and wearing road uniforms. Plus, the DH will be used.
Because we are the visiting team doesn't mean we have switched clubhouses or dugouts or that the team is housed in a hotel for a couple of nights. But, with the Blue Jays being the home team, they get to take BP first.
The Phillies have had 77 consecutive sellouts. But, that streak will not be broken since it is considered a road series. Toronto's average attendance is around 17,500, 13th in the A.L. So, their average attendance will take a boost. There are still some tickets available.
Also strange: we're 7-5 in games played in Toronto's Rogers Centre. So, those numbers will change even though we're not there.
The Blue Jays are last in the A. L. in hitting and first in the most strikeouts. But, they lead the majors by a big margin with 111 home runs.
Should be a fun weekend.
Historically, we've straggled in interleague play. With three games left, we are 8-7. We've only had a winning record in interleague play four times (11-7, 1999; 10-8, 2002; 8-7, 2003 and 2007).
June hasn't been a friendly month. We're now at 10-10, although it seems as if we've lost more games this month than 10. Last year we were 11-15. Eight games are left this month.
An e-mail note from reader Dennis Orlandini: Dane Sardinha deserves a special mention in your Phillies Insider column. He homered in his first game as a Phillie (6/24), but that was also his first career major league home run. It comes after 84 at bats and 92 plate appearances spread out over five major league seasons. It's always good to see a guy who doesn't quit, but perseveres instead, who gets rewarded.
Dennis, you are right. That was a neat moment.
Enjoy summer's first weekend!
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It will definitely be like "bizaaro world" this weekend and could be a little confusing. We'll see if it has any affect. I'll be at the game tomorrow. Hope I cheer at the right time. LOL. Eh, I've been know to make an fool of myself from time to time. It was cool to see Sardinha hit that homer yesterday. Persistance certainly payed off for him. Good for him! Barb
I actually prefer this BP schedule and never understood why the home team always bats first. The fans like to see BP and miss most, if not all of it, because of the gate opening times. You can watch early from Ashburn Alley, but it is more fun up close. I was happy yesterday when I actually got to see an entire BP at home :O)
Three Quickies from an old, old , fan:
1. Is there no Phillies coach that can teach Howard how to throw to second base for a force out? Straighten out his elbow!!!
2. They say that "A NY minute" is pretty fast. I would offer Cole Hamels for Cliff Lee before the "A" was out of anyone's mouth.
3. Congrats to Charley Manual for finally getting his lineup correct (Sunday, Jays). Not in terms of who but with regard to the Left/Right sequence. If he did it consistently, he'd win 10 more games a year and drive opposing managers batty.
I do not like the mental attitude of some of the players about this season so far. Sure, we are not going to win all the games–or even three fourths. It is hard to swallow for us as fans to not worry when the team goes into a large losing streak. They do not care–they are getting paid win or lose. What happened to the hit and run, or run and hit? The way you get on base is patience and selection. Home runs will come to the "home run hitters". Wee Willie Keeler said it best "hit em where they aint". The hitters are swinging so hard, they are taking their eyes off the ball. So what the last 3 seasons we have pulled it out the last few days of the season. Do the players think that the teams ahead of them in the standings are just going to stop winning. You go to the well too often, and the well can dry up.


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Sometimes called a "bionic ear," the cochlear implant offers the hope of gaining or restoring the ability to sense sound for some people with significant hearing loss.
A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted device that helps overcome problems in the cochlea (KO-klee-uh). The cochlea are snail-shaped, curled tubes near nerves in the ears. They transform sound vibrations reaching the ear into signals that can be sent to the auditory nerve (or hearing nerve). The auditory nerve then sends these signals to the brain, where they're translated into recognizable sounds.
If important parts of the cochlea aren't working as they should and the auditory nerve isn't stimulated, there's no way for the sounds to get to the brain. As a result, hearing doesn't happen. This is called sensorineural hearing loss.
By completely bypassing the damaged part of the cochlea, the cochlear implant uses its own electrical signals to stimulate the auditory nerve, allowing the person to hear.
The ear is made up of three parts, and in normal hearing, sound passes through all three on the way to the brain:
Hair cells can be damaged or destroyed through aging, heredity, disease, infection, or repeated or severe exposure to loud noise. If the hair cells don't work, the auditory nerve can't be stimulated and can't send information to the brain. So, the person won't be able to hear.
Hearing loss can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the number of hair cells that are defective, damaged, or destroyed. People with mild or moderate hearing loss may find that hearing aids help (hearing aids make sounds louder). Those with profound or severe hearing loss might even have trouble understanding loud sounds. A hearing aid won't help in these cases, so a doctor might recommend a cochlear implant.
The cochlear implant artificially stimulates the inner ear area with electrical signals, which sends those signals to the auditory nerve, letting a person hear.
Although sound quality from a cochlear implant is different from that in normal hearing, the cochlear implant lets someone sense sound that he or she couldn't hear otherwise. And regular improvements to the way the implants work are helping to make the sound even more natural. Most infants, even if they never heard before, will be able to make sense of these sounds and develop speech and language.
A cochlear implant consists of an implant package, which is secured inside the skull, and a sound and speech processor, which is worn externally (outside the body). Several components of the cochlear implant work together to receive sound, transfer it to the auditory nerve, and send it to the brain.
The cochlear implant package is made up of:
The sound and speech processor is a minicomputer that processes sound into digital information, and then sends that information to the implant package in the form of electrical signals. This is worn externally and looks a lot like a normal hearing aid. Depending on the type of sound and speech processor used, it can either be worn as a headset behind the ear or in a belt, harness, or pocket.
The sound and speech processor is made up of:
For the cochlear implant to work, the implant package and the sound and speech processor must be aligned — that's what the magnets are for. By lining up the magnets, both the implant package and sound and speech processor are secured and work together. If they aren't completely aligned, the device doesn't work and the person can't hear.
Knowing how a cochlear implant works may help kids better understand their new bionic ear and the cool technology behind it that allows them to hear better.
Here's how the implant works:
Surgery for a cochlear implant takes 2–4 hours and uses general anesthesia (which keeps a patient completely unconscious). The surgeon will place and secure the implant package under the skin and inside the skull, then thread the wires containing the electrodes into the spirals of the cochlea.
To secure the implant, the surgeon first drills a 3- to 4-millimeter bed in the temporal bone (the skull bone that contains part of the ear canal, the middle ear, and the inner ear). Then, the surgeon opens up the bone behind the ear to allow access to the middle ear. A small hole is drilled in the cochlea and the wires containing the electrodes are inserted. The implant package is then secured and the incision is closed with stitches.
After cochlear implant surgery, a child:
About 2 to 4 weeks after surgery, the sound and speech processor is matched with the implant package and is programmed and fine-tuned to meet the child's individual hearing needs.
Nowadays, children who are born deaf or with a profound hearing loss in both ears can even receive two cochlear implants, one for each ear, at the same time. This is a great advance as it requires only one surgery.
Because the hair cell damage, electrical signal patterns, and sensitivity of the auditory nerve are different for each person, a specialist must fine-tune the sound and speech processor for every patient.
By measuring the lowest and highest current for each electrode, the clinician finds the softest and loudest sounds that will be heard (each electrode produces a different sound with different pitch). The sound and speech processor matches sounds on different electrodes with different volumes and attempts to create an accurate version of the original sound. However, because a limited number of electrodes are taking over the function of the thousands of hair cells in a normal ear, sounds won't be totally "natural." However, infants who never heard before will be able to make great sense of these sounds and will quickly learn language.
After the first few programming sessions, the user begins to pick up sounds with the implant, but giving the implant full power is a gradual process that takes several months. In children who are born deaf, the stimulation from the implant will allow them to develop the brain pathways necessary to hear sounds and develop speech and language. This is an extended process with programming and intensive therapy that often lasts for several years.
During the programming process, the user attends speech and language therapy sessions to help identify and interpret the new sounds he or she is hearing. An important part of the therapy is parent education and training.
Therapy will help a child develop and understand spoken language through detecting, imitating, and associating meanings of sounds. These sessions last at least a year, along with parent education and training programs. In many cases, therapy has helped kids with cochlear implants develop speech and language on par with their peers.
Some families choose to have implants in both ears. This can help with speech detection when there is background noise.
Cochlear implants are very successful for some people, but not everyone is a candidate to receive one. Children 12 months of age or older with profound hearing loss in both ears are usually excellent candidates, but not every child is eligible.
Common reasons that a child might not be eligible for a cochlear implant include:
Each potential candidate must be evaluated by a cochlear implant team to see whether a cochlear implant is the best option.
Benefits of an implant can vary. The rehabilitation period can be long, and many factors (such as the condition of the auditory nerve or the presence of scar tissue in the cochlea) can affect the success of the implant.
The doctor or surgeon will help parents understand what an implant can reasonably achieve for their child.
Reviewed by: Thierry Morlet, PhD
Date Reviewed: 21-09-2016


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Annette,If you get ventrilo launched do you see anyones names in the beekeeping or dialup rooms? If so ,click on your chat button which opens a text window and you can type there for any help to get sound working.
With out the beemaster aka john this place would be about dead I like to hear him and cindi and her going on that is what makes this work. Great people great time.


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12 November 2014
Swatches & Review - 4 Glam Polish shades
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*keeps eyes firmly closed, reaches for mouse and tries to close website without looking at those gorgeous polishes that try to sneak their way to the top of my wishlist*ReplyDelete
- Ilaria12 November, 2014 16:27
Glam Polish is my newest obsession! I only own Tempestarii and Pentacle, but I'm drooling over at least 20 more shades...and she's coming out with those multichrome flakies: to die for!ReplyDelete
It's becoming harder and harder to resist Glam Polish's creations and your gorgeous swatches aren't helping! If I start, I'm afraid I'll never stop.... I loved all of the polishes from the Cast A Spell collections, but Warlock is just fantastic. What an awesome color!ReplyDelete
- Lola Seicento12 November, 2014 18:04
OMG, seriously every single one of these Glam Polishes are astoundingly beautiful! Bewitched is so perfect for the season-- it feels perfect for cold snowy weather (even though I love in Los Angeles, and won't see much "real" cold, and certainly no snow).ReplyDelete
- The Dalai Lama's Nails12 November, 2014 18:06
I am just gaga for Bewitched. SOOOOO pretty!ReplyDelete
- Kristin Bassett12 November, 2014 18:14
All of the shades are lovely, but Bewitched is my favorite!ReplyDelete
Warlock and I found a Dream are lovely!ReplyDelete
- Very Emily12 November, 2014 18:37
Incredible swatches.. Your photos are just utter perfection Deborah!! I truly love all of these!ReplyDelete
So so so glittery! I love how bold the colors are too!ReplyDelete
You just reminded me that I need Warlock. I thank you. My wallet does not. :PReplyDelete
Bewitched is BEAUTIFUL!ReplyDelete
That silver! I want it!ReplyDelete
These are some serious stunners! You better be careful in the sun or else they might blind you with their sparkles!ReplyDelete
Your swatches are always so stunning!ReplyDelete
The colours are gorgeous and it sounds like the formulas are great too.ReplyDelete
- Allison @neversaydiebeauty12 November, 2014 23:46
I wasn't familiar with Glam Polish, but those shades are stunning, definitely glam polish!ReplyDelete
OMG! I need Bewitched and Warlock!ReplyDelete
- Bailey_AlltheWords13 November, 2014 05:40
Oooh! Love them all, but I'm especially feeling I Found a Dream.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous swatches! Glams are just rockin' :) Digging the silver and the green.ReplyDelete
Beautiful swatches. I feel like I'm such in the holiday spirit with all the glitter. Loving them.ReplyDelete
*tickles so Joyce HAS to open her eyes again* you're welcome ;-).ReplyDelete
Ooh Glam is doing multichrome flakies as well? That's awesome!ReplyDelete
I'm really impressed with them so far - good formula, LOVE the square bottle and gorgeous shades and finishes. Warlock is pretty huh? And I am not even the biggest orange fan!ReplyDelete
YES, you are right about Bewitched! It'd be the perfect substitute for real snow and cold ;-).ReplyDelete
I agree, it's super duper pretty!ReplyDelete
Thanks kristin, glad you like them!ReplyDelete
Couldn't agree more ^^.ReplyDelete
Aww, thanks so much Em <3. These polishes were so pretty you couldn't make a bad picture of it even if you wanted too!ReplyDelete
Yes, the are very vibrant and in your face, lovely :).ReplyDelete
I'd say I'm sorry but I'm not, it's gorgeous ;-).ReplyDelete
Thanks Brianna!ReplyDelete
It's so lovely!ReplyDelete
Sunglasses required 8-).ReplyDelete
*blushes* thanks dear!ReplyDelete
They definitely are, even though the second set needed 3 coats it was without a hassle and smooth as a babies bottom.ReplyDelete
Yes their brand name is so appropriate indeed!ReplyDelete
Couldn't agree more ^^ReplyDelete
Glad you do :).ReplyDelete
Thanks Liesl! Do you own any Glams?ReplyDelete
They make great holiday manicures indeed :). Thanks!ReplyDelete
Wow! The sparkle in these is amazing!ReplyDelete
I do! I have a few of the old school glitters but I was STOKED when she started in on those holo shimmers. Cast A Spell 1 is still my fave Glam collection. Coven is brilliant.ReplyDelete
Thank you Jamie! I certainly agree :).ReplyDelete
- The Polished Mommy13 November, 2014 23:26
So much yes...love!!ReplyDelete
EVERYTHING about these are amazing!ReplyDelete
- GlitteryGlossy14 November, 2014 13:49
All your swatches are stunning, but I def. need Warlock. I have little to no orange lacquers!ReplyDelete
- Ilaria14 November, 2014 15:59
Yes, they're available for pre-order in Australia and USA. I guess we European girls have to wait and drool!ReplyDelete
- Ilaria14 November, 2014 16:01
Sorry for the multiple use of the word "drool". I promise I'm not a dog... :PReplyDelete
Glad you like them so much :DReplyDelete
It's the perfect orange I think! And thanks ^^.ReplyDelete
I'll keep Coven in mind for my next order then ;-).ReplyDelete
Hahaha in polish it is allowed :DReplyDelete
I Found a Dream is SO gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Thanks Kerry! I love it too :)ReplyDelete
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Hey all,
I think a lot of us read the Brothers-Brick, so you probably know that Nate Nielsen, known to us as nnenn, passed away recently. He's known for his innovative space MOCs, but in looking through his Brickshelf this morning I was surprised to see a few castle MOCs also, in this folder.
In light of this month's build challenge, note that he also has a couple of different chess sets:
He's actually got several other chess sets based around sci-fi MOCs also:


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- Petrochemical plants
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- Cryogenic plants
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- Furnaces, fired heaters and incinerators
Rising demand for ethylene
The predominant process route for ethylene production is steam cracking of C2+ hydrocarbons. However, methane (C1) as a cheap, alternative feedstock from abundant conventional (e.g. natural gas) or growing unconventional (e.g. shale gas) resources cannot be converted by steam cracking.色色影院
Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM)
Over the last decades, significant efforts were made in research and industry globally to enable a direct, catalytic conversion of methane to ethylene in the presence of oxygen, known as Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM).
Developed catalysts did not meet the minimum requirements for commercial-scale applications.
Keen to resolve this challenge, Siluria Technologies, a US startup company based in San Francisco, developed a unique, economically viable OCM catalyst and related reaction technology that overcomes the limitations of formerly failed developments.
Gemini - Bringing innovation to market
Gemini is the first commercial process to directly convert natural gas into ethylene, a key building block for the global petrochemicals industry.In 2014, Linde Engineering and Siluria teamed up to commercialise OCM.
Building on Linde's excellent, long-standing technological expertise and superior track record in designing and building ethylene plants, Linde integrated Siluria's OCM technology into competitive, commercial-scale applications including also Linde's proprietary ethylene separation and purification processes.
Since 2014, Siluria has been operating an OCM demonstration plant with a capacity of approx. 400 tonnes of ethylene per year at Braskem's facilities in La Porte (US).
The plant has successfully proven safe and sustainable process performance since its initial start-up in late 2014.
Highest value creation: Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM) pilot plant in La Porte, USA.
So how does Gemini work?
In the first reactor section, the two main reactants, methane and oxygen, are uniformly distributed through a proprietary mixer to an adiabatic fixed-bed with Siluria's OCM catalyst, where mainly ethylene is formed.
The heat of the highly exothermic OCM reactions is then utilised in the second reactor section for thermal cracking of ethane to ethylene (PBC = Post Bed Cracking).
Ethane is formed as a by-product in the first reactor section and needs to be recycled from the separation part of the plant. Fresh ethane (and/or propane*) can be additionally introduced into the process as co-feedstock for conversion in the PBC section.
* Post bed cracking of propane co-feedstock to be finally confirmed in demo plant.
Following commercial readiness of Gemini in 2017, Linde Engineering offers:
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The OCM product portfolio covers:
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Exactly why you'd want to watch videos on your portable media player whilst underwater is unclear, but at least now you can. The world's first waterproof media player is here.
Chinese retailer Chinavasion is marketing the unnamed media player, able to play video while being submerged to a depth of three metres. The device can play converted MPEG, WMV and ASF files on its 1.8-inch, 128 x 128 pixel colour screen.
It holds 1GB of storage, and the battery is said to handle three hours of video playback, or six hours of MP3 and WMA audio. Sound recordings can be made in WAV.
An included arm band, neck strap, and watertight earphones will make the player easier to use when in the water. Pricing and availability information is currently available.


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In this document the general requirements to surgical instruments of all companies of the KLS Martin Group are described in order to protect a homogeneous and reproducable quality of products. These requirements apply to all suppliers of the companies.
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The following described quality requirements are made up of the market demands, the normative requirements and as well as of the requirements from the EU regulation "Medical Device Regulations 2017/745".
The requirements which are described here apply in addition to the product-related specifications and drawings.
For the manufacture of surgical instruments only approved materials are to be used.
These are listed either in the DIN EN ISO 7153-1 "Surgical Instruments - Materials - Part 1: Metals" or the specifications of the drawing apply. Forged parts have to be free from folds, voids and discontinuities.
The hardness of the instruments is to be carried out according to the drawing or if not specifically listed, according to DIN EN ISO 7153-1. The hardness test is to be carried out in accordance with the standards DIN EN ISO 6507-1, DIN EN ISO 6508-1 or DIN ISO 3738-1.
The work test certificates 3.1 according to DIN EN 10204 are to be archived 10 years after delivery.
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General | All instruments must be delivered free of oil residues, stains, traces of corrosion, pores, cracks, grooves, burrs, grinding and polishing residues as well as other impurities and damages. The working ends must be fully functional for the respective purpose. The closing and joint area have to be oiled with medical paraffin oil.
The boil test shall be verified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13402.
Surface(s) | The surface must be free of pores, cracks, grooves, burrs, acidic fats and of residues of grinding and polishing agents. No pores and/or open areas on soldered and/or welded joints shall be visible. All sharp edges must be broken unless they have a special function.
Forms | Asymetrical forms, regarding to form and dimensions, as well as distoration and unevenness (e.g. waves) are not permitted.
Jaw | The teeth must be fully pronounced, equally large and symmetrical on both sides. The jaw edges must be free of burrs and evenly symmetrical down to the root of the tooth. Cross teeth have to fit exactly into each other, the teeth must not hook in any position. The complete instrment should be symmetrical and covers the sides.
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In Britain, Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world, your baggage allowance may be as low as: 23 kilos/50 pounds of checked baggage, plus a small carry-on bag of 15 kilos/33 pounds (don't show the counter staff this much carry-on luggage upon check-in), for a total of 40 kilos/88 pounds. First ring your airline and request their "sport baggage allowance". Many airlines allow it, and often provide this for golfers, bicyclists, surfers and skiers. Quite often they extend it to climbers. Some of our members have had good luck bringing a ski bag and filling it with climbing equipment. WARNING: They might not give the same allowance on the inbound portion. Be sure to check this and request it if not given, or you could incur high baggage charges when coming home. The documentation of this allowance may take the form of a letter from the baggage officer at the airlines, or the allowance may be printed on the ticket itself (the best form of documentation by far).
If you are unable to attain a sport baggage allowance, obviously, those members coming from these countries will either be faced with wearing their climbing boots, helmet, duvet-clothing, etcetera onto the plane (this is normal procedure for many Australian, British, and European team-members), or paying excess baggage charges, or purchasing/hiring a portion of their equipment or daily snacks in Kathmandu, which is now becoming more and more of a viable option. If you chose to pay the airline's excess baggage charges, you might be faced with $20 per kilogram/2.2 pounds, of excess. Be sure to make full telephone and email inquiries before checking your bags at the airport.
You may wish to investigate cargo shipping from your home country to Kathmandu.
Those members flying from North America are currently allowed 2 checked bags weighing 50 pounds/23 kilos each, plus one small carry-on weighing 30 pounds/13 kilos, for a total allowance of 130 pounds, or 60 kilograms. Baggage allowances change frequently. Before departure, you must ring your airline to verify the exact amount.
In North America it may be possible to pay an additional $120 per extra 70 pound/32 kilo bag, up to a total of ten or so extra bags, on flights bound for Nepal or China, but not for flights returning from there. However, be sure to ask about such "extra-bags" policies carefully before booking, and be sure to check with ALL of the airlines on your itinerary, as some of these airlines may try to "double-charge" you.
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Sam Grant finds himself facing two felony charges for accidentally hitting passing vehicles while shooting his BB gun outdoors.
Here's the kicker: He's just 7-years-old.
Grant, who turns 8 on Thursday, will appear in a Catawba County courtroom this week for the incident that reportedly occurred in Catawba, N.C. sometime in February.
Police say Grant was outside shooting his BB gun. His parents told WGHP-TV that their son was aiming at an abandoned home down the street. Regardless, some of the BBs ended up striking two motor vehicles. No one in either vehicles were injured, according to police.
The 7-year-old reportedly has been charged with two felony counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.
"The officer told me he didn't want to charge my son. The lady told me she didn't want him charged and the next thing I know, I'm getting a letter from DPS saying he's being charged with two felonies," Cherry Robbins, Grant's mother, told WGHP-TV.
"They considered his BB gun a firearm. It's not a firearm — it's a BB gun," Grant's father, Ray Robbins, added.
His initial court date is Friday in Newton, N.C.
"If convicted, Grant could be dealing with a year of probation and hundreds of hours of community service. If convicted, the felonies could remain on his record until he turns 16," WGHP notes.
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Hello everyone! {AKA, the few who stick around even though I'm the most unpredictable blogger on planet Earth. Thank you.}
I hope your Christmas and New Year's season was beautiful and that wherever you are you are enjoying the "recovery" period. January is typically a slow month for writers and artists so Todd and I are loving being at home. He's in the studio this week recording for a new Selah project (YAY!) and I've been trying to catch up on the odds and ends of life that remain from the insane Fall we had. There has been a lot of writing and planning for talks I have coming up next month, but a majority of the time I've had off has just been spent focused on the kiddos. We had gotten behind in schooling, so we're playing "catch-up," which will be the pattern that likely continues until they graduate. It has been something that has really stressed me out in the past but the Lord has given me a peace about it, reminding me that as long as I'm keeping my focus where it should be, the rest will fall into place.
When I say "fall into place," what I mean is, "their hearts are stronger than their long division skills."
Any homeschool tips or encouragement from those of you who are farther down the road is always appreciated. Please feel free to share in the comments section so everyone can see them-I get a lot of questions about homeschooling and know any thoughts you have are helpful!
I've really needed this time to breathe a little and let the Lord speak to me. There have been some significant developments that have come as a result of it-mostly just revelations about what I need to be doing better and where I need to simply accept the grace that the Lord is offering and be grateful instead of being a control freak. I'm praying He will continue to speak as I write-the book I'm working on is taking more out of me than I anticipated. I chose a topic I was interested in and committed to it before I fully realized that it was an area that God needed to do some work on in me. Oh, pruning…you're as scary as you are beautiful.
And because I am taking major liberties on the "randomness" of this post (are we calling it that?), let me add a few things I am loving right this moment.
1. The fact that I have a desk at home now. If you follow me on Instagram, you have seen it…I love her so much it's unhealthy.
2. I have become obsessed with Annie Sloan's chalk paint. I've painted everything in my house that stood still long enough.
3. Speaking of paint, we finally got around to painting our Master Bedroom (we have been wanting to since we moved in. A few years ago. Whoops.) I chose a gray color that I will heretofore refer to as "perfection." As Todd and I sat in the middle of the room last night at 3 a.m. watching it dry, I told him I would like to paint my entire life this color. Oh, you want to know what color it was? I can't remember….darn. HA! Just kidding. I spent enough time doing research to know that you need a community of friends before you choose the right gray. It's called "Revere Pewter" by Benjamin Moore. I'll try to instagram a photo of it if I ever get to making my bed.
4. The book "Sparkly Green Earrings" by Melanie Shankle (aka Bigmama). You really should consider ordering it. Actually you shouldn't consider anything. Just click right here and make your day happier. I will give you your money back if you don't love it and laugh/ tear up the entire way through.*
5. The fact that God really is faithful, and He really cares about the details. More on this soon, but it's just been a joy to watch Him work in ways we could never orchestrate to show us that He's involved and that He is trustworthy.
6. The music of "All Sons and Daughters." Lately, my favorite song is "Reason to Sing," but that changes every half hour.
7. Joining Jess for our 10th book(!!!) for our Bloom book club over at (in)courage. Here's the announcement of the book we chose! We sure would love for you to join us, and know that even if it's a topic you're intimidated by, you are in good company. The best part is doing it together and learning from each other. In answer to your question, no. I don't have any idea how my hair is 10 feet long. I sure do need an appointment to fix that, since it's been about 6 months since I did (yikes).
Winter Bloom Book Club Introduction from Bloom (in)courage on Vimeo.
I think that's all for today, but I'll be back over soon to say hey. I have been trying to write a post for a few weeks about #5, but it's been harder than I thought it would be, and I'm working through it. Hopefully I can be an encouragement to you all through it, but it's been a rough road. No need to worry-all is well. Just processing some parts of my faith walk that I've been ignoring and now I feel like the wound is (finally) being stitched up a little.
Love to all of you in the meantime~
*=This statement is a lie, but don't let that stop you from ordering.


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SANAA, Yemen, July 5 (UPI) -- As Yemen's military, backed by U.S. Special Forces and the CIA, drive al-Qaida forces out of their southern strongholds, Saudi Arabia's intelligence agents, old hands at operating in Yemen, are playing a vital clandestine role.
Few outside Yemen appreciate the extent to which oil-rich Saudi Arabia has been able over the years to influence, even dominate, events in its troublesome and impoverished neighbor that lies at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
The kingdom's principal intelligence services, the General Security Service, the internal security agency run by the Interior Ministry, and the General Intelligence Presidency, the external spy service headed by Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz, have been operating in Yemen for years through unrivalled networks.
But the GSS's counter-terrorism unit headed by Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, son of the late interior minister, Crown Prince Nayef, who died in June, is the lead service in the battle against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the jihadist organization in Yemen.
"The Saudis have a special position in Yemen," observed Mustafa Alani of the Gulf Research Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
"They can do what the Americans cannot do. They understand the culture and they provide the human intelligence, which is the crucial and dangerous part."
According to diplomatic sources, Saudi intelligence, with unlimited funds spread among sympathetic Yemeni clans like the Hashed and the al-Ahmar, runs a network of some 30,000 agents and informants in regions where AQAP operates.
The Americans prefer to work with the Saudis rather than Yemen's security services, which have been thoroughly penetrated by AQAP.
That means Saudi agents have been able to infiltrate AQAP. These penetrations have paid off several times with the GSS or GIP warning the Americans of al-Qaida plots or pinpointing key jihadist leaders for U.S. airstrikes.
Their most recent success came in May. An undercover Saudi agent who had penetrated AQAP so deeply he was entrusted with a suicide mission alerted the Americans to a plot to blow up a U.S. airliner with a non-metallic bomb.
The agent was a British citizen, possibly of Saudi origin. The Saudis also got their hands on AQAP's latest bomb design, a major breakthrough.
The highly sensitive operation was leaked by the U.S. administration, apparently to make political capital in the run-up to the November presidential election.
That caused great dismay in the Saudi intelligence establishment and Britain's SIS, who felt the administration compromised ultra-secret undercover operations against al-Qaida for domestic political gain.
The Saudi double agent was also responsible for fingering Fahd Mohammed Ahmed Quso, 37, AQAP's operations chief.
Quso was killed in a May 6 CIA drone strike as he stepped out his car in a remote valley in south Yemen's Shabwa province.
He had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head and was on the FBI's most-wanted list for involvement in the Oct. 12, 2000, bombing of the missile destroyer USS Cole in Aden harbor that killed 17 U.S. sailors.
Saudi agents had been instrumental in exposing two other AQAP operations to blow up U.S. aircraft -- the Christmas Day 2009 plot to blow up a U.S. airliner over Detroit and an October 2010 plot in which bombs were hidden in printer cartridges aboard U.S.-bound FedEx and UPS jets.
The Saudis have operated clandestinely in their turbulent and more populous southern neighbor for many years, either to destabilize it or contain its violent tribal politics.
But the Saudi war against AQAP is more sharply, and lethally, focused.
AQAP's leadership and hardcore operations chiefs are largely Saudis who fled the kingdom during Prince Mohammed's successful campaign against al-Qaida in 2003-06.
Twenty-six of Saudi Arabia's 85 most wanted terrorist fugitives are currently in Yemen.
Mohammed was the target of an AQAP assassination attempt Aug. 27, 2009, that involved two Saudi brothers.
The 23-year-old AQAP suicide bomber was Abdullah al-Asiri, who's on Riyadh's most-wanted list.
He used an underwear bomb, the first of several employed by AQAP since 2009, constructed by his brother Ibrahim, the bomb maker behind the three airline plots.
The attack in Mohammed's palace in the Red Sea port of Jeddah failed. The prince was only wounded. The bomber was killed.
But that was the closest al-Qaida has ever come to murdering a member of the House of al-Saud and was seen as a major escalation in al-Qaida's renewed operations against the kingdom.


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The Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO) owns and operates two radio telescopes in southern Arizona: A 12 Meter Alma Prototype Telescope located 50 miles South-West of Tucson on Kitt Peak and the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) located on Mt. Graham near Safford, Arizona.
Combined,the two telescopes routinely cover the entire millimeter and submillimeter windows from about 4.6 mm to about 0.6 mm, and at the SMT observations can be made all the way to 0.3 mm with PI instruments.
The telescopes are operated around-the-clock for about 9 to 10 months per year for a combined 10,000 hours per observing season (about 1500 hours are dedicated to sub-mm wavelengths at the SMT).
The ARO offices are centrally located in the Steward Observatory building on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson Arizona.
ARO's New 12 m: The European ALMA Prototype Antenna Arrives at Kitt Peak
ARO has a new 12 Meter telescope. In March 2013, an agreement was signed with ESO that transferred ownership of the European ALMA prototype antenna, located at the VLA site in New Mexico, to the University of Arizona. Preparations to move the telescope from New Mexico to Arizona began last April and continued into the summer. The main reflector was detached from the pedestal on Nov. 12. The pedestal was mounted on a 198 ft. long truck and moved to Kitt Peak. It was placed in the dome on Nov. 22, 2013, in the middle of a winter storm. The reflector followed a few weeks later. It was shipped in one piece, in bird-bath mode, for the trip from New Mexico to the base of Kitt Peak, where it was placed on a tilt-frame and then moved up the mountain. On Dec. 14, the reflector was lifted into the dome and reattached to the pedestal. The European ALMA antenna is now in its new home on Kitt Peak. The previous ARO 12M, originally the NRAO 12M, was gracefully retired on April 1, 2013. Click here for a descriptions of the move.The move was a great team effort between the transport company, Precision Heavy Haul, the crane company, Marco Crane (both of Phoenix Arizona), ARO and Steward ETS. Additional assistance was provided by NRAO Socorro, KPNO, European Industrial Engineering (EIE), European Southern Observatory (ESO), the National Science Foundation, the many police and transportation agencies along the route, and the Tohono O'Odham Nation.
First Light: "First Light" with the new 12 m Radio Telescope of the University of Arizona
ARO is partially funded by the NSF University Radio Observatories (URO)program through grant AST-1140030. Funding for 0.7mmsis receiver development is provided by the NSF Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (ATI) program through grant AST-0905288. Additional funding for VLBI is provided by NSF ATI. ARO also acknowledges support from the ALMA Development Fund.
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Porn star Bibi Jones says an MLB agent would bring her out to recruit potential clients after Arizona Diamondbacks games in 2010.
Starting in the spring of 2010, the agent took her to Phoenix-area bars after almost every game and introduced her to major league players — some of whom she slept with.
She wasn't paid, and never thought she was being taken advantage of.
"It wasn't even expected for me to hook up with these guys," she said. "It was just like I was arm candy for him. I was the one that wanted to hook up with these guys."
She says she slept with "over 10" players in 2010, a few of whom she believes ended up signing with the agent.
She declined to name the agent, but says he represented major leaguers.
Yesterday, the 20-year-old porn star went on a Boston radio station and said, "For awhile I knew an agent in town. He would kind of use me to get baseball players to sign with one of his agents."
After speaking with her today, it appears that the relationship between her and the agent was primarily social, with a touch of business.
For him, she was a way to make an impression on players. For her, he was a way to hook up with athletes.
"It was like a dream come true because I love athletes and baseball's my favorite sport," she said.
"We both knew what we were doing."
Here's our interview with Bibi Jones:
Business Insider: You said yesterday that an agent used you to get to potential clients. Can you explain that further?
Bibi Jones: I haven't done that in a year. But he would just take me to a bar and introduce me after a Diamondbacks game in Arizona. You know, baseball players would come and I'd introduce myself. And then I got to hook up with baseball players and have fun. It was like a dream come true because I love athletes and baseball's my favorite sport.
BI: How did you meet this agent in the first place?
BJ: Just through a mutual friend.
BI: Did he represent major leaguers or minor leaguers?
BJ: Major league.
BI: How did this whole thing start? Was it like, "Hey we're going out to a bar and I'll introduce you to these guys—"
BJ: No it wasn't even expected for me to hook up with these guys. It was just like I was arm candy for him. I was the one that wanted to hook up with these guys.
BI: Did he pay you?
BJ: No he didn't pay me. I was willing to do it.
BI: How many players did he introduce you that you slept with?
BJ: I don't know. Name a number. Definitely over 10.
BI: When did you start going around with the agent?
BJ: Spring of 2010.
BI: Do you know if any of the guys you were introduced to or slept with ended up signing with him?
BJ: I think a couple did. I'm not sure what happened afterward.
BI: How come you stopped going around with the agent?
BJ: Because I got into a relationship and it was hard to explain why I was going out every night. I haven't talked to him in over a year.
BI: Was he angry with you when you stopped?
BJ: No not at all. He was a very nice guy.
BI: How often did you go out with him back then?
BJ: Pretty much after every game for awhile... Is there something wrong with the agent or something?
BI: No, we just think it's something people would be interested in. People don't really know about the world of agents, and it's interesting that there's an agent who brings out a girl to try and get guys on to his team.
BJ: Yeah.
BI: Did you see it as him using you at all to get to these guys or were you just going out to have fun?
BJ: It was more like we're going out to have fun. We both knew what we were doing.
BI: But in your head were you thinking that he was trying to get at these guys through you?
BJ: Uh huh.
BI: Obviously in the world of agents, there's so much money involved that it's pretty cutthroat. And it's an interesting tactic to use sex and girls to draw in clients.
BJ: I guess so. I didn't really think of it that way.
This interview was lightly edited and abridged for clarity.
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The first known permanent settlement in the area occurred in the 1780s, when Jean Baptiste Point du Sable built "Eschecagou," near what is today the Michigan Avenue Bridge. Six distinct neighborhoods make up the Near North Side, including the Gold Coast, Old Town, Goose Island, River North, Streeterville and the Magnificent Mile. Compared to the other downtown community areas, the Near North Side has the second largest total area, and the largest population count.
The Chicago Public School district serves all residents on the Near North Side, and a number of alternate schooling options are available. Walter Payton College Prep is a selective, magnet high school, and the Latin School of Chicago is a private school serving grades K-12. The Near North Side is home to a number of higher education institutions, including: Northwestern University Schools of Law and Medicine, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Kendall College and the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Transportation is available through the CTA, offering numerous "L" and bus stops throughout the area.
The Near North Side is home to numerous famous buildings, museums and attractions, including: Chicago Water Tower, Holy Name Cathedral, Trump Tower, Chicago Children's Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Shakespeare and for shopping, the Magnificent Mile. However, the key attraction is undoubtedly Navy Pier, the 3,300 foot pier located in Streeterville. Featuring a number of popular rides and attractions, including the Navy Pier Ferris Wheel, hundreds of thousands of visitors descend upon the pier yearly, taking in all that Chicago has to offer. The area is also home to a number of world-class restaurants, including The Purple Pig, Farmhouse, and Bandera.
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Sizemore, Gomes HRs lead Red Sox over Yankees
NEW YORK — Grady Sizemore's big hit against an old friend ensured Jon Lester finally had something to show for an impressive effort.
Sizemore hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning off CC Sabathia and the Boston Red Sox gave Lester enough run support for his first win of the year, 4-2 over the New York Yankees on Friday night.
"Good to have a rally there in that inning," Sizemore said. "We've kind of struggled with Jon on the mound. It's nice to pick him up and get some runs for him."
It wasn't all positive news for Boston in its first win this season over the rival Yankees. Closer Koji Uehara was held out of the game because he had some right shoulder stiffness when throwing during pregame warmups. Manager John Farrell used Edward Mujica in the ninth instead of the 39-year Uehara as a precaution.
"We felt it was best to stay away from him," Farrell said. "It'll be a day-to-day thing."
Jonny Gomes led off the sixth with another long ball off Sabathia, and the four-run inning was more runs than Boston had scored for Lester in his first two starts combined (one). Despite a 2.51 ERA coming in, Lester was at risk of falling to 0-3 for the first time in his big league career.
The left-hander was lifted with two outs in the seventh after Kelly Johnson singled to pull the Yankees within two runs, his first hit in 15 career at-bats against Lester (1-2). Junichi Tazawa relieved with runners at the corners and retired Derek Jeter on a flyout.
Jeter hit leadoff for the Yankees for first time since breaking his left ankle in the 2012 AL championship series opener. He beat out an infield single in four at-bats.
Lester allowed Alfonso Soriano's homer starting the second and six hits overall. He walked two and struck out six in improving to 12-5 in 27 starts against New York.
"I don't feel like I threw the ball as well the first two, but sometimes you need games like this to appreciate the ones where you glide through," Lester said. "This was a little bit of a grinder."
Tazawa pitched 1 1-3 innings of one-hit relief, and Mujica was perfect in the ninth for his first save with Boston.
"I'm ready to go whatever the situation," said Mujica, who had 37 saves for St. Louis and made the NL All-Star team last year before losing his closer's job in September.
Sabathia (1-2) pitched without the controversy that surrounded teammate Michael Pineda in a series-opening 4-1 win Thursday but also without the success. Pineda gave up one run and four hits in six-plus innings but was caught on camera with a brown substance on his hand. Joe Torre, Major League Baseball's executive vice president for baseball operations, said in a statement Friday that Pineda will not be suspended.
Looking as if he was setting aside talk of being an ace on the decline, Sabathia was dominant for five innings. He allowed just David Ross' third-inning double until Gomes led off the sixth with his first homer of the year, on an 89 mph four-seam fastball.
Four batters later, Sizemore crushed an 80 mph slider into right field for a 4-1 lead.
The duo were teammates in Cleveland before Sabathia was traded to Milwaukee during the 2008 season.
"You go out and compete, even against friends," Sabathia said. "Tonight he got the best of me."
Sabathia's fastball velocity has declined from 94.1 mph in 2009, his first season in New York, to 89.7 mph this year entering Friday. Last year he gave up 45 of his major league-leading 122 runs on a career-high 28 homers allowed. He's already yielded five this season.
Sabathia allowed four runs and six hits in seven innings, striking out nine and walking two. He's given up at least four runs in each of his three starts and has a 6.63 ERA.
"''I was a little bit better," Sabathia said. "I haven't really been able to put a whole game together."
NOTES: Former Red Sox Jacoby Ellsbury and Matt Thornton were given their World Series rings in a meeting with Boston GM Ben Cherington and Farrell before the game. ... Yankees manager Joe Girardi said 1B Mark Teixeira (right hamstring) should be off the disabled list before May 1 but SS Brendan Ryan (back) is doubtful for the beginning of next month. ... Red Sox OF Shane Victorino took BP and did some light running. Farrell says he'll have an idea about a rehab assignment for Victorino after the White Sox series early next week. ... Next up: Boston's John Lackey (2-0) faces New York's Hiroki Kuroda (1-1).


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Full Name: Andi Soraya
Nick Name: Andi Soraya
Nationality: Indonesia
Place / Date of birth: Jakarta, June 18, 1976
Sign: Gemini
Father's Name: Andi Zen
Mother's Name: Laela
The Indonesian actress Andi Soraya h is in her new horror movie viewers in Malaysia pretty sexy show sic, the Andi Soraya had for the horror movie "Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan" just before the cameras do not strip, but rather to show themselves naked.
This Indonesian Star actress Andi Soraya has it here but, as she confessed to himself, did not do much fun to turn off these erotic scenes for the ghost movie "Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan", because they love to present themselves not as erotically in front of cameras.
ni gann adegan hot Andi Soraya di film Hantu Puncak datang bulan . hmm :)
Andi Soraya said the website DetikHot.com that it is not "would be nice to make up around free, and to present topless in front of the cameras for a movie still lie a striptease".
Andi Soraya, one in Indonesia and Malaysia very well known and famous young actress who plays in the new Indonesian horror movie "Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan" a woman who is murdered in her own home by her friend and as wicked revenge spirit returns, to take revenge on friends and other people.
These nude scenes in the upcoming horror film by Andi Soraya should, as it became known also very important for the story of the film be why the actress her first time before the cameras at the shooting took off.
Previously, Andi Soraya had never shown naked in a movie, but this time "it was simply her job" like they told.
Furthermore, her family was fully behind their nudity, which is why Andi Soraya dared even to turn these sexy striptease for "Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan".


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