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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Biocom, the association for the Southern California life sciences community, announced that its president and CEO, Joe Panetta, has been appointed to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's (CIRM) Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee (ICOC) by Governor Jerry Brown.
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"This is an opportunity to work alongside patient advocates, researchers and leaders in the biotechnology space to guide the development of experimental medical treatments through regulatory bodies and ultimately to the patient," said Joe Panetta, who will continue serving as president and CEO for Biocom.
Responsibilities of the CIRM 29-member Governing Board include: (1) adopting scientific, medical, ethical, and intellectual property policies; (2) making final decisions on all grant and loan awards; and (3) overseeing the operations of CIRM.
About California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
CIRM was established in November 2004 with the passage of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act. The statewide ballot measure, which provided $3 billion in funding for stem cell research at California universities and research institutions, was overwhelmingly approved by voters, and called for the establishment of an entity to make grants and provide loans for stem cell research, research facilities, and other vital research.
About Biocom
Biocom is one of the largest regional life science associations in the world, representing more than 600 member companies in Southern California. The association focuses on initiatives that position the region's life science industry competitively on the world stage, and on the development and delivery of innovative products that improve health and quality of life. For more information on BIOCOM or the Southern California biotechnology and medical device community, please visit the organization's Web site at http://www.biocom.org or call (858) 455-0300.
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Infiniti FX50 Ignition Coil Replacement Cost
Know what price you should pay to get your vehicle fixed.
What is an ignition coil?
Ignition coils send high-voltage electricity to the spark plugs, which is necessary to start the engine. Most cars made in the past three decades have one ignition coil, or coil pack, per cylinder.
How does the ignition coil work?
There are two sets of windings inside each ignition coil. The primary windings have hundreds of turns of heavy wire, while the secondary side contains thousands of turns of fine wire.
Power supplied by the battery flows through the primary windings. When your car's computer decides it's time to fire that cylinder's spark plug (or plugs), it cuts the current to the primary windings, causing the energy in them to collapse into the secondary windings. This multiplies the voltage, which is then sent to the spark plug in order to make it fire.
What are the symptoms related to a bad ignition coil?
A failing ignition coil can create several symptoms:
- Check engine light comes on
- Engine runs poorly or stall
- Increased emissions
- Reduced fuel economy
- Car won't start
If the coil is failing, you may hear arcing from under the hood, which sounds like a rubber band snapping. The ignition coil may look burned or white where the terminal connects to the insulated wire.
Can I drive with an ignition coil problem?
If the ignition coil goes bad, the car won't be much fun to drive — it might stall, and will definitely run poorly. Also, the amount of unburned fuel going into the catalytic converter could cause it to fail, adding an expensive repair to your bill. With severe ignition problems, the vehicle should be towed to a repair facility.
How often do ignition coils need to be replaced?
Some carmakers recommend replacing the ignition coils at scheduled intervals; this schedule should be followed to reduce the likelihood of failure.
Some coils will last the lifetime of the vehicle, and other may only last 5,000 miles. Most will make it 60,000 miles or more.
How are ignition coil issues diagnosed?
For vehicles that use one coil per spark plug: If the engine misfire is only on one cylinder, the components for only that cylinder should be examined. If the coil is suspected, it will be tested and, if faulty, will be replaced.
For older cars, with distributors: One coil will fire multiple spark plugs. If all these plugs are failing, the ignition coil will be suspected and tested.
Ignition Coil Replacement Cost Estimates
The average cost for an Ignition Coil Replacement is between $630 and $720 but can vary from car to car.
RepairPal recommendations for ignition coil issues
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Some ignition coils are better than others at generating high-voltage electricity for the spark plugs. Purchasing ignition parts that are built to OEM standards or better is recommended. Using inferior parts may lead to a repeated repair.
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Replacing an ignition coil is usually an easy task, and can be done safely by almost anyone as long as precautions are taken against electric shock. In most vehicles, the ignition coil or ignition coils are accessible, and replacing the coil should only take minutes.
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For parents, moments of terror, relief
NEWTOWN -- Therese Lestik held tight to the hand of her daughter, Ava, a Sandy Hook Elementary School kindergartner who escaped Friday's carnage, as she walked and talked on a cellphone on Riverside Drive.
Not far from the chaos, as other parents abandoned cars in the middle of the road and raced toward the scene, Lestik rushed to meet her husband. She arrived as a parade of black SWAT trucks and State Police cruisers roared up Philo Curtis Road.
"I'm in shock, like everyone else,'' Lestik said, as she walked with her daughter.
Their reunion -- a quick, tight, roadside embrace -- was one among the scenes of Friday's relief and horror.
Alberta Bajraliu said she lost her composure as she and her son pulled up to the school and spotted her daughter, Venesa, a 9-year-old, fourth-grader at Sandy Hook Elementary.
"I started to cry, and my daughter -- she's there and she's so innocent," Bajraliu said.
Venesa said her art teacher shepherded students into the classroom after they heard multiple shots nearby.
Minutes later, she said, a group of "police officers" burst into the classroom and escorted them outside, instructing students to cover their eyes as they walked through the hallways.
Later, behind St. John's Episcopal Church, police with rifles roamed a nearby backyard as one father, Richard Wilford, stood with his children, a 7-year-old son, Richie, and pre-school daughter, and spoke into the news microphones.
Richie stood close, but silent.
Clearly relieved, Wilford said he was startled by an automatic telephone alert from the district, saying Sandy Hook Elementary was in lockdown because of a shooting. He and his wife joined the throng that rushed to the school.
"What human being walks into an elementary school and starts shooting?'' Wilford asked. "My son said he heard loud noises and was taken to a corner, and everyone was safe.''
Wilford said no words "come close to describing the sheer terror that your child is in a place where there is violence, and you can't help protect them. You're powerless.''
But he was quick to dispel any indictment of the school, the neighborhood or the community.
"The school isn't evil because someone did something evil,'' Wilford said. "... I love the people here. This is just a horrific incident perpetrated by an individual who doesn't play by the rules.''
Holding the hands of his two children, Wilford walked amid long lines of police cars and media.
Wilford said he just wanted to go home and play football with his children in the backyard.
"My prayers are with all the families,'' he said.
Lynn Wasik, her arms wrapped around the neck of her 8-year-old daughter, Alexis, a brown-haired, third-grader, said she didn't "even remember driving here.''
For Alexis, the day began as any other, but during her reading lesson she heard police yelling, others stomping through the halls and even more footfalls on the roof.
Her teacher quickly closed the classroom door, pulled down the blinds, shut off the lights and shepherded the class to a rear corner of the room. There they huddled together until they were told to "get out of the building, quick."
"I was kind of scared, and sick to my stomach,'' Alexis said.
"I don't want this to be real,'' her mother said. "My heart is in a million pieces."
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Police: Retired HPD officer killed, wife injured by allegedly drunk driver in Galveston
A retired Houston Police officer died and his wife, a current HPD officer, was critically injured when a teenager who was allegedly driving drunk hit their motorcycle during Mardi Gras in Galveston Saturday night.
Dana Tweedie, 61, and Linda Tweedie, 52, were driving along Seawall Boulevard at 7:40 p.m. when 19-year-old Callie Inman of Dayton ran into their motorcycle as she pulled out of a Valero parking lot at 69th Street and Seawall Boulevard, police said.
Inman, a former cheerleader at Dayton High School, was charged with intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault. She was taken to the Galveston County Jail with a $150,000 bond, according to Galveston police.
"This is a tragic situation that need not occur," Galveston police chief Henry Porretto said in a press release. "An impaired driver took a great member of the Houston community. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Tweedie family and the Houston Police Department."
The Tweedie family is rooted in the Houston Police Department. Bill Tweedie, Dana's brother, is an HPD sergeant. Dana Tweedie retired in 2008 after 26 years of service with HPD's central patrol. Linda Tweedie is a senior police officer with 27 years of experience assigned to the first-responder division, officials said.
"She has a great reputation - a regular fixture at every fundraiser for other officers who are hurt in the line of duty," said Ray Hunt, president of the Houston Police Officers Union. "It's very tragic when you lose one of your own. It's like losing a family member."
The couple had one child together, a son who is in the military, Hunt said. He was able to return from assignment on Sunday to visit his mother, who remained in critical condition at an area hospital, Hunt said.
The Tweedies were attending Mardi Gras with officers in a motorcycle group, Hunt said.
HPD and the Galveston police departments plan to hold a joint blood drive this week.
Anyone interested in donating to the Tweedie family's medical or burial expenses can send money to the Houston Police Officer's Union, 1600 State Street, Houston, Texas 77007. Please note "Tweedie" in the memo line.
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WAG Director Selected for the Getty's Museum Leadership Institute 2011
Museum leaders from around the world will explore their evolving field at the Getty Leadership Institute's MLI Program from June 18 to July 8, and Dr. Stephen Borys, Executive Director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, will be one of them.
"I am delighted to have been selected to spend three weeks at the Getty to focus on museum leadership, strategy, and policy development," says Borys. "This program is well known and respected in international museum circles, and I look forward to acquiring new perspectives and tools to better serve the greater cultural community."
The Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University (GLI at CGU) is convening thirty senior leaders from prominent museums in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East, to engage in the renowned Museum Leadership Institute (MLI), in which participants explore the increasingly complex challenges museums face. Participants were chosen for the program based on their ability to influence policy and effect change at their institutions. This year's MLI will be held, for the first time, at Claremont Graduate University's beautiful tree-lined campus in California. Now in its 33rd year, MLI is the world's foremost professional development program for senior museum executives, offering intensive executive education. This is borne out through the geographic diversity of the museums represented and the calibre of the program's participants who are selected based on their ability to influence policy and effect change at their institutions.
"The WAG is honoured that our Director, Dr. Stephen Borys, has been selected to attend the Getty Leadership Institute," says Naomi Levine, WAG Board President. "Since Dr. Borys has assumed the leadership of the WAG, he has worked diligently, with great success, to spread our reputation and promote partnerships both nationally and internationally. This is yet another opportunity for him to work with the best senior museum executives from around the world, to further not only his professional growth but also that of the WAG."
About the Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University
The Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University (GLI at CGU) is a leading source of continuing professional development for current and future museum leaders. GLI at CGU was created to respond to the growing complexities faced by leaders of museums and other nonprofit institutions. New technologies, shifts in philanthropic patterns, and a vigorously competitive environment challenge institutional leaders to think strategically. Leaders want to make sure they are asking the right questions.
Through several key offerings, the GLI at CGU provides opportunities for museum professionals, board members, academics, philanthropists, and public officials to come together to question, learn, and plan.
For more information on the Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University, visit www.cgu.edu/gli.
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Another round of rain and snow arrived in drought-stricken Southern California Tuesday night and continued through Wednesday afternoon, forcing road closures, bad driving conditions and downed power lines.
SoCal's second wave of precipitation made landfall Wednesday evening. Some NBC4 viewers reported heavy rain and loud thunder in the San Fernando Valley. Thunderstorms could produce gusty winds and hail.
The first round of the much-needed rain showers began about 11 p.m. Monday and continued steadily through the next day.
Strong winds, rain and a possible lightning strike forced power lines to fall in Sunland late Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least 750 LADWP customers without power.
Snow was reported in the San Bernardino mountains, and snow levels were expected to drop to as low as 3,000 feet.
Drivers were advised to travel cautiously, especially along the Golden State (5) Freeway through the Grapevine and other mountain roadways as snow showers were expected above 3,000 feet.
Light snow fell in the Frazier Park area along the Grapevine early Wednesday.
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The LA Department of Public Works closed access to Angeles Forest Highway from Aliso Canyon Road to Angeles Crest Highway, as well as Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road from Angeles Crest Highway to Angeles Forest Highway as of midnight Wednesday.
Local access to the roads will not be permitted until the storm system has passed and roads have been inspected.
Between Monday and Wednesday, the storm was expected to generate between a quarter and three quarters of an inch of rain, with 1 inch possible across southwest-facing mountain slopes and near the sites of any thunderstorms, forecasters said.
Residents in recent burn areas above Glendora and Azusa were advised to monitor the forecasts as heavy downpours could bring the threat of minor mud and debris flows. The storm comes about a month after a larger one spurred evacuation orders for more than 1,000 homes in the cities in northeastern Los Angeles County, and about 2 1/2 months after a wildfire left them stripped of vegetation and made them vulnerable to collapsing hillsides.
The storms come amid long-term drought conditions in California. The first significant storms in months brought rain to California in late February and early March, but persistent dry conditions prevailed since then, reducing the rainfall's benefits for the drought-stricken region.
Since December, 4.47 inches of precipitation have been reported in California. The average for that period is 11.73, according to the National Climatic Data Center. The state has received 7.53 inches of precipitation since June, about 9 inches below the average for that nine-month period.


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HORWICH voters are preparing for a busy day at the polls — after the resignation of a town councillor last week was followed by news that borough councillor Lindsey Kell has left her seat.
Christine Flanagan, the town council's only Conservative member, stood down because of work commitments, triggering the town's fourth by-election in just 12 months.
The election will be held alongside the Bolton borough council elections on May 22 — when the seat of Horwich and Blackrod ward councillor Stephen Pickup will be contested.
Ms Kell was not due to contest her seat this year but her resignation means both Labour seats will go to the vote.
In November last year, Ms Kell was the subject of a leaflet distributed by the Liberal Democrat party, criticising the fact she was living 175 miles away from the borough, having moved to Oxfordshire.
The leaflet claimed she "ditched" Horwich in June and was using taxpayers' money to fund a "party lifestyle". But Ms Kell said she left the area because of problems with a stalker.
She has now cited work commitments as the main reason for her resignation.
She said: "It has been a great honour to represent the people of Horwich and Blackrod since 2011. I have enjoyed working with residents and community organisations across the area, becoming involved in local campaigns and issues.
"I am standing down as my work commitments take me outside the borough and it has been difficult to balance the pressures of my current employment with my role as a councillor."
Bolton's Liberal Democrat leader Roger Hayes said the move should have come earlier.
She said: "She has done the right thing, but it should have been a year ago — I think it's disgraceful that she collected her £11,000 allowance without representing the people of Horwich and Blackrod."
Labour's elections co-ordinator, cabinet member Cllr Nick Peel defended Ms Kell.
He said: "Lindsey has done the right thing. She was entitled to serve the rest of her term, but felt personal circumstances meant that someone else should get the chance.
"I don't know where Roger Hayes gets his information from, but he is assuming a lot."


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Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and other stars of Tim Burton's fantasy 3D film "Alice in Wonderland" braved pouring rain to attend the movie's London premiere Thursday.
The stars were joined by director Burton, Anne Hathaway and hundreds of screaming fans who turned up for the event in central London's Leicester Square despite a steady downpour.
The premiere came after British movie theater chain Odeon said it had resolved a dispute with Walt Disney Pictures about the release date for the DVD version. Odeon had said it wouldn't show the film in its cinemas in Britain, Ireland and Italy because it objected to Disney's decision to release the DVD earlier than usual, but the chain said Thursday the dispute was over.
Odeon didn't disclose details, and there was no immediate comment from Disney. Burton told a press conference earlier Thursday he was relieved the issue was resolved.
"I'm just glad it's resolved. We made it 3D to be shown in the 3D screens and so I'm just very happy and grateful," he said.
The movie — inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic children's tale — tells the story of the heroine's return to the world down the rabbit-hole at the age of 19.
Depp plays the Mad Hatter, Hathaway is the White Queen, Bonham Carter is a bulbous-headed Red Queen and Australian newcomer Mia Wasikowska plays Alice.
Burton said the movie's 3D effects enhance the fantastic, surreal world it describes.
"3D and Alice seem to fit," Burton told Sky News. "There's something about the trippiness of the Alice world that helps bring you into that 3D space."
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Presumably in an attempt to boost sales, Sharp's got a new line of professional office photocopiers that boast a built-in Plasma-cluster Ion air purifier. It claims the gimmick is to help stop the spread of disease and sickness in an office environment given everyone shares the photocopier.
But in reality it just seems like Sharp's slapped a technology it's trying to promote onto another piece of hardware that has worked just fine without it. It's like a corporate version of the toaster radio, but there are far worse offenders than that out there. So tell us what ridiculous features have been added to devices you own that simply don't belong (or deserve to be promoted). [RocketNews24]


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Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his wife Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay are expecting their first child together, due in spring 2013.
The federal cabinet minister, 46, made the announcement on his Facebook page at roughly 9:30 a.m. Friday morning.
FacebookPeter MacKay's message on Facebook
"Last night, Nazanin and I announced to a group of friends our happy news that the MacKay family is growing," he wrote.
"We are expecting our first child this spring. I am excited by the prospects of raising a child with my loving wife, along with the support of family and friends in the greatest country on earth."
The two were married in Mexico in January.
Afshin-Jam MacKay, 34, was in the news in July when she criticized a P.E.I newspaper for distorting her opinions on the continued detainment of Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay, and for referring to her only as "Peter MacKay's wife."
She is calling for the immediate return of Khadr, the lone Canadian in the foreign prison.
A former Miss World Canada and Vancouver resident, Afshin-Jam MacKay is also a human rights activist and author.
MacKay came under fire in the House of Commons this year over the bungled procurement of 65 F-35 stealth fighter jets.


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Rebecca DeSantis
Class of 2016
Major/Minor: International Studies, French/Near Eastern Studies
President of Hillel
Campus Involvement
- Dance Club
- Hillel
- Jazz Ensemble
- Model UN
- Resident Director - Zone 1
Hometown/High School? Lancaster, PA, Hempfield High
What is your favorite place/activity on campus? The JFC Dance Studio is my favorite place on campus because I love to teach the tap dance class for the dance club!
Recommended class and professor? I really loved Congress and the Legislative Process with Dr. Hopper. We did a Senate simulation and it was a great experience!
What are some of your favorite hobbies? I love to dance, play the saxophone, sing in the car, and crochet.
Why did you choose to attend Washington College? I wanted a small school with an active student body, a great International Studies department and a great study abroad program. I found all of that at Washington College!


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Mine knows:
Attack Order: One of Vespiquen's signature moves. Good power, high accuracy, STAB, good chance for a critical hit.
Aerial Ace: Decent power, doesn't miss, STAB.
Power Gem: Decent power, high accuracy, used to deal with Fire, Flying, and Ice types.
Toxic: Inflicts toxic poison. Vespiquen has pretty good defensive stats.
Vespiquen learnset
Gen V
Vespiquen (F) @ Bug Gem
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 68 Atk / 220 Def / 220 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Bold/Impish
EVs: 252 Defense, 252 S.Defense, 6 S.Attack/HP/Attack
Protect(HP EVs) or Attack-order(Attack EVs) or Hidden-power(Ground)(S.Attack EVs)
Defend-order makes you very bulky after a couple of uses making this bug hard to take down without a Rock type move. Heal-order is reliable healing. Toxic is status. Protect is for awesome poison-stalling, it even helps with Pressure-stalling, Attack-order would be for Physical STAB while Hidden-power(Ground) would be Steel and Poison type coverage. The main problem Vespiquen has is that it has terrible typing for a wall, you are going to have to watch out for Rock types, Stone-edge is your biggest issue as it has high critical chance and criticals ignore your stat ups, if you come across a Pokemon with Stone-edge either get out of their or try to Pressure+Protect stall them into running out of Stone-edge PP and hope they miss between turns(switching is better though).
my set move - win by stall :)
(wups forgot to add toxic)
This is truely an unfortunate Pokemon. One of the sturdiest RU Pokemon cursed with a 4x weakness to Rock. But there is hope!
Vespiquen @ Leftovers
252 HP/ 252 Def/ 4 SpD
Attack Order
This set helps to keep her alive as long as possible. Substitute is a great move to hide behind. Roost takes the edge off Rock type moves. Toxic helps the rest of the team in unimaginable ways, well ot really. And Attack Order is her strongest STAB move that will keep her from becoming taunt bait.
Vespiquen (F) @ Leftovers
EVs: 252 Spe, 124 SpDef, 120 Def, 4 HP, 4 Atk
A: Pressure
Impish Nature
Vespiquen @ Flying Gem
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 129 Def / 129 SDef
Brave/Adamant Nature
- Attack Order
- Pursuit/U-Turn
- Hone Claws/Roost
- Acrobatics
Brave nature functions well in Trick Room, although Adamant nature won't really make much of a difference. Attack Order is a powerful STAB move and has a high critical hit ratio, Roost for healing (can also be substituted with Heal Order, to each their own) or Hone Claws to power up, Acrobatics is AMAZING with the Flying Gem boost, and after it has been used base power raises to 165. You can either use Pursuit or U-Turn, both are equally as good. U-Turn allows you to switch out and - because of Vespiquen's low speed - you will almost always be getting switch advantage. I prefer to use Pursuit because a lot of Psychic types will switch out on a Vespiquen, so you can damage them that way.
Vespiquen @ Leftovers
Trait: Unnerve
EVs: 80 HP / 215 Def / 215 SDef
Sassy/Relaxed Nature
- Defend Order/Protect
- Roost/Heal Order
- Toxic
- Destiny Bond/Protect
This one is more of a staller, also functioning well in Trick Room. It has more use with Sassy Nature, majority of the moves it is weak to are special attacks. After a good few Defend Orders, its stats are raised quite nicely and you can just Roost/Heal Order (again, to each their own) away the damage. Toxic is, obviously, to deal recursive damage to the foe at the end of each turn. It's a matter of choice between Destiny Bond and Protect. Protect is if you want to make Vespiquen last a bit longer as a staller. Although I prefer running Destiny Bond - in a Trick Room you can give your foe a nice little surprise before they take you out.
Vespiquen @Leftovers
Impish Nature
Pressure Ability
252 Def 252 Sp.D 4 HP
-Defend Order
- Attack Order/Bug Buzz
Gen VI
Vespiqueen (F) @Leftovers
Trait: Unerve
Evs: 252 HP 252 SpecDef
Nature: Calm
-Defend Order
-Heal Order
Vespiquen (F) @ Chesto Berry
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP, 252 Def, 8 SDef
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)


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World War II
Early in 1941 a deeply troubled Ted showed one of his unpublished politically charged cartoons to Virginia Schoales, a New York friend who was working on the "popular front" tabloid newspaper PM. "Zinny" introduced Ted to Ralph Ingersoll, PM's editor, who instantly made Geisel the paper's editorial cartoonist, printing his first cartoon on January 30, 1941. Ted would not write another children's book for seven years.
At the end of 1942, Ted joined the Army as a captain attached to Frank Capra's celebrated wartime documentary filmmaking unit, writing and directing scripts focusing on GI morals and morale. He was 38 years old. In connection with this work, he shipped out to Europe in the fall of 1944. On December 16th, at General Omar Bradley's headquarters in Luxembourg, he ran into PM's former editor, Ralph Ingersoll, who was now a lieutenant colonel in Army Intelligence. Ingersoll wanted to show Ted "some fighting" in a "quiet sector" and sent him off with a military police escort across the border to Bastogne. That night 250,000 German troops attacked American-held positions in the Belgian countryside, surrounding the pivotal crossroads town of Bastogne. It was the beginning of the month-long Battle of the Bulge.
Later Ted recalled: "The thing that probably saved my life was that I got there in the early morning and the Germans didn't arrive until that night. I found Bastogne pretty boring and got on the other side of the line and got cut off. With the aid of another MP, who was also lost, we learned we were ten miles behind German lines. We were trapped three days before being rescued by the British." He elaborated in a 1960 New Yorker interview: "Nobody came along and put up a sign saying, This is the Battle of the Bulge. How was I supposed to know? I thought the fact that we didn't seem to be able to find any friendly troops in any direction was just one of the normal occurrences of combat."
In the aftermath of the battle, a horrified Ingersoll searched for Ted, checking casualty lists in the process. Five years later they met at a party in New York. Ingersoll hugged Ted, saying, "God, am I glad to see you! I thought I'd killed you."
All information excerpted from: Secrets of the Deep, the Lost, Forgotten, and Hidden Works of Theodor Seuss Geisel and The Cat Behind the Hat


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Dreher, Hintzen lead Greenwich baseball team past New Canaan
Hitters in the No. 3 spot dream of stepping up to the plate with runners in scoring position and less than two outs. Greenwich High School senior catcher Jonathan Dreher lived the dream Friday against New Canaan.
Thanks to Devin McGrath and Kyle Dunster, Dreher, who bats third, had chances to drive in runs in each of his four at-bats. And the Cardinals' tri-captain delivered in a big way.
Dreher went 3 for 4 with a double and four RBI and senior right-hander J.T. Hintzen pitched five effective innings to key Greenwich's 8-4 victory over visiting New Canaan in an early-season FCIAC matchup.
McGrath set the table for the Cardinals from the leadoff spot, going 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI (he was also hit by a pitch his first two times up), while Dunster reached base in three of his four at-bats. Dreher capped his impressive performance with a two-run double to left field in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving GHS an 8-4 lead.
"I got the opportunities today and the pitches to hit and luckily, I made the most of it," Dreher said. "Having runners on base like that all the time -- it's kind of the spot you dream of when you are a No. 3 hitter. I really like how the order is looking right now."
Hintzen struck out five, allowed four hits and yielded two earn runs in five innings to earn the win.
"It's all about making good pitches and making sure I hit my spots," Hintzen said. "I know early in the season I don't have as much velocity or as great a stuff as I will early on. But as long as I hit my spots I could have good games like these all the time."
Senior first baseman Dan Rajkowski hit a solo home run and junior second baseman Brandon Abate had a run-scoring single for the Rams.
"I thought it was a lot closer than the score indicates," New Canaan coach Mitch Hoffman said. "There were a couple of bad pitches on our part and they capitalized on our mistakes. We hit four guys today and all four scored. That's what good teams do."
The bottom of the first inning began with Rams senior right-hander JR Anderson hitting McGrath and Dunster with pitches. Dreher followed with a single, which scored McGrath. Dunster was thrown out at home on the play and Dreher advanced to third, while the ball was being thrown around. Cleanup hitter/first baseman Justin Gaccione, a senior, hit a sacrifice fly, giving the Cards a 2-0 advantage.
After McGrath and Dunster reached base in the third inning, Dreher hit an RBI single between shortstop and third, making it 3-0.
"Justin has exceeded any of my expectations," Greenwich coach Phil Tarantino said. "With him, every at-bat is a good at-bat. He had four RBI against college-bound pitching. I can't say enough about him, he's been terrific."
Rajkowski smashed a homer to left field in the third inning for the Rams' first run. New Canaan tied the score at 3-3 with a pair of runs in the fifth inning a sacrifice fly by Alex LaPolice and an error.
Greenwich responded quickly, however. McGrath led off the fifth inning with a double down the left field line and Dunster walked. The speedy McGrath scored after Dreher grounded into a 6-4-3 double play, putting the Cardinals ahead, 4-3. Back-to-back doubles from Gaccione and right fielder Sean Marks gave Greenwich a 5-3 lead. Junior David Giusti relieved Anderson after 4 2/3 innings.
"I thought he (Anderson) did a great job," Hoffman said. "He hit 85 percent of his spots. For the first time out he pitched well."
Abate's RBI single in the sixth cut Greenwich's lead to 5-4, but the Cards scored three runs in the bottom half of the inning behind a run-scoring double by McGrath (four runs) and Dreher's 2-run double. McGrath, who enjoys his role as the team's leadoff man, scored four runs.
"Being able to get on base that first at-bat of the game, it sparks momentum," McGrath said. "There is no place I would rather hit. Seeing the pitcher at the start of the game and going back and telling the team about the pitcher, that's part of my role."
Senior John Mikalopos allowed one run in two innings of relief for the Cardinals (2-0), who also received a hit apiece from third baseman Jack Giuliani and shortstop Keigo Fujikura.
"He did great," Tarantino said of Mikalopos. "He threw strikes, battled and changed speeds. We had J.T. on a 70-pitch, pitch count and I thought he was awesome."
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TOKYO—One of the images symbolizing Japan's postwar economic boom is a blue-and-white bullet train streaking past Mount Fuji on the world's first high-speed railway line, which went into service on the eve of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Half a century later, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to use another leap in train technology to demonstrate that even after two decades of economic decline, Japan can still think big. The company that operates the original bullet train, linking Tokyo to Osaka, intends to build a new line that...


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ClavAnother wrote:Just got home from STG Sound Labs. I brought the System 8 there to thoroughly compare to the Jupiter 8.
Basically I am now perfectly comfortable with the thought that I will probably not get the chance to own a vintage JP8. It honestly gave me a bit of a longing pain in my heart before, but I am totally at peace now.
A few notes:
I devised a cunning plan to compensate for the Osc 1/2 crossfade issue which I posted about previously. More to come.
We discovered a problem with the System 8 that can be corrected in a firmware update: when you connect an expression pedal, it does not express the VCA, it attenuates the Master Volume. This is unacceptable in a synth that has on board time based effects.
There was one more issue that needs to be explored, but the Jupiter plug out arpeggiator doesn't respond to time division changes; the knob changes octaves - need to look into this further, but it could be because the synth is globally set to external clock, but we didn't have a clock source connected. Not sure if this is relevant, but as I said, needs to be looked into.
OK, back to the A/B:
There were instances where the S8 seemed brighter than the old JP. However, after we had moved on to explore the other engines, we realized that the VCA has a tone knob, and it is unconfirmed if the physical setting was reflecting the system setting.
Also there were differences when playing open voicings, and it sounded like they tracked the keys differently.
It mostly sounded like calibration variances.
STG shared a story where a friend of his that owned multiple TB303s, and also had experience with other people's 303s, while initially reviewing the xoxbox, remarked that all the TB303s he had ever used sounded slightly different to each other, and the xoxbox just sounded like another different 303. We considered that this could be true here as well, but nobody has access to a handful of JP8s.
So ultimately, when either of us turned away, or closed our eyes, we had no way of knowing which was being played. The exception was where I was aware that he was playing them, with the JP in his left hand, and the S8 in the right, the identical phrases where performed differently and that was a tell for me.
I found it most convincing when I played identical left and right hand phrases on each board separately, then the same phrases alternating left-JP/right-S8, left-S8/right-JP, you could not tell any difference.
So anyway, it sounds just like a Jupiter 8. Pretty cool, man.
christianrock wrote:Sounds like a great fit for you
How does the internal S8 engine compare to the 106 and JP8 engines? And to the SH-201 which also has the Roland VA (including 2 supersaw oscillators), for that matter?
While you're at it, might as well Jump.selfinflikted wrote:Is that a request? If so, I will surely give it a go.
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SEFS Seminar Series: Spring Quarter Schedule!
Feeling uninspired on Wednesday afternoons lately? Craving intellectual stimulation—that first shiver of excitement when a brave new idea courses through you? Well, crave idly no more, as the SEFS Seminar Series is back for the 2013 Spring Quarter!
Starting tomorrow, April 3, the series kicks off with a scorcher: "The Second Solution to Climate Change: Mobilizing Nature to Reach Target 350 ppm." For this talk, we're especially pleased to welcome Rhys Roth and Patrick Mazza from Climate Solutions, and Amanda Stanley from the Wilburforce Foundation.
Held on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:20 p.m. in Anderson 223, the seminars are open to the public, and all faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend! (Graduate Students will get 3 credits registering SEFS 550C).
After the seminar, join your colleagues over in the Forest Club Room for a casual reception from 4:30-6 p.m. We'll have snacks, and this spring we'll be offering selections from the Fremont Brewing Company (for those of age)!
Check out the rest of the spring schedule below:
April 10
"Connections Between Environmental Science and Health"
Professor Susan Bolton, SEFS
April 17
"Ecological Restoration of Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand"
Mel Galbraith, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
April 24
"Connectivity for the 21st Century: Planning for Climate-Driven Shifts in Biota."
Professor Josh Lawler, SEFS
May 1
"Forest Health in Washington"
Professor Emeritus Bob Edmonds, SEFS
May 8
"The Dynamics of Photosynthesis and its Significance for Modeling Plant Growth"
Professor David Ford, SEFS
May 15
"Conservation Biology of the Endangered Huon Tree Kangaroo in Papua New Guinea: A Community-based Approach"
Lisa Dabek, Woodland Park Zoo
May 22
"Landscape-scale Effects of Fire Severity in Yosemite National Park from LiDAR and Landsat Data"
Van Kane, SEFS
May 29
"Reconciliation—A Personal Journey of a Nez Perce Trying to Manage Nature"
Jaime Pinkham, Native Nations
June 5
"SEFS Student Enrollment: Past, Future and National Trends"
Michelle Trudeau, SEFS


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Sept. 30, 2007
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The top-ranked Santa Clara women's soccer team dropped its first match of the season Sunday afternoon to No. 22 California 2-0. With eight players out due to injury, the short-handed Broncos fell behind by two goals in the first half and could not get back into the game. With the loss, SCU falls to 7-1-1 on the season, while Cal improves to 8-2-0.
Already playing with a short bench, SCU also lost starters Courtney Lewis and Lindsey Johnson to injury following the team's match on Friday at Cal Poly. Freshman Maxine Goynes got her first career start in place of Johnson, while Tina Estrada moved to midfield for Lewis and Lexi Orand got the start at forward.
The Broncos came out of the gate strong and had a chance to grab the lead in the opening minutes. Freshman Kendra Perry picked up a loose ball at the top of the box and fired a low shot. Captain Brittany Klein was in position to re-direct the shot, but a bad bounce caused it to skip over the end-line for a Cal goal kick.
Bronco goalkeeper Meagan McCray kept the game scoreless with a beautiful diving save nine minutes into the match. Cal's Alex Morgan got in alone on McCray and hit a shot to the far post, but the junior goalkeeper dove and got her right hand to the ball to keep it out of the net.
However, in the 29th minute, Morgan would not be denied. Receiving a ball over the top from Cal goalkeeper Gina Pellegrini, Morgan got behind the defense and blasted a low shot to the far post for a 1-0 Cal advantage.
Just five minutes before halftime, the Bears would strike again. Megan Jesolva found Nikki Schrey 20 yards from goal. Schrey eluded a defender and hit a long shot that found the near post to put Cal up 2-0 heading into the break.
Early in the half, SCU searched for the equalizer, but the Broncos could not break through. Klein and Meagan Snell were both denied on consecutive shots 10 minutes into the second half. Two minutes later, Katherine Reynolds low cross skidded just past Jessie Baddley in front of goal.
The Broncos last opportunity came in the final minutes off the foot of Kiki Bosio. Bosio slipped through two defenders and hit a shot that was deflected and came right back to her. She fired another shot that Pellegrini blocked and then covered up.
Santa Clara gets back in action next Friday, Oct. 5 with a showdown at No. 4 Stanford at 7:30 p.m. PT at Laird Q Cagan Stadium.


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Degrees offered: MAT
General Deadlines: Fall--June 1 / Spring--Nov 1 / Summer--April 1
Additional admission requirements: 24 credit hours of content-related course work with a grade of C or better; Verification of criminal background; Unconditional admission requires an undergraduate GPA of 2.8 or higher
Graduate coordinator: Dr. Arwin Smallwood, 336-285-2324, email@example.com
Points of Pride
Largest HBCU
N.C. A&T is the largest public HBCU in the nation
N.C. A&T is the No. 1 producer of engineering degrees on the undergraduate level awarded to African Americans.
Admired CEO
Chancellor Harold Martin Sr. is named among the Triad's Most Admired CEOs by the Triad Business Journal.
Academic Excellence
The university's Center for Academic Studies in Identify Science is the first and only National Intelligence Science and Technology CASIS in the United States.
Higher Research Activity
N.C. A&T is classified as an R2: Doctoral University of Higher Research Activity by the prestigious Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Teaching / Research
N.C. A&T is the highest-ranked public school for combining research and teaching by the Wall Street Journal.
Engineering Professor and Student
N.C. A&T is an inaugural and pioneering tenant of the innovative Union Square Partnership for healthcare training.
2016 MEAC Champs
N.C. A&T Women's Basketball team are the 2016 MEAC Champions
Bowl Champs
Aggies win 2015 Inaugural Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl and Black National Championship.
Tarik Cohen
Running back Tarik Cohen broke the university and MEAC record becoming the MEAC all-time leading rusher.
Hall of Fame
The 1968 Aggies football team was inducted into the N.C. A&T Sports Hall of Fame as the first A&T team to win a black college national championship.
Aggie Track & Field
Three track & field athletes are named to the NCAA All-Academic team for excellence in their events and in the classroom; maintaining a minimum 3.25 GPA.
Kim Terrell-Kearney
Former professional bowler Kim Terrell-Kearney named N.C. A&T bowling coach
Track & Field Ranking
The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ranked A&T men's track and field team among the top-25 in program history.
Gail Wiggins
JOMC Professor Gail Wiggins selected as the NABJ Educator of the Year
PALO! Lyceum Series
The Band PALO! performed at N.C. A&T for the Lyceum Series
CD - Jazz Preeminence
A&T Theatre arts performs first production of "Radio Golf" by African American playwright August Wilson.
The Theatre Program at A&T was the first accredited Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) at an HBCU in North Carolina; second in the nation.
Black Nativity performances
The Theatre Arts Program is nationally ranked by Black Broadway as one of the top five Theatre Arts programs for African American students
Travis Alexander
Travis W. Alexander has been named National Conductor for the 105 Voices Of History National Concert Choir


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History of SSU-UIS: Lasting Pursuit
(The following article is one of three that were printed in a special section of the State Journal Register published in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of SSU/UIS.)
September 21, 1995
Pursuit of higher education lasted decades;
Many false starts in Springfield preceded establishment of SSU
By Doug Pokorski
It takes nearly two full years between the time a female elephant becomes pregnant and when she gives birth. That's an impressive gestation period, but the birth of a university can take much, much longer. Case in point – Sangamon State University, which opened its doors to students 25 years ago today. The interval between the conception of a broad-based, comprehensive institution of higher education in Springfield and the materialization of Sangamon State was at least a decade. Arguably, the birth of the university took half a century.
As early as 1920 there was talk in Springfield about creating an Abraham Lincoln University, which would have been located on a rolling, partially wooded tract of land in what is now the village of Jerome. According to a history of SSU by Dean DeBolt, an early university archivist, that plan fell through because supporters were unable to raise $1 million to build the university.
Nearly 30 years would pass before another attempt was made to establish a four-year college or university in Springfield.
Late in 1959, Springfield School Superintendent Donald Dunnan proposed forming a city college – possibly by building a new public high school and converting Springfield High School into a four-year liberal arts college.
By 1963, Dunnan said, as many as 150 qualified city high school graduates would be unable to further their education because of overcrowding at existing institutions.
Mayor Lester Collins and city business leaders formed a committee to explore the possibility. Headed by attorney George Hoffman, the committee looked into changing Springfield Junior College (now Springfield College in Illinois) into a four-year institution.
The panel also examined the possibility of getting some outside source to form a college. Both options were ruled out as being too costly.
In March of 1961, the committee, known as the Springfield Committee for Higher Education, attempted to pass a referendum to establish a public junior college in Springfield. That effort also failed. Over the next few years, the committee initiated discussions with the University fo Illinois about establishing a U of I branch.
Southern Illinois University also expressed an interest in having a Springfield branch.
Other local leaders became involved in the committee's efforts, including state Scholl Superintendent Pay Page; William Chamberlain, a circuit judge who had held a number of important positions in state government; and J.A.G. Preus, president of Concordia Seminary, then located in Springfield. Hoffman, Chamberlain, Page and Preus were later to be given much of the credit for the creation of SSU.
A number of studies and other activities were conducted in hopes of bringing a four-year college to the city, but success was elusive.
About the same time, the newly formed Illinois Board of Higher Education was getting into the act, putting together a master plan for the state's "system of systems" of higher education.
IBHE approval would be needed to establish a university in Springfield, but the state board complicated the debate by insisting that no four-year school be established in a community that did not have "comprehensive" junior college. (Springfield Junior College was not considered comprehensive, in part because it did not admit all high school graduates.)
Fortunately, the IBHE had also initiated efforts to build a system of community colleges in Illinois. That move would lead to the establishment of Lincoln Land Community College and clear at least one obstacle to the formation of SSU.
In December of 1966, the IBHE released its master plan, which included a recommendation that the state establish an "upper division" university in Springfield. Upper division schools have only junior, seniors and sometimes graduate students.
The upper division concept was a popular one in higher education circles in the 1960s but was chosen in Springfield for more political reasons.
Original IBHE plans called for creation of four for-year public universities to cope with baby-boom generation then entering the state's colleges and universities. However, the Illinois Association of Independent Colleges saw the proposed four-year schools as direct competitors for students.
To deal with the association's objections, a mini-summit conference was held on the second of the old Leland Hotel, according to James worthy, who headed the commission that drew up the IBHE master plan. "Present were representatives of the Board of Higher Education, the Association of Independent Colleges and the heads of the education committees of the two houses of the legislature." Worthy said in a 1992 interview with The State-Journal Register. "The meeting lasted well into the night."
What came out of that meeting, which some reports said involved the consumption of large quantities of brandy and cigars, was a compromise that contained three elements. Instead of four new public universities, there would be two: one in the Chicago area and one in or near Springfield.
In addition, the legislature would provide more funds to help the independent colleges. Finally, the two new public universities would be upper-division schools.
The IBHE's recommendation marked progress, but a number of issues still needed to be resolved, including who would govern the new university.
"The U of I wanted (the new Springfield school) very badly and made a strong effort to secure the school," Worthy said. SIU also continued to be interested.
However, instead of making the new college part of either university, state officials put the new school under the governance of the state Board of Regents, a newly formed board that also oversaw Illinois State University and Northern Illinois University.
"We did not want a carbon copy of another school," Worthy said. "We did not want a university that would have its curriculum and its programs pulled off the shelf and simply carried over to Springfield. We wanted a school to be responsive to the special needs and opportunities of the area."
The law that officially created Sangamon State University was signed by Gov. Richard Ogilvie on June 10, 1969.
After looking at several possible locations, including prohibitively expensive sites in downtown Springfield, and area of farmland near Lake Springfield had been chosen as the home of both SSU and Lincoln Land.
However, the legislature had not provided the money to buy all the land needed, so a private million-dollar fund-raising drive was launched.
"It was the easiest money I ever saw raised," said George Hatmaker, the former president of Franklin Life who co-chaired the fund-raising committee. "Everybody was enthusiastic. It caught people's fancy. They just wanted that educational institution there … If anybody said no (to a request for a donation), I don't know who it was."
The Board of Regents also began a national search for a president for the new university. The search was unusual in that the board served as its own search committee, according to Frank Matsler, then chief executive officer to the board.
Bob Spencer, dean of the graduate school at the University of Rhode Island, was chosen as SSU's founding president in September of 1969. That same month, the university began renting administrative offices in the Myers Building in downtown Springfield.
About the same time, Joseph Murphy, former dean of the school of architecture at Washington University, was hired to design the new campus. Ground was broken for the first campus buildings on June 10, 1970. As soon as Spencer took office, he began recruiting faculty and administrators, advertising in national publications. His goal was to have the university up and running by the fall of 1970. Moving so rapidly would mean the new faculty would have to design SSU's curriculum and its administrative structures from the ground up at the same time as they were preparing themselves to accommodate the first students.
It might have been easier to allow more time – say an additional year – before starting classes. But Spencer and Matsler felt a sense of urgency.
"There was a fear that the legislature would change its mind (about SSU's existence)," Spencer said in a recent interview.
Said Matsler: "We were nervous that the legislature would dis-establish us, so we were determined to start in 1970."
SSU opened for its first day of classes on Sept. 21, 1970, with a total of 630 students.


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Finance Minister Bill English confirmed yesterday that any decisions about adjusting loan-to-value ratios or banks' capital and funding requirements would be made independently by the Reserve Bank.
"The temptation for some politicians to fiddle with the economy at the expense of long-term pain would be too great [otherwise]," he said in a speech in which he outlined the next steps in the process of equipping the bank with macro-prudential - or, as he preferred to call them, "financial stability" - tools.
The bank is due to issue a consultation document next month on plans for additional instruments, intended to reduce the risk of the kinds of boom/bust credit and asset price cycles which lay at the heart of the global financial crisis.
They include requiring banks to hold additional capital as a buffer during an economy-wide credit boom, of up to 2.5 per cent of risk-weighted assets.
That framework is already expected to be implemented at the start of next year.
Normally banks would be given a year's notice of such a change, to give them time to raise the extra capital.
Another, more targeted tool would be to require banks to hold additional capital against loans in specific sectors, such as dairy farm or residential mortgages, if risks emerge in those sectors. It would increase the cost to the banks of advancing such loans without raising borrowing costs across the board.
A third tool, adjusting the core funding ratio (CFR), is already in place.
In the wake of the global financial crisis the Reserve Bank has required the banks to get at least 75 per cent of their funding from retail deposits or longer-term wholesale sources, to reduce their reliance on the short-term funding markets which froze during the crisis.
Bank of New Zealand economist Craig Ebert said the CFR might serve as a self-regulating mechanism in the monetary cycle, relieving pressure on the official cash rate to do as much.
"As credit growth picks up, the CFR might well force banks to bid up deposit rates in order to best fund the extra lending."
That, in turn, could put upward pressure on retail lending rates, without any moves in the OCR or where the market projects the OCR to go.
The fourth instrument would be to restrict loan-to-value ratios, that is, the proportion of a property's value which a bank can lend on that security.
"We can understand why the Reserve Bank is a bit wary of using such a tool willy nilly. It's potentially more blunt an instrument than the OCR," Ebert said.
"It would be very difficult to implement with regional discretion, for instance. And a blanket lift in the LVR could also be problematic, for example, by being irrelevant for speculators with lots of equity, while crushing first-home buyers looking to pick up a fairly valued house or apartment."
It would represent regulatory control of private bank lending decisions and run the risk of "disintermediation" - shifting the riskiest lending towards entities not covered by the regulation.
English said he expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler by the middle of the year.
"There are some expectations that these tools will be used immediately to dampen the Auckland housing market," he said.
Those decisions would lie with the Reserve Bank.
But the greatest influence on the housing market will continue to be interest rates and supply constraints created by the planning system, English said.


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The coolest girl in the world returns to her Houston mall roots to turn out the video for Lovers In the Parking Lot.
The song is off last year's True but the video definitely brings new life to it. Solange directed it — along with Peter J. Brant and Emily Kai Bock — and basically it's just her doing her thing after hours amongst the abandoned mall stores. Obviously she looks, acts, dresses, is amazing in it. How does is it that this woman doesn't look like a dumbass dancing by herself? My brain doesn't even get it.


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Project: Unclassified but Sensitive IP Router Network Globe Services (NGS).
Challenge: Develop a method to aggregate map and planning data that would let warfighters more easily track supplies and plan convoy routes.
Solution: NGS uses Google Earth technology to provide an intuitive and customizable tool that Defense Department personnel can use to plan routes, track cargo and share data in a common operating picture across echelons, commands, and state and local government levels.
Impact: About 6,500 people are using NGS across DOD. Army personnel at major commands, such as the Northern Command, make up the majority of users, but NGS is available to all military services.
Cost: The project, a joint venture of three Army divisions, cost $4 million.
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