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With The Lowest Prices on EMT Gear, There's Nothing to Fear
A recent news story has disclosed that the universal key that opens all of New York City's subway entrances also allows access to many of the stations that hold EMS gear and EMT supplies. Officials are worried that these keys may give people the chance to steal drugs and EMT supplies, but a FDNY spokesman quelled the worry by noting that EMS stations are hardly ever unmanned. He also said that the narcotics that some key copiers might desire are behind further closed doors that the key does not work for. In any event, these keys are out there, and waiting to be used, whether on EMT stations or for access to the Subway.
EMS gear isn't cheap, but Dixie Supply Co. offers some of the lowest prices around on emergency medical supplies. Even if one of these universal keys does find access into your EMS gear cupboard (which doesn't seem very likely) you can rest assured that with Dixie, you'll be okay. From first aid kits to immobilization and extrication gear, the in-house manufacturing of these products is what allows them to be priced so low. So even if you need to restock your EMT supplies, come on down to Dixie, where you can get them for the best prices around. Read More!
Emergency Medical Supplies Are No Good Without Knowledge
First aid training is always a good idea. Anyone who has faced a disaster knows that you need to act quickly—every second counts. You can't act quickly unless you know what you're doing. And if you don't know what you're doing you could panic, which doesn't help anyone. So if you're interested in being prepared in the event of a disaster, you should enroll in a first aid training course and do independent research through training books available online and at bookstores.
There are also many video tutorials online that provide a great learning base for proper first aid techniques.
Here is a video about how to use a pillow as a splint. Very cool!
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EMS Gear News: Defibrillator Training Can Save Lives
Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be an EMS gear expert, to be able to operate a defibrillator correctly. You just need proper training, which many well-known and reputable organizations have made available. The American Heart Association offers advanced cardiac life support defibrillator training to more than 250,000 people annually. In addition, the Red Cross also has defibrillator training available, and has trained more than 8.5 million annually.
These organizations are committed to proper training for individuals to handle cardiac incidents with confidence in their knowledge and training ability. Every second counts, so delay or hesitation can be detrimental to the patient. Read More!
Crucial EMS Gear: Medical Supply Bags
Medical bags are the perfect place to store your EMS gear. There is a wide variety of styles and sizes of bags, so it's best to find one that you will feel comfortable using and transporting. If you prefer your medical supply bag in more of a traditional back pack style, the StatPacks G1 Perfusion Pack could be what you need. It has two main compartments, three external pockets and can be worn as a back pack, a slide sling, or carried by hand. Another great choice would be the DixiGear First Responder Bag. This bag has a removable padded liner with adjustable Velcro dividers, so you can customize the fit of your equipment in up to 10 different compartments. Read More!
First Aid Kits Are Crucial Emergency Medical Supplies
Whether you are an EMT or not, it's always beneficial to have a high-grade first aid kit, fully stocked with all the essentials. If you are in need of a first aid kit upgrade, or just looking for an extra kit to have on hand, Dixie EMS has everything you need. Dixie EMS knows a thing or two about first aid kits, we've been long time providers of emergency medical supplies and first aid kits to city and state organizations like Amtrak, Los Angeles County, New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority and Texas Transit Authority. The kits can even be custom made to match your safety requirements expertly.
If you're looking for something a little more basic that you can have around the house or in the car, Dixie EMS has smaller kits that are well-equipped will the right tools you need to treat small wounds and prevent infection. Read More!
Endotracheal Tubes
The endotracheal tube, or ETT, is a crucial piece of any EMS gear. The insertion of the ETT is called intubation. While this process can be difficult at times, a laryngoscope can be used to aid intubation. The attendant's fingers can also be used, which is called "digital intubation." The desired region of the tub should be about 2 centimeters above the carina, or the bifurcation of the lungs. After this it is connected to an oxygen source or a self-inflating bag.
EMT supplies like the ETT are used most often during cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, or for general anesthesia, when non invasive breathing methods are not practical or efficient.
EMT supplies like the ETT are used most often during cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, or for general anesthesia, when non invasive breathing methods are not practical or efficient.
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Sir Ivan Magill was the inventor of this EMS gear, the need for which came from soldiers in WWI with extreme facial injuries and the inability to deliver anesthesia with a mask. Today most tracheotomies are oral, however nasotracheal intubation is also common, especially during mouth surgeries. This protects the patient from their own blood, vomitus, or any other regurgitation. The ETT is one of the most important EMT supplies. Here's a how to video:
Sir Ivan Magill was the inventor of this EMS gear, the need for which came from soldiers in WWI with extreme facial injuries and the inability to deliver anesthesia with a mask. Today most tracheotomies are oral, however nasotracheal intubation is also common, especially during mouth surgeries. This protects the patient from their own blood, vomitus, or any other regurgitation. The ETT is one of the most important EMT supplies. Here's a how to video:
Tips and Vids For Emergency Medical Supplies
And though you may think you already know, it's important to know how the pros do it:
For hospital administrators, EMS gear can offer a lot of choices. We have over 50,000 emergency medical supplies, all at wholesale prices. From airway maintenance to pharmaceuticals, and even for medical education, we have everything you need. Read More!


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A total of 50 loans worth Rs 5 lakh crore availed by corporates are under the watch of the central bank as well as probe agencies as the government turns up the heat in tackling the burgeoning bad loans mess.
According to a report in Economic Times, stressed assets worth Rs 5 lakh crore of various corporate houses has been put under the scanner of the Reserve Bank of India as well as investigating agencies.
The loans under scanner include those that have either become Non Performing Assets (NPAs) as well as those restructured as of December 2016, the report said.
Also Read: Rs 2.6 lakh crore may slip into NPA category in next 12-18 months: India Ratings
According to the report, the corporates under watch include Videocon Industries, Jindal Group firms such as Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, Punj Lloyd, Jaypee Group, Lanco, Monnet Ispat, Essar Ltd., and Bhushan Steel.
The reported development comes on the back of the Modi government's recent move to step up its efforts to address the problem of bad loans.
It was as part of this measure that the government recently brought amendments to the The Banking Regulation Act through an ordinance. The revised norms under the Act provide for more powers to the RBI to deal with NPAs.
The ordinance, promulgated on May 5, authorises the RBI to issue directions to banks to initiate insolvency resolution process in case of loan default. It also empowered the central bank to issue directions with regard to stressed assets.
India's banking sector is reeling under the burden of corporate NPAs. As of December 2016, bad loans at 26 public sector banks stood at Rs 6.46 lakh crore.

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I am going to cry . Two of my favorites have gotten cut tonite. First Stacy & now my boyfriend Mal.
Thankfully George & Brent are still doing good. I need someone to root for!
I am going to cry . Two of my favorites have gotten cut tonite. First Stacy & now my boyfriend Mal.
Thankfully George & Brent are still doing good. I need someone to root for!
That so totally sucks. Stupid judges.
He who laughs last thinks slowest
#oldmanbeatdown - Donny BB16
Poor Mal.....
I feel so bad for Mal, it's like I've been punched in the stomach. Damn those judges to hell.
whos everyone voting for tonight? i thought brad was the best of the night...and i'm voting for jennifer too, she's still my favorite but i was disapointed in her
BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't belive they eliminated Mal. A HUGE to the judges :nono :nono What are they thinking? Oh wait, they AREN"T!!!! Sheila should have been cut, there is no reason why she should still be in this show. IMO they kept her beacuse of her gender and that is out of line, it should be based on talent, not how many girls are left. Sorry but I had to
Dance every dance, and live each day as though it's your last and tell those who you love how you feel before it's to late. Life is right here and now, we only go around just one time, so embrace them don't waste them for these are the days of our lives.
Rooting for Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Kevin Harvick for the Nascar Nextel Cup and Congrats to Kasey Kahne for winning 2005 Rookie Of The Year!!!
Did anybody notice that the phone numbers were screwed up at the end? I know they gave two different numbers for Lance. Were the other ones all right??? I can't believe I didn't tape it...
My favorites are Matt and George!
Just take a breath and relax...everything's going to be just fine...
I never get to watch it @ the 9pm time slot... we are never back home in time! But I am watching the repeat now... So far I still have the same view point of... all the men are great... and the women are lacking... haha!
I really like Brad Cotter & George Canyon the best... if I had to choose... Its Brad.
Now it took me a week to decide why I have not been impress with the women. None of them really have a strong powerful voice. And none of them stick out as front runner over it... I want to see one of those girls blow the doors off the building.
And the one (jennifer?) is it me or does she sound like Britney Spears with all that nasel twang singing she does... LOL!!! Then she "tried" to give a big pouty look to the camera when they showed her # to call... instead she looked like a stalker...


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A lack of funding means the gallery at the well-loved Spout Yard in Louth will unfortunately not be host to art exhibitions and workshops in the year ahead.
According to Spout Yard's management trustees, the current financial climate has 'taken its toll' and from the end of January the gallery will not be occupied by the trust.
A spokesperson said: "The current financial climate has undoubtedly taken its toll on many national and regional ventures and the park has not been exempt from this.
"Indeed, from the end of January the gallery will no longer be occupied by the trust.
"Sadly the East Lindsey District Council withdrawal of funding support and increased rental costs over a period of time means that the trust can no longer afford to maintain the gallery.
" In spite of their best efforts both to generate and to seek income sources to sustain the gallery, management trustees have been unsuccessful, so art exhibitions and workshops have been withdrawn from the annual programme."
Despite this, the management trustees are looking forward to 2013 and are planning a packed program of family events.
Look out for some of Spout Yard Park's forthcoming events this year which will include the ever popular strawberry fair, picnic in the park, music in the park, chess in the park, poetry in the park, pumpkins in the park and carols in the park.
This year there is also a new event, Festival of the Bee, presented in conjunction with Louth in Bloom and Transition Louth.
Spout Yard Park will also remain at the forefront of Louth Visual Arts Trail 2013, having found this venture to be very successful last year and having built it as an integral part of the O Degrees Festival.
For more information about Spout Yard visit the website www.spoutyardpark.org.
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Google CEO says Internet is a "cesspool" without brands
"Brands are the solution, not the problem. Brands are how you sort out the cesspool," Eric Schmidt told an audience of magazine publishers assembled at Google yesterday. Wait, what happened to the magic Google algorithm that reverse-engineers our reputations? Does it now rank pages by brand, too? I hope so, because when I Google myself at midnight all I see is Valleywag, Valleywag, Valleywag. I'd like to believe Google knows something my agent doesn't. (Photo by AP/Phelan M. Ebenhack)


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On Monday, I announced the winner of my Hunger Games giveaway.
On Tuesday, I went to Elizabeth Arden with my daughter and had a shopping day with a sushi lunch and my son got one of those new Samsung Galaxy Notes.
On Tuesday night, I finally had to admit that my little sapphire engagement ring (bought when we were so young) was too tight and hubby cut it off my finger!
On Wednesday, I met with a lovely lady from The Lemon Tree Book Co. She has developed book packs where your child can make a personalised book. I will be writing more about this later.
On Wednesday afternoon, I met with the lovely people at our local history library, where I will be working with the team who are adding metadata to the scanned images that the collection holds.
On Thursday, I had a cuppa with Mum and Dad.
On Friday, I got my cute necklace prize from Tuskc. There's still time to enter if you live in Australia.
I also got my Pinerly invite. For those who don't know, Pinerly provides dashboard functionality for your Pinterest account. I will review this later.
On Saturday, I gave you all this cute Freebie. As a MyMemories affiliate I can offer you freebies from time to time as well as a great discount on the software.
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Donald A. Glaser - UC Nobel laureate
Updated 9:04 pm, Monday, March 18, 2013
Donald A. Glaser, a UC Berkeley physicist and Nobel Prize-winning inventor of the bubble chamber, whose wide-ranging curiosity led him to help found a pioneer biotechnology company and explore the neurobiology of human vision, died Feb. 28 in his Berkeley home. He was 86.
Early in his career, while at the University of Michigan, Dr. Glaser became fascinated by the elementary subatomic particles that make up all matter, and experimented with various techniques for observing them before coming upon his major invention - the bubble chamber.
It was a powerful device that, for the first time, clearly revealed the fleeting tracks of unseen subnuclear particles as they sped through a liquid medium and often collided in showers of other fundamental particles. Scientists since then have discovered hundreds of them, gaining new insights into the fundamental structure of all matter.
'Major breakthrough'
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"The bubble chamber was a major breakthrough and led to the discovery of a zoo of new particles," said Herbert Steiner, a UC Berkeley professor emeritus of physics. "It had an enormous impact on the field of particle physics."
Dr. Glaser's research, and the invention that resulted, earned him the Nobel Prize for physics in 1960.
Donald Arthur Glaser was born in Cleveland on Sept. 21, 1926, the son of Russian immigrant parents. After attending Cleveland's public schools, he graduated in physics and mathematics in 1946 from what was then the Case Institute of Technology.
He earned his doctorate from the California Institute of Technology and joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, where he had already taught physics while working on his doctorate.
Dr. Glaser moved to UC Berkeley in 1959, and a year after his Nobel Prize, he turned his attention to molecular biology. He experimented with bacteria, viruses and mammalian cells, and designed automated equipment to grow the cells and study their growth and reproduction.
His research into the genetic aspects of cellular reproduction led him in 1971 to join two friends, Ronald E. Cape and Peter Farley, to form Cetus Corp. It was one of the first biotech companies in what became the worldwide genetic engineering industry. Cetus focused on engineering the genes of protein molecules in efforts to develop cancer therapies.
Cetus was later sold to Chiron Corp., which is now a part of Novartis, the international pharmaceutical giant based in Switzerland.
Vision experiments
In the 1980s, Dr. Glaser turned to the field of neurobiology and spent a semester in Cambridge, Mass., at the Rowland Institute for Science - later a part of Harvard - where he developed mathematical models from his experiments in human vision.
Musical talent
Dr. Glaser was always devoted to classical music, and was something of a prodigy as a boy. He played the violin, the viola and the piano, and at 16 seriously considered becoming a professional violist. He even played the viola in a Cleveland symphony orchestra while majoring in physics at college.
On the same evening he learned of his Nobel Prize in 1960, he celebrated by playing chamber music quartets - Schumann, Brahms and Fauré - with three friends. During an interview the following day, he told a Chronicle reporter that, by age 16, he had already decided he would do better as a "fairly good scientist than as a fairly good musician."
"I think all his life he had the mind, the curiosity, the freshness of a kid. He was fun," said Tomaso Poggio, a distinguished MIT neurobiologist.
Dr. Glaser is survived by his second wife, Lynn Bercovitz Glaser, a musician and painter; and by two children from his first marriage to Ruth Bonnie Thompson, Dr. Louise Ferris Glaser, a Sacramento pediatrician, and William Thompson Glaser, a Berkeley computer company executive.
The UC Berkeley faculty has created a Donald A. Glaser Advanced Lab on the campus, and Dr. Glaser's family has suggested that memorial gifts be sent to the lab at Department of Physics, University of California, 366 LeConte Hall, MC 7300, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300.
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Bitcoin Foundation to Ramp Up Lobbying Efforts
Trade Group's Move Comes as Governments Scrutinize Virtual Currency
Bitcoin advocates are pumping up efforts to reach out to governments that are scrutinizing the fledgling virtual currency.
The Bitcoin Foundation, a trade group, on Tuesday said that it has hired Jim Harper, an official at the Cato Institute, a libertarian policy organization, to "identify political impediments to bitcoin adoption, and build confidence in bitcoin among governments around the world."
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Zoo Base (tentatively subtitled "A Pan-Galactic Misadventure") is a mixed-genre game with strong ties to the oldest schools of gaming. At its heart it's a roguelike and an interactive fiction; a role-playing game and a text adventure. But it's also a management game, a shooter and a collect'em'up - all played in a terminal window with an entirely text-based graphics engine. These disparate elements will be united (we hope! -Ed) by deep simulation and strong writing.
We've set ourselves quite a challenge by making a spiritual successor to Star Zoo: a game which is Lohan-crazy and harder than my nan. Star Zoo (2002) is a bizarre and often infuriating collection of mini-games stitched together by its B-Movie story, lit up by pulpy neon 8-bit graphics and a masochistic difficulty level. You can download and play it for free here. Tarn Adams (Dwarf Fortress) built it over a sleepless 36 hours while waiting to catch a train.
white @ is the Chief of Operations of Zoo Base (that's you!)
At first glance, it's not a game which screams for a sequel to be made. Perhaps some skeletons are best left in the closet. But when Chris approached me with the pitch - that the player would have to run the Zoo Base at the behest of a manipulative, shadowy corporation - it didn't take long to see the potential of the idea.
There's a simple but effective collection mechanic, finding and researching twenty animal species. There's a sci-fi management setting, running a space-base full of alien creatures and shady dealings. Then there's the screwball sense of humour and almost infinite story-telling possibility - there are almost no limits to what we can do (a fact helped out by the text-based visuals: character's words are our polygons, the player's imagination our graphics renderer). The mechanics almost started to write themselves, and before we knew it, we were facing a bigger game than I think any of us really signed on for.
We've focused the ideas down into a reasonably simple premise: you are placed in charge of a top-secret research facility (or at least, it starts off that way) in the far future of the galaxy. The facility is run by a ruthless uber-corporation called ConOrbital, and staffed by a variety of sub-contracted corporations. But not all is what it seems on Zoo Base: and the deeper down the research tree you delve, the closer you get to realizing ConOrbital's sinister ambitions and the greater the ethical challenges the you have to face.
Adding to the management cocktail is the influence of diplomacy: a number of rival (or otherwise hostile) corporations and organisations have an interest in Zoo Base's research. The player must fend off attacks from enraged alien species, defend against sabotage from rival scientific institutions, and keep ConOrbital, the owners of the base, happy with the rate (and cost) of progress.
need to be managed and/or competed against
Basically, if you were to pack a running build of Theme Hospital into into space, on a rocket packed with LSD, then Zoo Base would probably be the game which crash-landed into the Antarctic fifty years later and demanded to see your leader.
At least, that's what we're shooting for. Right now we're working to get some the gameplay implemented and generate some support. Later, we'll be layering sophistication and complexity to make Zoo Base as compelling and textured an experience as possible.
Zoo Base has been in development for a good few months now (six to nine, depending on how you look at it), and we're starting to spin out the core ideas and story into something pretty darn interesting. Hopefully, if we can generate enough support, we'll be able to finish our vision and share it with the world.
I'll be back next week to talk in more detail about the core game mechanics. In the meantime, thanks for reading!


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The Rt. Hon. Grant Shapps
Born in Hertfordshire in 1968, Grant was educated at Watford Grammar and Cassio College Watford, before studying Business & Finance at Manchester in the late 1980s. In 1990, Grant founded his own printing company at the age of just 21.
Business background
Originally started as a small printing shop, PrintHouse Corporation grew into a commercial design, print & web development company with clients throughout the UK and the rest of the world. Grant successfully established a team of fellow Directors who now run the business today without his input.
Grant says that his experience of creating and running his own business has been very helpful in providing the necessary skills to be a Government Minister, particularly when it comes to working with the Civil Service. He has also found the skills he picked up in business have been invaluable in representing the concerns of his constituents .
Grant married Belinda in 1997. The couple live in Welwyn Hatfield and play an active role in the community. They have a boy named Hadley born 2001 and twins born April 2004 called Tabytha (girl) and Noa (boy). Grant holds a pilot's licence and enjoys general aviation as a pastime.
In the 1997 General Election Grant challenged the Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes MP in his North Southwark & Bermondsey seat.
In 1999 he was selected as the candidate for the then Labour seat of Welwyn Hatfield for the 2001 General Election. He produced one of the best Conservative swings of the election, slashing the then Labour majority from 5,595 to just 1,196.
Grant was reselected for Welwyn Hatfield in 2002 and went on to win the May 2005 General Election with a majority of 5,946 taking his seat from Labour Minister Melanie Johnson. The 8.2% swing was one of the biggest nationwide.
In May 2010 he was re-elected for Welwyn Hatfield with a surprising 17,423 majority. The 11.1% swing was once again one of the largest national swings to the Conservatives in the country and easily Welwyn Hatfield's biggest ever majority for an MP of any Party.
Parliament and posts
- Grant was a member of the Public Administration Select Committee between May 2005 and spring 2007.
- In December 2005, he was appointed as a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party, with responsibility for campaigning.
- In July 2007 Grant was promoted to Shadow Housing Minister attending Shadow Cabinet.
- After the May 2010 election Grant Shapps became Minister of State for Housing & Local Government in the Coalition Government.
- In June 2010 was made a Privy Counsellor by the Queen, meaning that he may use the title The Rt Hon before his name.
- In September 2012 Grant was appointed as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio.
- In May 2015 Grant became Minister of State for International Development in the Conservative Government, responsible for Africa, Climate and Environment, Research and Evidence, Human Development and Global Funds.


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My 15 year old daughter loves them! As for blocking out noise, she says she can't hear me, so what's new? They look great and sound is awesome.
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Hi, I recently went into the dealer for 2 recalls for my Rav. 1 was for the power switch that operates the windows, and the 2nd for the Lower suspension arm. They installed clips and caution labels per the recall for the fix of the suspension arm. While I was getting my Rav looked at, I told them about noices I heard when turning the steering wheel at low speeds, they said it was my intermediate steering shaft and it needed to be replaced for 650.
My question is how dangerous is it to drive with it temporarily, and could the lower suspension arm problem have caused any problems with the steering shaft. Pleas advise and let me know if I can get the work done by a quality mechanic for less money, I am currently unemployed and money is tight.
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The Weather, A Building
A new artist book by Ruth Buchanan charting three narratives associated with the Staatsbibliothek Berlin.
Libraries are generally perceived as storehouses, spaces of stable accumulation and containment. While the architecture may attempt to operate in this stable tone, the material contained within them is often far wilder. Histories, biographies, loose thoughts, detailed notations, bodies, and objects are all temporarily suspended, cataloged, and organized, creating relationships where perhaps previously there was none. An example of where the tension between what is contained in libraries and how it is contained emerges in a highly palpable way in the trajectory of the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. This new artist book by Ruth Buchanan charts three narratives associated with the life of this particular library.
Year: 2012
Author: Ruth Buchanan
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Softcover: 82 pages


text: Jason Thorpe wrote: > > On Mar 9, 2006, at 1:01 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote: > >> Okay. I think there is consensus that if I provide a compile time >> option so that on these ancient boxes the code path is no longer, then >> its okay. I'll probably do that. Frankly, I'll probably just do it so >> that the code path is only longer on those boxes that need it. :-) > > If there is an #ifdef (and I don't think there should be--- I just > think we should not have "register access function pointers" in the > com_softc), it should be to DISABLE the flexibility, rather than > enable it. Okay, well I will defer to whatever the consensus is. I do want to have *some* way to solve these without inventing new bus spaces for every possible com variant though... > > But, again, I think the best way to handle this is: > > 1- bus_space tags to deal with the 8-bit vs 32-bit bus access > requirements Reasonable, I think. The only problem I have is how to distinguish between these cases: 1) a part that has 8-bit registers that are located within the same 32-bit word, and you access them with masks. (I guess in this case that these must be idempotent for read access, and write accesses are some how "safe", e.g. a write is ignored unless a bit enabling the write is set or a register that ignores zero bits or somesuch). (Also, only 8-byte registers might have this stride applied. So you can't just universally apply e.g. a shift to the offset. 2) a part that has its registers spaced by e.g. 4 vs. 2 vs. 1 byte apart (stride) 3) *which* byte of the 32-bit word (as an example) the part in #2 has the registers located in (usually either the top or bottom). Bus space tags don't deal well with all of the possible options here. > > 2- Add a register offset map to deal with the different register > ordering on different chips. Exactly. The bus_space_tags get let us deal with the issue of masking and accessing 32-bits at a time, and the offset maps allow us deal with pretty much everything else. If folks like this, then I'm happy to implement it this way. -- Garrett -- Garrett D'Amore, Principal Software Engineer Tadpole Computer / Computing Technologies Division, General Dynamics C4 Systems http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/ Phone: 951 325-2134 Fax: 951 325-2191


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By Vernon Felton
It's been a few months now since Giant first leaked the news that their 2013 line would include a 29er version of their popular Trance X model. Of course, it's hard to keep a new model under wraps when your primary test pilot (that'd be Adam Craig) is out winning the Super D National Championships aboard the thing.
In short, the 2013 Trance X 29er comes barging out of the gates with with some heavy race titles already beneath it.
No, it's not carbon. Let's get that one out of the way right now. The Trance X 29er sports a completely aluminum (Giant's ALUXX SL grade) frame. Weight, however, isn't going to be in the boat anchor range--the size Medium frame reportedly tips the scales at a very respectable 5.89 pounds (including shock). To put that in perspective, it's about a pound heavier than the quite light, carbon fiber Anthem X 29er Advanced frame.
So far, there's no word of a carbon version being in the works, but since Giant began making carbon fiber bikes back in 1985 and is the largest producer of carbon bikes on the planet (they even weave their own carbon cloth), I expect we'll see a version with a composite front triangle before too long.
Tighter Rear End
Giant's 29ers are known for having fairly long chainstays. The Anthem X 29er, for instance, rocks 18.2 inch chainstays, which, for reference sake, are a good half inch to three-quarters of an inch longer than "typical" for a 29er with four inches of rear travel. Adding travel to a frame generally leads to even longer chainstays and that could have led to one very sluggish Trance X 29er. Giant, however, has equipped this new model with a single-spar swingarm that helps tuck the rear wheel closer to the bike's center.
Chainstay length for the Trance X 29 is 17.8 inches--almost a half inch shorter than the Anthem X 29er. Nice. This should give the bike greater maneuverability in tight conditions. The head angle sits at 69 degrees, which should give the bike a fairly neutral and confident feel on technical descents. Of course, this is all just spec-sheet speculation (which is to say, fairly worthless blathering about numbers and dimensions). We'll see how all this pans out on the trail in the very near future.
The frame features internal cable-routing ports and dropper-post guides. The bottom bracket is of the press fit variety (BB86) and, yes, the bike also bears Giant's OverDrive2 (inch and a quarter at the top of the headtube), which Giant claims improves steering precision There's no through axle on the rear end--since there are no pivots on that rear swingarm, Giant doesn't feel that a 142×12 system would appreciably stiffen things up and would, on the other hand, add unnecessary grams and dollars to the bike. I can see their point, but I still prefer through axles to traditional quick releases--it's just a cleaner clamping system.
The Journeyman Trail Slayer
So, who is this new bike aimed at? Though the Trance X 29er has its roots in enduro racing, it's basically aimed at anybody who likes to ride aggressive trails and is looking for a lightweight, maneuverable rig. In short, like most trail bikes, it's a bike that makes sense for a huge range of riders. Considering shaving your nut sack in the hopes that it will somehow help you win next Sunday's cross-country suffer fest? You should probably opt instead for a pinner XC bike. Dreaming of hucking something stupidly big to flat? You're probably never going to read this review anyway. Everybody else, stay with me here.
Three Models for 2013
Giant's offering three Trance X 29er models in 2013. All three models incorporate the same basic frame, with different shifty bits and suspension widgets as described below.
The Trance X 29er 0 is clothed in a Shimano XT-heavy wardrobe, Fox 32 Float 29 FIT CTD fork and Fox Float CTD rear shock. The bike also sports Giant's new P-TRX 29er 1 wheelset (28 millimeters wide, Tubeless Ready, alloy rims, 1,795 grams).
The Trance X 29er 1 also bears Fox suspension components (a 32 Float 29 fork and Fox Float CTD rear shock), but the drivetrain is a mix of SRAM X9/X7. Stopping duties are handled by Avid Elixir 3s. It's worth noting that this mid-range bike also bears the same dropper post as its higher end stablemate (Giant's Contact Switch model).
The Trance X 29er 2 is running a RockShox Recon Silver fork and Monarch rear shock. Drivetrain comes in an X7/X5 flavor combination and Shimano's budget M395 brakes bring the bike to a halt.
Dirt Test to Come
We have yet to hear the official party line on when the Trance X 29er will be available, but we've already driven over to Giant headquarters and peed on the front door, which is our way of claiming territory and requesting the right to abuse one of these things thoroughly on the dirt. Assuming that the urine exchange is understood by Giant's marketing staff, we'll have a proper bike test for you to read sooner rather than later. Stay tuned.


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We accept, and will bill most all insurance plans provided eligibility has been confirmed and/or verified, and that the services anticipated are in fact a covered benefit under your plan. In some cases, where we are considered as an out-of-network provider, or in a tiered network, you may be subjected to increased out of pocket expenses. You should always verify your benefits and coverage limitations directly with your insurance beforehand.
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Don't ground your club. Don't use a belly putter. Don't sign an incorrect scorecard. Don't dawdle. Don't drop your ball too far from where the television audience believes is acceptable.
And certainly don't use an alignment stick whilst putting on the practice green if your round is in session but your threesome is being held up by a slow-playing group.
Wait … what?
Sorry, Jeff Overton, you violated Rule 14-3/10.3 … you are hereby disqualified from the PGA Tour's Crowne Plaza Invitational.
If you're upset you got DQ'd because a fellow player narced on you for using a practice tool in practice play and not in the actual competition, you should be assuaged by PGA Tour rules official Mark Russell's explanation: "We don't like to disqualify players. But that's what the rule says. We don't have a choice."
Can you imagine if other sports adopted similar rules and consequences?
• "Aaron Rodgers, how many yards did you throw for? '275ish?' No, it was 293. You are retroactively disqualified, and the Packers must forfeit their victory for using an ineligible player. Sorry, we hate to do it, but it's in the rulebook."
• " 'Sheena from Sheboygan,' you say? Yes, this is David Stern. You were watching Kobe on TV, and you saw him push off on a second-quarter layup and the refs didn't call it? Give me a minute, let me check … You know, you're right. I'll tell the refs to take away the basket. Thank you for calling. OK, go Bucks."
• "Mr. Bautista … I'm afraid that because the average home run trot time is 22 seconds, and your last one took exactly 23.68 seconds, we will have to reduce your three-run homer to a one-run homer. Please speed up your rate of trotting."
Sports rules are supposed to be in place to ensure consistency of play and to level the field for all competitors.
Do most of the aforementioned golf rules accomplish that?
Some are too ridiculously obscure, arcane and esoteric to bother learning, let alone remembering. And some that are well-known are too stupid anyway to warrant continued existence.
If you really dislike disqualifying players, tear a couple hundred of the more useless pages out of your rulebook. We doubt anyone will complain.


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I got an interesting bug report on pyRdfa from Peter Mika earlier this week, and I thought this would be worth a separate test case for RDFa in general. In short, the question is what happens if the original RDFa source includes an <, for example... I attach the xhtml file and the sparql file that contains what, we (Peter and I) believe, is the correct output. The interesting point, that is usually not relevant for our tests, is how the RDF/XML output looks like which, we believe, should contain entities. I send you the output graph in RDF/XML to make it clear what I mean. Note that we also discovered that the W3C RDF validator is erroneous in this respect:-( Cheers Ivan -- Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ PGP Key: http://www.ivan-herman.net/pgpkey.html FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf ASK WHERE { <http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/RDFa/testsuite/xhtml1-testcases/x.xhtml> <http://www.example.com/#ent> "<string>" ; <http://www.example.com/#ent2> "Ben & Co." . }Received on Friday, 10 October 2008 14:32:24 UTC
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Born in Izmir in 1969. Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts Cinema-TV major graduate. With the short films he has written and directed, has attended many national and international festivals. He has shot over 300 episodes to National Private TV channels with 12 different series. His first feature film "Three Apples Fell From the Sky" won 8 prizes in total. His plays were put on the stage by National State and Private Theatres. His plays were published by Mitos-Boyut Theatre Publishing in 6 different books.
Selected Filmography
2011 Can / Can
2008 Gökten 3 Elma Düştü / 3 Apples Fell From The Sky
1996 Sıradan Bir Günün Anıları / Memories of an Ordinary Day (Kısa-Short)
1994 Koza / Cocoon (Kısa-Short)
1993 Düet / Duet (Kısa-Short)
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – For-profit colleges, pay-day loans, and spending temptations may turn into significant debt and worthless college degrees for military members, said Holly Petraeus, of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Petraeus is the head of the CFPB's Office of Service Member Affairs.
She met with leadership from the Wyoming National Guard, Thursday, to talk about national concerns and identify issues in Wyoming.
Petraeus' office partnered with the Department of Defense to see that military families receive strong financial education; to monitor their complaints to the CFPB; and to coordinate efforts of federal and state agencies regarding consumer protection measures for military families.
"Some of it is just education," Petraeus said of providing troops with the weapons they need to stay out of debt and avoid bad financial decisions. "We can't always expect people to know what to do with money. Some people are going to do what they do anyway, but I think there's some, if they had some kind of modeling or education, might actually think about doing something smarter than just blowing it all on that Hummer or that flat screen TV."
A mixture of loopholes in federal laws, and steady paychecks and bonuses for troops not savvy in personal finances, coupled with companies specifically targeting military members, have led to increase indebtedness among troops.
While the CFPB has had complaints about various businesses, Petraeus said they do not have a public list of offenders.
"It's human nature, everyone wants the good list and the bad list, so they're always asking us, 'Tell us which ones are bad, we'll boycott them,' and we're like, we can't do that. As a regulator, we can't endorse one entity that we regulate over another," Petraeus said. "What we want is for consumers to get the information they need to make an informed decision."
For Wyoming Guardsmen, both Army and Air, senior leaders expressed concern about the use of pay-day loans and the trends for Soldiers and Airmen to earn degrees from for-profit colleges without proper accreditations.
Lt. Col. Christopher Smith, the judge advocate general for the Wyoming Air National Guard, said airmen have brought contracts to him for his review. Those contracts range from warranties that cover nothing, to pay-day loans with over 700 percent annual percentage rate.
"The average pay-day loan is 390 percent when you do an annual rate," Petraeus said. "It's just based on the fact that you have a pay check and you will be expected to pay it back in two weeks. The problem is, 90 percent of the customers can't pay it back in two weeks."
Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner, Wyoming's adjutant general, identified the high costs of pay-day loans in the state.
"So the APR for a $100 loan for 14 days is 780 percent," Reiner said, noting there is no cap on the number of loans a person can take out.
"Definitely education is the key, and command climate is important too," Petraeus said. "Frankly, financial readiness is tied to military readiness. If you have folks whose finances are a disaster, you may not be able to deploy them."
The education is about proper financial health and how to regain it, she said. The Wyoming National Guard offers its troops a financial counselor that will stop short of telling you what stocks to invest in.
Other resources include the judge advocate general.
"Lately, just anecdotally, I've had three people with the extended warranties on used cars that don't cover anything," Smith said. "Fascinating documents, you just read them and you're going 'Well this says it covers A, B and C,' and then you read what it doesn't cover, and it's basically A,B and C."
He said those are just some of the items airmen asked him to review. Others include offers from schools and colleges.
"There's a lot of questions about that industry as a whole, their track record in the aggregate is not that great," Petraeus said, of for-profit colleges and universities. "They graduate less than 50 percent of their students. Their student loan default rate is right around 50 percent, which are people who cannot find employment to pay back their student loans."
Petraeus attributed the fierce recruiting of GI Bill holders by for-profit colleges because of the 1998 amendment to the Higher Education Act. For-profits can only receive 90 percent of their money from federal education funds, but the GI Bill and federal military tuition assistance does not count as part of the 90 percent.
"So they are chasing the military hard and marketing to them hard and they are succeeding," she said. "I've talked to education folks, and I'd be interested to hear from yours, because a lot of them tell me at the National Guard, they just feel besieged by these schools that want access to the troops."
Two of the three for-profit schools in Wyoming signed the presidential executive order establishing principles of excellence for educational institutions serving service members, veterans, spouses and other family members, said Tim Fisher, a veterans' education consultant for the Wyoming Military Department. The principles are guidelines for educational institutions that receive federal funding.
There were no alarming trends found in compliance surveys conducted at the 28 Wyoming schools approved for the use of VA educational benefits, he said.
However, there are web-based schools that Wyoming veterans may choose to enroll in, which are based out of state and out of the purview of statewide compliance surveys, Fisher said.
Petraeus said there are those large national programs that lack accreditation at the regional level, which is more coveted than the national level. Then, there are those that have no accreditation at all.
"The tragedy is when they get all the way through these programs and find out it's not going to get them to where they want to go," she said.
For Smith, the problem his airmen are running into is a matter of choosing a school, with little information to go on.
"To make a decision along those lines is really hard for them looking at a brochure. Often, what I tell them is, if you're trying to get a certification for a vocation, a lot of the for-profit schools are great, but go to the local union, go to the local employer and see if they accept that certification," Smith said. "They'll tell you. This is Wyoming, people are nice."
Regardless of disposition, the Wyoming National Guard offers service members and their dependents financial and educational counseling and employment coordination.
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(a) Upon approval of the merger proposal by the NCUA and by the state supervisory authority (where the continuing or merging credit union is a state credit union) and by the members of each credit union where required, the credit unions may complete the merger.
(b) Upon completion of the merger, the board of directors of the continuing credit union must certify the completion of the merger to the Regional Director within 30 days after the effective date of the merger.
(c) Upon the NCUA's receipt of certification that the merger has been completed, the NCUA will cancel the charter of the merging federal credit union (if applicable) and the insurance certificate of any merging federally-insured credit union.


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Top 5 best steakhouse in Taiwan
In a city like Taipei, the battle to be the best steakhouse is a heated one. Here are the nominee for the best steakhouse in Taipei.
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this one had to be relocated out of the way
so that Doc could continue working.
so that Doc could continue working.
Temperatures this week:What's happening in the garden?
Lowest Min -2.5C
Lowest Max 13.6C
Highest Max 20C
No Recorded Rainfall
Lowest Min -2.5C
Lowest Max 13.6C
Highest Max 20C
No Recorded Rainfall
In their place on Bed 3 I've planted some Carrots, Parsnips and a few heirloom Beetroot seeds. This will be another trial of root crop planting in the Wicking Worm Beds.
Tomato Lycoersicon esculentum
Black Cherry - Home saved seeds
Roma - Phoenix seeds
Silvery Fir - Tree Eden Seeds
Grosse Lisse - Eden Seeds
Capsicum Capsicum annuum
Hungarian Yellow Wax - Eden Seeds
Lipstick Pimento - Eden Seeds
Eggplant Solanum melangena
Casper - Eden Seeds
Long Purple - Digger's seeds
Planted 9/08/09 into Bed 3 in Main Veg Garden:
Carrot Daucas carota
Chantenay Red-Cored - Eden Seeds
Parsnip Pastinaca sativa
Hollow Crown - Eden Seeds
Beetroot Beta vulgaris
Heirloom Mix - Diggers seeds
Lemon Myrtle Backhousia citriodora - Outback Chef
Bush Tomatoes Solanun centrale (after soaking in smoke water) - Outback Chef
Native Passionfruit Capparis spinosa var nummularia from Tully in NT
Georgina's Yams from Tully in NT
Pigeon Pea Cajanus cajan - Cornucopia
Strawberry Guava Yellow Psidium cattleianum var lucidum - Green Harvest
Strawberry Guava Red Psidium littorale var. longipes - Home Saved Seeds
Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor - Home Saved Seeds
Potting up:
Cuttings of Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis
New in the Garden This week:
I've been helping Doc re-build the old hothouse to make more room and let more light in. He scrounged some great old windows from a demolition site and we bought some timber and a new sheet of clear polycarbonate sheeting for the roof. Other bits and pieces were re-used from the old structure. This will give me more space for the coming seedlings in spring.
Weekly Harvest Tally:
Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making.
Broccoli Green Goliath***4000g
Cabbage Drumhead***1107g
Carrots Atomic Red***200g
Cauliflower Mini***2737g
Cauliflower Violet Sicilian***2500g
Peas Roi de Carouby Snow***150g
Plus a yummy mix of greens for soups/stirfries/salads...Kale, Lettuce, Watercress, Chives, Parsley, Sea Parsley, Soup Celery, Beetroot, Turnip and Swede Greens.
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Employment Lawyers Can Answer Your Employment Law Questions
My partner only receives her DLA in her own right
They say she received an overpayment and as I am now claiming for her as a dependant I have to pay back the overpayment I feel this cannot be right as this happened before we met
For clarity
You are only liable for the overpayment if you are claiming for your partner as a dependent. - if you remove her from the claim then that is the end of that
even if we did not become involved till after the alleged overpayment ??


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The Kirby Center is housed in a 16,000-square-foot building on Capitol Hill, just a few minutes' walk from the Supreme Court, the Senate office buildings, and Union Station. Comprised of three row houses constructed in 1892, the building underwent a complete interior renovation in preparation for the fall 2010 opening. The façade is an example of Queen Anne Victorian architecture.
With a work room, computer lab, seminar space, and lounge, the first floor is devoted exclusively to student use. It is regularly populated by Hillsdale students interning in the city. The second floor features two parlors and the Van Andel Lecture Hall. Offices are located on the third and fourth floors. A library and outdoor terrace are also located on the fourth floor.
The building is open for visitors Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
The Kirby Center is located on Massachusetts Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets, NE.
Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Tours of the building are available by appointment during regular operating hours. To request a tour, please call (202) 600-7300.
The Kirby Center hosts lectures, seminars, receptions, and other programs every month.
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Needham injury costly to Stags
Updated 9:14 am, Saturday, February 25, 2012
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- All Derek Needham could do was watch.
Seated at the end of the Fairfield bench, Needham, dressed in black slacks, black shoes and a gray pullover, leaned the crutches that had helped him make his way back to court on the chair next to him. If the Stags were going to pull off a miracle and beat Iona Friday night, it would be with the junior point guard sitting on the sidelines.
There was no miracle.
Iona held off the spirited Stags 77-72 to clinch the regular season MAAC title and push Fairfield into a three-way tie for second at 12-5 with Manhattan and Loyola.
If Needham, who only played eight minutes after suffering a sprained left foot, had been in there, who knows what might have happened?
But there was no way that the injury would allow him to play, although he tried like heck to fight through the pain.
"He hurt the foot, he rolled it pretty bad," said Colin Nickerson, who picked up some of the minutes left by Needham's injury, playing 21. "He's tough. We'll see how he does with ice and stimulus. We just need to have him back for the MAAC tournament."
That means the focus starting with Sunday's game against Rider now turns to Nickerson, Sean Crawford, Jamel Fields and Desmond Wade. Nickerson scored five points, Crawford added four points in 17 minutes, Fields had three points and three assists in 28 minutes and Wade finished with nine points and four assists in 25 minutes.
"He (Needham) does make us go but we practice with 12 to 13 guys and we run plays with a lot of guys," Rakim Sanders said.
"I think we did a pretty good job."
Over the opening eight minutes, it was Needham keeping the Stags under control and in the lead. He had banged home a pair of quick 3-pointers, pushed Fairfield to an 18-11 advantage and stolen the momentum away from the Gaels.
But just before the under-12 minute timeout, Needham saw an opening and drove to the hoop, looking to add to the lead. He landed hard on his left foot and immediately started limping back downcourt. It looked bad. It was bad.
Moments after the injury, Needham limped back to the locker room with trainer Mark Ayotte. After several minutes, he returned, still limping.
He stood at the end of the Stags bench, tugging on his uniform top in obvious frustration. At one point, he sat down, took off his shoe, readjusted his sock and put the show back on, tying the laces tight.
He spent halftime with a large bag of ice wrapped around his foot, hoping to be able to play in the second half.
The foot didn't respond.
"I don't know the full extent but when a guy goes down, you try to see if he can go or not and then, when he can't go, you try to focus on the guys who can," Fairfield coach Sydney Johnson said. "I'm proud of all the guys. They played hard. I just don't know yet about Derek. I still have to get the full report from our trainer before I fully know the extent. It could be significant but we'll keep our fingers crossed that he can bounce back."


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|Ethan Waldman '11
With terrific performances in most every event, none better than senior thrower Ethan Waldman, the Bates men's track and field team claimed first place Saturday night in the Maine State Men's Indoor Championship, held at Bowdoin. It is Bates' first state indoor championship since 2005, even though the Bobcats have won the outdoor championships in eight of the past nine years. Bates scored 196 points, followed by runner-up Bowdoin (143), Southern Maine (122) and Colby (91).The special night was enhanced by two record-breaking throwing performances by the Bobcats. While senior Chris Murtagh (Rowley, Mass.) won the Peter Goodrich Award as the meet's most outstanding field athlete, Waldman was equally impressive, and in fact scored more team points.
Waldman (Playa del Rey, Calif.) broke Bates' team record for the indoor shot put, taking first place in the event with a heave of 54-08.25, or 16.67 meters, coming just three centimeters shy of hitting the automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Championships, while easily exceeding the NCAA provisional mark. Entering the weekend, Waldman's effort would rank him second in the country in Division III. Waldman broke the team record of 53-04.50 set byDustin Gauthier '05 in 2004.
Waldman also placed third in the weight throw, at 51-06.50, to score six more points for the team. Bates scored 196 points, followed by runner-up Bowdoin (143), Southern Maine (122) and Colby (91).
|Kirsten Gill '11
On Saturday at the UVM Carnival, the third stop on the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association circuit, the Bates women's Nordic team continued its extraordinary pace by finishing fourth in the 5K Freestyle race -- the fifth time in six races this carnival season that the Bates women have placed fourth.Bates senior Kirsten Gill is as responsible as anyone for the team's remarkable first half of the season. In Saturday's race, Gill (Jackson, N.H.) edged fellow senior Natalie Ruppertsberger (Plainfield, N.H.) for 11th place out of 69 skiers, with a time of 15:36.1. Ruppertsberger came in 12th in 15:38.8. JuniorBeth Taylor (Norwich, Vt.) was 14th and seniorMeg McClelland (Keene Valley, N.Y.) gave Bates four competitors in the top 17.
A day earlier, in the 15K Classical Mass Start race, Gill placed 15th out of 69 skiers in a time of 55:11.9.
Gill is currently ranked eighth on the EISA circuit in freestyle races, based on NCAA points earned in each individual race. She is 23rd in classical technique races and ranks 15th overall in the East, close behind Ruppertsberger, a two-time NCAA participant.
Bates travels to Hanover, N.H., this weekend for the Dartmouth Carnival at Oak Hill.
Bobcats of the week of Feb. 7, 2011
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FAIRBANKS (AP) -- Two Fairbanks man were found dead Thursday in a tent at Circle Hot Springs, apparently asphyxiated.
Alaska State Troopers said a charcoal camp stove was found inside the tent with the two men. Troopers are not releasing the names of the men until they are able to notify family members living in the Lower 48.
Troopers were notified late Wednesday that the two men were overdue from a camping trip. They had set out on Saturday, May 26 and were due to return to Fairbanks on May 27.
Troopers flew by helicopter to the area Thursday, spotted the truck the men were driving and saw the tent nearby. Officers landed and found the men deceased inside the tent, said trooper spokesman Greg Wilkinson. A dog that was with the men survived.
Wilkinson said toxicology tests would be done to determine the exact cause of death.
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Skip to comments.Pentagon Peacocks
Posted on 12/05/2012 4:56:05 PM PST by Sioux-san
The Davis Petraeus saga is another urban legend; a myth about a great man felled by a single flaw or indiscretion. The truth is that Petraeus is a bit player in a larger, uglier drama, the political corruption the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and that exclusive four star glut that sits atop the military. And the rot didn't start with Petraeus. Recall Army Chief-of-Staff George Casey taking to the airways to rationalize the Fort Hood Islamist massacre in 2009. Somehow "diversity" and Muslim sensitivities were more important than twin dangers of domestic sedition or troop safety on American bases. Casey was thrown at the Sunday chat shows, like the more recent Susan Rice mendacity tour, to spin a politically correct message. And then there was Admiral Mike Mullen leading the charge for sex with any sex a year later on the E-Ring at the Pentagon. Say what you will about booty call as a "civil right," but gender choice is not a significant national security issue in the middle of a shooting war. The legality of relationships are social issues that should be addressed by an elected, yet too often cowardly, Congress; not the appointed military brass. And while the JCS was riding point for preferences, nobody seemed to notice, or care about, failure in all those Muslim Wars. Indeed, a four-star public relations campaign reinvented the English language to avoid words like victory. The new word for retreat is "drawdown." And real goals like winning or victory have been corrupted with terms like "nation building," or worse still, military gibberish like "transition." Euphemism is the first refuge of analytical cowards. CIA, if not the entire Intelligence Community, takes a bow here too. Only a loser needs to create another word for failure.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Probably doesn't even do any good to fire these 4 star jack asses because they probably get raises when they start collecting their pensions.
COrrect. A good read and spot on
Pentagon Peacocka and Perfumed Princes ALERT! (typo left as more appropriate)
(Gunny G: Perfumed Princes As Col David Hackworth Would Refer To Them)
FYI ping
"Somehow "diversity" and Muslim sensitivities were more important than twin dangers of domestic sedition or troop safety on American bases."
PGalt, you made me laugh - Tanx!
From the article:
"Indeed, if you audit the sentiments of troops or their dependents; the cynicism about flags like Petraeus is universal. One veteran seemed to think that American senior officers resembled Muammar Gadhafi. Another underlined the Petraeus political career track with questions:"
"'How does an officer with no personal experience of direct fire combat in Panama or Desert Storm become a division CDR (101st Airborne) in 2003 ... (and how does) a man who served repeatedly as a sycophantic aide-de-camp, military assistant and executive officer to four stars get so far?'"
I know how and have said so many times on this forum. Vindication is mine sayeth me.
Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.
These political democrat generals in the military are kissing Obama's butt to get that next rank. They are cutting the throats of retired military every day. They are now wanting to cut the pay of active duty military who have been fighting wars for 10 years, in constant combat, away from their families, bleeding and dying while these fools kiss the ass of Sodom to get that star. I hope the earth opens up and swallows the entire beltway.
I was reading the article to see if I should ping it and got so pi$$ed I pinged the poster instead of the pingees.
Damb if this doesn't turn my stomach.
Sure it is.....>>"Davis" Pertaeus...GEEZ!
Is he related to Davis Crockett??
Sure it is.....>>"Davis" Pertaeus...GEEZ!
Is he related to Davis Crockett??
Is he related to Davis Jefferson, President of the States Confederate?
Here's a comment from one of the links...
or adherence to a strict moral and ethical code, is a hallmark quality
of a great leader. Without it, a leader will lose the trust and respect
of the populace it leads and serves. In the military, this could lead to
a lack of public trust, which ultimately threatens peace and security.
On a personal level, military leaders are often dealing with life and
death decisions, and integrity in thought and deed is even more vital.
If the leader cannot be trusted to be consistent in actions, values,
principles and outcomes, the bonds of trust that bind a team together
will be diminished if not shattered and the mission is likely to fail.
Whether in or out of uniform, in fact, a leader who lacks integrity will
soon lack the ability to inspire and transform." ~ Paula Broadwell
(mistress of Gen. David Petraeus)"
I knew we were in trouble when the memo came out that said it wasn't fair to evaluate an Officer based on his performance in combat. What should you evaluate him on, then?
You have got to be S%&8#ing me...When was this?
Holy Crike! Unbelievable.
I have to say that the Boomer Generation has done its darnedest to weed out those with any integrity and virtue to lead the military, the govt., elected office, schools, universities, and businesses across the land.
The Peacocks have taken over and that's a dangerous bunch for they demand loyalty despite their lack of virtue and integrity. It makes my head explode. Not that I have been Ms. Virtue all my life, but that was all pre-Salvation. The Christian's God has been minimized and eliminated from all sectors. What can you expect when that happens? A bimboic adulteress like Mrs. Broadwell telling us what Integrity is - hard to stomach indeed.
Say what you want about Petraeus, he was the perfect Officer for the Army over the past 30 years.....skinny and a good long distance runner. You can be dumber than donuts and think an envelopment is something you put a letter in, but if you're skinny and a good long distance runner, you're golden.
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I made a big mistake ! I deleted my blog to reset it, because I've got a lot of problems, but I didn't know that the name of the blog will be unavailable.
Is there a way to create a new blog with the name of the old one ?
Thank you for the help.
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Get my blog's name back.
Once a blog is deleted it, and its name are gone forever.
So I really screwed up.
That's a bit strange. Anybody can create and delete blogs all day long just to annoy people.
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- Details for Roshambo Syrah Sonoma County Justice 2005
As a longtime Roshambo wine club member I'm undoubtedly biased in the winery's favor. However, my excitement over this Sonoma boutique brand is well founded. They probably have the most unique, clever and and kitchy approach to marketing in the entire industry. And they have since they opened in 2001.... before it was "cool" to appeal to Millennials. But way more important, they make very SERIOUS wines. ("Serious wines with a smile" as they describe it). My girl and I absolutely love their offerings and are so happy to be in their wine club. This "Justice" Syrah is particularly awesome.
Roshambo Justice Syrah 2005
- Reply by Mark Angelillo, May 24, 2008.
I haven't had a chance to try the Justice yet but when I was out at an industry event I saw the Roshambo party van. It was pretty awesome! I peeked inside just long enough to see that the dash was covered with fake grass and had toy soldiers glued to it. So yes, kudos to Roshambo for their marketing.
Thanks for the tip!
- Reply by Philip James, May 26, 2008.
Never tried them either, but I did see their van (and toy soldiers!) and have heard lots of great things about them. I wonder if they have any NY distribution...


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Bill Thompson has seen his share of hard living. As the manager of Jefferson Airplane starting in 1968 (and of its various spin-offs including Jefferson Starship, Starship and Hot Tuna), he witnessed everything from founding member Marty Balin's first LSD trip (Thompson acted as Balin's sober "guide") to lead singer Grace Slick's alcoholic promiscuity ("One out of every seven shows we'd miss because she'd get drunk. And she had a thing where she slept with just about everybody in the band."). And, of course, among his many memoir-worthy adventures was Woodstock, where Jefferson Airplane performed a two-hour Sunday set from 6 to 8 a.m., which Slick quickly dubbed "welcome to morning maniac music." Thompson, who still co-owns the group's musical rights, offers his thoughts on cashier's checks, the "V for Victory" sign and the power of rain.
WWD: Did you sign on Jefferson Airplane for Woodstock without any hesitation?
Bill Thompson: They were anticipating 50,000 people would be coming and I thought, "That's a pretty good show." It sounded good to me and of course, I talked to the band about it and they said, "Sure, man, no problem." So we agreed to do it….I just found this out — I didn't know at the time — one of the managers, one of the guys to put up the money [for Woodstock], said, "We didn't know what we were doing. And none of the bands would talk to us. But then we got a break and we signed up Jefferson Airplane, and that is kind of what broke the whole thing."
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WWD: Did you guys actually get paid for your set?
B.T.: When I first started managing Jefferson Airplane, the first gig we went to was Salt Lake City, and I took a check from the promoter and the check bounced….So we get [to Woodstock], seeing all these people, I started thinking, "When are we going to get our money?" So I see Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld [the two organizers] and I said, "Hey, guys, when do we get paid?" And Michael Lang says, "Hey man, don't worry about it. Isn't this beautiful? Isn't this cosmic?" He shouldn't have said that to me. So I got a hold of the managers of the other bands [Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Santana, The Who] and I said, "Look, they might not pay us." And by the way, both of the promoters looked like they were on LSD to me. Anyway, we managed a meeting with those guys and said, "Unless we get paid up front, we're not going to play." Can you imagine somebody not playing in front of 400- or 500,000 people? There might have been deaths! I guess we scared them. A few hours later, they came up with cashier's checks [Jefferson Airplane's was for $15,000] and we played.
WWD: What do you think made Woodstock so special?
B.T.: People are recounting the thing and what a big deal it was. You know, if you tried to have a big festival nowadays with 100,000 people you'd have a fire and I don't know how many policemen and security guards and the food and everything you'd have to get for all of the bands. And this just happened. And if it was a sunny day, I don't think it would have been as monumental. Because that would have been just like a regular show.
WWD: Were there any negative repercussions from it?
B.T.: One thing that people did back then, when you saw someone with long hair and a beard, you'd flash two fingers, like the V sign for Victory. We used to do that for a couple of years and it was fantastic. After Woodstock, you might be giving a V and getting a V back from a Fed! Who was going to arrest you! So that was a negative part of the event.