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Other name(s): Red Star Sex Link; Red Shaver
Scientific name: Gallus gallus domesticus
Country / Place of origin: Not known
History: Sex-linkable chickens are cross-bred chickens in which you can tell the difference between male and female chicks when they are hatched because of their different colors. Being able to distinguish gender by color is helpful because sexing baby chicks can only be done reliably for a couple of days after hatching, and can be quite challenging. As most chicken owners are looking for hens, being able to confidently know you are not going to end up with a rooster is very helpful. The Red Sex Link Chicken is any sex-link chicken in which hens hatch reddish in color. The Red Sex Link Chicken is a cross breed created from a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a White Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White or Delaware hen. This breed has not been given recognition by the American Poultry Association. Many hatcheries create their own brand names for sex link chickens.
Current Uses: Eggs. Red Sex Links can produce 230 - 280 brown eggs a year.
Appearance: Red Sex Link Chickens are color sexable as chicks. Cockerels are white, and the pullets are more brownish-red in color.
Average weight: N/A
Lifespan: 10 - 20 years
Diet: Chickens are omnivores and will eat anything they can catch and swallow. They will also eat small pebbles and gravel to aid in digestion. Their natural diet makes them relatively easy to feed a healthy diet as a pet. Free range chickens will find most of their food on their own, scratching up insects and snails and devouring sprouts and small plants. For chickens that are confined to smaller spaces do best on a commercial feed supplemented with fresh fruits and veggies. They will also happily eat any slugs and snails that you offer. You may want to offer ground oysters shells for added calcium if your hen is laying eggs. Otherwise grit is not needed with a commercial feed based diet. Fresh and clean water must be available at all times.
Housing: Housing a pet chicken takes some preparation and planning. If you take into consideration ease of cleaning, ease of access, and chicken comfort then you will be housing some happy chickens that require simple day to day care. If at all possible the best environment would be a safe coop to sleep in at night and allowing your chicken free range during the day. When allowed free range, the coop only needs to have 5 square feet of floor space per chicken. It should provide protection from the rain, wind, sun, and predators but still have good air flow. The coop should be furnished with perches and nest boxes. Flooring can be wooden, concrete, or dirt. Wood floors are easy to build, predator proof, and easy to clean by hosing but will rot quickly. Concrete floors are easy to clean by hosing but more expensive and time consuming to build. Dirt floors need to have underground mesh wire to prevent predators from digging in and will need regular replacements of fresh clean dirt. The dirt is easy to clean with regular raking. They will appreciate straw for bedding; make sure to change it regularly. Straw should never get wet as it will grow molds and fungi that can make your birds sick. Their yard area can be well planted with bushes and trees for shade and lettuce, kale, and herbs for eating.
Health issues: Although chickens are considered an easy pet they do require the expert care of an avian veterinarian and regular check ups. There are several diseases that they can receive vaccines for such as Newcastles, Avian Flu, Avian Pox, Infectious Laryngotracheitis, and Marek's Disease. Your vet may also recommend regular worming. Your vet can also be a valuable resource on aspects of good care that will prevent the spread of disease within your flock.
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Fluid above all else!
Reviewed By Michael S (COLORADO SPRING, CO) —4/15/2016 6:49 AM
So just upgraded to new rotors and pads on all four. So far this fluid is awesome. Don't know much about cars but know that if you don't give it all the right fluids doesn't matter how good your hardware is it will fail sooner.
What a difference!
Reviewed By Christian M (Pico Rivera, CA) Reviewed for a 2005 GMC Canyon —11/30/2015 12:32 PM
I usually use stock fluid to do maintenance. I saw the youtube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkIowmqOFRg, where they show what a difference brake pads and fluid make. I tried the fluid and the brake pedal feels much better. I have a GMC Canyon that had soft brake pedal. The truck is not a race car or stop like one. But it feels much better than original. I did not measure the before and after. I wish I had because I am interested in knowing how much the difference is.

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What forms of payment are accepted?
We accept cash. checks and money orders made payable to the City of New Albany.
Who issues plumbing permits?
All plumbing permits will be issued by the New Albany Development Department and inspected by the Franklin County Public Health.
Who should I contact to schedule a plumbing inspection?
All inspections will be conducted by Franklin County Public Health. Please call 614.525.3160 to schedule an inspection.
Does the city require a permit for lawn sprinkler installation?
Yes, New Albany requires a plumbing permit for the backflow preventer.
Which projects need permits?
Before starting any project, please contact the Community Development Department to find out whether a permit is required for your project.
How do I schedule an inspection?
Inspections must be requested by voicemail or fax by 4:00 p.m. on the business day before the inspection is requested. Sewer Tap inspections must be requested 2 business days prior to the inspection. All inspections that require both the building inspector and the fire department must be requested 2 business days in advance.
Please call 614.939.2222 to schedule structural, HVAC, electrical and sewer tap inspections.
Please call 614.939.2254 to schedule and inspections that require the fire department.
What Building codes are currently enforced in New Albany?
Residential construction in New Albany in enforced with the 2013 Residential Code of Ohio (RCO).
Commercial construction in New Albany is enforced with the 2011 Ohio Building Code (OBC), 2011 Ohio Plumbing Code and the 2011 Ohio Mechanical Code.
All electrical construction in New Albany is enforced with the 2011 National Electric Code.
Is my contractor required to register with New Albany?
General contractors, remodelers, framers, concrete/masonry contractors, water/sewer contractors, electrical, HVAC, plumbers, fire suppression, fire alarm and all other state licensed trades shall register with the Community Development Department prior to performing any work in the Municipality.
What is the zoning classification for my property?
The zoning map is available on our website on the zoning page. Please call the Community Development Department at 614.939.2254 if you have further questions.


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Wheeling area residents and other West Virginians have an international interest in the London Olympics.
Great Britain's Olympic women's basketball team includes forward Chantelle Handy, a graduate of Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy and Marshall University.
Handy, who grew up in Durham, England, came to Wheeling at age 16 to study and play basketball. Prior to arriving in the States, she had attended Prodhoe Community High School in Durham.
She graduated in 2006 from the Mount, where she was a star of the private school's fabled basketball team. Handy earned a scholarship to Marshall, where she also was a leading basketball player for the Thundering Herd women. She played in 122 games at Marshall. She completed her studies at the university in 2010.
According to Handy's blog on the Great Britain basketball website, she "established herself as an all-round contributor in NCAA basketball" at Marshall and she was "third overall in conference USA field-goal percentage" in her senior year.
The blog states that Handy, who is now 25 years old, "began an impressive rookie professional season in Greece with Aris in 2010-11, when she also played in EuroCup Women ... She completed the season with Slovak team Ruzomberok, helping them to the league's final. She moved back to Greece to play for leading team Athinaikos in 2011."
In addition, Handy's biography states that "she also led the Futures team in scoring at the 2011 World University Games in China" while playing for Great Britain and she was a starter for Great Britain at the 2011 EuroBasket Women Finals in Lithuania.
The British team reached the second round of the EuroBasket tournament.
Handy is one of 12 players selected to represent Great Britain at the Olympics.
According to media accounts, Team Great Britain has beaten four of the top 12 women's teams in the world leading up to the London Olympic Games.
Of course, U.S. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps also has a local connection. His mother, Debbie, is a former Fairmont State College roommate of Wheeling educator Becky Sinclair.
The Lawrencefield Bed and Breakfast - where the Wheeling Symphony auxiliary is holding its Farm to Fork event Saturday, Aug. 25 - was the subject of a feature article in the June issue of Wonderful West Virginia magazine.
The B&B, operated by Terry and Millie North, current owners of the historic property, is situated in a "farmhouse" built in the mid-19th century for members of the McColloch family. The large residence is located at 360 Table Rock Lane, outside Wheeling.
Colleen Anderson, author of the magazine piece, described her entry to the estate as being "like stepping back in time and into a world of privileged gentry."
Anderson makes note of Farm to Fork, "a gala farm-to-table event." Vicky Musicaro, one of the organizers of the upcoming symphony fundraiser, is quoted in the magazine article, praising the facility and lauding the Norths.
"We are very happy to be working with the Lawrencefield B&B for the first time," Musicaro is quoted as saying. "They have worked so hard. What a beautiful location."
A memorial service for the Rt. Rev. Robert P. Atkinson, a former Episcopal bishop in West Virginia, will be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Greenwood, Va., Saturday, Aug. 4. Atkinson, 84, died July 4 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Atkinson began his ministry as an assistant rector at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Wheeling in the mid-1950s. He was consecrated as bishop coadjutor in 1973, in a service conducted at St. Matthew's.
He served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia from 1976-88 and served as assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia from 1989-93.
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Meatball and Wine bar is a new venue located at 135 Flinders lane, around the corner from Chin Chin and just before Russell Street. It's a fun little spot that balances the fine line between classy and cheeky.
The bar has a really fun atmosphere, with some great tunes and really friendly staff. It's a really stripped back place, with bare brick walls, mixed up with a great big glowing sign up the back and a display case for their Meat Department.
The cheekiness begins right off the bat, with the staff asking how you like your balls (giggle), what do you want to cover your balls with (tee hee) and what do you want to rest your balls with (straight face till the waitress leaves then guffaws). It's a bit of a fun way to start a night out.
Strangely, it wasn't enough to entice me to try their meatballs. What I did start with was their mozzarella with focaccia bread. They're a creamy start to an otherwise meaty night out, with just the right amount of oil.
For our main we tried out the Ninja jerky, aka teriyaki flavour. The jerky meat is great, but I was a bit disappointed that the teriyaki flavour itself didn't come through more. Fortunately I had a little friend on my side.
Got to love a place with good chilli oil. More than enough to make up for it. Finally it was time for dessert, and their fabled Whoopie Macs. A scoop of ice cream between two slices of macaroons, with a decent choice of flavours. Being a very predictable chocoholic, I chose chocolate on chocolate.
I'm slightly ashamed to admit that after 6 minutes and a sound not unlike the velociraptors from Jurassic Park this was all there was left.
Overall, it's a fun place to grab a bite to eat and a beer. Pop in and get some balls in your mouth.
Their website is here.


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In a speech outlining his views on how to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Libyan leader calls for creation of one state rather than two nations living side by side. He also advises US President Obama to give Osama bin Laden a chance to reform
Published: 01.22.09, 07:33 / Israel News
Gaddafi hailed what he called "positive signals" so far from the new Obama administration, including plans to close the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows al-Qaeda
leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location.
"Terrorism is a dwarf not a giant. Osama bin laden is a person who can be given a chance to reform," Gaddafi said through an interpreter. He gave no indication that he had any contact with bin Laden or wanted to act as a go-between.
"Maybe we can have a dialogue with him and find out the reason that led him in this direction," he added.
Moreover, he said the Taliban, which the United States helped oust in Afghanistan, was "not as it has been portrayed" and Washington should review its views on that group too.
In a speech outlining his views on how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Gaddafi called for the creation of one state rather than two nations living side by side.
"We can call it Isratine," he said.
If Jews did not accept a one-state solution, he said they could move to Hawaii, Alaska or an island in the Pacific. "They could live peacefully in an isolated setting."


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GOP leaders start to rally around Romney _ sort of
WASHINGTON Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but it's not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential nominee.
With Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich out of the race, Romney is his party's pick to take on President Barack Obama this fall, barring a catastrophe. While Romney talks like the nominee, the former Massachusetts governor has work to do to round up enough convention delegates to make it official.
Romney has 856 delegates, according to The Associated Press count. That's 288 short of the 1,144 he needs to win the nomination. Romney could get about 100 delegates from Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina, Indiana and West Virginia, if he dominates the voting in all three states.
But unless he persuades a lot more Santorum and Gingrich delegates to switch allegiances, Romney might not clinch until the Texas primary May 29. On Sunday, Romney lost 11 delegates to Texas Rep. Ron Paul when Paul's supporters won control of the Maine GOP convention and elected Paul delegates to the party's national convention.
Romney is "the projected candidate," said Peggy Lambert, a member of the Republican National Committee from Tennessee who endorsed Romney last week. "Let's go ahead and get this thing over with. Let's get as many delegates as we can."
Santorum and Gingrich have said they will help Romney defeat Obama, but neither has released his delegates to vote for Romney at the national convention in August. Santorum has 257 delegates and Gingrich has 130. In interviews during the past week, many delegates said they were reluctant to back Romney without guidance from their former candidates.
Paul is the only other Republican still in the race, and he has 94 delegates.
Many committee members are getting behind Romney, though some are half-hearted about it. These party leaders - three from each state and U.S. territory - automatically attend the national convention and, in most states, can support any candidate they choose.
They will be asked to donate, volunteer and work for Republican candidates up and down the ticket, making their support for Romney an important barometer of enthusiasm and unity among GOP loyalists.
"I think the process has narrowed down and we've got a chance to hear all the candidates and all the debate," said Jonathan Barnett, an RNC member from Arkansas who serves in the state Legislature. "Really, he's pretty much the only one left standing. It's time to get on board."
Alabama GOP chairman Bill Armistead sounded more enthusiastic. He said he's recruiting volunteers to help Romney in Florida, where the race will be much closer than in Alabama.
"The No. 1 objective of the people I talk to is to defeat Barack Obama," Armistead said.
The RNC has 168 members. Some are required to support the candidate who wins the primary in their state. The AP has identified 120 who are free to support any candidate they choose, regardless of the primaries.
Romney has endorsements from 57 of them, according to the AP's latest survey, conducted in the past week after Gingrich's plans to leave the race became public. Paul has one endorsement, while 60 RNC members are holding off on endorsing anyone, even with the race essentially decided. (Two RNC spots won't be filled until June.)
Some RNC members say they have yet to endorse Romney because of local concerns.
Kentucky GOP chairman Steve Robertson said he isn't endorsing anyone out of deference to Paul's son, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. In Oregon, Nebraska and New Mexico, RNC members say they won't endorse anyone before their states' primaries, which have yet to be held.


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Is Growth Without Full Employment Real Progress?
It is time for the Congress to take action that addresses the linkage between unacceptable levels of unemployment and our federal budgetary policy.
As I had hoped, my 16th Annual Job Fair last month was a tangible success for many of the 3,500 job-seekers, more than 60 employers and 40 workforce investment experts who participated. I only wish that some of my Republican House colleagues could have attended.
I will not criticize them for failing to make the drive from Washington to Baltimore. What I do question, however, is their failure to actively participate in our Joint Economic Committee's April 24th hearing on solutions to this nation's long-term unemployment.
Our committee's Democratic Staff has confirmed that "nearly 40 percent of America's 12 million unemployed workers have been out of work for more than six months . . . 25 percent of them for more than a year."
Helping the 4.4 million Americans who have been seeking work for more than six months find good jobs is a crucial national objective. We must unravel the economic knot that has kept unemployment too high, even as the private sector has added 6.5 million new jobs over the past three years.
I am encouraged that Black and Hispanic Americans, among the hardest hit by the Bush Recession, are making modest progress in returning to our labor force – and I believe that grassroots efforts like my annual job fair are helping.
Nevertheless, my Republican colleagues' apparent disinterest in policies that could address our structural unemployment challenges ignores the harsh reality that many American communities, especially communities of color, are mired in depression-like valleys of despair.
Democrats and Republicans alike should enthusiastically endorse the practical, bipartisan initiatives advanced by my colleague, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, vice chair of our Joint Economic Committee.
Here is why.
We know that those lacking the education and skills that are central to our 21st Century economy are among the most likely to be excluded from good jobs that pay a living wage. Yet, without sufficient encouragement, our private sector has been less than enthusiastic about providing that training "on-the-job."
We also know that when our government and educational sectors support skills training and continuing education, our unemployed neighbors gain the ability to qualify for better jobs.
All of us gain as a result.
The expert witnesses at our April Joint Economic Committee hearing were clear in their recommendations for bipartisan action.
First, Congress should expand our support for smart, cost-effective public investments in workforce training, especially those programs that target the expanding sectors of our economy.
Second, we should better focus our job search initiatives so that they more accurately target job opportunities aligned with unemployed workers' skills.
Finally, we also should do all that we can to strengthen our community colleges' training partnerships with the private sector.
To be fair, many of my Republican colleagues see the wisdom in these three recommendations. Yet, they fail to give them the priority that they warrant.
Concerned about our federal budget deficits, many are reluctant to spend the money – and that, in my view, is a fundamental mistake.
My parents' generation – the men and women who survived and brought America back from the Great Depression of the 1930s – had an insight that applies to our failure to adequately support workforce investment today. They advised us to avoid being penny wise and pound foolish.
Their wisdom accurately describes our failure to make the necessary investments in our workforce. As a direct result of our failure, we reduce economic growth in the short term and run the risk of budget deficits for decades to come.
I suspect that too many Tea Party Republicans have come to believe their own political metaphor linking our budget debates to a family's kitchen table spending decisions.
Although that homespun image is politically powerful, it is not accurate.
As Princeton's Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman, recently observed: "The economy is not like an individual family . . . . In the economy as a whole, my spending is your income, and your spending is my income."
If we are serious about both stimulating growth and reducing unemployment, Dr. Krugman continues, "now is the time for above-normal government spending to sustain the economy until the private economy is willing to spend again."
Expanded federal spending – if applied wisely to job creation and training – will lead to longer-term prosperity and more balanced federal books.
While our overall economy is slowly recovering and is no longer in recession, far too many Americans continue to face a depression.
Growth without full employment is not the progress that we need.
We should be investing in economic progress that includes America's abandoned working families. They, in turn, will gain the skills and jobs that will allow them to repay our nation with interest.
That would be real progress indeed.
Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland's 7th Congressional Districtin the United States House of Representatives.
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A funny thing happens to you when you write a novel: your life doesn't change one single bit. I thought it would – when I first sold Notes From the Underbelly, I thought that there would be book signings, and multi-city book tours. I imagined seeing my book on the front table of every Borders and Barnes and Noble. I pictured myself strolling the beach and seeing the lavender cover staring back at me from dozens of beach chairs. I even thought that maybe someone might recognize my name when I made a reservation, or when I signed a credit card receipt. But those fantasies pretty much ended once I realized that my publishing house didn't give a crap about my book. It's not that they didn't like it, it's just that first time authors are not exactly high-ranking in the publishing world, unless, of course, they're famous, or dishing dirt about someone famous. So, let's just say that there was no book tour. There was one book signing at my local Borders in Westwood, but nobody came except for my brother and a few of my friends. There were no ads in the New York Times Book Review (or anywhere). And those books on the front tables? Turns out publishers have to pay for that kind of placement, and guess whose publisher didn't. I did have a few good reviews buried in the back of Parenting, and Entertainment Weekly, but that was about the extent of it. It was a letdown, and kind of depressing, actually. Sure, I'd had a book published, and, as everyone reminded me, that was a huge accomplishment, something that lots of people spend their entire lives trying to do. But still. If nobody read it, I kept wondering what the hell the point was.
But then Notes got optioned for a television show, by the same producers who do Two and a Half Men. And then ABC ordered a pilot. I tried not to get too excited about it, because I knew the chances of it actually getting made were slim to none. But then, just a little over a year ago now, the call came that ABC had picked it up, had ordered 12 more episodes, and would be putting it on the air in the fall of 2006. On Thursday nights. Just before Gray's Anatomy. And so then I got excited. I called my agent and my publisher to tell them the news, and the fantasies started all over again. I pictured the new cover, with the words "NOW A COMEDY SERIES ON ABC!" emblazoned on the front. I pictured stacks and stacks of them on the front tables of bookstores, with posters announcing the premiere of the show. In the shower, I practiced what I would say when I appeared on Oprah and the Today Show, as the real life Lara Stone (who is actually Lauren Stone on the show, because everyone thought that Lara could be too easily misprounounced). I pictured newspaper articles calling me the next Candace Bushnell.
But a funny thing happens to you when your book becomes the basis for a television show: your life doesn't change one single bit. Apparently, Emily's Reasons Why Not was a book that was made into a tv show for ABC, too, just the year before. The publisher and the bookstores spent a fortune on publicity, but it was cancelled after one episode. So, sorry, they told me. It wasn't enough that I got a show on a major television network, directed by a huge movie producer, in prime time on Thursday night, just before what is arguably the most popular drama on television. In order for them to advertise it, the show would have to be a hit. Wow.
Then, in September, ABC announced that actually, Ugly Betty would now be premiering in our Thursday night time slot, and they didn't know when we would air, or what night, but it would probably be in November, maybe on Tuesdays. I could just feel the I-told-you-so vibe emanating over the e-mail from my editor, asking me to "keep her posted" with any updates. And then in November, they said it might be December, and then it was January, then February, then almost definitely March. Again, it was kind of depressing. Sure, there was a television show based on my book, on characters that I created, and, as everyone reminded me, that was a huge accomplishment, something that lots of people spend their entire lives trying to do. But still. If nobody saw it, I kept wondering what the hell the point was.
But then, last week, there it was. A commercial, during Desperate Housewives. Notes from the Underbelly, coming this April. April 11th, to be exact, at 9:30 pm, just before Lost. Am I excited? Yes, very. Am I proud of what I've accomplished? Yes. But this time around, there haven't been any fantasies. This time, I'm not expecting my life to change. I'm not expecting to be on Oprah or the Today Show, or to become the next Candace Bushnell, or for Notes to become a huge bestseller. Sure, I'll do whatever PR for the show that I can (Watch! Please watch!), but mainly, I've decided to just keep my head down and concentrate on finishing my new book. Because what I've discovered through all of this is that there is a point, actually. Whether or not people read my books, whether or not the show is a huge success or a massive failure (although I do think it's really, really cute and funny), I get to do something that I love, that makes me a happier, more interesting, more fulfilled person. And if that's not a good point, then I really don't know what is.


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Pitbulls are a species that need to be destroyed outright, hell when I was a kid me and my buds stole one from a dude and rocked it too death.
I believe Louiscipher is close to the all time record in terms of alt accounts, getting close to rivaling the Korean bots. I count 22 accounts, with the system autobanning him about 16 time now without any mod intervention. You'd think he'd learn.
as an event suggestion for the next time we have an event, how about Mafia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(party_game) as much fun as the trivia and relay were, mafia's pretty damn addicting as a party game.
we could do it in game if you want, or there's a website that i know that has a dedicated Flash version of Mafia (each participant would need a free account, though).
if anyone was expecting this to happen tonight (which Vestax seemed to like) instead of pvp, say so and i'll ask Elder if i can do something about it
Sorry yesterday was a little more hectic for me. My NBA team usually plays on Wednesday nights but after 7:30 and my buddy calls me up for dinner right before. So I didn't have time to hold any events.
We can try doing the new event next week.
Once my tax returns come rollin in, i'll get my new laptop and i'll start poppin back on DFO more. Granted there are still people doing PvE runs. Or are you guys completely PvP now?
So I might be playing DFO again, I just want to finish off my OV3 quests, maybe get with a OV group so I can collect some armor.
lol death by poison, that dude got robbed
SRKPvP still exists.SRK/ElderGod Guild event this week after Town Invasion at 7pm PST on Wednesday.
Like the usual, I will be running trivia and hide n' seek. It's possible that we'll be holding games (freecom and daystar both have new ideas). Will keep you guys posted.
SRKPvP still exists.
http://www.youtube.com/user/tastynetwork http://www.youtube.com/user/monstercatmedia you can probably find some music from these two youtubers, they got some good music on thereSo I think TheRoseofDFO asked me to post a video here, I'm just posting to let you know that the PVP vid we did in that room is coming. I'm just working on getting some music for it. So give me like a few days. lol
cool, i didn't know you recorded it!
that is all you should dosend a ticket to.
excuse the music if it bothers you -.-
You mean the hackshield automatically installed into DFO? How would I go about deleting that?that is all you should do
it sounds like hackshield is all messed up in a program in you system
delete hackshield and allow it to reinstall if you want
So I was wondering, any of you guys on Skype that want to do OV2/OV3?
I'm gonna get to work on my immunity crap chain quest so I can at least do OV3 on Normal.
I'm sorta interested in this game, but I have a question before I try: Is trying to play w/o using NX cash perfectly viable, or is playing w/o investing some money a big handicap? I used to play Maplestory a couple years back, and playing w/o NX cash basically meant you were willing to sit in the Free Market/Trading area for hours merchanting for gear/money (IMO).
Ah, thank you. I prefer to grind/train solo, but I'd love to do some group stuff if I ever got high enough level:)I don't think it is that hard to get gear to play well. You only need to get up to level 65 and then 70 to get OV items. But during that level up time you can get magic sealed items that everyone seems to prefer using. Then you can just grind grind grind all you want to get the things you need. Having tons of gold is really nice if you want to get the good stuff quickly and reinforce it. But I think you won't have that problem. Lots of us would be more willing to help you level


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By Dan Kocel
was badly galled during a maintenance teardown, an East Chicago, Ind., mill put the damaged part in the plant's boneyard. However, engineers at Kop-Flex — part of the Power Transmission Solutions business of Emerson Industrial Automation — developed a clever solution that saved almost half the cost it would have taken to replace the $112,000-part, which transmits approximately 10,000,000 pound inches of torque to a roughing stand.
The CM-30 cast-steel gear coupling connects the pinion on a 10,000 horsepower bull gear motor to a roughing stand on an 84-inch hot strip mill. To transmit the required torque, the coupling's rigid half attaches to the pinion with a heavy interference fit of 0.028 inch, plus two massive split-taper keys 4 x 5.5 x 47 inches, each weighing about 340 lbs.
A hopeless case
According to the manager of maintenance/spares at the East Chicago mill, the rigid half of the coupling, which weighs about 31,000 lbs. and has a bolt-hole diameter of almost six feet, had to be removed from a damaged bull gear shaft after the gearbox lost a tooth. During removal, the coupling's bore was badly gouged.
"We considered the damaged part hopeless," the manager says. "We were going to replace the bull-gear shaft, so we could not simply bore-out the coupling to a larger size which would then not fit. A standard coupling repair procedure would involve enlarging the bore, shrink fitting and welding a plug in the bore, and then re-boring the center diameter to correct size."
However, the manager goes on to point out, the rigid half is ASTM A27 cast steel, and the diametral force of a heavy interference fit for the plug would create internal stresses exceeding the limits for this part, and welding would not provide the strength to transmit the torque.
"Our solution was to scrap the rigid half and replace it," he says. "Months later when assessing our mill's inventory of critical spare parts, we realized we had no spares for this part, so we asked Kop-Flex for a quote. The Kop-Flex manager suggested we consider repairing the damaged part, so we agreed to have them assess the engineering options."
Expertise pays off
To create a new bore in the part without using a welded plug, Kop-Flex engineers proposed using a shrink-fitted, splined-in bushing, because splined connections can transmit high torque loads. The splines were designed to withstand the bending and compressive forces with an adequate safety factor. The design achieved an interference fit (negative backlash) of 0.015 to 0.020 inch, along with the bushing's diametral interference. The repair bushing itself is 39 inches in diameter, with an approximate weight of 8,000 lbs.
The bore of the salvaged rigid half was enlarged and cut with mating splines, as well as locating surfaces for the bushing. After shrink-fitting the two parts, the faces were machined flush with the existing flange surface.
The repaired part was installed and tested on a herringbone bull gear at a vendor's plant and determined to meet specifications. The repair saved the customer $54,000 over the cost of a new rigid half, and the repaired coupling will be reinstalled at the mill during a planned August shutdown.
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Fried Chicken Sandwiches with Homemade Pickles2013-06-25
- Cuisine: Continental
- Course: Burgers and Sandwiches
- Skill Level: Easy
- 4 x 170g chicken breast fillets, cut into thirds lengthways
- 600ml buttermilk
- Sunflower oil, to deep-fry
- 2 cups (300g) plain flour
- 1 1/2 tbs cayenne pepper
- 1/3 cup (100g) whole-egg mayonnaise
- 6 white bread rolls, split
- Salad leaves, to serve (optional)
Homemade pickles
- 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup (60ml) rice vinegar
- 2 tbs apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 tsp caster sugar
For the pickles, toss all the ingredients together in a plastic container with 1 tsp sea salt and some freshly ground black pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
Place chicken in a shallow ceramic dish and cover with the buttermilk. Marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight.Step 3Half-fill a saucepan with oil and heat to 190C (if you don't have a kitchen thermometer, a cube of bread will turn golden in 30 seconds).
Combine flour and cayenne pepper in a bowl and season with salt. Remove chicken from the buttermilk, allowing the excess to drip off, then coat in the flour mixture, shaking off excess.Step 5In 3 batches, deep-fry the chicken, turning, for 6-8 minutes until golden, crisp and cooked through. Remove using a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel. Sprinkle with sea salt.
Spread the mayonnaise generously over the rolls, then fill with the chicken, pickles and salad leaves, is using
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This afternoon I attended a celebration of the life of our neighbor Lee Schipper.
In calendar years he was 64, but based upon all the things he accomplished one person thought Lee was really 112 .. and then another realized Lee lived to 192.
Family, energy efficiency, humor, creativity, travel, languages, music, sartorial expertise (take a look at those shirts), playfulness, transportation policy and connecting people were just some of the things Lee excelled at … these photos show just a small part of his life:
In the New York Times obituary John Holdren said:
"He was one of the first people to point out that people don't want to consume energy," Dr. Holdren said, "they want to consume energy services, like transportation, comfortable rooms, cold beer and so forth. And that there was an enormous variation in the amount of energy needed to perform those services."
How true
Some of the things Lee's family and many friends said at today's celebration:
"There are no zero emission vehicles, there are elsewhere emission vehicles"
"It's just as important to do good as to do well"
"He was a bearded bundle of energy"
"What is not measured well is not managed well"
"Lee was never in one place at the same time … kind of like an electron cloud"
"When you talked to Lee it was having 8 television sets playing behind you … he knew what was on all of them (not quite what they said, but you get the idea)"
"Lee saved us all money by showing us you that you paid half price if you bought a ticket from Hawaii to Washington DC with stopover in San Francisco, rather than one from San Francisco to Washington DC."
And when once asked why he was on the phone with a travel agent, Lee said "you don't understand … they called me!"
"He was the World Wide Web before there was a world wide web"
"Live unabashedly, love a lot"
I remember Lee's excitement when he was selected at random (from over 3,400 entries) to be on the NPR Sunday Morning Puzzler two years ago (he won!)
We'd talked about Photovoltaic Systems on our block's Google Group Network:
I wrote:
"Appraisers don't know what kind of value to place on PV systems; We assigned a value to the system on a home we sold by figuring out what the average monthly electric savings were, then determined the loan amount that payment would amortize. The panels probably have a 15-20 year life, so best to use the panel life for as the term of the loan."
And I remember my excitement when Lee wrote back:
"you did the calculations perfect, just what I would have told my students!"
I've been around enough scientists and engineers to recognize high praise.
Thank you Lee. I promise to do good in addition to doing well.
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A U.S. Air Force airman assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron removes the engine from an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2014. Airmen worked to remove the engine of the aircraft due to a bad hydraulic line. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kayla Newman/Released)
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Sunday May 20 2012
Vista claims soccer section title with 4-2 OT win over Cosumnes Oaks
By: Matt Long/Telegraph Sports Editor
Soccer talent in Folsom is among the best in the Sacramento area, there is no doubting that. Vista del Lago?s varsity soccer team is proof of the depth of talent in the city. On Saturday the Eagles won their first girls? soccer Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV title with a 4-2 overtime victory over Cosumnes Oaks, capping the season with a 15-2-2 record with one of those losses coming to Folsom, who also had a great season, reaching the Division I semifinals before losing to the eventual champion, St. Mary?s, 2-1 in overtime. For the Eagles to win a section title with only five players returning from last year?s team is remarkable. In simplest terms, that means six players either up from the junior varsity squad or new to the program started every game. Take into consideration that every team needs depth in the form of non-starters; it was nearly a complete overhaul from last year?s team that went 15-2-0. The five returning players: senior Dani Davis, juniors Shandy Nanomantube, Stephanie Clawson and MacKenzie Mercier and sophomore Dali Alarian played key roles in leading the Eagles to a section title. Four of the five players started in Saturday?s championship game and the only reason Davis didn?t is because she showed up just prior to the start of the game, as she returned to town from a trip. Mercier and Alarian were two of four goal scorers, including the game-winning goal coming off the foot of Alarian. Nanomantube played the entire game guarding the goal, while Clawson started on defense. Davis didn?t score, but was an integral part of the team?s offensive attack, as she?s one of the team?s skilled offensive players. Twenty-four minutes into the game, Vista opened the scoring on a goal by Brittany Fox, who took a ball from Mercier and broke in on the goalie one-on-one and easily put the ball in the low left corner of the net. Cosumnes Oaks tied the game seven minutes into the second half, but Vista reclaimed the lead with 15 minutes to play on a goal by Janae Gonzalez. Much like Fox?s goal, Gonzalez broke in on the keeper and scored with a low shot to the right corner of the net. Ten minutes later, however, the Wolfpack tied the score and the game went into overtime. ?We knew we had it in us and we just had to come back,? Alarian said. ?We knew we had made a few mistakes and we had to get it in our mind that we were going to win.? Alarian did her part to make it happen six minutes into the first overtime. With the keeper unable to control a shot by Mercier, the ball came to Alarian?s foot and all she had to do was kick it into a wide-open goal. ?My first thought was ?don?t miss,?? said Alarian, who let out a high-pitched scream following her goal. ?It was amazing to score it. That?s the goal I needed.? Mercier added another goal in the second overtime to secure the victory. ?The girls did a great job across the board,? said Vista coach Joe Esfandiary. ?We thought we had the game under control, but anything can happen in soccer and it did and the game ended up going to overtime. I just told the girls to play their game and put them away and they did. The girls worked very hard this year and just took it one game at a time. I?m glad that we won it.?


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Paul Williams' original song "Still Alive" from Stephen Kessler's documentary "Paul Williams Still Alive" will touch any artist, especially someone past their prime. The movie and the song address Williams' past glories, which are gone, and the fantasy of chasing your dreams vs. the reality of living with day-to-day happiness. In his case, the diminutive songwriter/performer enjoyed quite a run in the pop culture firmament. His songs have earned five Oscar nominations and this latest could well earn another.
Listen to the song here or via this direct link. (The lyrics and trailer are posted below.)
Like Kessler, I grew up with the singer-songwriter, who was ubiquitous on the 70s awards and talk show circuit. This is the guy who wrote Karen Carpenter's "We"ve Only Just Begun," Kermit the Frog's "Rainbow Connection" and Barbra Streisand's Oscar-winning "Evergreen," among many other songs. He also starred in Brian De Palma's "Phantom of the Paradise" and Tony Richardson's "The Loved One."
Kessler, who has had his own ups and downs as a feature and documentary filmmaker, documents how trying it was for him and Williams to come to some kind of comfort over five years of digging into the songwriter's life and rebirth--he's celebrating 22 years of recovery this year.
This year the songwriter's been working with Daft Punk on an album and as president of ASCAP, went to Washington to testify for the Senate about Russian music rights. "We went from stalker to family," said Williams of the filmmaker at a SXSW screening. "It's so emotional." He was grateful that his two grown children could see the film, "awards, warts and all... I'm old enough to be not out, part of me gets back in again."
"It wasn't my intention to make a film I was in," Kessler said. "It's an honest film." Only at the end of the process when he did a rough cut did he realize that he needed a comprehensive interview; threads of that four-and-a-half-hour conversation make the picture--as well as the new Williams song.
Here are some early reviews:
THR: "Paul Williams Still Alive represents a remarkable achievement in a documentary. The case under scrutiny is something like a real-life Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with the only difference being that the two didn't simultaneously inhabit the same body nor did this Hyde do harm to anyone but himself — and loved ones. The downward trajectory of pop-culture stars or athletes is all too familiar but in this instance the opposite occurs: Once the self-abusing star recovers his sanity and sobriety, he is clearly a much better, more intelligent and focused human being."
HitFix: "The film is very funny, but never at the expense of its subject, and never at the expense of the moment. It's just that Williams still has a lovely, sharp sense of humor, and Kessler is able to acknowledge the absurdity of his own discovery process on the film. What could have easily been a dry recitation of a public history or a fawning love letter to an idol avoids all of the easy pitfalls to discover a stirring and sweet story of survival and the way art can connect and affect us even decades after its creation."
Collider: "...unlike any documentary I've ever seen,..Kessler's film ends up being a far more revealing profile than ever could have possible in a conventional doc. The final product is a rambling, awkward, funny, heartbreaking, and ultimately a very genuine portrayal of a fascinating figure."
Variety: "There's a fascinating dynamic at play throughout 'Still Alive,' as Williams -- sometimes politely, sometimes sternly -- repeatedly refuses to fulfill Kessler's expectations, and progressively prods the filmmaker into making a movie far different than the one he set out to make,..As Kessler himself observes, there's a tension generated throughout 'Paul Williams Still Alive' by opposite points of view: While the director is looking back at a life to make a documentary, Williams -- who's still living that life -- is looking forward. But the combination of those viewpoints makes for an engrossing and satisfying pic, one that can be enjoyed even by people who have never before heard of its subject."


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Bergen Engines AS, trading as Rolls-Royce Reciprocating Power Systems, has received more than US$70 million worth of orders to supply 26 Bergen engines, associated power plant equipment and design services to customers in Bangladesh and Indonesia to increase electrical power generation.
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Another order deals with a contract to supply a B35:40V12 gas engine to Shun Shing Power Pvt. Ltd. of Bangladesh. The engine will provide an additional 5 MW of power to expand the capacity of Shun Shing Group's cement plant in Bangladesh.
The final order consists of a contract to supply PT Medco Power of Indonesia with three B35:40V20 gas engines to add 24 MW of power to a power generation plant on the Indonesian island of Batam, south of Singapore. The Batam site already operates four Rolls-Royce RB211 gas turbines with a combined cycle output rating of 133 MW of electrical power.
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BERKELEY, Calif. - Street & Smith has selected California sophomore center/forward Devanei Hampton for preseason high honorable mention All-America recognition and Golden Bears sophomore guard Alexis Gray-Lawson as an honorable mention choice.
Street & Smith picked a Terrific 10, and then named the next 10 best players in the country as high honorable mention selections. The honorable mention list includes another 24 nationally-regarded players.
As a freshman in 2005-06, Hampton led Cal and ranked seventh in the Pac-10 in scoring at 15.4 ppg, becoming only the 10th freshman to ever be a first-team All-Pac-10 selection. The Pac-10 All-Freshman pick paced the Bears and ranked third in the conference in rebounding at 7.9 rpg and topped the Pac-10 in offensive rebounding at 2.89 rpg. The 6-3 native of Oakland led all Pac-10 rookies in scoring and rebounding last season and holds the distinction of being only the third freshman to ever lead Cal in scoring.
Gray-Lawson became the first Cal women's basketball player to ever be chosen the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year last season after ranking ninth in the conference in scoring at 14.6 ppg and fifth in three-point percentage at 38.9. The 5-8 product from Oakland also led the Bears in assists (2.7 apg) and three-pointers made (42) and ranked fourth on the team in rebounding (3.9 rpg) last year. Gray-Lawson joined Hampton on the 2005-06 Women's Basketball News Service and Pac-10 All-Freshman teams.
Cal opens the 2006-07 regular season against Saint Mary's Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. at Haas Pavilion on the heels of an 18-12 record and first-round NCAA Tournament appearance last year.


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Prodigal college president leaves OSU after bashing Catholics
Ohio State University President Gordon Gee announced his resignation yesterday. His recent statement, "You just can't trust those damn Catholics," and the resulting public uproar are widely suspected of prompting his decision.
But Gee said he is resigning because at 69 he is getting old and a bit "slower." Or because he wants to spend more time with a yet unnamed "significant other" in California. Or simply because this is his style: "I'm not anyone who wants to hang around. I want to move on."
Gee has found it necessary to "move on" from a university president post five times. His career leading colleges has been riddled with controversy, beginning with a slew of financial disputes that led him to resign from Brown University after only two years.
Other achievements of Gee's career include spending $6 million, unapproved by the full board, to renovate his presidential mansion at Vanderbilt, and running up a tab of $700,000 a year for "personal expenses." Vanderbilt University had to create a subcommittee for the sole purpose of monitoring Gee's spending.
He also managed to spend $64,000 of university money at Ohio State on bow ties and related paraphernalia. He is revered nationwide as well dressed and is a renowned "bow-tie aficionado."
Since his start at Ohio State University, Gee has earned $6.8 million. Earning $1.9 million last year, he was the third highest paid public university president.
Some other memorable quotes from Gee include calling then-Gov. George Voinovich a dummy, and suggesting that the Southeastern Conference learn how to read and write.
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Lonely dancer Beth DittoBeth Ditto dances to sad songs when she misses her partner.
The Gossip singer spends a lot of time on the road away from her long-term lover Freddie - a transgendered individual who was born a female - and finds depressing music improves her mood.
The 28-year-old star said: "If you think about what it means to be on tour and be gone for six months out of the year and to date someone for so long, then all of a sudden they're just gone. My favourite songs are sad songs you can dance to."
Gossip recently released their fourth studio album, 'Music For Men', a "sassy" record Beth has compared to a beautiful flower.
She explained: "It's sassy, it's in your face. It's really delicate and so strong at the same time. It was like an orchid - don't give it too much water, too much sunlight. In fact, don't let it touch the ground ever."
Beth also spoke about her plans to re-record her song 'For Keeps' with former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.
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Guerrilla Games – the Amsterdam-based subsidiary of Sony - has today released the latest update for its newest PS4-exclusive blockbuster, Killzone Shadow Fall.
A complete rundown of changes can be found below, with the highlights being the much-touted inclusion of clan functionality, the ability to lock the main campaign at a steady 30FPS and the allowance for parties in Warzone. All changes considered, it looks as if it's time to don the garb, pull up an assault rifle and join the frenzied warfare once again.
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While already available through the website, the functionality is now also implemented in-game. You can invite clan members to a party and clantags are now also added to the player name within the game. It can be viewed in the player card, in the friendslist, etc. You can check your friendlist by pressing touchpad or check the player card through the main menu (go to multiplayer > choose a warzone > press square > show the leaderboard & find the player you are interested in > press cross to open the player card).
Warzone discoverability
We have visually changed the main menu of the Multiplayer and added a top-bar from which you can browse and create new warzones. Also, we expanded the number of recommended warzones to 9 and move the friendslist to the top-right corner. This should make it easier to discover new warzones.
New Warzone options: parties allowed
Players can now select the option to allow parties to join a warzone. Just go to Multiplayer > Create your warzone > go to settings with R1 > Check 'Parties Allowed' at the bottom.
Checkpoint saving
We have added additional checkpoint saving to save on every revive event, giving more save points throughout the campaign.
Ability to lock to 30FPS in campaign mode
To guarantee a steadier framerate in the campaign mode, players can now lock their game to 30fps via the options menu.
VC30 exploit fixed
The exploit that let users with a VC30 equipped with the flashlight increase their range has been fixed.
There's also a few fixes for general stability and performance.
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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Dylan Waxlax, from Portland, Ore., top, grinds paint as Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Brandon Peters, from Charelston, S.C., observes for safety in the hangar bay of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Liam Kennedy/RELEASED)
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What do Justin Bieber, Ryan Gosling, Avril Lavigne and Celine Dion have in common? According to Ancestry.com, the world's largest online family history resource, the four Canadian performers are all related, sharing a family connection with some of Quebec's earliest settlers.
- Heartthrobs: It's a family reunion of heartthrobs as Justin Bieber, who's appeared on the cover of almost every teen magazine connects with his newly found 11th cousin, once removed, Ryan Gosling. Gosling, who stole hearts in the drama, The Notebook, shares a bloodline with Bieber by way of Mathurin Roy and wife Marguerite Biré. Records indicate Roy and Biré were born in France in the early 1600s and later immigrated to Quebec, where Roy was a mason. By the time the couple passed away in the late 1600s, their family tree had already started to grow.
- Odd Couples: It's not that "Complicated" for Bieber and Avril Lavigne, who are 12th cousins. Both can trace a line straight back to the same Roy/Biré family. The branch of that family which directly connects Bieber to Lavigne started when Mathurin Roy and Marguerite Biré married.
- Pop Prince and Pop Diva: Bieber's family tree holds yet another famous branch: pop-diva Celine Dion. Dating back to the 1600s, the Bieber/Dion connection began with 17th century ancestors the two pop stars share: Jacques Vezina and Marie Boisdon. Vézina and Boisdon were natives of France who immigrated to Quebec in the 17th century. Genealogically speaking, this connection makes Bieber and Dion 10th cousins, three times removed.
"Discoveries like this are rare, so the fact that some of the top entertainment industry stars are all related is especially fascinating," says Lesley Anderson, Canadian genealogy expert with Ancestry.com. "There's something special about discovering a shared connection. And to be able to go so far back in history while making that connection is one of the most satisfying aspects of family history research."
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I have been lucky enough to uncover some really distant connections like this in my own family tree. I write about these connections on my blog not because me (or my cousins) are famous like Bieber… but I find the idea that even after so many generations removed paths can cross with distant relatives. We're all connected to each other one way or another and that idea is one of the things that keeps me digging for my roots!
Mathurin and Marguerite are my 9th Great Grandparents. Their daughter Marguerite is my 8th Great Grandmother. I descend from her son Claude Vivier.
It would be great if dates were included in the chart. My son connects to Justin via Marie-Therese Allard's paternal grandparents, so I'd like to include Justin in the family tree…however, without dates starting with Jean-Baptiste Eli dit Breton and working my way down to the present, no documentation is popping up.
The email from Ancestry said this page would show how you traced back 11 generations. I've tried ancestry, rootsweb and other tools and cannot find my paternal grandparents wedding information or prior generation. How does one get past that block?
I would like to see the rest of the tree. I also share the same ancestors as he and Ryan and Avril AND the ones he shares with Celien.
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Who cares? What a waste of time and space, especially since you did not bother to give any evidence for these purported connections, or discussion of how the research was done. Might as well be posting the season's NFL scores, or this week's television ratings.
Great article! Would be nice to see the history of this family on "Who Do You Think You Are". I wonder which side of the family had all the musical talent and if it was evident in the old country prior to coming to North America.
this is very strange info, so they are related? hard to believe
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Who cares? What a waste of time and space, especially since you did not bother to give any evidence for these purported connections, or discussion of how the research was done. Might as well be posting the season's NFL scores, or this week's television ratings.
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One-on-One from Identification Technologies International (ITI) is a facial recognition system for identification and verification of people, documents and transactions. A key feature is the storage of data on an enrollee's smart card, instead of on central severs.
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The new control center for the Provincial Telecommunications Authority (PTA) in China's Hubei Province is the first of a series of new provincial telephone switching systems that will modernize telecommunications in more than 20 provinces in China.
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We've seen wind turbines. We've taken basic physics to understand energy. Yet now we hear of a "Cow Power" program from Green Mountain Power (GMP), which is a company that converts cow manure to methane and utilizes it to create electricity.
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Ph.D. student Amy Lerner describes project to help refugee students
September 25, 2012
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In this Spotlight interview, Amy Lerner, a Ph.D. student in the Early Childhood, Intervention and Literacy program, describes her research project aimed at helping teachers learn what they need to know to help refugee students, primarily those from Burma.
During the past summer, Lerner developed and published the guide called "Educating the Refugee Child: A Resource Guide for Teachers." Printed copies were distributed to several elementary schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district in time for the start of classes this fall. The Chapel Hill area has a significant population of Burmese refugees, with approximately 200 refugee students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system.
Development of the handbook was part of Lerner's community engagement fellowship from the Carolina Center for Public Service. The Center for Public service also has made the handbook available on its website. The guide may be found at the bottom of this page after the description of the project.
Before coming to UNC, Lerner earned her master's degree in developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and spent two-years conducting research at the New York University Child Study Center.
Since coming to Carolina, she has been the recipient of a Research Triangle Schools Partnership doctoral student seed grant, a Community Engagement Fellowship from the Carolina Center for Public Service, and a Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund grant from The Reed Foundation. As part of these projects, Lerner is conducting research aimed at understanding the challenges and opportunities for successfully integrating refugee children into school communities, and increasing their academic potential.
Lerner is spending the Fall 2012 semester in the District of Columbia, conducting research for her Reed Foundation grant project.
More about Lerner's project
In this profile, LEARN NC's blog "The Well" talked with Lerner about her work.