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Obama weighing up to 80% cut in U.S. nukes
Obama weighing up to 80% cut in U.S. nukes
AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is weighing options for sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force, including a reduction of up to 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons, The Associated Press has learned.
Even the most modest option now under consideration would be an historic and politically bold disarmament step in a presidential election year, although the plan is in line with President Barack Obama's 2009 pledge to pursue the elimination of nuclear weapons.
No final decision has been made, but the administration is considering at least three options for lower total numbers of deployed strategic nuclear weapons cutting to around 1,000 to 1,100, 700 to 800, or 300 to 400, according to a former government official and a congressional staffer. Both spoke on condition of anonymity in order to reveal internal administration deliberations.
The potential cuts would be from a current treaty limit of 1,550 deployed strategic warheads.
A level of 300 deployed strategic nuclear weapons would take the U.S. back to levels not seen since 1950 when the nation was ramping up production in an arms race with the Soviet Union. The U.S. numbers peaked at above 12,000 in the late 1980s and first dropped below 5,000 in 2003.
Obama has often cited his desire to seek lower levels of nuclear weapons, but specific options for a further round of cuts had been kept under wraps until the AP learned of the three options now on the table.
A spokesman for the White House's National Security Council, Tommy Vietor, said Tuesday that the options developed by the Pentagon have not yet been presented to Obama.
The Pentagon's press secretary, George Little, declined to comment on specific force level options because they are classified. He said Obama had asked the Pentagon to develop several "alternative approaches" to nuclear deterrence.
The U.S. could make further weapons reductions on its own but is seen as more likely to propose a new round of arms negotiations with Russia, in which cuts in deployed weapons would be one element in a possible new treaty between the former Cold War adversaries.
Stephen Young, senior analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, which favors nuclear arms reductions, said Tuesday, "The administration is absolutely correct to look at deep cuts like this. The United States does not rely on nuclear weapons as a central part of our security."
Even small proposed cuts are likely to draw heavy criticism from Republicans who have argued that a smaller nuclear force would weaken the U.S. at a time when Russia, China and others are strengthening their nuclear capabilities. They also argue that shrinking the American arsenal would undermine the credibility of the nuclear "umbrella" that the United States provides for allies such as Japan, South Korea and Turkey, who might otherwise build their own nuclear forces.
The administration last year began considering a range of possible future reductions below the levels agreed in the New START treaty with Russia that took effect one year ago. Options are expected to be presented to Obama soon. The force levels he settles on will form the basis of a new strategic nuclear war plan to be produced by the Pentagon.
The U.S. already is on track to reduce to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads by 2018, as required by New START. As of last Sept. 1, the United States had 1,790 warheads and Russia had 1,566, according to treaty-mandated reports by each. The treaty does not bar either country from cutting below 1,550 on their own.
Those who favor additional cuts argue that nuclear weapons have no role in major security threats of the 21st century, such as terrorism. A 2010 nuclear policy review by the Pentagon said the U.S. nuclear arsenal also is "poorly suited" to deal with challenges posed by "unfriendly regimes seeking nuclear weapons" - an apparent reference to Iran.
It's unclear what calculus went into each of the three options now under consideration at the White House.
The notion of a 300-weapon arsenal is featured prominently in a paper written for the Pentagon by a RAND National Defense Project Institute analyst last October, in the early stages of the administration's review of nuclear requirements. The author, Paul K. Davis, wrote that he was not advocating any particular course of action but sought to provide an analytic guide for how policymakers could think about the implications of various levels of nuclear reductions.
Davis wrote that an arsenal of 300 weapons might be considered adequate for deterrence purposes if that force level was part of a treaty with sound anti-cheating provisions; if the U.S. deployed additional non-nuclear weapons with global reach, and if the U.S. had "hypothetically excellent," if limited, defenses against long- and medium-range nuclear missiles.
In 2010, three Air Force analysts wrote in Strategic Studies Quarterly, an Air Force publication, that the U.S. could get by with as few as 311 deployed nuclear weapons, and that it didn't matter whether Russia followed suit with its own cuts.
New U.S. cuts could open the prospect for a historic reshaping of the American nuclear arsenal, which for decades has stood on three legs: submarine-launched ballistic missiles, ground-based ballistic missiles and weapons launched from big bombers like the B-52 and the stealthy B-2. The traditional rationale for this "triad" of weaponry is that it is essential to surviving any nuclear exchange.
As recently as last month the administration said it was keeping the triad intact under current plans, while also hinting at future cuts to the force. In the 2013 defense budget submitted to Congress on Monday, the administration proposed a two-year delay in the development of a new generation of ballistic missile submarines that carry nuclear weapons. That will save an estimated $4.3 billion over five years.
In congressional testimony last November, the Pentagon's point man on nuclear policy, James N. Miller, declined to say what options for force reductions the administration was considering. Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's strategic forces subcommittee, unsuccessfully pressed Miller for key details about his policy review. As recently as last month Turner said in an interview that he feared the administration was bent on cutting the force.
In his written testimony at a Nov. 2 hearing chaired by Turner, Miller made it clear that the administration was making a fundamental reassessment of nuclear weapons requirements. In unusually stark terms he said the critical question at hand was "what to do" if a nuclear-armed state or non-state entity could not be deterred from launching an attack.
"In effect, we are asking: what are the guiding concepts for employing nuclear weapons to deter adversaries of the United States, and what are the guiding concepts for ending a nuclear conflict on the best possible terms if one has started?" he said.
Nuclear stockpile numbers are closely guarded secrets in most states that possess them, but private nuclear policy experts say no countries other than the U.S. and Russia are thought to have more than 300. The Federation of American Scientists estimates that France has about 300, China about 240, Britain about 225, and Israel, India and Pakistan roughly 100 each.
Since taking office Obama has put heavy emphasis on reducing the role and number of nuclear weapons as part of a broader strategy for limiting the global spread of nuclear arms technology and containing the threat of nuclear terrorism. That strategy is being put to the test most urgently by Iran's suspected pursuit of a nuclear bomb.
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Lowest level of strategic review would leave Pentagon with fewer warheads than China
Nuking our Nukes
Lowest level of strategic review would leave Pentagon with fewer warheads than China
President Obama has ordered the Pentagon to consider cutting U.S. strategic nuclear forces to as low as 300 deployed warheads—below the number believed to be in China's arsenal and far fewer than current Russian strategic warhead stocks.
Pentagon and military planners were asked to develop three force levels for the U.S. arsenal of deployed strategic nuclear warheads: a force of 1,100 to 1,000 warheads; a second scenario of between 700 and 800 warheads; and the lowest level of between 300 and 400 warheads.
A congressional official said no president in the past ever told the Pentagon to conduct a review based on specific numbers of warheads.
"In the past, the way it worked was, 'tell me what the world is like and then tell me what the force should be,'" the official said. "That is not happening in this review."
The plan for a radical cut in warheads is contained in a review of nuclear weapons ordered by the president in an August directive. The review called the Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study is nearing completion and could be presented to the president as early as next month.
The plan has come under fire from senior military officers in charge of maintaining nuclear deterrence against Russia, China, and future nuclear rogue states.
Asked about the opposition, a senior officer involved in strategic arms declined to comment.
Critics of the nuclear force cuts in Congress and the national security community said the force structure is being studied without matching the need for nuclear forces to combat growing threats, as was done in past strategic nuclear reviews.
Currently, the U.S. arsenal includes about 5,000 warheads, many of them slated for dismantlement. Russia has between 4,000 and 6,500 warheads and China is believed to have more than 300.
Pentagon spokesman George Little declined to comment on the specific force levels being examined in the review.
"While the details are classified, the president asked DoD to develop several alternative approaches to deterrence and stability, to include illustrative force size and postures to best support those alternatives," Little said. "As part of the NPR implementation study, DOD is evaluating these alternatives using policy criteria outlined in the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review."
John Bolton, former U.N. ambassador and undersecretary of state for international security during the George W. Bush administration, said in an interview that the administration's plan to cut nuclear force to as low as 300 "alone is sufficient to vote against Obama in November."
"Congress should urgently adopt a resolution rejecting the idea that any of these levels is consistent with American national security," Bolton said. "Let's just see who is prepared to support Obama."
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney said even considering such deep strategic cuts is irrational.
"No sane military leader would condone 300 to 400 warheads for an effective nuclear deterrent strategy," McInerney told the Washington Free Beacon.
"Going down to 1000 to 1,100 is risky enough and frankly in today's world, very risky. The purpose of our nuclear force structure is to deter any adversary from even thinking that they could minimize our attack options. Such thinking is very dangerous and will only encourage our adversaries to make bold decisions."
A congressional official and former administration official familiar with the ongoing review said the bottom level warhead levels raise serious questions about whether a nuclear force that size would deter adversaries. It also would raise questions about so-called "extended deterrence," the threat to use nuclear weapons against states like North Korea on behalf of allies like Japan.
The new strategic review reflects the president's 2009 speech in Prague when he said the United States would pursue peace and security in a world "without nuclear weapons."
In 2010, the administration issued its Nuclear Posture Review that reduced the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. military posture. Then in March, Thomas Donilon, White House National Security Adviser, said in a speech the administration was making plans for "the next round of nuclear reductions."
Under the U.S.-Russia New START arms treaty, U.S. nuclear forces will be cut to 1,550 warheads.
Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio and chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, said during a hearing in November that he is concerned about planned cuts in nuclear forces.
"The administration reviews are all being done to support further U.S. reductions," Turner said, "This is concerning."
U.S. officials say the failure of the United States to maintain a strong nuclear deterrent force would likely lead to other nations developing nuclear weapons.
Senior members of the Saudi Arabian royal family recently discussed the kingdom's development of nuclear arms in response to Iran's covert nuclear program.
And South Korea and Japan could decide to develop nuclear arsenals to deter North Korea's and China's nuclear forces.
James Miller, deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, told Congress in November that the NPR implementation study, when completed, will result in "more detailed planning guidance to the military, and then [U.S. Strategic Command] will revise its military plans." The review will also be used for "future arms control proposals," he said.
Air Force Gen. Robert Kehler, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, said during the same hearing with Miller that the 2010 nuclear review "validated the continuing need for a triad" of missiles, bombers, and missile-firing submarines.
"These plans are essential to maintaining long term confidence in our nuclear deterrent capabilities," Kehler said. "Unfortunately, the nuclear enterprise simultaneously faces significant capitalization challenges and extraordinary fiscal pressures."
The administration committed to spending as much as $85 billion over 10 years to modernize U.S. nuclear forces and infrastructure as part of the Senate's New START ratification debate in 2010.
However, some on Capitol Hill are calling the administration's commitment to nuclear modernization into question.
Kehler's predecessor at Stratcom, Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, told a recent congressional hearing that the 1,550 warheads under New START are the lowest level for security and deterrence.
When asked if the New START levels included more warheads than needed, Chilton said: "I do not agree that it is more than is needed. I think the arsenal that we have is exactly what is needed today to provide the deterrent."
Kenneth deGraffenreid, a former Reagan administration National Security Council official, said in an interview that the plans for sharp nuclear cuts are "part of the administration's purposeful decline of American military power."
The damage to nuclear forces is compounded by "massive reductions across the board in defense spending on conventional forces," he said.
"Defense is the only part of government this administration is reducing," he said. "There wasn't a single dollar of stimulus money spent on defense."
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Source: World Peace site
Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by one of two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender. It is based on the theory of deterrence according to which the deployment of strong weapons is essential to threaten the enemy in order to prevent the use of the very same weapons. The strategy is effectively a form of Nash equilibrium, in which both sides are attempting to avoid their worst possible outcome — nuclear annihilation.
Mutual assured destruction
The doctrine assumes that each side has enough weaponry to destroy the other side and that either side, if attacked for any reason by the other, would retaliate with equal or greater force. The expected result is an immediate escalation resulting in both combatants' total and assured destruction. It is now generally assumed that the nuclear fallout or nuclear winter resulting from a large scale nuclear war would bring about worldwide devastation, though this was not a critical assumption to the theory of MAD.
The doctrine further assumes that neither side will dare to launch a first strike because the other side will launch on warning (also called fail-deadly) or with secondary forces (second strike) resulting in the destruction of both parties. The payoff of this doctrine is expected to be a tense but stable peace.
The primary application of this doctrine started during the Cold War (1950s to 1990s) in which MAD was seen as helping to prevent any direct full-scale conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union while they engaged in smaller proxy wars around the world. It was also responsible for the arms race, as both nations struggled to keep nuclear parity, or at least retain second-strike capability. Although the Cold War ended in the early 1990s, and as of 2007 the U.S. and Russia (former USSR) are on relatively cordial terms, the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction certainly continues to be in force although it has receded from public discourse.
Proponents of MAD as part of U.S. and USSR strategic doctrine believed that nuclear war could best be prevented if neither side could expect to survive a full scale nuclear exchange (as a functioning state). Since the credibility of the threat is critical to such assurance, each side had to invest substantial capital in their nuclear arsenals even if they were not intended for use. In addition, neither side could be expected or allowed to adequately defend itself against the other's nuclear missiles. This led both to the hardening and diversification of nuclear delivery systems (such as nuclear missile silos, ballistic missile submarines and nuclear bombers kept at fail-safe points) and to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
This MAD scenario is often known by the euphemism nuclear deterrence. The term deterrence was first used in this context after World War II; prior to that time, its use was limited to legal terminology.
This MAD policy worked extremely well, although ironically its sucess did not work on 'mutual trust' but a 'fear' from both sides ( the USA and the USSR) that neither country could attack each other without receiving an equally destructive nuclear counter strike, i.e. both countries would be wiped out.
The USA at this moment is the World's only super power and should remain so for the next decade.
This is because the USA not only has a massive conventual might, it also has a massive nuclear capability which it can deliver from land, air, and sea, with surgical accuraccy.
For some insane reason Obama seems hell bent on destroying the USA's military supremacy.
The USA has been and still is the protector of the democratic freedoms of free speech, equal rights for all, and the right to practice your own religion.
It was the USA ( along with its allies) that defeated (in the end), Fascism and Communism.
Now we are face with an even more evil dictatorship, that of the Islamic fundamentalist sharia fascist's and their insane 'mission from Allah' to inflict a world wide Islamic Caliphate ( run by these nutcases) on all of us.
And Obama not only is emaciating the military might of the USA, he now wants to eliminate its nuclear strike capabilities, which have insured 'world peace' for over 50 years.
Its alot cheaper to spend money on maintain g 'Peace', than spend money 'fighting' a War.
Last edited by WABA; 02-15-2012 at 10:58 PM..
This is a heavy duty subject and I am not ready to comment.
However, I did feel it worthwhile to begin by hunting down the original sources mentioned in Paparock's article:
"Remembrance of Things Past: The Enduring Value of Nuclear Weapons", Strategic Studies Quarterly, Spring 2010 by Forsyth, Saltzman, and Schaub: http://www.au.af.mil/au/ssq/2010/spr...zmanschaub.pdf
Happy reading !
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This would make sense if and only if accompanied by a major deployment of ballistic missile defenses, including a few dozen orbiting megawatt-class chemical lasers.
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Can he break those pedaling records with only one testicle?
Seriously, the article doesn't say.
How would that thing handle waves? It seems like it wouldn't last quite so long in waters that aren't as calm as they are in Catfish Lake Montana.
That boat was purpose built for Catfish Lake. He has another one [google.com] for the Atlantic.
That's assuming that he could even get the boat off the water, which whould likely be impossible with only one human power.
the problem with assumptions is that they make an ass out of u and mptions
yes, one HP is enough to lift a HPH [human-powe...ofoils.com]
the problem with assumptions is that they make an ass out of u and mptions
My school even built some solar powered hydrofoils for competition. They were quite successful. [mu.edu]
Looks like the GP and at least one mod have some reading to do.
The one at the bottom of the page where it's pedaled looks a bit more like a real boat, looks like it would float if you stopped.
The pogo ones sink if you stop.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyak [wikipedia.org]
Looks nice, but I'd like to see a pedal one with a couple of outriggers (because the one linked would be hell on the upper body).
For a canoe (which is bacially the shape of this)
Just a pedant point, but the shape he used for the still-water record is more like a racing shell. Much smaller profile than a canoe - you practically sit on top of it rather than inside.
Greg goes through a thorough design process when building his projects.
Unless you're building something from a kit, who doesn't?
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Orphan designation
Please note that this product was withdrawn from the Community register of designated orphan medicinal products in May 2014 on request of the sponsor.
On 27 September 2011, orphan designation (EU/3/11/907) was granted by the European Commission to Généthon, France, for kifunensine for the treatment of delta sarcoglycanopathy.
For a list of the administrative updates to this public summary of opinion please refer to the PDF document below.
- What is delta sarcoglycanopathy?
Sarcoglycanopathies belong to a group of inherited diseases called the limb-girdle muscular dystrophies, which cause progressive muscle wasting and weakness. Symptoms usually appear in childhood. Sarcoglycanopathies are caused by mutations in the genes for certain proteins called sarcoglycans, which are important for muscle fibres and are needed for muscles to work properly. Each type of sarcoglycanopathy is genetically different but people have similar symptoms. Delta sarcoglycanopathy is caused by a fault in the gene for delta sarcoglycan.
Delta sarcoglycanopathy is a chronically debilitating and life-threatening condition as it causes progressive muscle wasting associated with reduced life expectancy due to heart and breathing problems.
- What is the estimated number of patients affected by the condition?
At the time of designation, delta sarcoglycanopathy affected less than 0.03 in 10,000 people in the European Union (EU). This is equivalent to a total of fewer than 1,500 people*, and is below the ceiling for orphan designation, which is 5 people in 10,000. This is based on the information provided by the sponsor and the knowledge of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP).
* Disclaimer: For the purpose of the designation, the number of patients affected by the condition is estimated and assessed on the basis of data from the European Union (EU 27), Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. At the time of designation, this represented a population of 507,700,000 (Eurostat 2011).
- What treatments are available?
At the time of application, no satisfactory methods for the treatment of delta sarcoglycanopathy had been authorised in the European Union. Treatment of patients with the disease mainly involved physiotherapy as supportive treatment, but also tendon-lengthening surgery and fusion of the spine to minimise painful deformity.
- How is this medicine expected to work?
Kifunensine is expected to block the action of an enzyme called alpha mannosidase, which is involved in the natural process of breaking down defective sarcoglycans in the human body. By blocking the action of this enzyme, it is expected that defective sarcoglycan will not be degraded but can be repaired and used again by the muscle.
- What is the stage of development of this medicine?
At the time of submission of the application for orphan designation, the evaluation of the effects of kifunensine in experimental models was ongoing.
At the time of submission of the application for orphan designation, no clinical trials with kifunensine in patients with delta sarcoglycanopathy had been started.
At the time of submission, kifunensine was not authorised anywhere in the EU for delta sarcoglycanopathy or designated as an orphan medicinal product elsewhere for this condition.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of 16 December 1999, the COMP adopted a positive opinion on 15 July 2011 recommending the granting of this designation.
- Opinions on orphan medicinal product designations are based on the following three criteria
- the seriousness of the condition;
- the existence of alternative methods of diagnosis, prevention or treatment;
- either the rarity of the condition (affecting not more than 5 in 10,000 people in the EU) or insufficient returns on investment.
Designated orphan medicinal products are products that are still under investigation and are considered for orphan designation on the basis of potential activity. An orphan designation is not a marketing authorisation. As a consequence, demonstration of quality, safety and efficacy is necessary before a product can be granted a marketing authorisation.
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Review of designation
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Patients' organisations
For contact details of patients' organisations whose activities are targeted at rare diseases, see:
- Orphanet, a database containing information on rare diseases which includes a directory of patients' organisations registered in Europe.
- European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS), a non-governmental alliance of patient organisations and individuals active in the field of rare diseases.


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PACE EH, Oregon
Multnomah County Health Department, Portland, Oregon
Trusting the Community to Lead
The Multnomah County PACE EH (Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health) Community Coalition is a union of agencies, government, nonprofit groups, and community organizations intent on revitalizing the participation of communities in the Portland metro area (population 600,000) around environmental issues that affect their health.
The coalition organized community partners, generated excitement and possibilities for collaborative work, fought diligently for resources, and organized a steering committee and a community assessment team. The coalition has largely rewritten a long history of "uncooperative government" coupled with "apathetic community" perceptions.
The coalition used the PACE EH methodology to:
Ongoing efforts build upon focus groups, door-to-door surveys, and informal gatherings around key environmental health issues in multifamily housing units. The Coalition created a community newsletter, a Web-based "events and alert" list, and a local PACE EH Web site.
Coalition recommendations and findings from the assessment team will be presented at future community meetings where the team will seek approval on current and future community action plans.
The Multnomah County Health Department, lead partner of the local PACE EH work, relinquished control in the process and assessment in favor of a coalition effort focused on the voice and concerns of the affected citizens. For more information, visit Multnomah County Health Department, Portland, OR.


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July 2, 2013
The manufacture of methamphetamine in the U.S. — and Bartow County — isn't happening in kitchens, garages, basements or seedy motel rooms. Instead, it is increasingly coming from our neighbors to the south.
"Between 2 and 5 percent of the drugs that are here originate here," Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force Commander Capt. Mark Mayton said.
According to a report from The Associated Press last week, the smuggling of meth across the U.S.-Mexico border has increased in recent years, highlighted by San Diego's San Ysidro port of entry, which accounted for more than 40 percent of methamphetamine seizures in 2012.
The AP reported inspectors seized 13,195 pounds of meth along the border last year.
The report is a reflection of what Mayton said occurs locally. "All of them come from our southern borders, so it directly affects what happens here."
Although credit has been given to the domestic crackdown on labs and the chemicals used to manufacture the drug, Mayton said the problem of running meth from Mexico is not a new one.
"During my career, it has always been predominantly from our southern borders. [The crackdown] hasn't forced it to come from somewhere else. It has forced them to find other means to get it here," said the 22-year veteran of law enforcement.
To get the product here, manufacturers bring it through checkpoints, walk it across the border and ship it in.
"[They bring drugs] directly through checkpoints," Mayton said. "They walk it across in isolated regions where there is no checkpoint. They have border sensors all up and down the border, but they can alleviate those things and get around them. They are walking it across, sending it in trains, sending it in cars, in trucks."
Once across the border, he added, the drugs are staged in the Southwestern United States and distributed in bulk shipments across the country.
Joe Garcia, assistant special agent in charge of ICE investigations in San Diego, told The Associated Press that children are caught several times a week with methamphetamine strapped to their bodies. They are typically paid $50 to $200 for each trip, carrying 3 pounds on average.
Drivers, who collect up to $2,000 per trip, conceal methamphetamine in bumpers, batteries, radiators and almost any other crevice imaginable. Packaging is smothered with mustard, baby powder and laundry detergent to fool drug-sniffing dogs.
Crystals are increasingly dissolved in water, especially during the last year, making the drug more difficult to detect in giant X-ray scanners that inspectors order some motorists to drive through. The water is later boiled and often mixed with acetone, a combustible fluid used in paints that yields clear shards of methamphetamine favored by users. The drug often remains in liquid form until reaching its final distribution hub.
Although "miniscule amounts" of meth are made here, the increase in production outside the border may be a simple matter of economics.
"Why do you think it's more costly? … It's actually cheaper to make it there," Mayton explained. "They get bulk precursors there. The oversight there is not what it is here. The regulations that are put on imports, and even the regulations that are put on retail inventory is not that way there. All that stuff is readily available there for them to make meth. Their law enforcement presence, they have so much corruption in their law enforcement as it is.
"It's actually easier for them to make it there, bring it here. The people they are sending it with are expendable. These are not important people bringing it into our country; these are people that, if they get caught, that's the cost of doing business."
On a cost-to-cost analysis, meth presents a better return on investment than marijuana.
"I want to say there is a better profit margin in meth because they are able to bring smaller amounts and make more profits," Mayton said. "… They have to send so much more of the weed to make that kind of money, which they are making great money off the weed, but they can send smaller amounts of the meth and make the same amount of money for a larger amount of weed."
And cost is a factor in fighting the war on drugs.
"We have seen a reduction in the number of labs since the legislation [monitoring the sale of] Sudafed. We were doing anywhere from 35 to 55 labs a year, and now we are doing maybe five a year. And we are OK with that. I would rather chase the other side of that coin as the labs," Mayton said. "It's so taxing on us locally. Used to, before sequestration and all these budget constraints, the federal government would assist us in paying for the disposal of those hazardous materials. Now, that falls right back on us, and our money is tight just like everyone else's."
The solution, however, is not an easy one.
"The true solution is to shut down our borders … With the immigration issues that are coming up, we've got to secure that southern border," Mayton said. "They're still going to get it in here, but we will see a significant reduction in the amount of drugs that are coming across if we shut the border down. "Now, is that unrealistic and Utopian in nature? Probably so. But I think we could do a better job than we are doing securing our borders."


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January 2014
Newer Prenatal Test Less Risky for Finding Birth Defects
Every mother-to-be hopes for a healthy baby. Prenatal testing can help your doctor identify problems before your child is born. Some of these tests can be risky for the fetus. Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a safer technique that may provide answers about certain birth defects.
How NIPT fits in
Prenatal testing includes many different tests given throughout your pregnancy. Some focus on you. These may include periodic blood pressure readings or screenings for infections or pregnancy-related diabetes.
Other prenatal tests check your unborn baby's health. These include amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and NIPT. These tests look at fetal DNA for serious disorders, such as Down syndrome. It's a common birth defect that causes mental and physical health problems. It occurs when the fetus has an extra chromosome.
Your doctor may recommend NIPT if you are at high risk for having a baby with Down syndrome or another related condition. You are more likely to give birth to a child with such a disorder if you are older than 35 or have a personal or family history of birth defects. You may also receive NIPT if an earlier blood test or ultrasound is abnormal.
Pros and cons of NIPT
One major benefit of NIPT is when it can be done—as early as 10 weeks into pregnancy. Unlike other tests, it also poses little risk for your unborn baby. Amniocentesis and CVS may cause pregnancy problems, including miscarriage. NIPT requires only a simple blood test.
NIPT may be low risk, but its results may not always be definitive. One percent of women may receive a false negative result. Even after testing normal, their unborn child may actually have a birth defect. The test may also suggest a problem when there isn't one. For these reasons, experts recommend follow-up testing with amniocentesis or CVS. Those tests can provide a nearly 100% accurate diagnosis.
Another concern of NIPT is cost. Not all insurance companies cover it. The out-of-pocket price for NIPT can range widely, from $295 to $1,700.
Questions to Ask Your Doctor About NIPT
NIPT is currently for women only at high risk of having a baby with certain birth defects, such as Down syndrome. Ongoing research, though, may eventually extend its use to all pregnant women. It may also one day be able to detect many other birth defects.
If you think NIPT may be right for you, talk with your doctor. Below are some questions that can help with the conversation:
Is my baby at high risk for Down syndrome or another birth defect?
Should I consider NIPT?
How long will I have to wait for results?
If the result is positive, what are my options, including further testing?
What risks are involved with any additional testing, such as amniocentesis?
January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Click here to learn more about how prenatal testing can help you and your baby.
Online resources
March of Dimes – Prenatal Tests
National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics – Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Factsheet


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There's been much ink spilled -- haha, remember ink, and why is it always getting spilled, keep it somewhere safe -- about the now much-dissected battle royale between Carmelo and Boston's Kevin Garnett during the Knicks' fairly infuriating loss to the loathsome Celtics. Much of it correct, though some of it overwrought, particularly this gem from the Daily News' Mitch Lawrence:
They can't have their top player, a legitimate candidate for the MVP this season, come mentally unglued when someone makes disparaging comments about his reportedly estranged wife. Or his mama. Or whoeverYeesh.
If that kind of B.S. can throw Anthony off his game and make the Knicks an easy mark, then they're never going to get out of the first round again. Not as long as he is their top player.
But the point stands. I totally understand the idea that Anthony can't let this type of thing affect him on the court, that losing a winnable game because KG said some stuff isn't completely acceptable. It's one thing to let your anger motivate you, it's another to let it take you out of the game and cost your team a win. I would say it's worth remembering that these athletes are human beings, that some time emotion gets in the way of your best judgement, and sometimes we do things even as we know that we shouldn't. Melo let his frustration affect his play, it happens.
And yet, and I guess I'm sorry for saying this, I loved it. I loved every minute of it. It made me like Carmelo Anthony even MORE. I enjoyed watching him barking at Garnett, I've watched it something like a dozen times and it never fails to make me happy.
Naturally, this being New York, the story had to veer into the absurd, where it landed with rumors of Lala and Cheerios -- Honey Nut, I believe. But while the rational part of my brain knows this wasn't a good thing, knows the Knicks can't continue to let emotions cost them games, the monkey/reptilian region of my frontal cortex was just all, "Oooh, fighting! GET 'EM!"
And I don't know, maybe it was faux-toughness, but I thought Melo showed toughness. I liked the attitude, liked seeing him get right in Garnett's mug and even liked seeing him waiting outside the Boston bus just to say, "Hey dude, what was THAT all about?"
Now, I'm not advocating this as a long-term strategy, or saying it's the type of thing I hope to keep seeing, I'm just saying for one night I really liked it, and found myself frantically checking the schedule to see when that next Boston game might be. Yeah, sports are about winning and losing, but there's an entertainment element to it too.
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It was a history making night in more than one way for McPherson High School on a cold, rainy Tuesday night.
It was a history making night in more than one way for McPherson High School on a cold, rainy Tuesday night.
On the one hand, you had junior quarterback Kyler Kinnamon, who soared past a 25-year MHS record for single-season rushing yards, with at least one more game left for the Bullpups on the schedule.
Not to be outdone was senior TJ Stites, who eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark on a cold, rainy Tuesday night against Clay Center in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs.
It marked the first time in recent memory, at least, MHS sported not one, but two backs that had met that mark.
And then there was the defensive effort in the 47-7 win.
McPherson had been shocked Thursday by Chapman 50-46, giving up 505 yards to a team that had, previously, only won two games against opponents that had a 2-14 record to that point. This was following a similar performance against Abilene in week two of district play.
That defense, however, was nowhere to be seen Tuesday against Clay Center.
The Bullpups stepped up their game to an incredible level in the playoff opener, allowing the Tigers only 46 yards of total offense and just one first down. For the game.
It was as masterful a performance as you could ask for on all sides of the ball.
"That was quite an effort," MHS coach Tom Young said. "I was talking to the team [after the game], and had just one question; 'Who are you guys?'"
McPherson started the beatdown from the opening drive, as the defense attacked the Tigers hard, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Clay Center on the 22 yard line. The next play, Tiger quarterback Kody Gregory tossed an interception to Marcus McDaniel.
Kinnamon blasted through the Tiger defense on the very next play, taking the ball 22 yards for his first of three touchdowns. His second would come after the ensuing possession by Clay Center, as the MHS defense forced a three-and-out.
Kinnamon then ripped off a 75-yard run to paydirt with 8:22 left in the game and Clay Center was left with no answers for the Bullpup attack. Kinnamon and Stites would both add three-yard runs before the end of the of half.
The exclamation point in the opening period was a Cole Hanken interception of Gregory with 3:53 remaining in the opening period that he returned 33 yards to the house for a pick-six.
Kinnamon would cap his night in the third quarter with a 73-yard punt return to put the score at 47-0, enacting the running clock rule that KSHSAA has, which states that, when a team reaches a 45-point lead in all classes but 8-Man, the clock will not stop unless it is a time-out.
Kinnamon finished the night with 13 carries for 186 yards. He now sits at 1,541 for the season, eclipsing the 1988 record of legendary Bullpup Dwanye Chandler, who posted 1,536.
Stites, meanwhile, finished with two touchdowns and 167 yards on 21 carries. He has 1,047 rushing yards on the year, which is even more impressive when one considers he didn't start playing running back until Oct. 4 against Winfield.
"The offense has been clicking really well," Young said. "We don't have any weak spots. Everybody is executing and getting the job done up front. The wide receivers, even though they didn't have a lot to do tonight, as cold and windy as it was, just as important is blocking down the field. They've really improved this year in that area."
McPherson (6-4) only threw two passes, neither of which were caught, against Clay Center, but still managed 395 yards of offense, regardless.
The Tigers (6-4) had 39 yards on the ground, led by Gregory's 18, and 7 passing yards. That was made on a single pass by Kade Wallace after the JV squads for both teams entered the game in the fourth quarter. Wallace also notched Clay Center's only touchdow with 4:48 left in the game.
The road doesn't get any easier for McPherson as they enter the round of 16 on Saturday. The Bullpups will face undefeated Andale on Saturday night. The Indians (10-0) are coming off a 60-0 thumping of Larned Tuesday.
"That's the same pattern as last year," Young said, referring to the Pups facing the Indians in the second round of the playoffs. "Hopefully, it will turn out the same way. We've got to play like this. If we don't come out with our A-game, like tonight, it will be a long night. But, if we play like this, we've got a shot at those guys."
In fact, the pattern could be exactly like last year, as a win against Andale Saturday could have the Bullpups facing defending 4A champions Holton in sectional play on Nov. 15. The Pups lost to the Wildcats 31-27 in what many considered to be the true state championship.
Kick off times will be announced later.
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Hello All,
I have been having much difficulty understanding matrices and a group of us have become desperate to find some comprehension of this problem. We have come up with an answer for c, but still not sure if it's correct. If you could please be of assistance it would be greatly appreciated!
A company makes three types of product (A,B, and C) with specifications below:
Product | A | B | C | Total Allowed
Weight 20 20 60 220 lbs
Volume 20 15 20 125 cu ft
a) Write a system of equations that could be used to determine what combination of products should be shipped.
b) Write the augmented matrix that matches the system.
c) Perform row operations to obtain a reduced matrix.
d) Interpret the matrix to determine the quantities to be shipped.


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2013: Competed in four meets for the Retrievers as a freshman, including at the 2013 America East Championships in which the UMBC men captured its first team title since 2005… Placed 54th overall at the conference meet at Binghamton with an 8k time of 26:35.25… Recorded his top 8k time of the season at the Princeton Invitational by crossing the line at 25:31… Finished 15th at the season-opening America East Preconference Meet in Vestal, N.Y. … Named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Background: Chosen as a Second Team All-American for the steeplechase in 2013… State champion in 1,600m as a junior in 2012… Helped Linganore capture the outdoor track state title in 2011… Led the Lancers' cross country squad to a runner-up showing at the 2011 state meet… Named to the All-County First Team all four years in high school from 2009-2013… Selected to the All-State First Team in 2011 and 2012… An All-Southeast Region Second Team choice in 2011… Medaled at the Junior Olympics in 2010 and 2012… Awarded the Golden Lance as the top honor at Linganore High.
Personal: Son of Joseph and Melissa DuBoyce… Has three brothers, Josh, Jim, and Tom, and two sisters, Maura and Anna… His grandfather ran collegiately at Butler… Plans to major in political science… Born Dec. 31, 1994.


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By Christiana Cefalu
A few words of caution seem called for. Towards the end of the year, most of us pause to reflect on our achievements, failures, and goals for the future. But in a year as hectic as 2012, there's barely any time to do so. Even after the presidential race came to a close, the swirl of indecision and angst continues due to the financial turbulence in Europe and an impending fiscal cliff here at home.
Multifamily office Pitcairn of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, held a forum in Philadelphia for its clients a week after the election, and invited speakers including Daniel Clifton, a partner at institutional brokerage firm Strategas; and Alberto Bernal-Leon, a partner at Latin American firm Bulltick Capital Markets; to come talk to them. The central bit of advice that emerged from the assembled speakers: "ignore the noise and stay the course."
Here, noise means the 24-hour news cycle, and the course is long-term investment goals. Rick Pitcairn, the wealth manager's chief investment officer, notes there are now several TV stations, not just CNBC, "dedicated to telling investors what to do with their money." On top of that, "you have a lot of noise from the different transactional sides of this business" and a lot of catchy product pitches.
It's enough to make even the most stout of heart lose his nerve and short-circuit. Worse than that: the barrage can throw a family's focused wealth strategy into question and catastrophically knock off-track a long-term plan that is essentially sound.
Rick Pitcairn says that folk need to be conscious of "managing the information that's coming in and making good decisions with that information." He says that the barrage coming through his own computer and two smart phones throws "ideas in front of me and tries to incentivize me to act upon them, when stepping back and doing a thoughtful piece of due diligence is in fact be the better path."
No-one is saying bury your head in the sand during the home stretch of 2012, when Congress will hopefully reach a fiscal-cliff consensus and subsequent changes to the tax code will become clear. What we are saying is – Stay cool, man. Stay cool.


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USA: Mentor Graphics Corp. announced that cache coherent interconnect subsystem verification has been added to the Questa and Veloce platforms.
Engineering teams designing high-performance, distributed computing systems with ARM's AMBA 5 CHI specification, or mobile applications devices with ARM's AMBA 4 ACE specification, can now fully verify that the interconnect subsystems achieve maximum system-level performance and the distributed cache memories are coherent.
"Many teams in multi-core SoC design are moving to coherent interconnect architectures to gain a competitive advantage," said Andy Nightingale, director, System IP Marketing, ARM. "We're pleased that our collaboration with Mentor is providing verification platforms to facilitate the deployment of our mutual customers' next-generation ARM-based solutions. ARM AMBA 5 CHI and AMBA 4 ACE specifications enable high performance, coherent SoC design functionality to be at the heart of the Questa and Veloce platforms."
"Mentor's multi-core, cache-coherent solution goes beyond traditional interconnect verification alternatives," said Mark Olen, DVT division verification solutions manager, Mentor. "The Questa platform combines dynamic simulation, static formal, and system-level verification IP to fully verify cache coherent interconnect subsystem connectivity, functionality, and performance. The Veloce platform then lets engineers scale their environments and verify their coherent interconnect subsystems within the context of an entire system, including software."
Engineering teams designing SoCs with ARM's AMBA 5 CHI specification or AMBA 4 ACE specification want their products to achieve maximum performance with minimum power consumption. The Mentor® new multi-core, cache-coherent verification solution enables engineers to ensure that system-level designs are optimized to take the fullest advantage of either architecture. It confirms system-level protocol adherence and efficient cache coherency, as well as interconnect dynamic connectivity and performance.
The Questa and Veloce platform AMBA 4 ACE verification solutions are available immediately. The AMBA 5 CHI verification solutions are available to approved ARM AMBA 5 CHI licensees. Contact your local Mentor Graphics representative for pricing details.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Mentor Graphics Questa and Veloce add cache coherency, interconnect performance for ARM AMBA 5 CHI and AMBA 4 ACE designs
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By Reshma Kapadia
Chinese solar panel maker Yingli Green Energy Holdings (YGE) American Despositary Shares are up 6% this morning after posting third quarter revenue of almost $356 million that were almost half of year-ago levels but slightly beat analysts' estimates. The company posted a wider net loss of $152.6 million, or 98 cents a share. On an adjusted basis, the company's loss also came in wider than many analysts expected as the company's PV (photovoltaic) shipments fell 17% from the second quarter.
The company also announced yesterday its largest project supply agreement to date in a deal to supply utility-scale solar PV modules for Centinela Solar Energy Facility Project near San Diego —the driver of the stock's performance. It was also one of the Chinese solar firms that said it would look within China to boost shipments as the global market contracted, Reuters reported.
Gordon Johnson, the head of alternative energy research at Axiom Capital who has been bearish on these stocks for some time, throws some cold water on today's enthusiasm over the San Diego project:
"What's important is that they are selling into this U.S. project at a hugely negative margin, funded by the Chinese government, which is very bad for all players," Johnson, says. With the contraction in the European markets, the industry faces a loss of 8-9 GW so the gain of about 1 GW in the US doesn't stem the "material drop in demand" next year, he adds.
Separately, IMS Research expects emerging markets to offer stability to the solar industry, with expectations of these markets adding some 12 gigawatts of new solar capacity in 2017 from just 1.6GW in 2012. That's not to say it'll completely offset the curtailment out of Europe and elsewhere but the research firm expects it to add some stability.


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The director of a Newport News clinic that has provided abortion services since 1975, estimated the cost of complying with new architectural standards, approved Friday by the Virginia Board of Health, at a prohibitive $500,000.
"It's astronomical. We've had some evaluations. There's more yet to come," said Jill Abbey, who also oversees clinics in Richmond, Roanoke and Charlottesville.
The Virginia Board of Health voted Friday to impose new hospital construction standards and increased staffing and record-keeping regulations on clinics that provide more than five first-trimester abortions monthly. It's anticipated, as stated in notes accompanying the state's regulations, that the associated costs will put many of the state's 20 clinics out of business. Most currently operate out of regular doctors' offices, but will now have to upgrade to meet the standards of new hospital construction.
Friday's 13-2 vote reversed a June ruling in which the bipartisan 15-member Board voted 7-4 to exempt existing clinics from the proposed standards. The reversal followed strong pressure from the administration and Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli to approve the proposed permanent regulations, which are generally acknowledged as intended to restrict abortion access.
Just two days before the vote, the Attorney General's office sent a letter to Board members advising them that if they chose to disregard his advice they would be personally liable for any legal action generated by their decision. In reaction, Richmond physician Ken Olshansky described it as a "corruption of the process."
"It's a shame because the Board of Health has always made decisions on a medical basis. I'm disappointed with the vote. It's more politics than medicine. Politics really don't mix well with medicine," said retired neurosurgeon Robert Rashti, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia, whose new facility in Virginia Beach is the only local clinic that doesn't operate out of a doctor's office.
Other clinics in the area, including the one in Newport News, the only one on the Peninsula, will face more difficulty and expense in meeting the enhanced architectural regulations. These include stipulations on the width of corridors, the placement of water fountains, the number of parking spaces, and more. Earlier this year, Abbey described the regulations as "unprovoked and over-reaching. They're purely and simply for closing clinics." On Friday she described it as "a sad day in Virginia when politicians are practicing medicine."
The clinics have two years to comply with the enhanced regulations; it's not clear if that time frame starts from the date of licensure or the date the regulations passed, according to Abbey. Either way, the Newport News clinic has an unconditional license that's good for one year.
According to the state, all 20 clinics have already applied for licensure and nine have been approved to date. The state anticipates that the associated costs of compliance will range from $5 a square foot for those needing minor changes up to $525 per square foot for those needing extensive renovations. There will also be ongoing costs in staffing, according to Erin Zabel, spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia.
The state will take on additional costs of close to $150,000 annually for hiring two new facility inspectors. The new regulations allow inspectors to make unannounced visits to clinics and to review all patients' names for the past 12 months.
"We'll continue to look at what we can do, " said Abbey, though all four clinics she oversees will require extensive renovations. "We're very committed to serving women and families. We'll have to see whether we can continue."


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Clint Dempsey – What the Deuce?
It seems Spurs have an attraction for the musical characters in the football world as summer signing Clint Dempsey has something of a talent for it. Going by the alias 'Deuce', the USA international performed a track called 'Don't' Tread' ahead of the 2006 World Cup for Nike to try and promote the sport in his homeland.
Now we would like to say something funny about this video but, well, it's actually quite good and Dempsey is at least a competent rapper – it's certainly better than Andy Cole's effort.
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TRENTON — Charged with the daunting task of fighting historic crime, eradicating political corruption and attracting businesses back to the city that once made, Mayor Eric Jackson accepted the challenge.
Jackson was sworn in Tuesday afternoon to his four-year term on the steps of City Hall along with Trenton council members.
"Today, I commit to you that the best days for our city are ahead of us," Jackson said. "With determination, perseverance and tenacity, I promise you that I will lead this city to a brighter future."
Jackson takes over a city that saw the last elected mayor, Tony Mack, ousted from office due to federal corruption charges.
In 2013, the city experienced its deadliest year on record.
Businesses have also been flocking by the herds out of the once vibrant city.
"Over the last several years, our city has experienced some tough times," Jackson admitted. "But its spirit was never defeated and its people's determination never faltered."
"As I stand here before you, I am committed to ensuring that our tomorrow is always better than our today," he added.
The city's former public works director under former Mayor Douglas H. Palmer said he cannot turn the city around alone.
"I ask all of you to join me as we take collective responsibility for our city's future," he said. "Sometimes the road ahead will not be easy. Sometimes we may stumble and sometimes we may fall. But if we commit ourselves, as one city and one community, to engage in civic action, we will never fail."
Born and raised in Trenton, Jackson called being mayor the "greatest honor" of his life.
Six incumbent council members also took the oath of office on Tuesday.
The only change in the group is Duncan Harrison, who at 29 becomes the youngest council member.
For the first time in his political career, West Ward Councilman Zachary Chester was voted by his peers as council president. His predecessor, George Muschal, and North Ward Councilwoman Marge Caldwell-Wilson abstained from the vote.
Chester's message to his colleagues: "We will have communication, communication, communication. I will be reaching out to each and everyone of you on each and every issue."
Chester previously said the biggest issue on council the last four years was they didn't know each other.
The councilman also pledged his commitment to working with Jackson.
"We will do things transparent, we will do things in the open," he said. "We will allow the Trentonians to know exactly what this government is doing."
At-large council incumbents Alex Bethea and Phyllis Holly-Ward thanked residents for being allowed to serve again.
"It was said that statistics for a guy that looked like me, where I come from, would not stand we're I'm standing today," Bethea said, noting his Southern roots.
Holly-Ward said she was often asked what is one thing she would do different for her second term.
"Challenging and opportunities will always find each other," she said. "Today is a fine example of that. We also stand here today given another opportunity to do well."
Referencing Sam Cooke, new at-large member Harrison said "It's been a long time coming."
"But I know that a change is going to come," he said. "A new wave of leadership is taking place here in City Hall."
Representing the North Ward, Caldwell-Wilson called the last four year "difficult and tumultuous."
"But they were also very rewarding," she said, noting how she forged partners with the arts community, labor groups and nonprofits. "I look forward to continuing my partnership with all of these groups."
East Ward Councilwoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson needed to win her seat in a runoff election.
"This was a very nasty campaign and it is not robbery that I am here today," she said. "You have spoken loud and clear and I thank you. I look forward to blazing a new path."
Finally, no one knows better than what Jackson will experience than South Ward Councilman George Muschal, who became acting mayor for four months after Mack was removed from office by a judge.
"It's been a rough haul," the three-time elected councilman said, adding the administration fought with him once he was appointed mayor. "No one really knows how the city was hurting and crying for help."
Claiming tried to pave the way for the city's next mayor, Muschal said he would back Jackson 110 percent.
"We are going to move this city forward," he said.
In attendance at Tuesday's inauguration ceremony was Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes, State Sen. Shirley Turner and former Gov. Jim Florio.
"This is our city and — together — we must chart its course," Jackson said. "There will never be a more opportune moment."
Before the ceremony, Jackson started his day at the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church with a breakfast and ecumenical prayer service.
He sat in the front row of the church where he is a parishioner with his family receiving many needed prayers before taking the oath of office.
Calvary Rev. Timothy L. Jordan presided over the ceremony, which included representatives from various local churches.
"There is a great energy, there is a great atmosphere that is building in this capital city," he said. "There is a new day now. There is a new mayor. There is a new vision."
Jackson looks to right the ship after three and a half years of Mack at the helm.
Last week, Mack reported to a West Virginia prison for federal corruption charges he committed while in office.
"We are happy glad that this day is finally here," said Union Baptist Church Rev. Simeon Spencer, who led a prayer over Jackson. "It's been a long time coming, but change is coming."
Jackson arrived at the church event at 8:30 a.m. in a police escort. He made his way around the room greeting the couple hundred people who attended. One of Jackson's critics and opponents during the campaign, Mercer County Deputy Clerk Walker Worthy, even shared a hug with Jackson.
Near the end of the church service, Jordan announced Jackson would be leaving early before benediction. But Jackson's sister approached the pastor during a song and told him the city's incoming mayor would stay until the end of the service.
"He's one who finishes what he starts," Jordan said. "That's just the kind of mayor he is. He's not doing business as usual."


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. For March of Dimes today was one of their biggest events of the year and they have been preparing for months. The March for Babies saw about 3 million participants nationwide.
In Grand Junction the crowd gathered at Lincoln Park to support the cause. They walked five miles around the park to raise awareness of babies born prematurely every year. In the past this event has raised 2.3 billion dollars to help all babies.
"The skies have opened up for us and our numbers are absolutely incredible," March of Dimes Division Director Terri Jones said. "Families and companies are out here supporting the March of Dimes and I couldn't be happier."
Attendees also got to hang out in the park for a few hours to enjoy food, crafts and live music. There was also a NICU family reunion tent where families of babies that were born too soon could come and trace their child's hand on a quilt.
Funds that were raised today will go to research to address and solve problems in pregnancy. Community programs that help mothers have a successful full-term pregnancy will also benefit from the event.


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For followers of Mexican outfit Monterrey, the name Jesus Zavala is synonymous with solidity, belief and reliability in the centre of the park. Indeed, his prowess at winning back the ball and starting attacking moves is sure to make him an integral figure in Los Rayados' bid for success at December's FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012.
Though the holding midfield man is a regular in coach Victor Manuel Vucetich's first-choice starting XI, getting this far has not been an easy ride for the 25-year-old. In fact, back in the Clausura 2006, at the age of 18 and with just five league games under his belt, the then promising youngster was sidelined for six months with an injury to his fifth metatarsus.
"It was very sad, a real setback," he said in conversation with FIFA.com, his usually upbeat manner momentarily replaced by a more serious and thoughtful guise. "A thousand things go through your head. I kept asking myself all the time, 'And what if I don't make it back?' I kept thinking about the fact that I may not get another opportunity again. Thankfully I was able to recover from the injury, lift my spirits and keep working hard," added this one-club man.
We've got a point to prove after the last edition.
Despite having to start almost from scratch once more, and playing just 35 minutes of first-team football in 2007, within a further year his patience, hard work and perseverance were rewarded. A crucial factor in that return to prominence was current coach Vucetich, known within the Mexican game as 'King Midas'.
"Vucetich means a lot to me," said this admirer of positional counterpart Sergio Busquets. "He's the coach who's shown most confidence in me during my career. I'll always be grateful to him, which is why I always try to prove how thankful I am by giving everything I've got out on the pitch."
A new era
Once back in Los Rayados' first XI, the recognition just kept on coming for Zavala, whose form persuaded Mexico supremo Jose Manuel de la Torre to select him for his squad for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
"First of all you dream of playing football, then making your first-division debut, then later making it into the national team," said El Flaco Zavala, who enjoys nothing more than spending his off-field time with his family. "In that sense, now that I'm part of El Tri I'm making my dream come true."
That same year, arguably the most pivotal of his career, Monterrey won the 2010/11 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, thus claiming their ticket for the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011. There, however, things did not go to plan, as Zavala and Co were beaten on penalties in their opening game against Kashiwa Reysol and could do no better than fifth spot, which came after victory over Tunisia's Esperance Sportive de Tunis.
"We've got a point to prove after the last edition," said Zavala, looking back at his first trip to the global showpiece. "It was upsetting, because we'd all wanted to really make a splash and bring the title back for CONCACAF."
We could be champions. If we're there it's because we deserve to be.
Fortunately for Los Rayados, the chance to set the record straight has come around swiftly, following a second successive victory in the CONCACAF Champions League. "Maybe we went into that tournament [Japan 2011] a little short of match practice," he explained. "That's because domestically we missed out on the [title-deciding] Liguilla [play-offs], so we went several weeks without playing.
"It was a long process and by the time our first game [in Japan] came around we didn't hit the ground running as strongly as we'd have liked," continued Zavala on the lessons learned from last year's disappointment. "This time, we're aiming to make sure we reach the Liguilla so the same thing doesn't happen to us again on this new adventure."
Now an established performer and with his injury nightmare well and truly put to bed, the hard-working midfielder is aware of just how important a successful FIFA Club World Cup could be.
"It could put me in the shop window for a move abroad," he said. "There will be a lot of clubs watching closely and it's highly motivating because it's not a chance everyone gets. This will be the second time I've played in the competition and I'm really excited about it."
Excited and clearly confident too, as Zavala capped our interview with a bullish prediction for Monterrey's campaign: "We could be champions. If we're there it's because we deserve to be. Only the best teams reach the Club World Cup and while we've got a chance of becoming champions, we've got to give everything we've got to make it happen."


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University will host its annual Family Weekend Oct. 26 to 28. The following events are open to the local community:
Samek Art Gallery Exhibition Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibit: "Three Sides to a Sheet of Paper. How Prints Communicate, Represent, and Transform (1482-2002)," Elaine Langone Center.
Theatre Friday and Saturday 8 p.m., Powers Theatre, Coleman Hall. "True West," a drama about life in contemporary America, directed by Bob Gainer; for mature audiences only. Advance tickets ($8, $6 for senior citizens) are available from Weis Center Campus Box Office weekdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., by calling 577-1000, or at the door one hour before each performance.
Hilltop Film Series Friday 8 p.m., Gallery Theatre, Elaine Langone Center. "Ringu", a Japanese thriller.
Music Friday 7:30 p.m., Weis Center for Performing Arts: Bucknell University Jazz Band, directed by Dale Orris. Saturday 11 a.m., Weis Center for the Performing Arts: Pro Musica Prague will perform a free family matinee of "I Went for a Walk and Ran into an Orchestra…" Saturday 8 p.m., Weis Center for Performing Arts: The Pro Musica Prague orchestra in concert. Tickets are $20, available via the Campus Box Office webpage [http://www.bucknell.edu/BoxOffice], by phone (570-577-1000), or at the door.
Sports Friday 7 p.m., women's soccer vs. Lehigh. Saturday 10 a.m., club rugby game vs. Susquehanna; 1 p.m., Bucknell vs. Holy Cross football; 1 p.m., field hockey vs. Lafayette; 1 p.m. men and women's swimming; 4:30 p.m., men's club lacrosse; 7 p.m. men's soccer vs. Lafayette. Sunday 9:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. women's water polo invitational; women's soccer vs. Lafayette; 2 p.m.
Open House Saturday, 8 to 11 p.m.: Observatory: view the stars (weather permitting), tour the facility and listen to physics and astronomy professor Michele Thornley give the short talk, "A New View of Planets," at 8 p. m. and again at 9:30 p.m.
Lewisburg Friday 10 p.m.: Rocky Horror Picture Show and Costume Contest, [costume contest at 10:30 p.m., show at 11 p.m.,] Campus Theatre. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Bucknell Box Offices and Campus Theatre. Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Bucknell-themed tours, Packwood House Museum.
Other events include:
Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Chi Omega Make-A-Wish Auction, north end of Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. Purchase raffle tickets for the silent auction (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Prizes include an iPod Nano and $100 from Foot Locker, plus other merchandise from Lewisburg's Market Street stores.
Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bisonland Children's Area, Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium, with inflatable rides and activities. (will be cancelled in the event of rain).
Sunday 8:30 a.m., football practice fields. "Paint Bucknell Pink 5K Run," sponsored by Colleges Against Cancer. Registration is $20.
Next year's Family Weekend will be held Sept. 26 to 28, 2008. For more information about this year's Family Weekend activities, see http://www.bucknell.edu/x20151.xml
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Posted Oct. 23, 2007
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Tyres – very important things! This weekend's racing meet has been interesting in that we've had a variety of weather conditions – very wet on Saturday, slightly damp Sunday morning and dry in the afternoon, with the rain turning up YET AGAIN for a bit of fun.
I was talking with one of the Porsche team mechanics about who dictates what tyres get used – slicks or the treaded ones. Under wet conditions track officials tell teams that treaded tyres must be used, dry – you can use the slicks. But under damp conditions it's down to each individual team – so pressure is on to make the correct call, it can make or break a race.
Why are racing tyres for dry conditions smooth? I've been told basically there's more ground contact (those wee grooves in the treaded tyres are essentially negative space), so more control. The drivers do a hotlap first, the rubber heats up and gets sticky – better traction.
For the wet, water needs to be taken away from the contact area in an organised fashion – by way of the tread grooves.
However – I was also told that treaded tyres are softer than slicks, and as you go around a damp track it will dry out where most of the cars are driving. The drying will cause the treaded tyres to heat up and get softer – not good for speed.
That's my very basic take on it – if you can add to that (or correct it!) please feel free to comment.