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For me, Midyat in Upper Mesopotamia is a pigeon jumping rope who sends sweet dreams to all those who gaze upon it with love...
It was morning and I thought everybody was asleep, either in their gardens or on the low platforms surrounded by railings which serve as rooftop beds in this region. Mumbling some lines from Cemal Süreyya's poem 'Mardin', I was strolling about in the moments before the sun began tracing its orange line along the horizon: "The rooftops have released their birds / And such a jealous sky / It could lean over and fall on you / Facades bathed in blood / Kissed you with their mouth of stone..."
Turning a corner in one of the yellow streets lined with walls that conceal doors and courtyards, suddenly I'm frozen in place! Ten paces
ahead of me two little girls are twirling a rope whose ends they hold in their hands. Just as the rope is about to graze the ground, it suddenly rises again, tracing a circle in the air. 'Children jumping rope,' you're probably thinking, aren't you? Exactly, two little girls jumping rope... But the one that's jumping rope is not another girl but a pigeon! As the girls twirl the rope, seconds before it skims the pavement a white pigeon standing there takes wing and, rising several inches into the air, narrowly avoids a brush with the rope. Back on the ground, it waits for the rope to come round and takes wing again. Awestruck, I stand gaping at the girls and the pigeon. Eventually I pull myself together and start rummaging through my bag for my camera. But the commotion does not escape the attention of the pigeon, which immediately flies away, perching on one of the bell towers of the church. Catching sight of me, the girls too hurriedly gather up the rope and make to leave.
I catch up with them. "Do you know what you were doing?"
I ask excitedly. "You were making that pigeon jump rope!" Their heads bent like a couple of culprits apprehended in the act, they stare hard at the ground. Still under the influence of the magical scene I've just witnessed, I repeat what I've just said: "You were making a pigeon jump rope!" Without raising her head, the girl in the lavender flower-print dress replies but with trepidation, "We didn't do anything, Uncle! The pigeon wanted to jump rope." And the other girl pipes in, "He's our friend!" As I stand there immobilized and speechless, the strains of the call to prayer suddenly jolt me back to reality. Was I dreaming?
But everything seems so real. How clearly I remember the clouds reflected in the eyes of that little girl who looked at me and proclaimed, "He's our friend!" I draw back the curtains at my window in the the Government Guesthouse where I'm staying and exchange glances with the pigeons cooing on the railing of the terrace, which is adorned with flowers carved in stone. Smiling, I call out from the window, "Good morning, Midyat! Good morning, yellow stone child of Upper Mesopotamia!"
Midyat (Matiate), a name that means either 'mirror' or 'city of caves' depending on who you consult, is a major area of settlement. This town, where Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic and Assyrian are spoken, underwent continuous changes in its cultural and religious fabric owing to migrations. But one thing that has never changed is that this township of Mardin is an open-air museum in every sense of the word, its beauty enriched by the stone houses, which serve the traditional social structure and define the bounds of privacy, and the beauty of the workmanship of its other buildings. The Nestorian Christians, who abandoned the town years ago to settle in Europe, are slowly coming back and building new homes decorated with reliefs of flowers, leaves and clusters of grapes that keep alive the traditional stone workmanship of their ancestors.
The Mor Gabriel or Deyrul Umur Monastery is of religious significance to Nestorians as the seat of the Turabdin Metropolitan Diocese. One of the world's oldest monasteries, it is believed to have been built in
397 B.C., its foundation stones transported here by angels.
At 22 kilometers from Midyat, the monastery is a must-see on any tour of Southeastern Anatolia. And the Church of the Virgin Mary at the village of Anıtlı some 30 km from the monastery is a building of fascinating architectural features without peer in the region. The legends that surround it and the belief that it was contemporary with Christ himself render it unique. Apart from these two Nestorian Christian places of worship, other churches such as the that of the Prophets, of the Forty Martyrs, of Kartminli Samuel, and Mor Aksnoya and Mor Şarbel provide further meeting places for the Nestorian congregation.
Wandering through the streets of Midyat, I first observed the consummate skill of the local stone masons. Then I stood for a long time watching the filigree craftsmen beating their silver wires, turning them round and round as they poured all the art of the craft into their work. At evening I came upon a group of women around a tandoor oven made out of a large earthenware jar. But they turned their backs on me the minute they spotted my camera. They went on with their work, and I took a seat in front of a door near the oven. An elderly women among them brandished a stick at me, indicating that I should leave. But I was so exhausted that I couldn't budge. I watched as they kneaded the dough and then slapped it against the inside of the oven through the mouth of the jar. From time to time they glanced in my direction to see if I was still there. Some time later the millennia-old Mesopotamian aroma of fresh-baked bread began to waft in every direction from the rounds just removed from the oven. The sun too had become a burnished disk of fresh warm bread. Just as I was preparing to leave, one of the women came over and offered me a piping hot round still steaming from the oven. I took it and thanked her. Although she did not reply and I couldn't make out her face in the gathering dusk, I could feel that she was smiling. Before I had time to tear off a piece and stuff it in my mouth, a child appeared at my side. "Here," he said, handing me a piece of cheese, "eat this too."
And once again I realized that when history's patient children understand that a traveller in their lands also has patience, they take him for one of their own. This is as true of men with hennaed moustaches as of women toting babies on their backs. There is something else I know too: Midyat is a pigeon jumping rope who sends sweet dreams to all who look upon it with love.


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I'm majoring in computer science in college, and I'm currently in summer program for a business minor. With the schedule and all the outside group projects and studying its impossible for me to really program, and I'll only have a short time free before the start of Fall semester.
To make matters worse, I've been told my education path—with my business focus—will start to downplay the importance of programming for the rest of my time at school, further atrophying my programming skills.
I'd like to apply for software development internships over the summer, but it doesn't seem likely I'll be able to land any when other candidates have spent much more of their time programming.
Am I overemphasizing the importance of knowing programming front-to-back for intern/entry level positions, or is it really necessary to focus most of my time to programming, at the expense of other things I want to do (like have a social life)?

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March 12, 2013
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here is my updated Safety Cards directory. I have some spare safety cards including Royal Jordanian, Tunisair, Air Malta, Swissair, Estonian, Air Asia, Icelandair, Pulkovo and Virgin Express.
One more question : I have flown lately with Royal Jordanian from VIE to BKK via AMM. I quite liked the songs played by Royal Jordanian before the departure and after the arrival. Does anybody know more about them, may be our Jordanian A.netters?
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Edelbrock Offers a FREE "Made in USA" Book With The Purchase of Any Pair of Valve Covers and Air CleanerWritten by Brian Brennan on November 8, 2011
Edelbrock is pleased to announce their holiday engine Accessory Promotion. When consumers purchase any pair of Edelbrock valve covers and any air cleaner, they will receive a FREE "Edelbrock: Made in USA" book autographed by Vic Edelbrock Jr. This promotion begins November 1, 2011 and will end December 31, 2011.
The Edelbrock Accessory Promotion is valid on any qualifying purchase of a new pair of Edelbrock Signature Series, Elite Series, Classic Series and Victor Series valve covers in combination with the purchase of a new Edelbrock Pro-Flo, Elite Series, Classic Series and Victor Series air cleaner. Each "Edelbrock: Made in USA" book will be personally autographed by Vic Edelbrock Jr. For a complete list of eligible products by part number, visit the official promotional website at www.edelbrock.com/accessory.
"Edelbrock: Made in USA" represents over three years of research by author Tom Madigan. It contains 324 pages packed with the history of the pioneers of hot rodding, plus hundreds of detailed photographs from the Edelbrock archives. Read about Vic Jr.'s challenges to build the family business after his father's untimely death. For the first time in print, read stories as told by automotive legends.
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Does The Tooth Fairy Pay Too Much?Monica Bielanko
In just a few years my sweet little baby is going to start losing teeth and the tooth fairy is going to have to lay off the nighttime wine so she is coherent enough to stumble into the bedroom and exchange the tooth for some money.
The big question is: how much money are we talking about?
Earlier this week The View co-host Sherri Shepherd tweeted that her 6-year-old son lost his first tooth. Some of the responses from her nearly 270,000 Twitter followers blew my mind. I mean, Imma have to take out a loan to afford my daughter's mouthful of choppers, not to mention the newborn that will soon start sprouting teeth faster than the weeds in my garden!
Here's what one Sherri Shepherd follower said the tooth fairy leaves her children:
"$20 for the 1st is ok. Its a big deal. Leave a note from her "as long as future teeth are cavity free" a small toy or $5″
Another Shepherd follower said $10 was the going rate for a lost tooth in her home.
Even $10 bucks is mind-boggling to me. And $20? A small toy? Like what, an iPod for godsakes? I can't even go there. Seems Sherri can't either. She responded thusly: "NO WAY am I giving $20 to a 6 year old for a first tooth lost… geesh, where do you go from there? A car for the 2nd tooth… a house for 3?"
Exactly. Sherri's got the big bucks and even she ain't ponying up. All the tooth talk got me to wondering what the tooth fairy is stashing under the pillows of my friends' children? I mean, maybe Sherri's Twitter followers are wack, ya know? So I conducted a very scientific, official poll (read: I asked a question on The Facebook.)
Turns out, my friends are much more frugal than Shepherd's Twitter followers – except in accidental cases. Babble's own Katie Granju's daughter scored big, but it wasn't on purpose. "Once the tooth fairy brought my daughter Jane $11. She was shocked and so was I when we discovered this huge windfall in the morning. It turns out that the tooth fairy couldn't see too well in the dark, and somehow confused a ten dollar bill with a one dollar bill…."
Ouch. Kim Austin gives her children what I think I'll give mine when the teeth come out. "We will give $5 for the first tooth lost… $1 thereafter for no good reason, just seems like the right amount!!" Amy Cochran says that's the going rate in her Ohio home. Christine Smith concurs. "When I was growing up in 1970's Queens, NY it was $1 per tooth. I don't see why it should be more $ now."
Hell, I used to get a quarter. I also walked to school uphill in the snow both ways. I suppose my kids will want Barbara Palumbo to be their mother as she's doling out the dough – or at least her family is. "The big Philly Italian side of our family sends (via snail mail) 20 bucks to any niece or nephew for the first tooth they loose as long as they haven't lost it because they didn't pay their bookie. The parents give five or ten for the first tooth of their own child and then anywhere between 1 to 5 for every tooth after."
Even though Palumbo's kids earn a windfall from relatives, seems the going rate in her Atlanta home is the same as Queens, Ohio and here in Utah. In the end, Sherri Shepherd went with a dollar as well, tweeting out, "Almost missed putting that $1 under Jeffrey's pillow. He woke up, saw the $1 and said "but Mommy the toof fairy was s'pose 2 leave a toy".
That settles it. I'm resolved to give $5 for the first tooth and $1 thereafter.
The only question now is what do I do with all those teeth the tooth fairy buys for a buck? Maybe I'll make a necklace, like Channing Quist. "We usually do $5 bucks for the two front teeth and $2 for all others. We did find some saved baby teeth from our first child the other day, nasty. I wonder what my plans were for them at the time- perhaps a baby tooth necklace?
I smell a new parenting fashion on the horizon…
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Projects complete in Frailey Township
DONALDSON — Two projects that have appeared on the Frailey Township supervisors' agenda for months are finally complete.
Board Chairman Donald Allar said Aug. 5 that the demolition of the old factory building and the playground were finished. Affordable Demolition, Coal Township, demolished the building at Martin Street and Cedar Alley. The lot was seeded and currently looks like a "well kept" vacant lot, he said.
Also, planning for the playground located behind the municipal garage began with the formation of a playground committee, with Steve Pillman serving as president.
A $40,000 grant from the Community Conservation Partnership Program, which is administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, was applied for and approved in November 2012, followed by a $30,000 contribution from the township.
The first equipment was purchased at a $2,000 discount in August 2013 from the U.S. Government Purchasing Alliance at a cost of $21,893.99, with additional equipment under consideration. Spotts Brothers Inc., Schuylkill Haven, was awarded the contract to ready the site and install the equipment, some of which is suitable for handicapped children. The bid of $43,579 also includes the construction of a rain garden in the fall.
Last month, the board approved the submission of an application for a Greenway Trails and Recreation Program Grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority to expand the playground.
A resident at the supervisor's meeting said that she already saw someone throwing stones at the new equipment. The board, however, had anticipated vandalism and purchased three additional security cameras from Low V Systems, Mechanicsburg, at a cost of $3,430. According to roadmaster Keith Allar, two cameras will be positioned on the playground, while the third one will be on the new salt shed. He added that the township had already purchased some of the required equipment when the cameras for the municipal building were purchased from the company.
Flood plain
Solicitor Joseph Zerbe reported the township's 30-page, single-spaced Flood Plain Ordinance meets the federal government's minimum requirements for approval. Upon his recommendation, the board approved the advertisement of the ordinance with adoption to take place at the board's September meeting.
According to the ordinance, construction will not be permitted on the flood plain. The federal flood insurance program is almost bankrupt, Zerbe said. Although Allar was appointed the flood plain administrator, Zerbe suggested the responsibilities should be delegated to the township's engineering firm, Alfred Benesch & Co., with the understanding that if Benesch is no longer the township's engineer, all records would be turned over to the township.
It was noted that the section of the township in the flood plain is in the area of Good Spring Creek, and includes the lot on which the old factory was located.
Zerbe also said that he will file for a tax exemption of future taxes for the lot on which the old factory was located. He said the hearing should be held in September or October. Zerbe will also petition the court for an exemption of current and delinquent taxes on the property.
Air Conditioner
Although summer is almost over, the board agreed to purchase an air conditioner for the meeting room at a cost of $5,918.64. which also includes a heat pump. The Lennox equipment will be purchased and installed by Padfield Plumbing and Heating, Saint Clair.
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Arizona Downs BYU For 2008 Las Vegas Bowl Title
Wildcats Win First Bowl Game
Since 1998 With Victory Over Cougars
LAS VEGAS - Arizona quarterback Willie Tuitama threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in leading his team to its first bowl-game victory in a decade as the Wildcats rallied to defeat BYU 31-21 in the 17th edition of the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl on December 20.
Starring before a sold-out crowd of 40,047 fans at Sam Boyd Stadium, the senior signal caller won most valuable player honors after passing for 325 yards. He threw a 37-yard score to Delashaun Dean in the third quarter and then a 24-yard touchdown to Rob Gronkowski just a few minutes later as Arizona overcame a 14-10 BYU lead in the second half.
The Wildcats finished the season at 8-5 after playing in their first bowl game since the 1998 Holiday Bowl.
BYU, which missed all three of its field-goal attempts, turned the ball over three times. Quarterback Max Hall lost two fumbles and threw an interception as the Cougars, who were making their fourth straight appearance in the game, finished 10-3 overall.
The Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl sold out for the fourth consecutive season and the crowd of 40,047 represented the fourth-biggest in the event's history and the seventh-largest in Sam Boyd Stadium history.
Arizona appeared in its first Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl and won its first bowl game overall since 1998. The Wildcats' victory improved the Pac-10's record in the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl to 5-4 overall.
Arizona quarterback Willie Tuitama was named the winner of the 2008 Rossi T. Ralenkotter Most Valuable Player Award and trophy. The senior completed 24-35 pass attempts for 325 and two touchdowns while rushing for 10 net yards and a six-yard score.
Tuitama's pass to WR Terrell Turner that went for 71 yards in the first quarter tied for the second-longest pass play in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl history (Mike Maxwell to Alex Van Dyke of Nevada vs. Toledo in 1995).
Tuitama's 325 yards was the fifth?best passing total in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl history and the best ever by a Pac-10 quarterback, besting Oregon State's Derek Anderson's 322 in 2003.
Tuitama's 24 completions were the most ever for a Pac-10 signal caller in the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl.
BYU quarterback Max Hall's 328 yards passing were the fourth-most in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl history
Hall's 30 completions marked the second-most in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl history behind 35 by BYU's John Beck in 2005. Hall's 46 attempts tied for the third-most in event history.
The 653 combined passing yards by BYU (328) and Arizona (324) were the most for two teams in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl history.
BYU saw its two-game Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl winning streak snapped. The Cougars, who have played in the game more than any other team, fell to 2-2 all-time. BYU also fell to 10-3 all-time in games played at Sam Boyd Stadium, which includes games vs. UNLV and in WAC championship games.
With BYU's loss, the Mountain West Conference's record in the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl fell to 6-4 all-time.
BYU WR Austin Collie's 11 receptions were the third-most by a player in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl history. Collie had 119 yards while teammate Michael Reed had 117 on nine catches. It marked the third time in bowl history that one team had two 100-yard receivers (UNLV in 1994 and Wyoming in 2004). Counting Terrell Turner's 111 yards on four grabs for Arizona, it marked the second time in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl history that a game featured three 100-yard receivers (1994: UNLV two and Central Michigan one).
Kellen Fowler had 15 total tackles for BYU and Xavier Kelley had the same amount for Arizona. Those totals both tied for the second-most by a player in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl history (20 by Troy Polamalu of USC in 2001).


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Thanks to everyone who gave me support before my first race yesterday. Here is the report (sorry so long):
To set the stage, the race was held on a 1km course in a stadium parking lot. The course was shaped like a giant cowboy boot with a very sharp turn at the "toe" portion of the boot. The wind was 15-20 mph out of the North West and it seemed like you never really got it at your back but there was somewhat of a tailwind on the home stretch.
I got there an hour early and tried to warm up (not really sure what I was doing). I took the advice of some forum members and printed off warm-up instructions I found online but really just did 20 minutes of pace riding followed by 5-10 minutes of quicker riding & sprinting before lining up.
I was the one and only wreck of the day. It occurred while my team was lining up. My buddy and I were rolling slowly into a 180 degree turn to face the line when he planted his feet, grabbed his seat post and whipped the rear end of his bike around. His rear wheel clipped my front wheel and I went down in a pile at 2 mph with the entire field (roughly 30 racers) watching.
I was expecting to go hard from the whistle and was surprised that the pack took its time clicking in. From the starting line, we had 100 yards to the first left turn. I had 4 teammates in the race and we positioned ourselves in the front of the pack for the first turn. My goal was to hang onto the rear wheel of my faster teammates and not let go for anything. Given that this was my first race and I had little group riding experience, I was a bit squirrelly in the corners at first and struggled not to make a hazard out of myself. I have to admit that I hit someone's rear wheel at one point and cut another out of his line later on. People seemed to be doing that kind of thing all over the pack, however. It was not long before my inexperience holding my line caused me to concede one or two places and I lost my buddy's wheel, never to find it again.
I held my place in the front 3rd of the pack roughly halfway through the race before two pivotal moments cost me dearly. The first critical point was when I lost positioning to the rest of the pack and found myself at the back holding on for all I was worth. It occurred just out of a corner. I was keeping pace with the leaders but the rear of the pack attacked and moved past me. One of my teammates said "they will come back" and I assumed it meant "don't worry about it" so I kept my pace while, unbeknownst to me my teammates and the rest of the heretofore leading group were speeding up to reel them in. So that was it; before I knew what happened, I was at the back of the pack and finding myself struggling through every corner to hang on.
The second pivotal point was when I was spit out the back. The group turned a corner onto the front stretch and jumped. I think I was mentally soft in the corner and was not anticipating the effort so when I tried to catch the jump I found myself 6 yards off the back and unable to bridge. It was at that point that the race (my ability to stay with the pack) was lost for me. It was like something in my soul died and I zoned out of the race for 15 critical seconds. When I got my lungs and legs back the pack was gone. The wind was merciless out there by myself. Over the next 15 or so laps, I was lapped twice by the pack. I tried to hang on both times but was unsuccessful in getting up to speed for re-entry.
Looking back, I found that I made some critical mistakes.
1: I got used to being in the front of the pack and not having to sprint out of the corners; when I found myself in the back of the pack, I failed to sprint out of the corners and subsequently lost the pack.
2: I really need to work on my race attitude. It was like I was just out for a fast ride and not a race. This contributed to my being lapped twice.
3: I have some tactical skills to learn. My teammates said they say the attack from the rear coming because they were watching the shadows and were geared up by the time the attackers hit them. I handled a couple of charges initiated from the front well, but never even saw the critical one from the rear coming.
4: I have some work to do on both sprinting and cornering. I will ask to initiate some drills on my group rides from here on out. I also have a different idea of how I need to work my commute between lights.
Overall, I found the experience to be more fun that I imagined (although I could not wait for it to be over) even when I was out on my own. I got my butt handed to me, but I was certainly not the slowest either. I lapped a couple of people multiple times myself and even pulled one teammate (it was his first race as well) back up to speed twice. When the pack left me, I looked behind and thought I was all alone, but we had dropped many riders off the back in the first half of the race, so I don't feel so bad. Lastly, I hear that this is pretty normal. My teammates who led the race for some time and contested heavily in the final sprint were spit out of the pack only a couple of weeks ago. I will keep at it.
Thanks for the support.


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Treatment of severely comminuted fractures of the elbow long has been a subject of controversy, and basically is represented by two schools of thought: the school that favors closed methods, and the one that prefers open methods. This report primarily reviews the methods of treatment of these fractures and secondarily presents the results of the authors' experience in open treatment of them. It is concluded that comminuted fractures of the elbow do not present hopeless situations. Rather, in the hands of a competent surgeon, open reduction with anatomic assemblage and internal fixation of the fragments offers a sufficiently high return in good results in selected cases to merit the additional hazards entailed.
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Red Hat Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire ManageIQ
ManageIQ's Enterprise Cloud Management and Automation Technologies Extend the Reach of Red Hat's Open Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Red Hat Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire ManageIQ
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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ManageIQ, a leading provider of enterprise cloud management and automation solutions that enable organizations to deploy, manage and optimize private clouds, virtualized infrastructures and virtual desktops. With the addition of ManageIQ technologies to its portfolio, Red Hat will expand the reach of its hybrid cloud management solutions for enterprises.
Red Hat has agreed to acquire ManageIQ, a privately-held company, for approximately $104.0 million in cash. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by the stockholders of ManageIQ.
As an existing member of the program, ManageIQ has worked closely with Red Hat to provide customers with unified monitoring, management and automation solutions that are quick-to-deploy and easy-to-use, which reduce the cost and complexity of enterprise clouds. ManageIQ's Hybrid Cloud Operations Management technologies complement Red Hat's existing cloud and virtualization management tools – and – by providing integrated lifecycle management of activities such as server and storage provisioning, workload optimization, policy-based compliance, chargeback, virtual machine lifecycle management, discovery and control, and analytics across heterogeneous private clouds and virtualized datacenters.
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A list of conditions proposed by the president and general manager of a company operating a quarry in Dorrance Township highlighted a seventh hearing for a conditional use permit.
Patrick Bartorillo of Pennsy Supply Inc. followed an expert hydrogeologist witness for the company to the stand and reeled off a long list of conditions for approval of the permit by the board of supervisors to expand its quarry operation to the south side of Small Mountain in Dorrance Township.
After hearing hours of testimony the past several months, a resolution appears to be near.
The five-page document Bartorillo read covered normal daily operations covering hours, days, sound mitigation, traffic, groundwater supply and wetlands protection-monitoring, surface water monitoring, quarterly reports to DEP on groundwater, wells, private well testing and supplies, and community relations.
After Bartorillo's testimony, the board took a break before reconvening and announcing the document Bartorillo read must be copied and distributed to all interested citizens of the township. Supervisors asked for written questions pertaining to the list of conditions proposed by the company to be submitted by Nov. 28 to the township office before the next and final hearing scheduled for Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m.
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Attorney James Schneider, representing the board of supervisors and conducting the hearings, said all citizen questions and concerns will be addressed at the Dec. 6 hearing.
Earlier, Pennsy Supply attorney George Asimos brought hydrologist James O. Rumbaugh III as an expert witness for the Pennsy Supply Company to testify about how he developed a computer model for this project and the projected impact of a study of water supplies in the quarry.
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Hope it wasn't the Nokia Lumina 920,
Must have discovered it when they saw he was walking funny!
Imagine the search........ FORCEPS.....
A Scottish man has been given an extra stretch inside after prison officials found him trying to smuggle both a mobile phone and its charger into prison up his bottom. Christopher Hughes was facing a nine-year sojourn in the Big House for stabbing four people outside a Motherwell nightclub with a pair of scissors. He pleaded …
Hope it wasn't the Nokia Lumina 920,
Must have discovered it when they saw he was walking funny!
Imagine the search........ FORCEPS.....
Actually it was, and I'm puzzled as to why one rolling off the production line in the usual manner merits a story.
Och Eye the Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
A photo has emerged of what it did to the body of a well-known practitioner of this, and it's not a pretty sight:
I see what you did there...
I didn't, until you pointed it out, for which I thank you.
I hope I don't have to see what HE did there.
Let's just hope it properly licensed rounded corners!
... I do not want to borrow your phone. Thank you anyway.
As a mobile phone forensic analyst [pun coincidental, I promise!] I have had to examine more than one 'bumphone' as they are known in the biz. Latex gloves are a godsend in my job.
It's a particular thing with drug dealers, I've found. Other forms of crime, not so much.
Your name goes well with your job
Bet it was an android as they are s*** - small - no too many letters ho ho ho.
"Bet it was an android as they are s*** - small - no too many letters ho ho ho."
Well you can take your iPhone and shove it up your.....
I hope it had rounded corners.
gritted teeth...... And the charger! you definitely need the charger.
Or Chocolate starfish shaped...
Was it a usb charger, or the full UK 3 pin jobbie... teary eyed people would like to know
Endubitably, in his arss, the mini pad would be a maxi, more than an app pole in his eye, in his hind site and hind sight. But, the prison staff will keep his hind in sight as hind insight. He might need or have a kneed for an ennd tear rear de-core rater to fix him up for bigger and bedder thing...
Even if he got to make those phone call, they would be more expensive than sh*t. Gives a hole new mean ning to dirty talk....
he only heard what happens in jail if you bend over and thought to block that route.
As Mr. J. Rotten so poetically put: The cabin boy was Flipper, he was a naughty nipper . . .
Ahoy me hearties.....
after three, lets all sing along !!...
It was on the good ship Venus, by Christ you should have seen us, the figurehead was a .............
Steve Jones actually - Johnny had as good as quit by the time they recorded that song.
Not only are phone calls to the outside insanely expensive, they are collect only unless someone loves you enough to buy a prepaid card (right there in the jail from a little ATM style kiosk) and give it to you for use on your "phone days".
There's really no reason to make life so miserable for those in jail. It just makes certain companies a lot of money and gives high-school drop outs a job being dicks to prisoners.
Ladies, if you're actually online, just have sex with the nerds in high-school. It'll make them not grow up to be the asshats that will eventually arrest and harass your future husband.
Too right. Give them the vote, PS3, iPads, Sky and why not beer on Fridays too.
@Not only are phone calls to the outside insanely expensive, they are collect only unless someone loves you enough to buy a prepaid card
Not true, you are given a passcode when you first enter prison(UK) and can place money on that each week from your spends. Past experience recently on this!
As for the bum smuggling, it is rife in open prison where you can have home leave/outside work etc so a higher proportion of inmates coming in and out.
But not MP's natch. They are our betters and its right and proper they serve a tenth of the sentence a pleb would have got for stealing a tenth the amount they did.
"It'll make them not grow up to be the asshats that will eventually arrest and harass your future husband."
Yes, lets ignore crimes and not send people to prison. F*ckwit.
Prison is intended to be a deterrant, a punishment and rehabilitation. If it were a nice place to be it would not be any good at the first two roles. There are laws against cruel and inhumane punishment (although I honestly think for more than 3 offenses, prison isn't woring, maybe we try something more unorthodox) but for prison to work we should not be making it a giant mancave with curry nights. It does a disservice to the victims of crime and to the prisoners. They should fear prison, prison should be a place people do not want to go to or back to. To help prisoners, prison needs to be a shock to them, which should encourage them to reform. I support helping them reform and gain skills, I don't support making their lives cushy.
"Too right. Give them the vote, PS3, iPads, Sky and why not beer on Fridays too."
No need to be sarcastic about it. It doesn't cost phone companies anything extra to set up a phone in a prison (presumably the prison administrative offices have phones), so calls made my inmates should be made at the same rates as calls made by guards / prison admin. Of course within the limits of allowed phone privileges.
"Prison is intended to be a deterrant, a punishment and rehabilitation"
Agreed, which is why prisoners are not allowed mobile phones, and why their access to payphones is limited and time-controlled. That doesn't mean it's OK to gouge them or their families.
True, but isn't it done by competitive tender? The additional money will be going somewhere, perhaps to cover the cost of monitoring (which seems fair), or in kickbacks to the gov't. (not exactly fair) or in excessive profit (unlikely if it's a tender process). Perhaps the 'back end' (sorry no pun intended) system used to manage credit probably costs some extra amount, but they are probably very well used which should make them more financially viable then the telephone box on the vilage green which should go some way to counteract the bespoke billing system.
Without having seen the contracts and tender its tough to say exactly why charges are so high. Hospitals aren't much better but they vary massively between normal call price levels and insert kidney now levels.
I wouldn't object any to the govt looking into pricing levels but the public purse shouldn't be subsidising it to any degree, if it turned out that it costs that much to run and monitor the so be it. Theres probably some degree of fat in the system but not too much as quite a few companies could bid on it.
"To help prisoners, prison needs to be a shock to them, which should encourage them to reform."
Nice try but it doesn't work.
Execution, flogging and birching never stopped the flow of criminals in to pokey.
Execution never stopped killers and flogging and birching was seen as a badge of honour.
The Victorians thought that mindless activities would be an 'encouragement' but it didn't work.
And as for the magic number'3' . . .
Definately 'meh'
Just checked, it would seem the number of phones and limited access to them is a bigger issue than cost (although prices aren't cheap, BT did cut them). BT stated that the increased cost vs a payphone was primarily due to the security (the GOTU system and the payment system) and monitoring.
BT deserve a profit but it shouldn't be insane. I agree that having contact with family helps with rehabilitation, but I think its fair for the prisoner to shoulder a realistic cost. The numbers I saw weren't crazy, they weren't cheap but I've paid more on a cell phone in the past.
It doesn't work for everyone. It does work for some. The biggest issue with prison is it's a one size fits all approach and that doesn't work.
You and I are different, we are motivated by different things, we probably fear different things. Prison should not be a nice place. The idea that simply depriving people of their liberty is some horrendous punishment is erroneous. For you and I perhaps that would be sufficent, for others obviously it is not as they repeatedly reoffend. I don't see the issue with ensuring that prison is not a pleasant place and if somebody reoffends a few times considering that we need to take a different route for that person. That might be greater assistance with reintegrating into society, more help with issues such as drug abuse, or it might be making their stay in prison less 'nice'. One size fits all doesn't work. I'm not advocating execution but we need to consider a wider variety of techniques (both in assistance \ rehab and in punishment) where it is clear the current system isn't working.
The "punishment" aspect doesn't count for much for the serial offenders, and as such prison is neither rehabilitation, punishment or deterrent. And in that case we should recognise that it is simply a sin bin, and put people on (say) their third stretch into a special place run purely at the lowest cost possible (and make them serve the full sentence plus 100%).
If that sin bin involves creature comforts, so be it, if it is simply Dartmoor with no central heating (which seems more likely), then that too is fine with me. The only purpose being served is to keep serial offenders off the streets for as long as possible, before they are released, can offend again, and go back to the sin bin.
Ahh the psychological method - bountiful pleasures issued at the same time as the unimaginable torture of being forced to watch Sky 24 hours a day - I like your style.
"Execution never stopped killers"
It's actually very effective at that: very few killers commit further murders after being executed... I take it you mean the threat of execution doesn't prevent killers from committing the crime in the first place? Statistical studies of the last decade tend to conclude exactly the opposite, that there is indeed a noticeable deterrent effect. It fits with common sense as well - surely the more severe the punishment, the more likely people are to balk at risking it?
(In fact, a distant relative of mine, John 'Babbacombe' Lee, was hanged - unsuccessfully, of course - no less than three times, back in the 19th century; after the third attempt failed, it was commuted to life imprisonment, so he eventually he emigrated to the US and died there in 1945 - without being convicted of any further murders, either, so executing him clearly taught him a lesson too!)
"Ahh the psychological method - bountiful pleasures issued at the same time as the unimaginable torture of being forced to watch Sky 24 hours a day - I like your style."
Look at Sherrif Joe
He took away their pay TV until some lawyers explain that it's prisioner's human rights to have pay TV so he gave it back with just the Disney Channel and the Weather Channel.
When asked about the Weather Channel he said "So they'll know how hot it will be working on my chain gangs"
Mobile phones are highly prized by prisoners, since access to the fixed-line phone services is strictly limited and highly expensive
Also more likely to be recorded and monitored, which might be important to some prisoners who want to maintain contact with their "outside interests".
The poor chap got a phone with a bum wrap. So did he also lift the audio off a fart app for the ring tone or did he leave it on vibrate?
What!? A body cavity search! Mind holding my coat?
I heard his ring tone was Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire
Puts a whole new spin to "Talking out your ass"
Ring of Fire... I had that as the ringtone for a former boss who was a pain in the @$$....
He didn't get the joke... Maybe I should have had it sung in Farsi (he was Iranian)
A beer glass will have to do since El Reg won't provide a glass of Merlot.
Pay as you go?
The call of nature?
There's a fart app for that!
Sent from my iHole.
Pay as you go - quality..
The American guy didn't have a charger with a 3 pin plug...
Makes me wince just thinking about it
wow imagine getting jailed abroad you would need to put an adapter up there too
Can I claim "I see what you did there..." number 2 ?
Yes, the "number 2" qualifies as "I see what you did there..." number 3 before anyone else starts...
why is there even power-sockets in the "customer facing" facilities?


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Fixed it, broke something else in the process. As it turns out, the fault was in a small flexible wire that runs through a rubber "tunnel" from the gear selector panel to a shifter bracket (the wire had snapped at the panel). After some thinking, I fabricated a new wire like that with 30-35 LB test fishing line and ran that like the original Ford wire, and it worked just the same after calibrating it with the small screw-type adjuster.
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If you see a lady of advancing years jogging the streets of Highbury with one arm in the air, it will be Pat Ashton practicing for July 14 when she will take her turn at carrying the Olympic torch. Aged 67, Pat was chosen at random by AMP from among their shareholders. She will wear a special T-shirt and knee-length white shorts when she carries the flame 500 metres "somewhere in Modbury."
"I think it's hilarious that they chose a person with CFS who would normally spend only ten hours a week out of bed," Pat told Talking Point.
Pat will carry a torch weighing one kilogram. "I have to tell them how long it will take me. Two minutes is good, but you are allowed up to five minutes. I went around the block holding one arm up just to see if I could do it. People in cars gave me some very funny looks," said Pat, who feels that using a wheelchair is still a possibility. After her practice run she said, "I feel like I've been run over by a bus."
Pat will be told six weeks beforehand where in Modbury she will do her lap. Readers wanting to cheer her on can check details in the June Talking Point.
Waving to her grandchildren will be part of the enjoyment for Pat, who says, "It's great to be recognised at this end of my life."
Pat is not the only member of our Society to carry the flame. Megan Boundey, who appeared in the Any Dream Will Do concert earlier this year, has also been selected. Interstate torchbearers include Eileen Fitzpatrick and Claire Tonkin from Western Australia, and Geoff Hallman from Newcastle, New South Wales, who says he'll be running for every one of us.


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- Bob Vila TV Shows >
- Manhattan Remodel and Cape Cod Affordable > Episode 9: Paneling the Kitchen, Installing Hot Water, and Hanging Doors
Choosing a Historically Appropriate Door and Creating the Jambs and Hanging a Door
Project: Manhattan Remodel and Cape Cod Affordable, Episode 9, Part 3
Bob joins Jason Hill of New England Classic as the paneling is installed in the kitchen and living area of the Manhattan Brownstone floor-through apartment. This ready-to-assemble Shaker-style flat panel is paint-ready, medium-density fiberboard faced with a wood veneer. The baseboard is applied first with panel adhesive, checked for level, and nailed in place. Each panel and vertical stile is then set and checked to be sure it?s level and plumb. Panels fit snugly into the rabbeted stiles and are tapped into place. Top rails and caps complete the profile. Bob then meets with Chris Vila, the project manager, and Robert Kirkpatrick of Rinnai to preview the tankless water-heating system. These compact units are wall-mounted and self-contained, have a copper heat exchanger inside, and flow valves with sensors to determine flow rate and temperature of the incoming water. These systems save 70 percent over traditional electric hot-water systems, provide significant space savings, and produce an endless supply of hot water. Bob wraps with the installation of Woodport historically accurate, five-panel doors. The Thorough Construction crew cuts mortises for the brass hinges, builds a jamb, installs it and sets it to level using shims, then trims the door before hanging it.
- Part 1: Installing the Pre-Cut Paneling System
- Part 2: Space Savings and Increased Effeciency With a Tankless Hot Water Heater
- Part 3: Choosing a Historically Appropriate Door and Creating the Jambs and Hanging a Door
- Bob shows the Woodport medium-density fiberboard doors selected for the Manhattan Brownstone. They are historically accurate five-panel doors like those made popular in the 1890s. The fifth panel is actually a horizontal in the middle of the door. These doors are paint-grade and will accept a nice painted finish. Bob works with the crew from Thorough Construction as they prepare the Woodport door for hanging on site. The door is stabilized by a horse that holds it steady while the work is done. A jig serves as a guide as they router the mortise for each brass ball-bearing hinge. The router creates uniform, flat cuts for the hinges on both the door and the jamb piece. The jambs and header are made from poplar. They are glued and then screwed in place, checked for square, then braced with temporary strapping before being transported to the rough opening. A single screw is set in the header to hold it in place while the installers shim it and check to be sure it is plumb and level. The door jambs and header are then screwed into place. They must trim the door along the bottom edge, which is taped to protect the finish from damage during cutting. Once in place, temporary drywall screws hold the door until the brass screws are inserted as a finish detail when all adjustments have been made.
This project deals with two very different notions of home. Bob begins on New York City's Upper West Side, where an 1890s Brownstone is revitalized through high-quality craftsmanship and sensitive design. New York's past meets its present, as the entire floor is recaptured and refurbished to create a spacious urban apartment on the doorstep of Central Park.
At the same time, Bob works with a Cape Cod developer to apply Massachusetts land use statute 40B to create affordable housing, and a neighborhood of homes in Mashpee, MA. These Energy Star certified homes show how quality building practices and reasonable asking prices can work together to provide livable, affordable homes and neighborhoods to those who work in our communities.
At the same time, Bob works with a Cape Cod developer to apply Massachusetts land use statute 40B to create affordable housing, and a neighborhood of homes in Mashpee, MA. These Energy Star certified homes show how quality building practices and reasonable asking prices can work together to provide livable, affordable homes and neighborhoods to those who work in our communities.
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Images: Unique convoy reaches Marines at remote outposts
Photo by Chief Warrant Officer Philippe E. Chasse
Gunnery Sgt. Jason C. Chisholm, operations chief for Marine Corps Exchange services, and Sgt. Marcus Kibble, both attached to Regimental Combat Team 3, provide much needed services to Marines from Combat Outpost Sullivan. Marines attached to RCT-3's MRAP Company, named for the Mine Resistant Ambushed Protected vehicles it operates with, conducted a convoy to several combat outposts to deliver items such as mail, hygiene gear and disbursing services Sept. 20, 2009.
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PHILADELPHIA –- Following a tradition that reaches back to 1916, Penn juniors will celebrate Hey Day 2012 on Wednesday, April 25, by donning red shirts, strutting along Locust Walk carrying canes and biting into straw hats.
A celebration that is unique to Penn, Hey Day marks the "moving up" of juniors to the senior class. This year's event will begin with a class picnic, followed by the class procession to College Hall.
As in years past, Penn President Amy Gutmann is scheduled to meet the students at the steps of College Hall, where, before officially declaring the Class of 2013 seniors, she will likely give them "one final test."
Students had better bone up on their class and campus history. Last year the questions went like this: "Question No. 1: Who is the founder of the University of Pennsylvania? Question No. 2: Who is your class president? Question No. 3: What is the name of your class?"
Then, as the students roared out their answers, Gutmann said, "You've passed. Now, by the power vested in me by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, I hereby declare you, seniors. Congratulations."
University Archives provides two possible explanations for the odd name of the annual event. An article in the 1916 Pennsylvanian reported that the name "Hey Day" was chosen by a committee formed especially for the purpose of coming up with an appropriate title for the newly established Moving-Up Day.
An alternative claim, however, is that the name is a pun Eugene H. Southall, Class of 1916 and editor-in-chief of The Pennsylvanian, suggested. Well-acquainted with the phrase "the heyday of someone's career," Southall half-facetiously suggested that "Straw Hat Day be known henceforth as Heyday and that the then scattered events of importance be concentrated in one day, which would represent a sort of apogee or heyday of college life and activities. To my great surprise, the general idea of Heyday somehow caught on."
In 1931, Class Day activities were folded into Hey Day, including the reading of the Class History, Class Prophecy and Class Poem; the presentation of the Senior Honors Awards; and the announcement of those elected into various honorary societies.
In the decades since, however, Hey Day has become less formal and far more of an exuberant outdoor affair.


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Guardian Reports Microsoft Aided NSA in Decoding Data
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Microsoft helped the U.S. National Security Agency intercept users' communications and unwrap the company's own encryption. That's one of the new revelations about the interaction between American technology companies and the NSA from the Guardian newspaper, which has been publishing revelations from documents provided by Edward Snowden, who worked for an NSA contractor and is currently a fugitive.
In a report published Thursday, the Guardian said the documents show the NSA was helped in circumventing Microsoft's encryption because the agency was concerned that it would not be able to intercept chats conducted on the new Outlook.com. The newspaper said this was not Microsoft's first step toward assisting NSA around the company's encryption, as the agency already had "pre-encryption stage access" to e-mail sent via Outlook.com, including Hotmail.
In 2013, Microsoft worked with the FBI to allow NSA access to the company's SkyDrive cloud storage service, according to the documents. Additionally, Microsoft reportedly helped the FBI's Data Interception Unit address any issues with Outlook.com's feature that allowed users to create e-mail aliases. The NSA's Prism, the documents said, commonly shared its collection information with the FBI and the CIA, a routine activity that was described as a "team sport."
Tripling Skype Capability
Although it's not yet clear if it is related to Microsoft's May 2011 purchase of VoIP communications company Skype, the NSA noted in the documents in July 2012 that it had obtained a new capability for tripling its ability to collect Skype video calls through its recently revealed Prism surveillance program.
Microsoft has issued a statement that its upgrading or updating of products does not absolve itself "from the need to comply with existing or future lawful demands." It repeated its previous position that it delivers information about its users "only in response to government demands and we only ever comply with orders for…


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Delon Wright scored 19 points for the Utes
Feb. 06, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY - Brandon Taylor scored 20 points and Delon Wright added 19 to help Utah earn victory No. 1,700 with a 78-69 victory over Washington on Thursday night.
Jordan Loveridge added 16 points and 13 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season as the Utes (15-7, 4-6 Pac-12) beat Washington at home for the first time since 1970. Despite committing 17 turnovers, Utah shot 60 percent from the floor in the second half as it pulled away from the Huskies.
"We were battling in the first half and defensively we were solid," Loveridge said. "We knew if we kept getting some stops and our offense picked up, we'd be fine. We did what we needed to do and got the win."
C.J. Wilcox scored 20 points playing in his final game in his home state to lead the Huskies (13-10, 5-5), while Nigel Williams-Goss added 19 points. Wilcox moved into fifth place on Washington's all-time scoring list with 1,749 points.
The Huskies whittled the deficit to four points on Desmond Simmons' layup to make it 67-63 with 1:56 left but Utah halted the rally when Taylor drilled a 3-pointer and Jeremy Olsen blocked Williams-Goss to set up a clinching layup by Princeton Onwas with 59.4 seconds left.
Both teams came out on fire offensively to start the second half as Washington made nine of its first 12 shots and Utah made 10 of its first 14 shots.
With Washington leading 51-49, Utah held the Huskies without a field goal for 5 1/2 minutes and ripped off a 13-0 run. Wright capped things by stealing the ball from Williams-Goss and taking it in for a dunk to give the Utes a 62-51 lead with 5:52 remaining. Washington missed six straight shots during the decisive run and turned the ball over five times.
"Well we counted 10-straight stops on the bench and that was key," head coach Larry Krystkowiak said. "We wanted to string together some 'kills'. We have a team coming from sea level that wants to push and even though we had our hands full in the first half, our guys stuck with it in the second half and played well."
Turnovers were a major problem for Utah through much of the first half, coughing up the ball four times in the game's first four minutes. The Utes turned the ball over 10 times by halftime and Washington took full advantage - scoring 10 points off those mistakes.
Washington went up 9-2 on Simmons' basket just five minutes into the half but made just 36.4 percent (12-of-33) of their shots before halftime.
Loveridge sparked a lead with a jumper to give Utah its first lead and converted a 3-point play a possession later to put Utah in front 13-11. Washington returned the favor with its own big run. The Huskies held Utah without a field goal for nearly four minutes and forced six turnovers. That helped themrun off nine unanswered points - culminating in a jumper from Williams-Goss that made it 20-13 with 7:35 left before halftime.
Utah settled down and chipped away at the lead once more, cutting the margin to one, 20-19, on a pair of free throws from Dallin Bachynski. Washington rattled off three quick baskets - capped off by a Wilcox 3-pointer - to push the lead back to 27-20 with 3:49 remaining.
The Utes had one more run in them before halftime as Taylor answered Wilcox's 3-pointer with one of his own to cut the deficit to four. Wright then scored Utah's last six points of the half - including a go-ahead layup with 12 seconds left - to give the Utes a 31-30 halftime lead.
"We were really sluggish in the first half," Krystkowiak said. I don't know if our guys just expected magic in the building. Washington is a great team defensively against the 3-pointer. We turned the ball over too many times but we went into halftime with a lead. I thought we shot the ball well and got some points in the paint. It was focal point of ours all week, trying to get the ball in the paint."
"We knew if we kept things up with our defensive intensity, weather the storm, we'd come out on the other side with a sunny day," Taylor stated.
Utah built a three-point lead early in the second half, going ahead 37-34 on a layup from Taylor. Washington scored on two straight possessions and took a 39-37 lead on another Wilcox 3-pointer.
The Huskies never led by more than two points in the second half and went ahead for the last time on a Williams-Goss layup that made it 51-49 in favor of Washington with 11:25 remaining in the game.
Utah is back in action on Saturday night at 6 p.m. against Washington State. This is the Utes' Power of Pink game to help raise cancer awareness.


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At the end of the chairlift, at 2 000m, you can enjoy a splendid panorama of the Dents du Midi, Dents Blanches, Mt Buet, the Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc and the Aravis.
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F - 74100 Morzine
At an altitude of 1,554 m, a viewpoint indicator will enable you to locate each element of the fine panorama before you. You can see Avoriaz and the Dents Blanches, the Mont-Blanc massif, Aravis range and Marcelly peak.
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D 228 F - 74110 Morzine
The Lac de Montriond, at an altitude of 1 049m and the third largest body of water in Haute Savoie, is set between fine escarpments covered with fir trees. Footpaths lead around the lake; they are nice and shady, which is welcome in summer.
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Tasseled Cowl
Lion Brand® Lion
Cashmere Blend
Pattern Number: 50762 Add flare to a ribbed neckwarmer with tassles!
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner (Level 1)
SIZE: Small, Large
S (M/L) Circumference 24 (26 1/2)" [61 (67.5) cm]
Note: Pattern is written for smallest size with changes for larger sizes in parentheses. When only one number is given, it applies to all sizes. To follow pattern more easily, circle all numbers pertaining to your size before beginning.
CORRECTIONS: None
270-101 Lion Cashmere Blend Yarn: Light Pink (DISCONTINUED) Very pale pink
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K2, P2 Rib (multiple of 4 stitches + 2; worked flat)
Row 1 (Right Side) *Knit 2, purl 2; repeat from * to last 2 stitches, knit 2.
Row 2 Purl 2, *knit 2, purl 2; repeat from * across.
Repeat Rows 1-2 for K2, P2 Rib.
Cast on 122 (134) stitches.
Work in K2, P2 Rib until piece measures 23" [58.5 cm] from beginning.
Bind off in pattern.
With right side facing, fold piece in half and sew side seam.
Weave in ends.
TASSEL - Make 8
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Pull tightly and knot securely near strands.
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Cut a piece of yarn 12" [30.5 cm] long and wrap tightly around loops 1 1/2" [4 cm] below top knot to form Tassel neck.
Knot securely; thread ends onto needle and weave ends to center of Tassel.
Trim Tassel ends evenly.
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Jaye Crockett Selected All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Jaye Crockett is the first Red Raider since 2010 to earn league postseason honors.
March 10, 2013
IRVING, Texas - Texas Tech junior Jaye Crockett has been selected All-Big 12 honorable mention by the league coaches, announced the Big 12 officials on Sunday.
Crockett, a native of Clovis, N.M., is the first Red Raider to earn postseason honors from the Big 12 since John Roberson and Mike Singletary were named All-Big 12 honorable mention in 2010.
A 6-7 forward, Crockett came off the bench in 25 of 29 games this season. He averaged a team-best 11.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per outing. He finished 17th in the league in scoring and seventh in rebounding. His rebounding averaging is the highest for a Red Raider since Andy Ellis during the 2001-02 season (7.0 rebounds).
Crockett was also one of the nation's elite Sixth Men, ranking third in scoring and first in rebounding among players from the Power Six conferences.
This season, Crockett has led the Red Raiders in scoring 13 times. It is the most since Roberson led the team in scoring 15 times during the 2009-10 season. Crockett has also led the team in rebounding 17 times this season, which is the most since Cliff Owens led the team in rebounding 17 times during the 2000-01 season.
Crockett was named the Big 12 Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 31. He was also named the StatSheet Big 12 Sixth Man of the Week (Jan. 21) and selected to the College Hoops Daily Mid-Season All-Big 12 team.


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Pot smokers formally gained the right to light up in Colorado on Monday as Governor John Hickenlooper signed into effect a controversial ballot measure legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use in what proponents hailed as a "historic day."
Hickenlooper's signature, largely a formality, made Colorado the second U.S. state after Washington to legalize recreational pot use, and put it on a possible collision course with the federal government - which calls marijuana an illegal drug. "Voters were loud and clear on Election Day," Hickenlooper said in a statement released by his office. "We will begin working immediately with the General Assembly and state agencies to implement Amendment 64." The ballot measure, approved by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent, amends Colorado's constitution to legalize the personal use and possession of up to an ounce (28 grams) of pot by adults
21 and over. It also allows users to grow up to six plants at home. Hickenlooper, a Democrat who had opposed the amendment but said he would respect the will of voters, had been required by law to issue the executive order, or "official declaration of the vote," within 30 days of certification by Colorado's secretary of state on Dec. 6.
His move, more than three weeks before the deadline, put the amendment into immediate effect without the pre-planned hoopla seen in Washington state last week when pot users organized a downtown Seattle public weed fest to begin the moment marijuana became legal there.
Eighteen U.S. states and the District of Columbia have already removed criminal sanctions on the use of pot for medical purposes, but Colorado and Washington were the first to allow it for recreational use.
The moves by the two Western states came in defiance of federal law, and experts have said that the victories by pro-marijuana activists could be short-lived if they are fought by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Colorado law will ultimately permit cannabis to be commercially grown and sold by state-licensed producers and
distributors, and to be taxed, in a system modeled after those used in many states for alcohol sales.
For now, it remains illegal to buy or sell marijuana in any quantity in Colorado. But the governor ordered creation of a task force to recommend details of a sales-and-taxation plan for the state legislature to pass in the near future. "This is a truly historic day. From this day forward, adults in Colorado will no


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