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2013 Track and Field
Jeff Parker wins javelin at HCAC Championships
Jeff Parker claims HCAC javelin title for second straight year
April 27, 2013
By: Bryson Hartzler, sports information assistant
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Bluffton University track and field program ended their season this weekend at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field championships held on the campus of Manchester University. The Beavers finished the day in 7th place on the women's side with only 10 women and 8th place on the men's side with 17 men competing. The Beavers also set two new school records on the day.
The sole event winner was Jeff Parker (Bristol, Ind./Northridge) in the javelin throw for the second consecutive year. Parker's winning throw reset his school record in the process. His throw of 190-6 led the field by nearly 30 feet. Coach Lepley was extremely pleased with Jeff's performance. "I am extremely proud of Jeff's effort to defend his javelin title and extend his school record." Parker took 8th place in the long jump with a personal-best jump of 20-2.25
Other top finishers on the day included Zachary Smith (West Unity/Hilltop) in the men's 5K, finishing in 5th place. Smith was the first freshman to cross the line in 16:06.05. Martin Russ (Rocky River) would finish in 6th place in the men's 3K steeple chase, running a personal-best time of 10:16.58. Russ also won his heat of the men's 1500 and helped the men's 1600 meter relay finish in 8th place, dropping six seconds off their season-best time. Other members of the relay team included Josh Mattoon (Rawson/Cory-Rawson), Mitch McKenzie (Plymouth) and Joel Schmidt (Berne, Ind./South Adams). McKenzie and Schmidt also ran personal-best times in the 400 intermediate hurdles. Schmidt's time of 58.40 was the top performance by a freshman and 7th overall.
There were also several personal best performances on the men's team. Zach Bradley (SHeffield/Brookside) ran a personal best time in the 10,000 meter race, while Edgar Gonzalez (Melvindale, Mich.) had personal-best throws in the shot put, discus as well as the hammer. Alex Parker (Alger/Upper Scioto Valley) and Tyler Keefer (Fayette) also had personal-best throws in the hammer and javelin, respectively.
Maddie Moore (Linn Grove, Ind./South Adams) got the ball rolling on the women's side Friday evening, setting a school record in the 3,000 meter steeple chase. Moore reset Sarah Humphrey's record from 2008, dropping 14 seconds off the record while running 12:06.96 to finish in 3rd place. Moore came back in the women's 1600m relay, helping the team of Kayla Mullenhour (Delphos/Jefferson), Hannah Krull (Lewisburg/Tri-County North) and Nichole Peterman (Killbuck/West Holmes) to finish in 6th place, dropping 11 seconds off their season-best time.
Peterman also ran a superb race in the women's 800m, finishing in 4th place with a time of 2:26.48. Mullenhour finished in 6th place in the 400 intermediate hurdles, running a season-best time of 70.19. Elsewhere on the women's side of the track, senior Alison Janzen (Whitewater, Kan./Remington) ran an incredibly tough 10,000/5,000 double, taking 4th and 5th, respectively. Janzen ran the 10k in 40:23.78 on Friday evening and came back in the 5k Saturday afternoon, finishing in 19:28.71. Other place finishers on the women's side were the 400 meter relay team of Mullenhour, Kristin Schiefer (Bucyrus/Wynford), Krull and Peterman in 7th place and Marcea West-Estell (Toledo/Notre Dame Academy) in the women's shot put. Tara Murphy (Westerville/Thomas Worthington) ran a PR in the 1500 meters on the way to winning her heat.
Head Coach Karen Brandt was very encouraged by the performances of her growing team. "Today's HCAC championship is a proud moment in my coaching career. Ten women and 17 men came together as one, with heart, pride, guts and determination to bring every place and every point out of themselves that they could. We're basically a freshman team on a massive rebuilding campaign. This group has set the bar high. We are all looking forward to the athletes who are choosing to join us next year to continue to take us to bigger and better things."


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By S. Johnston et al.
Purpose: Prevalence estimates have been based on several case definitions of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The purpose of this work is to provide a rigorous overview of their application in prevalence research.
Methods: A systematic review of primary studies reporting the prevalence of CFS since 1990 was conducted. Studies were summarized according to study design, prevalence estimates, and case definition used to ascertain cases.
Results: Thirty-one studies were retrieved, and eight different case definitions were found. Early estimates of CFS prevalence were based on the 1988 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Australian, and Oxford. The 1994 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, has been adopted internationally, as a general standard. Only one study has reported prevalence according to the more recent, Canadian Consensus Criteria. Additional estimates were also found according to definitions by Ho-Yen, the 2005 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention empirical definition, and an epidemiological case definition.
Conclusions: Advances in clinical case definitions during the past 10 years such as the Canadian Consensus Criteria have received little attention in prevalence research. Future assessments of prevalence should consider adopting more recent developments, such as the newly available International Consensus Criteria. This move could improve the surveillance of more specific cases found within CFS.
Source: Ann Epidemiol. 2013 Jun;23(6):371-6. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.04.003. Johnston S, Brenu EW, Staines DR, Marshall-Gradisnik S. Griffith Health Institute, School of Medical Sciences, National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases, Griffith University, Parklands, QLD, Australia. Electronic address: firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Celebrity BlackBerry Sighting ALERT!
The once diehard BlackBerry user Nicole Richie has joined the iPhone 4 bandwagon. Apple and Verizon recently announced they will be offering the iPhone 4 on the Verizon network. With this announcement has many wondering if Android and BlackBerry users will be switching to the Verizon iPhone 4. On the other hand, RIM has announced many outstanding upcoming devices tracking for Q3 - Q4.
Are you going to be switching from your BlackBerry to the Verizon iPhone 4?


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Tiffany Oster Named 2008-2009 Student Employee of the Year
April 23, 2009
Tiffany Oster, a business administration major of Newbury, has been selected as the 2008-2009 Student Employee of the Year. Oster has been a member of the women's basketball team for three years, while also assisting with various intramural leagues.
During the fall semester of 2008, Oster organized and scheduled the men's and women's flag football league. Oster has also been responsible for the organization, management and game scheduling of the women's intramural basketball league. Along with these responsibilities, she attends league games three times each week to ensure student safety and proper game flow.
Through these positions, Oster has demonstrated that she has a sense of promptness, detailed organization and a passion for student activities. As a student employee, she has been reliable and often completes tasks ahead of their deadline.
"Neither of these leagues would run as smoothly as they do without the driven work ethic of this young professional," said Justin Sandherr, assistant women's basketball coach and assistant to the director of intramurals. "I am confident that Tiffany will represent Mount Union College after graduation with the utmost success in whichever career path she chooses."


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Moma retrospective Fassbinder
Fassbinder was an edgy and always surprising filmmaker, as well as a penetrating social cartographer. The director wrote screenplays or adapted existing work for his films himself; he also filled the positions of art director on most of the early films, editor or co-editor on many more, and found time to act in several others. His films provide an incisive portrait of Germany and Germans, pre- and post-war, via ironic and nearly plotless parodies of Hollywood genre cinema. They are often experimental in form, always with a provocative political edge, yet they remain decidedly relevant to contemporary life in the West.
Having already worked with Moleskine on earlier customization projects, MoMA knew the value offered by limited edition Moleskine notebooks. MoMA choose to deboss the filmmaker's signature, the logo of the museum and of the Fassbinder Foundation on the cover of the Moleskine, as it has done with other custom notebooks in the past, providing a striking graphic composition that inherently links the two names in the minds of recipients. The date and details of the event were silk screened on the flyleaf of the notebook, making the notebook a very special reminder of event. The customized paper band featured the tiles of many of Fassbinder's best-known works.
MoMA presented the customized Moleskine notebooks to special guests attending the opening of the Fassbinder retrospective, ensuring that its most valued patrons can take home a reminder of its commitment to preserving the work of the cinema's greatest directors.


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As Duke's wrestling team was diving head first into its dual match season, freshman Alex Belaia-Martiniouk was 4,800 miles away honing his wrestling skills at the Junior Freestyle Wrestling Championships of Belarus. The competition, held in Stayki, featured 109 juniors, 198 cadets and 88 girls from different cities of Belarus, Russia and the United States.
Belaia-Martiniouk , a Belarusian citizen and the son of parents Vitalie Martiniouk and Svetlana Belaia who both immigrated to the United States and met after they both arrived, has been training with the Belarusian junior world team since late in his junior year at North Olmsted High School in North Olmsted, Ohio. He is a trainee of Alexander Medved whom he met in Ohio and developed a relationship.
"I had a really cool experience my junior year where I got to train alongside the Olympic team," said Belaia-Martiniouk. "The U.S. Olympic team was there too so that was pretty cool. And ever since then I've developed connections with the coaches there."
After continuing to build those connections over the next year, Belaia-Martiniouk was approached by the Wrestling Federation of Belarus to compete in the prestigious event Feb. 5-8. He spoke to his professors here at Duke and with their full support as well as the support of Duke head coach Glen Lanham, the rookie 184-pounder jumped on a plane.
Two days later, with an eight-hour time difference to adjust to, Belaia-Martiniouk was on the mat competing. While he says he did not wrestle up to his expectations, he enjoyed the experience and now knows what he needs to work on.
"One thing when I was wrestling over there I just have adjust my style a little," Belaia-Martiniouk said. "One of the matches I lost was because I couldn't defend leg lace which is a typical freestyle move they don't do in folkstyle so I haven't had any exposure to that in six months. So definitely before I go over there I need to work on freestyle because there is a significant difference."
While he may not have put his best foot forward, Belaia-Martiniouk will head back to Belarus this summer to wrestle again for a spot on the junior world team with a preliminary goal of wrestling in the European Championships.
"Alexander demonstrated a good character and sportsmanship," said The Wrestling Federation of Belarus in a letter to the Duke coaching staff. "Wrestling Federation of Belarusian is proud of his accomplishments. We believe Alexander is a very valuable wrestler and a good addition to Duke wrestling team."
Belaia-Martiniouk, redshirting this season for the Blue Devils, finished with a 6-6 record and took fourth at the Appalachian State Open.


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North Texas Authorities Search for Federal Fugitive
North Texas Law Enforcement officials are seeking information on the whereabouts of wanted person 39-year-old Stuart Ray Mitchell. Mitchell is approximately 5'11" in height and approximately 175 pounds in weight.
Mitchell is wanted for Federal Charges of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
Persons having information on the whereabouts of Mitchell should contact their local law enforcement office or call Crime Stoppers at (940) 322-9888 or (800) 322-9888.


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What one Independence man is accused of doing with chewing gum may have people thinking twice about accepting a piece at work.
An arrest warrant for Robert "Chase" Brown indicated he "poses a danger to the community as demonstrated by his contamination of food products."
According to the misdemeanor assault charges against the 23-year-old grocery store clerk, he "blogged references to unwrapping single sticks of chewing gun and then applying his own ... (body fluids) ... to the gum."
The posted photos and captions were on a pornographic website and included photos of female co-workers as well as photos of gum on a paper plate, once alongside a white fluid, another time soaking in a yellow fluid.
"I couldn't do that to anybody," said Brown's neighbor, Joseph Stockbridge. "That's just filthy."
A written police statement filed with the charges indicates a woman who worked with Brown received an anonymous message on her Facebook page March 11 directing her to the pornographic site "because someone had posted pictures of her and embarrassing information."
The statement lists 10 victims, all female co-workers.
One of those victims indicated Brown worked at a Price Chopper located at Interstate 35 and 291 Highway in the Northland.
She said the women ranged in age from late teens to late 30s. Two assistant managers approached by KCTV5 had no comment.
Some of the women interviewed by police said they declined the chewing gum Brown offered them at work. Others said they accepted.
One, labeled in a photo on the site as "my other test subject," said Brown acted weird when she accepted and stayed to watch her chew it.
Another said she found video on the site of herself and another co-worker chewing gum he had given them. She told police "the gum had an 'awkward' smell, texture and taste."
A brief look at the site suggests it is a place where members post rather ordinary photos for other members to alter by adding images of an explicit nature, something one victim described off-camera as "demeaning."
Police indicate they interviewed Brown on March 13, and he admitted that some of the women's photos were ones he copied from their Facebook pages without their permission.
Others, he told them, and the video, came from "a 'spy camera' that was concealed under his work apron."
He told police the gum he gave them had not been soaked in an actual body fluid but in colored water. He also said, in the words of the detective writing the official statement, that "he hated himself every time he did it and did not know why he did it."
KCTV5 sought comment from his mother at the home he shared with her in Independence. A man at the home indicated she was not home.
Shortly thereafter, a woman who appeared to be in her 40s or 50s asked the reporter and photographer to leave the neighborhood.
Brown is being held in jail on a $5,000 bond. He is charged with five counts of assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor.
The court documents list 10 victims located in the "blog photos" but gives statements from only five of them. One victim told KCTV5 police intended to interview the rest of the women later in the week.
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Delta force: Black hawk down for PS2. (not to be confused with team sabre, which sucked dick)
Americas army 3 and 2
Every single VALVe game.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat
Fallout before it got first person-ified and even when it did, to a lesser extend.
You can tell i like FPSs mostly.


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Dr. Nathaniel P. Selleck, 85, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 at his home in Keene.
He was born in Danbury, Conn. on March 20, 1928 to Nathaniel and Marion Porter Selleck.
Dr. Selleck married Ruth Thyberg in 1949, and was the father of four children.
In June of 1997, Dr. Selleck, Emily and Jefferson moved from Redding, Connecticut to Keene, N.Y.
There are no calling hours. A graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family. The M.B. Clark Inc. Funeral Home in Lake Placid is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to High Peaks Hospice, P.O. Box 840, Saranac Lake.


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By Teresa Rivas
S&P Capital IQ's Scott Kessler initiated coverage of Twitter (TWTR) today with a Sell rating. Kessler writes that while the company has plenty of revenue growth potential thanks to its global presence and early monetization success, Twitter has been spending to support expansion, leading to "considerable losses": He estimates 30 cents a share this year, with a 14 cent per-share loss next year before turning a 6 cent profit in 2015.
Given this, Kessler writes that a "more proactive product strategy could be warranted" and that the shares' rally is "largely speculative and driven by momentum."
He established a $30 price target on the stock, valuing Twitter through peer analysis involving price-to-sales ratios and projected three-year sales growth calculations.
However, that's not to say that Kessler doesn't acknowledge Twitter's powerful brand or growth potential, noting sales have risen swiftly.
Read more highlights from the note:
Revenues nearly tripled in 2012, reflecting an almost 250% increase in the advertising segment. We project that advertising will drive revenue growth of 122% in 2013 and 102% in 2014. We see international as a significant opportunity, especially given that more than three-quarters of TWTR users are based overseas, but only about a quarter of revenues originate from abroad.
We see annual margins improving through 2015, reflecting what we expect will be more successful monetization efforts. We also expect TWTR to benefit from greater scale and efficiencies. However, we see additional new public company expenses and expect TWTR to continue to invest in infrastructure, spend on content partnerships, and pursue international expansion.
Via its November 2013 IPO, we believe TWTR will ultimately generate gross proceeds of $2.1 billion, including an overallotment of 10.5 million shares.
Twitter was down 1.2% at recent check. Earlier this week Robert W. Baird and Susquehanna initiated coverage as well, with Hold ratings.


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Lunde's Big Day Ends VCHS Football Season
GRAFTON — As the Valley City High School football team walked off the Grafton High School football field following Saturday's 14-8 loss to Grafton in the state semifinals, there were plenty of emotions. A hint of frustration, a bit of sadness.
But the final result, as VCHS coach Scott Roehrich was concerned, was pride.
"I'm proud of the work the guys did," Roehrich said. "They represented their town and themselves in classy ways."
The game ended the season for the Hi-Liners, while the Spoilers will play in the Dakota Bowl next weekend against Shanley.
The Hi-Liners continued their strong defensive efforts, limiting Grafton to only two touchdowns.
Similar to the first time the teams met though, it was Grafton quarterback Christian Lunde who proved the be the biggest thorn in the Hi-Liners' sides.
Not only did he provide the bulk of his team's rushing yards and have plenty of success throwing the ball, but even defensively Lunde made the big plays.
During the Spoilers' third drive of the game, which started at VCHS's own 32-yard line, the Hi-Liners had Grafton ready to punt on fourth-and-eight.
But when a Hi-Liner jumped offsides and made it fourth-and-three, Lunde took the ball and broke out on a 15-yard run, taking it to the VCHS 11.
Though the Spoilers lost yards on consecutive penalties, Lunde completed two passes, including 12-yarder to Matt Mendoza, who took it into the endzone just under a minute into the second quarter.
The Hi-Liners tied it up 8-8 before halftime and kept Grafton from scoring in the third.
Early in the fourth, the Spoilers got the ball back but were limited to six yards on the first two plays of the drive. Lunde then had a 10-yard run and a 20-yard pass, followed shortly after by another 14-yard pass to get it to the 11.
Lunde then rushed the ball four consecutive times, scoring on a 4-yard sneak up the middle on a a fourth-and-three. He was stopped at the goal line on the two-point conversion, but the Hi-Liners were left trailing.
When the Hi-Liners got the ball back, they drove towards midfield, but were stopped on consecutive runs and a false start gave them 3rd and 18, and the Hi-Liners turned the ball over on downs with four and a half left to play.
They got one more shot, getting the ball back at their own five with 1:40 left. Austin Svenningsen started it with a four-yard run, then hit Shane Undem with a pass at the 20.
With just under a minute remaining, Svenningsen threw a ball to a receiver near the 45, which was picked out of the air by Lunde with 47.5 seconds left to put the game away.
The Hi-Liners' only touchdown came late in the second half, then Valley City drove 78 yards in just under two and a half minutes.
Svenningsen provided the bulk of the drive, hitting Kyle Knutson with a 24-yard pass, which was followed by runs from Undem and Anthony Olstad.
Svenningsen then completed passes to Knutson and Tayler Lentz to get to the 20.
The drive ended two plays later when Brandon Breckheimer took the ball in on a six-yard sweep to the left side, which was followed by a conversion pass from Svenningsen to Lentz.
It was a drive that seemed to highlight Valley City's passing game, which was used more frequently as Grafton shut down Valley's run game.
"We're a running team, but they really shut our running game down," Roehrich said, crediting Svenningsen for playing well.
The Hi-Liners finish the year 6-4, with two losses to Grafton. It was the team's first playoff trip since 2010, when they were also eliminated in the state semifinals.
Roehrich said that with his senior heavy team this year, the expectations were high and the team lived up to them.
"I'm not surprised we're here," he said.


text: McCoy Stadium' Next up the Charlotte Knights at McCoy Stadium By Don Borman • Jun 4, 2013 A strong PawSox team is ready to take on the Charlotte Knights starting tonight. The PawSox aren't planning on any major changes for the upcoming series tonight. After being on the road against Louisville, Indianapolis, and the home series against Syracuse, the PawSox have won eight out of their last ten games. The PawSox are having a successful 2013 season. Manager Gary DiSarcina said he doesn't believe in making any drastic changes preparing for Charlotte.


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Panthers Sweep Rams at Home
Old Westbury - 3, Farmingdale State - 0 (25-22, 30-28, 25-19)
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's volleyball team fell to Skyline opponent Old Westbury, 3-0, this evening in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams drop to 9-7, 5-2 in the conference, while the Panthers improved to 19-7, 6-1 in Skyline play.
Old Westbury took the first set 25-22, before an extended second match saw four ties with the Panthers coming out on top 30-28 for a 2-0 lead. The third game would also go Old Westbury's way with a final score of 25-19.
Sophomore outside Holly Sahner (Dix Hills, N.Y./Hills East) finished with team-highs of 11 kills and 15 digs. Freshman setter Lindsey Fisher (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) had 23 assists, while junior libero Jessica Zimmerman (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) had 11 digs.
The Rams will now travel to Purchase College for two Skyline games, facing Purchase at 10:00 a.m. and NYU-Poly at Noon.


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'TUF 16′ Viewership Plummets Even Further, Hits New Low-Water Mark of 624,000 Viewers
(I know I've seen you on TV somewhere. Hillbilly Handfishin'? Duck Dynasty? Can you give me a hint?)
Yes, I know we just called for a hiatus on these "TUF ratings are in the shitter" posts. And I know O Chan just finished explaining why, from a network perspective, selling ads on original programming like TUF is better than giving them away during a broadcast of Big Momma's House 2, even if the raw numbers are declining. But still, guys. You need to hear this.
A week after season 16 of TUF scored its highest amount of viewers with 1,100,000 — thanks to a strong lead-in from the UFC on FX 5 broadcast — the show reached rock bottom and saw that number shrink to just 624,000 for episode 5. In other words, only 56.7% of last week's viewers stuck around for the next episode. It's the worst viewership tally in the show's history, falling alarmingly short of the previous low-ratings record of 775,000 viewers. It's gotten so ugly that BG's prediction of 660,000 viewers representing the nadir of the season has already been shattered two weeks after he made it. Time to readjust our already-low expectations.Read More DIGG THIS


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Braking systems have long been ignored as a mandatory performance upgrade. The visual impact of cross-drilled rotors and racy looking multi-piston calipers looks great and stops even the heaviest of heavyweight cars, but the price tag is often out of the typical "street cruiser" budget. Welcome to the new century, where everyone is trading in their huge rear tires and skinny front pizza cutters for 18-inch wheels and racy brakes (heck, even Popular Hot Rodding's Project X is being retrofitted to stop and handle!) So, how can we do this without shelling out big bucks and spending hours trying to retrofit our old Chevy with modern components?
Classic Performance Products (CPP) of Buena Park, California, has come to the rescue with disc brake conversion kits for everything from early Chevy trucks to 70's era musclecars. One of the big advantages of the CPP kits is that most of the major components are OEM parts. The kits are designed to be a bolt-on installation, so even the average backyard mechanic with normal hand tools can complete the upgrade in about a day. The kit includes rear disc brake calipers with a built in emergency brake (OEM parts for '80-85 Cadillac Sevilles); 11-inch vented rotors, laser-cut caliper mounting brackets, rubber brake hoses, and all necessary mounting hardware. To complete the installation in style, CPP offers cross-drilling and gas-slotting of the rotors, emergency brake cables, and custom-bent hard brake lines.
Since all four corners of our Chevy will now be "modern," it was a given to update the master cylinder and the brake booster. CPP offers a custom master cylinder/booster combo that's available in 7-, 8-, and 9-inch diameters (an 8-inch dual- diaphragm master cylinder is also available from CPP). Along with offering a variety of sizes, CPP engineered the booster to mount close to the firewall for improved valve cover clearance. The proper brake pedal ratio is incorporated into the design so the full travel of the master cylinder is used, resulting in a higher, firmer brake pedal. The complete kit includes your choice of booster size, Corvette master cylinder, and proportioning valve. To prove how easy the installation is, Chris Basset installed the rear brake kit and booster in his storage garage with basic hand tools.
Chris wanted his classic '62 Bel-Air wagon to stop without having the annoying side-to-side pull usually associated with drum brakes, so he had already installed the front disc kit before we began our rear installation. After all of the CPP parts arrived, Chris quickly went to workupgrading his wagon. The installation was fairly straightforward. Follow along to see just how easy it is to get vastly improved braking on your classic.
Eye-Poppin' Stoppin
A seat-of-the-pants comparison between drum brake and disc brake stopping power
When we completed Chris Basset's disc brake conversion, no conclusions in the stopping power department could be made because the wagon was in the process of a major restoration. I took it amongst myself to test two different cars: one having drum brakes at all four corners, and one with four-wheel discs. The ride I will never forget was in my friend Dave "Riff-Raff" Miller's '68 big-block Camaro (equipped with four-wheel drum brakes). When I put my foot in the car to do a full-throttle pass, I have to say it was quite thrilling, but little did I know my thrills were just about to begin! After taking my foot out of the throttle, I went for the brake pedal (expecting it to stop like a Corvette, I guess) and to my surprise the car pulled to the left without seeming to slow down. I let out of the brakes and tried again; this time I darted to the right, but at least I was slowing down. After catching my breath and finally slowing the Camaro down, I didn't think I was ready to do another braking evaluation (I did anyway). The next test subject was a '69 big-block Camaro that belongs to another "friend" of mine. The major difference is that this Camaro had the Classic Performance Products disc brake kit installed at all four-corners, CPP's power brake booster kit, braided-steel brake lines, and cross-drilled/gas-slotted rotors. While this car wasn't quite as powerful as Dave's Camaro, it could accelerate hard enough to paste you to the seat. While accelerating, all I could keep thinking about was stopping. To my surprise the Camaro responded by slowing me down without the side-to-side pulling or brake fade that the drum-brake Camaro exhibited. The brake pedal felt firm and stayed high as I slowed the car down. In conclusion, I don't have any percentage statistics in braking or 60-zero mph times, but I can give you my personal opinion: Always consider a disc brake conversion when upgrading horsepower. The new "complete conversion kits" are readily available for most classics, easy to install, and within the budget of most "cruisers."


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Quote from: Master_Edward on August 05, 2010, 01:26:55 PMYour dog is upset because the kid is naked?? Now I've heard everything, LOL! Too funny.Ed.You'd be surprised by how weird dogs can get about things like that.One of my mom's dogs absolutely hates it when DF wears a beanie. He will bark, growl, and go nuts until DF removes the beanie. Another dog she used to have freaked out when I came over wearing a dress one day. I'd always worn jeans or shorts, so I guess the unfamiliar clothing startled it.So I can see a dog being upset by something being "different" about a person like being naked.
Your dog is upset because the kid is naked?? Now I've heard everything, LOL! Too funny.Ed.
But it really is the nudity that seems to upset the dog. The kid shakes the fence all the time and is one of the few people that the dog DOESN'T tend to bark at when they are next to the fence. In fact, I think the kid is particularly good with my dog (who is very, very shy)--they have only met through the fence but seem to be on better terms than she is with most people. It's only when he's naked that she gets so upset
If it really is the nudity that bothers the dog could go with something along the lines that the dog could get to the sensitive parts while the child is nude? Especially since it's a chain link fence, sensitive parts could be snapped at quite easily. Just a thought.
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I couldn't stand it anymore. I just pre-ordered my 1/10 Rally 4wd from Tower in........Orange/Black. I just see to many yummy things on this setup. This will be my first in the Rally market and a real on roader. Prolly my first time to take advantage of the Gold Member Discount. LOL
How many others have or are following my lead????
I'll prolly check out the stock electrics and end up moving up to something with a little more power and efficiency. I do have the mighty CC 3800 4-pole motor that would be perfect for this setup. More is better but I think this will be light enough for that to do an excellent job. Just have to pick up an MMP or the ET-3S.
Anyways I did it!! So now the dreaded wait begins!!!
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Bahaha i knew you would be.one of the first to get one of these. Id like to have one, but i have to thin down my heard before the spouse will let me have another car.
Orange was my color! lol I preordered a day before you so we will see who gets theirs first!
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Ha ha I knew you would give in a order one... I'm not sure if I want the green one, or the orange one. I really like them both.
Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
Well congrats, you did the right thing IMO and you of all should have one to keep us updated on what you can and can't do to it LOL!
Versatile fun should come from this chassis and fit up with M-Monster power could be wicked fun!
Seems that picking tires will be a fun challenge or require several sets for different surface running.......good for the tire guys!
I have a question, what do you think of the Castle 2650kv in a ride like this???
I might have to do the same I don't have the patience for a roller on eBay to become available.
I already have the body and most of the upgraded electronics on hand....I just hope traxxas doesn't push the release date.
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Wow, I ike that yellow Rally body... What car was it made for originaly?
Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
I hoping to get one in February for my 40th. I think I have my wife convinced. I haven't told her about all the parts I will eventually get though, ha ha ha ha!!!
Was an xl-5, now its vxl-ent!
I'd like to turn one into a SC truck.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
Wait... Wouldn't that just be a LCG Slash 4x4?I'd like to turn one into a SC truck.
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Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
Digger, Digger, Digger....
Now you will be looking at pictures of your pre-ordered Rally all the time, while your should be building on your Rustler, Merv and what not is half done!!!
Congrats, my dear friend. Well done!
Nobody is born with experience
I know I know I know....I really like taking my time though. I'm actually working on a secret project to. I just have a little bit more to do then its done. I'm going to give the Rustler maybe another 2 weeks tops for completion, unless I get a wild hair. If I wasn't working so much it probably would be on the road eating up some pavement. I have a blast building so it keeps me busy.
Appreciate the congrats!! I'm super excited!!
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You guys know whats really cool... This thing comes out on my birthday haha
Rc...my wallet hates it...but my brain loves it
I cant stop thinking "thanks" lol...
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
The orange one by far is the best looking of the bunch! I'm going to take the wait and see approach, but it's so hard to keep my hand off the wallet!
hmm releasing stuff already seems its going to be a 16th thing all over again
release one car then another .well all the people that have ordered the car are kicking themselves beacuase theres a new car a month and a half later lol just to think about christmas
now im getting car anxiety to meny cars not enought resources
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Thats awesome digger. I got my Slash 4x4, and im gonna be changing the chassis to this for sure.
On RCsquid, I read it is Mamba Monster Compatible. Thatd be an awesome setup
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Awesome Josh! Somehow I go your text out here in the Gulf but I can't respond. Anyways I get off work this Wednesday for two weeks so let me know if you want to meet up sometime. All I'm going to be doing while off is messing with RC's and watching old school Doctor Who with the wife so hit me up
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I really like the new quick release battery hold downs. Beats the heck out of having a clip. I know yall know what i'm talking about. LOL
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I have to post another view of the B E A U T I F U L Orange/ black Rally. LOL
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I think the green looks nice too, I am going to order one.
I'm ordering one and plan to see how fast I can reach 70mph.. We all know the Black and Blue Rally is faster than the other colors.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
Ya, your signiture gave that away first though...
Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
I want a 'clear' one so I can do up my own paint! LOL Yellow and Black? Is someone going to order Red?
Sounds like maybe Traxxas and Proline and JConcepts can now come up with some cool new bodies too!
OG, blue looks sweet...........not sure about the white wheels though?
Hmmmm... I wonder is the Rally's tires (not rims) would fit on Pro Line rims or stock Traxxas rims... But is they don't fit, that would suck because I really like the Rally's tires tread...
Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
Ok, Thanks!They Look like they are 2.2/3.0 I will check for u once I get mine just remind me!
Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
Don't be jealous my Orange/ Black one will be the fastest of all the colors. It cuts right through the wind like a knife! LOL
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Submission + - Your Brain Waves Are A Password: How Your Next Car Will Check You're Not A Thief (thecarconnection.com)
cartechboy writes: And you thought stealing cars was hard today? You're facing locks, kill switches, LoJacks, OnStar, and more. But there's worse on the way: Engineers at Japan's Tottori University have developed a prototype theft-prevention system that uses brain waves to identify drivers. That's right: The system samples your brain waves, stores them--and actually shuts down the car if the driver's EEG signals don't match what's on file. It also busts drunk and sleepy drivers, because their brain waves differ from those when you're fully awake and totally sober. One non-Tron downside: If you want to drive, you have to wear a scary-looking set of sensors on your skull so the car can constantly reads your brainwaves. This is your brain on password.


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Now supported by linux-mips kernel. Needs information and instructions on how to use.
One of the difficulties of a SoC designer is to evaluate the impact of the SoC architecture and its configuration on the final system. When the final system includes the Linux Kernel, the MIPSsim simulator can be the good candidate to solve the problem.
Analyzing the traces of several simulations its possible to (in)validate an architecture and to configure the SoC to obtain the best system performances. And in the case of the cache configuration, the impact of this analysis can be very important due to the cost of the cache ram.
This page intends to explain briefly how to quickly run a Linux kernel on MIPSsim configured to simulate a 4KSd. This core should be replaced by any other MIPS core.
This document has been validated on the following platform:
- Ubuntu 7.10/8.04
- Redhat Enterprise 5
- Fedora 8
Configuration of the different components.
Kernel Configuration
To configure the kernel, the best way is to use the MIPSsim default configuration and to modify it:
make mipssim_defconfig
Using menuconfig/xconfig you must choose the endianess correpsponding to the core configuration.
Excepted that, there is no other mandatory modification.
This configuration uses the virtual UART, you must not modify the section "Serial Drivers" excepted if you want integrated your own virtual UART.
MIPSsim Configuration
In order to allow the kernel to calibrate the delay you need to enable interruption from the internal timer. In the configuration file you must have this line:
set TIMER_INT_ENABLE 1
The second part of the MIPSsim configuration is the configuration of the Device Manager. This one is in charge to simulate hardware devices. MIPSsim is provided with some virtual devices. In order to run the Linux kernel on MIPsim you have to enable a RAM, an UART (to get the console) and a RTC. The default configuration of those last devices are those you have to use.
Your device configuration files should look like:
MemIntf(EB, SparseMemRam, 0, 0x0, 64M, MIPS_SparseMemRam) MemIntf(EB, RTC, 2, 0x1fd00070, 0x00000002, MIPS_Rtc) MemIntf(EB, UART, 3, 0x1fd003f8, 0x00000008, MIPS_Uart) SparseMemRam(0,,,0,0,0,0,0) RTC(2,,0,0,1) UART(3,UNBUFFERED,0,0,1)
An important point here is the delay you can add to the SparseMemRam accesses modifying the last number of the line:
GDB Script
The GDB script must set the configuration file, the MIPSsim library and the target MIPS core. By example for a 4KSd the gdb script can look like this:
set mdi library libMIPSsim_MDIc.so set mdi configfile 4KSd.cfg set mdi target 19 set mdi device 01 target mdi load run
Run the Simulation
First make the kernel:
make CROSS_COMPILE=mipsel-linux-
Set environment variables depending on your configuration:
export LM_LICENSE_FILE=@license-server export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/MIPSsim/libraries
Then run the simulation:
sde-gdb -x gdbinit vmlinux
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Submission + - SoftMaker Office 2010 for Linux nearing release (softmaker.com)
martin-k writes: "SoftMaker Office is a Microsoft-compatible office suite that competes with OpenOffice.org. Its creator, German software publisher SoftMaker is nearing completion of the latest release, SoftMaker Office 2010 for Linux. This new release offers document tabs, high-quality filters for the Microsoft Office 2007 file formats DOCX and XLSX, and presentation-quality charts in the spreadsheet. It also brings integration into KDE and Gnome, using the system's colors and fonts. A release candidate is available as a free download."


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INDIANAPOLIS (CBSMiami) – The Miami Heat come into Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Indiana Pacers with their backs against the wall. One player who will not be with the team is star power forward/center Chris Bosh.
Bosh has an abdominal injury and is currently listed as out indefinitely for the Heat. He stayed in South Florida for more treatment of his lower-abdominal strain, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
While the Heat have listed him as out indefinitely, Bosh hasn't ruled out a return during this series.
"He's upbeat as you can be with an injury," forward LeBron James told the Sun-Sentinel. "He's just trying to do all the rehab he can. He can't do much rehabbing right now. He has to rest, but just trying to stay upbeat as much as he can."
The Heat have been tight-lipped about Bosh's injury, but one thing has been made abundantly clear, without Bosh in the lineup; the Heat have major problems.


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Foursquare Will Display Users' Full Names By Default 101
Location services can be useful and fun, but, depending on how paranoid ("cautious") you are, you might already dislike the idea of a social-network dashboard keeping track of where you are at a given moment. After all, bad guys can use computers, too. Now, Foursquare may up your level of caution just a bit: CNET reports that "Beginning January 28, 2013, users' 'full names' will be displayed across the check-in service and venue owners will have increased access to users' check-in data, the company announced in an e-mail sent to users late last night." Users, though, "will still have control of the name displayed by altering their 'full name' in their settings," and can opt out of the increased flow of data to business owners. For users' sake, I hope Foursquare doesn't go in for the "real names" fetish to the extent that both Google and Facebook have.


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On the way to the gym this morning, I heard a new twist on an ad for the Dux bed. For those not familiar with this grandiose advance in sleep science, Duxiana has figured out how to extract massive numbers of dollars from your wallet by jabbering on about their amazing mattress design – and, of course, it's from Sweden, so that somehow means it's extra special!
Today, though, taking a page from the Patek Phillipe playbook, Dux wants you to think about how your mattress may well be such a fabulous investment, that you might even hand it down to your children.
OK, first of all, most of us don't want a used mattress. I don't know – something uncomfortable about that.
But here's the deal – this is all a big ego sale. Like a Patek Phillipe watch and other such over-priced baubles, nobody really needs to spend thousands of dollars for such premium/luxury items. It's all about making a statement that somehow, you've arrived, and your expensive trinkets display that. Insecurity and vanity are incredibly powerful buying motivators.
So how do you help people buy what they don't need, for more than they should pay, and justify their self-indulgence and pride? By making it a "legacy" purchase! Your heirs will thank you! You're investing in the future! Yes, indeed, this $10,000 crock pot will be the most coveted item in your will!
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A day after looking at the Netherland's Group E, Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer join me to break down Group H – otherwise known as Spain's group. The 2008 European Champions are joined by Chile, Honduras and Switzerland in one of the tournaments most interesting groups, with the quartet having no clear second best team set to push through with Spain. Laurence, Kartik and myself – with the help of Andy Brassell, Tim Vickery and Grant Wahl – breakdown each nation and walk through the six matches which will define the group.
On tomorrow's podcast, the team will break down Group A: France, Mexico, South Africa, and Uruguay.


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March 3, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Senior defenseman Helen Resor (Greenwich, Conn.) received a pair of honors on Tuesday, as she was named third team All-ECAC Hockey and selected to participate in the NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge. Resor is a two-time All-ECAC Hockey selection, having earned second team honors in 2006-07. A 2006 Olympian for Team USA, she is also the third Bulldog women's hockey player to be selected to participate in the NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge.
An ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team selection in 2004-05, Resor is the first Bulldog to win at least three ECAC Hockey post-season honors in her career since goalie Laurie Belliveau '98, who earned three first-team All-ECAC Hockey selections and one second-team selection.
Resor, who was among the nominees for the Kazmaier Award as the top women's college hockey player in the country, tied for second in ECAC Hockey in scoring in conference games among defensemen (7-9-16 in 22 games). Overall this season, she led Yale in assists with 14 and was third in points with 21. She is currently sixth nationally in scoring by a defenseman (7-14-21 in 28 games).
Resor's 48 career assists place her tied for ninth on Yale's all-time list in that category, and she is also tied for 12th in career points (75) and tied for 20th in career goals (27). She made history as the first Yale women's hockey player selected to the U.S. Olympic Team roster when she was picked for the 2006 Torino Games. In addition to her bronze medal at the Olympics, she also won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2005 IIHF Women's World Championship and won silver medals at the Four Nations Cup three times (2005-2007) and at the 2007 IIHF Women's World Championship. Prior to Yale, she played for Noble and Greenough and Assabet Valley.
Resor will be recognized as an All-ECAC Hockey selection at the ECAC Hockey Women's Championship Banquet this weekend in Boston. Her selection was based on a vote by the league's coaches.
In addition to ECAC Hockey's announcement, the NCAA announced on Tuesday that Resor was one of six female skaters picked to represent the East in the Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which takes place Apr. 10 during the NCAA men's ice hockey Frozen Four at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Goaltender Alec Richards of the Yale men's hockey team was also selected; BC and BU are the only other programs in the East with both a male and a female representative selected.
The Skills Challenge competition will be held in an East vs. West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two female goaltenders (Complete Rosters in .pdf format). The competitions will include puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot. Each student-athlete will participate in a minimum of one event and specific event assignments will be determined once all participants arrive in Washington, D.C. The Skills Challenge participants will also take part in a youth clinic to be held on Saturday morning and an autograph session prior to the men's championship game on Saturday night.
Resor is the third Yale women's hockey player selected in the event's four-year history. Goaltender Sarah Love '06 participated in the inaugural skills competition, won by the East. Forward Sheila Zingler `07 was a part of the event in 2007.
The events on "Friday Night at the Frozen Four" will start with the presentation of the Hockey Humanitarian Award at 6:30 p.m., with Yale senior forward Crysti Howser (Wilmette, Ill.) among 10 finalists for that award. The night will also include the presentation of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award to the top men's college hockey player at 7:00 p.m. and the Frozen Four Skills Challenge at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets for "Friday Night at the Frozen Four" are $10 and can be purchased at http://www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at (202) 397-SEAT. Tickets are also on sale at all Ticketmaster locations and the Verizon Center box office. For a complete schedule of events, including times, refer to the fan guide or http://www.gwsportsalliance.com/frozenfour/index.html.
Yale's All-ECAC Hockey Selections Since 2002-03:
Helen Resor, Sr., D (Third Team)
Helen Resor, So., D (Second Team)
Erin Duggan, Sr., D (First Team)
Helen Resor, Fr., D (All-Rookie Team)
Sarah Love, So., G (Second Team)
Erin Duggan, Jr., D (Honorable Mention)
Kristin Savard, Fr., F (All-Rookie Team)
Sarah Love, Fr., G (All-Rookie Team)
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Hi all,
a quick question: I have sequence A and sequence B, which i would like to fuse together, so that i get a product A-B (fragment A is aroudn 500bp and fragment B around 1200bp), which i will then clone. I have been told that the easiest thing to do is overlapping sequence PCR. My question is, how many nucleotides of overlap are sufficient for both fragments to be fused? If I design "overlapping" primers of around 20nt of length, can I intrtoduce 5nt sequence on the 5' end of each of these primers, which would be complementary to a sequence of the other region? So overall, the overlap will be 10nucleotides. Will this be enough for the fusion of the two fragments to occu? Or should the overlap region be bigger? I am not really sure how many non-complementary nucleotides i can introduce to the 5'end of a primer without seriously affecting its template annealing capability.
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Overlapping sequence PCR primers
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No, 10 bp is not enough. Think of each of the fragments as a "megaprimer" for the other. You need 20-24 bp of overlap, just as you need that much for a good primer.


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Last Judgment
The Last Judgment is that time where all humanity comes before God to be judged. Those who pass will be with God in heaven for all eternity, while those who do not will be sent away to Hell. In Christian theology, only a personal knowledge of Jesus as Lord and Savior allows for the individual to pass into God's presence.
Plausible estimates of the percentage of people who go to Hell range from 50% to 90%. See Mystery:What Percentage Go To Hell?
The timing of the two main judgement days, according to Premillennialism, occur right after the First Resurrection and right before the Millennium, and the other judgement occurs right after the Second Resurrection and after the ending of the Millennium, which happens before the Eternal State. The last judgement is called the Great White Throne Judgement. (See Revelation chp. 20)
Islam also has a form of The Last Judgment.
The Great Last Judgment, 1617, by Peter Paul Rubens at Der Alten Pinakothek, Düsseldorf, Germany.


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Sadie Esque, 83
Sadie V. Esque, 83, of Wapakoneta, formerly of Logan W. Va., died at 7:10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, at the Wapakoneta Manor.
She was born March 1, 1928, in Morehead, Ky., the daughter of Lillie (Mathews) and Ott Terry, who preceded her in death. On June 28, 1948, she married Rezin J.(Joe) Esque, and he died Aug. 20, 1995.
Surviving are a son, Larry Rezin (Lynn) Esque, of Shreveport, La.; two daughters, Arlene (Scott) Rounce, of Irvine, Calif., Debra Lynn "Deb" Conrad (Dan Hanby), of Wapakoneta; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a half-sister, Lucy Hinton, of Mansfield; a brother, Isaac A. (Jean) Terry, of Grafton; three sisters, Vada (William) Green, of Sullivan; Reba (John) Spencer, of Wapakoneta, Jean (Steve) York, of Oberlin; and numerous nieces & nephews.
A homemaker, Sadie was a member of the Christian Victory Tabernacle in Wapakoneta. She was also a member of the Disabled American Veterans, Auglaize Co. Chapter 73 Auxiliary, as her husband Rezin was a prisoner of war during World War II. An avid doll collector, her other hobbies included art, crafts, and reading.
Services are at 2 p.m., Tuesday at the Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home in Wapakoneta, with the Rev. Marcus Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wapakoneta.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday and 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Contributions may be given to the church.
Condolences may be expressed at www.bayliffandeleyfh.com.


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MABTON - Mabton city officials who have been shutting off the city water supply for short periods of time daily to conserve the precious resource have been told to leave the city's water supply on 24-7.
Wednesday, the state Department of Health Water Quality Division issued a demand that the city make its water supply available to the public throughout each and every day.
"We've talked with the city officials and they will no longer be turning off the water," said Mike Wilson, a Department of Health regional engineer for Yakima County.
The major concern for public safety centers on the potential for cross connections in the water supply, which could lead to contaminates entering the city water supply, Wilson explained.
He said a citizen's complaint brought the small community's water situation to his office's attention. City crews took samples of the water supply Wednesday to check for any dangers, Wilson said.
"The results should be available by late Thursday afternoon," he said.
Wilson noted that the city is already testing its water twice a month, as required by the State Health Department. He said the extra test was taken in order to eliminate any concern that the water may be contaminated due to recent city actions.
The city water department, which has been experiencing troubles with water pressure, are attempting to preserve the city wells' booster pumps by not letting the reservoirs go dry, explained Mabton City Administrator Ildia Jackson. She said crews were turning off the city water supply for several hours each night in order to allow the wells to recycle.
Noting it was not an ideal solution to the situation, she said she was disappointed with the way the Department of Health has handled the situation.
"To give the impression that we are not already testing the water is an unnecessary scare tactic," Jackson said. "We test for coliforms every month and had already decided to do an extra test series," she said. "That was our decision and not the order of Department of Health," she stressed.
Jackson said she told Wilson that the city would not shut down the city system unless the water level goes below 10 feet.
"We can't let the tower go dry," she said.
The city attempted in late June to begin requiring citizens to voluntarily conserve water when officials first noticed significant drops in the city water pressure.
The citizens were asked to limit the use of outside water for irrigating lawns and gardens. But in early July, city officials found the conservation efforts were not working.
In an effort to save the city booster pumps from being damaged during the heavy water demand period, the Council decided to try shutting off the water supply for a few hours each night, explained Jackson.
In early July work crews began turning off the city water supply between the hours of 11 p.m. and 3:30 a.m. in order to cope with maintaining water supplies and water pressure in the city lines.
Jackson stressed that for the time being the city is not under an official mandate to do any extra testing as a result of the water shut-offs.
Last week, city residents took their concerns about health and safety to the city council, asking the city to find another way to deal with the current water dilemma.
The state's intervention comes after nearly six weeks of the city trying to deal with the water situation.
In the meantime, the city continues to go through the steps to get approval for drilling a new city well, which it hopes to have on line by spring 2005.
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The meeting setting is in a relatively small room stuffed with electronics know as the Beehive or Hive meeting room: (the views and observations in this post and others are my own, they are not necessarily those of the presenters or FamilySearch)
Always interesting tidbits:
FamilySearch is seeking a second location redundant archive site to backup the records, such as those in the Granite Vault.
Experimenting with scaling services world wide with scaling of services increasing world wide. The Riverton Center is an example of the interest generated in genealogy by the new facility. The Riverton Center consolidates a large number of smaller Family History Centers in order to offer better training and resources.
The name FamilySearch, will continue to be used more frequently as a brand but there is no present plan to replace the names of the present Family History Centers, although it could happen.
There are some serious issues with determining the actual model of the Family Tree structure (i.e. New FamilySearch). Correlation is one of main issues between all of the disparate submissions and having a collaboration model that will resolve some of the issues present in the program. They are more than aware of the unreliable data and lack of sources. Implementing a quality source mechanism is a high priority.
500,000,000 indexed records so far in FamilySearch Indexing.
FamilySearch is looking for better search strategies, storage of new data, preservation of old data, software that uses less space, improved research tools and services with online records, understanding digital preservation, improved and consistent sourcing tools.
Rootstech a new genealogy and technology conference in Salt Lake City 10-12 February, 2011to be held in the Salt Palace, to define the future of genealogy and family history research; helping technology users and creators work together to find solutions; foster technical innovation and collaboration in genealogy; educate software developers on the best solutions; attract genius to help solve genealogical problems; a conference for beginners, intermediate and advanced users.


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RockNLive.org recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French. You can now watch the chat below.
An updated version of VH1's "Behind The Music" documentary on TWISTED SISTER, "Behind The Music Remastered: Twisted Sister", premiered on VH1 Classic in the U.S. on March 30. The new version contains footage of the band's triumphant reunion for a New York 9/11 tribute rock concert, their successful X-rated Christmas album, and interview clips with the bandmembers on why they abandoned the makeup and continue to rock to this day.
In a February 2011 interview with the Detroit Rock Blog, TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French stated that the original "Behind The Music" documentary on the band, which premiered in August 2001, "was so negatively cut and it was so damaging to the band on a personal level, I thought any dream I had [of the band ever reuniting] would've gone down the tubes at that moment."
In "Remastered", VH1 Classic takes the best episodes from the award-winning "Behind The Music" series, condenses the original episode, and then updates the viewer on what the artist or band has been up to since the original show premiered.


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It's not often I get to say I'm right while also playing the role of devil's advocate. Heck…who am I trying to kid? It's not often I get to say I was right period, especially about something as subjective as AL MVP voting. I did however say a few weeks, maybe months, ago that this Year's AL MVP vote would be an even bigger case of traditional stats vs. advanced metrics than the Cy Young candidacy of Felix Hernandez in 2010. To that end, and likely that end alone, I'm right.
The AL MVP race has boiled down to two vastly distinctive candidates and two incredibly different camps. In one corner there's Miguel Cabrera, baseball's most prolific hitter and potentially the winner of baseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years. The old school "eye test" camp is touting his candidacy. In the other corner we have Mike Trout, baseball's newest phenom and most complete player. Trout has rewritten the sabermetric standard and not surprisingly has the advanced stats guys singing his praises.
If there's anything unfortunate about the historical pursuits of these two gentlemen and their two-man race for MVP it's that it's become a partisan debate. The Saber community and the Old Guard have long been at odds and much like Democrats and Republicans in a political debate, this year's vote likely rides with which community you already subscribe to rather than which candidate you actually prefer.
Welcome to the "T" party; the Thyrl Party. I subscribe to neither camp wholeheartedly, but am suddenly becoming enamored with both, and the odds that they seem to be at currently.
For most of the summer I was on "Team Trout". The kid emerged from the shadow of Bryce Harper to do things that we not only couldn't have expected of him, Trout has done things that we couldn't have expected from anyone. But suddenly, and maybe simply in the interest of being a contrarian, I find myself in "Camp Cabrera". And as I'm not seeing many good arguments made on Cabrera's behalf outside of the anomaly of a Triple Crown, I'll try here to make one.
First, it seems the saber folks have pointed to a Triple Crown as nothing more than a statistical novelty and I don't disagree. Even old school writers have seen through the statistical novelty seasons of the past. Baseball has seen multiple Triple Crown winners, 40/40 and even 50/50 club members and some have walked away with the hardware while others haven't. The 56-game hitting streak did win Joe DiMaggio an MVP in a 1941 season that I'm convinced if we recast the ballot would go to Ted Williams in a landslide. So before going any further I'll state for the record that my case for Cabrera has nothing to do with, and is in no way vested in his winning the Triple Crown. If Josh Hamilton were to hit 10 home runs over the season's final series, my endorsement of Cabrera would not change.
Next, I will neither embrace nor reject the use of advanced metrics in deciding the award. I like most advanced metrics and the conclusions that they can help to lead us to. I'll also acknowledge however that the MVP is a subjective award. That's why it's put to a vote. Sabermetrics aren't and shouldn't be the entirety of the MVP debate, or there'd be no debate at all. In fact the inclusion of "valuable" in the title instead of "outstanding" for example, invites a further level of subjectivity. What is the definition of valuable? We could simply rename the award the "Warlord Award" and hand it to Trout. Heck, we could just call it the aWARd. While embracing the wave of new age data however, I'll also suggest that I'm not convinced that the formulas are perfect, and that not all metrics are created equally.
Defensive metrics are a part of everyone's WAR calculations, but seem to differ (sometimes greatly) depending on which saber community you subscribe to. There's no question that Mike Trout is a batter defender than Miguel Cabrera, but by how much is largely debatable. It's also somewhat debatable whether defensive metrics are being given the right amount of weight in the WAR calculation.
Comparing a center fielder to a third baseman should be seen as an apples-to-oranges type of proposition. Not only are the numbers of typical opportunities at those positions widely divergent, but so are the types of opportunities. Balls hit to a third baseman are basically his alone to get. He'll either make a play on them or he won't and the stats will reflect the runs above or below average that he's allowing as a result of those efforts. By contrast, balls hit to a centerfielder aren't always his alone to get. A particularly rangy centerfielder will have the opportunity to get to a number of balls that could be fielded by other players. Calling players off and increasing his own zone ratings as a result are impressive, but not necessarily run saving. In other words, some of the balls that Mike Trout gets to wouldn't be caught by other centerfielders, but would still be caught on other teams by fielders at different positions. This seems to give a CF like Trout an inordinate advantage in padding his "runs saved" stats.
More importantly, if we're going to penalize Cabrera for being a bad 3rd baseman, we also have to understand the circumstances that landed him there. Cabrera wasn't a "plus defensive" first baseman either, but he was at least better playing first than he is at third, and also would have gotten the benefit of first base being a less important defensive position. Still, to penalize him for embracing third base for the good of the team and in order to facilitate the Tigers working Prince Fielder into the lineup seems at least moderately unfair. Instead of comparing these players run-for-run and since we're only looking at two guys, let's instead consider their specific circumstances.


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A night out in April 2011 began with laughter among friends before a confrontation over a few dollars left one dead, according to court testimony Monday.
A night out in April 2011 began with laughter among friends before a confrontation over a few dollars left one dead, according to court testimony Monday.
Timesha S. Lyles, 20, of Spartanburg was driving a SUV that overturned after it careened off Interstate 85 and crashed just before 5:30 a.m. April 17, 2011 near mile marker 61.
Lyles' best friend, Janella Shantel Blocker, 23, of Spartanburg, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the fatal crash. The trial against Blocker began Monday.
Assistant Seventh Circuit Solicitor Russell Ghent told jurors in opening arguments that events leading up to the fatal crash constituted involuntary manslaughter. He said after "badgering" Lyles about a small sum of money, Blocker grabbed the steering wheel and the car went off the road. Ghent said Lyles was pinned in the car and suffocated as a result of the crash.
Blocker's attorney, Josh Schultz, disagreed with Ghent's assertion that the case was not about driving under the influence.
"It's about three girls who had too much to drink and should not have been driving," Schultz told jurors.
Schultz argued that no one knew what went on in the vehicle in the early morning hours.
Lyles' mother, Marsha Murray, was the last witness to testify Monday.
Lyles lived in an apartment beside her mother. Murray testified that she arrived home from work the evening of April 16, 2011 and heard laughter as she passed Lyles' apartment. Murray went home and fell asleep about an hour later, she testified. She learned the following morning that Lyles had been in a wreck. At a hospital, Murray said she was asked by a trooper and employee with the Spartanburg County Coroner's Office to describe tattoos her daughter had. Then she learned that her daughter was dead.
Murray said Lyles and Blocker had been best friends for years. She described their relationship like sisters and testified that she never saw them argue and if they fought it was over petty differences.
"Did Timesha love (Blocker)?" Ghent asked.
"To death," Murray replied.
Blocker wasn't the only passenger in the SUV that Lyles drove. Valerie Goodwin, 25, of Spartanburg, testified she was sitting behind Lyles before the crash. Goodwin is Blocker's cousin and said Lyles was a friend.
Both Blocker and Lyles had been drinking and their blood alcohol level was above the legal limit.
Goodwin said they were returning home after visiting clubs in Greenville County. She said Blocker became angry on the way back and accused them of taking money that she could not find. Goodwin said they figured Blocker was missing around $2.
Goodwin said Lyles pulled off the road and tried to calm Blocker down. Goodwin said they began driving again after Blocker appeared calmer. Blocker, she said, cursed before she grabbed the steering wheel and pulled it to the right. Goodwin remembered glass shattering and was on the ground when she regained consciousness. The SUV they were in had flipped upside down. Goodwin found Blocker who was also ejected from the vehicle, but did not find Lyles.
Under cross examination, Schultz suggested that Goodwin's memory of events could have been less clear due to the alcohol she drank. Goodwin testified she had three mixed drinks and said she shared a mini bottle of alcohol with the other women over the course of the night. But Goodwin maintained the effects of the alcohol had worn off by the time she gave her statement to investigators and that her memory about the moments leading up to the crash was "crystal" clear.
An employee with the Spartanburg County Communications 9-1-1 who testified that he took the emergency call and dispatched responders, said on cross examination that he found nothing in the transcript from the 9-1-1 call that indicated someone grabbed the steering wheel before the crash. It was unclear exactly who placed the call.
A former paramedic dispatched to the accident testified that Blocker was "combative." He read from a report he made after responding to the accident, in which he wrote that Blocker smelled of alcohol and pulled out an IV during a struggle. He said Blocker was strapped to a backboard and was so combative that he had to hold her down to keep her from jumping out of the ambulance.


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So I found out today, my grandmother, who is also diabetic, has breast cancer and it may have spread to her stomach. She does not speak english very well and my aunts and uncles haven't told her this yet.
I'm just wondering, what are the chances of surviving something like that?


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To the Editor:
I found it odd as I traveled through northwest Illinois on Route 14 what a difference seven miles will make.
As I left Harvard and a rash of gas stations, the going price was $4.19 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. I proceeded northwest, and not seven miles outside Harvard in the state of Wisconsin regular unleaded gas was $3.67 per gallon. I traveled a little further and found it for $3.63 per gallon.
Now, if I lived in Harvard or anywhere on the Illinois border, I would be making many seven-mile trips for my gasoline to save 56 cents per gallon. Seems like a very cost-saving trip.
Our elevated gas prices cannot be explained away by transportation costs or refinery costs. We have tolls to pay for the roads, Wisconsin has no tolls, so that can't be it. What is causing the disparity in prices? Wisconsin continues to show how to do things cheaper and better.
When are we going to figure it out?
Dan Egan
Fox River Grove


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All of those Fourth of July fireworks mean that Bears training camp must not be far away. Sports editor Jon Styf and columnist Tom Musick discuss:
Musick: It was a blast to watch the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup, but I'm ready for the Bears to kick off training camp in Bourbonnais. Out with Michael Frolik, in with Matt Forte. Out with Corey Crawford, in with Chris Conte. Should I keep going?
Styf: Personally, I'll take Crawford over Conte. But you were are the right page to start. Yeah, hockey, hockey, hockey. But this is a football town. The Bears rule the fandom, like in most NFL cities. They just need to win. I'm not so confident they are much better than last year. They have the same Cutler problem and an aging defense. So, be happy and positive about training camp. But you've been warned.
Musick: I'll play devil's advocate. What if Marc Trestman turns the "Cutler problem" into one of the Bears' biggest strengths? If Joe Flacco can win a Super Bowl, I've got to think that Cutler is at least capable of doing so.
Styf: So he'll be a completely different guy than he's been before? That's an interesting sentiment. Guess Trestman's a magician, or at least David Blaine. Everyone pro athlete has a Edwin Jackson moment, where you're temporarily good, here and there. I just can't imagine him being consistently good over a season. And he doesn't have the pieces around him that the Ravens have around Flacco.
Musick: Step aside, David Blaine. I can see it now. Marc Trestman: Street Magic. Maybe the Bears could put their new coach in a water-filled sphere for the first week of training camp. Or maybe the team could suspend him above Practice Field No. 3 until Brandon Marshall caught 100 passes in a row. Publicity-seeking magicians aside, I do think Cutler is capable of being consistently good for a season, and I also think the Bears have surrounded him with plenty of talent.
Styf: Well, there you have it, folks. A vote of confidence from Tom Musick. It's safe to say, like every season, anything less than the playoffs would be a major disappointment for this Bears team. And, ultimately, it might mean the end of the Cutler era regardless how many years he's trying to convince us that it will take to learn the offense. Jay is a smart guy, he is confident. He is also susceptible to blowups and erratic passing and behavior. He has a big arm. If he ever won something, we might even call him Brett Favre. But he hasn't. So bring on the hate mail.
Musick: Already with the grumpiness. It's not even training camp. Does anything make you happy? Sunshine? Puppies? S'mores bars? Anything?
Styf: Your columns make me happy, Tom. When you turn them in on time. And water skiing squirrels. Is that animal abuse, though? You should call PETA and check for me.
Musick: This probably would be a good time to tell you that my columns actually are written by water skiing squirrels.
Styf: That's hard to believe. Because even they would recognize Cutler isn't going to suddenly change.


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Alligator found guarding California marijuana stash
CALIFORNIA, USA (AP) —Authorities in Northern California made a snappy discovery during a routine probation check: An alligator named "Mr Teeth" who was apparently protecting a stash of marijuana.
When Alameda County Sheriff's deputies entered Assif Mayar's home in Castro Valley for a probation check yesterday, they not only found 34 pounds of marijuana valued at an estimated $100,000, but also the 5-foot-long gator inside a Plexiglas tank guarding it in a bedroom.
"We get guard dogs all of the time when we search for grow houses and people stashing away all types of dope. But alligators? You just don't see that every day," Sgt JD Nelson told The Associated Press.
Mr Teeth was likely used to deter marijuana thieves, Nelson said. Mayar, 32, told deputies he got the gator to commemorate rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 death.
"We have come across alligators before, but nobody can remember one this big and situated in such close proximity to act sort of as a sentry to the marijuana," Nelson said.
Mayar, who is on probation after pleading guilty last year to disturbing the peace, was arrested and was taken to the county jail on suspicion of possessing marijuana for sale. He could also face citations from the California Fish and Game Commission, including possession of an exotic animal without a permit.
Alameda County animal control officers eventually took Mr Teeth to the Oakland Zoo. Officials there said the gator was very sick and was being treated at the zoo's veterinary hospital.
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WWF launches European elections campaign calling on MEP candidates to pledge for the environment
With 22 offices in the EU and millions of supporters, WWF is looking to mobilise European election candidates and voters in a common call to ensure Europe remains a frontrunner in environmental protection and uses its resources more efficiently to build a sustainable economy for its people.
"The EU has the power to lead us into a new era - one where we produce and consume within the means of One Planet. This is the only way forward which can protect our natural resources whilst securing economic stability and jobs. And it is those MEPs who are successful in the elections who will have the power to vote on key issues that can make this transformation a reality", said Tony Long, Director of WWF European Policy Office in Brussels.
A recent poll found that 95% of European people consider protecting the environment as important to them personally. WWF's pledge will enable voters to know their candidate's views on a broad range of environmental priorities and thereby help them to choose the right person to represent them when they go to the polls between 22 and 25 May.
"European voters need parliamentarians who can listen to their concerns and represent their interests. Environmental protection has been a longstanding interest of the European Parliament precisely because it is a subject that connects voter concerns to the EU. WWF is committed to working with the new European Parliament over the next five years to ensure this strong environmental allegiance continues," continued Tony Long.
751 Members of the new European Parliament will have the power to decide on crucial policies on trade, energy, fisheries, development, nature conservation and other areas that could protect our environment and health, as well as create jobs and a stronger economy. So the more parliamentarians we can get to care about the environment the bigger the chance we have of protecting it.
From today until 25 May, MEP candidates can sign the pledge at ep2014.wwf.eu while voters can send a message to their political parties to get them to care more about the environment and they can raise awareness of the pledge amongst their social media contacts.


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Juventus are keen to partner Manchester United transfer target Robert Lewandowski with Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool target Fernando Llorente, according to Italian news site Tuttosport.
The Serie 'A' champions are reportedly planning a double January swoop for two of Europe's most talented strikers.
Juventus have been linked with Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie in the past, before the Dutchman moved to Old Trafford, and they are likely to face competition from a number of Premier League clubs for Lewandowski and Llorente this time around.
Robert Lewandowski emerged as a transfer target for Manchester United over the summer, and despite the signing of Robin Van Persie, speculation has mounted that Sir Alex Ferguson could bid for the Polish forward when the transfer window reopens.
Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente has fallen out of favour in northern Spain. The Spanish international's contract runs out at the end of the season, and Llorente has been linked with a move to Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City.
Chelsea are thought to be considering a striker in January, with Llorente one of several options. The Stamford Bridge side have also been credited with an interest in Atletico Madrid forward Radamel Falcao and Napoli striker Edinson Cavani.
Chelsea only have Fernando Torres and Danny Sturridge available as forward options, and Roberto Di Matteo may opt to dip back into the market in January.
Arsenal and Manchester City have also been linked with Llorente. The World Cup winner would be affordable for Arsenal as his contract runs down, while Manchester City may instead pursue Fiorentina ace Stevan Jovetic.
Liverpool are also believed to be reviewing their striker options, and Llorente was thought to be a potential target for the Reds. With Luis Suarez and Fabio Borini as their only senior forwards, Liverpool could challenge Juventus for Llorente's signature.
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It has been nearly a year since outcry over planned reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program began to mushroom across the nation's floodplains.
It has been nearly a year since outcry over planned reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program began to mushroom across the nation's floodplains.
Locally, that outcry emanated largely from the community of Bayou Gauche, just across the Lafourche border in St. Charles Parish.
It is a community similar to the Terrebonne-Lafourche area. It's near a body of water but protected by a locally built ring of levees, and most of the homes have never seen anything approaching a flood.
But in March last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency came to town and began quoting residents their new flood insurance bills under reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program. Some quotes topped $10,000, $15,000 and even $20,000 in annual costs for residents who built to FEMA's prescribed height at the time and had properties that never flooded.
"Their maps indicated that their insurance was going to go up more than 1,000 percent for some," said Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolph. "We thought, 'oh this is coming to you. It will be coming to us next.'"
And so began a yearlong effort that reached a milestone Tuesday night when, in a rare bipartisan effort, the U.S. House of Representatives did away with most of the program changes that local homeowners and politicians considered to be unfair.
The complaints were primarily over the removal of flood insurance rate grandfathering by the Biggert Waters Act. Congress passed the law to bring flood insurance rates more in line with actual risk for the program that is more than $24 billion in debt.
Historically, when FEMA updates its flood maps, which dictate how high a property should sit, the owners of existing properties have been able to keep rates tied to maps in use when their homes were built, known as a grandfathered rate.
FEMA is in the process of updating its flood maps, meaning some people who built to specification will find themselves below FEMA's new recommended elevations and saddled with a so-called punitive rate.
Because much of Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes are in flood zones, nearly all properties would have been affected by the maps — potentially crippling coastal economies, local politicians have argued.
"The whole thrust of our effort was to keep people in their homes. They've done nothing wrong and all of a sudden they are getting killed by the federal government," Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet said.
Tuesday's House measure reinstates grandfathering, blunting the most widespread trigger of the proposed rate increases. The bill also removes the provisions that would have triggered rate comparison to the newest maps when the property is sold.
Increases on so-called pre-firm secondary homes and businesses are still in place. Pre-firm refers to the fact that the property was built before a parish got its first flood maps.
"It clears up almost everything that is considered substantially unfair at the time," Claudet said.
The House and its fiscal conservatives were a major hurdle for the bill that was ultimately engineered to help pay for itself through annual surcharges in the amount of $25 for primary residence properties and $250 for nonresidential properties and nonprimary residential properties.
"Man, we were just so afraid when it got to the House," Randolph said. "Because we know that there are fiscal conservatives that saw this as an opportunity to balance the budget. But we had to make them understand that they were balancing it on our back and we were the ones that played by the rules."
Randolph estimated she visited Washington, D.C., about 10 times in the past year to try to convince members of Congress of the need to draw back the reforms. She was in Washington when the bill passed the House on Mardi Gras night and said it was amazing to see the two warring parties unite behind the issue.
"It was a dogged determination," Randolph said.
Randolph thanked Lafourche and Terrebonne's House representatives, Bill Cassidy. R-Baton Rouge, Steve Scalise, R-Metairie, and others who did the "heavy lifting" of getting the bill through.
"It has been our main focus since May of last year. We are poised and have been positioned to be doing so well economically. This would have killed it," Randolph said.
Randolph added the pullback effort wouldn't have been successful without pressure from the millions of flood-zone residents nationwide.
Focus now turns to the Senate where the state's delegation and local politicians are confident the measure will be passed to the desk of the president. The Senate already passed legislation that blunted the reforms. The Senate and House bills are similar in concept but differ in execution, so the measure may eventually be passed to a conference committee.
Randolph noted that there is still a groundswell of support from taxpayer interest and scientific groups who feel the reforms should be kept in place.
"Nobody wants to see their rates go up. But taxpayers across the country don't want to support a (federal flood) program that is $24 billion in debt and climbing," said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington-based watchdog group. "A far better solution than either the House or Senate bill would be to slow down the rate increase, even dramatically, but still allow rates to continue to move toward their risk-based" level.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.