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December 2003
This is our third issue of Coast to Coast, but it is our last for
2003. I hope we are meeting our objective of keeping Business
Managers and Officers informed of what the First District, our Local
Unions and members are doing across Canada on a monthly basis. The
International Representatives are our contributors, so get in touch
with your servicing Representative if you have something to share.
In the first three months in my role as International Vice
President, I have had the opportunity to travel to various places in
the country to meet with a few of the Councils, Business Managers
and Local Union Officers. I already have plans to attend scheduled
Council meetings in the New Year and to continue to dialogue more
about the needs of our membership in the 1st District and our issues
as an organization with a need to grow. Implementation of our ideas
is certainly more difficult than talking about them, but we do have
the people resources to carry through.
Organizing will continue to be our "#1 Priority" into the New
Year and beyond. Thanks to all of you who have taken the initiative.
I recognize the efforts and accomplishments. I also want to express
my thanks to the First District Representatives for their support
and assistance.
As we prepare for the Holiday Season, I want to thank you for the
support and words of encouragement I have received over the past
three months. I know there are many, many of you who truly care
about the IBEW and only want what is best for our organization. I
too have those sentiments and I will try hard to meet your
Everyone have a peaceful, happy and family Holiday Season.
In solidarity,
Phil Flemming
International Vice President
In November, an additional 24,000 jobs were added to the Canadian
workforce in the manufacturing industry. The 24,000 jobs account for
44% of the total job increase for that month. These increasing
numbers, mostly in Quebec and Ontario, are good news and should
present good organizing opportunities for IBEW Local Unions.
Municipalities in Canada have issued a total of $26.4 billion
worth of housing building permits for the first 10 months of 2003.
That figure represents more than 60% of the construction dollar in
Canada. There are a couple of areas that have done an exceptional
job of organizing the residential sector. However, even including
those success stories, the IBEW in Canada only represents about 1.5%
of the electrical construction market in the residential sector. We
need to step outside the box to successfully organize this almost
totally untapped resource.
COMET Training and Organizing Dates for your Calendar
Comet Train the Trainer
On Friday, December 19th we faxed and mailed notices to all local
unions with (i) and (o) jurisdiction that there will be six COMET
Train the Trainer Courses facilitated across Canada between February
and May. The location and dates of the courses are: Victoria, BC,
February 10, 11, 12, 13; Toronto, ON, February 16, 17, 18, 19;
Halifax, NS, March 1, 2, 3, 4; Edmonton, AB, March 30, 31, April 1,
2; Davidson, SK, April 19, 20, 21, 22; Winnipeg, MB, May 17, 18, 19,
20. As we said in the notice, the participants are not restricted to
any one location. There has been a lot of interest expressed in
these courses; consequently we are expecting good registration.
Although the courses are geared towards the construction
industry, we welcome participation from other branches of the IBEW.
Organizing Conferences
We are in the process of arranging two Organizing Conferences for
2004. The Conferences will take the place of our annual Winter
School and are scheduled for April 19, 20, 21 and 22 in Ottawa and
June 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Kelowna. The Conferences will be
training-based with emphasis on the "how to" for both industrial and
construction. Please mark your calendars and more information will
be provided in the New Year.
Local 37 Organizes Rogers Cable Group
On December 10, 2003, IBEW Local 37, Fredericton, New Brunswick,
won the certification vote to represent 34 employees of Rogers Cable
Inc. in the Province of New Brunswick.
This group of employees is the inside staff performing the
production and technical programming support work at various
locations throughout the province in both French and English for
community television.
This successful campaign was accomplished by a strong internal
voluntary organizing committee, as well as L.U. 37 Assistant
Business Manager, Larry Calhoun, L.U. 37 Business Agent Claude
Richard, Regional Organizer Gordon Keeling and International
Representative Brian Matheson.
Since there are Rogers Cable Groups all across this large
country, and we now know they can be organized, it makes for a great
target for other Locals to put on their organizing list.
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
(PIPED Act)
This is a federal act that covers the collection, use or
disclosure of personal information in the course of any commercial
activities in federally regulated private sector organizations. This
federal legislation was approved on April 13, 2000 and came into
effect in stages.
On January 1, 2004, this law will extend to every organization
conducting commercial activities in Canada. All unions (public and
private) will become subject to the legislation and will have legal
obligations to protect the privacy of individuals about whom they
have information.
Quebec has had private sector privacy legislation in place for
over a decade. British Columbia introduced Personal Information
Protection Act (PIPA) legislation on April 30, 2003. Alberta's "PIPA"
was introduced in Alberta Legislature on May 15, 2003. Other
provinces will be subject either to the PIPED Act or a
substantially similar provincial one. The federal act stipulates
that the Governor in Council will make the determination that the
legislation of a province is substantially similar.
Any information collected by a union must be 'collected' based on
reasonableness and circumstances. Personal information is
information, recorded or not, about an identifiable individual.
Personal information includes opinions of witnesses in a grievance
procedure and access to employee's names in an organizing drive. The
union's constitution, bylaws, policies, disciplinary hearings and
decision-making results are also subject to the Act. Unions will
have to have policies regarding their information collection,
including purpose for the information and record keeping practices.
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has produced a guide so that
organizations, including unions, can understand what they must do to
comply with PIPEDA. The guide, called "Your Privacy
Responsibilities: Guide for Businesses and Organizations to Canada's
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act", is
available online at:
guide_e.asp. You
will find more on the Act (Privacy Act) online at
For your information, the First District is in the process of
developing a course that can be delivered to Local Union Officers so
that our Local Unions will be aware of the implications and
responsibilities of the Act.
Minimum Wage
Statistics Canada has set the poverty line for a single person
living in a city at $18,371 per year. The minimum hourly wage,
established by the Provinces and Territories, from top dollar to the
bottom dollar are: Nunavut - $8.50, NWT - $8.25, British Columbia -
$8.00, Quebec - $7.30, Yukon - $7.20, Ontario - $7.15, Manitoba -
$7.00, Saskatchewan - $6.65, Prince Edward Island - $6.50, New
Brunswick - $6.00, Newfoundland and Labrador – $6.00, and Alberta -
$5.90. Do the math. It doesn't seem like governments are really that
concerned about people and dignity. I guess we need unions after
Application for Membership Form 107 and Beneficiary Designation
Form 124
Form 107 has been revised to exclude questions of race, gender,
political status and voting status. Form 124 has been revised so
that it applies to common-law and same sex spouses. These forms have
been updated to comply with Canadian laws and are available on the
IBEW website.
Membership Based Unions versus Administrative Type Unions
Local 636 held their annual unit chairperson seminar in November,
which was attended by 90 unit leaders from across Ontario. In
addition to the comments made by IVP Flemming and IR Routliff, Rocky
Clarke, the IBEW's Director of the Professional and Industrial
Membership Development Department, provided a thought provoking
discussion. His presentation centered on his observations that the
unions of today are administrative type unions and that we need to
move towards a membership based union. Highlights from his
presentation include:
"Administrative Unionism", defined
Administrative union - An organizational structure which exists
to serve the needs of its members through protection of existing
membership status and benefits. An administrative union exists to
solve members' problems for them.
"Membership-based Unionism" defined
A membership-based union, as defined by our forebears, allocates
necessary resources, both human and financial to insure the success
of the union as an entity, thereby increasing bargaining strength
and ultimately the financial and social success of our membership.
The membership-based union exists to solve membership problems with
Other topics include:
What Has Been The Effect Of "Administrative Unionism"?
Results of The Membership Based Union
Making the Case for Change
How Do We Accomplish This?
If Unions are to remain a viable entity for workplace change,
we must get back to basics.
Change only comes through a commitment for change.
The role of Union leaders is to be the agents of change. – "Labour
As each Local Union is different, it is up to the leadership
to determine what works.
For detailed highlights on Rocky's presentation, go to the First
District web site.
Goodbye non-union Workers and Hello Union Workers
Brandon, Manitoba Hospital Redevelopment Project
In 2001, PCL Constructors Canada awarded a $6 million electrical
contract on the Brandon hospital redevelopment project to J.S.
Murray Electric, a non-union contractor from St. John's,
Newfoundland. Murray Electric's bid was $700,000.00 lower than the
lowest bid from a Manitoba contractor.
Murray proceeded to crew up by importing 20 people from
Newfoundland, ignoring the ready-made crew from Brandon, until it
had a crew of non-union workers it could control. Local Union 2085's
salting efforts were continually thwarted by Murray's ability to
recruit tradesmen from Newfoundland and starter apprentices from
Manitoba. The job peaked at 40 tradesmen with only 2 salts being
able to get hired.
By November of this year the project was in difficulty; Murray
Electric was on a cash only basis with the electrical wholesalers
and was so far behind schedule that PCL stopped progress payments to
Murray. When Murray could no longer guarantee payroll, PCL removed
them as the electrical contractor and gave the job (now cost plus)
to Nor-Tec Electric, a union contractor from Winnipeg.
Murray Electric took 20 employees from Newfoundland back home and
Nor-Tec Electric, with assistance from Local 2085, hired 16 of their
Manitoba employees, transferred 2 of their own employees and hired
15 Local 2085 members from Brandon. The job is scheduled to work 6 X
10's until completion at the end of January and may be hiring
additional manpower after Nor-Tec has an opportunity to assess the
In addition, PCL Constructors awarded the renovation project on
the old hospital to Nor-Tec Electric as a bonus for coming in to
clean up Murray's mess. The renovation project should employ 15 – 20
Local 2085 members for about eight months.
Local Union 2085 now has 16 new members, a non-union job turned
union and additional work for the Brandon resident members until the
fall of 2004.
Follow Up
In the November issue of Coast to Coast we mentioned that a
Mercer Human Resource Consulting Representative is suggesting to
employers, according to the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), and in
addition to the items we mentioned in HEADS UP, that
"Pensioners don't create surplus, they consume it", and "to
terminate existing plans (through a containment strategy of winding
up the plan)".
The CLC, in a letter to Dean Connor, CEO of Mercer Consulting
takes the Company to task and President of the CLC Ken Georgetti
ends his scolding of Connor by saying "Given your firm's
relationship with trade unions and with pension and benefit plans in
which trade unions participate, I call on you to clarify publicly
Mercer Consulting views on these issues and to disassociate yourself
from these views. Your clients in the trade union movement deserve
to know whether they can place their confidence in Mercer Consulting
or not".
Retired Reps
It is gratifying to hear from some retired International
Representatives that they really enjoy
receiving the Coast to Coast letter and keeping up with the
latest developments in the First District.
Also, congratulations are in order to Doreen King of Kitchener,
Ontario, wife of deceased International Representative Jack King.
Doreen recently received the "Province of Ontario Senior of the Year
The award is made on a yearly basis to persons nominated who are
at least 65 years young and active in their community. Doreen is one
of those "seniors" who you have to make an appointment with to have
a cup of coffee.
It is with great sorrow that we report the passing of a friend,
Brother Herb Fulton. Herb served the IBEW well since he became a
member in 1952. He was a past Business Manager of Local Unions 339
and 402, Thunder Bay, and a member of the International Executive
Council from 1974 to 1983.
Herb was hired as an International Representative in 1984 and
serviced local unions in the province of Saskatchewan and Manitoba
until he retired to his home in Thunder Bay in 1994. Herb was a
pleasure to be around and was well respected and liked by everyone.
Our condolences to our friend, Herb's wife Joy, to their four
children Jim, Beth, Danny and Christine, their spouses, and to their
Local 115 gets First Agreement at Industrial Plant
Local 115, Kingston, Ontario, with the assistance of
International Representatives at the negotiating table, reached a
tentative first agreement with SCM Supply Chain Management Ltd. in
Cornwall on December 17, 2003. The agreement will be presented to
the membership and a vote will take place on December 23, 2003. SCM
Supply Chain Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tibbett
Briton Inc. SCM provides warehousing and distribution for Wal-Mart
stores all across Canada. SCM currently has distribution centres in
Calgary, Mississauga and Cornwall, Ontario. Negotiations began in
January of 2003, and as you can imagine, with the company's ties to
Wal-Mart, at times the discussions were difficult.
Organizer Dean Sinnott was approached by a group of SCM
maintenance employees in August of 2002. Following a brief campaign,
an application for certification was filed on behalf of twenty-five
maintenance employees. Next, a representation vote was conducted by
the Ontario Labour Board, resulting in employees voting in favour of
the IBEW by a 75% margin. A bargaining certificate was issued on
November 7, 2002.
Each distribution centre has an in-house maintenance department
of approximately twenty plus employees, including electricians,
millwrights, battery handlers and utility personnel. Total employee
numbers per facility are in excess of 800, with part and full time.
At this time, all employees, other than the twenty-five maintenance
employees at the Cornwall facility are unrepresented. Other unions
have attempted to organize the warehouse employees in Mississauga
and Cornwall, but to date have not been successful.
Construction Organizing CD-Rom/DVD
This great project, the production of an Organizing CD-Rom/DVD,
which was introduced to all the Construction Locals at the Progress
Construction Caucus, and then by letter in October 2003, has not
gotten off the ground yet. The reason for that is too many Locals
have not committed to participate. This is to remind you that
organizing is the number one priority of the IBEW, and organizing is
the responsibility of the Business Manager. This CD-Rom/DVD, which
will also include information for organizing in the outside sector,
will be a great asset to your organizing program and the sooner we
have all Locals committed to participating, the sooner we can get
started with production. Thank you to the Locals that have committed
to date, and for those that have not, please make this a priority by
committing your Local to buy in.
4th District Cook Book Project
Recently, all Locals were sent information on the production of a
cookbook that the 4th District has undertaken as a fund-raiser in
preparation for the next International Convention, which will be in
their District. Recently, the 4th District sent correspondence
following up on this project, and they indicate that, to date,
response has been slow. This is a reminder, that, in order for your
Local and members to participate, and for this project to succeed,
it will take some promotion on your part.
In conclusion, on behalf of the First District, may the year 2004
be healthy and prosperous for your Local and for your members.


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Britney Spears Sells Beverly Hills Estate for $4.2 Million
April 25, 2012 07:25 AM by Shayla Perry
Britney Spears just added another couple of million dollars to her net worth. The newest judge on FOX's X Factor has sold her sprawling Beverly Hills estate for a whopping $4.25 million; well over the home's $2.99 million asking price. And apparently, she could've gotten a lot more! So why did Brit and her peeps ask a judge to cancel the hearing that would've allowed other prospective buyers to ignite a bidding war?
Where are the guys from Million Dollar Listing when you need 'em?!
Not that Britney Spears is in need of any more money after recently inking a $15 million deal to join FOX's X Factor (on top of her many other lucrative business ventures), but the pop princess has people scratching their heads after her latest real estate move.
When a buyer offered to pay $4,253,000 for the Beverly Hills estate that she purchased in 2007, Spears and her conservators immediately asked to have a judge cancel the hearing that was scheduled for today (April 25), which would have allowed other interested buyers to come in with higher bids.
The judge granted their request, meaning the house will go for the $4.2 that was offered — still well over Spears' asking price of $2,995,000.
Did Britney just really want the house to go to this buyer? Who knows?! We're just glad that she's still doing okay.
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Lapsley, Michael
From Library of Congress Name Authority File
Lapsley, Michael
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Fuller Name
- Michael, Father, 1949-
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 19490602
Has Affiliation
- Organization: (naf) Institute for Healing of Memories
- (naf) Institute for Healing of Memories
- male
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- found: Neutrality or co-option? 1986: t.p. (Michael Lapsley, of the Society of the Sacred Mission) p. 2 of cover (Anglican priest)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed May 14, 2014: Michael Lapsley page (Alan Michael Lapsley SSM, known as Father Michael, was born 2 June 1949 in New Zealand and ordained to the priesthood in Australia where he joined the religious order the Society of the Sacred Mission ; in 1973 he arrived in Durban, South Africa where he was an anti-apartheid activist who was injured by a mail bomb ; one of the founders of the Institute for Healing of Memories in Cape Town, which is dedicated to reconciliation) {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lapsley}
Change Notes
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About Dnepr Mogilev
Football Club Dnepr Mogilev, sometimes known as FC Dnepr, was founded in the city of Mogilev in January 1960. Originally operating under the name Khimik Mogilev, the club spent much of its early history in the lower divisions of the Soviet league system, primarily competing in the third tier. However, since Belarusian independence and the formation of the country's Premier League, the club have emerged as a side capable of challenging for major silverware.
Over the years, Dnepr Mogilev have undergone several name changes. In 1963, they became known as Spartak Mogilev, before adopting the Dnepr Mogilev name for the first time ten years later. In 1998, Dnepr Mogilev merged with FC Transmash Mogilev and the combined team became known as Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev. Then, in 2006, the team reverted back to using the Dnepr Mogilev name.
In the Premier League era, Dnepr Mogilev took little time to establish themselves as a major force, finishing as runners up in the league in 1992 and also reaching the final of the Belarusian Cup in that same year. In 1998, the club experienced its greatest ever success, as Dnepr Mogilev were crowned league champions, after finishing nine points ahead of their closest rivals, BATE Borisov. However, recent times have been less successful and at the end of the 2011 campaign, the team were relegated. Fortunately, they were able to bounce back at the first opportunity, after finishing the 2012 season as champions of the Belarusian First League.
Some of the most notable players to have played for the side include Andrey Skorobogatko, Andrey Lyasyuk and Alyaksandr Sazankow.
Dnepr Mogilev's home matches are held at the Spartak Stadium in Mogilev. The venue, which is not to be confused with the Spartak Stadium used by Belshina, is owned by the club and is currently able to hold a capacity crowd of 7,990 people.


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02/25/2011Dr. Linda Efferen Named to Becker's Hospital Review Annual List of 52 Women Hospital & Healthcare LeadersA leading hospital and healthcare industry publication recently announced that Linda Efferen, MD, chief medical officer at South Nassau Communities Hospital, has been named to its prestigious listing of the top "52 Women Hospital & Healthcare Leaders" in the United States.
Members of the list, which is compiled by Becker's Hospital Review, were selected for their accomplishments in leading healthcare and hospital organizations, including improvement of patient care, development of relationships between providers and facilitation of organizational growth. Each featured woman was lauded by her colleagues for contributing significant value to the healthcare industry. Members of the list do not pay and cannot pay to be included on this list.
To create the list, the editorial team at Becker's Hospital Review accepted nominations for the most influential women in healthcare through its website and weekly online newsletters. After several months of collecting nominations and researching the background of each nominee, the editorial team narrowed the contenders to a list of 50 top women leaders. The publication repeats this process annually to ensure an up-to-date compendium. Becker's Hospital Review is a Chicago-based publication focusing on hospital and healthcare news and business advice. The primary audience for the publication is hospital executives and healthcare industry leaders.
As chief medical officer, Dr. Efferen is responsible for facilitating medical staff interactions with hospital administration and the governing board and for assuring the effective and efficient delivery of quality medical care consistent with the mission of South Nassau. She also oversees strategic planning and execution, as well as the implementation of care management programs, and monitors the effectiveness of management practices and productivity indicators.
Prior to her appointment at South Nassau, Dr. Efferen was associate chair/department of medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center for over eight years. Prior to that she served as chief/division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at SUNY-Health Science Center in Brooklyn. She held a number of other positions during her tenure at SUNY-Health Science Center.
Dr. Efferen is board certified in hospice and palliative medicine, critical care medicine, pulmonary medicine and internal medicine. She has been listed in the Consumers Research Council of America's Guide to America's Top Physicians, Castle Connolly's Top Doctors: New York Metro Area (for seven years), Best Doctors' Best Doctors in America and has received a host of awards/honors, including a spot in the 2010 class of Long Island Business News' Long Island's Top 50 Business Women. She is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the New York Academy of Science, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Critical Care Physicians, American College of Medical Quality, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Apollo & Python, Athenian black-figure
lekythos C6th B.C., Musée du Louvre
EKHIDNA (or Echidna) was a monstrous she-dragon (drakaina) with the head and breast of a woman. She probably represented or presided over the corruptions of the earth: rot, slime, fetid waters, illness and disease.
She was often equated with Python (the rotting one), a dragon born of the fetid slime left behind by the great Deluge. Others call her the Tartarean lamprey, and assigned her to the dark, swampy pit of Tartaros beneath the earth. Hesiod, makes her a daughter of monstrous sea-gods, and presumably associates her with rotting sea-scum and fetid salt-marshes.
In all cases, she was described as the consort of Typhoeus, a monstrous storm-daemon who challenged Zeus in heaven. Together they spawned a host of terrible monsters to plague the earth.
Other closely related she-dragons included the Argive Ekhidna and Poine, the Tartarean Kampe, and the Phokian Sybaris.
In the image (right), Ekhidna is equated with Python. Apollo seated on the omphalos stone slays her with his arrows: in the motif of healing god (Paian) destroying plague-bringing demon.
[1.1] ORTHOS, KERBEROS, HYDRA, KHIMAIRA (by Typhoeus) (Hesiod Theogony 306)
KROMMYON SOW (by Typhon) (Apollodorus 2.106, 2.32, 2.113, 2.120, 3.52, E1.1)
[1.3] GORGO, KERBEROS, DRAKON HESPERIOS, HYDRA, DRAKON KHOLKIKOS, SKYLLA, SPHINX, KHIMAIRA (by Typhon) (Hyginus Pref & Fabulae 151 & Astr. 2.15)
[1.4] KHIMAIRA (by Typhon) (Homeric Hymn 3.356)
[1.5] SPHINX (by Typhon) (Lasus Frag 706a)
[1.6] KERBEROS (Bacchylides Frag 5)
[1.7] ORTHOS, KERBEROS (by Typhon) (Quintus Smyrnaeus 6.249, 6.260)
[1.8] KERBEROS, HYDRA (Ovid Metamorphoses 7.412 & 9.69)
[2.1] EKHIDNADES (Nonnus Dionysiaca 18.274)
ECHIDNA (Echidna), a daughter of Tartarus and Ge (Apollod. ii. 1. § 2), or of Chrysaor and Callirrhoë (Hesiod. Theog. 295), and according to others again, of Peiras and Styx. (Paus. viii. 18. § 1.) Echidna was a monster, half maiden and half serpent, with black eyes, fearful and bloodthirsty. She was the destruction of man, and became by Typhon the mother of the Chimaera, of the many-headed dog Orthus, of the hundred-headed dragon who guarded the apples of the Hesperides, of the Colchian dragon, of the Sphinx, Cerberus, Scylla, Gorgon, the Lernaean Hydra, of the eagle which consumed the liver of Prometheus, and of the Nemean lion. (Hes. Theog. 307, &c.; Apollod. ii. 3. § 1, 5. §§ 10, 11, iii. 5. § 8; Hygin. Fab. Praef. p. 3, and Fab. 151.) She was killed in her sleep by Argus Panoptes. (Apollod. ii. 1. § 2.) According to Hesiod she lived with Typhon in a cave in the country of the Arimi, whereas the Greeks on the Euxine conceived her to have lived in Scythia.
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
Hesiod, Theogony 295 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) :
"But she [Keto] bore [to Phorkys] another unmanageable monster like nothing human nor like the immortal gods either, in a hollow cave. This was the divine and haughty Ekhidna, and half of her is a Nymphe with a fair face and eyes glancing, but the other half is a monstrous serpent (ophis), terrible, enormous and squirming and voracious, there in earth's secret places. For there she has her cave on the underside of a hollow rock, far from the immortal gods, and far from all mortals. There the gods ordained her a fabulous home to live in which she keeps underground among the Arimoi, grisly Ekhidna, a Nymphe who never dies, and all her days she is ageless."
Homer, Iliad 2. 780 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) :
"Zeus who delights in thunder were angry, as when he batters the earth about Typhoeus, in the land of the Arimoi [Arimaspoi], where they say Typhoeus lies prostrate [this is the same underground home given to Ekhidna by Hesiod, above]."
N.B. Both Homer and Hesiod mention that Typhoeus and Ekhidna were imprisoned beneath the stormy land of the Arimoi, a semi-mythical Skythian tribe (also called Arimaspoi or Kimmaroi), who dwelt at the ends of the earth in eternal gloom. In other words, the pair resided in Tartaros.
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 4 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"She [Ekhidna] was a daughter of Tartaros and Ge."
Hesiod, Theogony 306 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) :
"Men say that Typhaon the terrible, outrageous and lawless, was joined in love to her [Ekhidna], the maid with glancing eyes. So she conceived and brought forth fierce offspring; first she bare Orthos the hound of Geryones, and then again she bare a second, a monster not to be overcome and that may not be described, Kerberos who eats raw flesh, the brazen-voiced hound of Haides, fifty-headed, relentless and strong. And again she bore a third, the evil-minded Hydra of Lerna, whom the goddess, white-armed Hera nourished, being angry beyond measure with the mighty Herakles . . . She was the mother of Khimaira who breathed raging fire, a creature fearful, great, swift-footed and strong, who had three heads, one of a grim-eyed lion; in her hinderpart, a dragon; and in her middle, a goat, breathing forth a fearful blast of blazing fire. Her did Pegasos and noble Bellerophontes slay."
Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 356 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th - 4th B.C.) :
"Straightway large-eyed queenly Hera took him [her child, the monster Typhaon] and bringing one evil thing to another such, gave him to the Drakaina [Ekhidna-Python]; and she received him. And this Typhaon used to work great mischief among the famous tribes of men."
Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 362 ff :
"Phoibos Apollon boasted over her [the Drakaina Python] `. . . Against cruel death neither Typhoeus [her consort] shall avail you nor ill-famed Khimaira [her spawn], but here, shall the Earth and shining Hyperion make you rot (pytho).'"
Lasus, Fragment 706A (from Natale Conti, Mythology) (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric III) (Greek lyric C6th B.C.) :
"The Sphinx was daughter of Ekhidna and Typhon, according to Lasus of Hermione."
Bacchylides, Fragment 5 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric IV) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) :
"The jagged-toothed dog [Kerberos], son of unapproachable Ekhidna."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 42 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Grabbing the sickle he [Typhon] cut out the sinews from Zeus' hands and feet. Then, placing Zeus up on his shoulders he carried him across the sea to Kilikia, where he deposited him in the Korykrian cave. He also hid away the sinews there in the skin of a bear, and posted as guard over them the drakaina Delphyne (a girl who was half animal). But Hermes and Aegipan stole back the sinews."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 31 :
"It [the Khimaira] was allegedly reared by Amisodaros, as Homer also states, and according to Hesiod its parents were Typhon and Ekhidna."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 52 :
"While he [Kreon] was king, quite a scourge held Thebes in suppression, for Hera sent upon them the Sphinx, whose parents were Ekhidna and Typhon."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 113 :
"An immortal serpent [the Drakon Hesperios] guarded them [the golden apples], the child of Typhon and Ekhidna, with one hundred heads which spoke with voices of various types."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 120 :
"When he [Herakles] reached the mainland on the other side he killed with an arrow the Eagle on the Kaukasos, the product of Ekhidna and Typhon that had been eating the liver of Prometheus."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca E1. 1 :
"Theseus slew the sow at Krommyon called Phaia after the old woman who kept it. Some say its parents were Ekhidna and Typhon."
Callimachus, Fragment 515 (trans. Trypanis) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) :
"The foreigner [Herakles] bringing the monstrous son of Ekhidna [Kerberos] from below."
Callimachus, Fragment 116 :
"Drakaina Delphyne."
Lycophron, Alexandra 1351 ff (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) :
"The waters of the lake [perhaps the salt-lake of Tatta in Kilikia] where the spouse [Ekhidna] of Typhon couches in the hidden recess of her dread bed."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 3. 18. 10 ff (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"[Illustrated on the throne of the statue of Apollo at Amyklai in Lakonoia :] On the left stand Ekhidna and Typhos, on the right Tritones [the serpent tails of the one pair, balancing the fish-tails of the other]."
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 6. 260 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) :
"Kerberos, whom Ekhidna (the Loathly Worm) had borne to Typhon in a craggy cavern's gloom close on the borders of Eternal Night."
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 6. 249 :
"That most murderous hound Orthros, in furious might like Kerberos his brother-hound."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Preface (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"From Typhon and Echidna [were born] : Gorgon, Cerberus, Draco which guarded the golden fleece at Colchis, Scylla who was woman above but dog-forms below whom Hercules killed, Chimaera, Sphinx who was in Boeotia, Hydra serpent which had nine heads which Hercules killed, and Draco Hesperidum."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 151 :
"From Typhon the giant and Echidna were born Gorgon, the three-headed dog Cerberus, the Draco which guarded the apples of the Hesperides across oceanus, the Hydra which Hercules killed by the spring of Lerna, the Draco which guarded the ram's fleece at Colchis, Scylla who was woman above but dog below, with six dog-forms sprung from her body, the Sphinx which was in Boeotia, the Chimaera in Lycia which ahd the fore part of a lion, the hind part of a snake, while the she-goat itself formed the middle."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 15 :
"He [Zeus] sent an Eagle to him to eat out his liver which was constantly renewed at night. Some have said that this eagle was born from Typhon and Echidna, other from Terra and Tartarus."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 7. 412 (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"Poisoned aconite . . . said to be slobbered by Echidnaea [Kerberos son of Ekhidna]."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 9. 69 :
"How could you compare with Echidna Lernaea [Hydra]."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 18. 274 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
"[Ares] brought low such another, Ekhidna's son, the gods' enemy, spitting the horrible poison of hideous Ekhidna. He had two shapes together, and in the forest he shook the twisting coils of his mother's spine."
Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 356 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th - 4th B.C.) :
"Straightway large-eyed queenly Hera took him [her child Typhaon] and bringing one evil thing to another such, gave him to the Drakaina [Ekhidna-Python]; and she received him. And this Typhaon used to work great mischief among the famous tribes of men. Whosoever met the Drakaina, the day of doom would sweep him away, until the lord Apollon, who deals death from afar, shot a strong arrow at her. Then she, rent with bitter pangs, lay drawing great gasps for breath and rolling about that place. An awful noise swelled up unspeakable as she writhed continually this way and that amid the wood : and so she left her life, breathing it forth in blood. Then Phoibos Apollon boasted over her : `Now rot here upon the soil that feeds man! You at least shall live no more to be a fell bane to men who eat the fruit of the all-nourishing earth, and who will bring hither perfect hecatombs. Against cruel death neither Typhoeus [her consort] shall avail you nor ill-famed Khimaira [her spawn], but here, shall the Earth and shining Hyperion make you rot.' Thus said Phoibos, exulting over her: and darkness covered her eyes. And the holy strength of Helios made her rot away there; wherefore the place is now called Pytho (the Rotting), and men call the lord Apollon by another name, Pythian; because on that spot the power of piercing Helios made the monster rot away."
Aristophanes, Frogs 475 ff (trans. O'Neill) (Greek comedy C5th to 4th B.C.) :
"[Aiakos, the doorman of Haides, threatens Dionysos in the Underworld :] `The black hearted Stygian rock and the crag of Akheron dripping with gore can hold you; and the circling hounds of Kokytos and [Typhoeus or Ladon] the hundred-headed ekhidna (Serpent) shall tear your entrails; your lungs will be attacked by [Ekhidna] the Myraina Tartesia (the Tartesian Eel), your kidneys bleeding with your very entrails the Tithrasian Gorgones Teithrasiai will rip apart.'"
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4. 500 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"[The Erinys] Tisiphone brought with her poisons too of magic power [to invoke madness] : lip-froth of Cerberus, the Echidna's venom, wild deliriums, blindnesses of the brain, and crime and tears, and maddened lust for murder; all ground up, mixed with fresh blood, boiled in a pan of bronze, and stirred with a green hemlock stick."


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Happy 24th Birthday Hilary Duff! From Teen Queen to Young Mom! (Photos)TheMommyologist
Today is September 28th, 2011, and it also happens to be celeb mom-to-be Hilary Duff's 24th birthday! Considering that Hilary is pregnant with her first child with husband Mike Comrie, I'd say that her birthday celebration this year will be pretty low key.
Hilary's pregnancy announcement came as a bit of a surprise, considering that she is fairly young, and that she and Mike Comrie had only been married a year when the news broke.
Hilary has really had a whirlwind career in her short life, and has gone from being Teen Queen Lizzie McGuire to a very mature and sophisticated lady! There is no doubt that Hilary will be a great mom even though she's in her early twenties. She joins a whole host of celeb moms in Hollywood who had kids at a young age!
Here are photos of Hilary's evolving style from her teen days until now. She's really grown into a beautiful woman.
Happy Birthday Hilary!
Photos: PRPhotos and PacificCoastNews.com
Young Hilary in 2001 1 of 12
Looking sweet in braids! 2 of 12
It's Lizzie McGuire! 3 of 12
Teen Queen! 4 of 12
Growing Up 5 of 12
Sophisticated Look 6 of 12
Darker Style 7 of 12
Happy with hubby Mike Comrie 8 of 12
Baby on the way! 9 of 12
Tiny Bump! 10 of 12
Hip Mom-to-Be! 11 of 12
Hilary is starting to show! 12 of 12


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I hope everyone's week is off to a great start! If you're catching up from the weekend, here's what you missed on For the Sake of Cake!
- A product review of a gopicnic pre-packaged lunch
- A last ditch effort to hold on to summer
- A family dinner with some cute doggie pics
I've been so gung-ho about the farmers market lately, that I didn't realize everything sold there wasn't super-cheap… whoops!
Last week, I spotted some tilapia filets & thought "how expensive can they be?" Well, the answer was $10.00 for two. So while I didn't make the most economic meal, you get what you pay for & this was some tasty fish!
I first tried my hand at tilapia a few weeks ago (purchased at the grocery store) & Chris & I both loved it.
This time around, I tried a Hungry Girl preparation–Parmed-Up Broiled Tilapia.
I followed the recipe pretty closely; the only change I made was subbing garlic salt for onion salt.
On the side, I served up what I had left of my Trader Joe's Harvest Grain Blend (love this stuff).
Chris & I both really loved this meal; another tilapia success! The parmesan coating was absolutely delicious & I'd imagine you could use it on any type of white fish you prefer!
Now I'm off to work on some stuff for school, perhaps some grad work, & cuddle time with this little boy:
Have you ever tried any Hungry Girl recipes?
How often do you eat fish?


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While actresses looking gaunt isn't really news because their job requires them to be gaunt all the time (they have to go "ugly" as awards season bait), their male counterparts have an easy time making headlines and winning critical praise with method weight loss. Here are 10 dramatic examples of actors who lost weight for a role, the most recent example being…
Jake Gyllenhal
"I knew that [my character] was literally and figuratively hungry," says Gyllenhaal of his dramatic weight loss. The actor will play a freelance crime reporter "who discovers a dark underground world" next year in Night Crawler, but until then, all us bloggers can just freak out about how different he looks.
"I think [I've lost] probably a little over 20 pounds, something like that," he says.
Jared Leto (twice)
…Which brings us to Jared Leto, who not only had to lose "30-40 lbs" to play an HIV-positive transsexual in this year's Dallas Buyers Club, but had to shave off 28 lbs back in 2000 for Requiem for a Dream. In between, he gained 67 pounds to play Mark David Chapman in Chapter 27. That up there is a photo taken by his pal Terry Richardson, showing the most recent havoc wreaked on his body.
Matthew McConaughey
Leto's co-star in Dallas Buyers Club, the famously well-muscled McConaughey, got down to 133 lbs by subsisting this horrible way: "I'd have a Diet Coke, two egg whites in the morning, a piece of chicken, then another Diet Coke. That was rough."
Christian Bale
One of the more infamous transformations on the list, Bale ate nothing but a can of tuna and an apple a day to prepare for The Machinist. At his lowest, he was only consuming a latte.
Matt Damon
Damon made himself sick to play a heroin addicted soldier in Courage Under Fire: "I ran six miles in the morning and six miles at night, and I'd drink four to six pots of coffee to be able to run that distance. When I went into a restaurant, the first thing I would tell the waiters was, 'I'm your worst nightmare." I wouldn't waver from my diet. It got so bad that when my girlfriend kissed me, I'd have to wash my mouth out because I could taste the oils on her lips from the food she'd eaten."
Hayden Christenson
In order to convincingly play an angsty teen in 2001′s Life as a House (despite being in his early 20s), Christensen lost 25lbs for Life as a House by consuming nothing but salad, water and vitamins.


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U.S. Navy Secretary to discuss roles of Navy, Marines on Dec. 18
Who: U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will present a public lecture titled "The Navy and Marine Corps: America's Away Team."
When: 1 p.m. Dec. 18 (Friday).
Where: University Union Lyceum.
Media: Reporters and photographers are invited to attend. Mabus will be available for media interviews following the lecture.
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will discuss the missions of the Navy and Marines Corps at a public lecture at the University of North Texas at 1 p.m. Dec. 18 (Friday) in the University Union Lyceum.
In an address titled, The Navy and Marine Corps: America's Away Team, Mabus will discuss the many roles played by the two military branches, ranging from major combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan to naval diplomacy, security force assistance, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. He also will discuss energy reform efforts and unmanned systems as examples of research and development on which the Navy and Marines are focused.
After the speech, Mabus will answer questions from the audience.
Mabus' visit builds upon UNT's long established commitment to the U.S. Armed Forces. UNT has an estimated 1,200 known student veterans, and the university recently opened the Veterans Center to help those veterans transition from military life to college.
UNT researchers also are heavily involved in military-related research, including projects to make environmentally friendly packaging for Meals Ready-to-Eat and to develop stronger, more durable jet engines and airplane parts.
"We are honored to host Secretary Mabus at UNT," said Dr. Michael Monticino, dean of UNT's Toulouse School of Graduate Studies, which is sponsoring the event.
"The secretary has a deep commitment to education, and, in his current role, to supporting research and development, like that at UNT, which contribute to the strength of our economy and national defense."
As secretary, Mabus leads the Navy and Marine Corps and is responsible for an annual budget of more than $150 billion and almost 900,000 people.
Prior to joining the administration of President Barack Obama, Mabus served as governor of Mississippi, where he passed one of the most comprehensive education reform programs in the country. He was named one of Fortune Magazine's top 10 education governors.
Mabus also served as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and as an officer in the U.S. Navy aboard the cruiser USS Little Rock.
UNT News Service Phone Number: (940) 565-2108


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Your small business strategy is based directly on the foundation of your marketing system; and if you don't have a marketing system and you're not busy developing one, then you have no small business strategy, and very soon after that, no business at all. End of
If you only ever pay heed or listen to just one thing I share with you, then, please, let this be it. It's a gazillion-groat tip you can take to the bank.
Here it is: if you're serious about succeeding with your marketing, it's essential to have a plan and a strategy.
If prospering in business is important to you, then there is no alternative but to take marketing very seriously indeed, and to educate yourself to become very, very good at it. Frankly, the degree of marketing expertise I see from most small business owners is embarrassing.
At best they have an ambiguous notion of what they're up to; at worst they simply keep fingers crossed things will turn out well. It's something they do only when they can be troubled, which is usually when they discover they desperately need the money. Maybe they'll throw some money into a crap postcard campaign, or run some half-hearted ad in the local rag.
But, as I say often: marketing is the most important and vital activity you can engage in in your business. Because no marketing means no clients; no clients means no money coming in … and no income means you very rapidly have no business left!
If you want to enjoy the of a profitable marketing system, you need to recognize most of what you hear, believe, and probably think you know about marketing and small business strategy is incorrect. The business world is dominated by marketing myths, and they serve none but a few charlatans.
Small business strategy idea # 1: Marketing is a money maker
Most small businesses work with a strict marketing budget. This is a huge mistake, and a very dangerous small business strategy. Yes, you are correct: I am suggesting you should be prepared to invest an unlimited amount of money in your marketing.
Here's why: marketing is meant to make money. If it doesn't, you shouldn't be doing it. So, if it makes money, then from that it follows for every pound you put in, you get more than a pound back, yes?
That's your return on investment. Same as a bank giving you interest.
Small business strategy tip # 2: Accept the money machine!
So, imagine you have a marketing campaign or system you can "crank the handle" of, and find out, to within a few percent, the Return on Investment you're going to make. Sounds good, yes? (it's eminently practical for your business, too).
Given the above … if for every groat you pump into your marketing system, it spits out a groat and a half, or two groats or ten each time you press the "go" button, then would it be the act of a normal person to limit the number of times you push that button just because of some daft "budget"?
Nope. If you had any sense at all you 'd keep pushing that button like a rat with an electrode in its brain giving it the shots of "happy juice"
This is exactly what comes about when you have a legitimate small business strategy and a tried, tested, and proven marketing system.
This is one of those "too good to be true" things that genuinely IS true. Deal with it.
Small business strategy idea # 3: Test first, dive in later
There is one warning: never invest more than you can bear to lose. Now and then — it happens — external events work together to zap your campaign with no warning.
That's why you limit your direct exposure per run of your campaign, and why you should determine your "budget" as a proportion of turnover, and be ready to change things if the shit hits the fan.
More than once, business owners have told me they could not continue or repeat a profitable marketing campaign that was making them a profit … because they had reached the limit of their "budget".
Stupidity – a small business strategy destined to failure
Small business strategy idea # 4: How to make it pay
Just how do you know when your marketing is working?
When it's making you money.
And how do you know that?
By relentlessly and conscientiously recording and quantifying everything you do.
This is the problem small businesses face with their marketing: nothing's measurable. They try to match big-business marketing ad for ad, dollar for dollar, and waste their money on "brand marketing" and useless "image" ads, none which brings in any business. But they don't even know this and have no way of telling.
So the "key" here is to ensure your small business strategy is tailored to let you trace every sale to the marketing activity responsible for it. Right down to every email, postcard and sales call.
You can never ever have too much data about this, because it's the difference that'll make you wealthy..


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Matching funds secured for Schult Warehouse demolition proposal
The City of Elkhart is applying for federal money to tear down a building on South Main Street and a factory on Division could be knocked down this fall.
ELKHART — Two major demolition projects in Elkhart are within six months of happening if everything goes as hoped.
Barkley Garrett, director of economic development who oversees brownfield projects for the city, said an application for federal money that would be used to demolish the Schult Warehouse on South Main Street will be submitted this week and a decision on whether the money will be awarded to the city could be announced next month.
Garrett provided an update on the project to members of the city redevelopment commission Tuesday and also won approval to use city funds for the matching portion of the grant program
The commission approved an appropriation of $55,000 from a tax increment finance fund to use toward the project, which could ultimately cost more than half a million dollars.
The city is seeking $495,000 through a federal program known as OCRA – Office of Community and Rural Affairs.
If approved and a time table proceeds as expected, demolition of the huge structure could happen as early as January 2015, he said.
Another major project involving the old Federal Press building at 511 Division St. is moving with more certainty and could happen sooner, he said.
The city sought unsuccessfully to obtain money for the Division Street project through OCRA and will now use local TIF dollars to fund the demo project, he said.
That project is expected to cost more than $200,000.
The city has hired a construction management firm to prepare bids for the demolition and oversee the work.
The old factory on Division could be knocked down in September or October, Garrett said.
Garrett also told the commission that testing continues at 700 W. Beardsely Ave., the site of the old Walter Piano building, which was torn down in February 2013.
A firm hired by the state of Indiana to assess contamination levels on the property had made recommendations for cleanup, but the state is seeking additional testing, Garrett said.
He told the commission that a snow fence will soon be erected around the contaminated area, which is in the northern third of the property
He downplayed the type and suspected levels of contamination.


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Metroparks, Recreation, and The Quality of Community Life With Robert Marans, Metro Parks Commissioner and UM Professor at the Institute Of Social Research
This event was held on June 17, 2009 at Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
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Professor Robert Marans will discuss his current research about the impact of the built and natural environments on the quality of life, urban areas, Washtenaw County Parks and the metroparks throughout southeastern Michigan. He is the President of the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission and the Commissioner of the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority-the governing body responsible for the planning, development and operations of the metroparks throughout Southeastern Michigan. This event is held in conjunction with the Library's summer reading program, Local Motion - which encourages the use of local neighborhoods, gyms, recreational facilities and outdoor areas to move and get fit!


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Excuse me for double post, got database error on submit for first time.
I wanted to get info on best practices, how to deal with multiple Zimbra MTAs concerning Spam training. As to manual and release notes, only first MTA server is marked as zmtrainsa_cleanup_host=true. The others - false.
When a spam training script is run, messages from spam/ham training accounts are deleted. The problem here raises, if I use several Zimbra MTA servers. As far as I understand, is that, if first and only one MTA is marked for training spam, the other servers do not get any possibilities to train them, even if I mark it True via zmlocalconfig, because spam/ham mailboxes are purged.
What would be the best way to handle these spam trainings on multiple MTA Zimbra servers serving as a mail exchangers for multiple domains? I am concerned about the load of only one Zimbra MTA server, and thus would like to balance it between several.
Additional question - does on ZCS 6 and 7 (OpenSource) Spam training (user managed) is by domain, exact email account or per server? E.g., if email@example.com marks exact mail as a spam, but email@example.com the same mail marks as ham, or just leaves it in inbox without marking, how does spam training will influence this?


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HUNTERSVILLE – Hundreds of warriors will storm the Lake Norman area this weekend to prove their worth on the battlefield.
Or at least on the field of the world's largest obstacle course series.
The 2013 N.C. Warrior Dash returns to Rural Hill June 1.
The race promises a 3-mile course that stretches around the historic site, on which runners face 11 obstacles, including the Muddy Mayhem, the Great Warrior Wall and Hard Rain. Warriors will also scale cliffs, dodge barbed wire, leap across flames and slide town the Petrifying Plunge.
The Warrior Dash returns to Rural Hill after runs in 2011 and 2012.
"Hosting the Warriors Dash is always exciting," Rural Hill Executive Director Jeff Fissel said. "The team at Red Frog Events puts together a great event and we are happy to continue to partner with them for their North Carolina race."
The race is one of nearly 40 in the U.S., with several other events in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia.
Participants compete in various age divisions and will set out in several waves of up to 500 runners throughout the day, beginning at 8 a.m. and running as late as 6 p.m.
Registration for the event has closed, but spectators are welcome to join the festival, get a big mud hug and watch the course and some obstacles in the spectator viewing area, all for free. Parking costs $10 per vehicle.
Watching the event can be a sight, as runners come dressed in some outrageous costumes – only to find themselves later covered from head to toe in mud.
The dash supports St. Jude Children's Research Hospital by having runners collect pledges and raise money. The race offers exclusive amenities for the "St. Jude VIP" runners, based on how much they raise, including private bathrooms and showers, food and drinks and a chance to win a trip to any U.S. Warrior Dash event next year.
Warrior Dash also partners with USAgain to collect and recycle surplus shoes. Participants are encouraged to bring unwanted shoes from home, as well as recycling their muddy race shoes at the USAgain tent near the finish line. Shoes will be diverted from entering into landfills and given a second life by people around the world, making this unique recycling opportunity a win-win for our planet.
Want to know more?
Learn more about the Huntersville Warrior Dash as well as other competitions around the country at www.warriordash.com.