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We Are Wives of the Resurrection
I find it helpful to think in paradigms, particularly in terms of the biblical sequence creation-fall-redemption-recreation. The glorious vision of the recreation of marriage under and in Christ has expanded my small thoughts on the entire issue, to help lift my eyes off the everyday pettiness and look at my marriage through the lens of the powerful cosmic-sized gospel.
The Creation and Fall of Marriage
From the creation of elementary particles ex nihilo (Genesis 1:1–3), to Adam's first breath and subsequently to the creation of Eve from Adam's flesh (Genesis 2:21–22), God has given us a fitted creation. A proton is made up of three quarks — two 'up' quarks and one 'down' quark. A neutron is also made of three quarks — two 'down' quarks and one 'up' quark. Protons and neutrons come together with electrons and make up the nuclei of what we know as atoms.
Atoms form bonds and we end up with molecules and so on and so forth — we have a fittedness embedded within the very creation until we get to Adam and Eve in Genesis 2. The Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him" (Genesis 2:18). God forms Eve out of Adam and brings her to the man. Adam says, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh." They fit.
This fittedness breaks down at the Fall, and from it all manner of heartache, evil, and hardships abound.
Until Christ.
Marriage Re-Created
"But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved — and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:4–6).
In his article "Marriage in the Cosmic Plan of God," Tony Reinke sets up four theological pillars showing how Christ aims to restore first creation patterns and relational harmony. On this restoration he says, "when sinners repent, they are restored to God, they become citizens of the new aeon, they are given the Holy Spirit, and they willingly take their place in the Church (the Second Eve), which in turn is submitted to Christ (the Second Adam)."
Ephesians 5 sets up an analogy between wives and the church. Several times in Ephesians we are told that Christ is the head of the church. As the Church (global), we are all together the wife of Christ. And we all, men and women, are to submit to him. Terms of the Second Eve (Church) and the Second Adam (Christ) fit.
Follow Ephesians from beginning to end and you see the mystery of the gospel revealed and the glorious vision of unity and fittedness within marriage and within the Body of Christ. Although we press with anticipation toward that eschaton, we live in "the already and not yet." We live in the inaugurated new creation, and here we are are in the process of becoming restored — as individuals and as a Body. We can think of ourselves as the Second Eve to our Second Adam. One consequence of this is that in Christ my husband and I are re-fitted back to each other by the example of Christ and the Church.
We Are the Second Eve
For most of my married life I labored under the idea that I am just like my mother Eve. Thoughts of the curse poisoned how I thought of myself and how I related to my husband. As the light of the gospel has crept into my heart, it has allowed me to see myself through Jesus' eyes as he sees his Church instead of how the post-Fall Adam must have seen "the woman whom God gave to be with him," Eve (Genesis 3:12).
We are women of the resurrection. Instead of being in bondage to the fall of the first Eve, let us through the power of the Holy Spirit, who is making all things new, start living as the Second Eve.


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I would like to ask whether it is possible to pass parameters to functions by reference?
As far as I understand, function call parameters (even vectors, sequences, etc.) are passed by value (the form is evaluated, yielding the vector, sequence, etc. and the value is passed as a function parameter).
It seems to me, that by passing vectors and sequences by reference, it would be possible to reduce cons'ing and memory usage.
What are the general approaches to reducing memory usage by Lisp applications?
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As Boeing 787s re-enter service on routes around the world following the aircraft's prolonged grounding for battery problems, the company is already busy resolving other issues that were emerging before they ceased flying in mid-January.
Most of these problems, such as a string of failures concerning power panels in the electrical system unrelated to the later lithium-ion battery problem, fell into the 'teething trouble' category which Boeing uses to describe the steep learning curve of early service life.
These issues impacted the early dispatch reliability of the aircraft, giving it a reliability level in the high 90% levels, roughly similar to the initial performance of the 777-200 shortly after its entry into service in mid-1995.
Although fixing many of these issues pale by comparison with the engineering resources involved with solving the battery problem, at least one concern with the operation of the auxiliary power unit (APU) has prompted Boeing and the unit's manufacturer Hamilton Sundstrand into a design revision.
Operators have discovered that after the APS5000 APU is shutdown with the inlet door closed after landing, heat continues to build up in the tail compartment. After some 20 min. this causes the rotor shaft to bend or 'bow', and the shaft takes up to two hours to straighten back out.
As many 787 operators, including All Nippon Airways (ANA), have flown the aircraft on shorter routes with reduced turnaround times, this has resulted in restrictions on when the APU can be restarted. An advisory bulletin from United Airlines says that if an APU start is attempted 20-120 min. after shutdown with the inlet door closed, the "bowed rotor shaft can cause turbine rub and significant damage." If such an event occurs, an advisory message on the engine indicating and crew alerting system shows the APU failed to start and requires the unit to be inspected with a borescope.
Boeing acknowledges that "heat conditions have been found to sometimes influence 787 APU starting performance. As a result, operators have been provided a revised operating procedure that has eliminated this finding. An improvement to the APU is being introduced in the next few months to remove the operating procedure."
The revised operating procedure calls for the APU selector switch to be put in the 'on' position on the last shutdown which will open the inlet door, allowing the unit to cool down. The door must remain open for 40 min. before closing it in order to enable the APU to be restarted.
The notice indicates that the APU could be re-started without causing damage if it was re-activated within 20 min. of shutdown, or after 120 min. had elapsed.
The revised procedure also has connections with the operation of one of the 787's two lithium-ion batteries. The notice contains a precautionary note that advises against using the APU battery power to keep the door open as this will "only have about 15 min. before being discharged." It adds that ground power must be used to keep the APU door open for 40 min. and warns that, if this is disconnected, the door will close even with the APU switch on the flight deck remaining in the 'open' position.
Boeing declines to specify the design changes that will be made to improve the cooling and ventilation of the APU compartment.
In the meantime, Boeing continues to modify the battery system on the last of the original 50 aircraft delivered up to the grounding in January. As of May 21, the company had completed work on 45 of which 40 had flown. It has also delivered the first two new 787s with the revised battery systems installed as new while still at the Everett production site.
United Airlines resumed 787 flights on May 20 with a service between Houston and Chicago. The airline, which currently has six 787s, expected to bring its complete fleet back into service within days and will launch international flights with the aircraft on June 10 with a service from Denver International Airport to Narita International Airport in Tokyo. Other long haul flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston to London Heathrow Airport will be added in the summer months.
ANA will resume services with its 18-strong 787 fleet from June 1, and plans to introduce the type on additional international routes later this summer including Narita to Beijing Capital International Airport and Shanghai and Tokyo Haneda Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.
This increase will increase to five the overseas destinations served by ANA's 787 fleet.
Japan Airlines, which operates seven 787s, also is expected to resume flights on June 1, while Ethiopian Airlines became the first to operate the 787 on a commercial service since the grounding when it flew the aircraft between Addis Ababa Bole International Airport and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on April 27.
LOT Polish Airlines is scheduled to return its aircraft to service on June 5 with a flight from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, while Qatar Airways resumed 787 services with a flight from Doha International Airport to Dubai International Airport on May 2.


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Love between mother and son
When I came back from Canada I found both my mother Vanaja and Aunt Lakshmi waiting for me in the Airport. Both looked very radiant and it was very late in the night when I landed. I was surprised by seeing two people I was missing for so many days. When I smiled at them both looked very coy and bent their heads refusing to meet my eyes. Then Subbu Aunty looked up and said we are having an addition in our family. I saw Mother turn away and color pink with shyness. I went to Aunt and hugged her and she held me and whispered that she is pregnant. 10 weeks now. I slowly put my hands on her belly and tried to see if the bulge could be felt. She pushed me away and laughed saying it is very early for the bulge but I went to the doctor and he told me. I looked at her with love and she said it is yours no doubt you are one who is soaking me with your semen. I felt like crying with joy. Here was my aunt who without seeking anything for herself submitted to me whenever I went to her for love. I asked her what about your daughter my cousin. Aunt told me that she is yet to know but eventually she plans to tell her also about us.
All this time I had ignored mother and when I looked up for her she was already moving my luggage trolley and going towards the entrance. Aunt understood my concern and told me " Rathan I have always been satisfied by you, you have given me two great joys in my life. Though I don't want to lose you, your mother has greater right on you. Go to her and make her happy. Make her your wife. After you went to US she has been pestering me about what kind of things you love in bed and what you talk about, how is cock ?, what kind of dresses you love on your woman. Whether you will like her body ? "
Rathan, take care that Vanaja should never sleep alone in the bed again. Give her so much love that she will gain all her happiness again.
I thanked her and she said she is going back to her home and she asked me to give her a call as and when I feel comfortable but without denying mother anything. I moved on and she called me "Rathan, I would love to see more additions, this time let Vanaja take the honours". I smiled and Aunt said seriously, " I am serious, Vanaja told me she has periods regularly but she is worried if her body will support. I have told her that it will do fine and asked her not have any protection. Go and fill her belly, my love."
I went out and My mother Vanaja was standing near our car. I stopped and looked up noticing many things different about her. She was clad in a nice chiffon saree, leaf green in color and matching blouse. I could also see more midriff than general. She was also wearing some makeup. I also discovered that she had dyed her hair black and she had tied it in nice fashion and she had adorned herself with flowers. She loved jasmine. I started smiling because generally widows as a rule are not supposed to adorn themselves with flowers. It dawned on my dull mind that My mother had finally decided and today I will taking her to bed.
I went to her and for the first time addressed her " How are you Amma ?". Mother looked up and said "Sorry I have been very hard on you, I beg your forgiveness." I hugged her and since it was public place we separated and then loaded the bags and started for home. As we drove Mother was very silent and once in a while she would put on hands in mine and squeeze them. I also would squeeze in return. We reached home and she opened the locks and I carried the luggage in.
She looked up and said "Don't take too much time, I will be waiting in your room upstairs". I quickly opened one of the bags and took the gifts that I had brought her. I had one pair of nice silky undergarments (Bra and Panties) from Victoria's secret, I purchased in US. I took out the ring with a nice Sapphire on it. Then I went up to the room. Mother was sitting on the bed and as she saw me she got up and smiled coyly. I went in and closed the door. She turned her back to me. I went to her and smelled the flowers in her hair. She smelled heavenly. I put my hands on her shoulder and turned her so that she was facing me. I lifted her chin to look at her face more closely like a lover rather than a son. I could lines on her face, I could see the age, but for me she looked like my heroine. Her age was the attraction for me. I bent my lips to hers. She offered her lips to me. I touched her lips with mine and she was smelling of morning dew and tasted like honey. I kissed her and then slowly we started grinding our mouths on each other and we were becoming very wet there. Her lipstick smeared my cheeks, my lips and my neck. I grabbed her and pushed her saree to reveal her breasts clad in blouse and bra. She gracefully moved to release the saree. I grabbed her at the waist and cupped her big ass. They are enormous. I felt the smoothness and the softness of her ass. Then I pushed her to the bed and slowly she unclipped her blouse and then put her hands to her bra and undid that also. Her breasts are bigger than I had thought and they droop a bit. Her nipples are almost black in color. I went to her and cupped her breasts and then kneaded the nipples. All the while my mother was moaning and taking my name and calling me her husband. It was a great feeling for me to be called by mother as her husband.
I pushed her petticoat up and found that she was not wearing any panties. I could not wait any longer I jumped off the bed and undid my pants and freed up my cock. I removed my shirt and jumped on the bed. I grabbed mom and pushed her the bed. I positioned myself between her thighs and went down on her. First attempt it missed and burrowed between her hairy thighs. She sighed and then took my cock in her hands and positioned it to her cuntal entrance. I could not wait any longer I pushed completely and I went in about half. Mother was screaming "Slowly, it is many years since your father fucked me, go slow, I need to become wet. Spit in my cunt and then you can fuck". I pulled out and then bent down and collected a lot of saliva in mouth and as she spread her legs I spat into her cunt. Then I went down on her again and this I was able to position myself on my own and pushed. As I entered her I felt like on fire. Mother cunt muscles were grinding against mine and all the while Mom was feeling the pain. She was weeping with pain but when I asked her if I should stop she said "NO this is heavenly pain. My body will accept you as my lover, I have in my heart accepted you". I felt for her love and just hung there. She suddenly gathered up all her strenght and pushed up her hips. Now I sank in completely upto my balls. She urged by moving back and forth and I could not hold any longer and I started fucking her taking long and slow strokes like my aunt had taught. She was all the while moaning and I suddenly realised that she was non longer in pain. I started fucking her faster. I don't know suddenly I started blabbering "Vanaja my love, I want to make you pregnant. I want to have a girl from you. I want to make you my wife". Mother started moaning "I am all yours my son, take me and fuck me, I am not having any protection. I am all yours to fuck me".
I came in torrents and filled her cunt fully. As I fell on her I could feel our combined juices flowing out between her legs. I looked up said the bedsheet is becoming wet. Mother laughed and said, from now on there will be lots of bedsheets to wash. We will wet the bed everyday. I was so tired from the journey and our love making I hugged her and slept.
I am going to have a big family, with two wives, one my aunt with two of my kids and the other with my mother and I don't know how many kids she would like.
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Fed up with a spate of phishing attacks, the IT team at Oxford University temporarily blocked Google Docs in an attempt to alleviate the problem. The university also criticized the search engine giant's antiphishing measures, saying it takes too long for Google to stop attacks.
The unusual step was quickly reversed after it began disrupting too many legitimate Google services.
The IT department said all its users receive security awareness training but, with tens of thousands of users on its system, a few had responded to the phishing attempts, causing a ripple effect of problems. The incidents also impacted Oxford's reputation with external email services such as Hotmail and Gmail, wrote Robin Stevens of OxCERT, the university's network security team, on the University Computing Services blog. Hotmail rejected all mail from the university over a period of many days due to a high proportion of the university mail being marked as spam.
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"The recent attacks have often seen us dealing with several account compromises within a short length of time," Stevens wrote. "Almost all the recent attacks have used Google Docs URLs, and in some cases the phishing emails have been sent from an already compromised university account to large numbers of other Oxford users."
The temporary disruption lasted for about two and a half hours last week. Stevens said the restrictions were removed due to the disruption caused by the action and an assessment of the phishing attack threat.
"It is fair to say that the impact on legitimate business was greater than anticipated, in part owing to the tight integration of Google Docs into other Google services," Stevens said.
Stevens said it is difficult to filter through links to Google Docs, which use SSL for encryption. Phishing messages that get through must be reported to Google, which can take days or weeks to take down the phony Web forms.
Stevens said the university is investigating possible technical measures to help mitigate the problem and reduce the impact on legitimate network usage. The IT team also will pressure Google to be more responsive when a phishing attack has been identified via Google Docs.
"Google's persistent failures to put a halt to criminal abuse of their systems in a timely manner is having severe consequences for us, and for many other institutions," he wrote.
A Google spokesperson told CRN that the company is actively working to protect users from phishing attempts.
"Using Google Docs, or any of our products, for distribution or coordination of phishing is a violation of our product policies, and we will remove any forms or disable accounts discovered to be used for these purposes," the spokesperson said. "Users can report suspicious forms by clicking 'Report Abuse' at the bottom of any form."
Spammers have been latching on to Google Docs for years. In 2008, spammers set up Google Docs accounts to store spam images and links, using the storage capacity and high bandwidth provided by Google. The Web-based document writer, editor and spreadsheet program is also popular in university environments and an easy lure in phishing attacks.
The number of phishing attacks in 2012 was 59 percent higher than 2011 and global losses were estimated at $1.5 billion last year, according to a recent phishing report issued by RSA, The Security Division of EMC. The hardest-hit countries included the U.K., the U.S., Canada, Brazil and South Africa.
Phishing is one of the oldest online scams remaining popular with cybercriminals because so many users still fall for it, RSA said in the report. Malware writers help service phishers, creating custom-written specialty kits with phony log-in pages of U.S. and U.K.-based banks.
"The forecast outlook for 2013 calls for yet another record year riddled with hundreds of thousands of phishing attacks worldwide," the RSA report noted.
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BRANDON — At its annual meeting here last Wednesday, members of the Addison County Chamber of Commerce elected members of the board of directors for the 2014-2015 year.
New to the board this year, all serving a one-year term expiring at the 2015 annual meeting, are: Shanon Atkins, People's United Bank; Martin Clark, Martin's Hardware; Leonard Schmidt, Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center; and Tony Staynings, Northlands Job Corps.
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BRANDON — There will be a change at the helm of the Addison County Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber President Andy Mayer announced last week that he will be leaving his position at the end of the month to become the president/CEO of a chamber in Washington state.
The following is the full text of a speech given by Alex Wolff at the Addison County Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting Sept. 12.
Everyone's Invited:
Addison County and the New Endurance Sports Boom
We live in an old farmhouse in Cornwall. Our front yard faces a road where a long hill flattens out obligingly beneath the canopy of a large pig-nut tree.
FERRISBURGH — Among those community leaders who excel at contributing to their communities, Middlebury businessman Eric Denu was named the 2013 Addison County Chamber of Commerce Buster Brush Citizen of the Year at the chamber's annual meeting last week. The Swift House Inn was recognized as the Business of Year, and the Community Achievement Award went to Addison County Home Health and Hospice.
The awards were presented Thursday night, Sept. 12, at the Basin Harbor Club in front of a crowd of 100.
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Program Objectives
Graduates of the Program in Transmission and Distribution Engineering at Gonzaga University will:
- Develop engineered solutions that are well-conceived and carefully implemented to meet public and private sector needs.
- Contribute effectively to organizations as leaders and/or team members.
- Foster personal and organizational success in a dynamic, globalized professional environment.
- Improve society by applying Jesuit, humanistic values to their professional and civic responsibilities.
These four Objectives encompass the broad areas in which we believe our graduates will contribute to society in their careers and professions.
Program Outcomes
Graduates of the Program in Transmission and Distribution Engineering at Gonzaga University will possess knowledge and ability in the following areas:
- an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
- an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
- an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
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- an ability to design, plan, and maintain power transmission and distribution systems at a level reflecting their advanced engineering studies and industry experience


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Minority and Non-Traditional Law Students / fields of study within law« on: July 26, 2009, 05:53:16 PM »
Just graduated this past may with a B.S. in Psychology. I am interested in law but find it very diverse. I would most likely want to work in a public policy field that deals with how homeless groups of people are reached or in an environmental field that deals with how corporate america deals with their wastes. Any advice on fields of study within law for this type of thing or specific schools that have these programs?


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Although most professionals are well versed in using email, many still struggle with the finer points. It's commonly known that typing in all CAPS is equivalent to "cyber shouting" – but here are a few other protocol points, from Robert Half Technology, that you should consider.
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And this is why you should never play the ponies: the human element.
Let's go to Beulah Park in Ohio, where 23-1 longshot Sterling Emblem led the fourth race wire-to-wire. The problem is, her jockey didn't know where that wire was. With a comfortable five-length lead, Alberto Pusac pulled up after the seventh furlong. The race was actually a mile and 70 yards (8+ furlongs), and Sterling Emblem was quickly passed down the stretch, finishing third.
Pusac, a seven-year vet, has a meeting with track stewards today to explain just what happened. No one thinks the fix is in, not in a $3500 claiming race in Grove City, Ohio, and not under spectacularly obvious conditions. But, holy shit, if you had Sterling Emblem—or Sterling Emblem boxed with the eventual 19-1 winner—it's probably time to give up gambling forever.
Beulah Park: Rider misjudges finish line on 23-1 shot [Daily Racing Form]
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Pad Thai noodles is my kind of comfort food. It's filling, flavorful and easy to make in veggie and non-veg versions. The noodles used in this dish are large rice noodles that are soaked until softened. They are sautéed in a thick, syrupy sweet sauce made of tamarind, sugar, chile and limes.
To complete the meal, I added chicken sauteed in oyster sauce and fish sauce, which balances the saltiness of the Pad Thai sauce. This rice noodle dish freezes very well, so you will never order take-out again!
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Pinson to present lectures on Baptist distinctives
PLAINVIEW - William M. Pinson, Jr., executive director emeritus for the Baptist General Convention of Texas, will visit Wayland Baptist University on Oct. 5-6 for the university's first Pinson Lecture Series covering Baptist distinctives. These topics have particular relevance because such distinctives are currently being debated in America, specifically that of separation of church and state.
Pinson is well known in Baptist circles for his writing and speaking about distinctives of the Baptist faith. Among many other publications, he is the author of Who In the World Are Baptists, Anyway? (2001) and has contributed articles to many Christian publications on the topics of distinctives, ethics, Christian ministry, preaching and evangelism and discipleship.
"Dr. Bill Pinson is an individual who knows Baptist work as few others. His standing and credibility among our state's Baptist family is without equal," said Dr. Paul Armes, Wayland president. "Wayland is honored that he will be on our campus to deliver the Pinson Lecture Series. Our students and staff are looking forward to his arrival."
The series will begin on Tuesday evening, Oct. 5, with a special meal and lecture to be held in the McClung University Center. The event is free, with reservations required for the meal by Oct. 1.
Pinson will then speak on Wednesday, Oct. 6 in the university's weekly chapel service at 11 a.m. in Harral Memorial Auditorium. Afterward, he will meet with Wayland's ministerial students in their regular weekly meeting held in McClung Center.
The Pinson Lecture Series will conclude with a message at the Wednesday evening prayer service at First Baptist Church of Plainview. During his time at Wayland, Pinson will also be speaking to several religion classes.
A graduate of the University of North Texas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Pinson did postdoctoral work at Columbia University and Princeton University. He has been given honorary degrees by California Baptist College, Dallas Baptist University, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Hardin-Simmons University and Howard Payne University.
He served as executive director at the BGCT from 1983-2000, and previously was president at Golden Gate Seminary for five years, now holding the title of President Emeritus. He has taught Christian Ethics at Southwestern Seminary and serves as distinguished university professor at Dallas Baptist and as distinguished visiting professor at Baylor University. He is volunteer director of the Texas Baptist Heritage Center and is actively involved in denominational service.
Pinson is a trustee for the Baylor Health Care System and is a member of the Baptist History and Heritage Society Council of Advisors; Texas Partnerships Advisory Council; Baptist Heritage and Identity Commission and the Baptist World Aid.


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Water, water everywhere, but only some to drink
The water in Beaumont might meet state and federal standards for clean water, but the city is fighting an expensive battle to keep it that way.
The latest series of multimillion-dollar purchases to improve the water in Beaumont will likely put more greenbacks in the city coffers, but only after a seven-year period where the city will raise water rates an average of 5 percent each year, according to water utilities director Dr. Hani Tohme.
Without the additional revenue generated by a yearly average rate increase of about 5 percent, Tohme said Beaumont might be unable to complete much-needed improvements to the city's water infrastructure.
"We'll be raising rates yearly to be able to continue doing capital improvement projects and protect public health and safety," he said.
The crux of Beaumont's water problem seems to stem from the Neches River. The majority of Beaumont's potable blue gold comes from the less-than-pristine but iconic river. Tohme said when it rains, the surface water at the Neches has much more "turbidity." In other words, it's dirty.
In mid-June, the city was forced to spend an unanticipated $450,000 on aluminum sulphate, a chemical that bonds to particulate matter in the water such as vegetation or other impurities so that it can be separated from the water.
After a hellish drought ended, Tohme said the city simply needed more chemicals to keep the water clean.
"We were using more of it (aluminum sulphate) because of all the rain we were having," he said.
The city purchased about $100,000 worth of granular sulphate at the council meeting Tuesday, Oct. 2, but Tohme said this was a normal buy, not in addition to the city's use of chemicals for water purification.
Beyond an uphill battle in purifying the water, Tohme's fight to fix Beaumont's aging water infrastructure is just as daunting. Tohme's newest improvement — installing a real-time metering system along with a city-wide leak detection system — could save the city at least $15 million over a seven year period and provide water users with online and accurate usage data.
"The combination of the savings of the leak detection and improving the accuracy of the meters will pay for the project in seven years," Tohme said.
The company employed by the city to install the real-time metering system as well as a high-tech leak detection system to the tune of $15 million will be required to pay the city if, after the seven-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2013, the city does not recover the $15 million in savings the company promised.
"If they don't save it," Tohme said, "they'll have to write us a check."
"We will improve our customer's service by being able to provide our customers an hourly data of their usage," he added. "So if they have a leak ... and they're not aware of it, the system will realize that it's above the normal usage. It will inform the operator of the system, who will inform the customer to check for leaks. This info will also partially be available to the customer on the Internet where they can monitor their usage."
Tohme said other larger cities like Austin have already instituted such changes, making Beaumont a smaller trendsetter in this area.
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BERKELEY — The word is out on the Cal basketball team: Play physical and aggressive and wait to see if the Golden Bears back down.
By the players' own admission, they did just that in a 62-47 home loss to Washington, and coach Mike Montgomery challenged his players afterward to change the script.
When asked to comment on sophomore David Kravish's remark that the Bears played with no heart, Montgomery acknowledged, "There's an element of that."
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"Once we got down, we kind of caved a little bit," Montgomery said. "We caved to the pressure and let them have their way with us. A lot of it had to do with mental preparation.
"We've got to continue to work on that in terms of understanding that every game we play is going to be an absolute dogfight. We've got to make our minds up that if somebody pushes, we've got to push back, that if there's a loose ball, we've got to go on the floor."
Cal allowed Washington 20 offensive rebounds and seemed outworked for every 50-50 ball. Montgomery said the Bears didn't show poise or consistent toughness.
"I don't think that's totally ingrained in us," he said.
The team's No. 2 option behind Pac-12 scoring leader Allen Crabbe, Cobbs averaged 20 points on 63.5-percent shooting as the Bears won their first six games. In nine games since then, he is averaging 12 points and converting just 38.3 percent. He hasn't made a 3-pointer the past five games.
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Text from Article in the Burlington Free Press, August 29, 2010
One day last week I walked up the steps of the new home of the Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes on North Street in Burlington. The final days of summer were fading, and the beginning of another school year was in the air. I opened the door and expected to experience the familiar setting of a school getting ready to welcome students back for the fall. Stepping into the hallway, there were signs welcoming community members to the Sustainability Academy, and I was quickly reminded of the far-from- ordinary work of this school.
For decades, I dreamed a school like this would exist. Thirty years ago I packed my trunk and headed to the Green Mountains to enroll as a student at the University of Vermont. I had selected UVM because of
its nationally recognized and innovative environmental-studies program. Undergraduate students enrolled in the program were responsible for designing their own curriculum and majors. Like many idealistic youth at the time, I had grown up in the civil-rights movement of the ¤'60s, experienced the power of the first Earth Day and felt a
civic responsibility for "saving the planet" in some big way.
I now realize my professional aspirations and beliefs are rooted deeply
in my parents' lifelong commitment to education and social justice. My
father brought his young family to Washington, D.C., in 1965 when he
enrolled in President Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty." He worked
for the new Office of Economic Opportunity, developing a program
called Upward Bound, which sought to provide educational opportunity
for all Americans regardless of race, ethnic background or economic
circumstances. In response to mandated school bussing, my mother
founded a community-based organization that helped cultivate
relationships and friendships between newly "integrated" students and
families through after-school, weekend and summer programming.
For a short time before college I was attracted to the idea of becoming
an environmental lawyer creating new regulations and policies or
working in international development to alleviate poverty around the
world, but I also knew deep down that education played an essential
role in transforming society. So I spent my four college years focused
on a major in environmental education and a thesis titled "Creating a
New Paradigm for Education."
After graduating from UVM and going to work at Shelburne Farms, I
had the opportunity to be part of a network of individuals and
organizations dedicated to improving our educational system. In the
1990s, Shelburne Farms was one a dozen nonprofit organizations and
state agencies engaged in a grassroots participatory process designed
to ask: "What do students in Vermont need to know and be able to do to live sustainably in the 21st
century?" As a result Vermont was the first state in the nation to incorporate a set of sustainability
standards in the state framework of standards. As Tom Slayton testified to the Vermont Board of
Education, "Sustainability is just a newfangled word for an old Vermont tradition."
In August 2008, the Burlington School Board voted to create the state's first two magnet schools and
to make one of those schools, Lawrence Barnes Elementary, into the nation's first K-5 magnet
school with a sustainability theme. The School Board's plan for magnet schools was the result of four
years of research conducted by, and with, more than 1,000 Burlington residents, parents, teachers,
administrators, education professors and community activists. The magnet schools were an
important part of the socioeconomic integration goals for the district.
Sustainability — the shared responsibility for improving quality of life for all, economically, socially
and environmentally, now and for future generations — is being integrated into the curriculum,
campus practices and culture at Lawrence Barnes. The academy has become an incubator of
exciting work where teachers and students explore the connections between our community,
economy and environment. Teachers report that students are more motivated to learn, because they
are engaged and invested in their community.
Students at the academy experience the big ideas of sustainability every day. The kindergarten
students explore their community, meet community helpers and become community helpers
themselves. First-graders learn about food and nutrition by visiting local farms, composting in the
cafeteria and making healthy food choices from the meals served from locally sourced products.
Second- and third-graders learn about human, natural and social systems. Fourth- and fifth-graders
develop quality-of-life indicators for their neighborhoods, create community report cards and design
projects to improve their community.
Student-led initiatives have included creating a community art show, calming traffic, creating safe
play areas and designing and building a school garden.
Teachers in all kinds of communities throughout the world report again and again that students "feel
disconnected" and "have no hope." Indeed, many of our youth have a deep, intuitive sense of the
disastrous direction in which we are headed. A recent Gallup Poll found that 70 percent of 16-24-
year-olds believe the world was a better place when their parents were their age — and more than
half are convinced it will be worse for their own children.
Yet schools such as the Sustainability Academy are good reason for hope. Education for sustainability has a central role to play in advancing the social, economic and ecological literacy of
our young people. It plays a vital role in cultivating a sense of place and purpose. Our schools need
to prepare students to envision solutions to our current crisis of unsustainability. They can do that by
giving youth the knowledge, skills and the "habits of mind and heart" that will enable them to create a
sustainable future.
"... The limits are real and close, and ... there is just exactly enough time, with no time to waste.
There is just exactly enough energy, enough material, enough money, enough environmental
resilience and enough human virtue to bring about a revolution of a better world."
— Donella Meadows, Beyond the Limits
Megan Camp joined the staff at Shelburne Farms, a 1,400-acre farm and forest, in 1983 and works
as vice president and program director.
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The warm tributes for Greg King were a surprise to some. Not because they were wrong; anyone who spent time with the talented 43-year-old knew the eulogies were true.
He was a loving husband, son and father, fun-loving friend, passionate sports fan and a brilliant lawyer. Greg King was all that and more.
"Scrupulously honest," said Crown Solicitor Simon Moore SC at his funeral.
"If Greg said it was so, it was, because his word was his bond."
But some of those who only saw him on the television or in the newspaper, sticking up for the worst criminals, may have wondered why he was held in such high esteem.
He was a criminal defence lawyer, a profession that normally languishes near the bottom of "most trusted" polls. Even lower than journalists.
"I'm sorry but if he was such a gifted lawyer why didn't he work for the prosecution?" was one on-line comment to a Herald editorial on King's death.
"How can I admire someone who works to allow criminals go free?"
Such comments are typical of the widespread public misunderstanding of the role of defence lawyers, says Auckland barrister Ron Mansfield, who has been in the middle of a number of high-profile cases.
Defence lawyers are there to bring balance to the justice system, to ensure that the court hears all the relevant submissions or evidence to make the right decision, he explains.
"If there was not balance, then there would be injustice frequently. When we think about it, that is what we want for ourselves and family."
Though the majority of cases are resolved with pleas of guilty before a trial, Mansfield says the original charges laid against a defendant are often too many or too high or the asserted "facts" are incorrect.
"Making sure someone pleads guilty to a charge that reflects what they have done and that they are sentenced fairly is essential.
"Everyone wants to get it right. We work hard, long hours, lose sleep and worry a lot that we do just that. The scariest thing for anyone involved in justice is getting it wrong."
The role can be isolating. Most of the time, it is only the defence lawyer standing up for the rights of their client against the power and resources of the State.
"Most people consider that people accused of crime, especially serious crime, do not have any (rights)," says Mansfield.
"As a result they do not look favourably on anyone who does that. There can be a lot of anger and frustration."
Their clients have often been "seriously let down" by the community: poorly housed and educated, with severe physical and mental health problems.
"They are scared, stressed and not trusting of anyone. Their lives are often ruined and they are desperate."
Building trust and forging a genuine relationship is difficult, but essential to the lawyer-client bond.
"Once you have that trust the weight of that is often enormous and hard to bear," Mansfield says.
But the work is rewarding - and strangely addictive.
"Helping or making a positive change feels good and is good. That is probably why we do it. That is probably why we continue to do it."
As well as those charged with murder, rape, fraud and drugs, Mansfield also has a strong social justice streak. He stood up for the Greenpeace activists including Lucy Lawless, the Occupy Auckland protesters and went in to bat for cameraman Bradley Ambrose in the "Tea Tapes" saga.
This year he represented Evans Mott, the Auckland boatbuilder charged with assisting the suicide of his wife Rosie. Mott quickly admitted the offence, which has a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.
The case reignited the euthanasia debate and, after lengthy submissions from Mansfield, 56-year-old Mott was discharged without conviction by Justice Patricia Courtney.
It's the sort of result Greg King would have cheered for; a hard-fought win for the underdog who had suffered enough.
His death follows the loss of another legal giant, John Haigh, QC who, at 65, suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage in April.
Haigh was one of the most highly respected lawyers in the country, a formidable legal mind with a deep sense of social justice, a family man with integrity who loved a good prank.
Yet, despite the universal praise following his death, he was most famous for taking on one of the most unpopular cases in recent memory - the defence of Clint Rickards on sex charges. Rickards was acquitted after Haigh forensically unpicked the Crown case.
Whatever some might think of policemen who engage in group sex with young women, the jury agreed the evidence did not exist to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt - a key tenet of our justice system.
Yet that doesn't always wash with a sceptical public, according to two members of the bar who until recently were senior Crown prosecutors.
Mina Wharepouri and Rachael Reed are used to being on the "right" side of the law; holding criminals to account for their crimes.
Each has recently moved from Meredith Connell, the private law firm that holds the Crown warrant, to work as barristers in City Chambers - set up by Paul Wicks and his mentor Haigh in 2003.
The move has raised eyebrows among a few of Reed's friends. She believes the role is misunderstood by the wider public.
"Anytime I get a hint of a negative comment, or am asked how I could do it when I know a person is guilty, I say that everyone has the right to a defence," says Reed, whose first brief as defence counsel starts in January.
"It's not for me to judge whether or not they are guilty. That is for a jury."
For all the defence lawyers who act honourably, there have been several recent cases which reinforce the low public opinion of the profession.
There were few tears from colleagues when courtroom veteran Barry Hart was struck off as a lawyer this year.
Hart was found guilty of three charges of professional misconduct in July, including charging a client's family $1000 an hour despite much of the preparation work being done by a junior lawyer who had been practising for only two months.
Judge Dale Clarkson, the head of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal, was damning in her findings.
Though striking off was a "last resort" for a senior lawyer such as Hart, Judge Clarkson said the "evidence in these proceedings has disclosed a lack of integrity on the part of this practitioner".
An aggravating factor in the tribunal's decision was his "poor disciplinary history", which included seven previous findings against him.
The pattern of behaviour meant the tribunal had "no confidence in either his rehabilitation or protection of the public by ensuring there is no risk of reoffending.
"Having weighed all the evidence and submissions, it is the tribunal's unanimous view that the practitioner is no longer a fit and proper person to practise as a barrister or solicitor."
The consequences are great for the 71-year-old, who has lost a property empire, a fleet of luxury cars and his career in just a few months.
He has lost a "lifetime of earnings" because of the collapse of his rural property portfolio in Waimauku, for which he owes $30 million to the ANZ Bank and is charged $200,000 interest each month.
He has kept a low profile since his fall from grace, but was among the first to pay tribute to his friend King.
"He's helped me and gone beyond the call of duty to assist me both as a friend and as a fellow lawyer in my time of need," Hart was reported as saying.
"Greg was there for me."
Soon after the gruelling trial of Ewen Macdonald ended in his acquittal, King flew to Auckland to represent Hart and try to persuade the disciplinary tribunal to not end his career.
King submitted that Hart was a "victim of his own success", whose popularity as a defence lawyer meant he failed to come to grips with the business side of his law practice.
However, many others in the legal profession struggled to express sympathy for Hart, believing him to be the epitome of why the public distrust lawyers.
A damning report by Dame Margaret Bazley shone the spotlight on taxpayer-funded legal aid, which had ballooned from $111 million in 2006/07 to $172 million three years later.
The term "car boot lawyer" became a common phrase after the publication of the review three years ago, which led to widespread changes in how legal aid was administered.
Bazley, one of New Zealand's most senior civil servants, called for a "sea change" in the system open to abuse by lawyers and defendants.
"While there are very good lawyers in the legal aid system, there is also a small but significant proportion of very bad lawyers who are bringing themselves and their profession into disrepute."
One example of poor practice cited by Bazley was an allegation that up to 80 per cent of lawyers practising in the Manukau District Court could be "gaming" the system by delaying a plea or changing pleas part-way through, to maximise payments.
The claim was widely derided by the criminal bar as "hearsay" evidence, which she acknowledged was an anecdote. But the much wider problems she pinpointed were acted on by former Justice Minister Simon Power.
The Legal Services Agency was shut down and its responsibilities folded into the Justice Ministry, while lawyers had to become accredited to receive legal aid payments.
The Public Defence Service was expanded to more courts around the country, taking up to half the criminal workload, much to the disdain of many private lawyers who did not believe the bulk-funded service was cheaper.
Fixed fees have also been introduced for some criminal, family and civil cases. But the most complex - and therefore expensive - cases like murder and drugs trials are managed on a case-by-case basis.
The most expensive 1 per cent of cases accounted for 26 per cent of spending in 2008/09, according to the Justice Ministry figures.
This creates a new problem - increasing the possibility of a miscarriage of justice.
The Weekend Herald is aware of an upcoming murder trial where a senior lawyer has been funded for just seven hours of preparation time in a case where there is a strong defence for the most serious charge.
"Something needed to be done about legal aid. But the pendulum has swung too far the other way," one experienced Auckland barrister Auckland says.
The reforms mean the legal aid bill is expected to fall to around $102 million by 2013/14. The Government has backed off further reform since Judith Collins took over the portfolio from Power, deferring a decision on whether to change eligibility criteria for certain family and civil cases.
Collins was concerned that the proposed changes did not strike the right balance between fiscal responsibility and protecting the most vulnerable, somewhat at odds with the other hard-line justice reform pushed through by the Government.
And it was the ultimate New Zealand case of injustice that inspired King. Arthur Allan Thomas was locked up in a Turangi prison where King's father was a guard, and his pardon, after nine years in prison, was the catalyst to King's pursuit of a career in law. His dream was to defend innocent people.
He agreed that he had acted for "absolutely horrible bastards", which had given him nightmares, but the right to a fair trial was beyond question.
"Unless we do our job for an individual, the whole society suffers. I really do justify it to myself in those terms," King said in a 2009 interview. "When I stand for someone, I'm standing for the citizen versus the state. I'm not here to be popular, I'm here to do my job."
Defenders of choice
A Weekend Herald straw poll asked more than 20 senior detectives, Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers who they would hire if they faced criminal charges.
These names kept coming up.
If you had money to spend, three Queen's Counsel were at the top of the list. Paul Davison, John Billington and David Jones had reputations for integrity, jury appeal and a sharp forensic mind.
A number of other experienced counsel who were also highly regarded.
Peter Kaye, Paul Wicks, Ron Mansfield, Graeme Newell, Paul Borich, Todd Simmonds and Richard Earwaker were all mentioned numerous times.


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Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, is member of the House Appropriations Committee
The first day of spring produced a sighting missing since Jan. 28 — a balanced budget! "All in" truly is the theme this year. A great deal of heavy lifting by all committees achieved this goal.
This is the start of my seventh year in the Vermont House of Representatives, and it is still as special as my first year. In many ways I am experiencing those freshmAn hurdles again due to my acceptance of a new and challenging legislative assignment. For six years I served on the House Transportation Committee. But after several conversations with House Speaker Shap Smith, I knew this 2015 legislative session was going to have a very different approach.
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Mariners add Mr. Mariner Alvin Davis to minor league coaching staff
The Mariners announced additions to their minor league instructional staff. The most noticeable name is Mr. Mariner himself. Alvin Davis will work for the organization as a full-time minor league roving instructor.
Davis, 52, who joined the Mariners Player Development Department as a part-time roving minor league instructor in 2012, has been added to the staff full-time in the same capacity. He will also work with the player development staff to help accomplish set goals for the season. Davis played for the Mariners from 1984-91, earning the nickname "Mr. Mariner". He was the team's first inductee into the Mariners Hall of Fame in 1997. Alvin was named American League Rookie of the Year in 1984 by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and finished his career in the top-10 in nearly every Mariners offensive category.
Also joining the staff is former Mariners/Rainiers infielder Chris Woodward as an infield instructor, Brant Brown as on outfield instructor, Jose Moreno as a Latin American field coordinator and Javier Alvidrez is a Latin American trainer. They will join returning coordinators: Field Coordinator – Jack Howell; Pitching Coordinator – Rick Waits; Rehab Pitching Coordinator – Gary Wheelock; Catching Coordinator – John Stearns; Hitting Coordinator – Lee May Jr.; Latin America Pitching Coordinator – Nasusel Cabrera and Athletic Trainer Coordinator – James Southard for the 2013 season.
"Chris and Brant bring a lot of knowledge, experience and passion to our player development staff," Minor league player development director Chris Gwynn said. "Jose has spent the last 13 years as a manager in our system and will be an asset with developing our young Latin Players, while the addition of Alvin full time will benefit all of our minor league players."
Woodward, 36, rejoins the Mariners Organization following his stint playing with Seattle in 2009 and 2010, and will be entering his first professional coaching role. Woodward hit .285 (88x309) with 39 runs scored, 28 extra-base hits and 34 RBI in 88 games in 2012 with the Las Vegas 51s, the triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. He appeared parts of 12 seasons in the Major Leagues as a utility infielder, including stints with the Blue Jays (1999-04, 2011), the New York Mets (2005-06), the Atlanta Braves (2007), the Mariners (2009, 2010), and the Boston Red Sox (2009). Overall he batted .239 (408x1706) with 211 runs scored, 87 doubles, 14 triples, 33 home runs and 191 RBI in 659 career games in the Major Leagues. Prior to his professional career, Woodward attended Mt. San Antonio (CA) College in 1994 and was named all-conference. He was originally selected in the 54th round by Toronto in the 2004 June draft and made his MLB debut with the Blue Jays on June 7, 1999.
Brown, 41, spent the previous six seasons as a hitting coach in the Texas Rangers organization, including spending the 2012 season with Triple-A Round Rock in the Pacific Coast League. He spent the previous three seasons serving in the same capacity with Double-A Frisco and another two seasons as hitting coach for Single-A Bakersfield after making his professional coaching debut in 2007. Originally selected by the Chicago Cubs in the third round of the 1992 June draft, Brown compiled a career .247 (261x1056) average with 45 home runs in 424 Major League games with the Cubs (1996-98, 2000), Pittsburgh Pirates (1999) and Florida Marlins (2000). Prior to his professional career, Brown was a three-year starter at Fresno State University, where he helped the Bulldogs to a fifth-place finish in the 1991 College World Series.
Moreno, 45, enters his 13th season in the Mariners organization and first after being promoted to the Latin America Field Coordinator. He spent the last 13 seasons managing one of the Mariners minor league affiliates, including leading the Rookie Pulaski Mariners to a 29-38 record in 2012. Moreno led the Everett AquaSox to the 2010 Northwest League Championship. It was the AquaSox first title since 1985 and their 49 wins tied the franchise record set by the Everett Giants in 1987. He also led the AZL Mariners to an Arizona League Championship in 2007.
Alvidrez, 37, spent the previous five seasons as part of the Yankees player development staff as the assistant strength and conditioning coordinator. Prior to his stint with New York, he spent seven seasons (2000-06) as a trainer in the Oakland organization, including the final three years at Double-A Midland of the Texas League. Alvidrez was a 1997 graduate of New Mexico State University.


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Sonoran Pronghorn
Basic Facts About Sonoran Pronghorns
Known as "prairie ghosts" because they are so elusive, the Sonoran pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in North America.
Smaller and lighter in color than other pronghorn subspecies, the genetically and geographically unique Sonoran pronghorn is specially adapted for survival in harsh arid conditions. Sonoran pronghorn are reddish brown on their backs and sides, and have lighter colored undersides. They have bright white markings on their heads and necks; males have black faces and black patches on the sides of their necks. Male Sonoran pronghorns sport large black pronged horns, while females have short black horns.
Sonoran pronghorns eat herbs, cacti, and desert grasses.
Approximately 160 Sonoran pronghorn remain in the wild in the United States. There is also a small population held in a captive breeding program on the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Arizona. There are approximately 240 Sonoran pronghorn in Mexico.
Habitat & Range
Within its range, pronghorn tend to prefer broad, alluvial valleys separated by granite mountains and mesas. Vegetation is scarce throughout most the Sonoran pronghorn's habitat due to limited rainfall. Historically, Sonoran pronghorn traveled across vast expanses of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, California, and Sonora, Mexico. Currently it is confined to fragments of its former range, with only four small populations remaining – two in southwest Arizona, and two separate populations in Mexico.
Sonoran pronghorn have evolved in unique ways to adapt to the harsh desert environment. For example, it can erect its stiff bristle-like body hair in patches to release body heat in extremely hot weather. The pronghorn's exceptional speed and excellent vision help it to avoid predators and take advantage of scarce desert forage.
Does are ready to mate at 16 months and bucks are ready by one year of age.
Mating Season: September and October
Gestation: 250 days
Offspring: 1 fawn; twins when there is abundant food.
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Scientific name: Antilocapra americana sonoriensis
Height: About 3 feet at shoulders
Length: 4.3-4.8 feet from head to tail
Weight: Males 100-130 lbs.; females 75-100 lbs.
Top speed: Up to 60 miles per hour
Lifespan: 10-12 years


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