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LSR/recovery run 7.5 miles 73:24 70F clear and sunny. First 4 miles were all10+ minutes. Last 3.5 closer to 9:00 mpm.
70F would be nice. Still around 15F here.
4 miles.
"I'm going off the rails on a crazy train"
Ozzy Osbourne
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4.8 miles today in the rain this morning with temps around 51F. Tempo run kept pace below <8 min miles.
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Cross trained today with 30 minutes on the Nordic Track ski machine, push-ups, sit-ups and planks...
Art, congrats. on an excellent race and PR...
Looking good Ray, you're coming back nicely
Chantilly, I can't believe you're still that cold, hang in there.
Shadow runner, if those are upcoming races you're about to run, that's a tough schedule! Good luck and welcome...
Wednesday, 3/13/2012
7 miles today. A blustery 42 degree day with a 5 -10 mph wind that seemed to push me around no matter what direction I ran. Progress is slow, but I'm gaining. Splits were 9:23, 9:16, 9:11, 9:00, 9:10, 9:18 and 9:21.
Wednesday, 3/13/2012
Progress is slow, but I'm gaining. Splits were 9:23, 9:16, 9:11, 9:00, 9:10, 9:18 and 9:21.
Progress is slow, but I'm gaining. Splits were 9:23, 9:16, 9:11, 9:00, 9:10, 9:18 and 9:21.
Go, you!
shadow runner do you like the rain or was it cold?
10 miles pretty slow. Able to run with my friend part of it. Makes the time go by faster.
Rest day yesterday.
Shadow - That's a quick pace and in the rain. Welcome to the group.
Rich (NH) - Improvement. Sounds good to me. 5k this weekend should be fun!
Chantilly - 7m today, good job! To a point it seems like cold weather is better then hot - it's easier to add clothes.
6.1 today in under 55 minutes (9:29,8:53,8:52,8:40,8:53,9:43) temp 72-73F - paper says the high was going to be 78 today, but don't think it got that high.
5 miles this morning with a quiet, easy run. Threw in a couple of visits to the chin-up bar as I have been neglecting some of my strength training lately. I figured turning dirt in the garden was a decent substitute. Still nice in the morning but just went outside and it felt very warm. Look at thermometer, 88 degrees. So glad I run in the morning but know that in about 4 months the morning temperature will be that warm. I can hardly wait.
Art in AZ
Mesa, AZ
A couple of covered bridges pictures...
The first is on the road I ran the other day. This is a replacement bridge, the original was torched by an arsen a few years ago...
The second is one of two railroad covered bridges on the railtrail I run...
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6 on the indoor track followed by UB workout....bet I'll be sore tomorrow, as i have been neglecting weight training lately. It was cold and 18-20 mph winds, so I chickened out and went indoors.
Marie from Tennessee
Dumbo Double Dare!!!
Monday it was 53 degrees, overcast and I ran 4.9 miles. Tuesday 41 degrees and overcast, ran 3.14 miles. Wednesday it was sunny in the morning, but started to snow lightly as I prepared to go for a run in the afternoon. Temperture dropped rapidly from 40 degrees to 37 in a few minutes. Midway of my 3.87 mile run the snowfall became heavy and the wind picked up so that the snow seemed to be going horizontal. I was a bit worried about visability and the cars. Just a little while later the snow and wind died down and there was even sun at the end of the run.Weather is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you will get next. Interesting to see the what the tempetures are around the country, some of you are dealing with colder conditions in the teens or single digits and the other extreme are those who already have heat in the upper eighties!
NH Runner - beautiful pictures! Nice looking place you have for runs.
shadow runner - Welcome! You are a fast runner and you look really trim and fit in your picture. I need to lose some belly fat myself, will have to work on that this summer.
Altair, you've got a nice routine going and running well, good for you. I recall getting caught in a snow squall a few years ago that had me looking like Frosty the Snowman in no time. There's not much you can do except hope you're covered with enough snow so people won't recognize you...lol And yeah, I'm fortunate to have some nice running routes to take advantage of.
Thanks Chantilly!
Hey Marie, nice workout!
I ran 6 miles on the railtrail today. I made the mistake of thinking the warmer weather and rain we've had lately would get rid of the snow, but the trail was still covered with snow and ice. I couldn't push the pace, but managed to stay upright and actually had a good workout. Splits were 10:50, 10:30, 10:13, 10:20, 10:27 and 10:27.
Tomorrow's a day off, Saturday's a 5K race...
Art - Isn't it a "dryyy" heat? If it's this warm already, what is summer going to bring?
Marie (PnR) - Good to get the run, indoors, outdoors or treadmill. Hope things are getting better there.
Altair - For those of us with food allergies, when partaking those unknown chocolates, be prepared to spit them out! And quickly
sometimes you've just got to bail out and hope for something better in the future. Good workouts.
Rich - Getting the work in. Did you take the pictures? Nice routes.
Only 5 miles today in 43:38 (9:07, 8:44, 8:37, 8:52, 8:18) and 67F. Hit 5,000,000 steps on my fitbit yesterday, 11,066 floors and 2500+ miles since Christmas 2011
I had planned to do my long run, maybe a 12 mile run, or maybe a semilong 6 or 7 mile run today and the 12 Friday. I had to make a trip into the city and do not get back until 4. Still had time for a long or semilong run, but felt a bit tired and ended up taking a catnap instead. Woke up and did my 3.14 mile run,very fitting for "Pi day" March 14! It was sunny, but windy and 31 degrees. At the midway, turnaround point I stopped running and walked for a minute or two. I did not count that as part of my distance, but my timing watch was running. I decided for simplicity to count the time taken for a walk, or a rest stop, or for a stretch, as seconds to be included in the total time for a run. So my total time was 36 minutes 28 seconds, a 11:37 pace. Hopefully I will feel like doing the long run tommorow since I will be back to work on the weekends.
Art in AZ - I lived in Tempe for about 2 months back in the early 70's. I think I was there at the end of summer. Some impressions I have of that time: I remember the temp getting up to 120 degrees! I was not a runner at the time, but did like to walk. I remember walking from the apartments where I lived over to the university to play chess. The heat was very dry most of the time, my arms would have little sparkles of sweat at the pores but would stay dry and not get wet. I did stop wearing underwear while I was there because that could get sweaty. The sun there looked white and not yellow. You might see rain in the sky that would evaporate halfway down to the ground. The dust storms were really different, I would see like a yellow fog aproaching and the be in the middle of all this dust. Some people would cover thier windows with alluminum foil to keep out the light.
mcj001 congratulations on your steps milestone!
NH Runner spring can be deceptive, gotta watch out for the ice.
PaintnRun nice track run
Art in AZ nice temperature. 88 in Phoenix/Mesa feels nicer than 88 in other places.
Altair5 I will be working this weekend, also. Congrats on your "pi" run.
7 miles on the track.


text: Xueda Education Group (NYSE: XUE) ("Xueda"), the leading national provider of personalized tutoring services for primary and secondary school students in China, today announced that it will organize the 2011 International Conference on Personalized Education, entitled, "Striving to Provide a Suitable Education for Every Student," to be held in Beijing on August 13 and 14, 2011. Approved by the Department of Education, the theme of the conference is "The personalized education and all-round development of students: theory, practice and innovation." Since China's reform and opening up, this is the first time personalized education will be addressed as a main discussion topic in a high-profile international conference. The event will be jointly presented by the Chinese Society of Education and the Chinese Association for Non-Government Education. In recognition of Xueda's leading role in personalized education, Xueda has been selected to serve as the organizer for the event. Supporting organizations include Asia-Pacific Federation of UNESCO Association, China Education Association for International Exchange, National Academy of Education Administration, China National Institute for Education Research, China Education Television (CETV), China Education News Agency, and the National Training Center for Secondary School Principals. The conference will focus on examining the guiding principles of China's "National Medium and Long-Term Educational Reform and Development Project Summary (2010-2020)" as they relate to individual and personalized education. Through an extensive collection of dissertations and seminars, the significance of personalized education to the development of students' personalities and creative talents will be explored and analyzed. The papers to be presented at the conference will be published as China's first "Dissertations on Personalized Education." Consequently, the conference is expected to contribute to the scientific development of personalized education for primary and secondary school students. China's primary and secondary school principals, key teachers, scholars, and domestic and international education experts have been invited to participate in this conference. It is expected that more than 700 principals of high schools and middle schools will attend the conference. Additionally, top educators from around the world are expected to be in attendance.

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I've been with her for about 2 years and we were virgins and she was oblivious to all things sexual before we got together. We get close, and she gets hot and quite close to climax but when she's nearly there she moves and says no stop and moves over, kisses me and doesn't want anything more. She's never done it before and she could be worried or scared but surely she must realize it feels good and would want to keep going?
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I agree with Dela1111. Also, there are people in the world who have a fear of pleasure. Forget what the phobia is called but there's a small chance of that. In addition, the idea of a new feeling she's never felt may be a little frightening, which sounds weird but happens.00|00|0
I did forget to mention one very important one, can't believe I didn't think of it before. She could have been abused. Some women experience orgasms when they're abused and it's very confusing for them so maybe she gets scared just as it happens because it makes her think about the abuse.


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On September 9, 2016, we had two groups from Print Pack volunteer at the Williamsburg ReStore. They were at the ReStore during "Print Pack Cares Week" when employees have an opportunity to go into the community and volunteer. Twenty seven employees provided over fifty volunteer hours at the ReStore. Although each group was only here for two hours, they were very productive and were able to accomplish a lot. They put a cedar swing set together, priced new paint supplies, priced new furniture knobs and hinges, priced new shoes donated by Wal Mart, cleaned and prepared donated area rugs for sales, cleaned dining room chairs and cleaned lighting on the sales floor. This groups has been wonderful to work with and we hope to be part of Print Pack Cares Week next year as well.
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Steve Jobs says netbooks are just slow, cheap laptops with low-quality displays and are no good for anything.
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Q+A this Sunday
Sunday 25 November, 2012
On Q+A this Sunday, we do our last regular studio programme of the year, featuring the country's two main political bosses – Prime Minister John Key and Opposition Leader David Shearer.
David Shearer has stared down questions around his leadership this past week, but questions remain over the unity of his party and caucus. Is he just papering over the cracks or has he stamped his authority on the party? And his plan for 100,000 new houses – where will they be, who will build them and what about those who can't afford a deposit?
And for our final interview of the year we speak with the Prime Minister. Back from overseas, he ends the year with uncomfortably high unemployment and questions over whether he's been able to rebalance the economy as promised. What has the year cost him politically, with issues from Dotcom to class sizes causing controversy? We'll discuss his highs and lows.
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Term Life insurance for Retirees Over 80 in Orange, CA
Life insurance is a terrific method to ensure that your effort is maintained as well as your valued relative are looked after for years to come. Life insurance policy for elderly people is readily available, however it is essential to compare prices as well as find the ideal fit.
Is It Feasible to Get Life Insurance if You More than 75 in Orange, CA?
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BMW has announced that the My BMW Remote app is now available for Apple iOS devices in the US (already available in Europe and BMW is working on an Android version). This app allows many BMW customers to access remote features for their vehicle by using their mobile device and the power of BMW Assist.
These features include remotely locking and unlocking of doors, getting the location of their parked vehicle, and sending Google Local Search results to their vehicle. Additionally, some customers will even be able to send a command to sound the horn or flash the headlights of their BMW.
Customers who have an active BMW Assist Safety Plan, a compatible vehicle, and an Apple device running iOS 4.0 or later will be able to download the app to their device starting today via the Apple iTunes store. No changes are required to their BMW. My BMW Remote operates on the customer's mobile device, sending remote commands to their BMW.
My BMW Remote includes the following functions in detail:
• Vehicle Position – If the vehicle's ignition is off, and it is located within 0.6 miles (1km) of the mobile device, the current vehicle location can be displayed on a map in the mobile device.
• Google Local Search – Search for local businesses, restaurants, and more on the mobile device and send the details to the vehicle.
• Remote Locking & Unlocking – Customers can remotely lock or unlock their vehicles, providing peace of mind if they are unsure whether they locked the vehicle in the parking lot or if they have accidently locked keys in the vehicle.
• Remote Horn – send a remote command to sound the horn of your BMW to help locate the vehicle.
• Remote Headlights – remote control of configurable exterior light functions to help locate the vehicle.
The remote features available to the customer will depend on which BMW model they have.
Source: BMW.
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Congress should forget about suspending or doing away with the 4.3 cents a gallon federal gas tax imposed in 1993.
Such a move would offer very little meaningful relief from the soaring gas prices of late, but it would pose a serious threat to funding for much needed road and bridge repairs on the nation's highways.
Some members of Congress, most notably Rep. Frank Murkowski of oil-rich Alaska, have been beating the drums for lifting the tax, but fortunately, most of his colleagues are cool to the idea.
With gasoline prices hovering around $1.50 a gallon and rising a nickel a gallon or more between fill-ups, the 4.3-cent reduction Murkowski is talking about would hardly be a drop in the tank.
Suspending the tax would make for great political grandstanding, but it would have minimal impact on the budgets of most Americans.
Where many of us would most likely feel the effects of such a move by Congress is on highways whose repairs would have to be postponed because of the loss of billions of dollars from the highway trust fund.
Repealing the 1993 gas tax is a Band-aid approach to a problem that requires major surgery.
A more practical, but far more painful solution for the people and politicians alike, is the development of a national energy policy that offers meaningful guidance for dealing with this country's fuel needs.
The cheap gas that we've enjoyed for years has allowed us to avoid head-on confrontation with issues such as exploration for new oil fields, dependence of foreign oil, the use of alternative fuels, wasteful consumption, mass transportation, etc.
If high gasoline prices bring about the development of a workable and effective national energy policy -- perhaps by making it one of the most significant issues of the this year's presidential campaign -- then OPEC may have done us all a favor by limiting oil production and driving up fuel costs.
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The program at the Bainbridge Kiwanis Club featured the Summer EXCEL Program at Bainbridge College. Greg McDonald, Bainbridge College's Director of Continuing Education, stated the program began approximately ten years ago. The Summer EXCEL program is for children in grades kindergarten through sixth.
McDonald described the program as being "more structured than day care and way more fun then school. It's a good, safe program for kids." he said. The program is headed by Marva Hay.
McDonald was accompanied by two of the EXCEL program's participants, Clint Edmunds and Karlee Guest. These two 8th graders have spent many years enjoying the summer program and shared their experiences with the club.
The program features 10 weeks of individual classes. Enrollment is by the week so children and parents can choose classes. Activities include arts and crafts and swimming. The program is from 9 am until 3 pm but arrangements can be made for early drop off and later pick-up.
May 26-30Artist Within - Explore your inner artist as you experience art the fun and messy way. End the week by participating in a group masterpiece that will be donated to the Decatur County Arts Council. We will also have our traditional an art show.June 2-6Here Kitty, Kitty! Discover Big Cats of the World - Lions, Tigers, Tigons, and Ligers. Which is the fastest cat, and who has spots, and who not? Explore what makes these big kitties purr as you learn about big cats of the world. This is a pumr-fect week to have a feline adventure.June 9-13Going Supersonic with, Things That Fly - Discover the science and history behind all things that fly. From a Chicken Hawk to Kitty Hawk, you're sure to learn a lot about the wild blue yonder and how things that shouldn't fly can.June 16-20Around the World in 5 Days - A journey begins with a single step. Step into a fabulous time as you explore exotic new countries, what the people eat, their customs, and their cultures. This year's countries are Germany, Ecuador, Sweden, Mali & Hungary.June 23-27Welcome to the Jungle - Calling all jungle-lovers. Don't miss this exciting adventure into the "Tales of the Jungle", where we will explore the jungle through adventure literature and real life, local explorers. You will hang on the edge of your seat as you hear the retelling of legends and lore.June 30-July 3Dinosaurs (4 day) - Dinosaurs are never out of style. Learn about familiar dinos and about some of the more obscure, mysterious lizards of times past. We'll even explore some modern-day dinosaurs.July 7-11Time Travel - We're going back in time to explore some of the most amazing natural disasters in recorded history. Learn about Pompeii, and more. Knights will fight on Friday.July 14-18Olympics: Ancient Greece to Modern day China - The 2008 Olympics will begin in China in just a few short weeks. Learn the history of the Olympics, what events were held, how people train, and who's who among American Olympians. On Friday, we will do our very own Olympics.July 21-25Stinky, Loud Science - Make a stink bomb, learn the chemicals behind certain smells, and learn why lightning and thunder always go together as you experience this yucky, stinky, loud week of EXCEL.July 28-31Inventors and Their Inventions (4 day) - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you," were the first words spoken through a telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. Did you know that Tom Edison invented the first record player, but it was actually a telephone answering machine? Learn interesting facts about great inventions and inventors of the world. You might even invent something of your own while you are here.
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ONLY 14 days into the New Year and the first of Sparsholt College's lambs has arrived.
Shepherd John Garrett welcomed the new arrival on Saturday evening and he is now busy awaiting the rush of remaining arrivals which are scheduled for the college's annual Lambing Weekend on Saturday and Sunday 26 and 27 January.
The college's barn doors will be open from 9.30am to 3.30pm for visitors to enjoy first hand the 400 ewes lambing.
For many, the Lambing Weekend is the first time they get to see an actual live birth and as Shepherd John Garrett says: "We regularly have visitors who come back year on year as there aren't many opportunities for the general public to get this close.
"It is fascinating and a privilege to watch any animals being born and we welcome the opportunity to share this experience."
In addition to welcoming the lambs there will also be the opportunity to Hug a Husky, watch dog agility displays and farrier demonstrations and meet the college horses and donkeys.
Open from 9.30am, admission is £5 per adult and £3.50 per child (aged three to 16), under threes are free. Two adults and two children can purchase a £15 family ticket.
n HEALTH WARNING: It is vitally important that pregnant women do NOT attend this event due to the risk of being exposed to a disease which can cause miscarriage.


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Political economy arguments for uniform tariffs
During the 1980s the Bank aggressively promoted greater uniformity in tariffs in developing countries. The Bank's structural adjustment and trade reform programs have often recommended abolition of quantitative import restrictions and increased uniformity in tariffs. This report is a formal analysis of some political economy arguments for uniform tariffs. The authors present three models in which unifrom tariff rules may be adopted as a way of minimizing the welfare costs of endogenously determined tariffs. In the first two models, tariffs are demand determined : the government is essentially unable to resist the lobbying pressure. In the third model, tariffs are supply determined in the sense that they result from the government's preference for certain sectors over others. After examining the three models, the authors conclude that in each case it is possible for a uniform tariff regime to yield higher welfare than a regime in which tariffs can diverge across sectors.
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Turncoat is an original game from TopAccolades, designed by David Wolstenholme, for two players, with novel characteristics.
Although played on the same 8x8 board as Reversi (sold commercially as Othello), and using two-sided playing pieces, the mode of play is quite different:
a) Both players have their own boards;
b) All the pieces in play are already on the boards, with both players having identical layouts;
c) The players choose, in secret, which piece they wish to turn;
d) For each player, the selected piece is turned, as are any pieces trapped between this piece and another piece of the same colour;
e) Both players must then also turn the pieces selected by their opponent, again also turning any trapped pieces. All turning is, of course, carried out by the system based on the selections made.
The objective is to achieve a board with all pieces showing black.
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A post-mortem examination following the tragic death of Patrick Goodman has revealed he died of natural causes.
The 44-year-old sustained life threatening injuries to his head after he fell over on Turton Street last Sunday evening.
Mr Goodman, who lived with his family on Somerset Road, later died in hospital.
A spokesman for Dorset Police said the family had been made aware and the man arrested released from police bail.
He said: "Since the witness appeal following the death of a man on Sunday in Melcombe Regis a post-mortem has revealed that the man died of natural causes and the man arrested released from police bail."


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Today's "must read" article is Liam Halligan's column in the Telegraph.
Since the financial crisis first hit, two busted orthodoxies have taken hold amongst the elite who preside over us; the first is that printing money (QE) and monetary stimulus can engineer recovered. They haven't.
The second is that bank reform means a little bit of "ring fencing" between retail and institutional banking here and there - the "settled" view, according to George Osborne. Ring fencing won't fix our banks, many of which remain state-dependent zombies.
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have argued consistently that both approaches are flawed. We need an end to print-money-and-pray economics, and return to sound money and banking (see details of my Banking Bill alternative to Vickers here).
The days of the Osbrown economic consensus are coming to an end. We are going to need something a little different if we are going to lift ourselves out of this mess.
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Phil's Big Oranges Stir-fry
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 green pepper
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 1 orange
- 1 (8 ounce) can oranges, segments
- 6 ounces chicken
- 6 ounces steak
- 1 fresh tomato, diced
- salt and pepper
- instant rice
- salt, pepper,and cayenne pepper to taste.
Directions See How It's Made
- Drizzle olive oil into another hot frying pan.
- Slice peppers and onion and add to this pan.
- Add salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste.
- Stir frequently.
- Take navel orange and use zester or grater to add peel to meat mixture.
- Then, cut orange in half, and squeeze juice from one half into meat mixture.
- Continue to cook meat for five minutes.
- Add cooked vegetables to meat mixture, and remove from heat.
- To make Big Orange rice, simply steam or cook rice according to directions on package, then mix rice with red and yellow food coloring.
- Serve meat and vegetable stir-fry over bed of Big Orange rice, and garnish with diced tomatoes and mandarin orange slices.
- Note: 1 Cup of uncooked rice will make 3 cups of cooked rice.


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From Post staff reports
Lebanon Planning Commission re-approved unanimously the site plan for the new Lebanon High School to be built on property off Hickory Ridge Road and Leeville Pike at Tuesday's regular meeting.
Planning commission member Rick Jones made the motion to approve the site plan and it was seconded by David Taylor.
Planners also voted unanimously to recommend to the Lebanon City Council the renaming of Blue Devil Drive to Stadium Drive.
Planners approved the site for the new Lebanon Special School District middle school to be built on Leeville Pike adjacent to College Hills Church of Christ.
Students, parents and others have been participating in a contest to name the new school. LSSD officials are expected to make a decision on its name soon.
In other business, planners approved:
• Rezoning the Hagan property's 5.21 acres on Leeville Pike from AG to B-3
• Annexing the Powell Grove right-of-way from Highway 70 to the current city limits. Commissioner of Public Safety Billy Weeks said there was confusion about the property for the public, and the Police Department had received various calls regarding it. He noted he was opposed to the annexation.
• Final plat for Cumberland Center, Phase 1 on Highway 231 South. There was quite a bit of discussion among planners regarding this item. There are seven lots and it has the potential for eight to nine more. The discussion was about a turning lane and a sidewalk. Panel members Rick James and Mark McClesky said they were worried that pedestrians would not be safe if there was not a sidewalk (they thought pedestrians might be confused on where to walk). James and McClesky voted against approval.
• Final plat for the Tuck-Campbell subdivision on 2.23 acres at 103 Babb Court.
• Site plan for Storage Solutions at 103 Babb Court. The facility would be 17,925 square feet. Some changes were made to the dumpster and evergreens will be planted.
• Final plat for Heritage Trace at StoneBridge on Shady Stone Way. This phase will include 20 units.


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|Chikowski, Rebecca
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Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/1/2003
Publication Date: 10/27/2003
Citation: Fisher, J.R., Albrecht, M.A., Chikowski, R.L. 2003. Life tables of grape phylloxera: effects of variable temperature regimes on a population from washington, oregon, and california. Meeting Abstract. Interpretive Summary: .
Technical Abstract: Grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch (Homoptera: Phylloxeridae), a multivoltine pest, continues to be a threat to wine grape (Vitis vinifera L.) growers in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Since damage was found in 3 vineyards in 1990, Oregon now has more than 70 vineyards affected. Washington has had as many as 8 vineyards infested over the past 40 years but only 3 remain. In a previous study we had found that life processes were affected adversely when phylloxera were reared at constant temperatures > 30º C and < 18º C. In this study we compared the development of 3 phylloxera populations (1 each from Oregon, Washington and California) under variable temperature regimes simulated from a selected location in each state. Generations varied by origin of population and by temperature regime. Longevity of adults as well as egg production increased with early summer temperatures while late summer temperatures cause a great reduction in life parameters in all regimes.


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Nova: Transportation Solutions is an integrated accounting system designed specifically for transportation companies.
Accounts Payable
The Nova: Transportation Solutions accounts payable sub-system will quickly become one of the most powerful tools you will use in managing your company. Easy to use, the sub-system will provide you with the information you need for planning your cash utilization.
When invoices are entered into the system, you have the ability to add auditing information and comments, and are allowed up to nine hundred cost distributions. Each vendor can be set up with standard cost distributions, simplifying data entry and reducing the possibility of errors.
Accounts Receivable
Nova: Transportation Solutions A/R System accounts for revenues and assists in collections giving you complete control of your receivables.
Driver Settlements
Nova: Transportation Solutions is a POWERFUL tool for making sure that your drivers and agents get paid promptly and accurately. With Nova: Transportation Solutions you have the flexibility to customize settlements for each driver/agent, or for a group. This means that you can take advantage of opportunities to negotiate better deals. Nova: Transportation Solutions gives you the ability to pay your drivers by:
- Mile
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General Ledger
The Nova: Transportation Solutions general ledger sub-system is designed like the systems sold for large mainframe computers. Nova: Transportation Solutions general ledger gives your company all of the power and flexibility available to the largest companies.
The system supports multi-company, multi-division, and multi-department companies. Income and expense (P&L) reports can be prepared at the division level. This means that you can set up each of your terminals, or other revenue centers such as a shop or garage, as divisions, and evaluate each operation separately.
Nova: Transportation Solutions payroll is a full feature system which will process your payroll in a timely and accurate manner.
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Manages your Purchase Orders neatly and easily with the Nova: Transportation Solutions Purchase Order software.
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Travel Authorization – If you are traveling out of state, an online travel authorization must be completed. Please e-mail or come into SURC Accounting to discuss what information is needed and receive instructions on how to process the travel authorization. If there are multiple travelers, a list of including Student ID numbers and phone numbers will be required.
Travel Voucher – If you are receiving a reimbursement for travel expenses, an online travel voucher will be required to receive your reimbursement. Receipts are required for reimbursement, make sure you save the receipts for the expenses you will be reimbursed for. Please send an e-mail or come into SURC Accounting to receive instructions on how this is completed.
Mileage Calculator – If funds a being reimbursed for travel based on mileage, the travel websites mileage calculator must be used to calculate the amount for reimbursement. The amount that will be reimbursed will be the lesser of the two values as shown next to where it states "Allowable Reimbursement". An online travel voucher will need to be used to reimburse for the cost of mileage.
Guest Speaker/Personal Services:
A-19 – If an Invoice is not supplied by the Guest Speaker, an A-19 must be completed. SURC Accounting must receive the original prior to submitting payment.
W-9 – This form is required for tax reporting. SURC Accounting must receive the original prior to submitting payment.
Personal Services Agreement – This form must be completed if the price of the guest speaker is $10,000.00 or greater. A University representative (please speak with SURC Accounting to find correct University representative) must sign this form on behalf of the University. For any questions on completion of this form, please contact SURC Accounting. If the speaker requires a contract and the amount is less than $10,000.00, a standard agreement will still be required to process payment.
Quick Reference Brochure – This brochure is intended to cover the basic processes for the most common reasons individuals are required to come into our office. Additional steps may need to be taken based on individual situations.
Signatory List – Club and Organization transactions require a minimum of two signatories. Make sure to have at least two signatories on the list prior to turning in the form (the more signatories there are, the easier it will be to complete a transaction). Make sure to check the box at the top indicating where funds will be transferred to in the event that a club or organization should disband or fail to be recognized for 3 consecutive years.
Lost Receipt Form – A lost receipt form completed by a club will result in warning for the first occurrence. The second occurrence of a lost receipt form will place the Club/Organization on probationary status and cash advances will NOT be available to the Club or Organization for a period of 11 weeks.
Receipt/Documentation Policy - A quick reference for documentation requirements and simple procedures for various types of transactions. This document also details some of the results for failure to supply receipts.
Deposit Slip – In order to help make the deposit counts easier, we have provided a form that you can print out yourself. Please bring this slip in with your deposit to verify counts or you may complete one in our office.


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Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor. He has garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne tremula, Boca a boca, Los Lunes al sol and Mar adentro.
Bardem has been awarded an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA, four Goya awards, two European Film Awards, a Prize for Best Actor at Cannes and two Coppa Volpis at Venice for his work. He is the first Spaniard to be nominated for an Oscar (Best Actor, 2000, for Before Night Falls, lost to Russell Crowe for Gladiator), as well as the first to win an acting Oscar (Supporting Actor, 2007, for No Country for Old Men), rather than in the Foreign Language Film category. He received his third Academy Award nomination, and second Best Actor nomination, for the film Biutiful.
Early life:
Bardem was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, Spain. His mother, Pilar Bardem, is an actress, and his father, Carlos Encinas, was a businessman who was involved in environmental work; the two separated shortly after his birth. Bardem comes from a long line of filmmakers and actors who have been working since the earliest days of Spanish cinema; he is the grandson of actors Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, and the nephew of screenwriter and director Juan Antonio Bardem.Both his older brother and older sister, Carlos and Mónica Bardem, are actors. Bardem was raised Roman Catholic by his grandmother. Bardem's film debut was at the age of six and a half in the film El Pícaro (The Scoundrel), and he appeared in several television series before turning to painting and, eventually, sports. Before acting professionally, Bardem played rugby in Spain.
He appeared in TV parts throughout his youth, but had not been inspired to seek a career in acting. In 1986, he was in Pedro Maso's 12-part series Segunda Ensenanza. He briefly toured with an independent theatre troupe, appearing in El Medico A Palos and El Sombrero De Tres Picos, and in 1989 appeared in Brigada Central, also for Pedro Maso. That same year, he would impersonate Superman when appearing in the morning show "El Dia Por Delante", a mix of comedy, news and chat hosted by Pepe Navarro. He did not take these jobs seriously, instead just saw it as a way of making money, just like his other jobs as a bouncer, a construction worker and (for one night only) a stripper.
Career: Early work, 1990–99:
At age 20, Bardem decided to pursue his family trade and leave EAO when he was approached by Bigas Luna to appear in an upcoming movie, The Ages of Lulu. Consulting with his mother (also in the film), he was advised to take acting seriously if he were to go through with it. In the film Bardem played a hunky, charming bisexual. The Ages Of Lulu was hailed by some as an erotic masterpiece, by others as a new low, gutter-porn masquerading as art. Regardless of the movie's mixed reviews, Bardem was superb as the charismatic, violently pragmatic pimp.
Bardem in 2009
After a brief role in the TV miniseries Tango, El Baile De Poder, he scored a bit part in High Heels, by Spain's most popular director, Pedro Almodovar, starring Almodovar favourites Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. High Heels involved mother-daughter jealousies and a murderous love triangle, it would be the second highest-grossing film in Spanish history. Following this great success would come another small contribution, this time to Amo Tu Cama Rica. "I realized I was becoming an actor, so I thought, 'OK, stop. If I'm going to do this, I have to do it right because of my surname,'" Bardem would later explain.
In 1992, he made his first international hit with dark comedy, Jamón, jamón playing a macho gigolo, which also starred Penélope Cruz. This would be a reunion with Bigas Luna, but this time with Bardem in a lead role. The film garnered six Goya nominations, including nods for Bardem and Cruz, and it became a cult hit around the world. The film's success catapulted Javier into the limelight. Due to the fame it brought him, he had his nose broken by a complete stranger at a disco in Madrid, and was forced at the age of 24 to give up rugby, a game he'd loved since he was 9.
His lack of English was already costing him work as he'd been forced to turn down a part in the original London production of Terry Johnson's Hysteria, where he would have played Salvador Dali in his famous meeting with Sigmund Freud in 1938, the role eventually went to Tim Potter and the play won an Olivier award as Best Comedy in 1994. In 1993 Bardem was in two more bit parts, The Bilingual Lover and then in Sancho Gracia's Huidos, a story of Republican resistance during the Spanish Civil War. Following these would come Bardem's first major lead, in Golden Balls, his third collaboration with Bigas Luna. As a flashy, cruel and deeply weird doomed dreamer, it was another brilliant performance by Bardem, winning him his second Goya nomination.
Bardem reunited with Jamón, jamón co-star Jordi Molla for the short Prognostic Reservat. He also took a brief but telling role in Running Out Of Time. Though, Bardem's most prominent performance of 1994 would be in The Detective And Death, directed by Gonzalo Suarez loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Story of a Mother. It was a strange, compelling film with haunting visuals and the moodiest of soundtracks. The film was nominated for five Goyas with Bardem winning a Silver Seashell at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The year 1995 brought him yet more acclaim. It began with a part in the black comedy short La Madre, a family affair directed by Javier's cousin Miguel and starring his mom Pilar. Then would come Boca a boca, directed by Manuel Gomez Pereira and written by Joaquin Oristrell. Here Bardem plays an aspiring actor so crippled by shyness and self-doubt he must psych himself up to work by doing Travis Bickle impressions, low on money and awaiting a part in an American movie, he takes work as a phone sex operator and there finds the freedom to convincingly perform. Unfortunately, it all goes wrong when he meets caller Aitana Sanchez-Gijon who involves him in a double cross and a romantic triangle. The movie would garner eight Goya nominations with Bardem being the only winner.
After having popped up in Pedro Perez Jimenez's Mambru, Bardem's next starring role would be in Mariano Barroso's Éxtasis, a robbery plot that becomes a psychological thriller marked by greed, seduction and betrayal. The same year, 1996, would bring two more high-profile releases. First there'd be Not Love, Just Frenzy, Co-written and co-directed by Miguel Bardem, the film would also feature siblings Carlos and Monica, and, for the first time since Jamon, Jamon, Penelope Cruz. And Bardem would stick with Cruz for Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health, a second movie with Manuel Gomez Pereira and writer Joaquin Oristrell, the movie would feature Cruz briefly and Bardem for just a matter of seconds. 1997 would begin with Airbag, a riotous comedy featuring both mom Pilar and former co-star Maria De Medeiros.
Now established as one of Spain's top stars, Bardem worked again with his home's leading director Pedro Almodovar. They collaborated on the 1997's Live Flesh, for Bardem this was a renunion with mom Pilar, Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, and Penelope Cruz (in a brief cameo at the start). Bardem plays a paralyzed wheelchair-basketball star. Live Flesh was complicated and clever, political and absurd, fascinating and brilliantly played, with Bardem Goya-nominated again. Bardem's final release of 1997 would be Perdita Durango, playing a santeria-practicing bank robber. Bardem's next appearance would be a cameo in Santiago Segura's black comedy, Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley. The movie was accused of being abjectly crude and offensive; though, it would be the biggest box-office hit ever in Spain. 1999 would be another strong year for Bardem releases. First, he'd reteam with the Pereira/Oristrell partnership for Between Your Legs, a comedy drama of betrayal, blackmail and madness featuring former co-stars Victoria Abril and Carmelo Gomez. Following this would come Washington Wolves, another collaboration with Éxtasis director Mariano Barroso and Live Flesh co-star Jose Sancho. Next there'd be Second Skin with Jordi Molla and Ariadna Gil (both former Bardem co-stars).
Breakthrough, 2000–03:
Bardem at Cannes Film festival, 2000. Though his fame was confined to his native country, Bardem's talent had not gone unnoticed in the English-speaking world. Back in 1997, John Malkovich had approached Bardem to star in his directorial debut, The Dancer Upstairs. Bardem, though flattered that Malkovich had heard of him, turned him down because his English was very poor. Undeterred, Malkovich spent the next three years earning and seeking finance for his project. Meanwhile, renowned artist and director, Julian Schnabel was producing a movie based on the memoirs of Reinaldo Arenas, a Cuban poet and novelist, persecuted for his homosexuality and liberalism by Castro's post-revolutionary government. Schnabel had asked Bardem to play the minor role to which Bardem had said no, that role eventually went to Olivier Martinez. After being turned down by the now well-established Hollywood actor, Benicio Del Toro, Schnabel asked Bardem to play the lead. Javier saw it impossible to convincingly speak English with a Cuban accent but when offered the lead, it was an opportunity too great to reject. Asking Schnabel for a few weeks to decide Javier went to Cuba to get an idea of Arenas, seeking out people in the streets who knew the poet, many of whom were still too scared to speak. After convincing himself that Arenas would be a role he could be proud of, he entered a period of intense preparation. Physically, he lost any hint of masculine muscularity dropping 30 pounds and spent eight hours a day with an English teacher.
Javier's first English-speaking film became his international breakthrough, Before Night Falls in 2000. Javier portrayed Arenas from a 17-year-old, loving life and on the verge of sexual awakening, to a pallid 45-year-old, crushed by AIDS, eager to die. Bardem won the Volpi Cup at Venice, was nominated for a Golden Globe and became the first Spaniard to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film changed things for Bardem making him known worldwide, and becoming sought-after. Bardem's next release would see him provide a cameo in Spanish production Don't Tempt Me, featuring his former colleagues Penelope Cruz and Victoria Abril, as well as Gael Garcia Bernal (mother Pilar would also appear, in a photograph). In 2002, with the film's finance secured and Bardem having learned English, would come Malkovich's directorial debut, The Dancer Upstairs. Loosely based on the real-life hunt for Abimael Guzman, this saw Bardem as a lawyer who's become a detective in order to better serve the cause of justice. Malkovich described him as "the best young actor in Europe, maybe anywhere. He has the strength and power of a bull but with a very masculine fragility underneath," said Malkovich. "His talent is off the radar." 2002 also brought another hit in Mondays in the Sun, Spain's biggest film of the year, even outdoing Almodovar's Talk to Her. This was a hard-hitting socio-political study of a group of unemployed shipbuilders, Bardem would play Santa, a fiery activist who's the unelected leader of the men. It would take five Goyas, including one for Bardem. Following this would come Variaciones, Javier Aguirre's visual accompaniment to a poem by Jorge Luis Borges. It would open with Bardem and Ines Sastre running together and kissing, the scene would replay over and over, manipulating the shot and altering the aurals and visuals. Javier Bardem and the Coen brothers at the Cannes Film Festival 2007.
Critical success, 2004-current:
Immediately after Before Night Falls he'd turned down the role in Minority Report which eventually went to Colin Farrell and, perhaps more wisely, a part in Basic Instinct 2. Now, though, he'd step up for his first major Hollywood picture, making a brief appearance as a crime lord who summons Tom Cruise's hitman to do the dirty work of dispatching witnesses in Michael Mann's crime drama Collateral. That year Bardem won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in 2004's Mar Adentro, released in the United States as The Sea Inside, in which he portrayed the quadriplegic turned assisted-suicide activist Ramón Sampedro.
In 2007, Bardem acted in two film adaptations: the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men, and the adaptation of the Colombian novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. In No Country for Old Men, he played a sociopathic killer, Anton Chigurh. For that role, he became the first Spaniard to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Supporting Actor. Bardem's rendition of Chigurh's trademark phrase, "Call it, friendo," was named Top HollyWORDIE of 2007 in the annual survey by the Global Language Monitor. Chigurh was named #26 in Entertainment Weekly magazine's 2008 "50 Most Vile Villains in Movie History" list.
He starred with Cruz and others in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Bardem was in talks to play fictional filmmaker Guido Contini in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Nine; the part eventually went to Daniel Day-Lewis. In 2010, he was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Biutiful directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. On January 25, 2011 Bardem was the unexpected Oscar nominee for his role in Biutiful, after being overlooked by the Globes and SAG, he became the first all Spanish-language Best Actor nominee ever.
It was speculated that he would guest-star on the second season of Glee as a rock star who befriends Artie. He will indeed appear in the show in 2011. Bardem will appear in the untitled sixth feature by Terrence Malick, shot in fall 2010 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
He has been offered the lead role of "Gunslinger" Roland Deschain in Ron Howard's adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower novels. If he signs, he will also star in the TV series as well. According to Deadline.com he was also offered a starring role (possibly the villain) in the upcoming James Bond film, Bond 23. The EON Productions offer to Bardem to join Daniel Craig was made at around the same time that he received his Best Actor nomination for Biutiful and the Roland Deschain offer. But there's no telling which he'll go with, noting that in the past Bardem was offered the high-profile villain role in Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps but turned it down.
Personal life:
Bardem does not know how to drive and consistently refers to himself as a "worker" and not an actor. Bardem is an atheist; following the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Spain in 2005, Bardem incited controversy when he stated that if he were gay, he would "get married tomorrow, just to mess with the Church" (mañana mismo, sólo para joder a la Iglesia). Bardem's life's work was honored at the 2007 Gotham Awards, produced by Independent Feature Project. Bardem began dating then co-star Penélope Cruz in 2007, although the couple have maintained a low public profile. According to the Associated Press, the two were married in July 2010 in the Bahamas.[28] On September 14, 2010, it was announced that Cruz was four and a half months pregnant with their first child. The Hollywood Reporter quoted the Spanish-language ¡Hola! that Cruz gave birth to a boy on January 22, 2011, three days before Bardem received his third Oscar nomination, for his role in Biutiful.


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Kandahar from Hazratji Tomb
This photograph of Kandahar, taken from the Hazratji Tomb, is from an album of rare historical photographs depicting people and places associated with the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Located north of the center of the city and surrounded by the tombs of 19th-century Afghan rulers, the tomb is a shrine to Hazratji, a famous Kandahari saint. That his tomb is seven meters long attests to his reputation for holiness. The other tombs have tall marble stones at each end and are decorated with black and white pebbles. The photograph shows the walls and sentry towers of the city, sprawling across the background and fading into the distance to the right. Small shrines and graves occupy the foreground. The British occupied Kandahar from September 1880 until their withdrawal in April 1881, which marked the end of the war. The Second Anglo-Afghan War began in November 1878 when Great Britain, fearful of what it saw as growing Russian influence in Afghanistan, invaded the country from British India. The first phase of the war ended in May 1879 with the Treaty of Gandamak, which permitted the Afghans to maintain internal sovereignty but forced them to cede control over their foreign policy to the British. Fighting resumed in September 1879 after an anti-British uprising in Kabul, and finally concluded in September 1880 with the decisive Battle of Kandahar. The album includes portraits of British and Afghan leaders and military personnel, portraits of ordinary Afghan people, and depictions of British military camps and activities, structures, landscapes, and cities and towns. The sites shown are all located within the borders of present-day Afghanistan or Pakistan (a part of British India at the time). About a third of the photographs were taken by John Burke (circa 1843–1900), another third by Sir Benjamin Simpson (1831–1923), and the remainder by several other photographers. Some of the photographs are unattributed. The album possibly was compiled by a member of the British Indian government, but this has not been confirmed. How it came to the Library of Congress is not known.
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1 photographic print in an album : albumen
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- "Tombs of Hazratgi & Shere Ali's father [Kandahar]," British Library Online Gallery, March 2009, http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/t/019pho0000050s1u00076000.html.
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By The Time They Got To Foodstockby Food Network Kitchen in View All Posts, October 2nd, 2008
Recently, over 60,000 participants came to Slow Food USA's coming-out party in San Francisco. This organization, as its name implies, celebrates real non-processed foods and the farmers, fishermen, cooks, servers and eaters that share them.
I was lucky enough to be part of this well-fed throng. I strolled through the fantastically lush victory gardens in front of SF City Hall, stuffed myself silly ("slow" didn't mean "restrained") on delicious foods that included incredible Olympia oysters, rustic Southern soused pork and cornbread with sorghum and buttermilk, vibrant Bronx grapes, perfect peaches, awesome ice creams, intense chocolates, artisanal cheeses and salumi, remarkable Indian flatbreads and the best hand-crafted beers.
Although a couple pounds may be with me for a bit, it was the Food for Thought series that will stay with me forever. SFN assembled the best and the brightest of the food community — Michael Pollan, Corby Kummer, Wendell Berry, Carlo Petrini, Alice Waters, Vandana Shiva, Marion Nestle, and James Oseland — to grapple with the bigger questions about how we choose to feed ourselves. These panels were inspiring. The issues aren't simple, and we have lots of work to do to build a sustainable food system that is good, clean, and fair. But the energy and passion of all the participants was a fantastic opening act.
Check out this declaration that emerged from the panel discussions: http://fooddeclaration.org
Katherine Alford, Test Kitchen Director


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Mushroom Farming Pune
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