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Repeatedly throughout history people have imagined that the end of the world, or at least the end of the present age, was nigh. This is particularly true in times of plague, famine, unrest, tyranny, and war, which pretty well covers most of human history.
Supposedly people were panicking in the eleventh century, and, more recently, prophets have convinced their naive followers to give up all their worldly goods or even committ mass suicide. But this time is different.
We are nearing the winter solstice, 2012 date forecast as the end of this age by the Mayas, who had remarkably accurate lunar and solar calendars, and fairly advanced mathematics, including the zero concept.
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The last 100 years or so has been the bloodiest, the most tragic, in all of history, and that is saying a lot. Never before have we had weapons of mass destruction that can virtually wipe out humanity: nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. These weapons are proliferating into the hands of terrorists and those states that support them, and recombinant DNA technology can potentially create even more deadly germ warfare agents. Never before have we had space flight. Never before have we had anything like the United Nations, which has done absolutely nothing to prevent or even reduce war, terrorism, and democide (its stated purpose) but which serves as the foundation for the dreaded global fascism of the New World Order. And the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 seems to fulfill an ancient Biblical prophecy; when Biblical and Mayan prophecy appear to coincide perhaps we need to take notice. Yet another Biblical prophecy was the so-called "mark of the beast'" without which men could not buy or sell; proposed computer chip implants, the ultimate convenience in a cashless society seem to fit this one pretty well, and can serve, at the very least, to track people if not to control them.
And the timing, the date, and the place of many recent events orchestrated by the global elite seem to point to the end. David Icke has remarked that even if we choose not to believe in sacred geometry and numerology, we should at least understand that the elite take all of this very seriously. If nothing else, such an understanding helps us to predict their next move, and they are becoming increasingly predictable. So let us take a look at the basics of the subject.
The Mayans, and many other ancient peoples, were fascinated by the planet Venus, whose movements form the most accurate clock in the heavens. As Venus orbits closer to the sun and faster than Earth it will pass Earth so that a line can be drawn through the Sun and both planets. If Venus and Earth are on the same side of the Sun this is called an inferior conjunction; if on opposite sides it is a superior conjunction. Either way, the next one will be 583.9 days later, and both planets will be exactly 216 degrees around in their orbits. This is called a synodic cycle. Note that 216 is three times 72, and five times 72 is 360 degrees, a complete circly. A series of five of these cycles takes 7.99 years.A diagram showing the orbits with lines going out from the sun at the conjunctions will have five lines each exactly 72 degrees from the next. If you then draw exterior lines connecting the points of intersection with Earth's orbit, you will have a regular pentagon like the one in Washington, D.C. the latest addition to the sacred geometry of that city. Draw internal lines from point to point and you have that most powerful of magic symbols, the pentagram, or five pointed star. Note that the ancient Egyptians portrayed stars as having five points, and the human body has five major projections: a head, two arms, and two legs. Here is embodied the key idea of astrology, the connection between us and the stars. As above, so below.
But things get stranger still. The ratio of one of the inner corner-to-corner pentagram lines to any of the outer sides of the pentagon is the Golden Mean: roughly 1.61803 to one. This was beloved by the Greeks, and various ratios in the human body approach this ratio. In most cultures the closer the ratio, the more attractive the person is considered. Then there is the Fibonacci series:1,2,3,5,8,13, 21,55,89,144,etc. Each consecutive number is formed by adding the two preceding, and as you get higher up the series the ratios get closer and closer to the Golden Mean. A spiral formed from these numbers, the Fibonacci Spiral, is found in whirlpools, galaxies, hurricanes, tornadoes, snail shells, rams' horns, and certain bacteria. If you extend such a spiral at right angles to its plane, you get a helix, as in DNA. And if you are beginning to suspect that this cannot all be coincidence, we're just getting started. There's more.
As the Earth turns on its axis every 24 hours, that axis slowly wobbles every 25,920 years. Often called a Great Year, this is almost certainly one of the causes of ice ages. This Great Year is divided into twelve astrological ages, and each of these is 2,160 years long, or ten times the 216 degrees discussed earlier. Every 72 years (that number 72 again) the axis moves one degree around this circle. And if that's not enough, the average healthy human heart at rest beats 72 times each minute. It would seem that the human body in some way resonates with the solar system and perhaps with the entire universe.
If this isn't enough, mystics have always taught that, through meditation, the chi or kundalini force, the fundamental energy of consciousness, can be raised from the base chakra up the spinal column to the crown chakra, resulting in the higher state of consciousness called enlightenment. Counting the cervical vertebrae and the ones fused at the base of the spine, we have 33 vertebrae. Note that the thirty third degree is important to freemasons, and that thirty third degree masons like several American presidents have played a major, and sinister role in world affairs. Thirty three is, of course, three times eleven, and the mysterious sunspot cycle is just over eleven years long. As we shall see, multiples of eleven are seen again in the dates and places of the darkest deeds of the global elite.
The twentieth century officially began, of course, in 1900, but little of significance took place that year. More significant is 1914, the year World War One began to make the world safe for fascism. Yet a series of events took place the preceding year, 1913. On the way to enslaving the world, the elite had to begin extinguishing the light of freedom in their New Atlantis, the United States. In 1913 President Woodrow Wilson (the same creature who would later preside over the creation of the League of Nations, the first attempt at global tyranny) secured the passage of the Federal Reserve Act, giving America a national banking system, like the Bank of England and elswehere. This consortium of private bankers were given control of the money supply and interest rates, a sure recipe to make the rich richer and to enslave and impoverish the rest of us. Wilso also pushed through a constitutional amendment, allowing for direct election of US senators, who, hitherto, had been selected by their state senates. Seemingly "democratic," this weakened states' rights and centralized power. And Wilson gave America an income tax, via an amendment that was never legally ratified. And few are aware that, in the US, no tax law based on that illegal amendment was ever passed. Americans are rutinely jailed for violating a nonexistent law based on a legally nonexistent amendment. And note that thirteen, as in 1913, is a magic number.
If 1913 is taken to be the first year of a century, what is its final year? You guessed it:2012.
More magic numbers appear. The global elite chose to end World War One in 1918, and eighteen is the sum of seven and eleven, two magic numbers. The ratio of the height to any of the base sides of the Great Pyramid at Giza is exactly seven to eleven. Divide the height of the pyramid into two of the base sides, or seven into twenty two, and you have pi out to two decimal places. And they chose to end the war at eleven in the morning on November (eleventh month) the eleventh. Three elevens total thirty three.
Thirty third degree freemason Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who turned America into a socialist state and betrayed us at Pearl Harbor, took office in 1933. His chosen successor, Harry Truman, was also a thirty third degree mason, and was America's thirty third president. These two gentlemen gave us the wondrous United Nations and nuclear weapons. The first one was tested at Trinity Site in New Mexico, almost exactly on the thirty third parallel, as is Nagasaki (but not Hiroshima).
And then there is the number 1947, or 19.47. Richard Hoagland has pointed out that if the simplest polyhedron, a regular tetrahedron bounded by four equilateral triangles, is of the right size to be placed exactly within a rotating sphere like the Earth, and one vertex is at the South Pole, the other three vertices will be exactly 120 degrees apart and some 19.47 degrees north of the equator. The ancient Mexican site of Teotihuacan is at this latitude, and Hoagland has pointed out that upwellings of volcanic energy cluster near this latitude, like the great Hawaiian volcanoes on Earth, the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, and the immense Olympus Mons volcano on Mars.
In 1947 freemason Harry Truman turned America into a militarist state with the National Defense Act and a peacetime draft. And that year Kenneth Arnold and others saw nine (another magic number) crescent shaped UFOs. That year also saw the bizarre UFO sighting at Maury Island in Washington State, and, of course, Roswell. The Roswell crash site is almost exactly on the thirty third parallel, and the crash took place on July (seventh month) the fourth (seven plus four equals eleven), the date chosen by America's Founding Fathers, most of them masons, for our Declaration of Independence in 1776. And what are the odds of a UFO crash near a very small town that was the home both of rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard and future Lunar astronaut and mystic Edgar Mitchell? Both were living there at the time of the crash. I am afraid we have run out of coicidences.
East of Roswell is Dallas, also almost exactly on the thirty third parallel, and JFK was killed on November (eleventh month) the twenty second, and eleven plus twenty two is thirty three.
Nine, as in 9/11, is also a magic number, and one of the planes that day was allegedly flight eleven, and another was flight seventy seven (seven times eleven). And don't forget that the train bombings in Spain were on March (third month) eleventh.
Like I said, we ran out of coincidences quite a while back there, and we now are suffering from the Chinese curse: we live in interesting times. And those times appear to be getting very, very short.
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Beyond the clichés, what do we know about Icelanders? Our Brussels correspondents meet with Icelandic artists who have made a career in the European capital. Iceland's Foreign Minister tells us why he is convinced his country must join the EU. Also, we find out why fishing quotas remain a bone of contention between Iceland and its European partners and we follow Oddny Eir, an Icelandic author who takes us on an eco-friendly tour of this stunning island.
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May 21: Officers attended safety training at city hall, took a civil complaint, and responded to a non-injury accident in Hillsboro Heights in which no report was taken. Police also took a report of a person yelling in Hillsboro Heights. Under further investigation, officers located an intoxicated person who was talking loudly.
Thursday: Police responded to a non-injury accident in Hillsboro Heights, attended drug investigation training, and addressed a commercial alarm in the 800 block of East D St.
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MACON, Ga. – After scoring a career-high and tying a Lipscomb school record on made 3-pointers Saturday, redshirt-freshman guard Chandler Cooper has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Newcomer of the Week, as announced by the league on Monday.
It is Cooper's first Newcomer of the Week award.
Cooper is coming off a career-best 31-point effort at Mercer, where she tied current Lady Bisons assistant Anna Bowers for the most made 3-pointers in a single game in Lipscomb's NCAA era with eight.
The Clarksville, Tenn. native also set the school record with 11 made field goals in the contest.
On Thursday, Cooper started slowly at Kennesaw State only scoring four points in the first half, but came back with 19 in the second to give her a team-high 23. She grabbed five boards and made a career-high seven free throws against the Owls.
For the week Cooper averaged 18.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 4.0 steals per game. She drained 10 treys and sunk 14-of-16 free throws.
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Pronunciation: kah-lêp • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. A slice or chunk of meat. 2. A fold or flab of body fat indicating a well-fed condition. 3. An egg fried on a piece of ham or bacon, especially if eaten on Collop Monday, the day before Shrove Tuesday.
Notes: Today's word is an endangered lexical orphan, homeless, wandering the streets of Scotland and northern England. In the overweight world we currently live in, the word is too relevant to let slip away—or leave it to the Scots to have all the fun with.
In Play: Should your mum ask your pleasure at the dinner table, impress her with, "Perhaps I would like, say, three collops of the roast beef." But do not confuse it with dollop "a lump or portion"; their meanings are very close. We don't like to think of collops on ourselves, but they do sometimes appear: "Barb Dwyer is a lovely woman except the for collops under her chin." Pigs are a natural place to find the collops whether in the sty or on the table. In fact, a pig might be described as the larval stage of a football with dollops of collops all over it. Or not, as you please.
Word History: The origin of this word rather obscure, except that it is related to Swedish kalops "beef stew" and German Klops "meatball". Still, no one seems to know exactly how. In Scotland it has been used to refer to a dish made of chopped meat called Scottish collops outside Scotland. Collops as a name for bacon may be related to the Irish use of the word: "the number of animals that an acre of Irish land can support" (one horse, one cow, or six sheep). The problem is that none of these seemingly relevant bits of information seem to form any sort of pattern.
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This panoramic image was taken in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and includes Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter.
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Clouds spill over mountain peaks as the moon sets in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
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Isolated high atop a lake basin, crystal clear snowmelt reflected a starry sky overhead. A sudden flash from the heavens bathed the darkness with blue green radiance and abruptly illuminated the past.
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The moon sets and the Milky Way reflects off an alpine lake in Northern California.
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Bake the Book: 'Marshmallow Madness'
This month we're all about the marshmallows, tracking the progress of the world's first ever Marshmallow Madness Bracket and now baking our way through Shauna Sever's new ode to all things mallowy and puffy, Marshmallow Madness.
Setting out to show curious bakers that yes, in fact you can make marshmallows at home, Marshmallow Madness walks you through all of the steps of making squishy, lovely, delicately flavored marshmallows. Once you've got the technique down pat (it's one of the most fun baking projects, we swear) you can move on and experiment with all of Sever's wild and wonderful takes on the marshmallow.
For the next two weeks we'll be going way beyond the hot chocolate and S'mores to share fabulous marshmallow recipes from Marshmallow Madness with you including boozy Crème de Menthe Marshmallows, Chocolate-Filled Vanilla Marshmallows, and Sea Salt Caramel Swirl Marshmallows.
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I've been cooking rice for more than 30 years and just now discovered I've been doing it all wrong.
All this time I've been following the same basic pilaf method — probably learned from an old Pierre Franey column or something like that. I melt some shallots in butter, add the rice (about a cup for 3 or 4 people), add water or stock (11/2 to 13/4 cups), bring it to a simmer, cover tightly and cook until the water is absorbed, about 15 to 20 minutes. Sound familiar?
About as advanced as I ever got was discovering that if I let it stand for 5 minutes off heat after cooking, the rice wouldn't mush together as much when I stirred it.
Like I said: 30 years following that technique and never really thinking about what I was doing. The rice was perfectly acceptable. In other words, it was just good enough that I never gave it a second thought. It's rice, right?
My epiphany came — as have so many others lately — from cookbook writer Yotam Ottolenghi. I was grilling some spiny lobsters from Pearson's Port in Newport Beach and found a recipe for pilaf with saffron, dates and almonds in one of his columns in the British newspaper the Guardian that sounded like it might be the perfect accompaniment.
And then I read it. The technique was something I'd never seen before. It seemed so crazy I really had to try it.
First, Ottolenghi soaks the rice. Now, I don't even soak beans, and I'm going to soak rice? Then, instead of cooking the rice with a measured amount of water, he cooks it in a big pot like pasta. Huh? And very briefly. I mean, like four or five minutes. Then he transfers the damp rice to a dry saucepan and steams it very, very slowly. Finally, he lines the lid with a kitchen towel and lets the rice stand off heat for 10 minutes.
What the heck? But when I tried it, the rice was terrific. It wasn't so much the flavor (rice, after all, pretty much is rice), but the texture. The grains were perfectly shaped, completely separate with no clumping, and so light they seemed to float off the plate.
At this point, I probably have about a hundred dedicated home cooks from Middle Eastern families firing up their iPhones to send me angry emails. Yes, I realize that this may well be how your mom fixed rice and your grandma and great-grandma before her. But it was a revelation to me.
In fact, looking through a bunch of recipes from the area — I've got a stack of books from Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Armenia on my desk — I find this technique used only occasionally. Most pilafs seem to be made according to something more similar to my old method.
As near as I can determine — and I'm sure someone will straighten me out if I'm wrong — it is an adaptation of Persian polo (also called polow and in its simplest form chelo). Carried to its ultimate stage of refinement, it results in the blessed state of ta-dig, a crisp crust of browned rice that forms on the bottom of the pan. I've had this at restaurants and in people's homes, but I've never succeeded in making it.
This technique even works with dishes that aren't strictly in the Persian pilaf tradition. I really loved the flavors of a Turkish rice dish I'd fixed called müceddere. Made with chickpeas, lentils and orzo pasta in addition to rice, it also had great potential as a vegetarian main course, especially after I added a dollop of good yogurt.
But as delicious as the dish was when made using something like my old technique, it was a mite, shall we say ... stodgy? With four different kinds of starch, go figure.
However, when I tried the recipe again using this new pilaf technique, not only was the texture lighter and more delicate, the flavor was improved as well. The tastes of the individual ingredients had more of a chance to shine through.
It really is one of the great things about cooking: No matter how long you do it, you're always learning something new. Let's just hope it doesn't take me another 30 years to master ta-dig.


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Control Engineering's Vance VanDoren talks to the presidents of the winning companies, Martin Control Systems, ASECO Integrated Systems, and Maverick Technologies.
Why should you use a system integrator for your next automation project, and how should you select the right one? The presidents of the three winning companies in the 2011 System Integrator of the Year competition answer these questions in a conversation with Control Engineering contributing editor, Vance VanDoren. Meet Joe Martin, Martin Control Systems; Rob Peters, ASECO Integrated Systems; and Paul Galeski, Maverick Technologies.
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Two Irish brothers, serving 11-years for drug smuggling, phoned their priest to tell him they had walked out of the notorious San Juan prison, in Venezuela.
Leigh (25) and Dermot O'Neill (21), from Athlone, say they just walked out of the tough South American prison. Locals have spotted the pair in town with their sister in recent days.
Father John Jennings, an Irish priest living in Caracas, spoke to the Evening Herald.
Jennings said, "They usually rang me looking for money, but this time they told me they'd escaped — I was surprised to say the least."
He continued, "They walked out in the middle of the day. There was no climbing over a wall in the dark.
"They then went to a local bus terminal and the mother of the Venezuelan took the three of them to their house in the countryside.
"Most likely they would have handed over a lot of money. You don't just walk out the front door without help from the officials."
The brothers spent the past few weeks travelling home from South America.
In March 2012 the brothers were travelling with another Irishman Martin "Butch" Beirne in Venezuela. Beirne, who had addresses in Roscommon and Sligo, died in Caracas after a condom, filled with cocaine, burst in his stomach.
Police arrested the O'Neill brothers. They later discovered Leigh had 92 balloons, with 725g of cocaine, worth $66,700, in his body. He pleaded guilty. Dermot was x-rayed, which turned up no evidence. He protested his innocence.
The boys' uncle Tommy told the Sun, "We're over the moon the boys are out. It was a hellhole jail they were in, so far away. Dermot did nothing, absolutely nothing.
"We were glad to hear they're out. It was hell they were in, awful hell. We're so glad they're back."
Jennings added, "The director probably doesn't even know they're gone."
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Vince LoPresti joined SBA's Atlanta, Ga. Disaster Office in 1986 as a loan officer. There he was promoted to Supervisory Loan Officer. After 13 years in Atlanta, Vince accepted a position as a loan and credit officer in SBA's South Florida District office in Miami.
In 2002, Vince left Federal service to become the Senior Vice President, Business Development Officer for Florida First Capital Finance. He later went on to become Vice President, Business Development Officer for Zion's Small Business Finance.
The economic downturn and changes in commercial lending led Vince to leave the public sector and rejoin SBA. In April 2009, he was rehired as an area manager for SBA's South Florida District office in Ft. Pierce. He became the Senior Area Manager in 2012.
Vince received his undergraduate degree in Banking and Finance from Stetson University. He also has an MBA in Banking and Investments from Hofstra University.


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Luis Felipe Bellorín is a Venezuelan poet, songwriter, composer, essayist & academic. He studied Cultural Management & Strategic Planning in Latin American & Caribbean Culture and has a PhD in Music. He's published 18 books on literary criticism & poetry. He was awarded the Order of José Leonardo Chirinos by the Venezuelan Government for his support of Afro-Venezuelan Heritage. Luis Felipe currently teaches at the Venezuelan Institute in Kingston, Jamaica.
LIVE AT REDBONES: Bellorin singing "Barlovento"


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EASTON, Mass. - Over the weekend, a handful of the MIT men's track and field team traveled to Stonehill College for the New England Outdoor Championships, held from Thursday through Saturday, May 9-11. After the first official day of competition, the Engineers are currently four-way tied for 18th place with 4.5 points.
First up for the Cardinal and Gray was sophomore Benjamin Schreck (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), who finished in third place in the Pole Vault when he cleared the bar in 15-03.00. Senior Yida Gao (Marietta, Ga.) also competed in the event, coming in 11th with a vault of 14-09.00. Junior Michael DuPlessis (Wantagh, N.Y.) ran in the next event, the 100m, crossing the line in 22nd place with a time of 11.25.
Junior Tyler Singer-Clark (Falmouth, Mass) led the way for the Engineers in the 400m, coming in fourth place with a time of 48.56. He was followed by freshmen Derek Barnes (Coto De Caza, Calif.) and States Lee (Charlotte, N.C.) in seventh and ninth place with times of 48.79 and 48.90.
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Rookie of the Year Michael Kaba (Jackson, N.J.) crossed the line in the 400m Hurdles in third place with a time of 53.50, cutting almost a second off his time from last weekend. Fellow freshman Adrian Samsel (Whippany, N.J.) came in 20th place with a time of 56.41.
The final day of the championships will commence tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. After that, the Engineers will begin gearing up for the ECAC Division III Championships next weekend and NCAAs the following weekend.


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Vivekachudamani Audio Book (Hindi)
Vivekachudamani is a famous Sanskrit poem ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya in the eighth century. It expounds the Advaita Vedanta philosophy. Shankara describes developing Viveka the human faculty of discrimination the central task in the spiritual life and calls it the crown jewel among the essentials for Moksha.The title Vivekachudamani translates to Crest Jewel of Discrimination. The text begins with salutations to Govinda, which can be interpreted either as referring to God or to his guru Sri Govinda Bhagavatpada. It then expounds the significance of Self Realisation, ways to reach it, and the characteristics of a Guru. It criticizes attachment to the body and goes to explain the various Sareeras, Kosas, Gunas, Senses and Pranas which constitute the Anatman. It teaches the disciple the ways to attain Self-realisation, methods of meditation (dhyana) and introspection of the Atman. The Vivekachudamani describes the characteristics of an enlightened human being (Jivanmukta) and a person of steady wisdom (Sthitaprajna) on the lines of Bhagavad Gita.
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ARLINGTON — The man was lying on his stomach in the grass under a fir tree. He cradled a .22-caliber Ruger semi-automatic rifle equipped with a scope, boxes of ammunition at his side.
The day of the shootout on Jim Creek Road was sunny and warm.
The road meets Highway 530, northeast of Arlington, and runs nearly nine miles southeast to Jim Creek Naval Radio Station.
It's the kind of place where people live when they want land more than they want neighbors. Dogs roam. Horses graze.
In early 2012, Robert Endrizzi joined them, moving into a blue rambler on eight acres. On the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, he began shooting at his new neighbors from a sniper nest he'd fashioned in his yard.
It was high ground, where he could see passing cars and watch the massive police response. It took officers hours to find him in the brush. When they did, they had no choice but to shoot him to death.
Nearly two years later, there are few answers about what prompted the 60-year-old Army veteran with mental health problems to do what he did that day.
Last fall, a 750-page police investigation became public record.
The report takes a carefully detailed look at the crime. It counts bullets. It measures distances. It shares what witnesses saw and heard, and what books were at Endrizzi's bedside.
For all its work, the report doesn't say why a man's life unraveled, or why he kept pulling the trigger as police bullets drew closer and closer to his hiding place.
Robert Endrizzi moved to Jim Creek Road that January. He wanted to be closer to his parents in Mount Vernon. He'd lived in Kent until he and his wife, Renee, separated in 2011. Renee Endrizzi, who had a history of heart problems, died in May 2012. She was 59.
For decades, Endrizzi had wrestled with depression and substance abuse. At one point, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Endrizzi's adult son told deputies he believed his father likely started shooting to draw police. His father had attempted suicide before.
The first 911 call came about 1:30 p.m.
A man said he was shot in the leg as he walked down his driveway to see what was happening after he heard gunfire in his neighborhood along Jim Creek Road.
He believed the shooter was aiming at him, and not accidentally.
Snohomish County sheriff's Sgt. Rob Martin was the first police officer on scene, arriving in 11 minutes, followed by three other deputies.
They knew they had to rescue the man who'd been shot. They strapped old bulletproof vests to their patrol cars for extra shielding.
"We don't know what anything looks like, and we have to go in there," he said.
They took the victim and his family, including two small children, and drove them out of harm's way.
Roy and Sandy Anderberg attended Sunday morning services at the First Baptist Church of Arlington. They stopped at home to get a potluck dish for that afternoon's church picnic.
The Anderbergs live on Ebey Mountain Road, a private gravel drive that meets Jim Creek Road across from the Endrizzi house.
In the winter, the couple welcome visitors with hot cider and ginger snaps.
He's 74, she's 72 and this month they'll have been married 53 years. They managed rental properties in Marysville before they retired and made their home in the house they built in the forest.
Every Labor Day weekend, their church hosts a picnic and campout at the Jim Creek Naval Radio Station for everyone who served in the military. Roy Anderberg was an airman first class in the Air Force, decades ago.
Their youngest grandson was supposed to be with them that day, but those plans switched at the last minute. It was a good thing, too, they said, because he would have been sitting in the backseat of their car when the bullet hurtled through.
They were turning onto Jim Creek Road when they heard a thud through their open windows.
"Roy thought he had hit something, like a big rock or a stick in the road," Sandy Anderberg said.
He got out to check. There was another thud. He jumped back in and started driving.
Sandy Anderberg turned her head and "that's when I saw the hole in the window," she said.
A bullet had shattered the back window on the driver's side. Two more bullets lodged in the driver's door.
They drove down the road and stopped to look at the damage. Sandy thought maybe a kid had been throwing rocks.
But Roy Anderberg knew what rifle fire sounded like.
It sounded like that.
They found the bullet that went through the window lying on their dashboard.
"We didn't even realize it was there at first," she said.
"Until after," he said.
Cellphones don't always work in the woods, and the couple doesn't own one, anyway.
When they got to the Naval Station, Roy Anderberg asked a guard if he could use his phone.
The guard asked why.
Roy Anderberg told them: "Because someone's been shooting at me, and I got five bullet holes in the car."
The Anderbergs often hear target practice in the forest near their home. It never bothered them. It still doesn't.
It takes more than gunfire to shake up Roy Anderberg.
"We are Christians and we believe that Jesus Christ was protecting us," he said. "It wasn't our time yet."
The Anderbergs were shot at while Martin and the deputies were rescuing the family. Because the Anderbergs' Subaru was hit on both sides as it turned onto Jim Creek Road, police first thought there might be more than one shooter. It would be morning before they knew for sure.
News of a second shooting prompted Martin to call in the SWAT team, where he's a team leader. The 15-year veteran of the force also served in the Marine Corps.
At the time, Martin was the north patrol supervisor on duty, assigned to the precinct at Smokey Point. He'd driven along Jim Creek Road before but had never before patrolled there as a beat cop. One the reasons he likes his job is he gets to know all the different parts of the county.
When he started his shift that day at 6 a.m., he'd never been shot at. That would change by the time he got off work at midnight.
It was now about 2 p.m.
For 30 or 40 minutes, it was quiet. Then a white Datsun pickup came down Ebey Mountain Road and right into the path of the standoff. Again, shots from the sniper rang out. The Datsun was hit, but not the driver.
There was a problem with closing the whole road. Although the main county road from Arlington was closed moments after police arrived, Jim Creek Road is fed by private roads and long country driveways.
It was impossible to keep everyone out.
Shortly after 3 p.m., Endrizzi started taking shots at the deputies, who heard rounds ripping through the trees. Some took cover by crouching in a ditch only seven inches deep.
The SWAT team in a Lenco Bearcat armored personnel carrier headed up the gravel road.
Almost immediately, bullets began pinging against it. They were an obvious target. They heard rounds zipping past, but other than that and the rumble of the engine, they couldn't hear much else.
When they turned off the engine, the inside temperature climbed.
"It was an oven," Martin said.
The Bearcat has windows and portholes but limited angles of vision. The deputies had to climb out to get a better view. They took cover, huddling behind rotten stumps and small trees. They didn't know where the shooter was hiding. They still didn't know he was alone.
The SWAT team needed to provide cover for the other deputies who were being shot at.
One sergeant, a trained marksman, ran alone across Jim Creek Road to flank the shooter. More gunshots rang out.
The deputies used artificial smoke to mask their movements while making announcements over a loudspeaker urging the gunman to surrender.
Forty-five minutes passed. Cellphone service was spotty, the police radio traffic fuzzy. Bullets struck more passing vehicles. The sheriff's office used automated voicemails to warn neighbors to stay inside.
At the same time, records show that 911 dispatchers were flooded with complaints about the road closures and heavy police presence. People wanted to get home. Their dogs needed to be let out.
At one point, a man called 911. He was using oxygen and the tank was running low. Medics went to help.
Deputies also were sent to another house to turn off an oven someone had left on.
Another police marksman arrived on scene. The SWAT team regrouped.
They had to find the shooter.
"I like to think we were all calm and collected throughout this whole ordeal, running through options and plans and talking and trying to come up with a good resolution," Martin said.
The gunshots were echoing in the valley. Rounds were hitting trees, metal.
"It was very real for all of us out there for a while," Martin said.
Then they found him.
Deputies later said it was their military and police training that taught them how to spot a sniper. They recognized the silhouette, prone behind a rifle, repeatedly pulling the trigger.
Scanning the brush, they spotted Endrizzi in a clump of trees near his driveway. He was "on glass" — using a scope, searching for targets.
In one report, a deputy who was in the Bearcat wrote, "I could feel what was either bullet fragments or paint chipping off the Bearcat impacting my back."
Two deputies returned fire. Investigators estimated that police fired more than 50 bullets that day.
Their final shots rang out at 4:29 p.m. — nearly three hours after the first 911 call. A second SWAT team moved into position and searched Endrizzi's house.
Trackers combed the woods. Helicopter crews scanned from above. They could finally say Endrizzi acted alone.
The hill fell silent.
An autopsy showed Endrizzi died from 18 gunshot wounds. There was no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system. He was lean: 5-foot-10, 148 pounds. He'd lost significant weight, down from the 210 pounds listed on his driver's license the year before.
Investigators found 55 spent .22-caliber shell casings on the mound where Endrizzi had been hunkered down.
Ammunition was cached around Endrizzi's property. In his home, officers found more bullets, plus knives and machetes. They found medications for controlling his mental illness, seizures, insomnia and heart problems. They found marijuana and paraphernalia, and also coins used to mark sobriety milestones in recovery programs. What they didn't find was an explanation.
Detectives went to Endrizzi's parents' house in Mount Vernon to tell them what had happened and to ask questions.
Friends and family told detectives that Endrizzi was different after his wife died. He told them about hallucinations he'd been having, and how he'd been trying to find a medication regimen that didn't bring so many adverse side effects.
He also had financial problems, and had been through bankruptcy court. In court papers, he was described as depending on permanent disability payments to get by.
The documents don't say what kind of disability, but friends told detectives that Endrizzi was discharged from the Army after a motorcycle accident.
Endrizzi's son, parents and close friends did not respond to interview requests.
By the end of that day, both deputies who shot Endrizzi were placed on leave — standard practice when police use fatal force. They returned to work later that month.
It was determined the shooting was justified.
Police had no choice but to open fire on Endrizzi, Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe wrote in an August 2013 report, after reviewing the investigation into the shooting.
"There were lots of calls and attempts to get him to put his gun down, but he was shooting," Roe said. "I'm sure it was an incredibly frightening situation for everybody."
Roe reviews all cases in the county when police take a life. In each case he tries to meet with the family of the deceased. The meetings are set up through the prosecutor's victim advocate.
The Endrizzi family did not respond to Roe's requests for a meeting.
His offer stands.
The Anderbergs made it to their church picnic.
Some folks at the campground had police-radio apps on their cellphones, and everyone listened along as things developed. When night fell, people passed out sleeping bags and blankets to those who couldn't return home.
The Anderbergs were given an empty cabin. Roy Anderberg fell right asleep. They were awakened about 12:30 a.m. and told it was over, and they could go home.
The auto shop wanted $1,700 to fix the bullet holes and replace the window. For that price, Roy figured, the bullet holes could stay. He only had the window fixed.
Robert Endrizzi's house was foreclosed in December 2013, according to paperwork filed in Snohomish County Superior Court.
Months before that, bank lawyers told the court they were unable to reach Endrizzi's family to resolve ownership of the property and acreage.
In July, newspaper legal notices announced the house, which still sits empty, was going to auction.
The curtains hang at odd angles. The blinds are bent. The fir tree and the mound underneath are recognizable from the hand-drawn maps in the police reports, but the area's since become overgrown with blackberry brambles.
In the front yard, a wooden trellis leans sideways, overgrown with vines, threatening to topple. The mailbox has been knocked crooked, too, and left that way. The lawn looks liked it's been mowed, not so long ago.
Questions linger. There are no answers.
Just the quiet.
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NCLB Update
Urban Myths
Proposed: IDEA Regs
Comprehensive Centers
High-Tech Kids
Summer Reading
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
NCLB Update (http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/)
Earlier this week, the Department issued non-regulatory guidance that further clarifies the roles of states and districts in implementing supplemental educational services under the No Child Left Behind Act. The guidancethe first update since August 2003provides new information, as well as clarifications and modifications to previously included topics. For example, Section C delineates the steps that states and districts must take when a district is identified as "in need of improvement" and can no longer be a service provider. It also explains that some teachers may be hired by service providers, even if they work in a school or district that is in need of improvement. Other sections address the use of incentives by providers to boost or maintain attendance and reward student achievement, the "fair" selection of providers to work in buildings, and the responsibility for evaluation. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/suppsvcsguid.pdf. (Note: The appendix has a "model" parent letter, to help districts inform parents of free services.)
Also this week, in Indianapolis, Secretary Spellings promoted the value of using research data as the foundation for guiding decisions on school reform. "Information is the key to holding schools accountable for improved performance every year among every student group," she said. "Data is our best management tool. I often say that what gets measured, gets done. If we know the contours of the problem, and who is affected, we can put forward a solution. Teachers can adjust lesson plans. Administrators can evaluate curricula. Data can inform decision-making. Thanks to No Child Left Behind, we're no longer flying blind." The Secretary then pushed for a notably greater focus on high school improvement. She cited a number of bleak statistics as evidence of the need for reform: nearly a third of entering ninth-graders do not receive their diploma on schedule; two-thirds of high school graduates are not prepared for college (Manhattan Institute); and about 80 percent of the fastest-growing jobs will require some postsecondary education. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2005/06/06142005.html.
Meanwhile, today is the last day of the "Pathways to Hispanic Family Learning" conference, featuring some 200 Hispanic leaders. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/06/06162005.html.
Urban Myths
In a unique new report, Standard & Poor's examined 25 of the largest urban districts in the U.S. using data from www.schoolmatters.com. The data reveals that "progress is being made and that perceptions are not always reality." Indeed, the report debunks four common myths: urban districts spend more than other districts; academic performance in urban districts is not improving ("where data is available, almost 80 percent of urban districts... had larger gains in reading and math, from 2001-02 to 2002-03, when compared to the average proficiency gains in their respective states"); low test scores, graduation rates, and college attendance rates are primarily an urban, minority problem; and urban schools do little to help students learn ("where data is available, S&P found 397 outstanding schools... managed to raise student achievement above the state average, even though they have high concentrations [75%] of impoverished students"). For more information, please go to http://www.schoolmatters.com/pdf/fact_or_fiction_master.pdf.
Proposed: IDEA Regs
On June 10, the Department announced proposed regulations to implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 and invited public comment. The following are some of the highlights of the draft rules:
- Highly Qualified Special Education Teachers. The proposed regulations clarify that the highly qualified teacher requirements apply only to public school teachers.
- Children with Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents in Private School. The proposed regulations add in the statutory change that the district in which the child's private school is located, as opposed to the district where the child resides, is responsible for "child find" and services for these children.
- Identification of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities. The proposed regulations lay out parameters for identifying students with learning disabilities and encourage the use of "high quality" instruction and response to that instruction as part of the evaluation process.
- Discipline Procedures. The proposed regulations closely follow the language in the statute.
- Resolution of Disputes at the Local Level. The proposed regulations encourage cooperative resolution of disputes between the complainant and the district when the complaint is about an individual child.
- Due Process Procedures. The proposed regulations closely follow the language of the statute.
- Parent Consent. The proposed regulations clarify that a public agency is not required to pursue an initial evaluation of a child if the parent does not give consent.
- State Responsibility to Supervise Districts. The proposed regulations make clear that the state is responsible for monitoring and enforcing IDEA implementation and its local districts.
A list of public meetings where comments may be provided is available at the link below. Comments may also be submitted electronically to email@example.com. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html.
Comprehensive Centers
The Department is seeking proposals for 21 comprehensive centers across the country that will assist states and districts working to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. In particular, the Request for Proposals calls for 16 regional centers, providing frontline support, and five content centers that would focus on areas that are key to the implementation of the law: assessment and accountability, teacher quality, instruction, innovation and improvement, and high schools. Interested parties have until June 23 to notify the agency of their intent to apply; applications are due July 18. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/newccp/. (Note: These centers will replace Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers and various math, science, and technology centers.)
High-Tech Kids
According to a new National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) issue brief, titled "Rates of Computer and Internet Use by Children in Nursery School and Students in Kindergarten Through Twelfth-Grade: 2003," the use of technology is "commonplace," with 91 percent of all PK-12 students using computers and 59 percent using the Internet. Moreover, the use of technology begins early: 67 percent of preschoolers are computer users, and 23 percent use the Internet. By high school, nearly all students (97 percent) use computers, and a significant majority (80 percent) use the Internet. In addition, while the use of technologies varies by several inter-related characteristics (like race/ethnicity, parent educational attainment, family income, etc.), current differences among students are smaller than those found among adults in previous analyses, reflecting the fact that most students now use computers. For more information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005111.
Summer Reading
To raise awareness about the loss of reading skills over the summer months, Reading is Fundamental (RIF) is encouraging children to make summer reading "a sweet treat." The interactive RIF web site offers, among its many items, a "sweet reads" booklist; motivation tips for families, teachers, and librarians; stimulating family activities for road trips, vacations, or time-together at home; and a contest for those ages 5-15 to read and review books for a chance to win "sweet" prizes. For more information, please go to http://www.rif.org/summer/.
Quote to Note
"My attitude is best expressed by an old Texas saying: 'In God we trust; all others bring data.' This is important in so many ways. Policymakers must know which areas need the most immediate help. Parents must know exactly how their own child's school is doing; that is their right.... [Data also] allows us to solidly ground our policies in the very best and latest scientific information. Earlier this year, I announced a new policy for states that show real results in following the principles of No Child Left Behind. They will be eligible for new tools to help students with disabilities. It is based on the latest research showing that a portion of these students can succeed with targeted interventions."
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (6/14/05)
Upcoming Events
On August 11, at 1:30 ET, the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will air a 90-minute satellite videoconference: "Communities Respond to Youth Gangs in America." The videoconferenceavailable online or via satellite downlinkwill feature community programs and strategies that effectively address the youth gang problem, as well as explore plans to leverage existing resources, provide examples of partnerships across disciplines, and share information on faith-based responses. Registration is free. For more information, please go to http://www.trc.eku.edu/jj/.
Days later (August 15-17), the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools will hold its 2005 National Conference (Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.). Register by June 30 to avoid the late fee. For more information, please go to http://www.osdfsnationalconference.org/.
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The challenge
The SKF solutionThe motors were equipped with standard bearings that typically lasted only about six months due to damage from stray electrical currents. To improve reliability and reduce maintenance and repair costs, INSOCOAT bearings from SKF were installed in the fan motors.
The resultSince the INSOCOAT bearings were installed there have been no failures. The mill has realized dramatic savings in maintenance and repair costs, along with additional benefits in reduced downtime and increased productivity. The result - a significant improvement in the bottom line as shown in the below annual return on investment (ROI) summary:
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- Cost of replacement bearings: €1 000
- Cost of maintenance/repair: €6 000
- Cost of downtime: €43 000
- Total cost: €50 000
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On September 26, 1966, Chevrolet introduced the world to Camaro. And for millions of people, it was love at first sight. People have written songs about it, made movies starring it and told numerous Camaro stories in the years since. So to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of history's most epic cars, we created the most epic Camaro yet.
The 50th Anniversary Edition honors the distinctive looks and performance that have always set the Camaro apart. It is available in both Coupe and Convertible 2LT and 2SS models. Other features include:


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April 2013 LDS general conference memes
kathybeebee Ephrata, WAApril 17, 2013 12:38 a.m.
Frankly, as of last October's conference, I was really sorry to see / hear Conference reduced to a bunch of slogans and buzz words. After Sister Dibb's "...I know it, I live it, I love it", it seemed like every talk thereafter was a race to come up with some new motto.
I guess I'm getting old.
The Utah Republican Alpine, UTApril 9, 2013 8:05 p.m.
There's funny memes on facebook under "memes for mormons." I'm collecting them for my daughter while she's on her mission. There aren't any uplifting ones, or really mean ones, just funny one.
I really love these though. Deseret Book should sell them in a pack so kids can hang them in their lockers and on their mirrors.
Also, does anyone else notice how many of the great phrases come from Elder Uchtdorf who is the non-native English Speaker. What a great guy!
suzyk#1 Mount Pleasant, UTApril 9, 2013 4:20 p.m.
To: Mike in Cedar City....we are all aware of the violence that goes on constantly in our country but it is not something our Leaders want to bring up - Fox News and the other channels do that...conference is a time to uplift, teach, encourage and forgive.
kvnsmnsn Springville, UTApril 9, 2013 3:33 p.m.
LValfre, I was in an on-line discussion with someone once about this subject, and I asked him how traditional Christians determined how many Christians there were in the world. He said that the best way to do that was to just ASK people whether or not they considered themselves Christian. My response was that that was proof that Latter-day Saints ARE Christian, because if you were to just ask people whether or not they are Christians, all the Latter-day Saints would say that they are.
Western Rover Herriman, UTApril 9, 2013 10:56 a.m.
LValfre, if your wife never sent a letter that she no longer wants to be a member, it would be a bit presumptuous of the church to assume that she doesn't. I know people who never attend church who would be quite miffed if the church were to assume they no longer want to be members. Why they'd be miffed, I don't know, but it makes sense to me to for the church to assume someone wants to remain a member unless she says she doesn't. Are you sure your wife wants her membership cancelled?
Brave Sir Robin San Diego, CAApril 9, 2013 10:42 a.m.
If you want her off the rolls, she has to send a letter. Why do you expect others to read your mind and get the right answer while she doesn't do one simple thing?
If the LDS church is only supposed to count members who are regularly attending church, I suggest you take your beef to the Catholic church as well. Why should they be allowed to count non-church-going members if the LDS church can't?
LValfre CHICAGO, ILApril 9, 2013 10:31 a.m.
May want to revise the LDS Church in numbers image. I know members are kept on the rolls until they're 110, known dead, or are officially removed by letter of resignation. There are many who are no longer members that aren't removed. My wife left last summer ... she never sent a letter ... you can remove 1 from that official number.
Western Rover Herriman, UTApril 9, 2013 10:06 a.m.
Mike, you must have skipped a session. The Newtown shooting was definitely discussed over the pulpit in conference. But I have a feeling you're not really asking.
GD Syracuse, UTApril 9, 2013 9:25 a.m.
To Mike in Cedar City, Who wants to listen to murders and violence in conference. We read and hear about it every day of the week. I prefer what I heard.
coleman51 Orem, UTApril 9, 2013 8:40 a.m.
I have another Meme that you entirely neglected: "Just because the nation may change its laws to "tolerate legalized acts of immorality" does not make those acts less spiritually damaging". Elder Boyd K. Packer. That one statement should be placed on every latter-day saint home next to the Proclamation to the World regarding the family and a picture of the Temple.
Mike in Cedar City Cedar City, UtahApril 9, 2013 7:58 a.m.
But not a word about the gun slaughter going on in our streets, schools, public buildings, and even in our churches. Why?
MikeM Ogden, UTApril 9, 2013 7:52 a.m.
I really appreciated the list and the way it was presented. It looked like greeting cards or book covers. I loved conference. Thank you for sharing.


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The stomach is a muscular sac that is important for absoring food and preparing food for further digestion
The small intestine is the location in the body where the majority of the nutrients from ingested food are absorbed.
The omentum is another word for the fatty layer that surrounds your internal organs.
The colon has bacteria which helps break food down; it is shorter than the small intestine but has a larger diameter.
The concentrated bile stored in the gallbladder is released when fatty foods enter the small intestine.
The duodenum plays an important role in regulating the emptying of stomach contents into the rest of the small intestine.
The liver produces bile and is the first stop for the majority of the nutrients that are absorbed during digestion.
The pancreas is a gland that is a part of the digestive system as well as a hormone system that regulates sugar.


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As populations of seafood favorites decline and environmental watch groups decry harmful fishing practices, fish fans need responsible alternatives. Try one of these delicious and sustainable choices tonight.
Almond-studded yogurt lends Mediterranean flair to baked salmon fillets. Showered with shallots and fresh mint, chervil, and parsley, this dish is like a party on a plate.
Paper-thin slivers of radish and fennel tumble among ribbons of carrot in this colorful celebration of spring. Parsely, cilantro, and lemon add brightness, while nutmeg adds a twist all its own.
Get the Broiled Halibut with Shaved Spring Vegetable Salad Recipe
Mussels take on a lusty new accent when steamed in fruity red wine infused with roasted garlic and thyme. A green salad and hunks of crusty bread complete this postcard from summer.
A meal in Provence: Swapping out the salt cod for sardines turns this classic into a sea-friendly starter. Pair with a crisp rose to ensure Frenchie cred.
Baked barramundi goes dinner-party fancy with a salsa of raisins and toasted pecans. And that creamy-looking broccoli bed it's sitting on? A virtuous 100 percent dairy-free.
Get the Barramundi with Pecan-Raisin Salsa Over Broccoli Recipe
Vitamin D-rich foods, like salmon, egg yolks, and fortified dairy, play a key role in beating the winter blues.
The modest sardine turns into a delectable appetizer when grilled with salt, pepper, and a brush of olive oil. The oil delivers omega-9s, which, like omega-3s, lower "bad" cholesterol.
Halibut, like many other cold-water fish, contains beneficial omega-3s, which help reduce inflammation -- an essential step for a healthy metabolism.
A combination of ginger, soy sauce, and sesame oil creates a flavor that's reminiscent of teriyaki sauce but more delicious and nuanced.
Get the Sesame Salmon with Shiitake Mushrooms and Pea Shoots Recipe
Choosing clean seafood is a great way to minimize the amount of toxins (like mercury) you take in. Wild-caught Pacific sardines, rich in healthy omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin B12, are one of the greenest fish choices you can make.
Get the Watercress Salad with Sardines, Oranges, and Pepitas Recipe
Prepare fresh sardines simply, the way they are eaten all over the Mediterranean: Toss them in olive oil and grill them to crispy golden-brown perfection.
Impress friends and family with this classic French dish.
Work pure cooking techniques into your regular routine. Steaming, cooking en papillote (in parchment), and poaching all preserve flavor and nutrients.
The subtle, nutty flavor of quinoa goes well with steamed salmon and Moroccan spices.
Get the Moroccan Steamed Salmon with Quinoa and Carrots Recipe
An herb paste enhances the salmon and the built-in sides -- spinach and chickpeas -- that bake with the fish.
Black cod, also known as sablefish, offers a delicious helping of heart-friendly omega-3 fatty acids. Bok choy, celery, and scallions bring antioxidants and fiber to the table.
Trout is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, nutrients believed to promote healthy heart function.
Pacific cod makes a good environmental choice. Pacific halibut also works, but you may need to reduce the cooking time.
If you can't find striped bass, try snapper or wild salmon instead.
Citrus and fresh herbs add clean, fresh flavor to foods, so you don't need to use much (if any) salt. Cilantro lends more than a little zing here: the vibrant herb contains healing phytonutrients and has antimicrobial properties.
Get the Grilled Salmon and Bok Choy with Orange-Avocado Salsa Recipe
Broiling makes the salmon golden brown without adding fat. To get the best color and a crisp coat, don't turn the fish over while cooking; it will still cook all the way through without this extra step. Wild Alaskan salmon is the best eco-choice.
White miso makes a delicious marinade for broiled salmon. A combination of fermented soybeans and either rice or barley, miso is a great source of zinc, a natural immune booster. Wild Alaskan salmon is the best eco-choice.
This sweet, astringent red grapefruit relish gets a bit of heat from red pepper flakes. A perfect foil for salmon, it also works with chicken or pork. Wild Alaskan salmon is the best eco-choice.
This recipe has super-healthy omega-3s and isoflavones. Garnish with edible flowers, such as nasturtiums. You can find wasabi and miso at Asian grocery stores and some natural-foods stores. Wild Alaskan salmon is the best eco-choice.
Seviche is a classic seafood dish with roots in South America. Scallops are marinated in lime juice and "cooked" by the acid in the lime; the flesh becomes firm and opaque and the flavors bright and fresh tasting.
Green tomatoes are simply unripe red tomatoes -- hence their lower sugar content and slightly sour taste. Charring makes them softer and easier to peel. To grill the shrimp use 8-inch wooden skewers, which you'll find in some supermarkets and kitchenware stores. Farmed and wild domestic shrimp are the best eco-choices.
Caramelized turnips are the surprise ingredient in this lively dish. Serve this over whole-wheat pasta. Farmed and wild domestic shrimp are the best eco-choices.
If you decide to make this dish ahead of time, add the final papaya and cilantro just before serving. Farmed and wild domestic shrimp are the best eco-choices.
You'll find pomegranate molasses (a syruplike reduction of nutrient-rich pomegranate juice) at Middle Eastern markets and specialty stores.
Steaming food in parchment -- or "en papillote," as it's traditionally called -- is a low-fat way to cook a full meal in one shot: The juices from each ingredient are sealed inside the pouch to flavor the dish. Plus, it makes for a dramatic presentation. Just be careful not to burn yourself when the steam escapes!


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Whenever I design things for real life I try to do it with other work in mind. I think about how it can apply to the various work projects I am assigned so that I can use it a variety of ways. It's one way I can be efficient in my designing. So I have some odds and ends from the last couple months that I have uploaded to the Silhouette store that I wanted to share with you.
If you are LDS, you will like the Young Men/Young Women theme images that I did to help out my friend for New Beginning's activity. With Girls Camp season coming, I wanted to make sure you had some artwork to play with on your Silhouette. Click on the image to be sent to my store.
I also used this "shine" as part of the event and since it works for anyone, especially with summer here, I wanted to make sure you had it. They used this as the event title. Oh, how I love using one strong word for the theme of an activity or event! I can't think of a better message to give anyone, especially teenage girls, to help them understand their purpose on earth and give them encouragement to believe they are awesome.
And with my busy schedule I didn't have a chance to blog about the set of phrase cards I did a few weeks ago. Perfect for graduation, mothers, daughters, friends, grandmas, sisters. Plus, teacher appreciation here and here. Check them out – of course, I always have to include a thank you card option! Click on each word or the images below to find them in my Silhouette store.
I tucked a mother's day card into a gift I was giving to a friend just to celebrate her role as a mother. This can be done any time of year – not just Mother's Day. I used the "Mother" card base and added the script "so grateful" from the "Thanks" card. These can all be mixed and matched or even used for different projects.
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The stove might set the leafy branch on fire!
Love the room but I am afraid this branch might put an eye out.
I certainly love this large leaf plant in the corner compared to your typical plant. The arrangement on the mantle protrudes into the room a bit too much.
The arrangement on the coffee table won't stand a chance with a kid in the house!
This is beautiful, dramatic and out of the way so bravo on this design!
The arrangement on the table is a nice size for drama without being too large.
This oversize foliage really brings the outdoors in, it seems to blur the division of the wall. Very well designed.
The foyer table needs a dramatic arrangement like this. This room is just a bit off symmetry, which I find disturbing. The picture on the left should be hung at the same center as the one one the right. The small vase on the table is pointless and you might as well center the large vase on the table to complete the symmetry.
Any other ideas about what magazine stylist put in a room that is not practical? Send in your comments!! ~ Brandy


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Horizon is a community bank serving northern and central Indiana, and southern, central and the Great Lakes Bay regions of Michigan. Our focus is to anticipate and fulfill customer needs with exceptional service and sensible advice. This philosophy is what has kept us growing stronger than ever since 1873.
No matter where you might be going, it is extremely important that if you leave town for a significant amount of time, you inform your bank.
Debit and Credit card theft used to be less complex. A thief would steal a purse, go to a nearby store, and run up thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges. Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, debit card and identity theft can happen anywhere with a phone line. Horizon is incredibly concerned with your financial security, so if we see mysterious charges at a location you do not normally make purchases from, we may discontinue service to your card.
This is a great thing if your information has actually been stolen. However, if you are merely traveling with your family in an unfamiliar location, this service interruption can be a major headache. Fortunately, it is very easy to tell us where you are going and how long you will be there. This helps us determine if a charge that looks fraudulent, such as a hotel reservation, is actually legitimate.
Additionally, any charge from a list of certain countries will trigger a shutdown of your card if we are not informed. These countries include the Czech Republic, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, and Ukraine. Please see our full list of travel restrictions to determine if you will be travelling in an area that may warrant a service stoppage.
To inform us of your travel plans, simply call our hotline at 888-873-2640 or email us from our securewebportal and give us the following information:
● Your Name
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● Destination and/or Places of Travel: City, State, and Country
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Whether you are going to Florida or China, it is always a good idea to let your bank know when you are traveling to prevent complications. We want your financial information to be as secure as possible, and we want you to have a great trip. Bon voyage!


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Savannah's squares are colorful, bright, historic oases that cater to pedestrians even as they slow down traffic on the city's busy streets.
Part of Gen. James E. Oglethorpe's original city plan, they are named for presidents, politicians, war heroes, governors and, in the case of Whitefield Square, a preacher.
To view more photos and details of the squares, such as construction date, location, meaning of the name and points of interest go to savannahnow.com/squares.
The squares once served as markets and as gathering places for the residents in the adjacent houses. In Oglethorpe's time, when each house was expected to provide one armed man to the local defense force, military drills took place in the squares.
The blocks on the eastern and western sides of the squares were called trust lots in the original plan, and major buildings, such as churches, banks, schools and courthouses, were placed on those sites.
In the 1930s, about 200 years after Oglethorpe unveiled his plan, the city made drastic alterations to it. Three squares - Franklin, Liberty and Elbert - were butchered to bring tourists on U.S. 17, then a major north-south highway, through downtown streets.
About 20 years later, the longtime centerpiece of Ellis Square - the Old City Market - was leveled to make way for a parking garage. That decision, coupled with an attempt to demolish the Davenport House, enraged and then engaged local preservationists.
Historic Savannah Foundation emerged from that controversy, and under its umbrella, the city has restored structures and sanctuaries, such as the squares, to their rightful places.
Today, the squares very much reflect their original purpose. They are once again places for people to congregate and socialize.
Drive by, or, even better, get out and walk through one.


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Yale's Security Council Simulation 2013
Washington College's Model United Nations 16 delegate team headed to Yale University for their security council simulation, SCSY, over Fall Break to compete. Ashley Carol-Fingerhut '14 received the award for outstanding delegate for her work as Dr. John Bullock on the New California Gold Rush committee. Eli Thomas '14 was awarded an honorable mention for his work as President Snow's adviser on the Hunger Games Capital committee.


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VW+BS was approached by the 128 year old Malaysian company Royal Selangor to devise a simple and contemporary collection that revisits this ancient material.
The brief was very simple: Royal Selangor was looking for a collection that could challenge the notions of pewter as a material for design products.
Viewport Studio came up with a collection of eight items, which include a candleholder, bowls, trays, milk jug, tea caddy, sugar bowl, dishes and a lamp.
Viewport Studio is an evolution of an existing business. We started as Voon Wong Architects in 1997. In 2006 we became VW+BS, an international studio working on product design and architecture. In 2014 we have joined up with more designers from the aviation business to create Viewport Studio, with a wide portfolio of experience and projects. Today we work with significant global brands as wellas private individuals on projects big and small from architecture to product design to aircraft interiors and brand activations.


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Mangroves are a crossroad where oceans, freshwater, and land realms meet. They are among the most productive and complex ecosystems on the planet, growing under environmental conditions that would kill ordinary plants very quickly.
Storage of carbon in mangroves takes place through accumulation in living biomass and through burial in sediment deposits. With living biomass typically ranging between 100-400 tonnes/ha, and significant quantities of organic matter being stored in the sediments, mangroves rival the sequestration potential of rainforests.
Mangroves under threat
Globally, half of all mangrove forests have been lost since the mid-twentieth century, with one-fifth since 1980 (Spalding et al. 2010). Conversion into shrimp farms causes 25% of the total destruction, according to UNEP (Botkin and Keller, 2003), happening mostly in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Other drivers of mangrove destruction are wood extraction, climate change and industrial development such as harbours and tourism.
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Health First Support Groups
Below is a list of support groups which are supported and initiated by Health First. All groups are open to the public and are free.
Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group
Date and Time: Every Thursday from 11am-12pm
Location: 3661 South Babcock Street
Contact: 321.951.7118
Cancer Resource Library
Date and Time: Monday - Friday 9 am to 4 pm
Location: Holmes Regional Medical Center
Contact: 321.434.8929
Cape Friends Cancer Support
Date and Time: 1st Thursday 6-7:30
Location: Cape Canaveral Hospital - Conf Room B
Contact: 321.799.7102
Craft Group
A group, which meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Hospice office in Melbourne, offers fellowship for those who enjoy making handicrafts for our patients and families. Newcomers are always welcome!
Date and Time: 3rd Wednesday, 1:00
Location: Hospice of Health First, 1900 Dairy Road
Contact: 321.952.0494
Diabetes Support Groups
Date and Time: 3rd Wednesday at 11am
Location: Palm Bay Hospital - Private Dining Room
Contact: 321.434.8169
Gluten Intolerance
Date and Time: 2nd Sunday of each month from 1-3pm
Location: Cape Canaveral Hospital - Rooms B&C
Contact: 321.868.2701
Leukemia/Lymphoma--Live Life Now - Welcome to all cancer types
Date and Time: 4th Tuesday of the month / 11:30-1 with lunch provided
Location: Holmes Regional Medical Center
Contact: 321.434.7227
Look Good, Feel Better
This free - no cost class which provides instruction to female cancer
patients on how to care for their skin during chemotherapy/radiation therapy
and demonstrates new fashionable ways to protect and cover their heads
during hair loss. This is a free service and not a support group, but it
does provide support through camaraderie to those going through the cancer
related treatment process. For more information and advance registration is
a must, call the American Cancer Society toll-free number, 1-800-395-5665 or
visit the Look Good, Feel Better website at: lookgoodfeelbetter.org
Date and Time: 3rd Tuesday of every month 11 am to 1 pm
Location: Health First Cancer Care Center, 1130 S. Hickory St.
Contact: Must contact the American Cancer Society to register: 1.800.395.5665. Local contact information: 321.725.4500 ext. 7301 or 7747
Date and Time: 2nd Tuesday of the month 6pm - 8pm
Location: Merritt Island, Pro-Health & Fitness Center
Contact: 321.434.5801
Date and Time: 1st Monday of the month 1:30 - 3:30
Location: Viera, Pro-Health & Fitness Center
Contact: 321.434.9149
Moving Along
A support group for survivors going through the grief process for over a year. Coordinated by a bereavement specialist, Moving Along is a more structured, topic-related group dealing with issues that emerge in the later stages of grief.
Date and Time: 3rd Wednesday, 1:00
Location: Hospice of Health First, 1900 Dairy Road
Contact: 321.434.1744
Mom's Club
Date and Time: Mondays 4:30-6 and Friday 10-11:30
Location: Holmes Regional Medical Center - Pedi Rehab
Contact: 321.434.7365
New Fit Surgical Weight Loss Support Group
Our groups offer support, guidance and education for those who have had or
are considering weight loss surgery.
Date and Time: Viera Group meets every 2nd Monday of the month at 6 p.m.; The Palm Bay Group meets every 4th Monday of the month at 6 p.m.;
Location: The Viera group, meets at the Viera Pro Health and Fitness Center in the Wellness Classroom; The Palm Bay group, meets at Palm Bay Hospital in the Private Dining Room Contact: 321.434.9476 or 321.434.9230
Suddenly Alone
A daytime group that supports both men and women in various stages of grief.
Coordinated by a bereavement specialist, this group allows the participants
the opportunity to share thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a caring and
supportive environment.
Date and Time: 3rd Tuesday, 2:30
Location: Hospice of Health First, 1900 Dairy Road
Contact: 321.434.1744
Working Through Grief
An evening group that is open to anyone who has experienced a death of a loved one. A workbook will be available prior to the meeting.
Date and Time: 2nd Tuesday, 6:00
Location: Hospice of Health First, 1900 Dairy Road
Contact: 321.434.1744
*Other Support Service in Brevard County
If you are looking for other support services within the Brevard County area, Brevard 2-1-1 offers trained counselors which are available around-the-clock to help people who:
- Are seeking information about or referral to local governmental, health or social services
- Want to talk to someone about grief, relationship issues, personal
crisis, family concerns, etc.
Please dial '211' from your telephone or click on 211brevard.org for additional information.


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ABA Required Disclosures
Mizzou Law's ABA Reports
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2018 Bar Passage Outcomes Report (PDF)
The University of Missouri School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association.
The American Bar Association requires all accredited law schools to provide specific information to prospective students as they research law schools. All required disclosures for the University of Missouri School of Law are located here, pursuant to ABA Standard 509.
Standard 301(a): A law school shall maintain a rigorous program of legal education that prepares its students, upon graduation, for admission to the bar and for effective, ethical, and responsible participation as members of the legal profession.
Standard 301(b): A law school shall establish and publish learning outcomes designed to achieve these objectives.
Standard 310(a): A law school shall adopt, publish, and adhere to written policies and procedures for determining the credit hours that it awards for coursework.
Standard 509(a): All information that a law school reports, publicizes or distributes shall be complete, accurate and not misleading to a reasonable law school student or applicant. Schools shall use due diligence in obtaining and verifying such information. Violations of these obligations may result in sanctions under Rule 16 of the Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law School.
Standard 509(b): A law school shall publicly disclose on its website, in the form and manner and for the time frame designated by the Council, the following information:
- Admissions data;
- Tuition and fees, living costs, and financial aid;
- Conditional scholarships;
- Enrollment data, including academic, transfer, and other attrition;
- Numbers of full-time and part-time faculty, professional librarians, and administrators;
- Class sizes for first year and upper class courses; number of seminar, clinical and co-curricular offerings;
- Employment outcomes;
- Bar passage data;
Standard 509(c): A law school shall publicly disclose on its website, in a readable and comprehensive manner, the following information on a current basis:
- Refund policies
- Curricular offerings, academic calendar, and academic requirements; and
- Policies regarding the transfer of credit earned at another institution of higher education. The law school's transfer of credit policies must include, at a minimum:
- A statement of the criteria established by the law school regarding the transfer of credit earned at another institution; and
- A list of institutions, if any, with which the law school has an established articulation agreement.
Standard 509(d): A law school shall distribute the data required under Standard 509(b)(3) to all applicants being offered conditional scholarship at the time the scholarship offer is extended.
Standard 509(e): If a law school elects to make a public disclosure of its status as a law school approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, it shall do so accurately and shall include the name and contact information of the Council.


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Bring your baby (up to 11 months) to the Amon Carter for an art-filled experience! Engage with Jennifer DeSantis, early childhood music specialist, as she leads a developmentally appropriate session that includes music-making activities inspired by the museum's collection.
Musical activities include creative movement, dancing, singing, and instrument play. Caregivers will learn to recognize early music behaviors such as singing and moving, as well as how to utilize music during daily rituals at home.
Please bring a small blanket for your baby and be sure to wear comfortable clothing.
Reservations are required. Registration for this program opens February 1.
Questions? Call 817.989.5013 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Itty-Bitty Art programs are offered on the third Saturday of every month.
Supported in part by The Junior League of Fort Worth, Inc.
Bring your young toddler (12–24 months) to the Amon Carter for an art-filled experience! Engage with Dr. James Thomas, early literacy consultant, who will demonstrate age-appropriate activities inspired by the museum's collection.
Infancy is the time to begin with an awareness of language and books. During this program you will learn songs, how to share books, sign language, and ways to exercise with your little one to encourage language development.
Please bring a blanket to use during this program.
Bring your young toddler (ages 12–24 months) to the Amon Carter for an art-filled experience! Engage with A. J. Bowman-Shelton, founder and facilitator of Baby Sign-and-Speak, as she leads an age-appropriate sign language session inspired by the museum's collection.
Learn fundamental signs and insights that will help facilitate a stronger bond between you and your little one. By using colors, paintings, and sculptures, start a conversation and discover that communicating with babies is not as abstract as you may have thought!
Bring your baby (up to 11 months) to the Amon Carter for an art-filled experience! Engage with yoga instructor Miranda Davis as she leads an age-appropriate yoga session inspired by the museum's collection.
Using artwork as inspiration, you will experience a unique, playful, intimate, and joyful yoga session. Enjoy deep breathing, simple yoga movements and postures, and plenty of time to relax and bond with your baby.
Participants do not need to have any prior yoga experience to participate in this class.
Please wear comfortable clothing and a baby carrier (front carrying) if you have one. Yoga mats and blocks will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own.
Meet at the Information Desk for a guided tour of Commanding Space: Women Sculptors of Texas. Texas-based artists Celia Eberle, Kana Harada, Sharon Kopriva, Sherry Owens, and Linda Ridgway take the traditions of sculpture in new directions for the twenty-first century. Allusions to nature and human figures connect the diverse themes present in their work, which range from evocations of history and metaphor to explorations of memory, myth, and ritual.


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Home > Splashdown Poole > GROUP BOOKINGS > ALL DAY GROUP BOOKINGS
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Please check the park opening times before booking. The system will not stop you entering a booking on dates/times that we are closed.
Book in advance to take advantage of our discounted group prices. This rate is for all day entry for a group of 50 or more flumers. You can enter and leave the park as many times as you like in one day. Please enter the number of tickets you require, select the date and time and then click 'Book Now'.
If you would prefer to pay by cash, cheque or purchase order, please call us on 01202 716123 and we will be happy to help you with your requirements.
Smart Wristbands
Upon entry to Splashdown your group members will be issued with 'smart' wristbands. The wristbands control the ride safety lights and also allow you to purchase souvenir certificates of your visit. A £30 refundable deposit for your smart wristbands will be automatically added to your order, which you will get back in cash when you return all of the wristbands, undamaged, at the end of your visit. There is a £3.00 deduction per lost/damaged wristband.
Important Safety Information
All under 9s must be accompanied by a responsible adult (over 18) at all times in the water.
Children must be at least 1m tall and confident in water to ride the flumes. Little ones will love splashing around in the Little Buccaneers Splash Zone and can practise their swimming in the 1m deep Buccaneer Bay children's pool.
Please click here for full rules and safety information.
Terms & Conditions
All groups must be booked at least 24 hours in advance to take advantage of our discounted rates. Don't worry if you are unable to book though; you'll still get our Bluster Rate of £12.80 per person on the door. Subject to availability.
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