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Paphos taxi drivers scupper charity's work
By Bejay Browne April 17, 2016 May 4, 2016 116 325
A PAPHOS based non-profit organisation has been banned by the transport ministry from using a donated mini bus to carry wounded service personnel during their holidays to Cyprus because taxi drivers have objected, the founder of the charity has said.
The charity is appealing to the ministry to reverse the ban and allow them to use their donated minibus
The van was donated to MARCH – Military and Retired Cyprus Holidays for Heroes – a number of years ago by Arriva UK, which operates bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus services in 14 countries across Europe.
"We were so grateful for the bus and excited to have it, it helped us tremendously and we only had to pay for the shipping costs. But for the last two years we have been fighting the ministry of transport for permission to carry on using it," said Alan Wilson, who set up MARCH with wife Barbara in 2010.
MARCH operates holidays for injured or traumatised military serving or non-serving personnel and has become hugely successful over the last six years. The non-profit organisation has catered for all types of injuries including: tetraplegics, paraplegics, the blind, burns victims and amputees of all descriptions, and also those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Wilson would collect the wounded personnel from the airport in the minibus which is fitted with a chair lift, and was also available to drive them around during their holiday if required.
Former serviceman Stephen Brown, who is tetraplegic, is helped into the mini-bus which the MARCH charity is no longer allowed to use
But for the last six or seven months, the bus has remained languishing in his driveway, following a letter from the ministry of transport preventing the non-profit organisation from using the mini bus for airport runs, or at any other time.
Wilson said the problem arose after a MARCH volunteer and member of a Paphos based amateur dramatic theatre company put a piece in a local paper which said that they would continue to sponsor the running costs of the bus, in return for using it to transport theatre goers from a nearby car park to the theatre, when necessary.
"Some local taxi drivers got hold of this and didn't like it and the head of the local union turned up at our meeting with the road transport department in Paphos," said Wilson. "We showed them photos of the people we are helping who are coming here on holiday. Some are severely wounded, or have suffered bad burns and many are wheelchair users. But they said that we are taking work away from them, stealing their work in fact, and they complained about us."
Taxi drivers have long complained of private drivers cutting in on their trade by ferrying travellers to and from the airport for a fee and have done their upmost to stop the practice. But Wilson said the organisation has all of the documents for the bus which is clearly used for charitable purposes.
Andreas Themis recently took over as the head of the Paphos taxi drivers association and said that he was unaware of MARCH or any complaint made against the organisation by his association in the past.
However, he did say that if they were properly licensed by the government, they wouldn't be facing any problems.
His colleague, George, also a taxi driver, said that the non-profit organisation must be up to 'shady dealings', otherwise the taxi drivers wouldn't have complained in the first place.
"They must've seen the driver taking money; we are fed up with British people living here who are taking our jobs and then complaining about the taxi drivers. They take money for these journeys."
Responding to the information that MARCH is a non-profit organisation for wounded soldiers so they may holiday in Cyprus, he said that although he respects the injured, he is fed up with these sorts of complaints.
"Everybody puts 'charity' in front of so many things. There are too many 'charities' in Paphos and they all do other jobs. Don't tell me this is a charity, behind this is big business."
The ministry of transport seem set on the idea that MARCH is obtaining money to transport visitors, as the theatre company said they would continue to sponsor the bus, said Wilson. But he noted that any sponsorship is used to run the service.
"I can't seem to make them understand and it seems they are supporting the taxi drivers. There is no profit to be made here by us," he said.
Wilson said that the former head of the taxi association dug his heels in over the matter arguing that there was a number of taxis which are equipped to transport wheel chair users and that MARCH was taking away income from them.
"We have been working with disabled and injured personal for a long time and we understand their needs, we have specialist knowledge and they feel comfortable with us. Also, the idea is that they don't pay for their transport, if they need to go anywhere, I take them, and this is part of what we do. That's why we have the bus. It's heart-breaking," he said.
Wilson said that MARCH had complied with all of the criteria regarding the minibus set out by the government, including removing a number of seats from the 17-seater bringing it down to 11.
An end to the problem may however be in sight.
After enquiries by the Sunday Mail this week to the road transport department, one official, Antonis Sharmas, contacted Wilson and said that he would help him go through all of the procedures correctly, so that the minibus can get back on the road.
If you can donate a property: www.march-cy.org[email protected] 00357 99850355
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Todd Lodwick: A Veteran In His Sport Working To Help The Armed Forces
By Lisa Costantini | Dec. 03, 2013, 10 a.m. (ET)
Bill Demong, Todd Lodwick, Bryan Fletcher and Taylor Fletcher celebrate third place in the 4x5-kilometer team event during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on Feb. 24, 2013 in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
Todd Lodwick skis in the 4x5-kilometer team event of the FIS Nordic
World Ski Championships on Feb. 24, 2013 in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
Todd Lodwick is what you could call a veteran. The 37-year-old Nordic combined skier has been competing in the Olympic Winter Games since he was a teenager when, at 17 years old, he walked in his first Opening Ceremony at the 1994 Lillehammer Games. Qualifying for Sochi 2014 would make him Team USA's first six-time winter Olympian — a label he describes as "humbling." Though it beats his current title as the oldest guy competing on the Nordic combined world cup tour. But he says it's thanks to his own early start that he is able to still connect with the younger crowd.
His lengthy experience in sport has led him to appreciate others who have spent their lives dedicated to a cause. Which is how, despite not having a military background, the veteran of his sport joined forces with American 300, a foundation that works to improve troop morale to service members in the States and stationed abroad. As someone who launched a career at a young age, Lodwick is able to draw parallels between the two. "A lot of our service members are right out of high school, they're 18, 19, 20, and they've been given some huge responsibilities."
Lodwick got involved nearly four years ago when his ski team's former wax tech, Rob Powers (a founding member of American 300), introduced him to the organization. From the start it "took a gripping hold on me. Once I saw it first-hand I knew it was something that I wanted to be involved with."
The 2010 Olympic silver medalist in the 4x5-kilometer team event has worked with the organization and interacted directly with the troops during visits to places like Iraq. His role, he said, is to "just be there and listen to stories. We want to tell them we know that their job is hard and how much we appreciate it."
Lodwick's favorite trip with American 300 to date was when he joined fellow teammates Johnny Spillane, Billy Demong and Brett Camerota on the "Heavy Medal Tour." The group spent 10 days in Baghdad sharing their Olympic medals and swapping stories.
"Rob brought us to bring morale," Lodwick said. "We went everywhere from C-130s to dining halls to mess halls to oil platforms. Of course there was some fun along the way — and we got to pull some triggers and blow some stuff up — but in the end we all got together to share some stories. I definitely came away from it with a much broader respect for our men and women in uniform."
As someone who placed fourth in two separate Winter Games, he said he comes away from these trips wanting to "go out and train that much harder" — motivating him to add to the silver medal he currently travels with. "I can't wait for the next trip and hopefully be sharing a Sochi medal instead of a Vancouver medal."
He still feels proud to share the medal with the very service members who fight for our country's freedom. "I want to let them know if it wasn't for them, it wouldn't have been possible for a kid like me who dreamed about skiing to go and compete in the Olympic Games."
Born and raised in the winter environs of Steamboat Springs, Colo., Lodwick couldn't imagine doing anything else as a career. "There is something about flying through the air at 60 miles an hour with a pair of big skis on your feet. It's one of those sports that is hard to explain to people, but I don't think I could ever ponder doing anything different than what I was doing."
The time will come when he is forced to find a new passion, but for now he says it will have to wait until after February. Having overcome some health issues at the end of the 2011 season, Lodwick is now feeling "pretty good. I train hard. And the greatest part about it is I've got teammates to rely on if I'm down, and they're right there to bring me back up. Hopefully I'm providing that to them as well."
The U.S. Nordic combined team has a lot of expectations going into the Sochi Games but they are "looking strong; and as long as we all stay healthy and positive, I think performing at our best is going to be right up there on the medals platform." But first, he says he has to make the team.
"I have to make sure I am doing everything every day to get there." To be the first six-time winter Olympian for Team USA is something he hopes "will come to fruition. Because it comes with a lot of personal gratification to get to the Olympic Games, not just once, but multiple times."
He knows that he has American 300 rooting him on. "I can't tell you how much the organization and the people who are involved with that have given me that little extra that pushes me down the road. I get a lot of gratification out of being associated with a program like that."
It's something he said he hopes to share more with his kids — 8-year-old daughter Charley, and his son Finn, who is 4. "After the Olympic Games I can't wait to be more involved with them and American 300, as I will have so much more time."
Free time will be something new to the competitive skier, but something he is looking forward to.
"My intentions after the Games are to take some serious time off; get away from the sport — whether that brings me back to the Olympic Games or competitiveness, I don't know. The door is never closed, but I'm looking forward to taking some time off, for sure. Concentrate on my kids and the next part of my life."
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President Russell M. Nelson's fast-paced global ministry
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints waves to attendees after a devotional in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hugs children after a devotional in Asunción, Paraguay, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds Pierina Risso, 3, while meeting with her four-generation Latter-day Saint family in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Credit: Screenshot Church News video
Sister missionaries smile after meeting with President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lima, Peru, on Oct. 20, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, meet with youth in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, talks with children while meeting with a three-generation family in Singapore on Nov. 20, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, meet with youth in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Nov. 18, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Elder O. Vincent Halleck speak with media after meeting with 'Aho'eitu Tupou VI, King of Tonga, at the Royal Palace in Tonga on May 23, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, receive a lei in Tonga on May 23, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, with Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife, Sister Mary Cook , wave to missionaries after speaking during a Brazil Brasília Mission meeting in Brasilia, Brazil on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, and Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Mary Cook, wave to attendees after a devotional in São Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, meet with youth in Bogotá, Colombia, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, right, along with Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Mary G. Cook, say goodbye at the end of a Latin America Ministry Tour devotional in Quito, Ecuador, on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News
Attendees listen to President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speak during a devotional at Estadio Cementos Progreso stadium in Guatemala City on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred
President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Patricia Holland, tour the new temple site in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, April 20, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson, his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Sister Patricia Holland pause before a devotional in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, April 20, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, are greeted and given flowers by Primary children in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, April 20, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, hold up Four Tanapumtonger after a devotional in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, April 20, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
During the devotional in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, April 17, President Russell M. Nelson invites the Primary children to stand and sing "I Am a Child of God." A girl in the choir was invited to the podium to sing with the rest of the children. Credit: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks during a special devotional in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, April 16, 2018. Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy Watson Nelson greet some of those in attendance following a special devotional in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, April 16, 2018. Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy Nelson greet those in attendance following a meeting at the Hyde Park Chapel in London on Thursday, April 12, 2018. Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson speaks during Jerusalem District Conference at the BYU Jerusalem Center in Jerusalem on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson looks over the grounds at the BYU Jerusalem Center in Jerusalem on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles talk to media during a press conference in Asunción, Paraguay, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints smiles after leaving the Government Palace after speaking with the president of Peru in Lima, Peru, on Oct. 20, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, greet attendees after a devotional in Lima, Peru, on Oct. 20, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Church members gather in a tent at sunset to listen to President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Church members gather in a tent to listen to President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Credit: Taylor Lewis, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds Pierina Risso, age 3, while meeting with her four-generation Latter-day Saint family in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, talks with Kendall, Maren and Reese Branson after the Jerusalem District Conference at the BYU Jerusalem Center in Jerusalem on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, center, Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, left, and Elder Enrique Falabella, General Authority Seventy, leave the Government Palace after speaking with the president of Peru in Lima, Peru on Oct. 20, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is interviewed by Sergio Rubin, Argentine journalist and biographer of Pope Francis, in Montevideo, Uruguay on Oct. 26, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stand together as President Nelson gives a blessing during a special devotional in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, April 16, 2018. Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
Choir members hold a sign as President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leaves after a devotional in Nausori, Fiji on May 22, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, and Elder Gerrit W. Gong, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, wave upon arrival in Papeete, Tahiti, on May 23, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
By Sarah Jane Weaver
Launching his global ministry as the leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson stood before reporters in London, England, and proclaimed his desire to circle the globe.
"Whenever I'm comfortably situated in my home, I'm in the wrong place," he said in April 2018. "I need to be where the people are."
During the next 20 months, President Nelson traveled 115,000 miles to 35 nations on six continents. He met with members in large and small settings — often addressing them in their own language — and with world leaders. He has also reached out to victims of crime, comforted those grieving and acknowledged dozens of children. Accomplishing it all in his 10th decade, President Nelson called jet lag "a luxury we can't afford."
Although the COVID-19 pandemic halted President Nelson's ambitious travel schedule in 2020, he continued to deliver his central message — "that God lives, that Jesus is the Christ, that this is His church restored in its fullness."
President Russell M. Nelson, left, and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland look over the view at the BYU Jerusalem Center in Jerusalem on April 14, 2018. Elder Holland spoke of the miracles that made the BYU Jerusalem Center possible during the 30th anniversary of the dedication of the center on Oct. 11 on the BYU campus in Provo, Utah. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
It is the message he has maintained since the beginning first leg of his global ministry — which included a historic stop in the Holy Land.
President Nelson "decisively and instantly" determined that his first major gesture beyond Church headquarters would be a visit to Jerusalem, explained Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
"He wanted to walk where the Savior walked and stand where prophets have stood and feel what we all feel here," said Elder Holland, who accompanied President Nelson on his first ministry tour.
President Nelson said he had symbolic reasons for planning the global trip as he did. "We wanted to start in Jerusalem to fortify ourselves with the message of the Lord Jesus Christ right from its very inception, here where he was born, where he lived, where he ministered and where he was crucified," President Nelson said. "His message is for all of God's children."
'Something magnificent'
Six months later, Elder Gary E. Stevenson, the member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles who accompanied President Nelson through South America, called the love of Latter-day Saints for President Nelson "palpable."
President Nelson, who addressed Latter-day Saints in Spanish during the trip, said that is why he speaks to members in their native language.
"It's been just remarkable," said Elder Stevenson. "I never imagined that I would come and have to wear a headset, through translation, to listen to the words of President Nelson. That was a surprise to me."
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Elder Gary E. Stevenson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, wave to attendees at a devotional in Lima, Peru, on Oct. 20, 2018. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
He said that as President Nelson speaks in Spanish, "it just touches your heart. There's a reverence. There's a silence, and then everyone's wiping their eyes. Tears are flowing, and it's just a remarkable thing. It's an indication that the Latter‑day Saints love their prophet, and the prophet loves the Latter‑day Saints."
After Elder Gerrit W. Gong, who accompanied President Nelson to the Pacific in May 2019, he also spoke of witnessing "something magnificent."
"This has been called a 'Pacific Ministry Tour.' I have been so deeply touched by how the prophet of God ministers to 10,000 people and a single family that is grieving over the loss of their mother. There is a sense of connection, and of covenant belonging together, that makes each one feel as though this is for them individually, for their family, and for large groups — countries — at the same time. That is a remarkable thing to feel and see."
President Nelson came here to "be with the people in a way that brings the Lord's love, that brings the Lord's doctrine, that brings the Lord's commandments."
Observing President Nelson is a reminder that Heavenly Father loves all of His children in all the far-flung parts of the earth and in all their circumstances — even though "they are not far flung [to the members] and they are not far flung to our Father in Heaven either."
At the end of a trip to Central and South America in August 2019, President Nelson lamented that he could not go more places.
"For each country we are going in, there are 199 that we are not in," said President Nelson. "And they are wishing we could come to them. But little by little, we will do the best we can."
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, with Elder Quentin L. Cook, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife, Sister Mary Cook, wave to attendees after a devotional in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred
Elder Quentin L. Cook said something happens when Latter-day Saints see the prophet in person. "They get a sense that this is the Lord's prophet," said the member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. "And what could be more precious than that?"
Added President Nelson: "It is not about us. The adulation is not for us. It's for the Lord. And in the process, you learn to love the people."
A few months later, in stark contrast to huge gatherings of thousands in Central and South America, President Nelson would address hundreds in Southeast Asia in November 2019.
'Much more to come'
Watching the prophet travel so far to minister to just a few "is a testimony that every soul is precious. They are remembered," said Elder D. Todd Christofferson, who accompanied President Nelson on the trip.
President Nelson called the trip a time "to look forward with excitement to the future."
It was reminiscent of other times, that traveling and meeting Latter-day Saints across the world energized the leader.
In Concepción, Chile, in October 2018, President Nelson said there is much more to come.
"Wait till next year, and then the next year," President Nelson says. "Eat your vitamin pills. Get some rest. It's going to be exciting."
And at the beginning of 2019, President Nelson called the dedication of the Rome Italy Temple "a hinge point in the history of the Church."
"Things are going to move forward at an accelerated pace," he said. "The Church is going to have an unprecedented future, unparalleled. We're just building up to what's ahead now."
And as 2020 drew to a close, President Nelson spoke of the unprecedented year, when virtually every person in the world has suffered the effects of a global pandemic. His sentiment was reflective of every talk he has given during his historic three-year global ministry.
He said there is nothing more important Latter-day Saints can do "than to rivet our focus on the Savior and on the gift of what His life really means to each of us."


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So: here's my interpretation of it. There's a slight Shag-gy (Space Age Bachelor) feel to it… It's the first time I've experimented with the cut-paper look.
He simply is a genius and such an asset to our club, may he long continue.
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Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), formerly Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay and originally Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, is a U.S. Marine Corps facility and air station located on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu in the City & County of Honolulu. For census purposes, the area is demarcated as the Kaneohe Station census-designated place, with a population at the 2010 Census of 9,517.[2] Marine Corps Base Hawaii is home to Marines, sailors, their family members and civilian employees. The United States Marine Corps operates a 7,800-foot (2,400 m) runway at the base.
Mokapu Peninsula, Oahu, Hawaiʻi
Marine Corps Base Hawaii Insignia
Aerial photograph of Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
21°26′37″N 157°44′56″W / 21.443611°N 157.748889°W / 21.443611; -157.748889
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MCBH is home for the 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Aircraft Group 24, Combat Logistics Battalion 3 (CLB-3) 3rd Radio Battalion, and the Navy's Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 2.
The base lies between the two largest windward O'ahu communities of Kailua and Kāne'ohe, and the main gate is reached at the eastern end of Interstate H-3. The main access to the base is by either H-3 or Mokapu Road. MCB Hawaii is located on the windward side of Oahu, approximately 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Honolulu. Marine Corps Base Hawaii occupies the entire Mokapu Peninsula, of 2,951 acres (11.94 km2). Two areas of the base are classified conservation land which includes the Ulupa'U Crater area (northeast peninsula) and the Nu'upia Pond area (at the Mokapu Road).
Old MCAS Kaneohe Bay insignia
In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson designated 322 acres (1.30 km2) of land on Mokapu Peninsula for the military. The Kuwaahoe Military Reservation, became known later, in 1942 as Fort Hase. In 1941, Army artillery units moved into the area. In 1939, the Navy constructed a small seaplane base and upon its completion, Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay's role was expanded to include the administration of the Kaneohe Bay Naval Defense Sea Area.
Attack on Pearl HarborEdit
Aerial photograph of Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay two days after the Attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay was attacked approximately 9 minutes prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Post WWIIEdit
In 1951, the Marines assumed control of the air station activities when naval aviation moved to Barbers Point Naval Air Station. On January 15, 1952, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay was commissioned. On 15 April 1994, the Marine Corps consolidated all of its installations in Hawaii. MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Camp H. M. Smith, Molokai Training Support Facility, Manana Family Housing Area, Puuloa Range, and the Pearl City Warehouse Annex combined to form a new command, the Marine Corps Base Hawaii, headquartered at MCBH Kaneohe Bay. All U.S. military units located in Hawaii fall under the command of the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) which is headquartered at Camp H. M. Smith on Oahu. The Commanding General of Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) also commands 12 Marine Corps bases and stations in Arizona, California, Hawaii and Japan, operational forces in Hawaii and Okinawa Prefecture, and units deployed to Southeast/west Asia. In 2010, parts of the movie Battleship were filmed aboard MCBH.[3]
GeographyEdit
According to the United States Census Bureau, the base has a total area of 5.8 square miles (15.1 km²), of which 4.4 square miles (11.4 km²) is land and 1.4 square miles (3.7 km²), or 24.74%, is water.
A panoramic view of Marine Corps Base Hawaii and Kaneohe Bay, taken from the top of K-T.
DemographicsEdit
As of the census of 2000,[4] there were 11,827 people, 2,332 households, and 2,283 families residing on the base. The population density was 2,696.2 people per square mile (1,040.2/km²). There were 2,388 housing units at an average density of 544.4/sq mi (210.0/km²). The racial makeup of the base was 66.6% White, 12.1% African American, 1.1% Native American, 5.3% Asian, 1.2% Pacific Islander, 7.6% from other races, and 6.1% from two or more races. 14.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Canadian Forces and Korean Navy P-3s on the flightline at the base
There were 2,332 households out of which 66.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 93.0% were married couples living together, 3.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 2.1% were non-families. 1.5% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.21 and the average family size was 3.23.
On the base the population was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 43.5% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 1.4% from 45 to 64, and 0.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 202.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 258.8 males.
The median income for a household on the base was $34,757, and the median income for a family was $34,918. Males had a median income of $16,436 versus $21,108 for females. The per capita income for the base was $12,983. About 6.2% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under the age of 18 and none of those 65 and older.
Renewable energy and "green" initiativesEdit
Since 2004, MCBH has partnered with Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. to test the generation of electric power from ocean waves using a "PowerBuoy" wave energy converter, one of the first wave power projects in the U.S.[5]
The Azura wave power device is currently being tested in a 30-metre site at the base.[6]
Marine Corps Base Hawaii, under current commanding officer Col. Robert Rice, has stopped using plastic shopping bags aboard the installation, installed solar water heaters on all base housing units, and on Dec. 8, 2010, will debut a "Net Zero" sustainable energy home which uses solar power. The base fleet of government vehicles is also being changed over to hybrid and electric vehicles and most other "FlexFuel" vehicles now operate on E85 ethanol-based fuel. MCB Hawaii installed the first E85 pump in the state of Hawaii in November 2010, which is also the first U.S. military installation in the world to do so.
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^ Commanding Officer's biography on MCB Hawaii website
^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Kaneohe Station CDP, Hawaii". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
^ "Marines, sailors man their 'battle' stations for upcoming movie" (Press release). Marine Corps Base Hawaii – Kaneohe Bay. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ Ocean Power Technologies projects: Oahu
^ http://azurawave.com/projects/hawaii/
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Human Casualties at the Legislature, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 11:31 PM :: 4225 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
by Tom Yamachika, President Tax Foundation Hawaii
I have written previously about some of the human casualties that took place in this past legislative session. I would be remiss if I failed to mention Tom Gorak, who had been chief counsel of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) before Governor Ige appointed him to be one of the three PUC commissioners.
The circumstances of Gorak's appointment were unusual, to be sure. The PUC was considering Florida-based NextEra Energy Inc.'s bid to buy Hawaii's largest electric utility for $4.3 billion. The hearings were finished and a decision was about to be rendered. But the end of June 2016 came and went, Gov. Ige noted that PUC Commissioner Mike Champley's term expired on June 30, and he appointed Gorak to fill that position forthwith. The PUC statutes provided that a previously appointed commissioner could continue to serve until a successor was "appointed and qualified," so there was no immediate void – although the term expiration gave rise to an opportunity to create one.
A permanent PUC Commissioner appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate. The 2016 Legislature, however, had adjourned. So, Gov. Ige relied upon the recess appointments clause in the Hawaii Constitution. It says that when the legislature is in recess, the Governor can fill a vacancy in an office requiring Senate confirmation by appointment, but the appointment is only effective until the end of the next legislative session (during which time the Senate would have a chance to consider confirming the appointment). On July 15, 2016, the Attorney General issued Opinion 2016-3 stating that Gov. Ige's recess appointment was proper.
The appointment had no apparent effect on the outcome of the merger case. The PUC ultimately blocked the merger, with Gorak not voting and the other two commissioners voting 2-0 against approval.
In the 2017 legislative session, Gov. Ige submitted Gorak's name for Senate confirmation. The Senate committee considering the appointment had a public hearing on it very late in the session, and received testimony supporting the appointment from an impressive variety of people. But the committee chair strongly recommended against Gorak's appointment, for reasons having nothing to do with Gorak, his qualifications, or his views. "The end result would be that the constitutional authority of the Senate to advise and consent would be permanently diminished and the inappropriate actions of the executive would be legitimized," she is reported to have said. The committee's written report, SSCR No. 1747, has been taken down from the State Capitol website. After the chair's recommendation squeaked by on a 4-3 vote, the full Senate voted 15-10 against Gorak.
Was there a constitutional crisis as the committee chair mentioned? If so, why didn't the Senate go to the court system, the role of which is to adjudicate the proper use of, and the limitations on the power of government – including both the executive and legislative branches – that We the People have written into the constitution? And, by the way, how do you permanently diminish the authority in the constitution without changing it?
Are we truly interested in having competent and qualified people contributing their talents to our state government? If we are, why are we punishing people like Gorak for a nomination process over which he had no control? Can we afford to allow a highly competent and qualified person to be tossed aside because fifteen senators wanted to stick their thumbs in the Governor's eye? We need to consider these questions carefully.
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Related: Human Casualties at the Legislature Pt 1


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Certamen literario nacido en 1992 conocido también como Juegos Florales auspiciado por la Escuela Normal Rural No. 1 "Dr. Pedro Molina" en La Alameda, Chimaltenango (Guatemala) orientado especialmente a la promoción y desarrollo de jóvenes baluartes de las letras que durante quince años convocó a estudiantes del Nivel Medio (básicos y diversificado) y que además editó en antologías los trabajos ganadores en cada justa bajo el mismo nombre.

Historia
El 21 de agosto de 1992 en las instalaciones de la Escuela Normal "Dr. Pedro Molina" y por iniciativa del profesor Axel Rigoberto Mendoza Irungaray ven la luz de las artes los Juegos Florales Escolares Nacionales de Nivel Medio con el objetivo de ser una plataforma firme en la promoción y reconocimiento del creciente talento de jóvenes y señoritas que aún cursaban en algún establecimiento educativo público o privado el Nivel de Educación media a nivel nacional, galardonándoles en una ceremonia especial en fechas cercas a la primera edición durante quince años.

La idea surge dentro de las aulas de la escuela con el impulso del entonces profesor del curso de literatura Axel Irungaray y que involucara a estudiantes de la Carrera de Magisterio, el apoyo de otros catedráticos y autoridades del establecimiento, el patrocinio de exalumnos, autoridades gubernamentales y el aporte indispensable de la editorial Oscar de León Palacios a través de su presidente Humberto de León Castillo quienes mantuvieron su patrocinio desde 1992 hasta 1996 tiempo en el que publicaron libros de las primeras ediciones que contenían los trabajos ganadores.

Luego, a partir de 1997 da su apoyo José Alenadro León Pérez y Jorge Alejandro Coloma García a través de la casa Editora Educativa que mantuvo con vida diez años más.

En cada año se elegía a un padrino, una directiva que la conformaban alumnos y docentes de la escuela normal, una musa y personajes homenajeados.

Las Publicaciones
La editorial Oscar de León Palacios se encargó de iniciar la publicación de la recopilación de las obras ganadoras uno por cada certamen desde su inicio hasta 1996, un año más tarde sería la Editora Educativa quienes copilaran el resto reuniendo dos certámenes en cada libro.

El tiraje por cada edición fue de dos mil ejemplares los cuales se distribuían de manera gratuita y que se les entregó a ganadores, autoridades, centros educativos y bibliotecas de todo el país, lo que constituyó un gran esfuerzo y dio mayor mérito a los ganadores, sin embargo no todos los Juegos Florales tienen su versión impresa.

Las Bases
Las bases fueron entregadas a cada departamento del país a través de voluntarios y alumnos quienes llevaban éstas a las escuelas y colegios. Tales eran humildementen fabricadas en los laboratorios de la institución educadora y posteriormente por la Editora Educativa.

Esto permitió que en cada rama se recibieran un promedio de doscientos trabajos que provenían de muchos rincones del país. Eran presentados en sobres con plica y en triplicado firmados con un pseudónimo.

La Premiación
En el mes de agosto, siguiendo la tradición de las primeras veces, en una ceremonia realizada en los salones de la escuela  Pedro Molina recibiendo en esta el premio que consistía en un diploma, una medalla y un monto en efectivo (teniendo algunas variaciones) según los donativos y cantidades reunidas para los tres primeros lugares de cada rama y en varias ocasiones y debido a la calidad de las obras, el jurado decidía hacer una mención honorífica el cual también recibía diploma y medalla y en ocasiones el efectivo.

Dentro de los actos se mezclaba la música autóctona con la marimba que era interpretada por la estudiantina de la cede, el talento artístico jovenil, la poesía, la belleza femenina por medio de la Musa de los Juegos Florales, acto al cual, asistía una serie de personalidades, así como alumnado, docentes e invitados.

Ramas y Jurado
El jurado era de la más alta calidad con personalidades de las letras nacionales como el periodista y escritor Juan Antonio Canel o el premiado Humberto Akabal, teniendo tres eminencias en cada rama.

Desde el principio se podía participar en cuento o poesías, luego se incluyó la rama de leyenda y finalmente se consideró incluir la rma de cuento en idioma kaqchikel.

Letras y Belleza
Dentro del certamen se elegía a la belleza femenina bajo el título de Musa de los Juegos Florales donde participaban señoritas de diferentes establecimientos del país y era elegida en el transcurso del acto de premiación. Algunas musas fueron: en los I Juegos Florales Mirna Lucrecia Salazar Castillo, en los XIII Ileana del Rosario Trujillo Morales y en los XV Julia Gabriela Martínez Torres.

Experiencias
 Se constituyó que cada año, los alumnos estudiantes del primer grado de la Carrera de Magisterio fueran los organizadores y culminadores del certamen, lo cual dio a estos jóvenes su primera gran experiencia y que nunca dejaron nada que desear.

 Vania Isabel Vargas Morales originaria de Quetzaltenango, fue la única ganadora en tres ocasiones consecutivas en 1993,1994 y 1995.

 La rama de cuento en idioma materno kaqchikel fue declarado desierto porque no se recibió ningún trabajo.

 Durante  la elección de musa de los XV Juegos Florales todas las participantes tenían quince años.

 En la XIV edición el trabajo ganador del tercer puesto en rama de poesía carecía de identidad lo cual según las bases le descalificaba, sin embargo fue incluido en la versión impresa debido a su calidad y sentimiento literario.

Fuentes
 Libro de los I Juegos Florales Escolares Nacionales de Nivel Medio. Oscar de León Palacios, 1993.
 Libro de los XIII Y XIV Juegos Florales Escolares Nacionales de Nivel Medio. Editora Educativa, 2006.
 Archivos sin nombre y firma de la biblioteca de la Escuela Normal Pedro Molina.

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Earlier in the year I was contacted by Michelle Baird and members of her licensing team at Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Michelle, following a serious incident, had been tasked with developing a more robust and comprehensive policy and procedure with regard to licensing small hire craft.
Initially her licensing team reviewed how their council assured itself as to the fitness for purpose of the small boats they licenced. Although they had in place an annual program of condition inspections, conducted by an independent person, they felt that the process had not been reviewed for many years and that it could and should be significantly improved.
By the time I became involved Michelle and her team had a clear vision of what they wanted and together we worked to develop their ideas. The brief was to develop, in the absence of any existing mandatory guidance, a set of simple measures that would allow consistent judgements of a vessels condition to be both made and formally recorded. The process of inspection had to be independent of the council, more consistent and robust and must not cost significantly more than their existing system.
A short check list of constructional items on each vessel was defined and utilising a standard format and real time recording I along with members of the licencing team surveyed 90 small boats over a three-day period. The exercise was a success in that each vessel licenced now has an individual record of inspection which directly relates to its condition and therefore fitness for purpose. In addition, the council has a detailed overview of the condition of all the vessels they licence from which strategic decisions can be better made.
Inspection of small SKIPPERED vessels for 12 passengers or less e.g. taxi boats, small trip boats
If a vessel is skippered and can carry up to 12 paying passengers on the inland waterways it can be subject to the voluntary code entitled The Inland Waters Small Passenger Code which was developed by a team of industry experts and modified following extensive public consultation. Allowing for each operator's experience and own interpretation of risk, the code gives safety advice to operators, licensing authorities and regulators.
In a number of cases Licensing Departments have chosen to use this code to assure themselves as to the condition of the vessel, its suitability for use, safety apperatus carried and the training of the skippers.
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The Pugilist Nemesis At Rest
The first couple months of college sucked. I was a pre-med student at a boring midwest state school who hung out with other boring pre-med kids from the midwest. It was like high school, except everyone wanted to be valedictorian. The best thing I could say about my doctor-to-be friends was that they were as exciting as organic chemistry.
One day, I accidentally walked into a dorm room where a couple slacker kids were on the floor playing Nintendo. Not even bothering to notice what game they were playing, I immediately focused on the poster hanging on the wall. It was a standard-issue Michael Jordan dunk shot -- the kind of poster that has no purpose other than to hang in a dorm room. Except the ingenious Nintendo players had taken a standard 8.5 x 11 piece of paper, cut a 3 x 3 hole in the center, taped it over the poster so that the hole highlighted one player in the fuzzy background on the bench beneath Jordan's splayed legs, and scribbled "Detlef Schrempf" on the poster.
I instantly knew that these guys were going to be my friends.
And now, let's have Chuck give his version:
I met My Nemesis in November 1990. I walked into somebody's dorm room to play Nintendo, and he was sitting on the bed, holding an acoustic guitar on which he could play only one note -- the opening note of Tesla's "Love Song." He was wearing a denim jacket, and he had used a black Magic Marker to draw the symbol for anarchy on the back. It was just about the silliest thing I had ever seen. We immediately became friends.
The first story is how I remember meeting Chuck Klosterman; the second is how he tells it in his new book, Killing Yourself To Live, which officially comes out today.
I'm not here to tell you Chuck is lying about how we met. For his last book, I did a point-by-point response to what he wrote about us, and he almost seems to concede fuzzy historical remembrances this time around by subtitling the book "85% of a True Story." Actually, I might be completely wrong about what really happened. In fact, "what really happened" is probably a useless concept when discussing drunken Nintendo battles.
(But just for the record, let's get a parenthetical in here. I am resisting the temptation to tell you the 15 percent that is inaccurate in his telling of our times together -- which you can hear for yourself in this MP3 of him reading from that chapter. But again, that's not what I'm here to talk about, because, for the most part, it's "true" (especially when you put it in quotes), and whatever isn't true is better this way anyway.)
Here's where I should tell you about the book. KYTL is basically a travelogue disguised as a memoir. First devised as an article for Spin, the ostensible narrative is Chuck travelling around America and visiting the places that rock stars died -- but that's all subterfuge for reflecting on various relationships and friendships from the past (and that's all subterfuge for reflecting on life and death). When he comes to Minneapolis (in theory, to visit the place Bobby Stinson died), the book recounts how a group of music critics (plus me, "someone who probably should have been a music critic") go to the Kitty Cat Klub, drink too much, argue way too much, go back to my house, drink more, climb on the roof, and nearly kill ourselves. And yeah, there's some stuff about the fist-fights we had in college.
Now that's out of the way, so let's get back to what I wanted to say. Look at the two different stories at the top of this page -- now ask yourself this: Which story is better? In college, this was the kind of thing that Chuck and I would have argued about for a week -- not just whose story is better, but what percentage of other people would think each is better, and who told the story most economically, and which story was more historically true, and if historical accuracy even matters, and who would play the parts in the movie of this story, and what Kant thought "better" actually meant, and so on. It was completely nuts.
But it was also probably the most important time of my life. Even though there were several occasions where I literally wanted to strangle him, nowadays my emotions about Chuck are pretty simple: I think he's funny, and he only occasionally pisses me off. As for "what really happened," it's all a blur, some of it intentionally so. But I now know this: I learned more about friendship from him than anyone else in my life.
But I can still totally kick his ass.
The link farm:
Listen to part of the book
Discussed on Stereogum.
On The O.C.
Entertainment Weekly review
KYTL being made into movie.
The Dessert Island Question.
Book Notes from Large-Hearted Boy
I did not own a Michael Jordan poster. It was actually a Magic Johnson poster. And the player I framed on the bench (with the 11 x 8.5 piece of paper) was actually Gary Grant, who was playing with the L.A. Clippers at the time of the photograph. Troy Ivesdahl can verify this information. As such, this is an 85 percent accurate explanation of the first night Rex was in my dorm room, which happened two days after I met him (while he was playing Tesla's "Love Song"). That said, the information in this post is philosophically correct. Thanks, Rex. -- CK1
posted by Anonymous at 2:25 PM on June 28, 2005
Liar!
posted by Rex at 3:46 PM on June 28, 2005
I remember stuff a little differently as well, but you know, what the hell, we were drunk, thinking about getting drunk, wishing we were drunk so we could actually talk to women, and some people were studying. At least that's the way I remember it. Never had to get in any fights though. Not with my friends anyway. You guys were fun to watch. It was like John Paul Jones egging Bonzo on to gettin in Page's shit with all his paranoia... Funny thing about the Zeppelin reference is I met you all during a game of D&D. No shit. First and Last time I played. I think it was in the fourth floor on West Hall, but that could be my 15% of falsehood.
posted by SS at 12:08 PM on June 29, 2005
All I gotta say is that if I had gotten into a fist fight with you (steve) instead of chuck, I wouldn't look so damn handsome today.
posted by Rex at 11:45 PM on June 29, 2005
doesn't that girl who voiced violet in the incredibles have a book out about this?
Here's the thing. To me when I look at writing, I look at something that piques my interest. In this case the first little intro did. I got to that saying, ok who is this Detlef Schrempf and why would that make the writer want to be friends with someone. wetwired.org
posted by pylorns at 2:03 PM on July 11, 2005
I'm watching an episode of the X=Files and it makes me think of you two and your differing points of view... Check out the Bad Blood episode Season Five, Disc Three if you are as nerdy as me.
posted by SS at 10:09 PM on July 25, 2005
http://www.nypress.com/18/33/news&columns/ames.cfm we're down at the whippin post for another round...
posted by ooch! at 1:44 AM on August 24, 2005
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The plan stated that we would consider how best to involve key transport professionals, academics and operators of ferry services as we deliver wider consultation mechanisms. As part of our arrangements for wider consultation, we have set up the Expert Ferry Group.
The Expert Group will meet up to three times per year and will not be expected to work outside of these meetings, as such the work of the Group will be limited to strategic issues only. The Expert Ferry Group will not be expected to consider local ferry issues.
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The MacKenna Twins/Power of Two
Lock Box
Koharu Maeda
Alpha ability – Exposure to light gives Kohura increased speed and strength as well as being able to levitate, which allows her to glide as opposed to fly. Her ability works best with weak light sources of natural light only moonlight being ideal.
She can charge her body like a battery for entering dark areas.
If she tried to use her Alpha abilities in the presence of any very bright light sources including daylight her body is instantly overloaded and all she feels is intense pain.
Whilst she can make full use of dimply lit places at night, pitch darkness renders her Alpha ability useless.
Her Alpha abilities require solar light. It does not work with artificial light
From an early age Koharu Maeda was brought up by her Grandmother Hana in New Tokyo after both parents had been killed in "unusual" circumstances. At the time Hana worked for CLEA and with a double family tragedy was able to get a few favours. That was how Hana learned that her daughter and son-in-law had potentially been victims of Black Shadow.
Knowing the Black Shadow only murdered Alpha's Hana suspected that either her daughter or son-in-law was one. To satisfy her mind she had a CLEA doctor test Koharu and then was told Koharu was an Alpha inferior. Since CLEA was aware of Black Shadow they suggested that they both might be a target but Hana wanted her granddaughter to have as natural upbringing as possible under the circumstances so refused the offer.
Not wishing to burden Koharu with the knowledge that she was an Alpha with the future potential to become something greater, Hana withheld what she knew until Hana's eighteenth birthday. By that time Black Shadow had suffered a major blow by Team Zodiac and effectively all Alpha's were safe from assassination. This was of great comfort for Hana since she knew Koharu would be safe.
Though it was quite a shock to learn why her parents had died and that she was an Alpha, Koharu loved her grandmother dearly and so chose not to let the revelation come between them and they enjoyed another two years before a sudden illness took Hana from her.
Always confident and outgoing Koharu had no problems coping with life on her own. Having already been made aware that she was an Alpha when her abilities activated around a year and half later she was neither concerned nor frightened. Unlike others who had a hard time realising what abilities they had gained in Koharu's case she learned pretty quickly by researching into other Alpha's and a small time of experimentation.
Doing this she learned that at night she had the ability to levitate although it was more like gliding than actual flying since she could only travel upwards if she used forwards momentum via her feet to gain speed. Luckily for her she also gained a slight speed and strength increase. During daytime however trying to use her abilities only brought her intense pain. The key to her abilities was light, but too much light such as daylight had an adverse effect on her. She would feel her bod literally start to burn up.
Staying in area lit by moonlight though seemed tricky until she discovered that though too much light was bad, sustained moonlight could be retained like a battery. This would allow her to more into dark areas but not for any great length of time.
Knowing what she could do left her with only one decision to make, should she use her gifts to help others or keep them a secret. In Koharu's case there was no choice since her grandmother had always instilled the idea that anyone with power should help those weaker. Koharu suspected that Hana had been preparing her for the day this decision arrived. With the death of her parents by Black Shadow, Koharu liked the idea of taking the fight to criminals and so began operating in New Tokyo under the alias of Luna.
Always keeping an ear open for rumours Koharu would eventually learn of a new Black Shadow that had been formed although every criminal and thug she stopped appeared to have no links to the new organisation. She therefore assumed she would never encounter the new crime syndicate despite having a burning desire for revenge.
It was therefore quite ironic that one night whilst on patrol that she came across a native Australian (Bilyana Tjungurrayi) being attacked by the Shadow Squad. Koharu knew all about the Shadow Squad and their links to Black Shadow so she was not going to hold back when it came to protecting an innocent form them.
Taking on four opponents at once though was perhaps a mistake. However the 'victim' seemed strangely adept at planting his boomerangs at weak points. She had seen accuracy before but never accuracy repeated. Even with both of their skills they were outnumbers and so she was lucky that the Ring of Steel showed up and saved her and Bilyana.
Once taken back to the Knight's Forge, Koharu learned that his family had been massacred by Black Shadow and that only renewed her hatred of the crime syndicate.
The Knight's Forge warned Bilyana that he would be a target but he refused to go into hiding. It was then that Koharu guessed that his "unnatural" ability to throw perfect shots with object might be an Alpha ability and the Knight's Forge tested and confirmed her hypothesis.
Koharu then suggested that with an Alpha ability that Bilyana might want to take the fight back to the people that were responsible for the massacre. Bilyana though explained to her that his way did not involve revenge. Rather than pushing him to hunt Black Shadow which was really her fight, Koharu proposed that since he did not want to go into hiding then he could stay at her place whilst he came to terms with his loss and got his life back in order.
Whilst he stayed with her and worked out where his future path lay, Koharu maintained her nightly patrols and it intrigued him. Eventually he approached her and suggested that the skills he learned in the bush might be useful to her crime fighting. Though he explicitly stated he would not seek revenge Bilyana did think he could make a difference to the lives of others being affected by crime.
Kohura was not so sure since she imagined that crime fighting was a solo pursuit for her and she did not want the responsibility and putting another person in danger nor did she ever want to place her life in the hands of another. However Bilyana seemed to be insistent on the matter and so Kohura agreed to a trial period.
At first she found his tracking skills most useful to guide her in the right direction and then as time progressed he began to take a more active role, fighting at a distance with his ranged attacks courtesy of his trusted boomerang.
Together they began a crime fighting partnership and made their little area of New Tokyo a no-go zone for crime but after a couple of years Bilyana expressed a desire to head 'home' to learn what had happened to his family's land.
That was the last she saw of him for three years and once back in the city he met up with her and expressed a desire to return to crime fighting, only he had to make his own path. Though this meant a formal end to their partnership, Koharu understood.
She then returned to fighting alone but has occasionally teamed up with Bilyana now using the alias Rebound. Her experience with him gave her the confidence to work with others and so around New Tokyo she is relatively well known in the hero community. As soon as sun goes down she goes active and criminals knew they have to be careful when operating in Luna's territory.


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Q: Don't understand jquery - setting equal height contained divs I am trying to set two side-by-side divs contained by a single larger div to equal column height.  I am trying to use the following jquery script:

Then the following are my DIV's:

The jquery is running and appears to be returning the largest height (451), but doesn't seem to apply it to the two divs.  I don't know much jquery or javascript and don't understand the following: "setEqualHeight($(".instructionsParent > div"));"
Could it be that I have that coded incorrectly?
Thank you,
James
Ok, here is the entire subform which is my entire page really (I have two subforms on the page with one visible and the other not:
<%@ Control Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="ActivexInstructionsSubForm.ascx.vb" Inherits="Controls_ActivexInstructionsSubForm" %>

"The Important Stuff"

If this is the first time you've used our downloads, you now can see a
                                            skinny information bar at the top of the page.
                                            Click it, and select "Install ActiveX Control" from the dropdown menu.
                                            Then, click "Install" when you see the new dialog box appear.
                                            This does not collect info about you or hurt your machine.

                                        <asp:ImageButton ID="BtnReturnHome" runat="server" AlternateText="Return to Home Page"
                                            ImageUrl="~/App_Themes/Default/images/BtnReturnHomeS.jpg">
                                        </asp:ImageButton>

Why do I need this?
                                            This tiny control-program is only installed ONCE on a given machine,
                                            and is there to assist with all future downloads.
                                            It allows you to download a batch of several files at once, save
                                            them wherever you wish, AND keeps track of the download progress.  If your internet connection glitches, the
                                            download will *automatically restart* (after a couple of minutes)
                                            from where it left off, once the internet connection is restored, presuming that your computer remains powered on.
                                            This is a very important feature, since these are BIG files that may take
                                            several hours to download if you have a relatively slow internet connection.

Additional Info

Worst-case scenario:
                                            If the transfer fails because your computer shut down from a power-outage, there may be a temporary file left on your
                                            machine - but the next time you start the download, it automatically cleans up what was left from the aborted transfer.
                                            If you tend to get hit by electric power outages more often than normal, we recommend that you purchase a battery-backup UPS
                                            (Uninterruptible Power Supply) that has at least 1500VA capacity so that the computer AND your modem AND router can remain
                                            powered-up for several hours when the power goes out.  Start the download before going to bed, and TURN OFF the monitor
                                            during that process, so that the UPS would not have to feed it if a power outage hits.

Gotta-shut-down scenario:
                                            If you are in the midst of a long download session, but for some reason you must interrupt it and turn off your computer
                                            a while, then if you want to resume the download from where you left off, be sure to HIBERNATE your machine rather than
                                            doing a simple shutdown.  You can set this up from Control Panel > Power Options > Hibernate Tab.  There will be a button
                                            on your keyboard somewhere that activates hibernation (sometimes called "sleep").  It takes a complete "RAM snapshot" of
                                            what is going on, so that the next time you start the computer, it resumes exactly where it left off (it may take a few
                                            minutes after restart for the download to auto-resume).

A: Removing the pageload function worked for me. The script on my working page reads:

A: Try removing the pageLoad() function (I don't think you were calling it).
See :
http://paulisageek.com/tmp/jquery/equal_height.html

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I'm not watching the Tour this year…for the first time since I started Bike Hugger. I don't have a laundry list of reasons to share or an op-ed, just felt like it was time to cover other bike-related topics and there are many.
I think you should totally watch it though and enjoy the racing. And, if you're in the Seattle area, Bastille is holding a Cadence wine tasting and Tour de France viewing party in the Back Bar on Friday, July 20 from 5 – 7 p.m.
Join Cadence winemaker and cycling enthusiast Ben Smith, and sip wine while watching The Alpe d'Huez, the most famous climb in cycling, which will be the Stage 12 route this year.
Cadence will open their 2017 Rose, 2015 Ciel du Cheval, 2006 Bel Canto and 2015 Camerata and you can drink it by by flight, individual tastes, glass or bottle.
Also, read more about Seattle-area wineries in this post about Viscon cellars.


We offer you three options for using MARA: have a free 30 day trial, use a free licence or purchase a licence from this page. For all options, start by downloading MARA to your iPad. To continue using MARA after the 30 days, you can request a free licence or pay the licence fee at any time within the 30 day period. If you are offered a free licence or you purchase one, data you have saved in MARA will not be lost when you transfer to a licenced version.
MARA utilises Filemaker Go, a software platform which many developers (like us with MARA!) use to base their products on. Filemaker Go is free for end users. Go to the Apple app store in your country and download the latest version of Filemaker Go (16, 17 or later versions are most suitable) onto your iPad to start. If your iPad only allows earlier versions of Filemaker, MARA will work, but perhaps without some of the features.
Using the Safari browser on your iPad, go to this page and tap the MARA icon as below to download MARA.
NOTE: iPads give very little indication that a download has started. Tap the MARA download icon only once to avoid multiple downloads. It may take a minute or two to download.
Your iPad will ask you which app to open MARA in. Select Filemaker Go. If this option is not available, check that you have installed Filemaker Go 16 or 17. Then open MARA within Filemaker Go.
You will need to create user name, log-in and password to use with MARA. Please make careful note of these including any capitals you have used (intentionally or otherwise), as we can't get into your i-Pad to help you find them.
Return to MARA at any time by opening Filemaker Go and choosing MARA from the list of files on the left.
Step 5: If you want to use MARA for more than 30 days, you will need to obtain a licence, as MARA will stop working at the end of this period.
You can ask us to give you a free licence or you can buy MARA.
Free licence: Making Dance Matter offers MARA licences for free to students, researchers, dance movement therapists or other professionals working in private practice or non-profit agencies, and agencies themselves. To request your free licence, please email kim@makingdancematter.com.au and tell us about your circumstances and the number of users in your setting. Responses usually within 24 hours.
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The multiple-user option provides two levels of security, with the licence Administrator controlling access for all other users and able to add or delete individual users. This is ideal for health agencies, to contribute to best practice of security of health records and client data.
Then email kim@makingdancematter.com.au who will send you a licence number. You then need to enter this into your full version of MARA to activate it.
When your free licence is granted or your payment is received, a licence number will be emailed to you. This should be entered into MARA to activate it.
Thank you for trying MARA.
If you have any technical difficulties please contact us.
This page provides instructions on how to use MARA.


Please be advised all Foundation Cup try-outs this Sunday (May 17) will be held at Cunliffe Tennis Club. Cunliffe is South of Kadina in between Kadina and Arthurton.
The 13's and 15's have been merged due to a few apologies for this session so Sam has decided to streamline and have more in the group.
Foundation Cup Coach Andrew Waters has included the link below to forward to players to get them thinking more about footwork. An emphasis was put on footwork to the players last Sunday to start them thinking about playing on grass in Berri.


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NGC 3113 is een balkspiraalstelsel in het sterrenbeeld Luchtpomp. Het hemelobject werd op 5 februari 1837 ontdekt door de Britse astronoom John Herschel.

Synoniemen
 ESO 435-35
 MCG -5-24-21
 UGCA 198
 AM 1002-281
 IRAS10021-2812
 PGC 29216

Zie ook
Lijst van NGC-objecten

Externe links
  NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  SIMBAD Astronomical Database
  SEDS

NGC-object in Luchtpomp
Sterrenstelsel in Luchtpomp


Great opportunity to own a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom home within the desirable neighborhood of Castlewood! The home consists of carpeting throughout the living room, and bedrooms. The kitchen consists of tile flooring, a breakfast bar. The kitchen appliances also convey with the home. Located in an excellent central location within close proximity to area attractions, shopping, schools, and the beautiful Grand Strand beaches! It's also situated on a large lot with 2 storage sheds, and a fenced in backyard. (Currently Rented) Don't miss out on the opportunity to own this property which also has great rental income!
See all homes for sale in Conway. Home for sale at 560 Crusade Circle, Conway, SC 29526 with the MLS #1904566. This single-family Ranch home built in 2001 is currently Active and features 4 bedrooms, 2.00 bathrooms, 1501 sq. ft. of living space, with an asking price of $161,999. This Conway residence has been listed for 57 days and is located in the Castlewood neighborhood.
A beautiful 3 bed and 2 bath home with an open floor plan and vaulted ceilings. This well maintained home boast tons of storage space, scratch and water resistant laminate flooring, tile flooring in the kitchen and new stainless steel appliances.The master bath has been extended to include a walk-in shower, built in storage and a while pool tub. The Carolina room looks out towards the private backyard and takes you out to a large deck, great for entertaining! Castlewood is a quiet established neighborhood with no HOA tucked away from the hustle and bustle but just minutes from Coastal Carolina University , historic downtown Conway, shopping and dining and only 20 minutes from the beach. Whether you are looking for your forever home, a vacation get away, or an investment property, you won't want to miss this. Schedule your showing today! All measurements and square footage are approximate and not guaranteed. Buyer is responsible for verification.
The Macon is a 3 BR 2 Bath 1343 heated sq. ft. open floor plan that features a comfortable kitchen which opens to your large living/dining room which is perfect for entertaining. This Macon sits on a pond lot which also features an 8'x10' covered rear porch, Granite counters, pantry and stainless appliances. Low maintenance luxury vinyl wood plank floors throughout main living and wet areas. The Master Bedroom is located off the back of the home and offers a large walk-in-closet and Master Bath with 5 ft. walk-in shower, and cultured marble vanity top. Within minutes to Historic Downtown Conway and River Walk. Pictures and virtual tour are of the same plan model home and are for illustration purposes only. Home to begin construction March/April with estimated completion of May/June 2018. You still have time to make your own color design choices!! Pictures and virtual tour are of a Macon plan in another on of our Express Communities.
1408 Leatherman Rd. is a beautiful, 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, single-level home in the St. John's Ridge community. The open split-bedroom floor plan gives this home a bright, open feel. It is complete with a two-car garage, spacious shed, expanded patio, stainless steel appliances, master suite with walk-in-closet, and various upgrades from floor to ceiling. St. John's Ridge is convenient to downtown Conway, Rt 501, and approximately a 30 minute drive to the beach.
The Macon is a one level home with 3 BR 2 Bath, 1343 heated sq. ft. plus a 2-car garage with an open floor plan that features a comfortable kitchen which opens to your large living/dining room which is perfect for entertaining. Granite counters, pantry and stainless appliances. Low maintenance luxury floating vinyl wood plank floors throughout main living room, kitchen, both baths and the laundry room. The owner's suite is located off the back of the home and offers a large walk-in-closet and Master Bath with 5 ft. walk-in shower, and cultured marble vanity top. Oak Glenn features large home sites with a minimum of 20 ft. of separation between homes. The community is located within minutes to Historic Downtown Conway, shopping, restaurants, and the River Walk. Pictures and virtual tour are of the same plan model home and are for illustration purposes only. Home to begin construction in August with estimated completion in mid-fall. You may still have time to make your own color design choices!! Pictures and virtual tour are of a Macon plan in another on of our Express Communities. Home and community information, including pricing, included features, terms, availability and amenities, are subject to change and prior sale at any time without notice or obligation. Square footages are approximate. Pictures, photographs, colors, features, and sizes are for illustration purposes only and will vary from the homes as built. Equal housing opportunity builder.
No HOA and close to everything. This home is close to everything yet in a peaceful neighborhood. 3 bedroom and 2 bath with fenced yard on a lake.
This is a custom 3 bedroom 2 bath home nestled away in the quiet community of Castlewood sitting in a peaceful Cul-De-Sac. A couple of pluses for the community are there is no HOA and you are right around the corner from the award-winning Carolina Forest School district and only minutes from the beach and all of the attractions that come along with the beach. As you walk in the front door of this home you will get that warm feeling like this is the one, with a split bedroom floorplan and the oversized Carolina Room at just over 20x9.5. The owner has continued to upgrade and update this home year after year. This home is very spacious and is a must see from the inside to really get the full effect. Special features include ceiling fans throughout, a huge fenced backyard, oversized laundry room at 10x5, beautiful new flooring in the kitchen, fresh paint, plenty of walk-in closets & extra storage space, attached storage outside, & a concrete patio out back. The yard is big enough to add a garage, pool, & anything else you could want to do to it. Another bonus is that during this past flooding this home stayed HIGH & DRY!! No matter what your lifestyle this home will suit you perfectly. Please call today to if you have any questions or to schedule a showing. Square footage is approximate and not guaranteed. Buyer is responsible for verification.
NO HOA! This beautiful home is in desirable Castlewood neighborhood. This home has cathedral ceilings that make the space feel open and spacious. Parquet floor in the living room make it low maintenance and beautiful. Large kitchen with breakfast nook and dining room area. Enjoy the enclosed all season Carolina Room overlooking the large fenced in back yard. Play swing set DOES NOT convey. This split floor plan is perfect! This neighborhood is situated in a great location, close to shopping, and schools. The beach is a short 15 minute drive.


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The Next Huge Ethereum Upgrade Is Planned For March 2023
on December 12, 2022 in DeFi (Decentralized Finance), Ethereum (ETH), News
Many crypto enthusiasts hoped that the Ethereum merge would be a significant boost to the performance of the native ETH token. The event turned out to be a dud and even caused a minor price reduction.
While the community understands the long-term implications of switching to the PoS model, the market as a whole did not react to the change as well as anticipated.
The timing was also an issue. We are living through a crypto "winter" with many assets losing value. Ethereum is among behemoths that are still vulnerable to mood swings among its users and investors.
The Merge will be finalized in March
During the 151st Ethereum Cored Developers Meeting, participants discussed the Shanghai hard for that will be rolled out just ahead of the new upgrade protocol (EIP 4844) which will mark the final stage of the merge.
While the Proof-of-stake model is already in place and working, participants of the Beacon chain are still unable to use their staked tokens on LIDO. The mechanism is simply not available yet.
After the Shanghai fork, people will be able to take out their funds (over $4.48 bn in 3.5 ml stETH) and use them as they see fit.
Staking rewards will be also paid out in accordance with the staking system rules.
This separation of funds was enforced by developers to simplify the transition period and ensure that the proof-of-stake mechanism was implemented as intended without any hiccups.
Another big change that will be implemented in the Shanghai fork is the data-blob-transaction feature that was invented a year ago but required additional technology and other tools.
The new technology should increase the capacity of so-called rollups used to move data from the mainnet to layer-2 Dapps and DeFi platforms.
The tenfold increase should be more than enough to massively improve scalability without affecting gas fees.
Ethereum is not subjected to massive volatility
One of the reasons why the ETH price remained relatively stable (compared to many other tokens) is that the community is confident in the long-term future of the project.
In 2023, many new features and products will be available to the public meaning that investors will rethink how they evaluate the biggest blockchain network in the world.
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