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Inaugural parade stars cast of thousands
WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands of people roared their approval Monday as President Obama, Vice President Biden and their wives took the historic trip from the U.S. Capitol to the White House, trailed by a parade featuring more than 8,800 people ranging from band musicians to kids on unicycles.
The Obamas at times climbed from their car to walk down the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue, waving to the crowds that screamed their names.
Joe and Jill Biden also spent some time on the street. "He is the most handsome man I have ever seen in my life, and there he is!" screamed Cheryl Smith, 49, of Woodbridge, Va., bursting into tears. "I love Joe. I can die now."
The Inaugural Parade is following the Obamas and Bidens along Pennsylvania Avenue until they reach the reviewing stands at Lafayette Park, across from the White House.
The park, site of countless protests and demonstrations over the years because of its attention-getting location, had not a trace of anger or dissatisfaction Monday.
Lisa Burton, 57, is enjoying the festive mood. She says she has lived in Washington, D.C., since she was 9 but has never attended an inauguration before. When a friend with a ticket to the parade couldn't attend, she decided to go.
"It's one of the things I needed to do once in a lifetime," she says. "It just seemed like a great opportunity."
That's a sentiment shared by the parade participants.
"We have been in a lot of parades, but nothing like this," says Jon Cahill, director of the Gym Dandies Children's Circus that came from Scarborough, Maine, on Sunday morning to participate in the parade. "It's like the Olympics of parades."
The circus performance includes kids as young as 9 and no older than high school seniors. A highlight: 41 kids riding 6-foot unicycles.
There have been hitches. Two women and a man pushing his mother in a wheelchair were among many disappointed ticketholders for the parade who arrived at a designated security entrance just minutes after it was ordered closed.
"We've been walking to get here for about a half-hour,'' said Miesha Gary, 38, of Baltimore. "It's ridiculous.''
Gary, accompanied by Michelle Taylor, 38, of Houston, said they paid $100 per ticket only to find themselves on the other side of an iron fence just more than a block from the White House.
"It's very disappointing,'' Taylor said, straining to see beyond the barricade. "It's probably too late to get somewhere to watch it.''
But for most people in the crowd, the day was bringing pure joy. Katelyn Wlach, 22, from Raleigh, says she was enjoying her first inauguration. She was extremely excited about seeing the president in the parade. Her favorite part of the day? "Everything!"
Hargrove Inc. built the floats for its 17th-straight presidential Inaugural Parade. The company started preparing before the election and expended 3,000 man-hours. Work continued until the last minute, says Lana Ostrander, director of marketing and public relations for Hargrove.
Floats include The Hawaii State Float, featuring a large volcano, to honor Obama's birthplace, and an Illinois State float, a nod to Michelle Obama's home state. There also will be Pennsylvania (Biden's birthplace) and Delaware (Jill Biden's birthplace and the Bidens' home) state floats.
Martin Luther King Day is being honored with The Martin Luther King Jr. Float, The Civil Rights Movements Float and The Tuskegee Airmen Float (in tribute to the first African-American military aviators). The Inaugural "Our People, Our Future" Float is scheduled to be the last float in the parade.
Veteran announcer Charles Brotman is presenting participants for the Obamas and Bidens as they reach the reviewing stands at Lafayette Park. It's Brotman's 15th time – having worked every inauguration since Truman's. He told CBS that his favorite was Ronald Reagan's in 1981 because of all the Hollywood celebrities it brought.
"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band has an even longer history than does Brotman. It has been performing at inaugurations since Thomas Jefferson's in 1801.
"We are very, very excited to be here and be doing this," says drum major Master Gunnery Sgt. William Browne. "Every inaugural is unique even though the ceremonies are all the same. It is such an honor and we are thrilled to death about it."
The Marine Band may have marched in scores of Inaugural Parades, but for many in the 99-piece band it's their first time.
"They are nervous, they are excited," Browne says. "They don't want to be the one out of alignment or the one whose horn freezes."
Many participants admitted to some jitters.
"I'm most nervous about appearing on national television," says drum major Jeremy Black, with the 150-piece Georgia State University Marching Band. "I've performed in front of over 60,000 people live before, but that pales in comparison to knowing I could possibly be seen by millions of viewers all across America."


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Periodical technical inspection
What does the periodical technical inspection (PTI) cost?
What else do you need to bear in mind when you come for the PTI?
Please also make sure that you have your warning triangle and first-aid kit ready. PS: Our PTI checklists summarize all the items that you can check yourself before the PTI.
How can you pay?
We accept cash and German debit cards. No credit card payments are accepted. At small test centers, there might be restrictions on payment by debit card.
Can you pay on account?
Payment on account is only possible for business customers who have a customer number with us.
Do you need an appointment?
Having an appointment helps you to avoid waiting times and to improve your planning; however, an appointment is not essential.
Does the registered keeper have to appear in person?
No, we only require the vehicle registration certificate (registration certificate, part I) and any add-on confirmations or general operating permits you happen to have. You do not need to bring a power of attorney from the registered keeper.
What tolerance is there for exceeding the PTI deadline?
There isn't any. The following applies to automobiles and motorcycles: the PTI is always due 24 months after the last inspection date. If your inspection plate expired more than two months ago, we have to conduct an in-depth inspection for which we take an additional charge of 20 percent. The inspection will not be backdated.
You can expect a fine or even a penalty and points if you are stopped in a traffic check and your inspection plate expired more than two months previously. It is also critical to be involved in an accident with an expired PTI plate. In this case, you can be penalized by your insurance company.
By the way: We will be happy to send you a reminder when your next PTI is due – a convenient reminder service is available online free of charge.
Your vehicle has been deregistered, the PTI is due and you want to reregister your vehicle. What do you need to bear in mind?
If the vehicle has not been off the road for more than one year and you still have a registration plate: You require the insurance number (electronic certificate of insurance (eBV) number) so that you will be covered to drive to the PTI. Then you can register the vehicle again with the registration authority.
If the vehicle has been off the road for more than one year: The registration plate will have expired, meaning that you will have to go to the registration authority to start the registration procedure before the PTI. To do this, you also need the electronic certificate of insurance (eBV) number as well as your vehicle documents (registration certificate, parts I and II). Then you will be given a new registration number by the registration authority. With this, you can drive to us and have the PTI carried out. After that, you can complete the registration procedure with the certificate that your vehicle has passed the PTI.
Periodical technical inspection for Caravans
What do you have to bear in mind if you bring a mobile home to the PTI and gas test (checking the gas system for leaks)?
The gas test must be carried out every two years, and represents a prerequisite for the PTI plate to be issued. Please check in advance that the components subject to mandatory renewal within ten years (gas regulator, gas hoses, shut-off cocks) have already been renewed if necessary; in this way, you will be able to complete the gas test and thus also the PTI without delays.
Furthermore, we require the initial certification booklet from the manufacturer; the gas bottle should be filled. In other respects, the requirements are the same as for a passenger car: Please bring your vehicle registration certificate along, and don't forget the warning triangle and first-aid kit either.
What do you have to bear in mind if you bring a caravan to the PTI?
In caravans, there is no link-up between the gas test and issue of the PTI plate. However, if a gas system is installed, the gas test must also be carried out within the deadline. For safety reasons, many camp sites require a gas test certificate to be presented as a precondition for entry.
Periodical Technical Inspection for trailers
Is the trailer allowed to be carrying a load when you come to the PTI?
Yes, there is no need to empty the trailer when you come to the PTI.
Entries and tuning
Do you have questions about entries and tuning?
It is difficult to provide general answers. However, feel free to contact us in person. You can find the addresses online. In any event, we will need the vehicle documents in order to provide you with information.
Test report and vehicle registration certificate
Do you always need to keep the test report in the automobile?
No, you do not always need to have the PTI test report in the automobile. You must keep the test report until the next PTI, and you must be able to produce it on demand. This can also be done subsequently.
You have lost your test report – what can you do?
If you have had the PTI carried out in one of our service centers, you can request a duplicate. The duplicate is only allowed to be issued to the registered keeper (by post or e-mail) who also applied to have the inspection performed. If the registered keeper has changed in the meantime, we require a power of attorney from the original keeper, or the purchase contract, as evidence. There is no need for evidence to be provided if the duplicate is going to be sent directly to the responsible registration authority.
You have lost your vehicle registration certificate – what can you do?
You cannot have the PTI carried out unless you first request the registration authority to issue a new vehicle registration certificate (registration certificate, part I); presenting the ownership certificate (registration certificate, part II) is not sufficient for a registered vehicle.

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Venture Competition Finalists: Portland Mushroom Company
May 17, 2013
The goal of the Portland Mushroom Company is to provide high-quality locally produced oyster mushrooms to the Portland metropolitan area and lead the way in urban mushroom cultivation in the Northwest. The demand for oyster mushrooms is currently met by large agribusinesses located hundreds of miles away. The team's oyster mushrooms are grown locally on agricultural by-products and urban-generated waste using an innovative cultivation technique that eliminates plastic waste from the operation.


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St. Louis, Mo. – The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced Dr. Robert W. Johnson of Greenville College as the recipient of the 2011 Lee McKinney Distinguished Service Award. Johnson is currently a professor of health, physical education and recreation at Greenville and also serves as an assistant coach for the Panthers' men's soccer team and men's and women's track and field.
During Johnson's career as a member of the Greenville College faculty, he has consistently displayed balance in his service to the academic and athletic arenas. He has served as chair of the health, physical education and recreation department, taught a variety of classes within the same department, advised students majoring in physical education and recreation, and served as either a head coach or assistant coach for six of Greenville's 14 sports. Johnson has also been actively involved with numerous committees at the College, including Faculty Council, Faculty Evaluation Committee, Safety Committee, NCA Review Steering Committee, Teacher Education Committee, Values Committee and Retention Committee.
Johnson began his affiliation with Greenville in 1964 as a student-athlete in both men's soccer and track and field. As a Panther, he was a member of three Conference championships (two in soccer and one in track and field) as a part of the Prairie College Conference. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Physical Education in 1968 and then went on to serve as a United States Army medic in Vietnam. After overcoming a severe injury to his right leg during the war, which also earned him the U.S. Army Commendation Medal for Heroism, Johnson completed his military duty and went on to earn a master's in education from Texas Tech University and a doctorate of philosophy in physical education from the University of Iowa. Johnson also earned a professional training and development certificate from the University of Minnesota in vocational and technical education.
Almost 20 years after earning his undergraduate degree from Greenville, Johnson returned as a faculty member and also served as head coach of the men's and women's cross country and track and field programs. He served in this capacity from 1987 to 1995. In 1995 Johnson became the first head coach of the Greenville women's soccer program, overseeing the transition from a college-sponsored club sport to an intercollegiate program. His teams enjoyed .500 or better records in just the fourth and fifth years of the program's existence, while also qualifying for two NCCAA North Central regionals. Johnson was also awarded SLIAC Coach of the Year honors in 1998.
Johnson transitioned into his current role of professor and multi-sport assistant coach in 2001. He has been a part of the men's soccer squad that qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament in 2008 and 2010 and the NCCAA national men's soccer tournament in 2007 and 2009. On the track Johnson has trained four NCAA Division III national champions in hurdles events, and he was a part of the 2003 men's track and field team that placed seventh at the NCAA Division III national championships.
Johnson was also recently selected for induction into the Greenville College Athletic Hall of Fame for his coaching accomplishments. He will be formally inducted in April 2012.
Johnson and his wife Carol have two adult sons, Ben, who is married to Michelle, and Cole, who is married to Emily. They have four grandsons and one granddaughter.
About the Award - The Lee McKinney SLIAC Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to the individual that has served or competed in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and best exemplifies the qualities of leadership, dedication, service and perseverance displayed by longtime Fontbonne University director of athletics, Lee McKinney.
Dr. McKinney served as director of athletics at Fontbonne for 23 years, seeing the athletics program at the institution grow from three teams and 19 student-athletes when he arrived in 1988 to 19 teams and over 350 student-athletes at the time of his retirement. Dr. McKinney was instrumental in the formation of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as he joined representatives from Blackburn College, Maryville University, Parks College, Principia College and Webster University in chartering the Conference in September 1989.
During his years of service to the Conference, Dr. McKinney chaired the SLIAC Administrative Council and represented the Conference nationally, serving on the NCAA Management Council, Financial Aid Committee and Nominating Committee.
Dr. McKinney, who was a two-time cancer survivor, passed away on April 4, 2011. He had dedicated countless hours of service to local community organizations and raising money for various charities, mainly the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Coaches vs. Cancer.


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France have advanced to the quarter-finals of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with a 10-2 win over Gambia at Baku's Dalga Arena. A 1-1 draw in the match between group rivals Korea DPR and USA left the French needing to win by a margin of six or more, and they did just that, despite their African opponents managing their first goals of the tournament.
With Gambia having conceded 17 and scored none in their opening two matches, Les Bleuettes began with an attack-minded line-up in which Pauline Cousin, Kadidiatou Diani, Laurie Saulnier and Lea Declercq all started. It wasn't long before they began eating into the goals-for advantage of the teams above them, with Declercq teeing up the unmarked Cousin to slot home from close range in 11 minutes.
Gambia's packed defence was proving more successful than in previous matches, but they fell two behind 14 minutes later when the unfortunate Metta Sanneh headed into her own net from a Declercq corner. With two assists already to her name, Declercq turned scorer ten minutes later, crashing home a powerful shot after good approach play by Diani and Sandie Toletti.
France needed to at least match their first-half goal tally in the second period, but disaster struck just three minutes into the second half when a Cindy Perrault slip allowed Pendah Bah in for Gambia's first-ever goal at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Candice Gherbi re-established France's three-goal cushion with a powerful header five minutes later, but another defensive lapse – this time from goalkeeper Sainey Sissohore – allowed 13-year-old Sainey Sissohore to become the youngest goalscorer in the tournament's history with 21 minutes remaining.
Les Bleuettes' prospects were looking decidedly bleak at this stage, but a late goalscoring burst took them through to the last eight. Diani raised hopes with a fine solo effort after 71 minutes before setting up Declercq's second seven minutes later. Giedge Mbock Bathy made it 7-2 from a corner within seconds, while Cousin completed her brace with nine minutes remaining to put her team on the brink.
Fittingly, given her overall contribution, it was Declercq who grabbed the goal that settled French nerves, and Gambia's misery was compounded in injury time when Mariam Bojang scored her team's second own goal of the match.
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"This was definitely one of our hardest games for us as the girls were quite tired. We relied on the other match, but our goal was to obviously to win and we knew it was important to score as many as possible. It took us a while to open the scoring, but the girls were really determined and we did a great job," Guy Ferrier, France coach


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We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Paul Nappo at this difficult time.
The Murdock family extends its prayers and condolenses to the Nappo family. I was fortunate to have known Paul in High School and, no matter how many years had passed, each time we met Paul was always warm and friendly, and we would talk about the grreat loves in our lives-our wives and family. I always thought he was a great example of a loving husband and father. Paul you are greatly missed and we hope your family finds peace in their love for one another, the beautiful memories of you, and the hope our Heavenly Father offers.
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery Presents Art & Soul: London Calling
The Winnipeg Art Gallery's fundraising party Art & Soul is going to Jolly Old England this year on February 26! Art & Soul: London Calling brings all the life, excitement, and energy of London's most recognizable traditions. Art & Soul: London Calling will showcase the best of Britain with London icons, celebrities, and underground culture – guaranteed to attract Winnipeg's best, brightest, and most creative people.
"Art & Soul: London Calling truly illustrates the artistic talents and passion of the local community. This year's committee has endeavoured to create a unique and authentic experience unlike any other in Winnipeg," says Chad Falk, Co-Chair of the Art & Soul 2011 planning committee. "We're strongly encouraging attendees to dress in theme this year, and expect to see many iconic London characters such as Twiggy, The Spice Girls, Kate Middleton & Prince William, The Clash, Austin Powers, and more."
Art & Soul: London Calling is guaranteed to deliver one of the most unique experiences of the year. It showcases interactive encounters on all four levels of the Gallery, with live DJs, access to the exhibitions, themes and music on every floor, costumes, tantalizing beverages, gourmet hors d'oeuvres, live art creations, and more.
"The WAG is about connecting with our community," says WAG Director Stephen Borys. "The previous twelve Art & Souls have brought thousands of people to the Gallery and for many it's their first taste of a gallery experience. It's a wonderful way for someone to be introduced to all the WAG has to offer,"
Don't miss Art & Soul: London Calling on February 26 from 8pm until 2am. Tickets are $50 each and go on sale Thursday, January 20 at both the WAG and online at wag.ca. A special group discount is also offered at $450 for 10 tickets.
The 2011 Art & Soul: London Calling planning committee consists of Chad Falk (Co-Chair), Johnny Picklyk (Co-Chair), Scott Angus, Jessica Arnett, Ryan Behie, Jenna Boholij, Corey Dyck, Paulo Fernandes, Matthew Froese, Alan Goddard, Ryan Leggett, Rachelle Lemieux, Renee Lemieux, David Lewis, Vanessa Macrae, Tori Matichuk, Scott McCulloch, Pratik Modha, Lindy Norris, Kevin Parsons, Odessa Rosati, and Rob Thomas.
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The 3* Ibis Graz is a modern hotel offering all of the value, comfort and service guests can expect from the Ibis chain. With an ideal location for the leisure traveler or the business visitors alike, the hotel is right next to the main railway station, and all areas of Graz are easily accessible. The international airport is 9 minutes by train and the historic old town is a 5-minute tram or bus ride. A stroll in the old town is more than recommended along with a quick halt in a traditional cafe to taste one of the many Austrian pastries! All 108 rooms are well equipped with telephone, radio and satellite television, Wi Fi, bathroom with a shower and hair dryer. Get the day off to the best possible start with a hearty yet balanced breakfast. Make the most of the all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast and enjoy its warm dishes, vegetable sticks, fresh fruit salad, sweets and goodies and much more The bar offers a wide selection of international drinks and beers, along with our 24/7 snack food available at the bar or to take in rooms. Guests travelling on a budget should choose this hotel, which is a good value for money!


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Mayor Chris Beutler today unveiled the City's new Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) website that will enable StarTran riders to go online and track the location of their bus. Riders can now log on to getonboard.lincoln.ne.gov to track when and where their bus will stop. They will also be able to set up alerts for a specific route.
"Many people in our city rely on our bus system to get to work, to the doctor or to the grocery store," said Mayor Beutler. "Whether you ride by choice or by necessity, using the city's bus system should be easy and enjoyable. The technology behind our new Automatic Vehicle Locator program and the corresponding tracking website will let everyone quickly find their boarding location, track the status of their bus, and arrive at their destination on time. Now, instead of wondering where their bus is, StarTran patrons can simply log on and track it."
Existing AVL technology currently allows StarTran to track the location of all their buses, enabling them to ensure that buses run on time, on route and provide alerts regarding emergency situations. The AVL system also affords several other features, including interior location announcements and schedule status at bus stop locations. The new AVL website will offer a comparable system to the public so they also may track their bus and route to determine when it will get to their boarding location and arrival destination.
StarTran patrons will have the ability to set up alerts for five to 60 minutes prior to arrival at a specific location. Riders pick the route, the stop location, the stop time, the time to be alerted and how often they want to receive the alert. Up to 15 alerts can be set. The map updates automatically every 15 seconds. The website's search feature will enable riders to find a route by typing in a cross street which will bring up locations to choose from and the corresponding arrival times.
All StarTran buses are equipped with the AVL technology. The cost for the total AVL system is $1.5 million, which is funded by federal grant dollars.
Mayor Beutler and StarTran officials also announced the arrival of the City's 13 new 25-foot hybrid-powered buses that will be used for Handi-Van service, downtown shuttles and neighborhood routes. The new buses, powered by a combination of gasoline and electricity, offer a 20 to 30 percent reduction in fuel consumption and emissions. They cost $118,000 each – $64,000 funded with federal stimulus dollars and the rest paid for by federal and local transportation funds. The vehicles operate on electrical power up to 35 mph. The gasoline engine recharges the batteries and provides power at higher speeds.
For more information on StarTran bus service, call 476-1234 or visit startan.lincoln.ne.gov. Riders can track their bus at getonboard.lincoln.ne.gov.


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This section of the AKC website offers practical information as well as facts and statistical information on a variety of dog-related topics. The information provided will ensure you have the proper skills to successfully choose, raise, and train your new canine friend.
About the AKC
Founded in 1884, the AKC is the largest purebred dog registry in the world. Along with its more than 5,000 licensed and member clubs and affiliated organizations, the AKC advocates for the purebred dog as a family companion, advances canine health and well-being, works to protect the rights of all dog owners and promotes responsible dog ownership.
Meet the Breeds
Facts about the breeds recognized by the AKC.
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Highlights from surveys conducted by the AKC on a variety of dog-related lifestyle, economic, and other topical trends.
Holiday Survey: Beloved Family Dog is Still Least Likely to Get Coal in their Stocking
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Each of the breeds recognized by the AKC has its own unique temperament, coat type, size, energy level and appearance that make it uniquely suited for particular family settings.
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AKC Events and Programs
Each year, the AKC sanctions more than 22,000 events, drawing more than three million entries annually. Dog shows, obedience trials, hunting tests, lure coursing, and earthdog tests are designed for dogs of every breed and inclination.
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If you're a young person finishing high school, you had good grades, you're sharp, you love computers, and you have financial backing…you might just be headed off to college to master the art of higher learning. However…let's say you're not. Let's say that the college opportunity door opened, then closed, and you're still standing where you were without having gone through it. SURE, you can go to college now, but do you want to?
Let's say instead that there were a way to earn very good money in the real world, but without having to spend the next 3 or 4 years of your time (to say nothing of your money) learning a trade that may or may not pay off for you. Let's say that you could simply apply yourself to being your own teacher, and still come out on top. That is precisely what is possible in our day and age, and precisely what you'll need to do to make yourself a Web developer without going to college.
Okay, it's time to talk details. Let's start with basic computer skills. If you're not computer literate at this point, then you're not necessarily in the wrong place (i.e., wanting to become a Web developer), but it might just be that you're here at the wrong time. First, become computer literate. There are other classes that are built for that. Go do that, then come back here. However, if you are computer literate, take the first step toward becoming a Web developer…and this will involve a trip to Borders, or Barnes & Noble, or whatever bookstore is close by.
#1 – Buy yourself a coffee, then go look at the Computer Programming section of the bookstore. When I first took this step, it was recommended to me that I buy Sam's Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 21 days. I bought it. It's a great book, but nobody told me that page one of that book is still like Greek to a true beginner. Thus, first pick up the newest teach yourself ASP.NET for true beginners and you'll be off on the right track. Then find Sam's Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 21 Days, or some such "instructor's manual".
#2 – Now, organize your schedule. You'll be needing the next few months to BEGIN to teach yourself this trade. Decide on a truly reasonable schedule that you can live with over a relatively long period of time. It's much better to study for one to two hours daily than for 12 hours straight on the weekend. Find the time…then sit down in front of your computer, open the first book to page one, and begin to read.
#3 – Be a kind teacher. The really cool teachers that we remember from school were the ones that were kind, but at the same time, could really teach us something. Be that way with yourself. When you've been studying for a few days and you shut your book, drop your head into your hands, and say, "I'll NEVER get this!", then be kind to yourself. Recognize that nobody got it in the first couple of days, weeks, or even months. It takes time, but you have to keep moving forward. When you get worn down, depressed, or just feel like giving up, take a break! Go make a coffee, take a nap, or whatever relaxes you. Then come back and before opening the book again, stop and ask yourself this one, simple question: What do I know right now about this subject that I did not know when I started? Chances are very, very good that you will answer that question with quite a few things that you've learned. Thus, you ARE INDEED learning.
#4 – Find a way to enjoy what you are learning. When we actually enjoy something, we will keep doing it. Thus, when teaching yourself to become a Web developer, don't forget to isolate what it is that you enjoy most about the tasks that the books/manuals give you, and then capitalize on those! Share them with your family and/or friends. Live it up. Enjoy yourself.
#5 – Once you have worked hard for months at this "project", chances are that you'll be wanting to start to earn money at it.
Stay tuned for the following article about how to take your training to the next level…and actually earn some money!


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Although the White House announced that the meeting between President Barack Obama and key leaders in the push for immigration reform would be delayed for a second time, supporters still came to Washington for a prayer vigil at the Church of the Epiphany Wednesday.
Parishioners representing the Archdiocese of Baltimore, including St. Michael/St. Patrick Parish, held up signs during the vigil and the press conference given beforehand. Redemptorist Father Robert Wojtek, pastor of St. Michael/St. Patrick, gave his speech in both English and Spanish, saying: "I know I want to be more active in this cause, starting today. May God, whoever he may be to you, set your hearts on fire with justice and hospitality."
Some may think these delays would result in waning support for the cause but from the looks of things, supporters are staying hopeful.
The White House rescheduled the meeting for June 25.


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Home & Garden
Which comes first – staining or painting ?
Q: New doorway with new casing and new skim coat on the wall. Should I stain casing (walnut) first or paint (light green) wall first? I'm thinking I can paint over stain on wall but can't stain properly if paint gets on edge of casing.
A: Good thinking. Do the casing first because it is easier to stain the edges of the casing without getting any on the wall. Also, if you get stain on the wall, the paint will cover it.
Q: I have two fireplaces in my Colonial-style house: one on the first floor, the other in the basement. Whenever I have a fire on the first floor, I get smoke in the basement. How can I correct that?
A: There may be a difference in air pressure between the first floor and basement, and smoke from the first-floor fireplace is going up the chimney and down to the basement. Try this: Add more combustion air to the first-floor fireplace room; open a window opposite the fireplace. There are other ways to fix it, but call a fireplace expert to help you.
Q: Some of the walls in my house are wallpapered over a lining material that runs horizontally over the imitation paneling of the 1970s. It was put on by a professional paper hanger who did good work, so the walls were properly prepared. After pulling up a small section of the paper, I can feel the residue paste on the lining. I would like to paint the walls. Can I clean the old paste from the lining? The paper in one room is textured and heavy, so I don't think painting on top of the paper will be good. So far, the advice given to me is to take down the paneling, but I'm too old for that!
A: I don't think that advice was very good. Yes, you can paint the walls. For the spot where you felt the paste residue, reapply the liner. Apply one coat of a latex interior primer and finish off with latex wall paint. The same goes for the heavy textured paper in another room. I have painted both vinyl-coated paper and heavy vinyl material with great success. Mainly, keep every coat as thin as possible .
Q: My daughter's home is a front-to-back split with four levels. The top bedroom level has the thermostat. The lower living/kitchen area is colder, the office area six steps below is even colder, and the basement is colder still. The one heating zone and thermostat are on the bedroom level in the hall. The hot-air heat and central air come through the same vents. Can a heating system like this have more than one zone, preferably one for each level? The heating/cooling apparatus is in the attic.
A: I am wondering, too, how screwed up that heating/cooling system is. How many hot-air vents and returns does the system have? Vents provide the heat, and returns actually return cooled air back to the furnace. Contact a heating contractor (specializing in hot-air systems) to do an analysis and make corrections.
Q: We have a house built in 1925 that has a granite-block foundation. Our problem is that we are getting a leak in one corner when it rains, and it appears that the mortar or cement between the stones is the source. There is a gutter above that corner, and I have tried to divert water away from the house. Any suggestions on how to repair this situation without digging a trench and installing a pump?
A: I think water is coming through those degraded joints between the blocks. Keeping water away via gutters is also good. To fill those places that have lost mortar, you can repoint, chipping out old mortar and pressing in new. A mason can do this, but you can, too, but be aware that it is heavy work. If it is successful and stops leaks above the floor, then you can tackle ground water that is coming up between the floor slab and block wall.


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Basic Chassis Dynamics And Stock Car's Two Suspension Systems
In the May '03 issue of Circle Track, we ran Part One of a three-part story on stock car vehicle dynamics. Since we all tend to forget, we decided it was time to refresh our memories a bit. Since that time, many successful dirt and asphalt teams have applied the technology presented then to become more successful in their racing endeavors.
The early evolution of the knowledge of vehicle dynamics ran directly parallel to the development of the passenger cars and trucks for several understandable reasons. First and foremost, the big automakers had the funds to finance the extensive and expensive research. Also, the need existed to develop better suspension systems for ride comfort as well as drivability. Along with these two driving forces also existed the element of competition to develop more advanced cars than the other automakers in order to enhance their sales.
Early pioneers of stock car dynamic research include Maurice Olley and his group, whose work represented much of the significant progress that had been made in vehicle dynamic research. Among many other notable accomplishments, his work in the early '30s led the industry to adapt the double A-arm suspension system, or short long-arm (SLA) suspensions.
In 1952, Bob Schilling, the head of the mechanical engineering department in the GM Research Laboratory division, and his group met with a group of aircraft engineers that included Bill and Doug Milliken. The aero engineers were then contracted by GM to attempt to apply techniques that had been used in aircraft design to the study of land vehicle dynamics.
A compilation of that work, as well as other research, is contained in a book published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) titled Race Car Vehicle Dynamics.
During the period between the late '40s and the early '90s, no one had completely developed a way to predict how a stock car would handle and therefore be able to adjust the suspension components to attain that perfectly balanced setup. We knew that if we could ultimately predict the distribution of weight on the tires when the car was executing the turn, we would know how the car would handle.
What has been refined in most top racing series over the years is the art of trial and error. Advanced measuring systems are in use today that not only record movements, pressures, and temperatures, but also the forces exerted on components. These systems have become useful and necessary tools of the modern day chassis tuner and developer. As the teams compile and study all of this information, the fact still remains that many teams tend to react to, and not necessarily predict, the handling nature of their cars.
Technology related to the ability to predict the handling characteristics of your car has now evolved. It is a continuation and refinement of the work that early vehicle dynamics pioneers such as Olley started. Without their efforts, none of what we have learned over the past 10 years could exist.
Let's go back and see how chassis technology progressed through the '50s up to the early '90s. Much of the research was undertaken by the engineers who were either working for or contracted by the automakers, with a heavy contribution by the General Motors group.
The primary thread of their analysis of vehicle dynamics involved a model of a vehicle that treated the body and frame as a single unit with a single center of gravity (CG) for the sprung mass. The roll centers at the front and rear were connected by an invisible line or axis, and a right-angle line between the CG and the roll axis was the vehicle's moment arm. This is basically aeronautical engineering technology that is used to simulate how aircraft maneuver and respond to various rolling forces during flight.
A moment arm is much like a prybar or shovel handle. The CG is equivalent to the end of the bar we hold on to, and the roll centers and axis form the opposite end, which is the object we are trying to move. The longer the bar (moment arm), the more leverage we have, and the easier we can move the object (or in this case, roll the car). The bottom of the moment arm is what we have named the moment center. The older technology refers to this point as the roll center, but because the chassis almost never rolls around this point, we coined a new name for it.
In the roll axis thread of technology, each end of the car was calculated to have a given roll-resistance percentage based on the spring rates and other pertinent information. In theory, a car that had 50 percent front and rear roll resistance should have been balanced. In subsequent skid-pad testing, a neutral-handling car was found to have significantly different roll couple numbers at the front and rear.
The handling characteristics and roll couple of the car could be altered by changing the couple percentage at each end, but the handling still could not be predicted. The cars were dialed in through trial-and-error methods. The roll couple distribution thread of vehicle dynamic analysis did not present a completely accurate model that could predict a stock car's handling performance.In the early '90s, research continued and the early model was refined until an improved method was developed that represented a more accurate model. It involved treating the vehicle as two separate masses, each with its own separate suspension system. The roll couple was now measured as roll angles. This solved basic errors in predicting the roll resistance.
This method made a lot of practical sense because we have two axles in a stock car, each supporting the weight of one end of the car, and each resisting the lateral forces created by cornering. In physics, we are taught that everything is fluid or somewhat flexible. Dividing the car into separate halves allows us to analyze each one independently to determine its desire.
If you will remember, we recently did a story that covered an advanced seminar given by race engineer Claude Rouelle. We discovered that he teaches this very same method and, to our surprise, the use of this method has become much more universal than we could have imagined when we wrote about it in 2003.
The method helps us to determine the components we need in order to create a balanced setup. These components consist of the spring rates, the moment center locations (front and rear), and the weight distribution.
There are several critical reasons that a balanced setup is essential to optimum chassis performance. First of all, we can accurately predict the weight transfer if the setup in the car is balanced. An unbalanced car redistributes the weight on the four tires in a very unpredictable way. If we cannot determine the desires of each end of the car, balanced or not, we cannot accurately predict the exact amount of weight transfer and, ultimately, how much weight ends up on each tire at mid-turn.
Unbalanced setups abuse one or more tires. It is this abuse that causes the tires to wear or heat up excessively. Balanced setups distribute the weight and workload evenly on each pair of tires.
It is important to note here that this method, although fairly new in concept, has been applied successfully to stock cars for many years. Cars representing every class of stock cars have had this method applied to them with predicted results. In other words, when the cars were balanced, they became fast and consistent, and this showed in the even tire temperatures front to rear at each side. The lap times became very consistent and the cars handled very well.
The primary front suspension systems that are used today are the double A-arm (the most common), the solid axle, and more recently, the strut, with the top of the shock acting as a substitute for an upper A-arm. The solid axle system reacts just like a rear differential system, so it will be included in the rear suspension discussion.
A double A-arm suspension has a moment center that represents the bottom of the moment arm. The top of the moment arm is the center of gravity of the sprung mass of the front of the car. As the center of gravity/center of mass tries to continue in a straight line as we turn the corner, a lateral force (centrifugal force) is exerted on the chassis, and that force is resisted by the moment center.
If you stick a shovel blade firmly into the ground and then pull on the end of the handle, your arms represent the lateral g-force, the end of the shovel handle is the center of gravity, and the blade at the ground is the moment center. The handle of the shovel is the moment arm.
The most efficient way to apply a force to the shovel is to pull the handle at a right angle. In a double A-arm suspension, this is almost never the case. Usually the resultant force (a combination of the lateral force and gravity) is not perpendicular to the moment arm.
In a stock car, we really have two forces being applied to the top end of the moment arm/center of gravity. One is the lateral force of cornering known as centrifugal force, and the other is gravity. These two forces combine into one resultant force for which we can calculate a magnitude and direction.
By looking at the direction of the resultant force, we can see the true picture of how the combination of the two forces react in the front suspension through the moment center. The effective moment arm is the result of the direction of the resultant force and the location of the moment center.
The effective moment arm is the right-angle distance between the resultant force line and the moment center. This is very important because we can see that when the moment center is moved to the right or left, the effective moment arm length changes. As in the shovel handle analogy, a longer handle can apply more force to the end, just as a longer effective moment arm applies more force to roll our stock car.
The amount of lateral force and the length of the effective moment arm are contributing factors that help us predict exactly what roll angle the front of our car desires. If the front end of our car was not rigidly connected to the rear, it would roll to a predicted angle and a predictable amount of load would transfer from the left-front tire onto the right-front tire. But that is not the case. The two are connected, and we cannot accurately predict the weight transfer at each end of the car unless we know the desires of each end.
Both suspension systems of the car are connected by a rigid chassis, however stiff this connection may be, and what each desires to do is influenced by what the other wants to do. I have used an analogy in the past that helps to explain this concept. Have you ever seen a circus act in which two people are in a horse suit? The horse moves around well, as long as each end is in sync with the other. When the rear wants to go left and the front wants to go right, it gets comical. In our stock car, when the front moves/rolls differently than the rear, it is not so funny and performance suffers.
There are six primary factors influencing the amount of roll angle in the front suspension. They are as follows: 1) The weight of the sprung mass of the car supported by the front suspension. This is represented by the weight of the front end measured on the scales under the left-front and right-front tires minus the unsprung weight of the wheels, tires, and so on; 2) The magnitude of the lateral force measured in g's. A 1g lateral force would equal the sprung weight of the front end; 3) The moment center location, both in height and width after the car dives and rolls in the turns; 4) The overall spring stiffness translated to wheel rate, as well as the relationship of the two spring rates side to side (i.e., softer right-front versus left-front spring, and so on); 5) The front sway bar has an effect of antiroll and must be taken into account. The larger the bar is, the more resistance there is to roll; 6) The track banking angle.
The rear suspension system is much different from the front, and we look at it differently. At the front, the spring base is felt at the wheels. With a rear solid axle system (and this relates also to a front straight-axle car), we have a spring base that is felt on the top of the actual springs. This dynamic model is not a new concept-it was developed and published some 60 years ago.
Like the front suspension, the rear suspension has a center of gravity of the sprung weight of the car that represents the top of the moment arm. The bottom of the moment arm is the moment center created by the lateral locating device known to us by the terms Panhard/J-bar, metric four-link, leaf springs, or Watt's link. These four devices comprise the majority of lateral restraint systems used for straight-axle suspensions in stock cars. Each restraint system has its own moment center height that represents the bottom of the rear moment arm.
The height of the rear moment center is fairly easy to determine, but there have been varying theories on both the height and lateral location. Again, going back to early writings on the subject, the car "feels" the rear moment center laterally halfway between the two springs. Subsequent experiments have proven that regardless of the lateral location of the locating devices, the rolling force remains the same, thus proving the early publications.
Note: The car "feels" the spring base at the top of the springs. In a car with coilover springs, the distance between the tops of the mounting bolts is the rear spring base.
There are additional effects created by the Panhard/J-bar angle that tend to leverage and exert influential forces on the suspension, and those effects will be covered in future articles on chassis dynamics.
There are seven primary factors that affect the magnitude of the rear-roll angle. These are: 1) The sprung mass of the portion of the car supported by the rear suspension (scale weights at the LR and RR tires minus unsprung components); 2) The height of the rear moment center; 3) The magnitude of the lateral force; 4) The overall spring stiffness as well as side-to-side spring split; 5) The width of the spring base, which is the distance between the centers of the top of the springs; 6) The rear sway bar (if used) has a large effect of antiroll and must be taken into account; 7) The track banking angle.
Now that we know the importance of matching the desires of each suspension system, the key to creating a balanced setup is to change springs and moment center locations so that each end of the car will want to have the same desires. The result of doing that is a faster race car that is more consistent in handling balance.
In next month's issue, we will examine how we can apply this technology to set up some typical types of stock cars. Understanding these basic principles of stock car dynamics will help you make correct setup decisions.
A sway bar is a device that produces a resistance to roll when used in either the front double A-arm or straight-axle suspension system. Its influence in a double A-arm suspension is much less than when used in the solid-axle suspension.
The sway bar has a stabilizing effect on the double A-arm system and helps control oscillations that are common with that type of suspension. The sway bar is more effective in a straight-axle suspension when, for reasons of design limitations, the rear-roll angle is hard to control. Such is the case with big-spring/truck-arm suspensions like those used in Nextel Cup cars.
The tendency in recent years for asphalt circle track racing has been to use softer spring setups and stiffer sway bars. Racers have found both success and limitations to the usefulness of this trend. In some cases, they have found that softer springs and larger diameter sway bars help to lower the car's center of gravity and to also promote an efficient aerodynamic configuration when the car is at racing speeds.


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Creamy Homemade Yogurt/
As I've said many times, cooking is creating.
My medium isn't acrylics, oils, metal, or wood, but the possibilities in my refrigerator and the pure joy of transforming something.
That's why I bothered to make yogurt. It used to be that you couldn't find a tub of great yogurt unless you drove to a natural foods store in Southern California. My parents used to make it in their bathtub in the 80's. I should ask my Mom exactly what method they used, but I remember the bathtub being unusable for hours at a time because yogurt-making was in progress. I remember my Mom driving all over Timbuktu looking for speciality ingredients in small-town Bellingham--Tamari sauce, dried chiles, fresh herbs, saffron, craft beer, artisan bread. Or good yogurt that wasn't full of sugar, filler, and thickeners.
These days, of course, standing in the yogurt aisle at any decent store can be dizzying. Whole milk or nonfat? Greek or European style? Cows milk or goats milk? Sweetened or plain? There's no lack of choices and certainly no imperative for getting out one's candy thermometer and waking in the middle of the night to transfer precious jars to the fridge.
But forgive me if I WANTED to, in the same way I want to make a jar of preserves just for the pleasure of it. Or make pizza dough though Trader Joe's is really just as good. (Honestly, it is. Heat up that pizza stone and you'll think, "Why did I bother?!")
I used to have a garage sale yogurt maker, a little tray that held jars. Plug the tray in, and it kept the milk at a steady, low temperature so it would culture and thicken up. I tossed it in the Goodwill bin when we moved for two reasons: 1) It took up too much room and 2) I never liked the way it turned out, sort of curdled and overly sour.
I've been obsessed with Liana Krissoff's book Canning for a New Generation, and she jokes about "preserving milk" by turning it into yogurt. And buying the cheapest, almost expired milk to do it with. I splurged and bought organic whole milk, but old on-the-brink stuff is fine. Her method is SO EASY! The only special equipment you need is a candy thermometer (which has a million other uses, so I recommend getting one.)
I woke up in the middle of the night last night, aware that the prescribed "8 to 10 hours" had passed. I swung my feet onto the floor, padded into the kitchen, and opened the little cooler I had been using. Divine perfection. The yogurt had set up perfectly, and was more smooth and creamy than anything I'd ever made or purchased. I stuck it in the fridge and had yogurt dreams until morning. I mixed it with a spoonful of preserves (also from Liana's book) and felt very proud of myself. No bathtub required.
Homemade Yogurt
1/2 gallon milk (low-fat or full-fat!)
2 Tb. plain yogurt with active cultures (important: no pectin or other ingredients besides milk and active cultures!!)
In a large saucepan, heat the milk over medium high heat to 170 degrees on a candy thermometer, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat, set the pan in a larger bowl of ice water, and let cool to 110 degrees, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, fill two glass quart jars with hot water to warm them; pour out he water. When the milk has cooled to 110, ladle a little of it into a small bowl and whisk in the yogurt. Whisk the mixture back into the milk in the saucepan, then pour the mixture into the warmed jars and put the lids on tightly.
Set the jars in an insulated cooler (I used my insulated lunch tote), wrapping them with towels and tucking one or two bottles of hot water into the cooler with them if necessary to fill up space. Basically, make the jars cozy. Set the cooler in an out-of-the-way spot for 8-10 hours, or overnight, and be careful not to jostle or disturb it as that will interfere with the fermentation.
The milk will thicken and become yogurt, and it's best to refrigerate it for a couple hours after you pull it from your cooler. In all likelihood your yogurt will be plenty thick, but if you want it even thicker, put it in a sieve lined with a couple layers of cheesecloth and let it drain over a bowl in the fridge for a few hours. I didn't do this, as I couldn't stand to see my beautiful yogurt reduced by 30% (or more!) and I liked the looser consistency.


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WASHINGTON - The husband of wounded former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords says that while curbing gun violence is a complex problem, it is no excuse for inaction by lawmakers.
Former astronaut Mark Kelly told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he and his wife, former Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, are gun owners who support the right to own guns. But he says Congress must strengthen laws to prevent criminals and the mentally ill from getting guns.
Kelly said he and his wife are "two reasonable Americans" who believe it is time for Congress to act.
Kelly sat at the opposite end of the witness table from Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association. LaPierre also was testifying.
Giffords, a 2011 shooting victim, testified briefly to the panel.


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As dramatic returns go, this one isn't much of a surprise: Captain America is springing back to life, two years after Marvel bumped him off and just in time to start building buzz for his 2011 big-screen treatment.
Meanwhile, the folks at DC who invented this stunt when they killed and resurrected Superman in the early 1990s, are going old school: USA Today is going to print comic strips featuring DC superheroes on 12 consecutive Wednesdays. The throwback series comes as newspaper and comic book publishers are searching for black ink in a digital world.
With the impending return of Captain America, who came of age as "super soldier" Steve Rogers during World War II, another type of hero with roots in that era is on the happy comeback trail: movie and TV singing cowboy Roy Rogers.
That's a seemingly more complicated case as Roy Rogers was an actual person who has been dead since 1998. But since when has a little thing like human mortality stopped Hollywood?
In a quickly changing world, it seems the makers of pop culture – and even newspapers – are turning to old heroes to save the day.
Maybe reaching back to the Greatest Generation days is a product of a public seeking reassurance and escapism amid economic hardship and war – even if what we're experiencing pales compared to the Great Depression and World War II, the periods that spawned some of our most enduring comic book and movie heroes.
Or maybe entertainment industry executives simply are relying on the familiar and the allure of hero-driven action films to make a quick buck.
In the case of Roy Rogers, whose name is most likely to raise images of rest-stop roast beef sandwiches for the under-50 set, it's far from certain exactly how his "return" will play out.
Variety reports that a trilogy of "family fantasy adventure" movies built off the iconic Western personas of Rogers, wife Dale Evans and his trusty horse Trigger is planned, along with TV cartoons and video games.
So will the return to the thrilling days of yesteryear draw crowds? Wait a minute – "the thrilling days of yesteryear" was from "The Lone Ranger."
He's coming back, too – in a Disney movie with Johnny Depp as Tonto.
Time – and box office tallies – will tell whether these old heroes can be re-invented for a new generation or whether the entertainment industry is just beating a dead horse (No offense, Silver and Trigger).
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992.


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News: Townships Tout Benefits of Transportation Funding Law
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April 3, 2014
For more information:
Contact Ginni Linn, PSATS Director of Communications
(717) 763-0930
Township Supervisors Tout Local Benefits of Transportation Funding Law:
Safety, Job Creation, and Quality of Life
David Sanko, executive director of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, said today that townships and other local governments are already reaping the benefits of Act 89 of 2013, Pennsylvania's new transportation funding law, less than five months after its passage.
And the timing of that law could not have been better. Sanko, who spoke alongside Gov. Tom Corbett, state Secretary of Transportation Barry Schoch, and representatives of business and labor organizations during a news conference today, said townships took a huge financial hit with winter storms that started early and overstayed their welcome.
"The costs — for salt, antiskid, overtime, and equipment maintenance — piled up as fast as the snow," Sanko said. "And now we're dealing with the aftermath: potholes and other road deterioration from snow, ice, and a drawn-out freeze-thaw cycle."
In March, townships saw an 8 percent increase in their liquid fuels payments — money they use for road repairs and road-related expenses — for the first time in years. Under Act 89, that revenue is slated to increase by about 60 percent over the next five years.
Act 89 also provides for various other types of funding that will help townships improve their roads, bridges, and more. They include:
- a significant boost, from $3 million to $30 million, for dirt, gravel, and low-volume roads;
- an innovative bridge bundling program and funds for traffic signal upgrades; and
- an increase in the prevailing wage threshold for road projects, which stretches dollars further and allows more projects to be completed.
"Act 89 means a lot of things to a lot of people," Sanko said. "At the local level, as at the state level, it means safer roads and bridges, more jobs, and a better quality of life."
He highlighted examples in two diverse townships in Franklin County. Metal Township, population 1,866, plans to use the increased funding to replace a dangerous, single-lane creek crossing, made of concrete, with a much safer two-lane, aluminum span.
And in Washington Township, population 14,009, stalled plans for a bypass could be coming back to life. The project will give motorists a way around the often-congested State Route 16, saving them time, money, and frustration.
Similar projects, on a scale from small to large, will be possible all across the state.
"Timed traffic signals will keep traffic flowing, meaning fewer minutes spent waiting at red lights and less gas wasted," Sanko said. "With better funding, roads can be constructed, or improved, based on the best design, rather than the cheapest solution."
Those and other transportation projects will help create local jobs, too.
"Job growth will start in construction and continue in related fields," Sanko said. "Plus, a better infrastructure is going to draw more business and industry to communities all across the state."
Ultimately, Sanko said, Act 89 will have more impact on local transportation infrastructure than any other measure in memory.
"Townships have spent a lot of time worrying about the future of our roads and bridges, struggling just to maintain the status quo and keep residents safe without major property tax increases," Sanko said. "Now, thanks to Act 89, they have the ability to plan for the future — and I'm very glad to say it's looking like it will be a bright one."
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The Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors represents Pennsylvania's 1,454 townships of the second class and is committed to preserving and strengthening township government and securing greater visibility and involvement for townships in the state and federal political arenas. Townships of the second class cover 95 percent of Pennsylvania's land mass and represent more residents — 5.5 million — than any other type of political subdivision in the commonwealth.
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To advertise your property in Domaza, click on the hyperlink Promote from the table in My properties or in Domaza Properties.
You can choose between Silver, Gold and Platinium advertising plan. The Platinium package gives you most benefits, whereas Silver gives you the least. Properties promoted by the Platinium plan have three stars, those with Gold plan have two and the Silver gives you only one star. The more stars an ad has, the higher it will appear on the Domaza home page.
Once you click on Promote, a tab appears and it has a table with five columns. From the first you choose the Site, on which you would like your ads to appear. From the second column with the titl Plan, you can choose the type of advertising plan – Platinium, Gold or Silver. From the third column you can choose the Period for which the promotion will last (one, three, six or twelve months). In the field Price, automatically will be displayed the end sum to pay. To activate the promotion plan you have chosen clikc on ADD. In the top part of the tab (above the blue buttons) will appear a hyperlink titled 'Selected packages (number)', where number is a digit representing all pachages you have selected. If you click on the hyperlink, a table showing the total sum for all selected packages will appear. You can delete plans you have selected from this table using the Remove icon.
On top of the Promote tab there are four blue buttons:
• Go back to properties – redirects the user back to the My properties page.
• Clear packages for this property from the basket – removes all promotion packages you have chosen for the selected property from the Basket.
• Continue to payment – redirects the user to the Basket to continue with the payment.
• Gold 6 months all sites! – adds to the cart a Gold package for 6 months for all sites.
In the Basket are saved all added plans in a tabular format. You can access it by clicking on the Basket icon, located in the upper right part of the Domaza wage. Thetable that opens has the following columns:
• ID – number of the property
• Site – the website on which you whish to advertise
• Packet – the promo package you have chosen – Platinium, Gold or Silver
• Period – the time during which, the property will be advertised
• Price – the total cost of the plan you have chosen
At the bottom of the table is shown the sum to be paid.
Users have three options, when in the Basket:
• Clear all cart – the advertising plans you have selected will be removed from the Basket
• Back to properties – redirects the user back to 'My properties'
• Pay – redirects the user to the payment page
In case the user has no credit but still chooses to Pay, a message will appear saying 'Impossible transaction: insufficient funds'. The user has to click on the 'Load money' hyperlink, which lies in the top right part of the page. A page with three tabs opens. In the first tab – Step 1- Desired amount, the user has to enter the sum, which he or she wants to load onto his/her account in Domaza. After that, click the Add button to go to the next tab - Transaction Validation. On the page shows information about the transaction:
• Number of transaction: the number of the financial transaction
• Date – date of transaction
• Payment to – due date for the payment to take place
• Amount – the sum to be paid in euro
• Exchange rate – the exchange rate of the euro agains the currency you have selected in Domaza. If you want to change the currency in Domaza, choose a different one from the drop-down list in the top-right part of the page.
• Status – the status of the transaction (paid/not paid)
The user can go Backward in case he/she wants to chage something, or Continue with the payment. If you continue foreward, the third tab opens – Step 3 – Payment. It will show information about the transaction and the means of payment:
• Through PayPal – the user is redirected to the page of PayPal and can continue with the payment from there.
• Through Bank transfer – an email is send to the user with details about the payment by bank transfer. The user has to enter information about the processed payment.
The data will be send for confirmation to the accounting department of Domaza. If the transaction was successful, the credit will be loaded onto your account.


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Patrick Kane returned to the Blackhawks on Thursday night after missing two games with a right high-ankle sprain, but the second-year winger's presence wasn't enough to help the Hawks avoid a 2-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center.
The Hawks, playing the second of a three-game trip, had their two-game winning streak snapped. Their fourth loss in the last 15 games dropped their record to 10-7-3 away from home and 22-9-7 overall.
The Avalanche got stellar goaltending from Andrew Raycroft (43 saves) and took advantage of a bizarre third-period faceoff that led to Wojtek Wolski's game-winning power-play goal.
With the game tied 1-1 midway through the third period, the teams lined up for a faceoff in the Hawks' zone. With Colorado's Philippe Dupuis at the dot waiting for the Hawks' Patrick Sharp to join him, the linesman dropped the puck, and Colorado took it to launch an attack during which Matt Walker committed a hooking penalty. Wojtek scored off a scramble in front during the ensuing power play.
"You can't justify that play they made to get the power play," an incensed Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "That was totally unacceptable. It was a homer drop, and I haven't seen that in four years. We weren't even in the faceoff circle, not even close to it."
The Avalanche opened the scoring 5 minutes 10 seconds into the game on Ryan Smyth's goal. Brian Campbell's power-play goal for the Hawks at 5:16 of the second tied it 1-1. With teammate Jonathan Toews providing traffic in front, Campbell's shot from the top of the right circle sailed past Raycroft.
"Those are games we have to find a way to win," Campbell said. "We've been finding a way to win all season, and that's the frustrating part that we didn't … get a point and carry that to overtime or score one late."
Kane was credited with his 25th assist of the season on Campbell's goal.
"We had a lot of chances," Kane said. "[Raycroft] made some big saves. Toward the end of the game it seemed like we couldn't really hit the net. It's a team we should beat, we know it. It's tough to lose a game like that."
Kane said his ankle "felt pretty good out there. It's one of those things where you have to play and not really worry about the injury. Once I overcame that, I felt a lot better out there."
Nikolai Khabibulin was solid in goal for the Hawks with 30 saves, but it was Raycroft who stole the show as he held off the Hawks' flurry of chances down the stretch.
"If you are going to win in this league most nights, you are going to have to make one or two [saves] that look like steal saves, but sometimes they are easier than others," Raycroft said. "You need a little bit of luck too. [Chicago] had some chances they missed, and that was the difference."


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The Census Bureau, as it has for decades, is upgrading the technology in uses for its decennial census, but an incomplete transition to a new risk management framework has left weaknesses in some IT systems that could put sensitive census data at risk, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office.
As part of its ongoing IT upgrade in preparation for the next census, the bureau is transitioning to a new risk management framework to improve system visibility and management of security risks. But GAO found the risks have not been fully documented and that plans and policies were not complete.
The 2012 security audit found that the bureau had not effectively implemented appropriate security controls on all of its systems, including access controls, configuration management and contingency planning.
Specifically, the GAO audit found that Census was not adequately:
Use of Personal Identification Verification cards for both physical and logical access also was not complete.
Auditors found that although the bureau had policies for securely configuring systems, some communication systems were not securely configured and were not using strong encryption. Monitoring for intrusion detection was not always used and disaster response and continuity of operations plans for its data center also were not complete.
"While the bureau's new program for risk management may produce potential benefits to the bureau, the effectiveness of its remediation efforts cannot be known unless the bureau ensures that its actions have been documented," the GAO report said.
The weaknesses are a concern not only because of the possible exposure of personally identifiable information, but also because they could impair the agency's ability to do its job.
"A data breach could result in the public's loss of confidence in the bureau and could affect its ability to collect census data," the report said.
GAO's public report gave 13 recommendations for improving security, dealing primarily with documentation and training rather than technology, and made another 102 recommendations in a separate report with limited distribution. The bureau largely agreed with the findings and is putting together a formal plan of actions and milestones to address issues identified in the audit.
The Census Bureau is required to do a national headcount every 10 years, and the challenge of gathering and analyzing information on a rapidly growing population has made it a pioneer in the use of information technology.
Tabulating machines first used in the 1880 census doubled the speed of data processing. In 1951 the bureau used the UNIVAC I, a purpose-built computer that again doubled the number of items the bureau could tabulate per minute, from 2,000 to 4,000. Technology has been updated regularly since and its use expanded to include data collection as well as analysis.
"The 2000 census demonstrated probably the biggest leap forward in the use of technology for collecting and disseminating data," GAO said. This was further expanded in 2010 with the use of handheld devices for some field operations and the integration of Global Positioning System data for maps. Performance problems with some of the equipment resulted in the use of more paper than expected, however, and at a cost of $13 billion, the 2010 census was the most expensive ever. The 2020 census is projected to cost as much as $25 billion.
Census Bureau IT operations are centered in bureau headquarters in Suitland, Md., the Bowie Computing Center in Bowie, Md., and the National Processing Center in Jeffersonville, Ind., and sensitive data held in the systems must be protected.
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Surrounded on three sides by the River Crouch, Clementsgreen and Fenn Creeks, Marsh Farm Country Park is a great place for coastal walks and superb river views. Its 300 acres of grazing marsh offers ideal dog-walking and wildlife-spotting opportunities, as well as a chance to explore many scenic riverside paths.
The Country Park is recognised as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) because of its importance for overwintering dark bellied brent geese. It also provides a home for many species of waders and ducks in the autumn and winter, and a number of birds breed here in the Spring - including sedge warblers, cuckoos and sky larks - making it the perfect spot for year-round birdwatching.
The Country Park supports a fantastic population of water voles, an endangered species that can sometimes be seen in the borrow dykes and ditches alongside the river.
If you are travelling on public transport to get to one of the Essex Country Parks – take a look at the Traveline journey planner.
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Marsh Farm Country Park is a great place for solitude and contemplation. Walking the park's full perimeter traverses nearly 6 miles or 9 km.
Clearly marked, grassy paths crossing the flat landscape of the marshes make the site accessible for all ages and many levels of mobility.
Along the seawall, sailing boats make for a peaceful backdrop as they pass along the River Crouch. The Community Orchard is another great place to enjoy some quiet time, with beautiful blossom displays in spring.
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Last week, we ran this photo from our archives requesting from our readers some help in identifying the men with Governor George Pataki. We quickly got responses identifying the man on the left as former Queens Community Board 1 district manager George Delis, but nothing regarding the identity of the man in the middle.
Well, wonder no more, because we think Lucas Zannettis, who is originally from Cyprus but now calls Astoria home, may have figured it out. He called and suggested that the man with Delis and Pataki is Dimitris Avramopoulos, who was mayor of Athens from 1994 to 2002 following a long and storied career in government, holding several diplomatic posts.
We have to be honest, we weren't really expecting anyone to call us on this, but lo and behold outer newspaper apparently fell into the right hands.
We can't be sure about Mr. Zannettis' hypothesis – we wouldn't know Dimitris Avramopoulos if he was sitting next to us at our favorite watering hole, but mostly because it's not exactly the type of place where you want to be paying much attention to the person next to you - but we did find this recent photo of him, and we have to say there is quite a resemblance, so we have to assume that Mr. Zannettis knows of that which he speaks.
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I use a quote about perspective in the front of my book, because that's the frame of mind I want you to have as you read through the pages. My hope is that you open your mind and see things from a different perspective.
Here's one of those dreaded e-mail forwards that I receive and it sums up the way I want my children to see life, especially when they are experiencing and embracing a new culture.
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the
country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be
considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father
asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a
pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that
has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at
night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go
beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our
food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect
us, they have friends to protect them."The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if
we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we
don't have.
Thanks Jeff for sending this to me!