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FC: 26 Things A-Z to Know About Texas!
1: 26 Things A-Z to know about Texas! Barrett Durbin and Ely Knaupe 6th period Coach Kee 9-7-11
2: A- University: University of Texas at Austin B-University: University of Texas at Brownsville C-Landforms- Longhorn Caverns D-Landforms: Davis Mountains State Park E- Landforms:Enchanted Rock F- Recreation:Pedernales Falls State Park G-Water:Guadalupe River H-Historical Importance:Historic Fort Stockton I-Landforms-Inner Space Caverns J-Historical Importance: San Jacinto Battleground K-City: Kermit L-Water: Lake Livingston M-Recreation: Lake Mineral Wells State Park N-Water:Nueces River O-City: Odessa P- Landform: Palo Duro Canyon Q-Historical Importance: Quanah Museum R-Water:Rio Grande S-Water:Schlitterbahn T-University: University of Texas El Paso U- University:University of Baylor V-City: Vernon W-City: Wimberly X-Historical Importance: XIT Historical Museum Y-City:Yorktown Z-Recreation:Zilker Park
3: University Of Texas At Austin Universities | The University of Texas at Austin has many students. The University of Texas is located in Capital of Texas, Austin. At the University they have a lot of education. The University was founded in 1883. The president of the University of Texas at Austin is William Powers Jr. The University has traditional colors, the colors of the school are burnt orange and white. The University has a school mascot named Bevo and he is a Longhorn that goes to all of the athletic games.
4: University of Texas at Brownsville University The University of Texas at Brownsville is located on border between Texas and Mexico in Brownsville. The mascot of the University is a scorpion. THe colors of the scorpions is orange, white and blue. Their sponsored sports are Baseball, Volleyball, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Men's Golf, and Women's Golf. The enrollment was 15,230 people in 2010.
5: Longhorn Caverns Landforms Longhorn Caverns has been created from over thousands of years by the dissolving and cutting from water on the limestone. In some areas you can see drawing on the limestone wall. The earlier records show that Comanche Indians were the first people to use the cavern. When the caverns were going to be used for people to use they found some gunpowder in it. The cavern was also known for a hide out for Sam Bass, a Texas outlaw. Longhorn Caverns is also one of the little river formed cavern.
6: Davis Mountains State Park Recreation Davis Mountains State Park is 2708.9 acres in size and is located in Jeff Davis County, four miles northwest of Fort Davis.The Davis Mountains is the most extensive mountain range in Texas. They were formed by volcanic activity during the Tertiary geologic period, which began around 65 million years ago. The average rainfall is 18.9 inches.
7: Enchanted Rock Landforms Enchanted rock is a State National Park it is 1,643.5 acres long. The state acquired it in 1984, and added facilities and resting stops. The park was reopened in March 1984. The rock is 425 feet above the countryside at the bottom of the rock. Enchanted rock is a pink granite rock.
8: Pedernales Falls Stake Park Recreation Pedernales Falls State Park is 5211.7 acres, in Blanco County east of Johnson City. It was founded by private owners in 1970 and was opened to the public in 1971. The elevation is 1197 feet. The July average high is 94, and the January average low is 32. May, August, and September are wettest months
9: Guadalupe River Water The Guadalupe river brings a lot of tourist to go tubing and swim. The current elevation of the river now is 901.02 inches the regular elevation is 909.00 inches. The rate of the river is dropping about 1 inch every day. Some history of the river is that it was acquired in 1974 and opened in 1983. The River is also a state park and is 1938.7 acres.
10: Historic Fort Stockton Historical Importance Fort Stockton is located in the Mountains and Basins Region of Texas. Fort Stockton was one of several U.S. Army outposts established on the western frontier of Texas in 1858. The fort and the buildings did great until the Civil War, when the fort was abandoned to Confederate forces. The buildings associated with the fort and early development of the community included three adobe structures, constructed between 1867 and 1868. Two of the structures were the Officer's Quarters and the Guardhouse.
11: Inner Space Caverns Landforms Inner Space Caverns was found by a Texas Highway Department in 1963. It was found when a Texas drilling team was drilling to make a highway. Once they drilled 40 feet the metal drilling rod fell into what is now the Inner Space Cavern. The crew work team lowered a man down into the Cavern as he carefully looked around and saw all of the stalactites and stalagmites he was the first man in the cavern.
12: San Jacinto Battleground Historical Importance The San Jacinto Battleground is located in east Texas, northwest of Galveston.The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site holds a great responsibility to preserve the proud history of the Texas and the United States. The famous Battle of San Jacinto that brought Texas its independence was fought on this site in 1836. The main purpose of the 1,200-acre site is to remember the Battle and to preserve the Battleground on which Texan troops under General Sam Houston achieved the independence of Texas by defeating a Mexican Army led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna on April 21, 1836.
13: Kermit City Kermit is located in West Texas near Odessa. Kermit is the only City that is named after Theodore Roosevelt's sons. The county was named in 1910 when Kermit Roosevelt was hunting there earlier in the year. A drought started in 1916, by 1924 all of the families have left the town except for one family and they were the Seastrunk family. Mr. Seastrunk kept his son in school he was the only person in the whole school.
14: Lake Livingston Water Lake Livingston State Park is in Polk County, one mile southwest of Livingston, contains 635.5 acres along Lake Livingston, a 84,800-acre reservoir. The elevation of the lake is 194 feet. The average rainfall is 48". The average temperature in January is 37 degrees and the July average is 94 degrees.
15: Lake Mineral Wells State Park Recreation In Lake Mineral Wells State Park there are many activity's that you can do like swimming, fishing, rock climbing, and etc. At Lake Mineral there are over 100 picnic cites to pick from. At some points you can see the 646-acre lake. In Mineral State Park there is a 20 mile multi-use trail. The trail is from abandoned railroad right-of-way runs from just northwest of Weatherford to downtown Mineral Wells.
16: Nueces River Water The Nueces River is north of Brownsville. The length of the river is 45 miles. The water quality is very good because it flows from the crystal clear springs at the headwaters and creeks along the river. It has been turning slightly murky after recent local rainfall. The headwaters of the Nueces River rise from springs in northwestern Real County and flow about 345 miles or more into the Gulf of Mexico.
17: Odessa City People call Odessa "the right place in Texas." Odessa ,Texas was established in 1881 as a stop on the Texas and Pacific Railroads. The climate is warm and is a paradise city. Odessa is also well known for its kind people. Odessa caries a lot of oil in the city. Odessa is a city that can be described as "A city of contrast."
18: Palo Duro Canyon Landform The Palo Duro Canyon is in the panhandle of Texas. The canyon is about 120 miles long, 20 miles wide, and 800 feet deep. It was mainly formed by water erosion from the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River. The average rainfall is 20.6 inches. The canyon was inhabited by man about 12,000 years ago.
19: Quanah Museum Historical Importance Quanah was named after an Indian named Quanah Parker. Quanah Parkers dad had died in the peace battle and his mom was captured in the battle. Quanah was on the run and had made it all the way up to Oklahoma. Quana had hopped railways to get away from the cowboys. People don't know when Quanah Parker died they think he died around 1911-1912.
20: Rio Grande River The Rio Grande River is the border between Texas and Mexico. The Rio Grande flows from its headwaters in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado for 1,865 miles to the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas. For 1,250 miles, the Rio Grande is the boundary between the United States and Mexico. Because of dams water does not flow as seasonally as it once did.
21: Schlitterbahn Water Schlitterbahn is located southwest of Austin, the capital of Texas, in New Braunfels. Schlitterbahn first opened in 1979. It opened with four water slides built around a 60-foot tall replica of the Bergfried Tower, the guard tower of the Solms Castle in Braunfels, Germany. In 1980 the 50,000-square-foot Lagoon swimming pool was added, along with the park's first inner tube ride called the Hillside Tube Chute. Schlitterbahn celebrated its 20th anniversary with the addition of Han's Hideout, a five-story water fun house, at Blastenhoff. In 2001 the Downhill Racer replaced the Schlittercoaster at the New Braunfels flagship park.
22: University of Texas El Paso University The University of Texas El Paso is located in the most western point of Texas in El Paso. UTEP is the second-oldest component of the University of Texas System. UTEP's student population is 71 percent Hispanic. Nearly 82 percent of its students are from the El Paso region and 10.6 percent from Mexico. The University started as the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1914.
23: University of Baylor University The University of Baylor is in Waco, Texas. The Fall 2010 freshman class was one of the most academically qualified classes in university history, with a SAT score of 1218. In fact Baylor students annually volunteer more than 150,000 hours of local community service. Baylor has more than 14,000 students. In athletics Baylor is in the Big 12 athletics.
24: Vernon City Vernon is located in Northern Texas just south of the Red River. The community consists of about 11, 660 people. It was 17 years after 1860 battle of the Pease River before a White settlement came to the Red River Valley. The Pease battle, 16 miles northwest of Vernon, ended the life of Chief Peta Nocona and captured his wife, Cynthia Ann Parker, mother of Quanah Parker, the greatest chief of the Comanches. Vernon's first town name was Eagle Flat.
25: Wimberley City In Texas, Wimberley is located in the northeastern part near Dallas. Wimberley was named after a man, Pleasant Wimberley.The area prospered and Pleasant Wimberley was responsible for building a school and a church. A Post Office was established in 1880 for Wimberley. Many Wimberley descendants stayed in Wimberley.
26: XIT Ranch Historical Importance The XIT Ranch in the 1880s was the largest range in the world under fence and it all laid in the Texas Panhandle. The three million acres went from the old Yellow House headquarters, near what is now Lubbock, Texas, northward to the Oklahoma Panhandle, in an irregular strip that was roughly 30 miles wide. The XIT Ranch covered 10 counties in Texas.
27: Yorktown City In 1989 Yorktown had a little population of 850 people.The town is named after Captain John York. John York died defending Yorktown against Indians in the autumn of 1848. York was a business man and worked for Charles Eckhardt. Yorktown offers hunting, fishing, and camping.
28: Zilker Park Recreation Zilker Park is located in the center of Texas in the city of Austin. Zilker park is considered Austin's most loved park. The 351 acre park is home to a great variety of recreation opportunities and special events for a single person or the whole family. In 1918, A.J. Zilker deeded the 35 acres surrounding Barton Springs to the City of Austin. The park officials constantly are working to keep fire building and smoking away from the park for public safety.
29: Citation Page http://www.utbathletics.com/f/Quick_Facts.php http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/davis_mountains/ http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/pedernales_falls/ http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/tx/tx10.htm http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_livingston/ http://southwestpaddler.com/docs/nueces.html http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/palo_duro/ http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/san_jacinto_battleground/ http://www.nps.gov/rigr/index.htm http://www.utep.edu/90thanniversary/media.aspx?itemID=962&title=UTEP FAST FACTS http://www.bdcvernon.com/ http://www.xitmuseum.com/history.shtml http://www.vernontx.gov/index.aspx?nid=172 http://www.schlitterbahn.com/news/corp-timeline.htm http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/zilker/ http://www.schlitterbahn.com/news/corp-timeline.htm http://www.touringtexas.com/wimberley/history.htm http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/Yorktown-Texas.htm http://www.txcoastalbend.org/index.php/yorktown-tx.html | http://www.utexas.edu/about-ut http://www.longhorncaverns.com/ http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/enchanted_rock/ http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/parkguide/rgn_hc_009.phtml http://www.riversportstubes.com/Weather.htm http://www.riversportstubes.com/Weather.htm http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/guadalupe_river/ http://www.myinnerspacecavern.com/ http://www.texasescapes.com/WestTexasTowns/KermitTexas/KermitTexas.htm http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/parkguide/rgn_pl_021.phtml
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The move also comes while several regulators in different countries have scrutinized this scaffold, used in life saving procedures, over safety concerns.
Abbott's bioresorbable scaffold, sold globally as 'Absorb', is expected to clear blockages in the arteries and prevent heart attacks in patients with ischemic heart disease—a condition that affects the blood supply to the heart.
The firm will halt global sales of this product by September 14, Abbott announced on its global website late on Friday. Yet, it is not clear whether the firm has received permission to withdraw the scaffold from India.
"We are in touch with regulators and the pricing authority in India and have informed them on the discontinuation of Absorb globally due to low commercial sales," an Abbott spokesperson told ET.
"The decision to discontinue was taken for commercial reasons, not for safety," the person said, adding that a recent US pivotal study and other randomized clinical trials of Absorb suggest similar outcomes to its drug-eluting stent, XIENCE, when contemporary implantation guidance is applied.
Unlike stents made of metal, which permanently remain in the body, Absorb was to dissolve and get absorbed over time.
The scaffold had to be discontinued due to low sales volume and because it cost more to make the product than what the company could sell it for, making it unsustainable, Abbott's spokesperson said. Absorb sales accounted for less than 1% of Abbott's overall stent sales globally, including in India, the person added.
In India, 7,900 or nearly 2% of a total 4.76 lakh stents implanted in patients in 2015 were bioresorbable stents. Absorb had been available for years before the company received US FDA approval for it last July.
In April, NPPA denied Abbott permission to withdraw Absorb following price caps that had slashed its price by as much as 83% to Rs 29,600 from a maximum retail price of Rs 1.80 lakh.
Abbott had claimed then that the higher manufacturing and other associated costs made it unsustainable to offer the product in India.
NPPA had told Abbott to approach it sooner if the firm could not address 'safety concerns' for which Absorb had already come under international scrutiny. In this case, the company would have to clearly state it was withdrawing the scaffold over "safety concerns", the regulator had said.
Abbott restricted Absorb's commercial use in Europe and Australia earlier this year. Before this, clinical studies highlighting a higher risk of adverse cardiac events like heart attacks and blockages in patients using the bioresorbable scaffold compared to XIENCE had surfaced.
India's drug regulator, Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), had initially issued an alert in April asking patients and doctors to report adverse events suspected to be associated with the use of the scaffold.
Absorb was allowed to remain in the Indian market after a Subject Expert Committee reviewing its safety data recommended that its sale be restricted to "experienced operators" and "high volume centres".
The committee had also told the firm to come up with a future plan and systematically follow up each patient implanted in a Phase IV clinical trial, conducted to evaluate long-term effects of new drugs and treatments. These findings were to be submitted for approval.
"We continue to align with Indian regulatory norms related to the follow-up of implanted individuals," stated Abbott's spokesperson.

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J.J. Ramirez is one of the stars of the 2006 documentary The Latin Legends of Comedy. He's done stand-up all over the City since 1981, and, these days, performs at least twice a week at Comic Strip Live. On his business card, he states "Comedy is my life" and refers to himself as "The Latin Lunatic."
Are you a native New Yorker?
J.J. Ramirez: Yeah, this is my city. I was born in south Bronx and raised in East New York, Brooklyn, so they're pretty tough neighborhoods. They molded me pretty well. And I've been living in Queens now for about 20 years. I call the B-B-Q home: Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens.
What can people expect if they come to your show?
JR: I do a lot of audience participation and improvisational stuff, a lot of ethnic and observational stuff. It's not one specific genre.
Tell me about getting your start in comedy here.
JR: I got started right here [at Comic Strip Live] about 28 years ago—in '81.
Was it a struggle to make it in comedy?
JR: Yeah. I often thought of changing my name. I didn't want to use the name "Ramirez." At the time, everyone was changing their names, and I thought about shortening it to "Ram."
What was your experience as a Latin comic in the City?
JR: Back then, there weren't very many. That's why we did the movie The Latin Legends of Comedy. We were pretty much the pioneers—me and my friends Joe Vega, Angel Salazar and another comic, Al Romero, a Cuban comic. We were the first Latin comics in New York and sort of paved the path the way George Lopez and those guys did on the West Coast. Young Latin comics kinda look up to us.
What do New York audiences have that other audiences don't?
JR: They're quicker. New York crowds are sharp. They've heard everything and seen everything; it's easier to get across different references to them—especially older crowds. People are intelligent here and wise to the world surrounding them.
You improvise a lot. What if you can't find the right target in the audience?
JR: Then I'll make a target. I'll shape it. Sometimes it's there for you and it's easy; other times you have to mold it. Some comics are really harsh with audiences—or they're really mean—but I'm not. Everything's in fun. There's never that meanness, unless I have a heckler, and that's different. You also have to be on top of current events and at least aware of things that are going on around the world, so that you can comment on them.
Do you have an example of how you've shut down a heckler in the past?
JR: One time, I was onstage, and for some reason I had a hair caught and people were saying it looked like I had a toupee. And this guy who was with his girlfriend, he swore I had a toupee. I said, "Guy, it's not a toupee—it's my real hair." And he says, "I'll bet you $50 that's a toupee." Finally, I couldn't take it anymore, so I said, "Give the waitress the money." Then I had his girlfriend come up. She pulled on my hair and said, "Oh, my God, it's his hair." I made $50 extra bucks that night, and that guy had to sit there all night while everyone was laughing.


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To Our Valued Stakeholders,
I think all of us recognize a higher than usual level of uncertainty around the individual health insurance market at a time when health insurance companies should be finalizing their rates and plans for the coming year. Yesterday, Colorado's Insurance Commissioner, Marguerite Salazar pointed that out in a letter to the nine members of the state's congressional delegation.
The announcement prompted some coverage in The Denver Post and the Denver Business Journal.
Legislative Update
House Bill 17-1235, which is the measure that would provide financial assistance to some Coloradans with income falling between 400% and 500% of the federal poverty level, was passed out of the State House on Monday and was assigned to the Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee. A hearing is scheduled this coming Monday.
In Recent News
A one-page summary of proposed amendments to the American Health Care Act became public yesterday and fanned coverage of renewed efforts by Republicans in Congress. According to a Health Affairs article, the package could be considered as early as next Thursday. This piece in Politico assesses the politics around the renewed conversation.
Two reports this week highlighted Colorado's gains in signing up the "eligible but not enrolled" population. According to this Kaiser Family Foundation chart, Colorado saw the third highest rate in the country of increased Medicaid and CHP+ enrollments. In a fresh analysis of its 2015 data, the Colorado Health Institute noted our significant gains and those by Health First Colorado in reaching these folks.
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Mistaken, inaccurate, or incorrect; going against or straying away from the correct line of thinking. Hyphenated if used before a noun. I'm saddened that he would choose to make remarks about our troops that are so off beam. The CEO's off-beam plans ended up costing the company nearly half a billion dollars in lost revenue.
off (or way off) beamon the wrong track; mistaken. informal
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Hägglunds in action from site http://www.extreme
Farmi-Track 975 SK of Normet Corporation, Finland.
Farmi-Trac 5000, 1989 from http://www.mascus.com/
Tracked forwarder from www.fonateam.ch
Kässborher Flexmobil with tracked trailer at Val d'Isère on 1989 08 14. This is a tractor and a removable trailer, not a true articulated vehicle : steering mechanism is in the tractor. Pict J M M.
Kässborher Flexmobil with tracked (powered or not) trailer at Val d'Isère on 1989 08 14. Pict J M M.
Terri 2000 was imported by Technamm, Lambesc, Picture J M M, August 1993.
Terri 2000 was imported by Technamm, Lambesc, pict J M M, August 1993.
Terri 34 forwarder, mass 4340 kg, payload 4000 kg, Perkins engine 60 hp. Terri 1000, 1020 (with Nordtrac Oy) , 2020 (in the 80s) were manufactured in Tärnjö, Sweden. See chapter 'Changes around the tracks I'. www.terri.se from
Terri 2020 D of Nordtrac
Terri 34 forwarder, 2007. http://www.lesni-technika.cz/EN/Assets/Foto/TERRI/index.html?detectflash=false&
Terri ATD 3020 from Alfing i Älmhult AB, Älmhult, Sweden. 21.5 kW, hydrostatic transmission, Mass 1970 kg. The first proto was built by Valmet at Helsinki, Finland in 1971. After many locations and models, Terri became Swedish in 1995 and built at Heby.
Terri 34 from 2009.
Wagner Four tracks C55 of Wagner Mining Scoop Company, Portland, Oregon of the Four Wheel Drive Auto Cy, Clintonville, Wisconsin in 1962. Capacity 16 t, 185 hp, 25 km/h.
Picture from book of Fred Crismon 'US Military Tracked Vehicles', Motorbook International Publishers & Wholesalers, 1992.
Terrapin, Dynamometer Musk Ox, 1961, by WNRE for Aberding Proving Grounds, Maryland. This articulated vehicle, rather new at that time, was used to test vehicles in marginal terrains. Picture from book of Fred Crismon 'US Military Tracked Vehicles', Motorbook International Publishers & Wholesalers, 1992.
Michigan, XM-549 articulated 8x8 Quad Track Cargo Truck (5 T), prototype of Detroit Arsenal in 1961-62, built to test mobility of a vehicle running on wheels or on removable tracks. The North King (1952) of Bruce Nodwell, Calgary, had the same features.
Picture from book of Fred Crismon 'US Military Tracked Vehicles', Motorbook International Publishers & Wholesalers, 1992.
Michigan XM549, 8x8, 1963. Michigan Equipment Company fitted with light tracks and tension idler. This articulated vehicle with walking beams was highly mobile. Nevertheless, tracks lowered speed and required maintenance, increased noise level, the time to mount and disassemble tracks was too long and the payload lowered due to the mass of tracks. Picture from book of Fred Crismon 'US Military Tracked Vehicles', Motorbook International Publishers & Wholesalers, 1992.
Volvo BV 202 built at Avrika, Sweden, from 1964 to 1981.
This vehicle has been the first articulated tracked vehicle series produced. Picture from J M M at Duxford Museum near Cambridge, August 2002.
Volvo BV 202. Picture from J M M at Duxford Museum, August 2002.
BV 202, Bandvagn 202, of Volvo BM, Subsidiary of Volvo. Pict J M M, Beltring, GB, 2004 07 23.
BV202 fully amphibious Bandvagn from Vovo BM of Avrika, Sweden. It replaced Snow Trac ST4 before it was itself replaced by BV 206 Hagglünds. BV 202 represents the first mass produced articulated tracked vehicle. It is here converted into forestry work.
BV 202 Volvo in the 60s. http://mvcgfrance.org/techtalk8.html
STVAB TL6 tracked vehicle, for Scandinavian Terrain Vehicles AB, Skellefteå, Sweden, part of Norrlandsindustrier AB. The Company started in 2010 but since 1986 Berco Produktion AB had produced superstructures for terrain vehicles in collaboration with BAE Systems Hägglunds AB. The TL6 has 250 hp Cummins engine, Volvo cab, Allison transmission, hydrostatic steering articulated. Total mass 11 t, 40 km/h on road. They can see on the picture that this vehicle is equipped with positive pitch control. http://stvab.se/index.php?id=470&L=1
Hägglunds BV 206 imported by Technamm, Lambesc, France. Pict J M M on August 1993.
Hägglunds BV 206 imported by Technamm, Lambesc, pict J M M on August 1993. J M M archives.
Hagglünds BV 206
Berco TL6 articulated vehicle, 2006, of Berco Production AB, Skellefteä, Sweden. It is issued from the BAE Systems Hägglunds tracked vehicle.
Snow Track, 2007, Pict of Patrice in the site http://www.lone-rover.com/cpg1412/displayimage.php?album=98&pos=24
Hägglunds Bandvagn BV 206, articulated tracked vehicle from the mid-80s. Ford engine 99 kW, Mass 4500 kg whose 2240 kg payload, It is probably the most widespread articulated vehicle in occidental world. Pict from the review 'Autoverte', Feb. 1985.
Hägglunds Prototype of the 80s made from BV 206 to evaluate concept of active pitch control. More, the link between fore and aft sections had been extended. It was built to test the articulation for Udes XX20. Pict from 'Defense & Arms' N°2, Nov 1981.
Hägglunds test bed for large obstacles crossing. Pict D & A N° 2, Nov 1981.
Hägglunds Prototype. Pict D & A N° 2, Nov 1981.
Hägglunds BV 206 in 2004 here equipped with positive pitch control, which enable it to take V or A position for better crossing obstacles. Pict from 'Military Machine International', Sept 2004.
Toyzilla articulated tracked vehicle, homemade in mid-2000 in Oregon.
Articulated GAZ 3344, 2011.
GAZ Uker http://krpb.ru/viewtopic.php?t=992
SUM-8 BARS, 1996. http://lunohodov.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6259&start=0
SHM-8 VEGA, 1992 http://lunohodov.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6259&start=0
SKhM-3, Snow and Swamp vehicle, 1992, from VAZ plant Russia. Payload 500 kg, 63 hp, rubber coated tracks with a ground pressure of 0,07 kg/cm². Intended to use by people in remote areas. Pict from book of Alain Dupouy, Auto-éditeur : 'Les véhicules tout-terrain N° 13 Tome III'. Grenoble, 1995.
'Unzha' of ZVM Off-Road Vehicles conceived for fret and passengers, until 5 persons + 300 kg load in the first section and 1200 kg in the second. Engine is in the front section, speed 40 km/h. Tracks are equipped with soft rubber wideners.
ZVM Unzha articulated vehicle ZVM, created in 2004, is issued from Nijni-Novgorod University. http://www.zvm-nn.ru/info/history/ http://www.zvm-nn.ru/info/going_vehicle/
T 150x2 HTZ Proto http://fermer.ru/forum/obshchie-voprosy-po-selskokhozyaistvennoi-tekhnike/130694?page=1 http://www.techstory.ru/foto18/11/t150x2_arx.jpg
Meili Tracked Snow-Flex designed in 1966-67 by Ernst Meili Jr, for Celerina resort, Switzerland. The principle of the famous Wheeled Flextrac of Meili in 1958 was applied again to this tracked version. The tracks ramming became more and more planed and non-articulated groomers, less expensive, did the same work. Unfortunately, it was discontinued.
Pictures from the book of Gerold Röthlin 'From Autotractor to modern special vehicles' from Verlag Gerold Röthlin, Kriens, 2004.
Pontus SK, articulated tracked forwarder manufactured by Pellopaja Oy Finland from 1996. 16 kw 3 cylinders diesel Kubota engine, hydrostatic transmission, 1,9 t, length 5,8 m. http://www.bengts.com/machinepontus.html
Lokomo 929 fitted with 4 tracks, 1976, Tampere, Finland, subsidiary of Rauma-Repola Oy. They were sold in France and Benelux by Brimont. J M M archives.
Lokomo 2
Iller D200F SK, 1988. http://www.bengts.com/machineiller.html
Nami 0106, 1965, articulated pneumatic tracked prototype. Tests in snow, swamp, jungle were good. Variable pressure in the tracks allowed increasing the lateral stiffness of the tracks leading to lateral instability. http://www.os1.ru/article/history/
Nami SZMU, 'Honeycomb' track increased traction but lacked reliability. At the end of the 60s, it appeared that 'scientific work was very interesting but practical application of thoses structures was not very clear'. 40 year later, ecology (permafrost on the toundra) could help to remind pneumatic tracks. See Chap' Pneumatic Tracks'.
Prinoth TR at 'Chalet des Pierres' at Courchevel, France. Prinoth AG, Sterzing, Italy, subsidiary of Leitner AG. http://www.damage-dameuses.com/t353-quelle-marque
Prinoth TR. J M M archives.
Formatic 4 All Terrain Carrier of Formedia, Replot, Finland. Low ground pressure of 71 g/cm², speed 32 km/h, GM-Isuzu 67 HP, hydrostatic transmission, empty mass : 3500 kg, payload : 2300 kg. The Formatic Finland Oy AB brand belongs to Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG since 2008 and snow-groomers are still manufactured in Replot. http://www.safetyoneinc.com/specsheets/pdf/FormaticAll
Formatic P6-300T, from 1982, 300 Hp engine, hydrostatic drive, 50 km/h, 7 T payload is still manufactured today on request. Kaj Carlson created Norcar in 1969 and built grooming machines since 1984 under the name Formatic and Hydrolink Oy Ab that now belongs to Kassbohrer Gelandefarhrzeug AG . http://www.safetyoneinc.com/specsheets/pdf/FormaticP6-300T.pdf
Natech P6 500M at Villepinte in 1998 06. Pict J M M.
Formatic P6 http://agritrader.eu/vehicles-transportation/custom-construction/used/other/hcc-formatic-p_a130368?cookies_allow=
Drilling vehicle of Richard Drilling Ltd. http://www.grichard
Canadair Dynatrac CL 91 studied and built at only 66 copies between 1968 and 1976 by Canadair Flextrac at Calgary. Payload 900 kg. See Chapter : Nodwell, Canadair Flextrac and Foremost. Pict J M M archives, from Bombardier involved with Canadair in the 80s.
Canadair Dynatrac in snow. Documentation J M M from Bombardier.
Canadair Dynatrac
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Canadair Dynatrac swimming. Documentation J M M from Bombardier.
Canadair Dynatrac on slope. Documentation J M M from Bombardier.
Canadair Dynatrac. Documentation J M M from Bombardier.
Canadair Dynatrac with 3 units. Documentation J M M from Bombardier.
Farmi Trac 833 of Normet Oy, Peltosalmi and now Iisalmi, Finland, manufactured from mid-80s to the beginning of the century. Engine 30 kW, speed 20 km/h, mass 2400 kg, hydrostatic transmission. Nowadays, Normet Oy built mining and tunnelling equipment but also trailers for forestry.
Normet Farmi Trac 5000 forest articulated vehicle from 1989. www.emn.fordaq.com
Farmi Trac of Normet Oy
Farmi-Trac Oy Normet
Patruuna Of Pellonpaja Oy, Finland which manufactured too the Pontus Miniskotare 4x4 SK. Now, it build trailers. Picture from SIMA, Paris, February 1997.
Raidtrac 1800 with trailer for Forestry. http://www.vintage
Logbear FH 4000 forwarder, Perkins engine 81 hp, hydrostatic transmission, 3 differentials locks, 16 km/h, hydraulic oil tank capacity 175 l, very low ground pressure : 0,46 kg/cm². Logbear Oy is at Rovaniemi, Finland. http://www.logbear.fi/index.php?sivu=tuote.php&tuote=korjuukone&kieli=en
P15 Groomer of Prinoth. See chap 'Changes around the track I'.
Prinoth P15 snow groomer articulated on the width. From Ernst Prinoth in the 60s. See Chapter : 'Changes around the tracks I'.
Prinoth P15
P15 of Prinoth marketed by Rolba in 1965. This groomer was articulated on width instead of length. Pict at Grand Bornand. http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/7972/tempse3.jpg http://www.haute-tarentaise.net/t230p25-ekles-dameuses-de-l-espace-killy.
Shantui DLY 100 tracked articulated snow vehicle with Cumming 97 hp engine, gradeability 70%, 30 km/h, Mass 7800 hg, Shantui Construction machinery Ltd, China, builds construction equipment too. http://www.samosval.kz/catalog/specztexnika/specztexnika1/spectehnika-raznaya/DLY100
Sisu NA-140, now Patria Vehicles, subsidary of Patria of Hämeenlinna, Finland, is fully amphibious. 500 were built. Payload 1950 kg and trailer 2500 kg. Total mass 5250 kg, GM engine of 152 hp, 6 km/h in water and 65 km/h on land. Aris tracked vehicles are issued from Sisu. J M M archives.
Sisu NA-140
Bandit homemade Snow Track articulated vehicle. Picture is from 2005 and no more is known. http://www.forumsforums.com/3_9/showthread.php?t=21742
Bandit Snow Track.
Telakarhu 2000 Multiworker, forwarder of the 80s, built at Kurrikka, Finland. http://suomenmuse
Telakarhu 2000 Multiworker
Iguana of David Hansen. See Chap 'Changes around the track II. About 1997. http://iguanatracked
David Hansen, graduated of Utah University, 25 years of sales engineer with degrees in aeronautical technology and industrial engineering worked since 1988 to an improved marginal tracked vehicle mainly for civilian use. Iguana Technology was created. First proto was a quad bike with tracks and the second (1991) a little John Deere tractor equipped with the new tracks. The third, on left picture, was the result of Iguana Tech and TSG Technical Solution Group since 2000. Pict from the review 'Military Machine International', July 2004. See Chap 'Changes around the track II. Mid 90s. http://iguanatracked
Third prototype for M22-Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft program had not been chosen because too heavy. A fourth and last proto, on left, was presented in 2004 and regroup all David Hansen's patents. Pict from www.atavinc.com
Front of track of Iguana shows the centrally pivoting walking beam, as agricultural tractors.The patented rubber cone track provides maximum traction and no damage the ground. Ground pressure is less than 0,07 kg/cm² and speed on land or water about 60 km/h. On water, the front of the vehicle is raised thanks to cylinders of pitch control and the vehicle is propelled very fast by means of its tracks only. Pict from 'Military Machine International', Sept 2004.
Iguana Vehicle has numerous patents. In addition of centrally pivoting bar, the suspension is provided by the combination of track tension (patented), pneumatic tyres and idler wheels, while rear section, with the engine, is patent pending pneumatic sprung and very simple. Pict from 'Military Machine International', Sept 2004.
Iguana Vehicle of David Hansen is equipped with positive pitch control whose cylinder is seen here and allows to cross vertical walls of 1,22 m. Transmission is mechanical and engine 200 hp.
Pict from 'Military Machine International, Sept 2004.
Iguana, now ATAV (Advanced Technology All-Terrain Amphibious) should be series produced in Indiana mid-2011, with a hydrostatic transmission, but project was cancelled.
Mexa-Clark articulated tracked vehicle, 1965, whose the third version (tracked) is pictured, like others versions, articulated wheeled 8x8 and 10x10, here in the open air 'museum' of Waterways Experiment Station (WES) at Vicksburg, Mississippi where they were tested in 1971. It was found that 3 t payload was not sufficient for the mass of the vehicle (9 T). http://www.jedsite.info/tractors-mike/mike/mexaclark_series/tracked/tracked.html
Second body of Mexa-Clark articulated tracked vehicle is shown here with joint and inching system. http://www.jedsite.info/tractors-mike/mike/mexaclark_series/tracked/tracked.html
The joint between the two bodies of Mexa-Clark articulated tracked vehicle. http://www.jedsite.info/tractors-mike/mike/mexaclark_series/tracked/tracked.html
Consolidated Industries built Sno-Terrain in the 60s made of two enclosed Weasel, which led to Artic Personnel Carrier of WNRE. http://www.m29cweasel.com/articles/art_consolidated.html
Artic Personnel Carrier by Wilson, Nuttal, Raimond Engineers (WRNE), Md, was based on the Weasel and their Polecat of the late 50s. http://www.m29cweasel.com/articles/art_consolidated.html
Big Trax 10 dumper of Barford, Grantham, Lincolnshire, GB, 10 t capacity, Iveco engine 94 kW. Tracks are unusual design. It seems this company is shut since 2011.
Barford Big Trax. See Chap 'Change Around the Track II'. www.roadtransport.com
Antonio Carraro SRX Allblack, 2008. http://www.powerboost.info/actualites/chrome-et-chenilles-pour-le-srx-allblack-0047.html
Loglander LL84 B, 72 hp, 18 km/h, tracked forwarder http://www.directindustry.com/prod/entracon-trade-sro/forestry-forwarders-57002-371400.html http://www.loglander.se/
PATV1 climbing a wall. Pict from 'Journal of Terramechanics', vol 28, 1991.
Articulated Tracked Vehicle PATV1 of Forest Products Research Institute, Japan about 80s. It could climb vertical wall of 90 cm being equipped of positive pitch, yaw and roll controls seen on drawing. 62 hp, mass 6300 kg, ground pressure 0,385 kgf/cm². http://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/labs/zoki/atv/atv-2.html
Articulated Tracked Vehicle PATV2, second prototype with all positive controls in a different joint with 5 degrees of freedom. Isuzu engine 110 hp, mass 8200 kg, ground pressure 0,471 kg/cm². www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp
Bronco Singapore Technologies Kinetics, articulated tracked vehicle built in early 2000 by ST Kinetics, Singapore. http://www.jedsite.info/fulltrack-bravo/bravo/bronco_series/bronco/bronco-intro.html
DT-2 of Machine Building Company, about 2009.
SV-2P articulated Transporter from SARL 'Bashterratehnika' appeared at a demonstration in 2004. It was the younger brother of 'Vityaz'. http://voenavto.almanacwhf.ru
Gastroymashina DTM-081 from the site www.krpb.ru http://skbgsm.ru/vezdehod_dtm-081
Oxen 4 tracks, from Sweden.
Tandem Oxen Myreback http://www.myreback.com/tandem-oxen.html
ALH prototype manufactured in Montana in 1973-74, designed by a man who worked for GM. Pict in 2007 by Grye, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ALH_sno-cat_1.JPG
Tidue Tracked agricultural vehicle. Tidue s r l, Remedello, Brecia district, Italia, manufactures rubber tracks. http://www.tidue.com/
1. 29/04/2012
It's Hägglunds, not Hagglûnds.... OK, It's done JMM
2. 20/11/2011
I bought the WNRE "Polecat" from a junk dealer in Harvey,La. He got it from an auction at Keesler AFB. It was painted orange with markings: WES TV-3. I did some research. WES is Waterways Experimental Station. That's the US Army Corps of Engineers (Vicsburg,Miss.) experiment facility for rivers where scale models are used to tame rivers etc. Also its where oddball vehicles were tested. I deduced that my "Polecat" was at least the third one tested hence TV-3, TEST VEHICLE #3. There is a museum vehicle "garden" at the location also with a "Polecat" on display. I contacted them to donate mine. They said no thanks. I bought it to utilize the tracks for my "Weasel". Hurricane Katrina nixed that. After watching the "Polecat" rust away and no one wanted to buy it, sadly I had to sell to the scrap man just this past Fri. and erase yet another truly rare vehicle from existence.
3. 09/11/2011
I have a "Polecat" in my back yard.
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I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
happy new year friends!
we are already nearing the end of the first week of 2012 - how did that happen? i hadn't planned on taking a blogging holiday but that's pretty much what happened since my solstice post.
i can't recall a december that was as packed as december 2011 and we didn't even go off on any wanders but stayed here on the north coast the entire month. i'm happy to report that on the whole it was a pretty wonderful holiday season.
we were blessed with so many special times with family and friends.
a few random snaps of the last couple weeks -
on the solstice, friends host an annual gathering - one of the last parts of the solstice celebration is for each person in attendance to light a candle and share their hopes for the days ahead.
a new member of the household arrived a couple days after solstice.
i should preface this introduction by mentioning that the number of cats at casa mouse dropped to a historic low of two while running errands with my daughter, em noticed that we were very close to the apl and mentioned that maybe we should drop in and look around. it didn't take long for me to completely fall for the gregarious orange (7 month old) kitten baxter (now formerly known as baxter).
on the ride home em and i discussed baxter's name - we already have a cat named baxter in our community of friends, and two baxters, well that is one too many. on the ride home with the sweet, mellow cat on my lap, the name merton arose and it just fit! as t.s. eliot states the naming of cats is a difficult matter - it isn't just one of your holiday games.
i'm happy to report that merton baxter gets along famously with tsuki and relations with the other critters are peaceful. merton wants to play with stella, but she would rather he keep his distance - which he does. merton even tolerates dixie when she comes over to visit and i have high hopes that one day he and dixie will be as good of friends as tsuki and dixie are.
the same day i adopted merton, bingo turned one! that night there was a wee birthday holiday celebration at bingo's house.
bingo receives a little candle blowing help from his mama and big sister ms t!
then it was christmas weekend!
we spent a cozy christmas eve eve with friends in oberlin
christmas day got off to a tasty start with breakfast crepes - courtesy of daughter em who is a master crepe maker! later on christmas we were blessed with the arrival of out of town friends and fictive sisters from metro dc.
the day after christmas we headed over to the cleveland museum of art where we met up with other friends. as everyone is an art lover, we checked out the special fu baoshi exhibit, looked at the progress of the new atrium, and wandered about the galleries of the permanent collection.
friendship, peace, love, and health to all!
2012 is off to a good start! all i have to do is get aboard the blogging train! i confess, along with not posting on the mouse, i'm totally out of the loop in terms of visiting friends in the bloggyhood! but i'm not worried after all, tomorrow is another day.
gladys knight and the pips performing friendship train in 1972. friendship train (1969) is one of many classics written (or co-written) by norman whitfield. whitfield is credited as one of the creators of the motown sound and he was also instrumental in the development of the sub-genre of psychedelic soul. by the way, other whitfield hits include: papa was a rolling stone, i heard it through the grapevine, ball of confusion, and just my imagination (running away with me)!
Calling out to everyone across the nation
Said the world is in a desperate situation
Stealing, burning, fighting, killing
Nothing but corruption
It looks like mankind in on the eve of destruction
Oh yes it is now people let me tell you now
We've got to learn to live with each other
No matter what the race, creed or color
I just got to tell you what the world needs now
Is love and understanding get aboard the friendship train
Everybody shake a hand make a friend now
Listen to us now, we're doing our thing
On the friendship train
We've got to start today to make tomorrow
A brighter day for our children
Oh calm down people now we can do it
I can prove it but only if our hearts are willing
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/g/gladys-knight-lyrics/friendship-train-lyrics.html ]
Now get aboard the friendship train
Everybody, shake a hand, shake a hand
Yes I'm talking about the friendship train
It don't matter what you look like
People or who you are
If your heart is in the right place
In the right place
Talking about the right palce
You're welcome aboard now
This train stands for justice,
This train stands for freedom
This train stands for harmony and peace
This train stands for love
Come on get on the friendship train
People listen to me now
Harmony is the key my sisters and brothers
Oh yes it is I say
Harmony is the key my sisters and brothers
People can't wait cause another day might be too late
Come on get on the friendship train
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Join Amy Boyle of Grace Girl Beads for a hands-on leather cuff workshop. Cultivate your creativity and usher in Spring with this fun afternoon on the farm. Amy will lead you in making your very own piece of jewelry artwork. You will learn the process of creating a leather cuff from vintage leather belts, and leave with a unique accessory handmade by you. With its beautiful, rustic filigree flower pattern, your leather cuff will remind you of the flowers at 1818 Farms every time you wear it.
All materials and tools are included. We will be working with stains and dyes to color the leather; we suggest you wear an old shirt or bring a smock.
More about Amy:
Amy Boyle is a jewelry designer and owner of Grace Girl Beads. She began making jewelry as a hobby and quickly realized that this may be more than just a fun creative outlet. Grace Girl was soon established as a part-time gig and was formed out of her love for creating unique pieces with an Old South inspiration. Amy's passion is creating timeless jewelry marrying vintage pieces and modern day style. She uses vintage belts for upscale cuffs, vintage spoons for stunning necklaces, and beautiful gemstones for bracelets, earrings and necklaces. In 2013, she took her love of jewelry and entrepreneurial spirit, full -time. A lifelong resident of the South, Amy now resides in Huntsville, AL with her husband, James, two boys, Jack and Andrew and her shop dog, Duncan.
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Carlos Torres, Canadia Media, and a New Era
Canadiamedia & Kany Films: Oakland Fuzion
You remember those incredibly sick Oakland Fuzion videos that came out a few years ago produced by Carlos Torres of Canadia Media with the aid of other various production company's? You ever wonder what happened to that guy? Well, we caught up with Carlos to see what he has been up to lately. Carlos has just started his senior year at Saint Mary's College of California, completing his Communication major and Digital Film minor. He has also just received a large grant for media production at the College, and will be working with consultants from Adobe in converting St. Mary's from Final Cut Pro Systems to Adobe Premiere Cloud. Personally though, he is working on establishing a well recognized professional production company. Last year he produced both of these videos of the St. Mary's Rugby team and their story. If you liked any of the old Canadia Media stuff, a sports fan, or looking for just a video to pump you up to get your day going. These are well worth the watch.
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Kevin Lungren instructs even the greenest of anglers on how to catch salmon from the beach at a lesson Sunday, July 14 at the South Whidbey Tilth Farmers Market. Pinks or humpback salmon run every other year, and this is a run year. Lungren will show what gear is needed, what techniques to employ and he'll be available to answer crabbing questions. Lungren is vice president of the Fishin' Club. He'll also teach a beginning fishing class for women and teenage girls Saturday, July 13 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland.
The Tilth market is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2812 Thompson Road, off State Highway 525. This Sunday, jazzman Danny Ward performs on his saxophone. Meet farmers who sell fresh berries and vegetables. Enjoy cold organic lemonade or hot coffee and brunch for take out or to eat Edward Hueneke's cooking. Local artisans vend handmade soap, wooden game boards, solar lights, fibers arts and other intriguing works. Visitors may tour the shaded woodland trail, community gardens, children's playhouse, sandbox and chickens.


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Momentum has picked up over the past 3 days! If everyone who signed would just get one more person to sign, the total signatures would be well over the goal of 100,000. Did you ask you daughter, son, spouse, mother, best friend, your co-workers, your neighbor -- everyone please just ask one more person.
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This term, Preps have been looking at the work of Mandy Pattullo and her fabric owl collages. The students have spent 5 weeks learning how to draw owls, painting them and they're currently working on their own owl collages made from scrap material (thank you to all the mums that helped cut up the scraps!). These drawings and paintings are work the students have done in their art journals as part of the developmental process. The skill level is truly amazing! Stay tuned for their owl collages in the next few weeks!
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Brilliant, those owls are so unique and beautiful! Super idea Chelsea.
Great work preps.
Can't wait to hand on our wall!!
Very cute artwork. This girl guide helper loves it. May be you know Brownie leaders in the past used to get called Brown or Tawny owl.


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Lifeteen Covecrest Summer Camp
Tiger, GA
July 8th-13th, 2019
What is Covecrest?
Covecrest is our most popular trip and for good reason, the Lifeteen Covecrest summer camp is a dynamic camp put on by the Lifeteen International Staff in the beautiful North Georgia Mountains that combines summer camp with the retreat experience. A week at camp consists of whitewater rafting on the Chattooga River, high and low ropes courses, mud obstacle courses and a giant mud pit to close messy games, hiking, sports, outdoor adventures, messy games, engaging and relevant talks, adoration, praise and worship, and an experience like you've never had before. Youth groups come from all over the country to experience the #bestweekever. Covecrest is truly a one of a kind experience and one you won't want to miss!
Here is the video of the week that we went last year to see what a week at Camp Covecrest looks like!
Who Can Go To Lifeteen Covecrest Summer Camp?
Covecrest is for all current 8th-12th graders!
Have a son or daughter in 5th-7th grade? They can go to the Edge Camp Wild Sky! Want more information about Camp Wild Sky? Click Here!
How Do I Sign Up?
Join St. Vincent de Paul Life Teen for a life-changing week at the Lifeteen Covecrest Summer Camp in Tiger, GA!
JULY 8th - JULY 13th, 2019
COST: $800-$900 (fundraising dependent)
To secure your spot, turn in this payment form and this liability waiver along with a $100 deposit to Pat by October 21st!
Full payment of $850 is encouraged.
If payment plan is needed, use payment schedule below:
$100 non-refundable deposit due October 21st
$400 due by March 15th
$300-$400 due by May 1st (Final number will be updated here as it gets closer)
*If we have not received full payment or if you have not contacted us by May 1st, your spot and paid funds will be forfeited and you will be added to the bottom of the waitlist.*
What is included in the cost?
The $850 cost includes the cost of the camp, airfare, transportation (bus to camp from the Atlanta airport and back is a 2 hour drive), all meals and lodging, and multiple t-shirts.
Are scholarships available?
Because Covecrest is a longer trip and more expensive, it's hard to find financial assistance compared to smaller retreats. However, we never want money to get in the way of an experience like Covecrest. So, if you are in need of financial assistance, please contact us and we'll see what we can do. Additionally, if you would like to sponsor a teen in need, plese contact us as well.
How do I sign up?
Click here to access the payment form (can also be found outside the Youth Ministry office on the black wall organizer) and turn it in along with payment (either full payment of $850 or whatever is owed according to the payment schedule. $100 deposit is due October 21st) to Pat or the front desk if he is not in office. You can pay by check made out to "St. Vincent de Paul Parish." We will be emailing you additional information or forms to be completed in the coming months. Please be on the lookout for emails from us with Covecrest in the subject line.
How many people will be there?
There will be over 300 high school teens from all over the country at this camp. Last year we brought 25.
Where is the camp located and where do we stay?
The camp is in Tiger, GA all on beautiful grounds owned by Lifeteen. We will be staying in air-conditioned cabins with full bathrooms and beds, divided by gender.
Who wil be chaperoning?
St. Vincent's Life Teen will be bringing a group of safe-environment trained adults from our parish, all of whom are a part of our Life Teen program. These adults will also act as your teen's small group leaders throughout the week.
Are there informational meetings to attend?
Yes! Please mark your calendar for our Parent & Teen Meeting held at the Lifeteen Room in the Family Center on Wednesday, May 15th, from 7-8pm.
Contact Pat at firstname.lastname@example.com or call us at 713-663-3524.


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Buildings: West Building, East Building, and Sculpture Garden
The West Building
Andrew Mellon selected American architect John Russell Pope (1874-1937) to design the museum's original West Building. His proposal was for a building in a traditional classicizing style but built with the most modern technology. Most of the building's three-acre roof is composed of skylights so that the galleries below are bathed in bright, unifying natural light.
Andrew Mellon and John Russell Pope died within twenty-four hours of each other in August 1937. The West Building was completed in accordance with their plans and the structure was accepted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on behalf of the American people on March 17, 1941. To maintain the buildings and infrastructure at optimal efficiency, the Gallery has implemented an ongoing, long-term program of repair, restoration, and renovation.
The East Building
When he created the National Gallery of Art, Andrew Mellon asked Congress to set aside an adjacent plot of land for eventual expansion. After little more than twenty-five years, that expansion already was needed.
In 1967, Andrew Mellon's children, Paul Mellon (1907-1999) and Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901-1969) offered funds for a second building to meet the museum's pressing space needs. Architect I. M. Pei was selected to design the building in a modernist style, but closely linked to the original West Building. Construction began in 1971 and the museum opened to the public on June 1, 1978.
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
In 1966, preparation began for a national sculpture garden on a site immediately to the west of the West Building. After more than 30 years of planning, the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden opened to the public on May 23, 1999. The pool and fountain at its center become an ice skating rink in winter.
The Collection
Search for a specific object by title, artist, keyword, provenance, or exhibition history in our Collection Search.
See the works that are on view now in the Gallery.


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We believe in the principles of creative integrity, and artistic freedom through synergy.
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Real Studio 2012 Release 1 was shipped earlier today. The ODBC and PostgreSQL plugins each had a fix that was made after the final installers were created. You can download newer versions of these plugins from our web site:
This is what changed:
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So if you use either of these plugins, download the updates from the web site: http://www.realsoftware.com/download/#extras


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Forums are my least favourite source of information on the internet. Too much noise, too many idiots, too little useful information, and what little good stuff there is must be picked from the swamp of mediocrity in which it floats.
All that said, the Roosh Forum suffers from these problems far less than any other I've seen recently, and there are a good number of truly solid posters in the Travel and Lifestyle sub-sections. (I'm sure the Game forum is good too, at least compared to it's alternatives, but I haven't given it much more than a cursory glance.) It really is the first forum I've found worth reading since the untimely death of the Tucker Max Message Board.
So check it out, and pro tip: Sort each sub-forum my the most-viewed posts to start off with the cream of the crop.
Freedom Twenty-Five readers, any other forums you think are worth a look that I may not have heard of? Any Rooshites among you already? Anyone else remember the glory days of the TMMB before it was axed?


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An Orthodox Jewish therapist provides counseling online and in person for the frum community and the world at large
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Counseling and In-person Counseling
Did you know that only a limited number of people who are referred by a physician to seek mental health services ever receive those services? Why is this?
Is it because they do not want to get well, or are there other factors? As you might guess, the reasons are many; and among them is the problem that acquiring counseling services is too difficult . . .
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From the KPI list page, click on the menu option 'Configuration' for Meantime Between Failure. You will then be taken to the configuration page. Here you need to select an appropriate sensor to provide input data for the formula:
MTBF = Uptime / Number of repairs
Once this is done, you have enough to click save, upon which your KPI will become active. For information on how to set up targets, read the article How to use targets.
The specifications for the required sensor are as follows:
Status (availability): This sensor needs to be supplying data on the current status of your machine. Is it actively running or not? The virtual or physical sensor need to provide the following values: "0" for "OFF", "1" when the machine is operating normally, "2" if the machine is in failure.


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This is a rather unique piece of jewelry, not something you would see in every jewelry store in the mall. The craftsmanship is excellent and the price reasonable. The inscription is for the possessor, not legible to the casual observer, you must look closely to read it.
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How did physically acting out help to explore ideas?
Since design is a kind of one-way communication, designers's product will achieve designers' idea, but for user is another story. Physically acting out helps designers to explore some potential need and defects which could be neglected.
Did you refine your ideas and solutions to the problem through body storming? In what way?
Body storming is a way to explore more possible solutions to the problem. All the team members will able to add their own idea to a particular problem. It is always better to refine a better idea from multiple ideas.
What was difficult or challenging about bodystorming?
People usually have to act out the scenarios, but sometimes it is quite confusing for other people because sometimes the body languages are too abstract to understand.
Does bodystorming lend itself to certain types of problems?
I think yes, bodystorming is good for designers to put themselves into the scenarios and to experience for the user experience problems, but not for those abstract issues.
How did taking the position of an Extreme User influence your thinking in relation to the design challenge? Was it different to how you usually generate ideas and empathy?
It is obviously different from the way we usually think of our product. Putting ourselves into a particular scene, this will help designers consider the interaction as a user. This is a better way to figure out the user's need.
Did any of the other design thinking techniques (design provocation cards, stories, storyboards, etc.) help you to work through ideas and collaborate with your group members?
Design provocation card enable me to have more ideas of how people think and how people feel. Allowed me to discover user' need in different categories.
The storyboard is a way which used to explain the the idea and provide the scenario which helps designers to understand how the product function and to find out the defects and glitches of the product.
1) Briefly reflect on the lessons learnt from each exercise.
a) Reflective listening
From this exercise I realize that I preferred to be a speaker rather than the listener. As a speaker all I need is to express my opinion and what I feel, it is more like a one-way communication which make everything easier. As a listener, you have to pay attention to the speakers' word as well as making some note and then give the feedback to the speaker, another reason is that I am not good at asking questions, which makes me feel a little bit hard to warm up the conversation.
b) Defamiliarisation of everyday reality
While doing this activity, I can put myself into the scene, but I can't actually tell what am I feeling at that time. Sometimes I can only say 'yes I do have similar experience', but for physical feeling it is really hard to tell as we are not the users or customers, we might have some similarities but maybe that's not what the customers complaining about. By the way, it is a very good method to obtain the 'true feelings', I usually focus more on the emotion and what are they thinking about.
c) Empathic Modelling
In this exercise the light always take my attention as I can't see things clearly while having the cling wrap on my glasses. I also trying to recognize different people without taking off my glasses. Since everything outside is so blurry, the bright color always being so conspicuous.
1. Describe your experience of creating personas from different users' perspectives gathered in the interview data. Was there enough commonality between the 4 people interviewed to form a coherent persona? Or did it make more sense to create a second different persona?
It is quite easy for us to create a persona while our topic is 'go to cinema'. We are in a group of 5 people, so we have more commonality than most of the other groups, but even though we have 5 people, we still have some contradiction when creating a persona. For example, two people they have a lot similarity but in some key points, like the frequency they go to cinema, they are totally different. Which confuse us as the reason we make the persona is to target our key users, but obviously they are quite different from the frequency that they go to cinema. Maybe it is still because of lack of material.
2. Do you think your final persona(s) was successful in generating empathy with users? What would you change to make it better?
One of our final personas was quite successful. Another one it might because accidentally the respondents have the same hobbit, to avoid that from happening, we just need more respondents.
1) How did this exercise help you build empathy with prospective users?
This exercise give me a very efficient way to gain users' feedback. As a designer, the feedback from users are very valuable, because they actually help us to update the object or application in order to perform a better user experience.
During this exercise, the first step is to collect the users' feedback as much as possible. Then the second step we use the blue notes to classified them. In second step the blue notes are different categories used to empathize the customers' need. Which give designers a straight and clear view and understand of what users are looking for.
2) How did the clustering of information help you to understand user needs?
By using the post-it notes, we can collect and classified different ideas from different users. The basic yellow notes allowed us to collect the users feedback as much as possible. While working in a team, different individuals may have different focus and ideas, this exercise help me to obtain a way to associate those different ideas from different members, and to jump out my mental circle.
The blue notes we can use to classified the feedback into different categories, by the same time we use the first person narrative way to emphasize the customers' need like 'I want …' or ' I don't like …', which able to put myself in the users' place to think. On the other hand, the blue notes also make the feedback more concise. Also the designers can find out how much the customers need directly by the numbers of yellow notes in that category.
3) What was difficult or challenging with the technique? How would you do it better next time?
In my point of view, the difficulty are usually from the process of the research part and time management. If the interview is too detail, then the users won't focus on the detail and it will take designers a long time to do the key points mining. But if the interview is not that specific, then some of the key points might be missing. How to search for the key points from the interview fast and clear need more practice.


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Redhat 5.5, logged in as root
I created a group dev-core
groupadd dev-core
Then I create a new user tony
useradd tony
I changed tony's password and added tony to group dev-core
usermod -a -G dev-core tony
Then, I created a directory /devel
mkdir /devel
I changed it's group to dev-core
chgrp dev-core /devel
I changed the directory's permission to this
drwxrwx--- 3 root dev-core
Now, when I login as tony and try to access /devel, I get a permissions denied message.
I don't understand why, the group that tony belongs to has full access to that directory. Can anyone explain?


text: Ian Bookman, MD is a gastroenterologist in Toronto who specializes in diseases of the digestive system, including general gastroenterology, hepatology (the study of the liver) and endoscopy. Dr. Bookman provides patient care and performs endoscopic procedures at St. Joseph's Health Centre as well as at the Kensington Screening Clinic. He received his medical degree and fellowships in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology from the University of Toronto, and is also certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He completed a research grant in hepatology at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia as well as a fellowship at the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Bookman is an Adjunct Lecturer with the University of Toronto, and was the 2011 recipient of the St. Joseph's Health Centre Best Clinical Teacher Award. He is the Medical Director of the Kensington Screening Centre, a nonprofit independent health facility devoted toward improving patient care. He is married with one daughter and lives in Toronto.


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African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, Nelson Mandela, Obama, South African Communist Party
In the Western World, Rolihlahla Mandela, more commonly known as "Nelson", is held up as some sort of saintly creature to be admired as a "Man of Peace". This image developed largely because he sat in jail for 26 years, the last part of it in fact with a white cook and swimming pool. Without dwelling on why he sat in jail for close on 200 bombings in South Africa up to 1964, it is safe to say that the West has been wholly misled. Only on the night of his death did they finally hear from the mouth of the South African Communist Party itself that he had been a central member of their leadership.
The South African Communist Party is one of the very earliest ever created. It was founded in 1921, based on the existing International Socialist League of South Africa (which dated from 1915), along with the Communist Party (of the Cape Province), the local Poalei-Zion, the Jewish Socialist Party, the Marxian Club, and some individuals. Its leadership was dominated by Latvian and Lithuanian Communists and Far Left British members, an influence that remains to this day. It was a "Foreigner's Ideas Club" at inception.
Mandela began "hanging out" with Communists like Joe Slovo during WWII. By 1947 he had finished serving his articles as a lawyer and became an executive of the African National Congress party in the Transvaal Province, where Johannesburg was situated. All this may be read in detail in AmaBhulu.
The West just cannot bring itself to accept that it has been comprehensively misled. It considers itself way "too highly educated", "too well-informed", "too wise", even "too fundamentally intelligent" to have been fooled. It has not yet learnt that it is exactly highly trained people who are the easy marks of con artists; this for exactly the reason that they believe they cannot be fooled. It is called "arrogance", and the West has it in ample supply, most particularly its liberal so-called intelligentsia, including the Clinton and Obama Administrations. George Bush senior was never fooled, but his son lost the plot and took Mandela's ANC party off the US Terrorist Organization List where his own father had correctly put them.
And now, thanks to Jacob Zuma (above), the hapless, incompetent, and wholly corrupt leader of South Africa, we learn that the disaster that is now South Africa was exactly and precisely Mandela's Plan. But why write prose here if all we have to do is take Zuma at his word, spoken with such dedication and conviction in an interview with China's CCTV. Says the intrepid Zuma of his African National Congress (ANC) party,
So we are the organisation of Mandela. We are using the lessons from Mandela to run the organisation, to run the country. So we think of Mandela as our leader who gave to us the lessons within the ANC framework and we stick to them and we will follow what Mandela did and following that will never go wrong.
And there you have it! From the mouths of babes…. or complete imbeciles, as the case may be. So says the man who ran South Africa from the biggest economy in Africa to third place and dropping, from a solid financial position to having its credit rating flirt with junk status, from a world leading country to an African Basket Case. The country is now the international poster boy of Government Corruption. It has already proved to be too much for some.
So THIS is what Mandela wanted? Really, Mr Zuma?
Thanks for warning us all 22 years too late! You and FW de Klerk should go camp together and do some bonding around a campfire. It seems both of you take just on a quarter century to "figure things out" that normal people consider obvious.
The interviewer clearly was not fooled. Note her follow-up question to the above segment.
Alas, Zuma cannot even fool a Communist on economics.


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Small trucks are necessary to deliver small errands and they can double up as a family car, as well. When you decide to buy a small truck, it is important to arm yourself with appropriate information so you can know how to go about the selection. From companies selling small Japanese trucks, it is possible to get a choice that will meet your needs.
Here are five most important things you need to know in order to purchase a reliable a credible small Japanese truck.
Consider cab design: this aspect relates closely to the purpose for which you buy the truck. If the truck will double up as a family car, then you need more space for passengers and less space for goods. On one hand, if you are going to use the truck in full-time transport services, then you need to consider small Japanese trucks with more space for goods.
Usually, there are three body types to consider when buying trucks, namely: regular cab, extended cab, and the crew cab designs. As mentioned above, the type of cab you choose depends on the job you want to perform with your truck. Regular cabs can accommodate two or three passengers including the driver. They have two doors only.
For extended cabs, they have additional space for storage while crew cab designs can accommodate five or six passengers, with four doors.
Consider price: While prices may differ from one supplier to another, it is important to have a price range to work with based on the type of truck you want to buy. Companies selling small Japanese trucks have them in a wide range for different prices. Standard trucks with two doors are the cheapest followed by an extended cab and crew cab designs in that order. Confirm the price from your preferred dealer before you close the deal.
Fuel economy: This is another important aspect to watch. It is important to consider because it adds up to the operation costs. Based on the type of activity you wish to accomplish with your truck, you can select a reliable engine that does not consume too much fuel. At the initial stages, you can liaise with suppliers of small Japanese trucks for sale to find out which one is ideal for your budget.
Safety: The truck you buy should have safety provisions in place such as front airbags and seat belts. These are important for both the driver and passenger in times of crash. In some models, especially full-size designs, it is possible to find side curtains and stability control features, as well. In addition, find out if the rear jump seat is well designed to offer high-level protection in the event of a crash.
Consider drivetrain: if you are going to use the truck for light duties in smooth terrains, you may just need a two-wheel drive model. However, in rough terrains you may necessitate an automatic transmission in a four-wheel drive model. Find out from your supplier the options you have in relation to your terrain.
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Presidential Address this Morning: Over promise then under deliver? $13 a week? Create 3 million+ jobs? Skeptical? Yes.
Obama Presidential Address - 2/14/09
Oh, here's the link to Recovery.gov that he mentions - check it out:
Amazing how they can draft 1,000+ page spending documents in hours, isn't it?
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Obama Presidential Address - 2/14/09
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