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I struggle with doubt constantly, and this shook me up.
Also, it wasn't until after Constantinople II that the Nestorian Assyrian Church (which had embraced Chalcedon as a vindication of Theodore's Christology) broke away from the other Chalcedonians.
the schism with the Assyrians happened in 5th century, after Ephesus, and so before the split between EO and OO.
It was in fact the Assyrian's embrace of Chalcedon and the Tome which got the Armenians to reject that council.After Constantinople II the split between the EO's and the Assyrians became final, although they did temporarily go back into communion during the time of the emperor maurice.
where was this emperor of please?
As far as I understand the reunion with the Persian (Assyrian) Church was political, as it was the church that was endorsed by the Persian emperor.
He was the emperor of that empire that had its capitol in Constantinople.
I must ask, although I think I know the answer, do the EOs accept or reject the Christology of Theodore of Mopsuestia?
You will find tons of EOs believing the same way as Nestor.
As for the wills issue, in a oversimplified nutshell, it's exactly like the natures issue. We defined "will" differently as the subject of action, the volition, not as the facultyof a nature, which we both agree is two. We believe all properties of humanity and divinity (nature, will, operation, energy, faculties) were preserved in the union without mingling, confusion, or alteration.
And we proclaim equally two natural volitions or wills in him and two natural principles of action which undergo no division, no change, no partition, no confusion, in accordance with the teaching of the holy fathers. And the two natural wills not in opposition, as the impious heretics said, far from it, but his human will following, and not resisting or struggling, rather in fact subject to his divine and all powerful will.
Excerpt from a letter from Bishop Auxentios regarding my question about the Copts and their claim to be Orthodox:...The Monophysite's fundamentalistic insistence on one formula ["one nature of the Word incarnate"]—to the exclusion of another that even St. Cyril had come to understand as synonymous [dual consubstantiality]—reflects an un-Orthodox view of dogma. Those of Orthodox spirit know that dogma is imperfect symbols describing Revelation, but not Revelation itself. What is critical for Orthodox is the integrity of that Revelation, not terminological rigidity.
That in the union, the two distinct wills act in perfect unity as one
Would you care to define what you mean by the words "volition" and "faculty"?
How do you respond to this allegation?
If you would like exact quotations I can provide them; they'll all be more or less the same, having in common the relevant phrases, "consubstantial with the Father" and "consubstantial with us", word for word. How much more explicit can one be on "dual consubstantiality"?
Yet their unity is so perfect so as to be regarded as one will.
I'd be very interested in reading these documents. Thank you.
Foundational to the dithelete Christology of St. Maximos the Confessor, which was embraced by Constantinople III, is the Gospel account of Christ's temptation by the devil after His baptism. If Christ truly had only one will, the Divine, then He could not have been tempted as He was--I guess this thought implies an absorption of Christ's humanity into the Godhead that even you condemn as heresy. Is it possible in the perfect union of His human will with His Divine will for Christ to be tempted?
We should also not forget that Maximus the Confessor did defend the Pseudo-Dionysian phrase of the "new God-incarnate energy" (if indeed it was "pseudo")
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No. 1: An Epic Class — Each year sees a new class inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and by nature, some classes are more star-studded than others. But the class of 2016, inducted last night in Springfield, was as big as it gets. As our own Scott Howard-Cooper writes, last night's induction ceremony was some kind of party …
These are the nights that make the Hall of Fame, when Bill Russell, Shaquille O'Neal, Bill Walton, Alonzo Mourning, Yao Ming and Dikembe Mutombo are under the same roof and all we need is for someone to run a play through center and dare the guy with the ball to get past Russell or Mutombo, when Allen Iverson can barely get through a syllable without choking up while mentioning Larry Brown, John Thompson and Julius Erving on stage with him as presenters, and when Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, of all people, is auditioning for "Saturday Night Live" while being enshrined.
"A Bar Mitzvah is the time in his life when a Jewish boy realizes he has a better chance of owning a team than playing for one," Reinsdorf said, recalling his in 1949, the same year he would scrape together money to watch professional basketball at Madison Square Garden.
That was some Friday night at Symphony Hall. That was some party.
There hadn't been this kind of star power at the enshrinement since 2010, probably the greatest of all, with Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, the 1960 Olympic team led by Oscar Robertson and Jerry West, plus the 1992 Dream Team that mostly came down from Mt. Olympus to attend. This time, O'Neal, Yao and Iverson were among the 10 members of the Class of 2017 and sparkle was everywhere in the audience, some just watching and some with ceremonial duty as presenters: Russell and the entire center depth chart, Dr. J, Scottie Pippen, Phil Jackson, Larry Brown, Isiah Thomas, Gary Payton, Earl Monroe. On and on.
It wasn't just the list of career accomplishments under one roof either. Put O'Neal, Iverson and Yao, the headliners among the inductees with NBA or ABA ties, in front of a microphone anywhere and good things will happen. Put them in front of a microphone at the same event, with historical figures engrossed or laughing along in the audience and a very good night for basketball happens.
Yao was dignified and humorous and smart and personable, everything he was as a Rocket, even in the trying times as the injuries piled up, until finally he had to retire early and his only chance for enshrinement was through the International committee, not on his NBA credentials. He successfully meshed growing up in China with growing in stature in Houston — "I'm a Texan, I'm a Houston Rocket for life" — and later, after returning to the audience to hear the nine speeches that followed, laughed along as O'Neal told the story of not knowing for years that he could converse with Yao in English.
Iverson was again the A.I. everyone expected, just as he had been the day before with a series of candid, thoughtful responses, especially in choking through his words and tearing up at the seemingly vanilla question on the importance to his career of having good teammates. He didn't even get that far Friday. Iverson got emotional before even taking the stage, just from host Ahmad Rashad beginning the introduction. The audience cheered in support, backing him in a way few, if any, enshrinees had been cheered in recent years.
When Iverson did deliver his acceptance speech, he was The Answer in his prime, storming downcourt with the ball, on a laser line to the rim, no finesse, no pretense. He did 31 minutes straight from the gut. Iverson thanked Thompson, his Georgetown coach, "for saving my life" and listed dozens of family members, teammates, executives, coaches and media members. There were more raw emotions.
"I have no regrets being the guy that I am, a person my family loves, my friends love, my teammates love, my fans love," Iverson said.
And Shaq. It may have been his best speech of the last 20 years, true appreciation of his place in basketball history without the loud stomping, the dramatics, that accompanied so many previous comments. It was strange to not mention Jerry West among many, many names who influenced his career, and any impression of a thawing with Kobe Bryant in recent seasons now must include O'Neal at the podium noting "the great Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant, a guy who will push me and help me win three titles in a row. But also help me get pushed off the team and traded to Miami."
No. 2: Born Ready in the Big Easy — The last major free-agent domino seems to have fallen into place. According to his agent, Lance Stephenson has agreed to a one-year deal with the New Orleans Pelicans. As John Reid writes for NOLA.com, the Pelicans found themselves in need of backcourt help, although Stephenson may still have to earn a roster spot …
The move comes less than a week after point guard Jrue Holiday said he would miss the start of the 2016 season to care for his pregnant wife, former U.S. soccer star Lauren Holiday, who is facing brain surgery.
Guard-forward Tyreke Evans also is expected to miss the start of the season because he has not fully recovered after undergoing three surgeries on his right knee in a nine-month span.
Still, Stephenson will have to earn a roster spot because the Pelicans already have 15 players under guaranteed contracts.
Stephenson is a six-year veteran, most recently played with the Memphis Grizzlies, averaging 8.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and three assists per game. The Clippers traded Stephenson, 26, to the Grizzlies in February after he played 43 games and averaged 4.7 points.
Stephenson, 6-foot-5, 230 pounds, has ability to create off the dribble and provide needed scoring in the backcourt. The Pelicans put Stephenson through a workout at the practice facility last month to evaluate before offering him a deal.
A free agent, there was speculation that Stephenson might not land a NBA contract and would have to play in Europe.
Although talented, Stephenson has a reputation as a difficult player to coach. When he played for the Indiana Pacers, Stephenson got into a fight with teammate Evan Turner during a practice before their opening-round playoff series in 2014 against the Atlanta Hawks.
No. 3: Richardson suffers knee injury — The Miami Heat haven't had the best offseason, losing several key players such as Dwyane Wade to Joe Johnson. And now they may be one more man down, at least for now, as explosive guard Josh Richardson suffered a knee injury yesterday during a workout. As Ira Winderman writes for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Richardson was in the mix for a starting spot …
An uneven offseason for the Miami Heat became a bit more challenging Friday, with second-year guard Josh Richardson suffering a knee injury during Friday's voluntary workouts at AmericanAirlines Arena.
The injury was confirmed to the Sun Sentinel by a party close to the situation after Yahoo Sports reported Richardson sustained a partially torn MCL in his right knee.
A Heat spokesman said Richardson currently is being evaluated by the team's medical staff.
The expectation is that Richardson will not be available for the start of training camp, which opens for the Heat on Sept. 27. He is tentatively still scheduled to make a promotional appearance Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, which indicates reduced concern about the injury.
Richardson downplayed the injury, posting on his Twitter account, "Thanks everyone for the tweets and texts. I see them. I'll be back asap no worries." He posted on his Snapchat, "Can't hold a real one down!!!"
The Heat open their preseason schedule on Oct. 4 on the road against the Washington Wizards and their regular-season schedule on Oct. 26 on the road against the Orlando Magic.
An injury such as Richardson's can take from two, three weeks to two, three months for recovery, depending on the grade of the tear.
A regular at the team's offseason sessions, Richardson had been considered a candidate to emerge in the starting lineup this season, either at shooting guard or small forward.
No. 4: Colangelo suggests "guarded optimism" — For the last few years, Philadelphia 76ers fans have been asked to trust the rebuilding process and look toward the future. Now that future is finally becoming the present, after two years waiting for former lottery pick Joel Embiid to get healthy enough to take the court. Speaking this weekend in Springfield, Sixers special advisor Jerry Colangelo said that Sixers fans should have "guarded optimism" when it comes to Embiid's return…
"I'm sure that everyone should have optimism," Colangelo told CSNPhilly.com at the Basketball Hall of Fame. "But there's a word I've always used over the years about optimism. It should be guarded optimism because things take time. When you're building teams — and I've had the privilege of doing that quite a few times in my career — you're adding pieces here and there, and then once in a while you strike out and get that last piece. I think where the Sixers are today is, this is the beginning of that particular process, and that is building what everyone would hope to be a championship team."
Two focal points of the Sixers' future are Ben Simmons and Embiid. Simmons, a 6-foot-10 point-forward, is ready to make an impact as a rookie. Embiid, on the other hand, has been waiting two years to play following foot surgeries. Last month Embiid said he feels "100 percent" and plans to participate in training camp.
"With all of the reports that I've seen and all the footage I've seen in terms of video, it appears that he's headed in the right direction," Colangelo said of Embiid. "I know that everyone's excited about training camp because of all of the new faces. … The fortunate ability to have the first pick and select Ben Simmons, you put all those new players on paper and to add that to a roster, it's going to be really interesting, exciting to see how it all plays out."
When it comes to incoming international players, Colangelo's involvement with Team USA gave him the opportunity to meet with Dario Saric and Sergio Rodriguez in Rio during the Olympics. Saric, who signed with the Sixers two years after being drafted, had a solid showing for Croatia, while Rodriguez helped Spain win bronze.
"I thought [Saric] played very well and I complimented him on his performances," Colangelo said. "Both of them showed great enthusiasm about coming to training camp. I think it's going to be exciting to have them in Sixers uniforms very shortly."
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: New Wizards coach Scott Brooks says he isn't worried about the relationship between John Wall and Bradley Beal … Phil Jackson pays tribute to Shaq … Draymond Green pays tribute to Allen Iverson … Kevin Durant says he and Russell Westbrook are "still cool" … LeBron James' production company has sold a "sports medicine drama" to NBC.


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ANN ARBOR, MI - 08/21/2018 — Lots of news from the medical marijuana front in Michigan over the last couple months. Here is a snapshot.
State Approves Medical Marijuana for New Health Conditions
Medical marijuana was approved for 11 new medical conditions. Those conditions arthritis, autism, chronic pain, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, obsessive compulsive disorder, Parkinson's Disease, rheumatoid arthritis, spinal cord injury, Tourette's Syndrome, and ulcerative colitis.
At the same time, the state denied medical marijuana use for anxiety, asthma, brain injury, depression, diabetes, gastric ulcer, non-severe or non-chronic pain, organ transplant, panic attacks, schizophrenia, and social anxiety disorder
This might not all matter very soon, though. Voters in Michigan will soon voice their opinion on recreational marijuana. This means the state may no longer have to approve marijuana use for medical conditions. Individuals will be able to use marijuana regardless of whether the state thinks marijuana medically works for their condition.
First Marijuana Business Licenses Granted
The Michigan Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act saw the first marijuana business licenses handed out. These include a dispensary and processor in Ann Arbor, four grow operations in Chesaning, and a secure transport license in Lansing. This comes after somewhat slow progress which saw no licenses handed out.
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Legal Marijuana is Officially Put on the Ballot
Michigan voters will go to the polls this November to decide if use and possession of marijuana should be legal. This could change a lot.
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GREENVILLE , S.C. – The owner/operators of a Blythewood, S.C., Holiday Inn Express violated federal law by firing a female employee because of her gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a sex discrimination lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit against Blythewood Investments, Inc., the company hired Regina Lynn Smyth around July 19, 2007 in a maintenance position. Around July 4, 2008, Blythewood hired a new general manager. Shortly after his hire, the new GM began making comments about Smyth including that he could not believe that Holiday Inn had put a woman in her position because it was "man's work." The new GM regularly made other sexist comments to Smyth such as "You can't do this; a man could do this faster," and "He and I will take care of this – it's man's work." When Smyth reported to work on September 12, 2008, she was given a letter of discipline and terminated by the new GM. Smyth was replaced by a male, the EEOC said, and Blythewood hired only men for the maintenance position from then on.
Sex discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Blythewood Investments, Inc., d/b/a Holiday Inn Express, Civ. No. 3:10-cv-02393) in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement. In its suit, the EEOC seeks back pay, reinstatement, compensatory damages, punitive damages and injunctive relief.
"Unfortunately and incredibly, some employers still believe that a woman can not perform certain types of work," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District Office. "By firing a female employee based on that type of sexist stereotyping, an employer violates federal law and risks facing serious legal ramifications."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.
The South Carolina Human Affairs Commission (SCHAC) originally investigated Smyth's discrimination charge. SCHAC works with the EEOC in investigating charges of employment discrimination. These charges raise claims under South Carolina law as well as federal laws enforced by the EEOC. Further information about SCHAC is available on its website at www.state.sc.us/schac


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Favorite Movie: Casablanca
Favorite Book: Miles From Nowhere, by Barbara Savage
Proudest Moment: Climbing Mt. Rainier with my whole family in 2006
Ambition: To find and ski the perfect line
Go-to Media Source: Twitter
Dream Vacation: skiing the Dolomites
How I Relax: Something outside, with friends
Favorite The North Face Product: The Freethinker Jacket. It keeps me warm and dry, and I can just open the vents if I am hiking. It's bomber!
Most Humbling Moment: Tearing my Achilles tendon and burning up a snowmobile on the same day
Weakness/Guilty Pleasure: Coffee
Causes You Are Passionate About: Getting kids and people outside!
Favorite Destination for Your Sport: Anywhere on the West Coast of North America
Favorite Piece of History in Your Sport: Shane McConkey & fatter skis
Funniest Story: The first trip I went on with backcountry ski boots, 12 years ago, I put them on the wrong feet and even hiked partway up the slope before someone noticed. I guess I got them too big.
Inspiration Within the Sport: People who have fun on the mountain, no matter what they're doing. As well as people who continue to improve themselves every year.
Words To Live By/Personal Mantra: Get out and go for it!


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Hi Everyone – breaking my silence at last!! I've been keen to tell you what a fantastic lot you are and how much you have raised but have delayed because I was hoping it would be special. You may recall before the event I said we needed £106,800 to bring the grand total in the ten "Macs" to £3/4M!!
Well it didn't seem too promising when the total at the time of the event had 'only' reached £72K – still a great total for Macmillan but not when we were hoping for £106.8K. To bring you up to date there are currently 10 teams who haven't yet reached the £600 target and 2 who haven't paid in anything – including in one case the insurance money too so it's just as well they caused no damage!! If all those teams came up to £600 it would put another £3,500 into the kitty – some of them have been in touch and I know their sponsorship will come in later. In addition there is a fair discrepancy between the amount some teams have shown as 'raised offline' on their Justgiving pages and the amount they have so far sent to me – that totals another £3K so we potentially have a further £6.5K to come in yet – if everyone 'pays up', which I really do hope they will.
That detail, however, was eclipsed on my birthday – when next year's Entry Forms became available - by several cheques which came for 2011 reducing the deficit to those figures shown above BUT which, also, brought the current total to £107K – so the year of 2011 – our Tenth Mac and Macmillan's centenary - has become the year that took the grand total to £3/4M. Well done everyone in achieving such a fantastic amount – I do appreciate just how much work it has meant to so many and thank you on behalf of Macmillan for achieving such a total. To those who are included in the deficit above I hope this will be the incentive you need to send in your sponsorship to add to this year's fabulous total.
Onwards and upwards into the Olympic Mac – the post on Saturday was beaten by one 'anonymous' personal delivery of two entry forms before 06.45. Then 'Postie Dave' (Team 36 in 2010!), before 0900 as some of the entries were "Before 0900" deliveries, brought enough for us to be over half full for 2012 and I'm expecting a big postbag tomorrow - which on past showing will take us into a reserve list. If you put in your forms, (and cheques!), I'll let you know team numbers as soon as I can confirm your place. If you haven't yet raised this year's money and put in a form please let me know the situation regarding this year's money to help me make decisions if we are oversubscribed.
Once again WELL DONE MAC 2011 – you have taken the event to another level – now the target is £1M !!!!
Hope to see those of you entering in 2012 – in the meantime all drive carefully and enjoy life! Cheers - Peter


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Guspig is a word that can be pronounced unlike meaningless sets of three letters.
It means - grow up stop playing silly games
It means - grow up stop playing silly games
Many adults waste time and money using the computers at their workplace for their own purposes. The profits of shareholders, and indeed the finances of taxpayers who support such things as education and hospitals, goes rapidly down the plughole. It is time someone took these wastrels to one side and said " Guspig "
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Bill Blagg Comes to Milwaukee, 4/12-14
Illusionist Bill Blagg is coming to the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts-Vogel Hall on April 12-14 for one weekend only! Bill has been hailed by critics across the country for his unique style of magic and illusion. His action packed show features random audience volunteers floating in mid-air while others vanish at a moments notice never to return.
Bill's big break occurred when he won a prestigious magic competition at the age of 18 in the "Magic Capital of the World" Colon, MI. He went down in magic history as the youngest contestant to ever win the event. By winning he joined the ranks of his idols who include Las Vegas's very own master magician Lance Burton.
Bill is widely regarded for his unconventional magic style and original illusions. He doesn't use cards, birds or rabbits in his act. Rather Bill prefers to melt through solid steel, bring ordinary objects to life and he even makes it snow from his bare hands! He combines his magical talents with his quick wit and off-the-cuff personality which creates an incredible experience for all ages.
Tickets to see The Magic of Bill Blagg LIVE! go on sale this Friday, February 1 at the Marcus Center Box Office at 929 North Water Street, Downtown Milwaukee, by phone at 414-273-7206 or online at MarcusCenter.org and Ticketmaster.com. Groups 10+ SAVE! Call 414-273-7121 ext. 210 or 213.


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In the world of forest management, the stakes are usually pretty high. Short-term decisions and long-term planning can have huge environmental and ecological impacts—on everything from wildfires and wildlife habitat to local jobs and sustainable construction materials. When Julie Baroody started her field research in Mexico, though, the situation was put more simply (and a bit more personally): Do a good job, or a local villager goes to jail.
"Oh man," she remembers thinking, "that's a big responsibility."
Baroody, a graduate student at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS), had just arrived at a village in the highlands of Mexico's Chiapas state. Lázaro Cárdenas is a self-governed indigenous community, or ejido, based on subsistence farming and the milpa system of crop rotation. As the population has grown in recent years, the demand for new households has put greater pressure on the available timber stock, and also led to more permanent agriculture.
Each year, villagers have had to travel farther and farther to find oak for firewood—their primary source of energy, including for cooking. Community leaders were concerned they would soon run out of firewood entirely, and that only pine would remain in their traditional pine-oak forest
"Pine takeover" of the pine-oak forest is common in the highlands of Chiapas, but Baroody wanted to know how much was due to firewood harvest and how much to villagers' prioritization of pine, which can be used as timber. So began the field portion of her thesis project—with a little more than a degree on the line!
The Root of It All
Baroody moved to Seattle to start graduate school in the fall of 2011 after six years working with the Rainforest Alliance on sustainable land use. She had helped launch a program to enhance their work mitigating climate change, and part of her role involved traveling to different sites around the world.
During international trips, Baroody says she would walk through all sorts of forests and wonder about their dynamics and health—why one forest needed thinning, for instance, while another was not dense enough. Those questions eventually triggered a new plan: Find a graduate program where she could deepen her understanding of how forests work. She didn't necessarily want to be a forester, she says, but Baroody wanted a practical background in forestry to inform her project management experience.
She was living in Portland, Maine, at the time, not far from where she grew up in Blue Hill along the state's coast. Baroody then started reaching out to SEFS students and faculty who were doing work similar to what she had in mind. She ended up connecting with Jason Scullion, who was wrapping up his Master's project in Mexico (and is now working on his Ph.D.), as well as Professor Kristiina Vogt. Those conversations eventually led her to Professor Greg Ettl. "I wanted to learn about sustainable forest management, and I thought Greg would be the best person to teach me that," says Baroody. Just as important, he took her on with the understanding she would be looking for a research site abroad.
Working through her Rainforest Alliance contacts, Baroody explored a few potential options in Ghana and Peru but eventually decided on the firewood project in Mexico.
It seemed like the best opportunity for her research to have an impact on how forests are managed, but the program almost never got off the ground. Baroody often waited through long weeks of radio silence from her contacts and barely had any details finalized before flying down for several months of field work. Yet in the end the arrangement came together, and Baroody says Ettl was extremely patient and gave her the space—even when the plan seemed on the verge of collapse—to set up the project. "Greg has been really terrific," she says. "He stood by me the whole way."
Far Afield
Independent by nature, Baroody says she has a knack for stranding herself in tricky situations with minimal support—and then making the best of it. First there was an iffy study abroad program she survived in Peru, but a stiffer test came after she graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont.
Following an internship in her hometown with the Marine Environmental Research Institute, she arranged to teach Spanish literacy to kids on a local coffee farm in the Dominican Republic. Julia Alvaraz, a Dominican author of magical realism, and her husband had purchased Café Alta Gracia to transform it into a sustainable coffee business and writing retreat. It certainly sounded like a romantic adventure.
The reality for Baroody, however, was that she found herself teaching out of a shack for several months, cut off from nearly all communication with home and the outside world. Back copies of The New Yorker were her only English-language reading, and she remembers riding a guagua (basically the back of a truck) down to town to find out the results of the 2002 elections back in the United States.
She discovered a few things about herself, including that teaching might not be her true calling. Yet Baroody says she also got to live in a beautiful place near the Haitian border and came away with a memorable experience. So in the end, definitely worth it.
For this next project in Mexico, Baroody was relieved to know she would have a more extensive support network. In addition to her contacts at ProNatura Sur, the NGO she originally worked with to set up the research, Baroody would be collaborating with a local university, ECOSUR, the Colegio de la Frontera Sur. One of their professors, Dr. Neptali Ramirez Marcial, was an expert on the region's ecology and ecological transition, and he would sit on her graduate committee and assist her research.
So with her project mostly organized, Baroody arrived in Mexico in April 2012. Professor Greg Ettl flew down to Chiapas shortly after to spend a week with her and give her a crash course in field research and equipment training. Then she had her first meeting with the community leaders in Lázaro Cárdenas, the study village. "They were very concerned about their firewood use and wanted to know when it was going to run out," she says, and they were looking to her for analysis and answers. ProNatura Sur had established the relationship with Lázaro Cárdenas through a staff member who was an ejido member, and it was his freedom on the line if she made any missteps. Though the community leaders approved of the project (and sealed the deal with a shot of local liquor), it was an intimidating experience.
The Research Grind
Lazaro Cardenas is fairly isolated and self-managed, which Baroody says made the project a good laboratory experiment. Her research primarily took two forms: data collection in forest plots, and interviews with local residents to see how they use the firewood (how often they harvest, where they gather wood, how much they use, etc.).
For the latter task, she had four village elders assigned to be her research assistants and facilitate the interviews (in some cases, people they encountered only spoke the Maya language traditional to Lázaro Cárdenas, so they also served as translators from tzotzil to Spanish). Since Baroody wasn't living in the village—she rented a room in the nearby city of San Cristobal and commuted up to Lázaro Cárdenas every day—she felt the elders were indispensable for earning trust and legitimizing her work. "I couldn't have done it without them," she says.
Each morning, she and her team would head out into the field from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Later that evening when back in her room, Baroody would then set to work transcribing the day's interviews and entering data. It was an exhausting, around-the-clock schedule, and just about her only socializing came via Skype with her boyfriend back in Maine.
By June, Baroody had completed her field work and headed back to Seattle. In her final assessment, she wasn't able to tell the village exactly how long their firewood supply will last, but she collected enough information to help them create a plan to start reforesting some of the oaks, and to do more selective harvesting. She believes that as the town becomes more accessible by road, as well, increased availability of propane—which has a comparable cost of firewood—will additionally reduce some of the ecological pressure on the forest.
Jail time, in the end, was averted, and Baroody says she came away far more confident in her research and interviewing, and feeling capable of leading a team in her field. "It was trial by fire," she says, and there were times she grew frustrated with hitches and challenges beyond her control. "But I learned to be more patient and go with the flow a little bit."
This summer, Baroody is putting the final touches on her research and will be defending her thesis, "Firewood Extraction as a Catalyst of Pine-Oak Forest Degradation in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico," on Monday, August 12 (the public portion of her defense begins at noon in Anderson 22). She's also completing a final class before earning a nonprofit management certificate from the Evans School of Public Affairs.
After that, she plans to move back to Portland early this fall. She'll be taking her new puppy—a 7-month-old hound mix named Beatrice—and rejoining her boyfriend on the East Coast. The only questions left by then will be, 'Which organization will she be running, and when?'
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Sep 9, 2007 AFP
BEIJING (AFP) — A television reporter claims to have discovered China's answer to the Loch Ness monster, state press reported Sunday.
Local journalist Zhuo Yongsheng shot footage of six "seal-like" creatures in the northeastern Tianchi lake, which local legend has long said is home to Loch Ness-style monsters.
"They could swim as fast as yachts and at times they would all disappear in the water," the Xinhua news agency quoted Zhuo as saying. "Their fins, or maybe wings, were longer than their bodies."
Legend says that China's own version of Scotland's legendary monster has dwelled in the murky bottom of the volcanic lake for over a century.
The original "Nessie" dates back to the seventh century, when a water beast is said to have appeared before Saint Columba, the founder of Christianity in Scotland in the Highland lake's depths.
Zhuo said he had not previously believed in the lake monster legend, "but I believed my own eyes."
However, scientists dismissed the reports, saying the lake was too cold for life.
Volcanic eruptions would also make life extremely hazardous for any animal making its home there, they said
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Whoopi Goldberg is a product of Hollywood: she was Celie Johnson in The Color Purple in 1985, Oda Mae Brown in Ghost in 1990, and Sister Mary Clarence in Sister Act in 1992. She has won an Oscar, a couple of Emmys and Golden Globes, a Tony, and a Grammy.
But this past June, she turned not to a studio but to Kickstarter, the crowd-funding platform, for the $65,000 she needed to finish producing her documentary about Moms Mabley, a standup comedian who is one of Ms. Goldberg's role models.
She raised what she needed, but the effort wasn't totally stress-free. "People got really pissed at me," Ms. Goldberg said last week at an Advertising Week panel discussion on the Future of Film. "People just assume that you're sitting on wads of dough."
Welcome to today—when the studios are churning out sequels, when producers are conducting experiments with new distribution models, when celebrities are turning to Internet supporters to fund their passion projects, and when brands that used to focus on creating 30-second spots are creating feature-length films.
It's clear that today's film industry is looking less and less like the film industry of the 20th Century. So, what's in store for the future? The Ad Week panel—which included Ms. Goldberg, as well as Tribeca Enterprises' Jon Patricof, ESPN Films' Connor Schell, GE's Judy Hu, and Ogilvy's Doug Scott—proposed some answers. Here are the five top lessons of the afternoon:
1. Storytelling won't die—if anything, it will grow stronger.
A lot of top movies today are not telling original stories: they are sequels or prequels; they are cinematic versions of popular books; they are remakes of popular classics. But don't be fooled. Storytelling will become more important than ever in the years to come.
"I don't think the public has given up on original storytelling," Ms. Goldberg said. "Now that we've given everybody the ability to have an opinion, everybody does." Mr. Scott said there is increasing competition for leisure time, and spinoffs are safe bets. But, he said, audiences are craving stories told by independent voices.
2. Movies will meet audiences on their own turf.
The studios are perpetually worried about declining box office receipts. The New York Times reported last month that ticket sales were down three percent over the summer.
But with new digital platforms and distribution models, movies will—more and more—meet consumers where they are. "We want our audience to find these films wherever they're consuming," Mr. Schell said.
3. Social influence will drive content.
A news story last week contended that studios are now relying on Klout scores to choose projects because stars with serious social media savvy are valuable assets. As Twitter, Facebook, and other social platforms increasingly make it possible to track trust and influence, they also become ways to predict how popular a star will be or how quickly an idea will catch on.
In this environment, stars like Whoopi Goldberg—who regularly interacts with her nearly 260,000 Twitter followers—will be better positioned than social media hermits to launch new projects and tell new stories.
4. It will be attractive (and easy) to create films without going to film school.
With technology making it cheaper and easier to make movies, and frustration with the old studio system growing, more and more people (and brands) are creating films. GE has created about 30 short films to promote what Ms. Hu called "inspirational messages," and ESPN has created 45 feature-length documentaries about sports. Mr. Patricof said the Tribeca Film Festival is receiving more and more submissions each year. (This past year, it got about 6,000.) The panelists seemed confident that this trend would continue as the technology continues to improve.
"Society looks for stories. We want to learn. We want to laugh. We want to have connections with people who have similar interests," Mr. Scott said. Social media, he said, is giving brands a new outlet for telling stories and creating what he calls "cultural artifacts."
5. Re-education will be required to ensure survival.
With new players—from individuals to big brands—popping up regularly in the film industry, the old players need to forget some of the rules they have learned over the course of their careers.
"Filmmakers have to un-learn what they've learned about the traditional models," Mr. Schell said. "Change has to be accepted through the full creative lifecycle."
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Cockroach Control in Charlo
Hello and welcome to the Charlo Cockroach control specialists page. We deal with any cockroach infestation fast and effectively ensuring guaranteed results.
If you reside in or around Charlo, Charlo Pest Control should be your first port of call when it comes to German cockroaches, American cockroaches or any pest and non-pest cockroaches. With many years of experience in dealing with cockroach infestations in Charlo, our trained and experienced technicians here at Charlo Pest Control will treat your infestation uniquely to ensure guaranteed results.
A bit about cockroaches in Charlo:
The two most common cockroaches in Charlo are the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) and the German cockroach (Blattella germanica)
German cockroach adults range from 1,3cm - 1,6cm in size and are mostly found in refrigeration motors, under kitchen sinks and in ovens. German Cockroaches are mostly active at night although in high infestations they can be found wondering your Charlo kitchen during the day. German cockroaches are omnivorous mainly feeding on starchy sugary foods as well as grease from meats found in stoves and ovens.
American cockroaches adults are about 4cm long and found mainly in kitchen cupboards, drains or in moist dark basements in and around your Charlo home. American cockroaches are mostly also only active at night.
If you have a cockroach control problem or any pest control problem in or around Charlo call Charlo Pest Control for all your cockroach control needs.
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Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks needed more than three quarters to warm up at Minnesota.
Then, the Vikings kicked away their chance to beat the two-time defending NFC champions.
Blair Walsh's 27-yard field goal try into the frigid wind hooked left with 22 seconds remaining, handing the Seahawks a 10-9 victory over the stunned Vikings on a Sunday afternoon in their wild-card round playoff game in below-zero weather that tied for the third-coldest NFL game on record.
The Seahawks (11-6) didn't score until Russell Wilson's short touchdown pass to Doug Baldwin early in the fourth quarter, and a fumble by Adrian Peterson for the Vikings on the next possession set up a...


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If you don't mind some CNS shameless self-promotion, we think we've got a winner here — and it's in an old-fashioned print publication.
I'm talking of course about Origins, our documentary service, which has been selling like, well, hotcakes at a K of C pancake breakfast for the past month since we published an Origins special edition with all the texts of Pope Benedict's U.S. trip.
Sure, you can get them all for free off the Internet, but then what? Print them yourself? Leave them on your hard drive? Copy them to a flash drive (even though you'll still need a device to view them)?
Or, for a mere $5, you can purchase this one issue of Origins, then keep it in your briefcase, on your bookshelf or on your desk for ready reference or for small chunks of inspiration, much like you might take 10 minutes to read a particular chapter from the Bible and reflect on its meaning for your life.
Bulk rates are also available: $4.00 each for 2-9 copies; $3.50 each for 10-25 copies; $3.00 each for 26-49 copies; $2.50 each for 50-99 copies; and $2.00 each plus shipping for 100-plus copies (perfect for schools or parish study groups).
This special 36-page edition of Origins includes the full texts of everything on the pope's itinerary: the welcome ceremony with President Bush; the speeches to the bishops and educators; the address to the U.N.; the homilies of the papal Masses; and much more. (Origins' online subscribers can click here for the full contents.)
Copies of this edition of Origins (Vol. 37, No. 46; May 1, 2008) can be purchased online at http://www.originsonline.com/ (look for the blurb on the right and click there or here), or by calling (202) 541-3290.
The Internet is great, and so are old-fashioned print products, but neither is perfect and this is an example where the latter is preferable to the former.


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The protocols powering the real-time web
In the past few weeks there has been a lot of discussion around the rise of the real-time web, including posts from TechCrunch, GigaOm, ReadWriteWeb and Scoble. A lot of the talk has been around Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, OneRiot and of course Google. You don't have to be a genius to figure out that real-time is the future of the web. I believe there is a huge need for the tech community to develop new protocols that will power this fundamental shift in how web apps work.
The problem is our existing protocols are request driven instead of event driven. The web we know and love wasn't built with real-time in mind.
Tim O'Reilly sent a tweet from OSCON08 that really captures the essence of the polling problem:
On monday friendfeed polled flickr nearly 3 million times for 45000 users, only 6K of whom were logged in. Architectural mismatch. #oscon08
At EventVue we have a dedicated server that does little more than poll for new blog posts from attendees. We have a few tricks to reduce the pain, but we're still polling thousands of blogs every hour even though 99% of them haven't added any fresh content since the last time we checked. With blog posts, people are used to having a small delay before they show up in Google Reader or other services. We're not so forgiving when it takes 30 minutes for a tweet to show up in a client application, even though getting real-time data from twitter using polling is virtually impossible.
So what is the solution?
Some people have said that XMPP holds the answer, but how many developers do you know who have set up an XMPP server before? Right. Me too. XMPP may be a viable transport method but I think we'd be better off using something that is simpler and more familiar to developers.
Another prominent response to the polling problem is the Simple Update Protocol (SUP) that was proposed by Paul Buchheit from Friendfeed. SUP is certainly an improvement over our current protocols, but what frustrates me is that it only reduces polling instead of eliminating it altogether. It may make sense for FriendFeed, but it's not something I would add to my blog.
My favorite approach is PubSubHubbub that was proposed by Brad Fitzpatrick and Brett Slatkin from Google. PubSubHubbub might have a horrible name, but the protocol is exactly what we need to fix our polling problems. It's lightweight, simple to understand and built on top of basic HTTP.
PubSubHubbub is a simple extension to ATOM that uses webhook callbacks to deliver practically instant notifications between servers when a feed is updated. The protocol is decentralized and free. Anyone can run a hub. Anyone can be a publisher or a subscriber. I like that it eliminates polling altogether and is incredibly simple to implement. I took a stab at writing the PHP client library and was able to take it from protocol spec to code in less than 2 hours.
If you're interested, you can check out my PubSubHubbub PHP library and download and install the PubSubHubbub WordPress plugin I wrote as well.
It's worth mentioning the role that Gnip plays in all of this. Gnip has been leading the charge against the evils of polling. I've been a big fan of their service and have written before how they helped EventVue. But at the end of the day, the winning technology shouldn't be in the hands of one company — it should be open and distributed. Open protocols don't eliminate the need for Gnip. Trusted hubs like Gnip will play an important role in handling the flow of data between publishers and subscribers. Companies will pay good money to off-load that work, and Gnip is already at the center of that opportunity. I'd love to see Gnip embrace the open protocols that are being developed and lead the drive for adoption of PubSubHubbub in particular.
I'm excited about PubSubHubbub for a few reasons. First, it opens the door for a whole new range of real-time applications that simply aren't possible today. It's also a chance for me to contribute to solving a really big problem and an opportunity for me to get in on the ground level of something I believe is going to be huge. I wasn't able to contribute to the design of HTTP or sit in on the conversations that led to the development of the RSS protocol. But one day I'm going to be able to brag that Online Aspect was the very first blog on the web to support PubSubHubbub. And for a geek like me, that's pretty cool.


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Optimised Motion Series: low-cost with optimised performance
A package that makes moving and positioning easier than ever before while being significantly cheaper than conventional electrical solutions.
In the package: motor controller (drive system) with servo motor technology including matching cabling
Everything has a unique type code: easy to configure and to order the right size and combination. As a result, the workload is reduced in your purchasing department and you save time, because the individual parts no longer have to be assembled.
Plus: quick parameterisation and commissioning thanks to web server/browser concept
Electric cylinder EPCO
Electric cylinder with non-rotating piston rod and plain bearing guide. Even more powerful and versatile with optional guide unit.
- Available in 3 sizes with strokes of up to 400 mm
- With permanently mounted, optimally tuned motor in all sizes
Toothed belt axis ELGR
For simple and cost-efficient automation tasks
- Long service life of 5,000 km
- Three sizes for payloads of up to 6.8 kg
Optimised Motion Series in the system
Cost-effective multi-axis solutions for simple handling tasks
- Easy assembly without the need for adapters
- Easy configuration of individual axes and rotary drive via WebConfig
How easy is it to assemble a complete handling system?
Configuration with WebConfig
Quick and easy configuration and parameterisation
- Download parameter set from the parameter cloud
- Parameterise up to seven freely definable positions directly on the PC
Software Festo Configuration Tool FCT
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Columbus Public Health officials are calling on residents to help control mosquitoes and fight the spread of the West Nile virus.
Columbus Public Health officials are calling on residents to help control mosquitoes and fight the spread of the West Nile virus.
Eliminating standing water can go a long way in eradicating the pests, said Jose Rodriguez, spokesman for the city's health authority.
Children's toys, discarded tires, stopped-up gutters and downspout troughs provide fertile ground for the insects, which can repopulate in very small amounts of water, Rodriguez said.
Even bird baths are a source for larvae, so residents are asked to frequently refresh the water, he said.
Rain barrels, a new trend in many areas, also should be frequently monitored, Rodriguez said.
People also can help by wearing insect repellent, staying indoors and wearing long sleeves and pants during early-morning and late-evening hours, and checking and repairing window screens.
Since May, Columbus Public Health has been responding to reports of standing water and treating it, when appropriate, to avoid mosquito growth.
"We base it on residents' complaints and we also survey the area," Rodriguez said.
This month, health workers began conducting tests for West Nile virus in the mosquito population.
That will help determine where to deploy forces in spraying for mosquitoes and dropping chemicals in standing water, Rodriguez said.
"What we do now will have an impact in several weeks when we see the mosquito population grow," he said.
"We depend on our residents to provide us information on where they see standing water. It's really a partnership with our residents."
In 2012, 214 mosquito pools submitted by Columbus Public Health were confirmed positive for West Nile virus by the Ohio Department of Health Zoonotic Disease program, Rodriguez said.
There were five known human cases of the disease in Franklin County with 121 total known cases in Ohio, he said.
The city will begin spraying neighborhoods the first week of July.
Before sending trucks into neighborhoods, the city considers a variety of criteria, such as locating a substantial mosquito population and identifying where vector-borne diseases, such as West Nile, currently are found or have been detected in the past.
"We just don't spray for nuisance," Rodriguez said. "We spray for controlling disease."
Luke Jacobs, section chief of the division of environmental health, said the city uses pyrethrum-based pesticides derived from chrysanthemums.
The pesticides are considered safe for humans and environment, he said.
However, the pesticide does kill other winged insects, so the city sprays in the early morning when mosquitoes are most active and other insects are not, Jacobs said.
Likewise, the city does not spray around apiaries.
In addition, the city uses pesticides containing the BTI bacterium to combat larvae in standing water.
It, too, is considered safe for humans and the environment, and is even available at many hardware stores, Jacobs said.
Residents are notified when spraying will take place so individuals can ask to be removed from the list, Jacobs said. Trucks will turn off the spray within 150 to 200 feet of an individual property and will resume spraying after that, he said.
Still, individuals are asked to avoid the spray as much as possible, he said.
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A suspected drunken driver faces two counts of vehicular homicide after two women in his vehicle were killed in an accident Saturday afternoon.
A suspected drunken driver faces two counts of vehicular homicide after two women in his vehicle were killed in an accident Saturday afternoon.
A third woman was killed in an accident early Saturday morning.
Shortly before 1:30 p.m., Jimmy Vizinat, 36, of Larose, who is being held in the Lafourche Parish jail, was driving a 2005 Mercury Marquis south on La. 24 just outside the Grand Bois community in Lafourche Parish when he crossed the center line into the path of an oncoming 18-wheeler, State Police said.
Vizinat's right-front passenger, Patricia Vega, 42, of Houma, jerked the steering wheel to the right to avoid the truck, and the car traveled off the side of the road, hitting a tree and killing Vega and Cari Scofield, 27, of Houma, police said.
Vizinat was not injured, but three of his passengers received minor injuries and were being treated at Terrebonne General Medical Center, police said.
Police said Vizinat submitted to a breath test and was found to be over the legal limit of 0.08 blood-alcohol content. He was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, three counts of vehicular negligent injuring, driving left of center and no driver's license.
Seat belt use in the crash was not immediately known, police said.
The victim in the earlier accident, Kacie Jarreau, 23, of Raceland, was killed after the car she was driving veered off the road and struck a utility pole, police said.
She was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred shortly before 4 a.m. along La. 1, just south of the St. Charles Community in Lafourche Parish, Troop C reported.
Jarreau was driving south in a 2003 Chevrolet Impala and failed to negotiate a curve, veering off the right side of the road. Her car rolled into a ditch and traveled for a short distance before crossing a driveway, police said. The car went airborne and began to rotate clockwise until it struck a utility pole on the driver's side.
Jarreau was wearing her seat belt, police said. Alcohol use is not suspected, but routine toxicology tests are pending.
Staff Writer Sydni Dunn contributed to this report.


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When a culvert is blocked on a rainy day, watch out! Roads and bridges don't stand a chance against rushing waters. Just check out the damage on Purisima Creek Trail.
I've been riding this "trail" since 1980, so I have some knowledge of its history, its good times and bad. This was a well used logging road up until the late 1970s. The canyon has been logged many times.
The road was better maintained then than it ever has been since falling into government hands. It all comes down to money. The logging companies had a vested interest in keeping the road serviceable. Today, not so much. It is, after all, a trail now.
But on with the ride. I left early to avoid the heat, although it wasn't nearly as hot today as Saturday. On the ride up Kings Mountain Road, I joined participants in the Sequoia Century. Yesterday's baking heat had hardly dissipated from the road, despite the fog that moved in overnight. I noticed temps climb into the upper 60s from the cooler valley.
After a short ride north on Skyline it was time for a left turn onto Purisima Creek Trail, where I saw a parked hydraulic excavator, and a sign next to it saying a bridge was out.
The first half-mile of steep descending had the usual layer of unpleasant rock ballast to hinder the ride. Heavy use, especially from riding in the wet, hasn't done the trail any favors. At least I can say I took this road when it offered unspeakable pleasure — smooth and fast with a layer of redwood needles — that's how I like my dirt roads.
Before the area of devastation, I came upon a couple of roadies making good time up the steep grade (17% in places). It's nice to see the Jobst Rider creed hasn't entirely disappeared.
At the last sweeping bend that marks the end of the steep stuff, I came across the blocked culvert. It's so sad to see.
Farther down on the usually smooth flat section I noticed quite a bit of rutting. It wasn't all that wet this winter, so it's hard to fathom a cause.
Back on pavement I continued on Purisima Creek Road (53 F) through a wide valley marked by the occasional ranch house. One rancher has a pumpjack running. Water or oil? Next time I'll stop and ask. He lives near a rusting oil well that sits forlornly on a hill overlooking the road. This is part of the Purisima Formation and Half Moon Bay oil field, which has yielded 58,000 barrels over 100 years.
On Hwy 1, heading south, I picked up a cavalcade of pedalers on their way from San Francisco to Los Angeles, raising money for AIDS research.
I decided to check out Lobitos Creek Cutoff as an alternate route to Tunitas Creek Road. It has a little extra gratuitous climbing, and the scenery is nothing appealing, but it offers variety.
Tunitas Creek Road gave me a chance to warm up and leave the fog-shrouded coast behind. Quite a few riders joined me and I cursed my bike as each one passed by. "If only I had bought a Trek, a Specialized, a Klein…"
I sped back down Kings Mountain Road and headed home on Foothill Boulevard to call it a day.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – When Fred Couples cruises the fairways, golf fans see the essence of carefree cool.
Jason Dufner exudes a lot of that same laid-back demeanor, too – though that's pretty much where the comparisons end. Couples, 52, is a major champion and a fan favorite; Dufner's still seeking his first PGA Tour win at age 35.
Different eras, different career paths. But the same destination Friday, sharing the Masters lead.
Couples, playing 20 years after his lone Masters title, turned back the clock on his younger rivals with a 5-under-par 67 that made him the oldest man to hold an overnight Masters lead.
"I feel like I'm very young when I get here," Couples told a packed room of media.
Four groups earlier, Dufner had completed his 70 in relative anonymity with a bogey that wound up costing him the chance to stand alone at the top.
"I'm just trying to have a nice round of golf," said Dufner, who wasn't even brought down to the media center for a formal Q&A. "Play well, commit to my shots and let the rest take care of itself."
There's still plenty to shake out over the weekend, with 16 golfers trailing by three shots or fewer. That includes the reigning U.S. Open champion (Rory McIlroy), two former Masters winners (Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh), two former British Open champs (Louis Oosthuizen, Paul Lawrie) and the best player still without a major (Lee Westwood).
"There was a lot going on there," Couples said. "And for me to be a part of it, that's really amazing."
Couples and Dufner completed 36 holes in 5-under 139, the highest two-day leading score since 2007. Five men were just one shot back – McIlroy (69), Westwood (73), Oosthuizen (72), Sergio Garcia (68) and Bubba Watson (71).
Tiger Woods, meanwhile, finds himself with eight shots to make up after a frustrating 3-over 75. Among the mishaps were a penalty drop from the bank of Rae's Creek at No.13, a bruised spectator alongside No.15, and a drop-kick of his club after a bad tee shot at No.16.
"I didn't quite have it today with my swing, and unfortunately I just had to hang in there and be patient," Woods said.
Couples, who won a Champions Tour event in Mississippi two weeks ago, came within one stroke of his best score ever at Augusta National with his 67. In the process, he wound up surpassing Lee Trevino – age 49 in 1989 – as the oldest to hold a Masters lead.
"I've said it for 28 years that this is my favorite golf tournament in the world," Couples said. "I don't feel too much stress."
Dufner had a chance to hold the lead by himself when a birdie at the par-3 16th moved him to 6-under for the week. But he bogeyed No.18 after picking up mud on his golf ball.
The Alabama pro had a chance to win the PGA Championship last year, losing a playoff to Keegan Bradley after three bogeys in his final four holes helped dissipate a five-shot lead.
"It didn't quite work," he said, "but it carried over into this year. It gave me confidence that I can compete and play at a high level out here."
Dufner hasn't won since the 2006 LaSalle Bank Open – a Nationwide Tour event played outside Chicago.
Westwood also stood at 6-under going to the final hole, but hooked his second shot and then three-putted for a double bogey that ended his bogey-free run at 24 holes.
The cut was drawn at 5-over 149, allowing 63 entrants to play the weekend. Eighteen of them were saved by the rule that keeps anyone within 10 shots of the lead from being sent home. Not since 1992 has the Masters had as many weekend players.
Among those who still didn't survive: British Open champion Darren Clarke, Humana Challenge winner Mark Wilson, Players Championship titleholder K.J. Choi, plus Hall of Famers Tom Watson, Bernhard Langer and Ben Crenshaw, Jose Maria Olazabal and five other former Masters winners.
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NOAA Environmental Software Infrastructure and Interoperability Group (NESII) – develops a range of software products to support research and operations in the Earth system sciences. It includes the development team for the Earth System Modeling Framework, the leading U.S. software framework for building and coupling together modeling components; the Earth System Curator project, which collaborates with a host of global partners to deliver metadata services for CMIP5 and other model intercomparison projects; the team developing a Common Model Architecture for U.S. global operational weather forecasting; and the Global Interoperability Program, a NOAA effort to encourage the sharing of infrastructure across related environmental disciplines, and the integration of tools to create end-to-end workflows. These and other projects in the NESII group form a critical part of the national infrastructure for Earth system modeling and data services.
Research for Renewable Energy Development – Renewable energy sources depend on improved atmospheric information to be economically viable and successfully integrated into the U.S. electrical grid system. Further, proposed ocean-based renewable energy technologies, including hydrokinetic energy and ocean thermal energy conversion, will require research and information about ocean conditions and processes before they can be developed. NOAA can contribute to the development and integration of renewable-energy sources into the U.S. energy system through better atmospheric and oceanic observations, models, forecasts, and analysis tools.
Datasets, experimental forecasts, and observations produced at ESRL.
Climate Products Interactive Plotting and Analysis Tool
ESRL provides public access to a number of climate data sets maintained for research purposes through this interactive, web-based plotting and analysis tool.
Ground-Based GPS Meteorology Network
The Ground-Based GPS Meteorology project, consisting of more than 300 GPS water vapor observing systems, provide near real-time integrated precipitable water vapor (IPW) measurements for weather forecasting, climate modeling, observing system calibration and validation, and research. This project also provides raw GPS measurements to the NOAA Continuously Operating Reference Station Network and the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center.
Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)
MADIS provides value-added, quality-controlled observational data from sensors around the world, for the purpose of supporting meteorological research. MADIS also develops software to improve access to observational data.
NOAA Profiler Network
Housed at ESRL, the National Weather Service manages, operates, and maintains the NOAA Profiler Network, consisting of 35 wind profilers located in the central United States and Alaska. Wind profilers are upward-looking, highly-sensitive, Doppler radars that can measure the winds above the site. They are specifically designed to measure vertical profiles of horizontal wind speed and direction.
Precipitation Anomalies Product: Current and Anticipated
A program to monitor current precipitation anomalies across the United States and generate experimental forecasts as to anomalies occuring over the next 2 weeks to 6 months.
Rapid Update Cycle/Rapid Refresh Numerical Weather Model
The Rapid Update Cycle Model is a numerical weather model developed to provide the high-resolution weather simulations necessary for aviation forecasts. Experimental forecasts are generated at ESRL to continue development of the model, while the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) uses a production version to issue operational forecasts.
Services provided by ESRL to support the research and operational functions of NOAA and other partners.
Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS)
The Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) provides the most complete source of aviation-related weather information on the Internet. In addition to providing conventional products and observations, ADDS provides state-of-the-art graphical forecasts for icing, turbulence, and convection, along with advanced interactive methods for viewing those forecasts. ADDS was developed jointly by ESRL, NCAR's Research Applications Laboratory, and the NWS Aviation Weather Center. Funding was provided by the FAA's Aviation Weather Research Program.
Climate Products Map Room
The Climate Products Map Room supports real-time climate monitoring efforts by providing access to short-term operational weather products from the National Centers for Environmental Predicition (NCEP) and long-term research-oriented climate products produced from in-house data sets. The Map Room is used by researchers to:
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RTVS provides feedback on forecast quality to forecasters, model developers, and managers. The RTVS group also participates in developing and enhancing verification methods. A Network-Enabled Verification Service (NEVS) is under development. NEVS will replace the RTVS in 2011.
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FX-Net is a network-based meteorological workstation that provides access to the basic display capability of an AWIPS workstation, the workstation used by the National Weather Service, via the Internet. FX-Net is intended to be an inexpensive PC workstation system for use in a variety of forecast, training, education, and research applications where the full capabilities of a Weather Forecast Office Advanced type system are not required.
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