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Sail Scene Mid Atlantic June 07
Soundings launches Bermuda Bound blog
Soundings has launched a new blog, Bermuda Bound, in which senior writer Doug Campbell will chronicle his first Bermuda One-Two Yacht Race.
Campbell is competing in the biennial Bermuda One-Two aboard his Westsail 32, Robin. The regular blog postings will follow his planning, preparation and ultimately his voyage. Readers can link to the blog from the magazine's Web site, www.soundingsonline.com .
Campbell hopes his blog will serve two purposes: to open a window for those who have dreamed of doing the Bermuda One-Two — showing what is involved in making it to the starting line — and to invite others to share their own offshore experiences and advice. The single-handed leg from Newport, R.I., to St. George's starts June 9. The double-handed leg back to Newport starts June 22.
Campbell is the winner of four Boating Writers International awards. Before coming to Soundings, he spent 25 years as a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper, where his writing was nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes. He has been sailing for about 25 years, and is a founder and first president of the Delaware RiverSailingSchool in Edgewater Park, N.J., a charitable, non-profit, community-based sailing program.
Dramatic finish at Farr 40 North Americans
After nine grueling races over four days, the final race and final 20 feet of that race determined the winner of the Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship.
Two San Diegans, champions Steve and Fred Howe aboard Warpath, edged out French sailor Erik Maris' Twins for the win.
Sixteen boats representing the United States and seven other countries competed March 8 to 11 on Biscayne Bay in the Acura Miami Grand Prix. With the class win, the father-and-son duo earned the Farr 40 class' Baxter Trophy, the regatta's overall Boat of the Week and a Rolex timepiece.
"This is a big win for us," says Steve, who spends most of his time at the Warpath helm. "It was the culmination of our plan to keep chipping away over the past four years that we've been in the class. We were in the top six at the last three world championships, so we've always been knocking on the door, but not able to close it. With this regatta everything came together."
After Acura Key West Race Week, Warpath needed to do something drastic. With a disappointing 14th place overall finish out of 17 boats, the team brought on a new tactician. Ian Williams, who spends most of his time on the match racing circuit maintaining his No. 2 world ranking, was an unknown for his fleet racing capabilities but quickly proved himself, according to Howe.
"Since it was our first time sailing together, there was a bit of uncertainty, but after speaking with other guys in the class, they spoke favorably of him and we decided to try him out. After our first day of practice, he was a perfect fit as far as personality and knowledge and skills."
Twins led the fleet in points over the first three days. On the first day, Twins scored a 1-2 and was closely followed by Nerone, owned by past world champion Massimo Mezzaroma of Italy; and Norwegian Steam, owned by Eivind Astrup of Norway, both tied and gunning to the top slot. Warpath was in ninth place.
By the second day of racing Twins was still holding the lead, with Nerone a close second. However, Ernesto Bertarelli and his Alinghi had moved into third place. Despite a 9-12 finish on Day 1, the America's Cup holders picked up the program and collected a 4-2. Also, on the second day, Nanoq, owned by Prince Frederik of Denmark, won a race under the tactical eyes of Bouwe Bekking and jumped from eighth to fourth in the overall standings.
The third day of racing seemed to turn the tide of fortune for Warpath. Only five points separated the top five teams and Warpath was now in second place overall, finishing fourth in the day's first race and then winning the next. By now the Californian boat had claimed two first places and looked poised to claim the championship.
Before starting the final day's racing, the team on Warpath discussed their plan. "The last day was no different than the others," says Howe. "Our plan was to go out and sail our races, with the objective of sailing the best race we could."
With a second-place finish in the day's first race, Warpath was now tied for first place with Twins. "Coming into the last race tied with Twins definitely put the pressure on us for the last race," says Howe. "We did a good job of holding them off, but they managed to catch up on the last run. We probably beat them by only half a boat length." www.premiere-racing.com


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Fertilizers are commonly applied to plants in both agricultural and ornamental settings and these fertilizers can affect insect herbivores. Beet armyworms, Spodoptera exigua, are phytophagous insects that are easy to rear in the lab. In this exercise, students design an experiment that manipulates plant quality via fertilizer application and then measure the effect of fertilization on caterpillar performance. In the first class, students design the experiment and apply the treatments. In subsequent weeks, students conduct a feeding trial where they collect and analyze data on caterpillar performance. Each student writes a lab report based on class data.
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Springfield Technical Community College, Office of Learning Engagement & Advancement, Springfield, MA 01105, email@example.com
One 2-3 hour class period for design and implementation of experiment (week 1). 15-30 minutes in class for caterpillar weighing during weeks 4 and 5 (or you can end the experiment after week 4). One 2-3 hour class period to review t-tests and graphing (week 5). One hour for peer review (this could be accomplished outside of class).
Students will spend approximately 1 hour per week during weeks 1 – 4 designing their experiment and taking care of plants and caterpillars. They will spend several hours analyzing class data, finding and reading journal articles, commenting on a peer review and writing papers based on their results.
Each student submits a short description of a proposed experimental design. Each student writes a lab report in the style of Ecology based on the class data.
The experiment is carried out entirely in the lab. You will need a small amount of space to grow plants and rear caterpillars. For a lab section of 24 students, you will need approximately 1m2 for growing plants and another 1m2 for rearing caterpillars.
The experiment as described is used in a sophomore-level ecology course with a maximum of 24 students per lab section.
This experiment has been conducted at a small public liberal arts university.
This experiment is a guided-inquiry exercise, so it can be transferred to other levels by providing more or less guidance to the students in terms of experimental design and data analysis. This experiment could be conducted with wide variety host plant species (cotton, soybeans, collards, lettuce). Other phytophagous insects that are easily reared in the laboratory such as the tobacco hornworms (Manduca sexta) and the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae), could be used. Besides fertilizer, other treatments could be used such as comparing different plant species, the presence or absence of a mutualism if legumes and rhizobia are used, or soil moisture levels.
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This submission was greatly improved by comments and suggestions from Christopher Beck and the TIEE anonymous reviewers. I thank A. VandeVoort and K. Manoylov for helpful course discussions. Finally, I thank the many students who have enrolled in my Ecology course at Georgia College and participated in this laboratory exercise.
Caralyn Zehnder. 16 March 2016, posting date. Effects of plant quality on caterpillar performance Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 11: Experiment #1 [online]. https://tiee.esa.org/vol/v11/experiments/zehnder/abstract.html
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/beet_armyworm.htm Larva of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner). Photograph by John Capinera, University of Florida. Used with permission.full size image


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Cervical Pain / Neck Pain
Neck pain / Cervical pain is a common problem, with two-thirds of the population having neck pain at some point in their lives. Neck pain affects about 330 million people globally as of 2010 (4.9% of the population). It is more common in women (5.7%) than men (3.9%)
Neck pain, although felt in the neck, can be caused by numerous other spinal problems. Neck pain may arise due to muscular tightness in both the neck and the upper back, or pinching of the nerves emanating from the cervical vertebrae.
Major causes of neck pain include:
- Spinal disc herniation – protruding or bulging discs, or if severe prolapse.
- Spondylosis - degenerative arthritis and osteophytes
- Spinal stenosis – a narrowing of the spinal canal
- Stress – physical and emotional stresses
- Prolonged postures – many people fall asleep on sofas and chairs and wake up with sore necks.
- Minor injuries and falls – car accidents, sporting events and day to day injuries that are really minor.
- Referred pain – mostly from upper back problems
- Over-use – muscular strain is one of the most common causes
- Whiplash
- Herniated disc
- Pinched nerve
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The Trans-Siberian Railway is known as one of the longest railways in the world, spanning an impressive 5,772 miles. This network of railways was built from 1891 to 1916 and connects Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. Although it attracts foreign tourists, most travelers on the railway are workers and domestic passengers. Some of the most popular stopovers among tourists include Irkutsk in Siberia, for visits to Lake Baikal, and Ulan Bator in Mongolia, for those wanting a little adventure with a trip to the Gobi desert. Other favorite tourist attractions include Ekaterinberg and Ulan Ude.
The Trans-Siberian is a long-distance railway, so those aboard have ample time and opportunities to take numerous photos during their travel. It is in operation year-round, with the summer months from May to September being the most popular time to travel, as the longer daylight hours allow for more sightseeing and picture taking. If you're not able to hop aboard the Trans-Siberian, then enjoy a virtual trip with these beautiful photos taken by some of the passengers through the years. From the Russian border town of Zabaikalsk to the towering temples of Beijing, the view from the Trans-Siberian is truly a sight to behold.
One of the many aerial snapshots of the Trans-Siberian as it rolls through the foothills of Moscow.
A passenger caught this beautiful portrait from the St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow in Russia.
During the cold winter months, the stark contrast of the red railway car against the snow makes for a remarkable photo.
Photo from the Trans-Siberian as it glides beside the Sea of Japan toward one of the many tunnels located along the famous network of railways.
Tobolsk is said to be the final home of the Russian tsar family during the revolution and is a popular tourist attraction among travelers of the Trans-Siberian.
Moscow, the capital city of Russia, is the most commonly photographed venue, as many tourists stop to enjoy such sights as the Kremlin and the Red Square.
Suzdal is a cozy little town in Russia and passengers aboard the Trans-Siberian boast of such local delicacies as the medovukha, which is an alcoholic drink made of honey.
This photo was taken beside the shores of Volga, which is the longest river in Europe.
A passenger snapped this photo of the mosque, Kul Sharif, located in Kazan. It's also a great shot of the Russian Kremlin wall.
The colors of this Trans-Siberian railway station create a timeless contrast beneath the blue sky and billowing white clouds.
Lake Baikal, which can be found in Irkutsk, is another popular stop with passengers aboard the Trans-Siberian.
St. Petersburg is most commonly known for the spectacular phenomenon known as the "white lights". Many travelers board the Trans-Siberian during the summer months for a chance to witness their intriguing beauty.
The mosques in Moscow make for stunning photos, with their half-sphere shaped roofs adorned with gold crosses.
This passenger photo was taken during a nighttime tour and captures the illuminated temples beautifully.
One Trans-Siberian photographer captured a busy street in Russia in high-speed motion for this magnificent snapshot.
Up close, this Russian temple is the epitome of elegance with its gold crosses and elaborate detailing.
The myriad of colors and patterns on this building in Russia create a breathtaking photo.
The intricate architecture of this building in Russia was caught in a daytime photo from a passenger during a daytime tour of the city.
One of many favorite photo opportunities among Trans-Siberian tourists can be found along the Sea of Japan.
The rolling waves and distant mountains nestled beside the Sea of Japan make this passenger's picture one to be remembered.
As one traveler discovered, this building adorned with lights makes for a beautiful snapshot during a nighttime walk.


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AFRICANGLOBE – The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it had noticed a shift in Egypt's stance regarding its multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam, currently being built on the Nile's upper reaches, which Cairo has long feared would reduce its "traditional" share of water.
"Egyptians have begun to show willingness… to resolve the Nile water dispute through dialogue and in a spirit of cooperation and good neighborliness," Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti told a weekly press briefing.
The remarks came shortly after Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom announced that newly-inaugurated Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi would visit Ethiopia within the coming two weeks.
According to Mufti, al-Sisi will visit Ethiopia "not because he was invited, but to show his desire for amicable relations."
Mufti cited recent remarks by al-Sisi in which he voiced his readiness to visit Ethiopia "not once, but ten times" for the sake of the two nations' shared interests.
The Egyptian government has yet to confirm al-Sisi's visit to Ethiopia.
Relations between Cairo and Addis Ababa soured last year over Ethiopia's construction of a $6.4-billion hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile. The project has raised alarm bells in Egypt, which relies on the river for almost all of its water needs.
Water distribution among Nile Basin states has long been regulated by a colonial-era treaty – which Ethiopia says it has never acknowledged – that gives Egypt and Sudan the lion's share of river water.
During his Sunday inauguration speech, al-Sisi said he would not allow the dam's construction to adversely affect Egypt's relations with Ethiopia or other African countries – a gesture welcomed by Addis Ababa.


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What's a nearly $90,000 hot-rod sedan doing with fixed-rate dampers and a naturally aspirated engine in the year 2016? Besides getting its doors blown off by the competition in straight-line acceleration?
The 2016 Lexus GS F invites senior managers and junior execs to enjoy driving again. Squeal the tires around every cloverleaf, hit 7300 rpm racing down every on-ramp, and terrorize every backwoods holler in a 100-mile radius. In the era of launch control and electrically actuated cupholder covers, the GS F is charmingly old school. It's a throwback to a time when sports sedans were measured by character rather than horsepower and cornering grip.
One Mode Is Better Than Many
That's not to say it's a covered wagon. The GS F offers more selectable settings than a Japanese toilet—four tied to the engine, transmission, and electric power steering, three for the stability-control system, and another three for the torque-vectoring differential.
It's that last piece of hardware, which is optional on the Lexus RC F coupe but standard on the GS F four-door, that makes this car feel so alive. By varying the torque distribution between the left and right rear wheels, Lexus engineers taught this 4128-pound sedan to move like an overgrown Miata. (Read our test of the RC F both with and without the hardware here.) The differential makes the car alternately more nimble and more stable, depending on the driver, the conditions, and yes, the mode selected. Driven conservatively—braking early, waiting for the apex, and powering out of the corner as the steering wheel unwinds—the GS F understeers like, well, a Lexus. Run hard—namely by feeding in more throttle earlier in corners—and the car delivers big, easy throttle-on drifts. Slalom mode makes the GS F wag its tail like a dachshund in a sausage factory, but the Track setting makes it utterly obedient, matching a deliberate driver's inputs with textbook responses.
On the test track, the GS F's 0.93 g of lateral grip matches that of the BMW M5. In the real world, the Lexus feels nothing like that calculating, ruthless German. The nonadjustable ZF Sachs dampers are a welcome relief from the daunting and often disappointing choices presented by switchable shocks, high-tech hardware that often results in a trio of compromised and imperfect options. The GS F leans in corners, a byproduct of the slightly soft, supremely comfortable ride. It's the kind of well-controlled body roll that serves as a feedback mechanism, as valuable to the driver as a minute twitch or wiggle in the steering wheel.
HIGHS: Big and expensive cars are rarely this much fun.
The handling isn't just predictable; it's accessible—a trait that's become rare as these expensive sports sedans blend attributes of intercontinental ballistic missiles and roller coasters. In some of these cars, the driver is as much a passenger as anyone in the right-hand seat; the cars are powerful enough that even slow and sloppy driving feels fast. Not so in the Lexus. The GS F is an anachronism, and we mean that in the best possible sense. It delivers rewards in direct proportion to how hard it's driven.
Slow in Certain Company
And drive it hard you will. That's a requisite to extract the full thrill from the naturally aspirated V-8. Its 467 horsepower doesn't peak until 7100 rpm, and the 389-lb-ft torque peak arrives at a relatively stratospheric 4800 rpm. More velvety than Chevy's small-block but with a gruffer grunt than the Mustang's Coyote V-8, the Lexus engine has the perfect blend of manners and machismo.
Without blowers to boost output, the GS F's V-8 is roughly 100 horsepower short of the engines in its German competitors—the Audi RS7, the BMW M5, and the Mercedes-AMG E63. The Cadillac CTS-V makes another 173 ponies from its supercharged 6.2-liter. At 12.9 seconds through the quarter-mile, the Lexus needs an extra 1.1 seconds to cover that distance of pavement versus the Caddy. In the context of these bruisers, you could make a convincing argument that, with a 4.4-second zero-to-60-mph time, the GS F is only qualified to serve as a nursing-home shuttle.
There's a genuine Oldsmobile feel to the way the torque-converter-equipped gearbox executes its graceful, hydraulically cushioned shifts. The eight-speed automatic shifts slowly in every mode, whether paddle shifted or not. It also swaps gears flawlessly—every single time. It's the one dynamic attribute in need of improvement, yet it also suits a car that is every bit as comfortable as it is quick.
Et Tu, Lexus?
There are a few regrettable concessions to modern fashion inside the GS F. The 5.0-liter V-8's natural tone is augmented by Active Sound Control (ASC), which blats intake resonance out of the front speakers and a deeper exhaust rumble from the rear speakers in Sport Plus mode. In Sport, only the rear speakers play, and in Normal and Eco modes there's no ASC at all. You also can turn off the ASC manually, and you should, because the engine's big, brassy intake honk is plenty loud and proud.
We also recommend keeping both hands on the wheel, lest your right hand drift toward the infuriating mouse/joystick device that controls Lexus's infotainment system. In other respects, the cabin is a comfortable and pleasant place to consume miles, with supportive buckets, plenty of shoulder and hip room, and clear visibility. The materials exude quality even if the styling is curious at best and downright dissonant in some places, such as the seats that were seemingly stitched by costume designers taking a break from the latest X-Men movie.
The Inevitable
While Lexus has staked out unclaimed turf with its nuanced driving dynamics, there's a competitor that manages to blend performance and finesse unlike anything else. The 640-hp Cadillac CTS-V, a poster child for modern tech, offers mega performance and nuanced steering for a similar price as the GS F. The Lexus would be a no-brainer at $65,000, but our $87,828 test car had just $2438 in add-ons, more than half of which went for a Mark Levinson premium audio system.
LOWS: Slow transmission, you can get so much more for the same money.
It seems unlikely that the GS F and Lexus's F outfit can resist the pressure to conform forever. Company insiders tell us that turbochargers are inevitable, and it's hard not to imagine that adaptive dampers, a snappier transmission, and a general sense of homogeneity would be part of the same package. When the day of reckoning with raw performance arrives, we hope Lexus preserves the GS F's subtleties.


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GPS has forever changed how we interact with our cities. If you get lost in a city today, you don't look up at street signs, you look down at your phone. If you want to hail a cab, you signal your location by opening Uber rather than by waving your arms at the side of the road. If you want a restaurant recommendation, you ask Yelp for the best places nearby instead of asking your friends. We live in a world where GPS doesn't just locate you on a map, it changes how you interact with the city around you.
Perhaps more crucially, GPS has begun to change the city. Real estate groups inside retail companies are mining spatial data from applications like Yelp to decide where to place their stores. Similarly, city planners are looking at this data to refine their city plans. Recently, the New York Times described how Uber is impacting LA's nightlife because people are choosing to drive less often. Something as concrete and as dominant as LA's car culture has been overturned by something as minor and as invisible as a GPS signal harnessed by a phone application. GPS is changing our cities.
GPS has changed how we inhabit the city. Left to right: navigation (Google Maps), hailing a cab (Uber), dating (OkCupid), and finding restaurants (Four Square).
The influence of GPS stops once you step inside a building. Typically it ceases working altogether, and when it does work, it lacks the fidelity to be useful in the context of a building.
There are many researchers and companies currently vying to create the equivalent of GPS for buildings (which we'll refer to as indoor positioning in this article). People have been testing everything from optical sensors to magnetic and acoustic technologies. At the moment, there are many promises but little in the way of useful products.
In the past year, one technology has garnered a significant amount of attention: Bluetooth LE. Most of the hype has been fueled by Apple who introduced their Bluetooth based iBeacon standard for indoor positioning as part of iOS7 in 2013. Overnight, indoor positioning became available to millions of iPhone users. Last summer Apple upped the ante with the release of iOS8, which made significant improvements to their Core Location framework in an effort to create experiences that are more connected and more aware of the physical environment.
While Apple has been successful at promoting iBeacons, we're not ready to anoint them the champion of indoor positioning. The iBeacon standard is still not widely adopted and other companies, notably Google and Samsung, are developing their own technology that is putting the squeeze on Apple to continue to innovate in this market. Regardless of who wins, as architects and designers, the release of beacon technology could (and should) mark a profound shift in the way we think about designing user experiences.
The anatomy of a beacon: a small, battery-powered bluetooth chip that broadcasts identifying information at regular intervals. Image courtesy of Estimote.
On the surface, beacons don't sound like a technology that will revolutionize architecture. The beacons don't really do much. They are these small Bluetooth devices that broadcast some identifying information at regular intervals. Basically, every second they send out a signal that says something like "I'm beacon 37". Your phone and other devices can detect this signal and based on the signal strength they can approximate how far away you are from the beacon. Put enough beacons in a room and you can begin to triangulate your location. It is a simple idea that has profound consequences for how we use and design space.
When beacons were first introduced, the initial applications tended to focus on marketing. Companies could stick a beacon near a particular object in a store and when customers walked within range the customer's phone would receive a notification (provided they had the store's app installed). The notification could be anything from advertisements to coupons. While location-based ad networks appealed to retailers, many of these networks have already failed, primarily because no one wants to turn their phone into a location-aware billboard.
A better use for indoor positioning is in making applications contextually aware. If your phone knows where you are, it can become an interface to interact with your surroundings. In an art gallery, an application might show information about paintings as you walk up to them. In your home, an application like Beecon knows which room you are in and presents an interface to control the room's lights. In your office, an application like Robin shows whether the meeting room you're in has been reserved and allows you to book it (we have this application at CASE and it's awesome!). These applications demonstrate that making the phone contextually aware also makes the phone a part of that context. The phone becomes an extension of the architecture.
Wayfinding is another obvious application of indoor positioning. If you are visually impaired, this has a huge potential to change the accessibility of unfamiliar spaces (see video above). Even for people with clear vision, indoor positioning offers a way to navigate otherwise confusing spaces. The SITA beacon registry for instance, will allow airlines to design phone apps that provide turn-by-turn directions to get from one gate to another. The research in this area will be further catalyzed by the FCC's announcement in January that wireless carriers, like AT&T, will have to provide indoor location data with 911 calls within the next two years. As a result, it is estimated that there will be billions of dollars invested in indoor positioning over the next few years.
At CASE, we too are investing in indoor positioning. We believe that indoor positioning has the potential to transform the design and use of buildings, the same way we have seen GPS transform the design and use of cities. To that end, we have started an internal R&D program to explore the potential of indoor positioning technologies. This is the first of several blog posts that we will be writing over the coming months as we explore the potentials of indoor positioning technology. This video gives a little preview of what we've been working on, and also check out the work of Mani Williams, a PhD student at RMIT University who has been doing a research residency in our office for the past month.
About the Authors: Daniel Davis is a Senior Researcher at CASE. Andrew Payne is a Senior Building Information Specialist at CASE.
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We checked out this book from our library a few days ago- Little One Step, by Simon James. Admittedly, I wasn't necessarily looking for a book like this, but the toddler grabbed it off the shelf and smacked me right across the face with it. So, instead of re-shelving it I stuffed it in our already overflowing bag of books. I read it to the kids last night, and it's exactly the sort of book you'd imagine it to be based on the title.
A little duckling and his two older duckling brothers are lost in the woods, and must find their way back home to Mama duck. Littlest duckling is scared and tired and weak – he simply can't make the journey. Then, brother ducklings teach him the simple trick of "One Step," taking just one step. Then another, and another, and another, which he does. Until he fails. He grows all wobbly again and can't go on. Brothers remind him of "One Step," and he tries again. Step, step, step. But he keeps running into all these obstacles: tall trees and wide fields. The impossible. Brothers encourage him and keep reminding him of "One Step," until he finally gets it, and marches past them all the way to Mama. And when he finally reaches Mama he tells her his new name, "Little One Step." He ultimately internalized his brothers' encouragement and it became his reality- a new identity even.
For some reason I started thinking about this book again today, and it felt like such a big thing. We're all familiar with Lao Tzu's quote, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." So familiar with it that it's become trite. [The cynic in me would appreciate a really clever Demotivational Poster based on that quote.]
But then I started thinking about it in a deeper way. My mind went back to the absolute most difficult, grueling hike I've ever done: Mt. Rosa, in Colorado Springs, CO. This was the mountain that Zebulon Pike (namesake of Pike's Peak) is believed to have actually made it to before abandoning his attempt to summit the mountain that would later bear his name. It's not the highest mountain I've ever climbed; its recorded height is only 11,499 ft., but it is the most significant for me.
My buddy Don and I decided to climb it in the month of March, though. In March, mind you, the Front Range of the Rockies is completely covered in snow and ice. Still, we were both up for a challenge and decided to go for it. We wore our crampons and got an early start, predawn. We hiked and hiked and…hiked. We climbed and struggled and sank up to our waists in snow at some points. We wandered off trail due to lack of visibility. We found our way back. We veered off trail again and had to bushwhack for a while. We ascended what felt like the steepest cliff I'd ever been on, hoisting ourselves up with the assistance of ice-covered saplings. Finally nearing the top, wet and freezing and spent, we saw the summit in the distance. Bolstered by the sight, we hustled up and pressed on, eager to claim victory over this mountain.
Our hopes were dashed, though, when we entered an open, sunny meadow and realized our error. A false summit. We hadn't remembered reading about the false summit in the trail reports. False summits can have a devastating effect on the psyche, and I don't know about Don, but I thought I would break. We set our packs down in the meadow, silently, and took a break to refuel with a snack. It was already late in the day. Hiking through the snow had considerably slowed our usual pace, and there were precious few hours of daylight left. We knew even then that we'd never make it off the mountain before dark.
Finally, we broke our long silence. "What should we do?" we asked each other. A few beats passed. "Keep going," we replied. Fueled by granola and our male egos that really, really didn't want to concede defeat in front of one another, we slid back into our packs and set off.
Our feet hurt. Our backs hurt. Our hands were stiff with cold. As we neared the actual summit, we realized what would normally be a 20-30 minute push to the top was going to take at least triple the time through chest-deep snow. We took turns leading, because each trail-blazing step was excruciating. [Did I mention we were both wearing shorts? Granted, we were each wearing a base layer under them, but they, and our legs, were torn to bits after trudging through snow and ice all day. I definitely should have planned this one better.]
We kept telling each other, "We're almost there. Almost there. Keep going. We can do this." Until we couldn't. Our verbal expressions became more colorful. There was swearing. There were some shouts. Then, finally, there were only guttural utterances and groans. I reached the point that I really thought there was no way we'd actually make it to the top. And we just kept going. We literally pushed and pulled each other up along the way.
Finally, finally, we peaked. As we took those final steps to the top I felt strangely emotional. I'm not generally a crier, but I was close to welling up. This sudden wash of adrenaline-laced victory was too much. If my eyelashes weren't literally stuck to my frozen tear ducts, tears may have come out. We stayed on the summit just long enough to take in the spectacular views, relish the moment, and snap a couple of pictures. Then, the reality of what still lay before us set in. We had to hike back down the mountain.
Descent felt eternal. It was brutal. There were parts we had to glissade down. Our legs wobbly, we tripped; we fell. We finally regained the ability to speak. Then the sun spectacularly set. Night came. We spent the last three or four hours hiking in the dark, without the use of our headlamps. Night vision is actually pretty amazing. Without any artificial light your eyes can adjust to the darkness and see an awful lot in just moonlight.
We made it back to flat ground, and as the adrenaline left my veins I realized just how tired and sore and spent I was. It was beautiful. I felt like I'd, no- we'd- pushed my body past everything I thought it was capable of. And as we neared our vehicles to go our separate ways we were already planning our next hike.
This experience became one of those mental signposts for me. Whenever I need a boost of confidence or stamina I go back to this hike and remember its significance: I couldn't do it. There's no way I could have completed that hike alone. No way. The terrain was too difficult, the psychological barriers too great. The dangers too real. It would have been a fool's errand to try on my own. So that means I go back to this hike to check my ego as well.
I don't buy the narrative of the self-made man. It's as false a narrative as that false summit was on Rosa. None of us reaches success, however defined, completely on our own. There's always someone to thank. I spent way too many years of life afraid to ask for help with anything. Afraid that would make me appear weak, incapable, insufficient– because for some reason we've particularly tangled the notions of self-sufficiency and masculinity in our culture. We think that is somehow virtuous. I believe that narrative is as dangerous as it is false, though. Teaching our sons that they have only themselves to thank for whatever successes they enjoy in life leads to entitled, egotistical jerks who think they deserve whatever they want, at the expense of exploiting others, because they've earned it.
I'm a white, hetero, Christian male- the most privileged demographic in society. The world is much more likely to say "yes" to me, to take a chance on me- it's slanted to my favor much more so than my counterparts who don't fit one or any of those descriptors. I want my sons to know that. To recognize their own privilege and use it for good- and not just their own good. So, I take them on hikes that are way too difficult for them. Hikes that make them tired, that make them whine, that are dangerous and sometimes not fun. I want them to have to ask for help. I want them to hear me offer help. To know what that sounds like. To realize that they shouldn't and can't do some things on their own. And that's okay. It's okay for all of us.
Just "One Step."
Little one, just one step.
Thank you, Don.


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Football on Mother's Day
Americans were faced with a very difficult decision on Sunday. Either spend time with your one true love. Or pass the hours on Mother's Day with wives, matriarchs and the like. Many chose the former, perched in front of an endless numbers of monitors tuned in to Soccer.
Here's a story of one GFOP, Matt Steber, who tried to get away with both…
Having not missed a Manchester City game in ten years, I found myself faced with a dilemma this past Sunday. Mother's Day. How cruel to have the final EPL day on Mother's Day.
I decide to be a good husband and take my wife and kids to NYC for the weekend (knowing I would score big points with the wife for missing the match for her). Sunday after breakfast we made our way to the Metropolitan Museum. Little did she know that while she was admiring priceless works of art with the kids, I was watching the match on my phone. After the equalizer I moved ahead to another exhibit so I could watch more intently.
As the final shot smashed into the back of the net, I momentarily forgot that I was in the Museum, jumped off the bench and screamed into the face of a Greek statute as If I was at Etihad. Hearing the racket my family entered that wing only to find me being escorted out of the museum by security. Needless to say it was a long and quiet ride back to Philly. After two hours of complete silence in the car, my wife turned to me and said, "I'm glad your team finally won, you prick."
Three days and one diamond ring later, all is forgiven and the house is back to normal. I hope the security tapes never make it to YouTube.


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Board Members
Julie Parsons, ABOC
Cell: 603-300-7905
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Letter from President
Julie Parsons is a graduate of Saugus High School in 1984 and Salem State University from which she received a Bachelor of Science.
Julie began her optical career in 1991 and has dedicated the past 26 years to helping patients achieve their best vision. She is an American Board of Opticianry certified, licensed dispensing optician. Julie has been working as the optical manager at Nutfield Eye Associates in Londonderry, New Hampshire for the past 7 years. Her passion and knowledge have made her an excellent representative of the profession and she has been able to attend trade shows across the country learning and promoting opticianry. Julie is proud to be the current President of the New Hampshire Opticians Society. It is her passion to educate, support and promote her profession.
When Julie is not working she enjoys kayaking and camping and is an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots. In her spare time she operates a home based business creating embroidered dog bandanas that she sells on eBay and Etsy. She makes her home in Salem, New Hampshire.
Scott Thielen ABOC-AC
Cell: 603-903-4390
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Scott Thielen has been in the optical field since 1990. He has worked as a dispensing optician, lab finishing and surfacing, frame sales rep, educational speaker, office manager, and practice administrator. All these experiences have led to a driving commitment to elevating the profession. Scott has his ABO Advanced Certification and is currently running the optical department for North Country Eye Care in West Lebanon NH.
My goal is to utilize my experience to help the NH Opticians Society increase the knowledge of our membership and elevate the status of the profession to the public and more importantly to our fellow professionals in the optical field.
My other passions include poker, cornhole, hiking and spending time with family.
Sally Kreger, ABOC
Cell: 603-391-6780
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Sally is an ABO certified optician who began her optical career in Richmond, Virginia in 1987. She has been on the board of the NHOS as treasurer for five years. She has done a little bit of everything in our industry; She has been a receptionist, worked as a contact lens specialist, ophthalmic tech, and she even went out on the road as a sales rep (twice). What she found was that her true passion is being an optician. What she loves the most about her job is the ability to make a personal connection with the people she meets every day, she is proud of the relationships that she has made and feels lucky that she found a career that she truly enjoys.
Executive Director
Lisa Ginn, ABOC
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Work: 603-228-1106
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Lisa Ginn is a local New Hampshire girl, living in the Concord area since 1995. She received her degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Small Business Leadership from Southern NH University in 2015.
Lisa has been working in the industry for 15 years. Fourteen of those years have been at Concord Eye Center in Concord NH. She is an American Board of Opticianry certified optician. Lisa is currently the Executive Director. She is proud to have been voted in to this position after having spent the past seven years on the board as Vice President for the first year, and President for the following six. Lisa has represented the society at many leadership and trade conferences across the country.
Lisa is the proud wife of Josh and mother to Tyler, who is 9, and Tessa who is almost 2! She loves spending time with her family. In her free time, she helps organize and coach her son's soccer team. This crazy, busy family resides in Pembroke, NH.
Kathy Bowen, ABOC
Cell: 603-300-0993
Kathy Bowen started her career as an optician in 1987 and has enjoyed every aspect of caring for patients and sharing her knowledge of the ever changing technology of lens design over the past 30 years. She finds caring for and helping her patients has been incredibly satisfying. Kathy is proud to be an American Board of Opticianry certified optician and is registered with the state of New Hampshire.
Board Members
Don Taylor, ABOC
Tina Fowler
Victoria Forslind
Victoria Forslind is a graduate from Nashua Community College which she majored in Hospitality and Restaurant Management. She currently lives in Nashua NH and works at Focused Eye Care. Victoria started her career as an optician back in November of 2016 and is currently studying to be an American Board of Opticianry certified. She enjoys her job and the people she works with, her goal is to gain knowledge to help further her career and provide the best quality vision care she can. In her spare time, she likes going out to the movies and trying new and exciting food venues.


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Concrete Patios Charlotte
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Concrete Patios Charlotte can help you turn your outdoor space into an oasis, a place of relaxation and fun. Concrete is no longer just industrial, with decorative, dyed, and stamped patios, you can have a beautiful outdoor space for years and years to come. Unlike tile and wood, concrete stands up to the punishment of our North Carolina weather. Charlotte NC concrete patios have never looked so good!
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Android OS Google Play Store Not Responding Resolution:
Ensure Your Running Device (Android) - Operating System Version Minimum - Android 6.0 Marshmallow running,
Ensure Your Running Device (Android) - Operating System Version Minimum - Android 6.0 Marshmallow running,
If not Upgrade your device as soon as possible.
Otherwise you can't modify apps settings (App Permissions/etc) & can't access latest lots of features (inducing Android System Security Patch updates).
Follow below mention instructions:
Follow below mention instructions:
- Check Internet health,WiFi or Mobile Internet is working properly.
- Make sure Device Android version latest installed. System update must be completed, updated fully your device. (Mobile setting >> about/additional settings >> system update Check for updates and install).
- Unknown source Apps installation blocked, don't install manually any apps from another sources & unknown apps stores, use only Google play store.
- Default installed apps only used if your device in not connected with internet & Google play store properly.
- Gmail or any email address add on Android device, accounts completely login & sync on. Linked any email address if not working except gmail, check security options, If gmail not working, login gmail on any internet browser (like- Chrome), check account activity with unsecured apps make it off also check privacy options & fresh settings on gmail settings. then login again google account on Android device Google play store.
- Gmail address should be linked minimum 1 verified mobile number. security reasons.
- Go to Mobile System settings >> apps/app manager >> Google play services/Google play store >> storage >> clear cache & clear data.
- Reboot handset. check again play store.
- Open Google play store >> Update default in-build apps & Google play services.
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Sharon is not only a yoga student and Yoga for Mindful Eating student, but also has fast become a blogging colleague! Here's an except she wrote about her personal journey in mindful eating. My hope is her inspiration is yours.
"Over the course of the last year, I immersed myself twice in Diana's Yoga for Mindful Eating series. I want to share a bit of my discovery.
In my work as a Life and Career Coach, I help clients make changes in the way they work, communicate, and manage themselves, including more effectively managing their own balance. My learning process in Diana's class has made me a better coach.
One of the biggest changes I've made as a result of the classes is this one:
I learned at a very deep level that when my relationship with food starts to deteriorate, it generally means I'm truly hungry for something that has nothing to do with food. It means I'm out of balance in some essential way.
Often, my imbalance is from working too much and feeling stressed from the pace. If that's the case, what I'm truly hungry for is calm, relaxation, some kind of antidote to my workaholic tendencies. Getting a massage works well for me, for example. So when I'm starting to lose my grip in the food arena, sometimes a massage is just the ticket. It makes me feel cared-for and pampered in the most tender and healing ways. In the days that follow, my speedy, jacked-up eating behavior starts to wane. I start craving things like ginger tea instead of cheese and crackers, or I start making time to read whatever book I'm currently reading.
Other times my imbalance is about isolation. When I work with a client, I create a powerful connection with them, which is deeply rewarding. But it's not a substitute for connection with others in my personal life. Sometimes my declining behavior with food signals a need to spend more quality time with my husband, my friends, my sister or other members of my inner circle – which I can make happen.
Prior to taking the course, I understood intellectually how these things might be connected, but it wasn't until I took the course that I experienced it at a very deep level. I get it now, and I'm getting better at quickly taking action to restore the balance.
Restoring work-life balance doesn't always require massive change. Sometimes small course corrections can make a huge difference."


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Albuquerque Room Escape Game
Albuquerque Room Escape Game is a Escape Room located in Albuquerque, NM.
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Albuquerque Room Escape is the place to go for live adventure fun! 45 minutes to find a way out of a locked room!
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Jonathan LeBlancwww.jcleblanc.com
API design principles for accelerated development
Speakers: Jonathan LeBlanc
One of the largest issues in API architecture development is that the task is often driven by the pragmatic indoctrination of a specification into a product rather than designing around the speed and ease of development, usually due to a separation between the engineering teams and their core developer user base. Extending upon the ideas of API design around developer accelerated development delivered in the PayPal keynote, we will take a deeper look into some of the great techniques delivered to us through the RESTful specification, applying them to developer API consumption practices with the intention of creating efficient best practices for rapid development. Within this talk we will explore what we have learned through reconstructing our API backbone at PayPal for our developer community, including: - API automation practices for code reduction and application longevity - Open security standards that promote developer integration ease and maintain strict security practices - RESTful API architecture best practices for developer centric accelerated development
Securing RESTful APIs using OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect
Speakers: Jonathan LeBlanc
Constructing a successful and simple API is the lifeblood of your developer community, and REST is a simple standard through which this can be accomplished. As we construct our API and need to secure the system to authenticate and track applications making requests, the open standard of OAuth 2 provides us with a secure and open source method of doing just this. In this talk, we will explore REST and OAuth 2 as standards for building out a secure API infrastructure, exploring many of the architectural decisions that PayPal took in choosing variations in the REST standard and specific implementations of OAuth 2.
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Our customers come from a great variety of spheres and industries – we appreciate the resulting diversity of translations and the long-term business relationships we share with many of them. Here is some feedback that we are particularly proud of:
As a purely Austrian banking group, Volksbank sets great store by cooperating with an Austrian translation agency. We have found "All Languages" to be a competent language service provider that fully satisfies our expectations. They handle both large projects, such as our annual financial report, and smaller translation jobs on short notice – always in a professional manner and right on time. We highly appreciate this kind of reliability!
For years now, we have been appreciating All Languages as a reliable partner supporting our international projects. Their prompt service and the consistently high quality of the translations have always met our expectations. It is the quick and reliable handling of translation projects, also in urgent cases, that has made All Languages an integral component of our project work.
Salzburg Museum
The Salzburg Museum was distinguished with the European Museum of the Year Award, the European museum Oscar, in 2009. Last year, almost 700,000 people from all over the world visited the locations of the Salzburg Museum. People that are meant to be presented with relevant content in various languages in the most varied and multifarious manner possible. And it's just that which makes All Languages the perfect professional partner for the Salzburg Museum.
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As a corporate law firm acting on a international scale, we set great store by professional translation services. In this context, we need a partner who acts quickly, whose quality we can rely on, and who provides consistent quality throughout the year. At All Languages, we have found a team that is able to meet our high standards.
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Dr. Magdalena Żelasko, Director of the LET'S CEE Film Festival
CARE is one of the world's biggest independent humanitarian organisations. CARE operates in over 90 countries throughout the world, supporting some 72 million people each year. Fully involving the relevant beneficiaries, CARE creates conditions where those beneficiaries are able to help themselves. We help to reduce social, economic and cultural barriers, in order to build a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where all human beings live as equals in dignity and security. The professional translation services provided by All Languages are indispensable within the scope of our projects and programmes.
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Washington, DC - U.S. students are graduating from high school at a higher rate than ever before, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. The nation's high school graduation rate hit 81 percent in 2012-13, the highest level since states adopted a new uniform way of calculating graduation rates five years ago.
"America's students have achieved another record-setting milestone," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. "We can take pride as a nation in knowing that we're seeing promising gains, including for students of color. This is a vital step toward readiness for success in college and careers for every student in this country, and these improvements are thanks to the hard work of teachers, principals, students and families."
Since 2010, states, districts and schools have been using a new, common metric—the adjusted cohort graduation rate—to promote greater accountability and develop strategies that will help reduce dropout rates and increase graduation rates in schools nationwide. For three consecutive years, graduation rates have continued to climb, which reflects continued progress among America's high school students.
"When schools are held accountable and students are given support to help them stay in school and on track, real progress is possible," said John Gomperts, president and CEO of America's Promise Alliance, leader of the GradNation campaign to reach a 90 percent on-time high school graduation rate by 2020. "Because of increases over the past decade or so, nearly two million additional young people have high school diplomas, giving them a chance at a more promising future. However, much work remains. Looking forward, we will focus on what more can be done so that all young people have the foundation they need to succeed in school and life."
The campaign plans to release its 2015 "Building a GradNation" report in early May.
To view the data—including a state-by-state breakdown—click here. The Department hopes to release graduation rates for minority students, students with disabilities and English language learners in coming weeks.
Today's economy calls for critical skills that go beyond the basics. To ensure the economic strength of our country, students must graduate high school ready for college, careers and life. The Department has invested more than $1 billion in early education; implemented strategies that improve achievement and close opportunity gaps, and awarded billions of dollars through such grant programs as Race to the Top, Investing in Innovation, and School Improvement Grants; and expanded college access and affordability for families.
To maintain and accelerate the progress students are making, the Obama Administration is calling for an overhaul of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) —also known as No Child Left Behind—with a law that not only ensures students are prepared for college, careers and life, but also delivers on the promise of equity and real opportunity for every child. Secretary Duncan has called on Congress to create a bipartisan law that gives teachers and principals the resources they need, expands high-quality preschool for families and supports schools and districts in creating innovative new solutions to problems that translate into better outcomes for students.
For more information, visit www.ed.gov.


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text: A Moment of Magic is an Organization that helps to make the dreams of medical vulnerable children come true and reminds them to be brave, strong, and fearless. I wish to become a larger part of this organization and to help encourage those in need. My way of accomplishing this goal is to become a character, by donating to this page you are helping me to reach my goal of helping others. The chapter to which I, hope to belong to as a character is located at West Virginia University in Morgantown WV. I am currently a student at WVU and major in Biochemistry with an emphases in Molecular Biology and Neuroscience. I was prompted to study this subject because a neurological degenerative disease affects a very important family member of mine. This has pushed me to work hard and lead me to work at our local hospital while I was still in high school. Upon graduation I began to attend WVU and continue to work at the hospital as a phlebotomist.


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Ride for Justice runs Saturday in Jacksonville For The Justice Coalition
Staff Writer
Florida Times-Union
The ninth annual Celebrate America Ride for Justice to benefit Jacksonville's Justice Coalition kicks off at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Adamec Harley-Davidson at 8909 Baymeadows Road.
Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. for the event, which will end at the Baymeadows Road dealership and will take a scenic 50-mile ride across Jacksonville's bridges and roads with Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford in the lead. Registration is $20 per biker and $10 per passenger, or $50 for a VIP pass. Separate lunch tickets are available for $10 for non-riders.
All proceeds will go to the Justice Coalition.
The Justice Coalition is a grassroots organization that helps crime victims and their families.
For more information, log on to www.justicecoalition.org.


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Ironstone Vineyards has a wonderful tradition of each department creating a pumpkin and submitting it to the guests at the Silent Movie night. Guests vote for their favorite pumpkin. Next day, all the pumpkins go to the Tasting Room for display "while they last".
Here are a few images from past years. Great fun for everyone!


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December 04, 2018
Municipal Election Voting Results
Below is a summary of the unofficial voting results for Kiawah Island Municipal Election:
Mayoral Vote Totals – 182 cast
- Craig Weaver – 172
- Fran Wermuth – 4 (withdrawn)
Council Vote Totals – 648 cast
- Maryanne Connelly – 166
- Daniel Prickett – 171
- Klaus Said – 147
- Christopher Widuch – 157
The numbers above do not reflect absentee voting results. Absentee voting results are reflected once the county certifies the numbers and posts the official results.
Updated 12/6 Click here to see the official voting results
This election marks the sixteenth administration of the Town of Kiawah Island, which was incorporated on September 13, 1988. The terms of this administration will expire December 2020.
Swearing-In Ceremony
The newly elected Town Council will be sworn in on Friday, December 7 at 10:00 a.m. in Council Chambers at the Municipal Center. Please plan to join us. Light refreshments provided. No RSVP required.


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|Chairman's Final Proposal
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Draft Decision Adopted By The States Parties To The CFE Treaty
1. In accordance with the Document agreed at Lisbon on 1 December 1996, defining the scope and parameters for the process commissioned in paragraph 19 of the Final Document of the First CFE Treaty Review Conference, the States Parties have agreed upon certain of the Basic Elements which will govern the adaptation of the CFE Treaty; and have identified certain other Basic Elements upon which further work will be done. Both are recorded below.
2. The States Parties have decided that the bloc-to-bloc structure upon which the existing Treaty is based should be replaced. The Treaty will be adjusted to incorporate a specific system of national and territorial ceilings for Treaty Limited Equipment (TLE). The States Parties are agreed that there will be no increase in total numbers of TLE permitted in each category within the Treaty's area of application. Each State Party will base its agreement to the provisions of the adapted Treaty on its projections of the current and future situation in Europe.
A. National Ceilings
3. National ceilings will be set, for each of the Treaty's five categories of TLE, at levels which recognize the legitimate security concerns of all States Parties and the need to ensure that the security of no State Party is diminished. While eliminating the group to group system of limitations, the setting of ceilings will be guided by the extant security circumstances within the area of application, including the relative security situation of each State Party whether individually or in association with others, with the purposes of ensuring equal security for all States Parties irrespective of their membership of a politico-military alliance and of strengthening their security relations and building trust and mutual reassurance.
4. In setting these ceilings, the States Parties reaffirm that they will take a restrained approach, maintaining only such military capabilities, individually or in conjunction with others, as are commensurate with individual or collective legitimate security needs, taking in to account their international obligations, including the CFE Treaty.
5. For the existing 30 States Parties initial national ceilings may equate to, but not exceed, the up-to-date Maximum National Levels for Holdings (MNLHs) which have been notified under the existing Treaty. From this basis, in the spirit of restraint which States Parties are showing during the period of negotiation and through a transparent and co-operative process, they will reach conclusions regarding reductions they might be prepared to take, with the aim of achieving a significant lowering in the total amount of TLE permitted in the area of application compatible with the legitimate defence requirements of each State Party. All relevant information on TLE within the area of application will be taken into account. National ceilings will be:
6. In setting national ceilings, States Parties will take into account all the levels of TLE established for the Atlantic-to-the-Urals area by the original CFE Treaty, the substantial reductions that have been carried out since then and those which States Parties will decide to carry out in the future, the changes to the situation in Europe and the need to ensure that the security of no State Party is diminished.
7. They take note of the statements by certain States Parties which are annexed to this Decision.
8. Each State Party will base its agreement to the provisions of the adapted Treaty on all national ceilings of the States Parties, on its projections of the current and future security situation in Europe.
9. The States Parties will undertake further work to determine how to handle the Treaty's existing provisions relating to Designated Permanent Storage Sites (DPSS) in the context of Treaty adaptation.
B. Preventing destabilizing accumulations of forces
10. The States Parties are determined to sustain and strengthen the Treaty's effectiveness in preventing destabilizing accumulations of indigenous and stationed forces. They will seek to strengthen stability by further developing measures to prevent any potentially threatening buildup of conventional forces in particular regions. Treaty adaptation will include the following measures to this end:
Territorial Ceilings
11. The existing structure of zones will be replaced by a system of territorial ceilings covering both national and stationed TLE, thus establishing total levels permitted on a permanent basis on the territory in the area of application of each State Party, or, if so decided, a portion thereof. These might be termed territorial units.
12. Individual territorial ceilings will be derived from current notified MNLHs, taking account of decisions reached in relation to DPSS provisions (paragraph 9) and of stationed forces. This does not preclude States Parties from notifying lower territorial ceilings.
Specific Stabilizing Measures
13. The adaptation will include consideration of the possibility of establishing specific stabilizing measures, which might include measures of restraint or constraints in particular regions and areas of the Treaty's area of application, including Central and Eastern Europe, in order to prevent any potentially threatening buildup of conventional forces.
Stationed Forces
14. In relation to stationed forces, the States Parties:
15. In addition, and in conjunction with their efforts to promote the goals of enhancing stability and predictability in Europe, the States Parties will consider the possibility of developing, where appropriate, limitations or sub-ceilings on additional stationing of TLE. If such sub-ceilings are agreed to be feasible, the format, scope of application and details will be determined accordingly. Such limitations would have to be consistent with the inherent right of States to choose the means to ensure their own security. They would also be contingent upon detailed provisions for setting territorial ceilings and temporarily exceeding them being worked out to the satisfaction of all States Parties.
C. Relationship between Treaty adaptation and Article V as modified by the Document agreed among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, which forms Annex A to the Final Document of the First CFE Treaty Review Conference, May 1996.
16. States Parties agree that the substance of Article V as modified by the Document agreed among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, which forms Annex A to the Final Document of the First CFE Treaty Review Conference, May 1996, which has recently entered into force, will be maintained but reconciled with the structure of the adapted Treaty as it emerges in detail through the negotiation, ensuring that the security of each State Party is not affected adversely at any stage.
D. Provisions for temporarily exceeding territorial ceilings
17. The States Parties have decided to include provisions to allow a State Party temporarily to receive, with its express consent, forces on its territory that would exceed its territorial ceiling for notified military exercises or as temporary deployment provided both are consistent with the objectives of an adapted Treaty.
Definitions, modalities, transparency, verification and consultation arrangement, and appropriate limitations will be negotiated.
18. The provisions developed for an adapted Treaty will allow for territorial ceilings to be temporarily exceeded by missions in support of peace under a mandate from the United Nations or the OSCE.
E. Accession by new Parties
19. The States Parties have decided that the adapted Treaty will be open to accession by States who may request it. This would be upon a case-by-case basis and would require the agreement of all States Parties. They will work together to draft the necessary accession clause, the details of which will reflect the revised Treaty structure as set out above.
F. Co-operative and consultative mechanisms
20. The States Parties will work co-operatively to establish:
21. The States Parties recognize that the basis upon which they intend to adapt the Treaty, as outlined above, also requires certain modifications to the verification arrangements established in the Treaty, while retaining all their scope and detail, including possible additional inspection quotas and adjustments to quotas. The adaptation process also provides an opportunity for enhancement to the Treaty's verification and information exchange provisions. They will adopt a co-operative approach to devising the necessary modifications and in order to establish:
22. This Decision does not preclude
other suggestions that are consistent with the Scope and Parameters
agreed at Lisbon, being raised as the negotiation proceeds on this basis
to its conclusion in accordance with the timetable established in the
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People! They're not going to stop this insanity unless you stop buying every obscenely overpriced item they keep dishing out to you! You're being a Blizzard enabler! Bad, bad public!
By the way, when we've reached that glorious point of MMO history when a company is selling a flying horse for HALF the cost of an expansion pack, we no longer get to call such transactions "micro". Just saying.
Right here, right now, I'm going to make a prediction — Blizzard is going to cross the $100 RMT boundary in the next year for some "must have" virtual item.


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Amazing Spider-Man Successful Overseas
Sony's reboot to a film I love The Amazing Spider-Man has had a great start during it's time overseas, where it's debuted first internationally before it's gotten to North America the film where it will be opening on July 3rd.
It's been reported that The Amazing Spider-Man has already grossed around $50.2 million in where it's debuted internationally. The film has been doing well especially in Asia and in the South Pacific. In India the film was able to gross $6 million on 1,236 screens, it's said to be the biggest opening of a Hollywood film, 74% bigger than that horrible third installment from the original Spider-Man films Spider-Man 3, 73% more than Avengers which is very surprising to me in a way and isn't in another and more than double the lifetime box office of The Dark Knight which was expected by me.
The film looks very promising and I'm getting extremely excited for it, right now there's only one day left of waiting for the film to be screening for me since where I'm at it will be playing tomorrow in IMAX 3D. I've got high hopes for the film and from how well it's doing from being released already internationally it must be a great film, I just can't wait to see Spidey kicking The Lizardman's ass.
I've already went back and watched the original first two Spider-Man films starring Tobey Maguire while waiting for The Amazing Spider-Man to release, I've got to admit I'm going to miss Tobey a lot but Andrew Garfield looks like he's going to live up to the name of Spider-Man and give us a performance that'll blow us all away.
Are you as excited as I am for The Amazing Spider-Man? Let me know and sound off your comments.


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Coming off a tie against East Los Angeles College (ELAC) 1-1, the Lancers looked to pick up their form against Mt. San Antonio College's (Mt.SAC) 4-4-1. However, Mt. SAC came on top to win 1-0 in a one-sided affair.
Prior to the game, four Mt. SAC players kneeled during the anthem, in what can only be seen as a new trend.
Further along, the Lancers came out strong in the first 20 minutes of the game. The 4-4-2 formation enabled the team to pass the ball within distance from each other. Yet, their only clear opportunity in the first half came in the 10th minute.
A breakaway pass towards Chloe "Twitch" Twitchell saw her centered shot near Mt. SAC's goalkeeper be saved.
Mt. SAC started to pick up the momentum and the game would go on to open up. More space was available for both teams, but it was the home team who would take control of the ball.
They exposed the Lancers back line, time and time again, but could not get a shot in the net.
It was a day to remember for PCC goalkeeper Maria De La Cruz, as she continually saved the Lancers from what could have been a scoring spree for Mt. SAC.
According to PCC Lancers Athletic website, Cruz went on to save 11 shots out of 12.
"I tend to hesitate a lot and I need to build more trust with the defenders," said Cruz. "I have to not hesitate with my decisions, I either come out all the way or I have to stay in my spot."
Alas, a goal came for Mt. SAC when a cross into the penalty area saw miscommunication occur between the Lancers centerback and an inspired Cruz. The mishap gave Pasadena-native, Kin Spencer, a chance to steal the ball and net her 3rd goal of the season.
Further into second half, Coach Reggie Rivas made a series of changes with the squad. He switched from a 4-4-2 to a 4-3-3, moving the second striker down to a left wingback and making a couple substitutes.
"They left everything they had on the field. We had plenty of chances, but couldn't get it into the back of the net," said Coach Rivas. "We went from a 4-4-2 to a 4-3-3 – obviously it's more of an attacking system – for the last 18 minutes and it changed the game. We created more chances to score, created more opportunities and excitement for everyone."
The changes would prove to make the difference (and Cruz's goalkeeping), however it wasn't enough to level the score.
The Lancers will face Rio Hondo College on Tuesday and El Camino College on Friday both at 4:00 p.m.
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Dry Season (Jun–Oct)
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Hanoi's spring is humid and wet with drizzles. As this kind of weather is suitable for the plants to grow and flowers to blossom, spring will be the best time for tourists to witness the vitality of tropical nature. Spring is also the time for Tet holiday- the most essential and longest Vietnamese festival of the year.
Summer Season (May–Aug)
Hanoi's summer is very hot with the average temperature of 32 degree (and has risen up in recent years), lasting from May to August (July is the hottest month). Since global warming has become a more and more serious problem, some summers are dry while others may be extremely wet with high humidity.
Heavy rain is one feature of Hanoi's summer, so don't forget to bring a raincoat or an umbrella with you whenever leaving home. Moreover, be ready to be sweat under the sun during the day and a thunderstorm in the afternoon or evening!
Fall Season (Sep–Nov)
Fall is considered the most beautiful and romantic time for travellers to visit Hanoi. This season is quite short, typically from middle of September to the end of November. Hanoi's autumn is charming with warm sunlight, cool breeze and dry atmosphere. If you love seeing the leaves change color, enjoying some local autumn specialties such as young green rice, living slowly for a to appreciate the beauty of your life, you definitely should come to Hanoi in autumn.
Winter Season (Dec–Feb)
The cold weather of Hanoi will start from December and may last until late February, with the average temperature of 17.2 degree. However, sometimes it may drop to below 10 degree, and the high humidity will lend a hand in making the weather bitter cold. Bring some serious warm clothes is necessary, if you do not want to get a cold when visiting a tropical country! Hanoi's winter is also famous for many delicious street foods which can warm you up in a chilly day.


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Sanjee Sathasivam had the idea for his startup after a cottage weekend with friends. When it was time for everyone to settle up, "it was such a hassle," he says.
That's where Strypebox comes in. Sathasivam's product is an add-on for online payment solution Stripe that's intended to let individuals pay each other.
"It's a simple as sending a text," he says.
Strypebox isn't looking to take on the whole market, though.
"We know there's a lot of payment providers out there," Sathasivam says. That's why it's focused on a niche, things like group events and sports pools.
While Stypebox provides the interface, the actual money transfer is handled by Stripe, making security less an issue for Sathasivam and his team.
"It's safe but it's more flexible than PayPal," Sathasivam says of Stripe.
There two ways to pay with Strypebox, Sathasivam says. Users can collect directly, from people who enter their phone number of email address into a "box" on the Strypebox site, or they can create a public link. "You can share that anywhere," Sathasivam says. "People click on that to pay." He says the public "box" can be used to collect money for events or fundraisers.
Stypebox is also working on a solution where users can embed a box on their site, which he says could be used by small businesses to collect for deliveries and pre-paid pickups.
While Stypebox does generate revenue on every transaction, 15 cents, it's not enough to make the company profitable.
"The fees are so high that we can't afford to charge more," says Sathasivam.
Instead, he's looking to build the user base. He says Stripe will lower the fees Stypebox passes on if the company gets enough users and "costs will go down with scale."
The company is also looking at rolling out more value-added services. But it's still early days.
"We haven't gone out to advertise publicly," Sathasivam says. Right now, there are a "few hundred people trying it out."
"We're still developing it," he says. Sathasivam, who's working on Strypebox as part of a team of six people, says he's looking to have development on the basic Stypebox finished before the end of June, with a marketing campaign coming at the end of the month or the beginning of July.


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LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Pushed Into March
LucasArts and TT Games might have lost a few of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars' pieces, as they're taking an extra five weeks to build the game and get it all polished up, ready for release into the big wide world.
Originally slated for February 15th in North America and February 18th in Europe, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is now set to launch on March 22nd in North America, meaning that one might assume that the European date has also shifted to March 25th.
No specific reasoning was issued for the delay, but Joystiq (jokingly) speculates that it could be a consequence of building such an elaborate Flash-based website to accompany the game. They have a point, to be fair. Just look at it!


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A Coast Guardsman died off Ventura County; here's why a ship is being named for him
A Coast Guard cutter will bear the name of a senior chief petty officer who died off the Ventura County coast in December 2012 during law enforcement operations.
The Terrell Horne III, a $65 million Sentinel-class fast-response cutter, is set to arrive in San Pedro by next summer and be commissioned in the fall, the Coast Guard announced last week.
It's one of four 154-foot, multi-mission ships that will be delivered to Southern California within the next year.
More Ventura County boating news:
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- Survivors share story of boat sinking and rescue off California coast
- Family-run company marks 50 years taking visitors to the Channel Islands
The first boat, the Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour, is set to arrive this summer with formal commissioning in the fall. Named for Coast Guardsmen Robert Ward and Benjamin Bottom, the remaining two will make their way to Southern California next summer.
The cutters will be based in San Pedro but will operate throughout the 11th Coast Guard District, which includes all of California and international waters off Mexico and Central America.
"These new cutters will strengthen our security, safety and law enforcement operations in addition to improving our ability to respond to maritime emergencies and safeguard our nation's National Marine Sanctuaries," said Capt. Art Snyder, the district's chief of response operations.
The Coast Guard said the cutters are named in honor of the branch's enlisted leaders, trailblazers and heroes.
Horne pushed one of his shipmates out of the way of a panga attack near Santa Cruz Island and suffered fatal injuries, according to the Coast Guard. He was 34 at the time of his death and lived with his family in Redondo Beach.
The Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command building was renamed for Horne during a May 2014 ceremony.
MORE:Learn the top tips for boating safety
On Dec. 12, 2012, Horne was aboard the Marina del Rey-based Coast Guard cutter Halibut sent to Santa Cruz Island to investigate a recreational boat floating in the water about a mile from Smuggler's Cove, according to previous reports.
Coast Guard officers in a C-130 aircraft had seen the craft at about 11:30 p.m. that night and sent the Halibut to inspect it. A second vessel, a fishing boat called a panga, was spotted in the cove not moving, authorities said. Neither boat had its lights on.
Horne and three crew members departed on a smaller, inflatable boat to investigate. When they approached the panga with lights flashing, the suspected drug smugglers rammed the Coast Guard boat, throwing two crew members in the water.
Horne suffered a traumatic head injury and his shipmate suffered minor injuries. The cutter crew administered first aid to the injured members as they traveled to Port Hueneme.
Ultimately, two Mexican nationals were arrested in connection with the Horne's death.
Jose Meija-Leyva was found guilty of second-degree murder and other counts, including assault with a deadly weapon. Manuel Beltran-Higuera was convicted of several counts related to the incident, including assault as an accessory after the fact.


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For the past two or so years since the Lord spoke these words to me: "thy ministry in my kingdom has begun." I have sought to remain a proactive influential member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; I chose to serve among those who call themselves Mormons, I too have called myself […]Continue Reading
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The Spirit of Prophecy
To Have The Spirit of Prophecy is to have THE testimony of Jesus. Building off of my previous post, about THE testimony of Jesus, leads perfectly into my next topic, The Spirit of Prophecy. If you haven't read the previous post, I would suggest stopping here, going back and familiarize yourself with the content of […]Continue Reading


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كزب كزبر كسأ
كُزْبُرَةٌ, and sometimes, [in the present day commonly,] كُزْبَرَةٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) Arabic, and well known, (AḤn,) [but J says] I think it is arabicized, (Ṣ,) [Chald. כּרּסְבָר, (Gol.)] One of the kinds of seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning food; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) [coriander-seed: or the coriander-plant, accord. to the explanation of كُسْبُرَةٌ (which is said in the TA to be a dial. form of كزبرة) in the Ḳ.]