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The Six Moon Designs Refuge and Refuge X are the lightest two-person shelters by Six Moon Designs. The two tents are identical in size and design, with only minor differences in guyline and stake adjustments and a slight difference in vestibule coverage. The largest difference between these tents is in the tent body fabric – the $260 Refuge is made of silnylon and weighs just over 1.5 pounds, while the $400 Refuge X is made with a Cuben Fiber body and weighs under 1 pound.
Both single-wall tents offer excellent usable space and plenty of room for two large hikers. They use trekking poles or optional carbon fiber poles for support and have an integrated, non-bathtub floor.
The Six Moon Designs Refuge X high in Washington's Cascades.
What's Good
- Very lightweight for a two-person single-wall tent.
- Refuge X is extremely lightweight, at under one pound.
- Enough usable space for two to comfortably sit up or tall hikers to stretch out when laying down.
- Excellent ventilation.
- Uses trekking poles to save weight (or optional carbon fiber poles).
- Quick and easy setup.
- Usable vestibule with sufficient space for two lightweight packs.
- Easy side entry.
What's Not So Good
- No bathtub floor – less protection from dirt, splashing rain.
- Mesh at stake points and perimeter is susceptible to damage.
- Difficult to get a taut pitch on the Refuge X ridgeline.
- Poor wind stability.
- No interior storage pockets or hang loops.
- Refuge X is very expensive, at $400.
- Stakes are not included.
|2008 Six Moon Designs Refuge
2008 Six Moon Designs Refuge X
|Three-season, single-wall, floored tent
|Refuge: Body and floor are 30d silicone nylon, interior mesh is 0.7 oz no-see-um netting
Refuge X: Body is CNK.8 0.75 oz Cuben Fiber, floor is 30d silicone nylon, interior mesh is 0.7 oz no-see-um nylon
Poles and Stakes
|Uses two to four trekking poles or two carbon poles (optional), stakes not included (optional)
|Floor area: length 90 in (229 cm), width 48 in (122 cm)
Overall area: length 108 in (274 cm), width 72 in (183 cm) peak height 45 in (114 cm)
Packed Size
|Refuge: 12.5 x 6 in (32 x 15 cm)
Refuge X: 12.5 x 5.5 in (32 x 14 cm);
Total Weight
|Refuge: 1 lb 9.7 oz (0.73 kg), manufacturer specification: 1 lb 11 oz (0.77 kg)
Refuge X: 1 lb (0.45 kg), manufacturer specification: 1 lb (0.45 kg)
Trail Weight
|Refuge: 1 lb 9.2 oz (0.71 kg)
Refuge X: 0 lb 15.8 oz (0.45 kg) (excludes compression stuff sack and stake sack)
Protected Area
|Floor area 30.0 ft2 (2.79 m2), vestibule area 6.0 ft2 (0.56 m2), total 36.0 ft2 (3.34 m2)
Protected Area/Trail Weight Ratio
|Refuge: 22.9 ft2/lb
Refuge X: 36.5 ft2/lb
|Refuge: $260 USD
Refuge X: $400 USD
|Stake set: 2.5 oz, $12
Tyvek footprint: 6.5 oz, $12
Carbon fiber tent pole: 1.8 oz, $25/each
The Six Moon Designs Refuge and Refuge X are nearly identical tents in design and features. Besides a few minor differences (explained below), the main difference between these tents is the fabric used in the tent body; the Refuge uses 30 denier silnylon while the Refuge X uses Cuben Fiber.
The Refuge tents have similarities to the Six Moon Designs Lunar Duo, including side entry, trekking pole support, integrated floor with a perimeter mesh, high vents, and a spacious interior design. With floor dimensions of 90 by 48 inches, the Refuge is equal in length to the Lunar Duo but is 6 inches narrower. To save weight, the Refuge is also a simpler design, with less features (single door and vestibule, no interior pockets, no aluminum struts, no bathtub floor, etc.); the silnylon Refuge is over a pound lighter than the Lunar Duo at 1 pound, 9.2 ounces and the Cuben Refuge X, the lightest floored shelter on the market, at just 15.8 ounces.
The Refuge (left) has a body made from silnylon while the Refuge X (right) is made of Cuben Fiber – all other differences between the tents are minor.
Fabric Note: Cuben Fiber (typically used for sailboat sails) is a laminate of Spectra fibers between two films of Mylar plastic, so it's not woven.
In comparing the Six Moon Designs Refuge and Refuge X, the largest difference is the fabric used in the tent body. The Refuge uses a 30 denier silnylon while the Refuge X uses a 0.75 ounce Cuben Fiber. The Cuben Fiber fabric drops the overall weight of the tent by 37% (25.2 ounces to 15.8 ounces) while increasing the cost by 53% ($260 to $400). However, there are other differences between these fabrics that make these two tents unique.
It is well known that silnylon is a fabric that can stretch to some degree. In the field, that means that if the ridgeline of the silnylon Refuge is not quite taut, tightening the guylines just a little bit more can stretch the fabric and achieve a taut pitch. The side guyouts on the silnylon tent also create a larger interior space because the fabric stretches to a greater degree. On the other hand, the silnylon tent can sag through the night, requiring occasional re-tensioning. I also found that the tent tended to ruffle in the wind more than the Cuben fiber version.
Cuben Fiber, on the other hand, has almost zero stretch. With the Refuge X, it was easier to achieve a taut pitch, and there was no detectable stretch to the fabric in cold or wet conditions. The side panels did not stretch as much as the silnylon Refuge, but once set, the side panels remained drum tight. On the other hand, the ability to stretch the ridgeline to make it taut is lost. In the case of the Refuge X, the way the beaks attached to the tent body didn't allow the ridgeline to become as taut as the silnylon Refuge, no matter how much I cranked on the guylines. While the rest of the Refuge X was tensioned like a drum, the ridgeline would move around in moderate winds, decreasing the overall wind stability of the tent and undoing some of the extra stability that came from the low-stretch fabric. In this case, a ridgeline/vent design that worked fine in one material (silnylon) had a drawback in another material (Cuben Fiber).
The Refuge X (foreground) sets up very taut due to its low-stretch Cuben Fiber body with the exception of a ridgeline that is difficult to properly tension.
In the months that I reviewed the two Refuge tents, I had them out in conditions ranging from high desert to lowland northwest rain forests to high subalpine camps in the Cascades. Overall, I was impressed with both tents' storm-worthiness, easily surviving extended downpours. In moderate winds, with all of the guylines in use, the tents had reasonable wind stability, but did experience some deflection and flapping (more than the comparable but heavier Tarptent Squall, for example). I wouldn't recommend either of these tents for very windy conditions.
It is impossible to achieve a taut ridgeline on the Refuge X with the stock pole placement in the beak (left) but a taut ridgeline is possible when the pole is attached to the tent body (right).
In analyzing the ridgeline of the Refuge X and how I could never get the tension I was looking for, I decided to take a closer look at how the poles attached to the beak. Having the attachment point on the end of the beak means that the non-stretch Cuben fabric must be aligned perfectly to have a taut ridgeline – even a small error can put less tension on the ridgeline than on the tent body. To find a possible solution, I put the grip end of the trekking pole against the seam of the ridgeline and beak and found that greater tension was much easier to achieve. Although the current design has adequate ridgeline tension, moving the trekking pole attachment and redesigning the beak would increase the wind stability of this tent.
The Refuge tents have one large mesh wall for good views and a single side-entry door.
While wind stability may not be the forte of the Refuge and Refuge X design, usable space most certainly is. There is an amazing amount of usable space in these tents, especially when the side guyouts are used. My wife and I shared the tent with our two-year-old son, Henry, on several occasions, and found the tents to be sufficient to fit the three of us (when Henry slept on the mesh at the end of the tent). When waiting out a storm, the adults had room to comfortably sit up while Henry walked inside the tent and climbed on us – four adults could sit up and play cards in a pinch. There is also excellent length for sleeping in the Refuge; at 6 feet 1 inch, I'm a pretty tall guy, but when I stretched out from end to end, I was unable to touch the walls of the tent. In maximizing usable space per ounce, Six Moon Designs has definitely hit the mark with the Refuge and Refuge X – these tents are much roomier inside than other tents in their class.
The entry and exit of the Refuge is through one reasonably-sized door. The vestibule unzips and clips to the sides with elastic clips. The mesh door also rolls up and shares the same clip as half of the vestibule door, adding to the thoughtful simplicity of the design. The large mesh wall on the front of the tent makes for great views during fair conditions.
Ventilation on the Refuge and Refuge X is excellent. Two large covered vents at the top of the tent, along with perimeter mesh and an all-mesh front wall, create a chimney effect and excellent airflow. I found the Refuge tents to have the least condensation of any lightweight single-wall shelters I've used. Even during calm, high humidity conditions (a single-wall tent's greatest enemy), the Refuge tents had very moderate condensation that was easily wiped away. I was very impressed by these tents' condensation resistance.
The integrated floor has a non-bathtub design. While it raises off the ground, it is susceptible to dirt and water entering the tent.
The Refuge tents do not have a bathtub floor. A bathtub floor is a typical tent feature for many reasons – it keeps water out of the tent, offers increased splash protection when combined with mesh walls, and keeps dirt off of the tent floor. The Refuge tents work around this by having mesh floors that lift off the ground between 2 and 5 inches, depending on the length of stake out guylines. During field testing, I found that this design kept flowing water under the tent floor and provided sufficient ventilation. I also found that when adjusted correctly with longer corner guylines, the mesh rarely came into contact with the ground, keeping the mesh clean and mud-free.
That said, the seamless floor-to-mesh transition makes it very easy to slide or roll onto the mesh area, and on several occasions during testing, gear or a hiker's body slid into this area. When this occurs, gear or a sleeping bag can become wet very quickly and ventilation is decreased.
During dry conditions, the large mesh areas increase the potential floor space of the tent, but the thin mesh is much less durable than the silnylon floor, so this is not recommended.
Detail of pole attachment of the Refuge (top left, bottom left) and Refuge X (top right, bottom right). Differences can be seen in the guyline adjustments (top) and less coverage seen on the Refuge X vestibule (bottom right).
The Refuge tent directions call specifically for a 45-inch (114-centimeter) trekking pole, and that's exactly what the tent needs to be set up as intended. The pole handle slips into a small pouch at the base of the tent (one in front and one in back) and attaches to a grommet at the top. This exact length creates the ideal tension, and a longer or shorter pole negatively affects the tent setup. This is very easy to achieve for those that use adjustable poles, but it can be a limiting factor for those that use fixed-length poles. I found that it was possible to use a longer trekking pole if I didn't use the handle pouch and used a small guyline and stake to extend the front attachment (this is also a trick to increase headroom). However, this creates the need for two additional stakes and guylines and adds a step in setting up the shelter.
The style of guyline adjustments at the front and rear beak are different between the Refuge and Refuge X tents. The silnylon Refuge has a nylon guyline with integrated plastic adjuster, while the Refuge X has a short section of webbing with an adjuster and lighter fixed-length guylines (included). The difference in usability is minimal, and I assume the change with the Refuge X was an attempt to shave some grams to hit the sixteen ounce weight goal.
Another difference between the two tents is the length of the vestibule wall. While the Refuge comes to nearly ground level, the Refuge X is about three inches higher above the ground. The difference in gear coverage or increased ventilation was very minimal.
The silnylon Refuge has adjustable stake attachments (right). The non-sewn webbing is easily pulled out if you loosen it too much (left).
The Cuben Refuge X has simple, non-adjustable stake out points which can be extended with guylines for better ventilation (left) or staked to the ground during high winds or heavy rains (right).
The last difference between the two tents (besides fabric type, main guyline adjustment, and height of the vestibule wall) is the stake adjustments. The silnylon Refuge features adjustable stake attachments that make re-tensioning a breeze. (Keep in mind – the webbing straps are not sewn at the end, making it easy for them to slide out of the plastic adjuster, so be careful not to lose them!) When setting up the tent, I recommend starting with the straps adjusted to their longest length and tightening them as the silnylon sags; this way you maximize the height of the perimeter mesh off the ground.
The Refuge X has simple corner loops that require separate guylines (included with the tent) with no adjustor – presumably to cut a bit more weight. This requires repositioning the stake to change tension, rather than using a simple adjustment as in the silnylon Refuge. Again, using a longer guyline is preferable to keep the mesh off the ground.
Both Refuge tents have YKK zippers with Velcro closures (Refuge X shown).
Both tents feature diminutive YKK zippers that performed flawlessly during testing. Storm flaps cover the zipper and a Velcro tab keeps the rain flap closed and takes tension off of the zipper.
The vestibule measures approximately six square feet, which is sufficient for two ultralight packs, shoes, and a few other items.
There is plenty of room for two ultralight packs in the small vestibule (image taken in Arizona's Aravaipa Canyon).
While some may question the durability of the extremely lightweight Cuben Fiber used in the Refuge X, I found this to be an excellent material for use in a tent body. Cuben Fiber is waterproof and extremely strong and stretch resistant – its weakness is in puncture and abrasion resistance. Six Moon Designs was intentional in using this as a fabric in the tent body but sticking to 30 denier silnylon for the tent floor, a combination that plays to the strengths of the two different materials. Still, if durability is a concern, you may want to go with the silnylon Refuge.
A couple of durability concerns did come up with the Refuge tents. First, mesh is used at the base of the corner stake out positions. When adjusted too low, the mesh comes in contact with the ground, where dirt can get into the material. In one corner, the abrasion caused a small hole. I would recommend additional reinforcement in these corners.
I have a similar concern for the entire mesh perimeter – if the tent is staked too low, the fragile mesh comes in contact with the ground, causing a potential durability concern. While proper pitching with long corner guylines can alleviate this problem, rolling onto the mesh also has the potential to cause damage.
The mesh used in the tent corners is susceptible to abrasion and damage.
Cuben Fiber requires additional reinforcement at seams that are under tension. On the Refuge X this only occurs at the junction between the tent body and the beak, and it's reinforced with seam tape. After several months of use, the seam tape started to peel up at the edges. While I don't believe that this will peel all the way off or lead to a seam failure, this is a spot that a Refuge X user will want to check periodically.
Seam tape on the Refuge X peeled up slightly after heavy use.
At $260, the Refuge tent is reasonably priced and offers excellent usable space, effective ventilation, good views, and a functional vestibule – all for just over 1.5 pounds. At $400, the Refuge X is a very expensive tent. However, it features low-stretch and very strong Cuben Fiber material and a weight of under one pound – a first for a two-person floored shelter. Depending on your priorities, both Refuge tents offer a good value.
What's Unique
The silnylon Six Moon Designs Refuge tent is a reasonably priced, two-person shelter that has incredible usable space for a weight of just 1.5 pounds. Released alone, the Refuge tent would be a welcome entry to the market.
As far as uniqueness, however, the Refuge X steals the show. It is the first Cuben Fiber, two-person tent on the market and is currently the lightest two-person floored tent, at just under one pound. It's not just an experiment in light weight, though – after several months on the trail, the Refuge X has proven its worth as a shelter that is both usable and durable.
Recommendations for Improvement
- Consider moving the pole attachment to the tent body and redesigning the beak for greater ridgeline tension.
- Reinforce the mesh under the corner stake out points.
- Consider using a bathtub floor or attaching the perimeter mesh further up the side of the tent walls to get them above the ground.


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At the end of a long day, your bedroom should be a sanctuary of comfort that welcomes you in. But, as a room that guests rarely see and in which homeowners spend most of their time with their eyes closed, its upkeep frequently gets pushed to the bottom of the to-do list. Thankfully, there are some little design tricks that can make a big difference. Turn your bedroom into a restful retreat ...
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text: 10.11.10 InAVation Awards 2011 finalists announced AUTHOR: Inavate IML Events, organiser of the EMEA InAVation Awards, has revealed the finalists for the 2011 Technology InAVation Awards. Chosen from over 120 entries by a panel of industry expert judges and journalists, five finalists have been nominated in each technology category and will now be submitted to a public vote to decide on the winners. The nominated finalists are as follows:Most InAVative AV Accessory Atlona - AT-DIS7-PROHD Neutrik - opticalCON powerMONITOR PPC - PerfectLock Locking HDMI Cable RTi - vIRsa Mouse Vision - Techconnect2 Connectivity System Most InAVative Mounting Solution Chief - SL220 Automated Projector Lift Euromet - Kalibro Omnimount - PROHDCART Peerless Industries - Ultra Thin Flat Video Wall Mount Unitech - AntiVibration 19" Rack Most InAVative Audio Product (non-loudspeaker)Allen & Heath - iLive-R72 Equipson - BlueLine series InOut - DA250P Meyer Sound - D-Mitri TOA - M-633D automatic resonance control system Most InAVative Control Solution Ace Visual & Sound Systems - ShowMagic AV Plus Software Crestron - DM-MD32X32 DigitalMedia Switcher Cue - Visual Composer Lightware - MX80X80 Hybrid router Universal Remote Control (URC) - Network Keypad Solution Most InAVative Display Solution 7th Sense - Delta Media Server Albiral - AH17D216A Mitsubishi Electric - Diamond Vision OLED NEC Display Solutions - MultiSync X462UN Sharp - PNV601 Most InAVative Loudspeaker Product Bosch Security Systems - Vari-directional Array Duran Audio - AXYS B215 "Diff" Genelec - 4000 Series K-Array - KTL22 Martin Audio - MLA Most InAVative Digital Signage Christie - MicroTiles Lighthouse Technologies - DuoLED Pufferfish - PufferSphere M Vbrick - VBrick Digital Signage Visix - Announce Most InAVative Video Processing or Distribution ProductAnalog Way - Eikos Apantac - TAHOMA-DE-4/8 Coolux – Pandora's Box Server STD version 4.7 Magenta Research - Voyager Fibre Optic Signal Distribution Platform TV One - C2-2375A Universal 3G-SDI Video Processor Most InAVative Projector Barco - RLM-W6 Epson - EB-450Wi Hitachi - Ultimate Short Throw Projector Panasonic - DZ110XE projectiondesign - FR12 Remote Light Source ProjectorVoting will go live during the week of November 15, will close on Sunday January 16 2011, and the winners will be announced at the gala evening to be held at Integrated Systems Europe on Wednesday February 2 2011.Also to be announced on the night will be the judge's choice award for Breakthrough Technology of the Year.The three finalists for this award are:3M - M2256PW Multitouch displayAVNu Alliance – Audio Video BridgingPrysm – Laser Phosphor DisplayThe informal event, which will again take place in the Amsterdam Rai Lounge, always provides excellent networking opportunities, whilst still allowing time for attendees to enjoy the rest of their evening in Amsterdam.To register your vote visit www.inavationawards.com and for more information on the event, and how to book tickets, please email email@example.com


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I'll admit that things had become so bad in the shop I couldn't bear to face it, but two nights into the project and I'm already feeling better. The workbench is cleared and ready for use! Next week I clear the second bench and we're back in business. The wife has lobbied for the dumpster I talked about in the last post, but I'm holding out. I just can't bear the idea of having a weekend to decide what should be done with this stuff.
We may still get a dumpster, but I'm going to be much further along in clearing the basement before that happens… Just an hour or two at a time (every Tuesday and Thursday night) should do wonders.
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Competition policy
Cohesion and regional policy financing must respect state aid rules where relevant.
Article 107 of the Treaty on the functioning of the EU prohibits state aid measures which:
a) involve a transfer of state resource
b) entail an economic advantage for businesses
c) distort competition by selectively favouring certain beneficiaries and not others
d) affect trade between EU countries.
For more detail, see the Vademecum on State aid .
Exemption clauses of relevance to the operation of the Structural Funds are:
- Article 87(3)(a) - aid to promote the economic development of areas where the standard of living is abnormally low or where there is serious underemployment
- Article 87(3)(c) - aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities, where this does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest.
- The above exemptions are fleshed out in the regional state aid guidelines, which set out the maximum permitted grant rates for certain specifically-designated regions. For more detail, see the regional aid guidelines for 2007-13.
In the context of the current financial and economic crisis, the European economic recovery plan includes a temporary framework that simplifies the rules governing state aid schemes co-financed by cohesion policy. This means that, in some cases, advances to state aid schemes could be reimbursed up to 100%.
There are also temporary arrangements (until the end of 2010) under the state aid rules to help countries tackle the effects of the credit squeeze on the real economy until 2010. This means that, under certain conditions:
- companies can receive a lump sum of aid up to €500 000 for the next two years to relieve them from current difficulties
- state guarantees are available for loans at a reduced premium
- subsidised loans are available, in particular for the production of green products
- small businesses can receive risk capital aid up to €2.5m each per year (instead of the current €1.5 million), provided at least 30% (instead of the current 50%) of the investment cost comes from private investors.
DG Regional Policy has no role in interpreting the state aid rules, national and regional authorities seeking guidance in this area should consult the competent Commission department: i.e. DG Competition, DG Energy, DG Mobility and Transport, or DG Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Coke Zero has been successful around the world but in Venezuela the brand name has proved a fateful prediction of its commercial prospects.
The government of President Hugo Chávez has banned the sale of the calorie-free soft drink over health concerns, prompting a scramble to remove it from shelves and vending machines.
"The product should be withdrawn from circulation to preserve the health of Venezuelans," said Jesus Mantilla, the health minister. He did not specify the dangers.
The soft drinks manufacturer said it would comply but defended the drink as a safe product sold in over 50 countries. "Coca Cola Zero is made under the highest quality standards around the world and meets the sanitary requirements demanded by the laws of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela."
Coke Zero, a variation of Diet Coke aimed at young men, was launched in Venezuela in April with the aim of doubling Coca-Cola's share of the low-calorie soft drinks market. On sale in Europe since 2007, the brand was promoted in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace to imbue a macho edge.
Venezuelan authorities turned out to be edgier. They ordered an immediate halt to production pending an investigation into "ingredients that could be harmful for the individual". Calls to the health ministry seeking elaboration were not returned.
It was unclear if the decision was linked to Coca-Cola's removal of a controversial sweetener, sodium cyclamate, from its Coke Zero formula in Mexico. The US banned it in 1969 over possible cancer links but is now considering joining Europe and other countries in permitting its use. The soft drinks giant insists sodium cyclamate is safe.
Venezuela's ban may be politically tinged. Chávez has assailed symbols of America and globalisation in his drive for a socialist revolution in South America's oil exporter.
In the past two years the government has nationalised and expropriated assets of foreign companies involved in sectors such as oil, food, cement and banking.
Chávez has not threatened to take over Coca-Cola, which in Venezuela is run by Mexico's Grupo Femsa, but he has criticised it over a labour and land dispute at its bottling plant in the capital Caracas.
By going after big name symbols the president was sending a message that no company was safe, said Jose Vicente Leon, director of the polling firm Datanalisis.


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$11.3 Million in Historic Grants
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Gail Greenberg (856) 235-2451
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TRENTON (May 07, 2003): The Board of the New Jersey Historic Trust approved a list of recommended awards to preserve 60 historic sites with funding from the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund. More than $11.3 million in matching grants will fund historic preservation planning and capital preservation projects at a variety of sites in 16 counties throughout the state.
The Historic Trust voted to approve the recommended grants at a public meeting of the Board of Trustees at the War Memorial in Trenton. The Garden State Preservation Trust and the New Jersey State Legislature must still approve all of the projects selected for funding before grant monies can be released.
This is the third round of funding under the current matching grant program, which was established by a voter-approved ballot initiative to preserve open space, farmland and historic sites. A total of $60 million for historic preservation funding from state tax revenues is guaranteed until 2009. A total of $13.3 million in grants was awarded in two previous grant rounds. The Trust received 103 applications requesting nearly $21.8 million in the most recent round of grants.
The Garden State money provides for two categories of matching grants. Historic Site Management grants help fund building conditions assessments, construction documents, and plans that address repair and preservation, accessibility, landscaping, and care of historic properties. Capital preservation grants are awarded at two levels and help fund the restoration, preservation, repair and rehabilitation of historic sites for use by nonprofit organizations or units of county and municipal governments. Applicant properties must be listed, or eligible for listing, in the State or National Register of Historic Places.
Created by the State Legislature, the New Jersey Historic Trust is a non-profit historic preservation organization affiliated with the Department of Community Affairs. Governed by a 15-member board of trustees representing private citizens and state agencies, the Trust promotes the preservation of New Jersey's historic resources by encouraging cooperative efforts between public and private entities. For more information about the New Jersey Historic Trust and its programs, call (609) 984-0473 or visit: www.njht.org.
Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund
2002 Grant Round
Recommended Awards, as presented to NJ Historic Trust, Board of Trustees, April 30, 2003
Historic Site Management Grants, listed by county
- Bergen County, Edgewater Municipal Building, Edgewater, $50,000 to the borough for the preparation of a preservation master plan, National Historic Register nomination and feasibility study for future use of this 1905 landmark for library, cultural or community activities.
- Burlington County, Mount Holly Mill Race Way, Mount Holly, $29,250 to the township for a preservation plan and archaeological investigation of the 18th century industrial mill race.
- Burlington County, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Beverly, $43,375 to the church for the preparation of a preservation plan for this 1850s Gothic Revival-style complex in a historic riverfront community.
- Burlington County, Whitesbog Farm, Pemberton Township, $13,968 to the Whitesbog Preservation Trust for a cultural landscape plan to document resources within this 2,000-acre state historic site.
- Burlington County, Arney's Mount Meeting House, Mount Holly, $7,312 to the Mt. Holly Meeting/Society of Friends for the preparation of a preservation plan for this rural Quaker meeting house.
- Camden County, Collings-Knight House, Borough of Collingswood, $10,500 to the Friends of the Collings-Knight House for a preservation plan that will address increased accessibility to this Federal-period frame farmhouse.
- Cape May County, Hangar No. 1, Cape May County Airport, Lower Township, $33,917 to the Naval Air Station Wildwood Foundation for the preparation of a preservation plan for this aviation museum that hosts community events.
- Cumberland County, Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Bridgeton, $47,632 to First Presbyterian Church for the preparation of a historic structure report, structural assessment and construction drawings for structural stabilization of this 1792 Georgian-style church, the first house of worship in Bridgeton.
- Essex County, Glen Ridge Municipal Building, Glen Ridge, $29,265 to the borough for a building assessment of the 1931 Renaissance Revival style structure that houses multiple community services.
- Hudson County, Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City, $23,625 to the church for the preparation of a preservation plan and conceptual design for barrier-free access to this 1850 landmark.
- Hunterdon County, Centenary United Methodist Church, Lambertville, $10,759 to the church for a detailed roof conditions analysis for this 1865 church that hosts a popular concert series.
- Mercer County, Trenton Masonic Temple, Trenton, $50,000 to the Masonic Temple Association for the preparation of a preservation plan for this 1920s lodge building, also used for public meetings.
- Middlesex County, Barron Arts Center, Township of Woodbridge, $9,000 to the township for conditions analysis and preservation recommendations for the stained glass windows in the 1877 former library, now a regional arts center.
- Middlesex County, Metlar/Knapp/Bodine House, Piscataway Township, $39,641 to the township for the preparation of a preservation plan for the oldest section of the house and design services for increased accessibility to this former residence that reflects three centuries of building construction.
- Monmouth County, Allen House, Shrewsbury, $38,805 to the Monmouth County Historical Association for the re-evaluation of the building's period of significance and interpretation as a historic house museum.
- Monmouth County, Christ Episcopal Church, Middletown, $46,500 to the church for construction drawings for the stabilization of the bell tower, foundation and floor supports in the c. 1836 church.
- Morris County, St. John's Episcopal Church, Boonton, $30,615 to the church for the preparation of a master preservation plan for this complex of three buildings, the centerpiece of which is a charming rural Gothic Church designed by Richard Upjohn.
- Passaic County, Dey Mansion, Township of Wayne, $36,000 to the county for the preparation of a cultural landscape plan for the mansion's Colonial Revival era garden, which was designed by the Olmstead Brothers in 1934.
- Salem County, Mt. Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church, Salem, $10,875 to the church for the preparation of a preservation plan that will address future community use and accessibility to this c. 1871 historic house of worship.
- Somerset County, Abraham Staats House, Borough of South Bound Brook, $5,250 to the South Bound Brook Historical Commission for a landscape preservation plan for the three-acre site that surrounds this 1700s-era historic house.
- Somerset County, James Van Zandt House, Montgomery, $13,703 to the Friends of Homeless Animals of Trenton-Mercer for a conditions assessment report for this Italianate-style villa that will be used as non-profit office space.
- Somerset County, Jacobus Vanderveer House, Bedminster, $16,590 to the Friends of the Vanderveer House for an archeological investigation of the missing 18th century kitchen wing to this farm house.
- Sussex County, Crescent Theater, Sussex Borough, $27,375 to Tri-State Actors Theater for the preparation of a preservation plan and National Historic Register nomination for this historic theater and regional performance center.
- Sussex County, Relief Hose Company No. 2 Engine House, Raritan Borough, $47,431 to the borough for a preservation plan, National Historic Register nomination and construction documents for this High Victorian Gothic-style landmark's interior rehabilitation.
- Union County, Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield, $20,000 to this 1930s era church for a study of its unusual cast stone exterior and recommendations for its preservation.
Capital Preservation Grants, Level I, listed by county
- Bergen County, The Hermitage, Ho-Ho-Kus, $15,174 to the Friends of the Hermitage for production of a video for physically or hearing impaired visitors to this Gothic Revival-style house museum.
- Bergen County, Ramapo Reformed Church, Mahwah, $46,980 to the church for preparation of a preservation plan and structural stabilization of the cupola and tower for this Federal-era church.
- Bergen County, Westervelt-Lydecker House/Driscoll Residence, Woodcliff Lake Borough, $50,000 to the borough for landscape design and interpretation of archaeological features.
- Burlington County, Bishop-Irick Farmstead/Drowsey Tree Farm, Southampton, $23,655 to the Pinelands Preservation Alliance for repairs and access for use as nonprofit office space.
- Monmouth County, Anthony Reckless Estate, Red Bank, $35,549 to the Women's Club of Red Bank for ongoing restoration and rehabilitation and construction of an accessible side entrance for this Italianate-style former residence, home to the women's club since 1921.
- Morris County, St. John's Episcopal Church, Dover, $32,193 to the church for the exterior restoration of the 1891 Richard Upjohn-designed church that is also used for community meetings and activities.
- Sussex County, Crescent Theater, Borough of Sussex, $16,320 to the Tri-State Actors Theatre for structural repairs to the former theater, now a regional arts venue.
Capital Preservation Grants, Level II, listed by county
- Bergen County, Demarest Railroad Station, Borough of Demarest, $176,406 to the borough for the restoration of the roofs, dormers and ornamental work on this 1872 former train station that now hosts community meetings and events.
- Bergen County, Wyckoff Reformed Church, Wyckoff, $114,991 to the church for structural repairs to the floor and bell tower on this 1806 Federal-style church that is used for community activities.
- Bergen County, The Castle at Felician College, Rutherford, $750,000 to the college for repair and restoration of roofs, water conduction systems, masonry and removal of non-historic fabric in preparation for use by the county historical society and for college functions.
- Burlington County, Paulsdale, Mount Laurel, $199,361 to the Alice Paul Centennial Foundation for exterior restoration that will include porch reconstruction for this historic and educational facility.
- Burlington County, Smithville Park, Eastampton, $750,000 to the county for the restoration of five structures in the historic agricultural and industrial site within a 200-acre county park and greenway.
- Camden County, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Camden, $233,000 to the Diocese of Camden, for the exterior repair and restoration of this inner-city Gothic Revival style landmark.
- Camden County, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Camden, $454,355 to the Diocese of Camden for exterior repairs to the 1919 Polish ethnic church to prevent further deterioration of interior finishes.
- Camden County, Tomlinson House, Borough of Pine Hill, $102,282 to the borough for structural repairs and roof replacement for this 1834 brick farmhouse, which will become a historic museum.
- Cumberland County, Bivalve Packing Houses and Docks, Commercial Township, $600,000 to the Delaware Bay Project for the restoration of early-20th century oyster shipping sheds and wharves.
- Essex County, Ahavas Sholom, Newark, $103,128 to the congregation for exterior restoration and addition of a barrier-free entrance to this last active synagogue in Newark, built in 1923.
- Essex County, South Orange Fire Station, South Orange Village, $440,675 to the township for exterior restoration of this active fire house, built in 1925.
- Essex County, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, $224,227 to the cemetery for the stabilization and repair of Victorian Gothic-style brownstone buildings.
- Essex County, Old Stone House, South Orange, $154,943 to the South Orange Historical and Preservation Society for the stabilization of this abandoned structure that has archaeological interest.
- Hudson County, Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, $750,000 to the county for the restoration, replacement and replication of historic light fixtures in this Beaux Arts-style landmark.
- Hunterdon County, Hunterdon County Courthouse, Flemington, $750,000 to the county for the restoration of the courthouse interior to its 1935 appearance, and barrier-free access construction.
- Mercer County, Sacred Heart Church, Trenton, $282,953 to the church for the stabilization and restoration of the distinctive bell towers, exterior repairs and construction of a barrier-free entrance.
- Middlesex County, Christ Episcopal Church, New Brunswick, $416,391 to the church for exterior restoration of the 1874 parish house, which houses social services.
- Middlesex County, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Perth Amboy, $260,805 for the second phase of exterior restoration that will include attention to the masonry, roof, window and cast-iron fence.
- Middlesex County, Metlar/Knapp/Bodine House, Township of Piscataway, $157,383 to the township for exterior rehabilitation, restoration, and painting in appropriate colors determined by analysis.
- Monmouth County, Clarksburg School, Township of Millstone, $399,647 to the township for exterior restoration and interior rehabilitation of this vernacular schoolhouse for municipal office use.
- Monmouth County, Seabrook Wilson House, Middletown, $574,378 to the county for exterior restoration and interior rehabilitation of this early 18th century Raritan Bayshore landmark.
- Morris County, Craftsman Farms, Parsippany-Troy Hills, $299,763 to the Stickley Museum for repair and stabilization of deteriorated wood elements and preservation of interior finishes in this 1908 log house, a museum of the America's Arts and Crafts Movement.
- Morris County, Gardens at Bamboo Brook, Chester, $750,000 to the county for the restoration of gardens formerly associated with a private mansion and now a public park to their c.1944 appearance.
- Morris County, The Phoenix House, Borough of Mendham, $280,468 to the borough for preservation, improvements and creation of barrier-free access for this former inn, now used for municipal offices.
- Passaic County, Schuyler-Colfax House Museum, Township of Wayne, $184,170 to the township for the preservation of this Dutch Colonial home that was occupied by one local family for 300 years.
- Somerset County, St. John's Episcopal Church, Somerville, $750,000 to the church for structural, masonry and roof repairs and restoration to this early Horace Trumbauer church.
- Somerset, Somerville Fire Museum, Somerville, $186,872 to Somerville for exterior repair and restoration of this 1888 firehouse, including the reconstruction of decorative features that will enhance public appreciation of this fire museum.
- Union County, Dr. William Robinson Plantation, Union, $70,941 to the Clark Historical Society for structural stabilization and electrical improvements to this structure that will reopen as a museum.


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haxmeister replied to palica's topic in General Discussionsuch a short list @palica what about Lisp, Pascal and Ada?.. What about Perl6?
The market share of Funtoo and Gentoo
haxmeister replied to clarkhobby's topic in General DiscussionThe article you linked actually says "There are no figures to back it up".. so from what I understand this is based entirely upon page hits for the distros on distrowatch? I don't think distrowatch has a metric or statistic of any sort that qualifies them to say definitively that any distro is "top 10". To be fair though, funtoo/gentoo are not as popular as distros with easy binary installers. At least not to your everyday end user of linux. Those numbers may sway the other way when you distinguish the types of users and systems in particular. For instance embedded devices and headless systems, which is where we shine the most. Also consider the sociology involved.. the type of people that use funtoo/gentoo probably don't spend much time on distrowatch. I say that because funtoo/gentoo tend to be the final resting place of the linux obsessed and tinkerers. People who are done distro-hopping and just want a system that can be easily tweaked to infinite possibilities without breakage. Perhaps a hidden metric might be the number of packages in the ecosystem as well as (in the case of funtoo/gentoo) overlays and repos. Also the number of developers working on the distro. On Gentoo's website they claim to have some 250 or more developers and thousands of contributors and users. They also claim the repo has some 19,465 packages. Ubuntu forum posts suggest somewhere in the range of 35,000 packages though they also piggy-back debian's repo.. not unlike funtoo piggy-backs gentoo's in a sense. I think you are probably better off basing a statistic on the package manager used rather than the distro. So distros like Ubuntu and Mint and a gazillion others all are actually just representative of the variations available in the Debian ecosystem and share the same packages as well as having their own mods of some of those packages and apt package manager. This muddies the water a bit because you have packages that are replicas within the same package management system. If you applied the same logic to the funtoo/gentoo ecosystem, you would have to include a million overlays with endless variations of ebuilds for any number of packages. Suddenly that 19,465 looks more like 100,000 packages or higher. Package managers are the most significant difference between 99% of all linux distros. Under the hood the rest is just "linux" and all it's possible variations. If you consider the package manager as the most valid metric of market share then your top names in terms of sheer volume and size of the development group..will have to be: apt or more specifically "dpkg" (debian, ubuntu, mint and many others) rpm (with various front ends like "yum" and "dnf"...redhat, fedora, CentOS and many others) portage (funtoo, gentoo, and many others) pacman (Arch, ArchBang, Manjaro and many others) The list of package managers is much larger but I think the 4 I listed are probably the top 4 though not necessarily in order. Those 4 package managers probably represent 100 or more "distributions" that have contributed to the given ecosystem but are not really it's originator. There are also a number of binary distributions that use portage to build their binaries and the binaries are distributed using a separate package manager (think Sabayon and others). This is where the term "meta-distribution" comes in. Funtoo/Gentoo are basically the back end to a lot of distributions who's users have no idea what gentoo/funtoo even is. Now are those users contributing to Funtoo/Gentoo market share statistics?
Funtoo-Report - v3.1.0 Released!
haxmeister posted a topic in General DiscussionPresenting V3.1.0 release of Funtoo-Report which includes usability improvements and performance statistics for the tool itself This release contains no breaking changes. Improvements in this release include: added bash-completion for the tool added zsh-completion for the tool reporting how long each section took to generate added Changes file to track changed code and added features added config check logic, that will check configuration file for errors allowing to autofix Field Limit up to 10k We appreciate everyone's support and the tremendous amount of thought that continues to go into this piece of software. Everyone who understands the value of these types of statistics is encouraged to give the tool a try. A lot of work has been done to attempt to make the software run as smoothly as possible with minimal resources. You can read or contribute to the code at https://github.com/haxmeister/funtoo-reporter . The tool is designed to not report anything that would allow a person to be unwittingly identified. That includes such thoughts as "not showing where user file systems are mounted" and other ideas that will keep full anonymity. Should you have ideas for improvement or warnings about anything that violates those design goals, please feel free to report it to us on github. Installation: emerge -av Funtoo-Report Operation: The reporting tool is intended to run with root privileges for access to key system files. Use the method most appropriate on your system Just launching the program will show you a help menu: 'funtoo-report' Funtoo anonymous data reporting tool usage: funtoo-report -c, --config Specify path to config file -u, --update-config Interactively updates the config file -l, --list-config Lists the current configuration file's settings -j, --show-json Shows the JSON report -s, --send Sends the JSON report -d, --debug Enables additional debug output -v, --verbose Enables non-error output when sending -h, --help Display this help text -V, --version Prints the version and exits Output can be omitted by modifying the config file (default `/etc/funtoo-report.conf`): The --help option shows you the same output: 'funtoo-report --help' The --version option shows you the script and module version numbers; ideally they should match: 'funtoo-report --version' To see what data the report is generating use the show-json option: 'funtoo-report --show-json' You may get an error that no config file is found: Warning! Could not open the configuration file at /etc/funtoo-report.conf To generate a new configuration file use 'funtoo-report --update-config' You can follow these warning instructions and the program will ask you which sections you want to enable in your config file 'funtoo-report --update-config' You can send your report to the Elasticsearch database using the send option which can return a link to the data if successful in conjunction with --verbose: 'funtoo-report --send [--verbose]' your report can be seen at: https://es.host.funtoo.org:9200/funtoo-2018.10/report/C5DOC2IB4MpucymM_TFy You can get HTTP debugging output for the send command with the --debug or -d option: 'funtoo-report --debug --send' Manual Configuration: The reporting tool is completely anonymous and the individual categories that are in the report can be turned off or on by editing the config file. The config file is located at /etc/funtoo-report.conf by default, and will be autogenerated by the script if one is not present. All lines of the config file that are empty or start with # are ignored. The rest are read but may be ignored if they do not match any expected setting. You can manually change the settings from 'y' to 'n' to disable a particular category. Using the show-json option, you can confirm that this portion of the report is not being output, since the show-json option actually shows exactly what is reported to Elasticsearch. Here is an example of all possible values in the config file # To report kernel info including O.S. type, release and version kernel-info:y # Allows the reporter to search your /boot directory and list # any kernels it finds # (limited to kernel names that start with "kernel" or "vmlinuz") boot-dir-info:y # To report versions of key softwares on your system including # portage, ego, python, gcc, and glibc version-info:y # To report the contents of /var/lib/portage/world world-info:y # To report profiles information # the same as epro show-json profile-info:y # To report kit versions as reported by ego # extracted from ego kit show kit-info:y # To report all installed packages installed-pkgs:y # To report hardware info as is typical from lspci hardware-info:y Shell completions Options completion for GNU bash is available in share/bash-completion/funtoo-report.bash: bash$ source share/bash-completion/funtoo-report.bash Options completion for zsh is available in share/zsh-completion/_funtoo-report. Uninstall We are sorry to see you go! You can uninstall the tool by running: emerge -C Funtoo-Report
Several questions about kernel
haxmeister replied to znavko's question in General Helpyou said you edited the .conf file using --menuconfig.. but did you actually compile a kernel to that new .conf you made?... also you can't necessarily take a .conf from debian-sources and use it on an entirely different kernel. Each kernel version has it's own unique .conf file that is used to tell the compiler what to build into it when it compiles. Also the term "firmware" does not necessarily mean "linux-firmware" package. Is it possible this line from your .conf is preventing firmware from being built? ``` CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y ```
haxmeister started following Perl on Funtoo
https://www.govtrack.us/developers maybe? https://www.congress.gov/about/data
Anonymous usage reports for funtoo kits usage
haxmeister replied to palica's topic in General DiscussionJust an update for those that have taken interest in the development of this project. Many new features and improvements are happening in the background to continue to improve this tool. The code in GIT currently pulls hardware information from tools like lspci etc. It also has an interactive function for generating the configuration file so that you don't have to edit the text file by hand. New issues that we are working on, by user demand are reducing libarary dependencies. As these features are tested on our test machines, we will roll out new releases that will hit the funtoo repositories. For any PERL coders who have an interest in participating in a project in a low pressure way, feel free to drop me or Palica a line. We have been having a fun time working on this and the attitude is extremely positive and forgiving. I have learned quite a bit about how software is administrated in groups and distributed to users.. a lot about GIT which I had never used before. Feel free to come forward and talk about how the code works and what has been done or even offer some help!
https://www.programmableweb.com/category/law/apis?category=20269 https://free.law/tag/api.html These are straight out of Google.. could be a good place to start. Are you interested in the process of moving that data or the storage/usage/display of this data? I've been quite interested in making use of the many APIs out there myself.
Ravenports by Marino, Opinions?
haxmeister replied to adcdam's topic in General Discussionthe irony of this is that gentoo/funtoo are the perfect base from which to execute such a tool. Since binary distros have limitations on package contents that are not present in a source distro.
Anonymous usage reports for funtoo kits usage
haxmeister replied to palica's topic in General DiscussionI merged it.. :-)
2nd Generation Funtoo Compute Infrastructure and Plan Upgrades
haxmeister replied to drobbins's topic in Funtoo HostingThe upgraded container is running well.. the performance is fantastic, thank you!
Anonymous usage reports for funtoo kits usage
haxmeister replied to palica's topic in General DiscussionI have 2 systems reporting, will set a 3rd up this week as cron job. What can we do to get an ebuild for this?
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Anonymous usage reports for funtoo kits usage
haxmeister replied to palica's topic in General Discussionah Palica that looks absolutely fantastic!
Anonymous usage reports for funtoo kits usage
haxmeister replied to palica's topic in General Discussionconsidering this comment on #funtoo IRC channel: <@Azerthoth> haxmeister, I would add a few more common points of problems, video card family and class, driver. Sound system, drivers and controllers (alsa/oss/pulse/etc) Some of this sounds good.. especially vid card info


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Saint Peter by the Sea Mission, Kona
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Gorgeous little Saint Peter by the Sea Mission, fifteen minutes drive south of Kona, is a tiny wooden church with tiny wood pews all painted a perfect blue-green. In the front is a clear glass window with a white-stained painting of Jesus walking on the water reaching out to Peter. The lovely thing about it is that the line of the sea's horizon outside the church makes the line of the sea in the picture on the stained glass!
It is interesting that this chapel was built alongside a heiau, an ancient Hawaiian religious site. This chapel was built in 1880!
There are no regularly scheduled masses here and the church might not be open to go inside, but it's a cute sight nonetheless! It would be amazing to have your wedding here- a dream!
While you're right here, check out Kahalu'u Beach, a short walk south of the church, where you can have an amazing warm swim and snorkel amongst tropical fish of all colors and varieties! The beach is rundown recently, but the ocean still looks gorgeous.
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The little chapel, from the side. So sweet how it's on the sea.
What a beautiful spot! Perfection! A little chapel on the ocean.
Take Ali'i Drive south fifteen minutes south from Kailua-Kona. The church is located a short walk north of Kahalu'u Beach, north of the Mile 5 marker. The address is 78-6684 Alii Drive, Kahaluu HI 96740.
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Curious About Pensacola Statistics? Check Out This Report
November 9th, 2007 Categories: Pensacola Market Data, Pensacola Real Estate News
If you want information on Pensacola Florida, I ran across a report that gives a lot of statistics about Escambia County. It was put out by Prosperity Pensacola.
It contains information on demographics, families, safety, crime rates, education, the economy and much more. It also provides comparisons between Escambia County and the state of Florida, and in some cases, the entire nation.
The big question usually regards population. So to save you the time of looking at this report if you just want to know the population, in 2006 the population of Escambia County Florida was 313,358.
Now I must warn you, some of the information is not pretty. For example,
- 3185 Homeless Children in Escambia County in 2005
- 7.8% Higher poverty rate than the rest of Florida
- 1 of every 10 middle school children had 5 or more drinks in 1 sitting within the past 2 weeks (that is not a typo, I said "middle" school)
On the bright side, Escambia county exceeds the national average in home ownership rates.
Let's make that statistic even stronger. It's a great buyer's market, so go find a super deal and buy a house. You can start your search right here. Pensacola Florida Home Search
You can find the full report on the website of the University Of West Florida
Click on Pensacola Real Estate News for a complete list of articles indexed by category.


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Coursebooks and Materials - Types of Materials
This video is part of our series on 'Coursebooks and Materials for EFL Teachers'. In this video, we take a look at materials that we can bring to our classroom. These materials can include things such as a wipe board, visual aids, worksheets, cassettes, CDs, DVDs, video, dictionaries, course book, resource books and more. In this series we'll take a general look at each of these types of materials.
Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next.


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The Antichrist Chronicles: Unveiling the Rise of the Earth's Final Fuhrer
by Terry James
Iran–ancient Persia–like all of Israel's enemy Islamist neighbors, threatens to destroy the Jewish state. It is rushing at breakneck speed to develop nuclear weaponry that can accomplish the removal of the "little Satan," as it terms that hated nation. Many among the Islamists have made no secret of the fact that they wish also to rid the world of "the great Satan," the title they give America.
Earth's fragile economy is rife with signals that the global monetary system is on the verge of total collapse. There is a cry for "peace and safety," precisely as Bible prophecy predicts for the end of the age as Armageddon approaches. Daniel the prophet and John the Revelator foretold that a geopolitical "beast" will arise to offer the much-sought-after peace the world's diplomats seek. The "peace" that this man offers, however, will destroy billions of people, the prophet Daniel foretells. Antichrist Chronicles unveils a layer at a time, through week-by-week analysis of issues and events of our time, this son of perdition's rise to unprecedented power.
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This is one of my favorite salads. For one, I absolutely adore mangoes. I can easily eat a mono meal of just mangoes especially when they are ripe, in season and dripping with sweet juice. I particularly love this salad though, because it is so zesty and full of flavor that there is absolutely no need for salt or oil. It's delightful all on its own.
My favorite meals are the simplest ones. That is why I love the raw food diet. It usually only takes a handful of ingredients, no super long shopping list to take with you grocery shopping just to make a dish. I want to be able to make my meals with less than ten ingredients (ideally five or less) and in ten minutes or less. I have never been a girl who loves being in the kitchen let alone cleaning up a big mess afterward. So, when I first found out about raw foods I just knew it was for me.
This mango salad awakens all your taste-buds from the sweet mango, to the tart cranberries, to the lip puckering lime. The addition of the crisp, fresh bell pepper to add that little crunch and of course cilantro. I am a huge lover of cilantro. It seems that people either love it or hate it, but I LOVE LOVE cilantro it just finishes this salad off nicely.
Is your mouth watering yet? I know mine is! Enjoy this delightfully simple, zesty dish and let feel your taste-buds dance in delight!
Serves 1
1 ripe mango, peeled and sliced into medium size pieces
1/2 red bell pepper, cubed
1/4 red onion, diced
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1/2 lime, juice of
1 handful of raw dried unsulfured cranberries
Toss all the above ingredients into a bowl to combine. That's it! Serve immediately.


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Danielle Demetriou
London Telegraph
June 24, 2010
The Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions.
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The Morning Challenge campaign, unveiled by the Environment Ministry, is based on the premise that swapping late night electricity for an extra hour of morning sunlight could significantly cut the nation's carbon footprint.
A typical family can reduce its carbon dioxide footprint by 85kg a year if everyone goes to bed and gets up one hour earlier, according to the campaign.
The amount of carbon dioxide emissions potentially saved from going to bed an hour early was the equivalent of 20 per cent of annual emissions from household lights, "Many Japanese people waste electric power at night time, for example by watching TV until very late," a ministry spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph.
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Researchers Determine What Makes People 'Choke'
Dec. 20, 2001 -- We've seen it happen to the best of them.
A world-class athlete is going for the gold when a well-honed skill suddenly deserts him. A concert pianist, finally getting that chance to play in Carnegie Hall, finds her fingers have turned to thumbs. Tiger misses a six-inch putt.
The big moment comes, and goes, and they've blown it.
In a word, they've choked. Even those of us who have never reached the top know the feeling. We should have been able to do something that was easily within our reach, and we couldn't pull it off. Why did our skills fail us when we needed them the most?
Researchers at Michigan State University think they have figured out why. A series of experiments there indicate that we choke because we are trying too hard, not because we aren't trying hard enough.
Science by Golf
"Paying too much attention to the performance breaks down the skill," says Sian L. Beilock, who headed up the research project as part of her doctoral dissertation in psychology. "And that's what causes choking."
Beilock reported her findings in the December issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, published by the American Psychological Association. Beilock and her faculty adviser, Thomas H. Carr, brought 54 male and female students into their lab and taught them how to play golf. Or at least how to putt.
Tests were designed to see if the researchers could induce choking, which they found they could do fairly easily, and whether people could be "vaccinated" against choking by exposing them to such things as distractions. If they could, the researchers reasoned, they could figure out what provides the best "inoculation," and that would tell them what causes choking.
"There are two theories on why people choke under pressure," Beilock says. "One theory suggests that under pressure, you become distracted by the pressure, or the audience, or the consequences of failure. In essence, you don't pay enough attention to your skill.
"Another theory predicts just the opposite. You get in a high-pressure situation and you start paying too much attention to your skill. You start trying to control it in a way that you never did in practice.
"They both seem plausible."
The researchers divided the participants into three groups and brought in experts to teach them how to putt. One group tried to master that maddening skill without any distractions. But a second group was faced with a daunting distraction. They learned putting while listening to words on a tape recorder and repeating a target word every time they heard it.
The third group putted with a video camera set up in front of them, and they were told to pay close attention to their performance because golf pros would be reviewing the tapes. The idea there was to make the members of the third group very self-conscious as they tried to learn to putt.
Practice Under Pressure
Beilock says all three groups developed their putting skill to a high level. Then they were put through two tests, one low pressure and one high, to see how they performed. All three groups performed well under low-pressure conditions.
But that changed dramatically when the pressure rose. The participants were told they would receive a monetary reward (a measly $5, but enough to get their interest) if they could improve their performance in the second test. They were also told that they had been paired with another participant, and both would have to improve to receive the reward.
"Then we told them that their partner had already gone through the experiment and had improved," so each participant was led to believe that someone else would lose out if he or she failed.
"That really did it," Beilock says. "They didn't want to lose money for someone else."
The pressure was too great for the first group, those who had learned the skill without any distractions or video cameras. They failed, but it showed that the researchers had indeed caused them to choke.
The experiment got more interesting with the second group because they had been trained in a distracting environment. Their early training had, in effect, "inoculated" them from distractions. So if people choke because they are distracted, and don't pay enough attention to what they are doing, this group should have done well under pressure.
"But they choked," Beilock says.
The third group, however, breezed through without choking. They had learned to play while a video camera had been focused on them (with the threat of pros looking over their shoulders), thus compelling them to concentrate on what they were doing. They had been "vaccinated" against being self-conscious. High pressure didn't cause them to focus on themselves, worrying about every detail.
And that's why they didn't choke, Beilock says.
Turning on Autopilot
Three other experiments support the findings, she adds.
"We bring expert golfers into our lab, and we tell them to pay attention to a particular part of their swing, and they just screw up," she says. "When you are at a high level, your skills become somewhat automated. You don't pay attention to every step in what you're doing."
High pressure can make even the best athlete self-conscious, causing him or her to "try to control their performance in a way that they are not used to," Beilock says.
Maybe what it all means is that to win big, you've got to get your mind off yourself.
The key, she says, is to learn how to relax. Humming a tune while approaching the 18th hole at the U.S. Open might help.
By the way, don't worry about those students who participated in the study. Every one of them got $5. Lee Dye's column appears weekly on ABCNEWS.com. A former science writer for the Los Angeles Times, he now lives in Juneau, Alaska.


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Fire Works Ban
Commenting on the recent post concerning the question of banning fire works in Summit Park, I would like to clarify a few things. Summit County has chose not to impose a ban at this time based on recommendations from the state. Fuel moisture and expected fire behavior are considered when wildland fire emergency actions are implemented. Even though it's hot and appears dry, the live fuel moisture is still high and does not meet criteria. Since Summit Park falls under the counties jourisdiction, we are unable to post any ban. Once the county passes an ordinance, the Sheriff can exicute a citation/warning. The Summit Park HOA, however, has placed "fire works prohibited" signs at both entrances. This is a voluntary request and hopfully will be a reminder to individuals. Summit County Sheriff can not and will not inforce HOA rules. Our best approach is to be good neighbors and respectfully bring to the attention of people lighting fire works of the consequences. Thank you for your concern.
Mike Quinones
Wildland Fire & Safety Informaion Coordinator
Summit Park HOA


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together PANGEA are a truly unique band. Unpredictable and edgy, passion blares out of every song. Their new album 'Badillac' was recorded with their long time producer Andrew Schubert over three sessions at his Tarzana studio.
The album is extraordinary and excellent, the title track a raucous rocky anthem that makes you want to get on your feet and sing. The pounding drums and unapologetic dirty lyrics match perfectly with the melodic guitar riffs, creating an almost bittersweet feeling.
Hailing from Los Angeles, the trio made their name initially and tentatively in punk, but with their third album they have made their lasting mark on both the LA music scene and in punk as a genre.
The band have previously played South by Southwest, a film and music festival that takes place in Austin over March. This year they are back for more, where they will undoubtedly be bringing a rocky, carefree atmosphere to their shows.