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The apparel chain filed for bankruptcy in January and closed its e-commerce site and stores.
Sycamore Partners buys The Limited for $26.75 million
The apparel chain filed for bankruptcy in January and closed its e-commerce site and stores.
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Online sales now account for more than 22% of Nordstrom's total sales.
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Within five years annual online sales could top $15 billion.
Compared to the more mature and far bigger online retail markets in the U.S. and Europe, India's e-commerce sales are relatively small. They are estimated at about $1.6 billion by market research firms such as Forrester Research Inc. and some Indian e-commerce venture capital firms.
But the Indian direct-to-consumer e-commerce market is likely to double in size to more than $3 billion within three years, and could grow to reach $15 billion by 2017, says Avnish Bajaj, co-founder and director of Matrix Partners India, one of India's most established e-commerce venture capital firms.
Speaking to Internet Retailer at the eTailing India Expo e-commerce conference in Mumbai this week, Bajaj says India's online customer base of around 20 million shoppers could increase as much as 1400% and reach 300 million shoppers within 10 years. "It's an exciting time to be in e-commerce in India, because even though the market has been developing since 2000 it's still very early on in the development stage," he says.
As a developing economy and early-stage e-commerce market, India faces several development hurdles, Bajaj says. Retailing in India is fragmented and dominated by tens of thousands of mostly small proprietors.
Secure payments processing remains a challenge, order fulfillment and package delivery to 60% of the Indian population that lives outside of major cities such as Mumbai and New Delhi is problematic, and India has a very low percentage of consumers with a credit or debit card compared with other countries such as the U.S. and Europe. On the plus side, the number of Indian consumers with a smartphone connected to the mobile Internet could approach 220 million within the next 10 years, Bajaj says.
"There are infrastructure problems, but as the e-commerce market develops and matures, companies will begin to make serious investments," Bajaj says.
Today the Indian online retailing market has thousands of individual e-commerce sites and only about 80 well-known online retail companies such as Flipkart.com, a six-year old web-only mass merchant with annual sales of about $100 million.
Catering to Indian consumers that connect to the web via mobile phones will be key to e-commerce success in India, Bajaj says. "Over time India's base of 80 million consumers with a personal computer connection to the Internet will be superseded by 220 million consumers with a smartphone," he says.
India's emerging base of online shoppers will be consumers age 25 and under with web-enabled smartphones who are active users of social media. "India has one of biggest bases of Facebook Fans in the world," Bajaj says. There are 62.7 million Facebook users in India, representing 68% of the country's online population, according to SocialBakers, which tracks activity on social networks.
In addition, the online shopper base in India will be increasingly females who will shop with increasing frequency online, Bajaj says. "Today the average consumer in India who shops online may do two or three transactions per month," he says. "In just a couple years as the market grows and matures, the average online shopper could be doing more like four to five transactions per month."
Bajaj is a Harvard business school graduate and former investment banker at Goldman Sachs. Before becoming an Indian venture capitalist, he also was the founder and CEO of Baazee, an online marketplace that was acquired by eBay for $55 million in 2004.
During a keynote speech at eTailing India Expo, Bajaj told attendees that venture capital funding of Indian e-commerce companies, especially smaller start-ups, is improving. "The good news is that India now has 15 or so seed funds to invest in smaller start-ups," Bajaj says. "It's a good time to be bullish on e-commerce in India."
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Fingrid applies video cameras to augment staff for remote power system operation.
Covering a large geographical area, Finland's transmission system is extensive, having been constructed over decades to satisfy the country's increasing need for electrical energy. Substations are located in cities as well as rural areas. The distance between the most northerly and most southerly substations is approximately 1,400 km (870 miles).
The Finnish transmission system operator, Fingrid, has divided the country into seven working areas, but it still takes up to a couple of hours for field staff to travel to the outmost substations when system disturbances or faults occur.
In 2009, as a way to decrease work hours and improve worker safety, Fingrid made the decision to move from a familiar and well-functioning procedure for power system operation to a totally new procedure involving video monitoring and remote switching.
The Finnish Transmission System
The Finnish transmission system is part of the Nordic power system, together with the transmission systems in Sweden, Norway and Eastern Denmark. There also is a direct current (DC) connection from Russia and Estonia to Finland, enabling the connection between these systems, which apply different principles. Correspondingly, the Nordic power system has been connected to the system in continental Europe through DC connections. Fingrid is responsible for the development, maintenance, operational planning and supervision of the Finnish transmission system:
- 4,100 km (2,548 miles) of 400-kV transmission lines
- 2,350 km (1,460 miles) of 220-kV transmission lines
- 7,500 km (4,660 miles) of 110-kV transmission lines
- 106 substations.
Service providers, or contractors, perform substation plant and overhead line maintenance for Fingrid. Each service provider is responsible for a single business area, such as substations or overhead lines. Contractors include Eltel and Empower, companies that operate mainly in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The service provider responsible for substations has to perform the normal switching operations required for maintenance, capital system development projects and system faults. This service provider also has on-call duty staff who respond to system disturbances and fault situations when a visit to a substation is required for investigative purposes.
Improving the Process
The existing process has been functioning well, and operators in the control rooms are satisfied with the performance of the contractors who are well organized and perform their responsibilities efficiently. The most significant goal of the operations model is that field staff are able to travel to the outmost substations from their locations within two hours. This goal is demanding because the distances in working areas may be several hundred kilometers and drive time to the outermost substations in winter conditions may increase from two hours to five hours. Traveling these long distances results in extended restoration times in the event of a permanent fault, increased operational costs (both driving and working hours) and decreased safety as driving in poor weather circumstances can result in traffic accidents.
Fingrid sought to review and modify its deep-rooted work patterns and principles in power system operation as some functions were unnecessarily robust and required considerable work hours. One area the transmission system operator investigated was video monitoring. At the time, it had already invested and installed a large number of video cameras that were not being used to the full extent of their capabilities. The first video cameras were installed in two substations in the late 1990s for the overall monitoring of the substation area, including some capital-intensive components such as power transformers.
Fingrid researched information on camera techniques and identified ways in which video cameras could contribute to other operations so the utility could derive further benefits from video monitoring. However, it took the utility almost a decade to get sufficient expertise as well as courage to diversify and expand the use of video cameras to other areas of business.
The utility wanted to revise its regular operation methods and create a totally different procedure for power system operation. Even though the utility had succeeded in several benchmarking procedures, there was still room to improve the quality of operations. For example, a video monitoring system could minimize disturbance times and speed up the restoration of supplies following an outage.
The costs attributable to regular switching would be decreased, and travel times and driving distances diminished. Also, safety at work would be improved as personnel would not be required to travel long distances, and it would not be necessary to work adjacent to the electrical plant in substations.
Beginning a New Era
In the beginning of 2009, Fingrid launched a project to apply video cameras and remote-control switching to regular operations and during power system disturbances. The objective was to replace mechanics working at substations with a modern technique while retaining high-quality personnel safety standards and power system operations. According to the utility's current strategy, remotely monitored switching capability will be installed in every substation by 2025.
A number of manually controlled disconnectors and earthing switches are in the utility's older substations. These devices will have to be refurbished or replaced with motor-driven mechanisms and remote-control capability. Substations have to be equipped with a sufficient number of video cameras, which is why the project is being implemented over a long period, allowing for the refurbishment of existing substations and the construction of new substations. The utility will deem it unnecessary to install cameras if a substation is scheduled for reconstruction within a period of two years.
The first fully remotely managed and operated switching stations were commissioned in fall 2010. The deployment will continue gradually as substations are reviewed to determine the strict requirements. Currently, some 10 substations are involved in remote-control operations, and Fingrid estimates the annual rate of commissioning substations fully equipped for remote switching will be 10 substations. The system has already proved to be capable of switching operations, but accurate data on the operational performance is not available yet since the project was implemented only recently. However, it is important to note that some faults have been cleared as a result of this new operational feature, and it was invaluable when dealing with a bus bar fault.
The number of cameras installed per substation will depend on the configuration of equipment within the substation. Some small and simple substations may be handled by three or four cameras, but larger substations may require more than 10 cameras because of several voltage levels, long bus bars and a large number of transformers. Thus, the cost of providing a substation with camera surveillance is variable, but on average, the cost per substation is expected to be about 70,000 euros (US$99,000).
Description of the System
Fingrid opted to integrate the remote-control supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system and video camera application to create combined technical instruction for managing and controlling switching in various situations. The created application called XADRC has been derived from combining the SCADA system XA/21 with the camera management framework DRC, which is the acronym that the Finnish camera system company Noatek has given to this product. DRC controls the installed cameras and sensors at the substations and other energy distribution facilities, and manages the video streams.
The project was executed in cooperation with the vendor of video cameras, with the objective to create an extensive future-proof network of video surveillance for operational use at substations. The product had to satisfy a strict specification that required the video cameras to be lightweight, easily adaptable and robust. The application had to achieve all the benefits of operational camera surveillance while being a flexible, robust system that would be easy to maintain and extend.
Remote control is not a new approach; it is used globally in power system operation among transmission system operators and other utilities. A new feature of the control system, however, is that it enables control center staff to verify visually the position of primary control equipment, particularly disconnectors and earthing switches. Visual verification is essential as the remote-control commands are executed at the substations, so the feedback from the local site to the SCADA system can be incorrect if the primary equipment is malfunctioning or the disconnectors or earthing switches fail to fully latch.
In the control center, the operator using SCADA selects a piece of equipment to change the status, such as a disconnector at the substation. During this action, the SCADA system transmits data packets with the IP address of the operator's workstation, point type, corresponding point number of the controlled plant, the name of the substation, the point name and the sequence number of the video monitoring server.
The video monitoring server receives the packets and starts transmitting the video of the selected equipment to the operator's desktop. When a single piece of equipment is selected, the XADRC application starts transmitting real-time information to the XADRC workstation, and the operator's workstation starts to show the video of the selected equipment.
The XADRC client viewer always shows a quad display, or a 2-inch by 2-inch (50-mm by 50-mm) video matrix. If the substation requires the disconnection of all three phases, the application shows the whole object with all three phases in the first screen. The second screen shows a picture of the first phase. The third screen shows the second phase. The fourth screen shows the third phase. The pictures are updated every 3.5 seconds on each screen during the whole process, which takes 45 seconds in total. After 45 seconds, the XADRC client's windows are minimized on the operator's screen. The time limit is configurable in the server's configuration files.
The majority of the cameras used are high-speed dome cameras. The performance of these cameras is proven, but improvement is still needed. The use of fixed megapixel cameras and megapixel dome cameras should be considered, as these cameras can scan a larger area of the substation, which can then be fully covered with the camera surveillance. The cost of a fixed megapixel camera is significantly lower than the cost of a high-speed dome camera, but the cost per installed megapixel dome is only slightly higher than the cost of a conventional video camera.
Lessons for the Future
It is not easy to transition from a familiar and well-functioning procedure to a totally new procedure. Fingrid has achieved a satisfactory level of cooperation with its service providers over the years and can rely on the expertise of the field staff. The new approach starts a totally new era in power system operation in Finland. Therefore, it is essential to recognize and identify certain features that have to be focused on as a result of this culture change.
In the former procedure, the field operative in a substation was a specialist engineer with knowledge of the operational features of the substation. In the remote monitored switching procedure, an operator in the control center requires similar expertise to exercise a new range of duties and responsibilities. Issues involved in checking the proper function of the substation is vital to be able to identify inoperative disconnectors or earthing switches. Therefore, it is essential to establish training for control center staff on the operational features of substation equipment to ensure they have the required skills to guarantee safety at work and power system security.
Solving system operational problems can be challenging, particularly those created by weather conditions such as lightning. In Finland, ice and snow collect on cameras, and daylight hours are short for six months out of the year. Therefore, video cameras have to be equipped with electrical heating to be capable of melting the ice and snow, and they have to be capable of transmitting clear pictures in poor lighting conditions. These major problems have been overcome; moreover, camera lenses are covered with a special foil that protects them from dust and dirt.
The operation of disconnectors and earthing switches require monitoring, and remedial action must be taken in the event a fault requires repair immediately. Field staff mechanics are trained to ensure proper function of the substation, especially during wintertime.
The planning process has to be improved. This requires the specification of the exact number of cameras located in precise positions at the substation, a task that has been very difficult for Fingrid. It appears that some disconnectors are screened by other items in the substation such as bus bars so that either cameras have to be relocated or additional cameras have to be installed. Management of the project has to improve by considering 3-D planning applications, improved video camera control specifications and closer cooperation with project field teams.
There is always the possibility to operate a substation manually. However, this type of action is forbidden. All remotely operated substation equipment is labeled, informing field staff that only remote control is allowed. Moreover, manual operations are prevented by mechanical locks.
Additionally, unintended remote control also has to be prevented by SCADA to guarantee safety at work and power system security.
Kimmo Kuusinen (firstname.lastname@example.com) is the senior adviser in power system operation for Fingrid, the Finnish transmission system operator. Kuusinen, who has been with Fingrid for 14 years, has held several positions in power system operation during his career. He holds a MSEE degree and an MBA degree.
Companies mentioned:
Eltel www.eltelnetworks.com
Empower www.empower.fi
Fingrid www.fingrid.fi


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Help!! I have a plumbing question. Our house is about 8 years old. We are getting ready to put it up for sale. However, over the past month or so, we've been having this problem in one of our bathrooms. I will sometimes hear bubbling and gurgling from that room. When I go in there, it's either the toilet bubbling or the tub, or sometimes even the sink. When this happens, you cannot flush the toilet. If you try, it just plugs up. But then about 20 minutes later, I hear the bubbling again, and it flushes on its own.
Any ideas on what's going on here?
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Psalm 147
Praise the Lord for His power—His understanding is infinite—He sends His commandments, His word, His statutes, and His judgments unto Israel.
2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his
6 The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing unto the Lord with
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The Lord taketh
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
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This stylish rain boot from Chooka will have you looking great while your feet stay dry! The Pop Zipper wedge is great for rainy days!
- Waterproof, rubber upper
- 10" shaft height, pull on
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- 14" calf circumference
- 2½" rubber wedge
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"Great boot! The heel isn't too high, so it's not impractical. In fact, being a rain boot, it's quite useful here in rainy Michigan! I feel the heel is a little rounded or narrow, as it will rock; I think the balance could be better. However, overall, it is a comfy, attractive, sensible boot."
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March 28, 2013
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"These boots are great! They're comfortable and stylish.It sounds like lots of people are having trouble with the zipper functioning properly... That's probably because THE ZIPPER IS DECORATIVE!!! It even says so in the product description:10" shaft height, pull onOutside decorative zipperSo, buy these cute rain boots if you like them, but don't try to use the zipper and they'll be just fine."
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March 22, 2013
Above the rain!
"So I needed a boot that wouldn't get wet in the rain or at least soaked in the rain if it did! So I bought these and the reviews were right. The zipper is super difficult and I plan on leaving it up because it gets stuck. I plan on just leaving the zipper up and rocking them like that."
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March 09, 2013
The Zipper Problem
"Like others had stated, the problem with this boot is the zipper. On the left boot, I was only able to upzip about five/six teeth. The right boot, almost half way to zip down. I was able to take off the boot without upzipping it. The boot is almost mid-calf. There is cloth material inside the boot, but its not thick or fleece. The best feature of the boot is the wedge heel; yet, its not enough for me to keep these boots."
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Comments: Came with a stringer. Great idea. Worked 5/6 times and broke. I wouldn't buy it again.
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Comments: Worked great...........twice. Then it broke.
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Comments: Invaluable! It makes getting a string through a string covered grommet as easy as that miserable part
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From: Vic, Livonia, Mi., USA. 11/08
Comments: I just ordered the Eagnas String Guide Pathfinder for $9.95 from Eagnas. It appears to be better quality
for 40% of the cost of the Gamma. The other possibility might be to go the the local feed store and order a 15 guage hypodermic
needle. The largest needle that my local store has is an 18, which is too small.
From: Mike, Grass Valley, CA. 11/08
Comments: It is great! it WAS my favorite tool until I broke it. It's rather fragile and very expensive to replace it
From: Jarrod, Torrance, CA, USA. 10/08
Comments: I do find this tool quite useful. I have used this on many racquets that I have strung. It is slippery if your
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Comments: I guess from all of the negative comments, I am the only one that really likes the tool. I had been
stringing without a pathfinder awl and to finally find something that helps get through blocked holes was great! You cannot Jam
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Comments: This came with my stringer and had the instructions on how to use it. I have no idea as to why this
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this is useless because it is pretty much impossible to fit through a blocked hole in the first place.
From: Mike, 01/07
Comments: This is just the generic pathfinder awl you get when you buy a low end Gamma
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From: Mark, Boston, MA, USA 04/06
Comments: This tool is an utter waste of plastic and cheap metal. First off, the handle is not
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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
The Emery County Commissioners held a public hearing to receive input on the issuance of taxable general obligation bonds. The Castle Valley Special Service District has requested the bonds for capital improvement projects. In 2009 a bond was approved to allow the district $12.5 million general obligation bond money for use by the district during a 10 year period. The district has used $2 million so far and has been able to receive $1.5 million in grant money for district projects.
The CVSSD works with each community to outline projects for that specific community. The district has been able to borrow the money for zero interest.
Alex Buxton from Zions Bank works with the CVSSD on the bonds. He said the bonds will close on March 20. Through the years they have been seeing fewer grants from the CIB and more interest bearing loans, so the CVSSD is fortunate to receive grant money.
Mark Cram from Siemens Industry presented to the commission on performance contracting and why it might be of value to the county. The company does a free evaluation of all county buildings or requested buildings and a report is generated on areas where savings might be realized in heating and air conditioning and other projects. Cram said there are savings opportunities in all buildings. The study identifies specific projects that can be completed and they would confer with the county and prioritize each project. If the county chooses to do any project, local contractors can be used and Siemens Industry is also a contractor. The commissioners decided to table any decisions on having the evaluations done and will study the proposal more thoroughly.
A conditional use permit was issued for Pitchfork Meats. They are located on Highway 155 north of Cleveland.
Justin Hart from the Division of Wildlife Resources spoke about the restoration of the Colorado cutthroat project in Ferron Canyon. There are 45 miles of stream. Ferron Reservoir was treated last fall and will be treated again this spring to kill all non-native fish in the reservoir. The reservoir will be stocked with sterile trout this spring and plans are the fishery will be ready by July 4. Hart asked for the county's support for the project.
Hart said this project will help prevent the Colorado cutthroat trout from being listed on the endangered species list and keeps the fish under state control.
Commissioner James Nelson said this is a big issue and if the US Fish and Wildlife comes into an area, they can overtake an area.
Hart said the fishery will not be Colorado cutthroat alone, but plans are for a diverse fishery. "We will see some improvements in the fishing up there," said Hart.
Bill Bates, southeastern Utah regional supervisor for the DWR said it is their goal to avoid any federal listing for these fish.
Ray Petersen, public lands director said the water users and grazers are not affected by this restoration project, but should the Colorado cutthroat become listed then they would be affected by it, and everything could come to halt.
The DWR also brought a payment in lieu of taxes check to the county for $2,700 for land they manage within the county, but do not pay taxes on. The commission will write a formal letter of support for the DWR for the Colorado cutthroat restoration project in Ferron Canyon.
Connie Nelson and Ron Barney were appointed to the Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Board. Randy Jensen was appointed to the career service board. Norma Funk was appointed to the district council on aging. Commissioner Nelson was approved as the representative to the Emery County Travel Bureau. Al Shakespaere volunteered to serve on the aging board.
The commission set upfront fees for building permits and valuation schedules. The fee will be $150 for residential and $300 for commercial. This upfront fee for plan review will be subtracted from the building permit fee.
The commission approved a $350 donation to the Emery County Community Theatre for assistance in producing their play Mame which will be in March.
The commission approved a service agreement for collection services with NCS Plus, a debt collection agency that presented their proposal at a previous commission meeting.
The weed and mosquito board bylaws were approved.
A presentation was given on listing surplus county property on an online auction service. This creates more exposure for the surplus property and greater revenues collected. It also allows the county to list an item when it becomes available and it doesn't have to be stored and housed until a large enough supply of surplus items become available so an auction can be held. Only government entities can list on this site, but anyone can make purchases. The site generates more money than a local sale. Typically an item is on the auction for 14 days, you can post pictures of the item too. There isn't a cost to the county and the buyers absorb the cost of the site. It is nationwide advertising and the site is publicsurplus.com. The estimated increase in revenues is 16-32 percent more than a regular auction. Anything and everything can be listed. Appointments can also be made for viewing if someone wants to view an item before they bid on it. The buyers pay the online auction and the auction company will direct deposit money into the county's account on a schedule determined by the county and the company. This also keeps auction items in better repair and they don't sit and deteriorate over time waiting for an auction. The county will take the matter into consideration and make a decision at the next commission meeting.
The commissioners reported on their recent activities. Commissioner Laurie Pitchforth said she accompanied the county seniors to the senior day at the legislature where our representatives Christine Watkins and Sen. David Hinkins met with and spoke to the county seniors. They also had lunch with them. She said they made it a very special day for our local seniors. She attended tourism day on the hill. She attended the fair convention where groups and entertainment gather and you can book them for the county fair. The 2012 fair theme is Celebrating the Past, Imagine the future.
Spring sports are on-line now for registration at the county's website, baseball, soccer, swim and softball. A dodgeball tournament is scheduled for March 24 at the recreation building.
Commissioner Nelson said there is a bill at the legislature to help counties with their public land use bills. It will help the bills to get approval at the state level before the bill moves onto Washington. The shooting range land has gained final approval. The NRCS is granting $1.5 million for Green River for work on the diversion dam. Nelson said there is a real need for this project and it will be really beneficial to the county.
Commissioner Jeff Horrocks said Rep. Noel is still making adjustments to the bill regarding state approval for county land use bills. They are making changes to the language and that bill hadn't been submitted yet.
Commissioner Horrocks said he attended a Rocky Mountain Power presentation and they are interested in wind/geothermal and solar energy. They do support nuclear power.
At the fire meeting they discussed the need for a new ladder truck. Funding is needed and the ladder truck can run between $750,000 to $1 million. They are looking at various funding options including homeland security,emergency services money. They are also looking at replacing other trucks that have become outdated. This year the fire district will also upgrade the turn-out gear and this is a $58,000 expenditure. April 2-May 6 will be the burn dates, with burning starting in Green River two weeks earlier. The emergency preparedness fair will be in Carbon County this year at the events center on April 28.
The Emery County Road District #1 will be looking to replace the bridge in Ferron Canyon that is too small for all the run-off that comes down and they are looking for funding for this project and will apply to the CIB as well as look at other funding sources.


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This fall is an exciting time in the world of Young Adult Literature. With the release of highly-anticipated sequels, installments, and conclusions to a number of popular series, months (and even years) of eager, impatient waiting will finally be rewarded across several fandoms.
Elaborate theories, feverish discussions, and futile online appeals to authors will all come to an eerie halt as frequently-visited blogs and forums will suddenly be deserted. Fans everywhere will grab a coveted copy of the precious book and place themselves into temporary solitary confinement, far away from friends, family, and spoiler-prone social media. Some will inhale a book that they've been awaiting for a full year in a matter of hours. Those in the midst of a series will find themselves with yet another cliffhanger and another year to wait, while others will be left with the realization that their beloved series has come to an end.
Here are two of October's most anticipated books:
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
This is the final book in the very popular Divergent trilogy, a dystopian series that takes place in a barren, future Chicago (author Veronica Roth is originally from Naperville, Illinois). The action continues where Insurgent left off, calling alliances and loyalties into question after the startling revelations from the last book's denouement. Over the summer, filming for the movie version of the trilogy took place in downtown Chicago. With the first film out next Spring, it will certainly be interesting to see how clever set designs and CGI will transform the city into an eerie dystopia.
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
The fourth and penultimate book in the Heroes of Olympus series, this book follows the nail-biting, hair-pulling cliffhanger of The Mark of Athena. Fans of this series will have another year to wait before the series reaches its completion in the fifth book, The Blood of Olympus. For many, the impending conclusion to the series is bittersweet, as fans have been following Percy Jackson and his friends since 2005. Percy Jackson was first introduced in The Lightning Thief (2005), the first book from Riordan's original pentalogy, Percy Jackson & The Olympians. But the ride isn't over quite yet, and The House of Hades will surely have another of Riordan's famous cliffhangers!
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Speed and convenience are the twin mantras of customer service in our fast paced world. The optical industry is no exception. Along with quality patient care, providing quick service on a new pair of glasses helps to reinforce patient satisfaction and loyalty. It also closes the sale faster to improve your cash flow. So it pays, literally, to turn jobs around quickly.One way to offer speedy service is to set up an in-house finishing lab. But for practices without edging equipment, the key to fast service is quick turnaround at a commercial lab. What's the fastest way to get your job orders started at a lab to speed up turnaround? Phone? Fax? Fed Ex or lab courier? They all work, but nothing beats online remote frame tracing and order entry to get your job started within hours, even minutes of completing a patient exam.With a remote frame tracer, you can transmit precise frame measurements to your lab along with the patient's Rx and job data by using computer software that communicates via modem or an Internet portal. The lab can start processing the lenses using the trace, so there's no waiting time for frames to arrive.THE MOVE TO REMOTERemote tracing has progressed along a long and bumpy learning curve over the last 20 years. The early remote frame tracers had poor accuracy rates and were difficult to calibrate. And connecting remotely to a lab could be a complex process often stymied by software incompatibility issues. But all that's changed.Two significant trends have emerged in the new millennium to help enhance remote connection possibilities. First is the increased precision of remote tracing equipment that can record and transmit frame measurements with a high degree of accuracy. The second trend is the use of Internet connections and versatile software to facilitate communications between remote tracing locations and destination labs.The use of remote tracing is on the rise, tracking in tandem with the increased use of online order entry systems. More practices now send spectacle lens orders to their wholesale lab using computer-based ordering systems. This has nurtured a growing comfort level and expertise among optical personnel with using the computer, the Internet and remote technology in general.According to L&T's 2006 Lab Usage Survey, almost 33 percent of practices sent frame tracings with their online lab orders in 2006, compared with only 19 percent in 2004. SPEEDS UP TURNAROUNDEye care practices use remote frame tracing to kick-start their lab jobs. "Speed is the key benefit," says Louise Mon, an optician working with Starer, Rizzo and Ruffini Ophthalmic Associates in Ridley Park, Pa. The practice uses a National Optronics 4T tracer to transmit its jobs to Balester Optical. Walt Komski, production manager for Balester in Wilkes- Barre, Pa. wishes that more accounts would use remote tracing because "it expedites our frames-to-follow jobs."The way it works is simple. The retail site needs a frame tracer, a computer and a modem or online connection. A frame tracing is transmitted along with the Rx and job data within minutes of fitting a patient and job orders are sent via computer to the lab throughout the day. The lab can begin cutting the lenses using exact frame measurements without waiting for frame delivery, which eliminates at least one day in the job turnaround time.Some practices opt to mount the finished lenses themselves, and keep the frames in their offices. Others send the frames after submitting the orders electronically to let their labs complete the jobs. This places final responsibility for mounting the lenses with the labs, a consideration given the risk of spoilage when assembling today's high-end premium lenses. Frames can be sent for next day delivery using courier or overnight delivery services to complete the job faster.LENS ONLY JOBSProcessing "lens only" jobs remains one of the biggest benefits of remote tracing. "We work with an ophthalmology practice and we do a lot of 'one lens only' jobs for patients after surgery," says Mary Lou Gasser of the Wooster Eye Center in Wooster, Ohio. "With remote tracing, our patients can keep their glasses until replacement lenses are ready, which is a very valuable service."Audrey Mead, practice manager for Mead Optometry in Woodbury, Minn., recalls that her office first investigated remote tracing to get accurate sizing for "lens only" jobs. Today, all of their jobs are sent online with remote tracings. Except for "lens only" jobs, she prefers to have Walman Optical do the frame mounting on all their jobs "so that our staff opticians can spend their time working with patients. This saves staff time and money."PREMIUM LENSES, SURFACING JOBSGetting jobs started sooner via remote tracing is especially beneficial when requesting specialty products like AR coating, which adds an extra day to the process time. Notes Chris Brown, manager of the Walman/Soderberg help desk, "We can get started within 45 minutes of receiving a remote trace and get the lenses out to the AR coating facility faster so the job is ready sooner."Edging practices are also using remote tracers, especially for ordering uncuts from their surfacing labs. "By sending a remote trace along with the Rx, we can fabricate a lens for the exact frame geometry instead of a generic shape," says Brown. "This ensures that the lens is the accurate thickness and has the best cosmetics."LINKING MULTI-LOCATION PRACTICESRemote tracers are ideally suited for eyecare practices with multiple retail offices, which use them to link non-edging locations with a central shared finishing lab. This provides the productivity and cost benefits of in-office edging without having to duplicate lab equipment.South Jersey Eye Physicians has three locations, each with opticians who fit patients for spectacle jobs. A frame tracer is used at each office to record and send job data via a closed loop system to the company's central finishing lab in Moorestown, N.J."Our remote tracing system reduces downtime and costs," explains Lou Dinardo, the optical lab technician who runs the company's central lab. "I print job tickets and order uncut lenses throughout the day for faster turnaround time. A record is kept of all frame and job data with Santinelli's IntelliTrace system so we can update jobs as needed."REMOTE TRACING EQUIPMENTUnlike the first generation, newer remote tracers provide a high level of accuracy in capturing frame measurements. All tracers measure in 3D, recording frame size, shape and curvature. Some also measure thickness and the frame bevel angle and use multiple frame reference points to record an exact trace.Remote tracers are now fully automatic and simple to learn and use. Frames are placed into a clamping mechanism, where a stylus automatically records the contours of the eyewire in about a minute. High-wrap frames can be easily traced by placing either right or left eye in an angled manner in the tracer. This accomplishes a mirror trace for both eyes.Most tracers are compact and easy to fit into a small office space near a computer. The units, priced between $5,200 and $6,000 by the manufacturers, can also be purchased from labs. Before you buy any equipment, talk to your wholesale labs about equipment compatibility and check out any lab purchase- rebate programs. Some labs will discount the jobs submitted on tracers purchased directly from them, which represents a cost savings for you and a loyalty- building strategy for the lab."Our tracer has pretty much paid for itself with the rebate we get from Walman's," says Debi Ross, assistant manager at Eye Care Eyewear in Tullahoma, Tenn., noting "the payback makes it very efficient." An investment in remote technology is also offset by reduced dispensary costs for staff time and paperwork processing. SOFTWARE CONNECTIONSAt the heart of remote technology is the software, including tracer software and host lab software. Tracer software captures frame measurements along with the Rx, patient and job data and transmits this to a lab's order entry software via an office computer and modem or an Internet portal. Bar codes and job tracking numbers are assigned and the status of the job can be checked in real time throughout the job process. Among the host lab software systems in use are DVI's RxWizard, Optifacts Inc.'s Optifacts and OMICS, Gerber- Coburn's Innovations, C.C. Systems' Labzilla, VisionStar's LMS and Optical Online.ECPs can also connect to labs through an Internet portal such as Vision Web (www.VisionWeb.com), which is designed to facilitate online ordering from multiple labs, vendors and distributors. This service provides interface software to link with a variety of remote tracers, lab order entry systems and practice management software to create compatible communications across technologies and avoid duplication of data entry.Whether you are purchasing a remote tracer or linking up one you own, a lab sales rep will help set up the equipment and software connections needed to get started. Compatibility is the key issue. Most equipment is VCA compliant so the machines can "communicate" successfully, but your lab is the authority on what will work. For connections between multiple retail locations, check with tracer manufacturers who provide "closed loop" software.A side benefit to using remote order entry systems is catching errors early. Greg Stone, eBusiness sales manager for Essilor Labs' Trace and Transmit program, notes "a big problem labs have with paper orders is missing information. Electronic orders avoid this by alerting the ECP's office when there are order omissions or problems before the order is sent."ACCURACY CHECKSEven though remote tracers are "auto-calibrating" and the software is user friendly, success with remote tracing requires attention to detail. It's important to confirm that the tracer readings are in synch with the lab's finishing equipment to ensure accuracy. How often this is done can vary from every day to a few times a month, depending on the equipment, its frequency of use and individual lab protocols."We make sure our lab edgers are calibrated to accept the proper left-right sizing," notes Ted Mabry, production vice president at Interstate Optical in Ohio, which sets up the tracers and software for its customers.Lou Dinardo does a sizing check every morning to make sure the trace measurements at each of his satellite locations match the readings in his lab "because this procedure is extremely important to avoid incorrect sizing issues." Bill Inman, senior VP and chief operating officer of the CSC Group in Watsonville, Calif., notes that for remote tracing to work successfully, it's important "that the ECP's staff be vigilant about maintaining the equipment and careful about checking the accuracy of the trace."Remote tracing isn't for every practice, but it has many applications that enhance both office and lab productivity and patient service. Those who use it say it is accurate, reliable, easy to use and saves them time and money. The technology allows even smaller practices to stay competitive on service with the big chains. "Remote tracing works best when the person in charge at the retail end has some dispensing experience and optical knowledge," says Ed Schmidt, branch manager of Soderberg in St. Paul, Minn. Bottom line: Technology is only ever as good as the people who use it.LT
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Betty J. Neal, 80, 3720 Massey Road, Eldorado, died at 11:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at Ferrell Hospital.
Visitation is from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and the services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at the Watson Funeral Home in Eldorado with the Rev. Dennis Robison officiating. Burial will be the Lindale Cemetery.
She was born June 6, 1932, in Sturgis, Ky., to Robert H. Koker and Lydia M. She and her family moved Eldorado in 1939. On July 8, , she married John W. Neal from Eldorado.
She and "Johnnie" moved to East Gary, Ind., where they resided for 40 years and raised their family. They enjoyed spending time together while participating in numerous bowling leagues over the years while living "up north."
She was a trusted friend to her numerous Spanish speaking neighbors. She spent many years as a volunteer member and officer of several PTA and other school committees. She worked for several years, outside the home, for Faircraft Engineering, a suitcase and briefcase manufacturer, in Portage, Ind.
After moving back home in the mid-1980's, she was a member of the Egyptian Shrine Ladies Club of Harrisburg and Eastern Star of Raleigh for many years.
She was a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt and friend to all who knew her and will be missed and thought about fondly for many years to come. She is now in Heaven among the Angels watching over us. We love you mom and you will always be with us in our hearts. One day we will all be together again.
She is survived by two sons, Richard L. "Rick" (Sharon) Neal of Novi, Mich., and John W. "Bill" (Lynn) Neal Jr. of Eldorado; two grandsons, Shawn and Jason Neal; six stepgrandchildren, Kimberly Mowbray, Michelle Froehlich, Lori Flores, Angela Coleman, Daniel (Amy) Robinson and Bonnie Robinson; one great-grandson, Tyler Warner; 9 great-stepgrandchildren, Pierce Mowbray, Jenna Froehlich, Luke Froehlich, Dominic Flores, Damian Flores, Travis Coleman, Megan Coleman, Trey Robinson and Hunter Robinson.
She is preceded in death by her beloved husband Johnnie; three sisters, Viola, Freda and Velma; two brothers, John Robert and Billie Ray; and one very special niece, Barbara Kay.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lindale Cemetery and left at the funeral home.
On line condolences may be sent to the family at www.watsonfuneralhome.net
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Dominique Darby had taken nearly all the courses necessary to get an associate's degree in business from Polk State College, but a low grade in applied calculus held her up.
LAKELAND | Dominique Darby had taken nearly all the courses necessary to get an associate's degree in business from Polk State College, but a low grade in applied calculus held her up.
Faced with taking the course over again to boost her grade, the 21-year-old Lakeland resident let a few semesters go and didn't get a degree.
But recently a solution was presented, via the Graduate Tampa Bay program. Sometimes called the Graduate Polk program locally, it is designed to get students like Darby pushed through the system with completed degrees.
Darby received guidance from the PSC registrar's office, and now she's getting a degree in liberal arts — without having to take that calculus class.
The campaign was designed to target an estimated 700,000 regional residents who have some college credit but no formal degree. Ken Atwater, president of Hillsborough Community College and leader of the initiative, said when it was launched that if 30,000 of those students obtained degrees, it could generate about $3 billion in new area revenue.
The Graduate Tampa Bay program is made up of public and private colleges and universities that have joined forces to work toward getting the almost-done students to the finish line.
Nearly everyone knows someone who "almost" has a degree but somehow fell out of the academic world before completion. Those are the people Graduate Tampa Bay is after.
Darby said she thinks it's a great idea.
"I'm so glad to have my degree," she said. "I think the program is great, because I don't think enough people are really that aware of what might be required for them to get their degrees. This way, they get help."
Even though colleges and universities have counselors and academic advisers already available to assist students, this program specifically addresses issues that have prevented certain almost-there students from getting their degrees.
Eileen Holden, president of Polk State College, said the joint effort ties in well with her school's existing programs.
"Our work through Graduate Tampa Bay is an extension of what we talk about every day — student success," she said in a written response. "The difference between being close to a degree and being a graduate is huge — in terms of earnings, opportunities and even confidence.
"The college is committed to helping students change their lives through higher education, and this is another way to do that."
Graduate Tampa Bay is part of an effort led by the Tampa Bay Partnership to help achieve a 1 percent increase in college completion throughout the area. Tampa Bay Partnership covers an eight-county area of western Central Florida that includes Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties and the metro areas of Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Bradenton, Sarasota-Venice and Lakeland-Winter Haven.
Graduate Tampa Bay is the local arm of the Talent Dividend campaign, a competition among 50 U.S. cities to increase the number of residents with college degrees. The winner is to receive $1 million for a national advertising campaign to showcase the region's professional talent.
But the most important "prizes" could very well be found in the students who are able to complete degrees. Holden said since PSC announced its participation earlier this year, almost 70 students who were "just shy" of degrees have graduated.
Other Polk schools that are participating include Florida Southern College, Keiser University, Southeastern University, Warner University, Webber International University and Webster University.
Brian Carroll, vice president for university advancement at Southeastern University in Lakeland, said working to get degrees completed is a cause the university is naturally aligned with.
"We are committed to helping adult and continuing education students complete their degrees through a number of online and evening programs," he said.
"Being a part of a coalition like Graduate Polk is just one of many ways we as an institution can support our local community and its economic development."
Often, the obstacle to graduation is merely a bit of paperwork or a form that hasn't been filled out. Kathy Bucklew, PSC director of student enrollment services and registrar, said most students at most institutions are supposed to apply in order to officially graduate. But some students complete all required courses and don't complete the paperwork.
Others are just a few credits short of graduating and simply do not follow through.
Those categories of students are the ones that can often be assessed and guided into degree completion fairly quickly.
Sometimes, a change in major can mean a degree.
When contacted by PSC, Darby learned she didn't have to take that calculus class if she wanted an associate's of art instead of a business degree. She was happy to accept the former.
"The college calling me was the push I needed to move forward," she said.
Now, Darby is on her way to getting a degree in communication and sociology at the University of South Florida. She's looking forward to one day reaping the benefits of completing her education.
Information posted on the Graduate Tampa Bay website gives lots of good reasons to get that degree. They include:
On average, college graduates make about $22,000 more per year than those who do not have a degree.
Studies show college graduates experience quicker recovery from unemployment, downsizing, and temporarily leaving the workforce.
When employers use computer screening for job applicants, those who with college degrees are more likely to get an interview.
Recent studies indicate 60 percent of future jobs will call for at least a two-year degree.
Statistically, college graduates report feeling more empowered and in control of the future than non-graduates.
Polk County participants are also working with business leaders to get word out about the program. Polk Vision has joined the effort to pave the way toward degree completion for those who need a little help or final push.
For information, call 863-298-6855 or visit www.graduatetampabay.org.
[ Mary Toothman can be reached at email@example.com or 863-802-7512. Her Twitter feed is @MaryToothman.]


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This Takes A While To Get There...but when it does, your hair still has body and is not flat and greasy looking. Amazing. Just dry your hair, section it a little bit, pull the styler through 1-3 times per section, and you have straight hair that is not gross, flat and greasy looking like my old super-hot flat iron would make my hair look. I have great hair and do nothing with it - I know - I'm a total ingrate. So I could do lots with my curly/easy to straighten hair, but I'm not very good in the girly department, so I pull it in a pony tail to work or work out. I used to only use a straightener once in a blue moon because my hair looked awful 3-4 hours after using it, but this lasted for DAYS. Yes. DAYS. Now I know that my haircut is not so even, bloody hell......Apr 3, 2016Hair IngrateHAIR TYPEDark Brown / Normal Hair
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Exactly What I NeededLet me tell you first that I was VERY SKEPTICAL about this flat iron. The first thing I said was "Sure this will work on my tight curly hair" (LOL) Well, Well, Well, to my surprise, IT WORKS. I wanted a flat iron that would straighten my hair without damage, and also give me a smooth finish. This flat iron did exactly that. I used it on freshly washed and of course dried hair; as well as second day touch up (more or less) just to see the results, and it performed well on both occasions.
Thank you Ferrum for this product. Creative thinking.Jul 17, 2015MpHAIR TYPEMedium Brown / Dry Hair / Curly Hair / Color Treated Hair / Fine or Thin Hair
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Amazeballs On Relaxed And Natural HairI loved how this flat iron didn't give me that limp straight hair that flat irons are notoriously known for, but I was really skeptical to see if it would work on a head full of beautiful natural curls. So when my gorgeously 2 years natural cousin came to visit last weekend, I was amped when she asked me to straighten her hair. She only straightens her hair 2-3 times a year and hasn't seen the length of her hair in months. I showed her the Ferrum, explained that one side has one ceramic plate with a satiny fabric in place of the other ceramic plate, she looked at me with bewilderment. After everything was said and done, she was shocked at how silky straight, shiny, and soft her hair was. I used the exact same process to straighten her natural curls as I did my relaxed tresses.
It took me some time to get adjusted to this iron. You have to remember to place the ceramic plated side of the iron on the top of your hair and the satiny fabric plate on the bottom of the hair. My only complaint was the weird static that it created. I was able to kill the static with finishing drop of Sedu Anti-Frizz. It was annoying but not a deal breaker. The instructions suggest to use the iron on it's highest temperature of 450 for kinky hair. I absolutely whole-heartedly disagree. I used the iron on 300 for her 4a curls. I want straight hair---not burnt hair! No matter how much healthier this flat iron might be for your hair, it's still direct heat and you should totally use it very sparingly.
I still love my Solia iron (also from Folica) but this Ferrum is growing on me!Feb 25, 2014KlpHAIR TYPEDark Brown / Thick or Coarse Hair / Relaxed Hair
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WondertoolI received this as a gift and it's great. Gives me volume and doesn't flatten out my hair. It feels like a blow-out but with much less headache. The one drawback is that if you have a lot of junk in your hair when you use it then you have to keep the fabric clean afterwards.Oct 23, 2013Alina / LAHAIR TYPEDark Brown / Normal Hair
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Finally!I have colored hair and I have had horrible experiences with flat irons and hair damage. This styler really makes a difference. First, i don't feel it squeezing the life out of my hair and my hair doesn't feel brittle and dry the next day. Love it.Oct 15, 2013Nicole / LAHAIR TYPEColor Treated Hair / Thick or Coarse Hair
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Really Like ThisI've been using this product for 2 weeks. It delivers on its promise of shine and volume. I see myself using it more when I am going somewhere special since it takes a bit longer than a regular flat-iron.Sep 4, 2013Jill S.HAIR TYPEBlonde / Curly Hair / Color Treated Hair
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The Anti Flat-ironI love this product. I haven't used a flat-iron in years since I don't like the flattened out look nor the split-ends. This product is something else entirely. The look is exactly what I want in a straightening tool. Highly recommended.Sep 3, 2013FatimaHAIR TYPEMedium Brown / Fine or Thin Hair
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Great ConceptThis is a great product. Does what it says. More natural, shiny look and seems to be damaging my hair less. Minus one star for taking a bit longer to use than a two plate iron but I guess that's trade off for the results.Aug 30, 2013ShellyHAIR TYPENormal Hair / Color Treated Hair
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Like Nothing I've TriedGreat product. I love the way my hair looks after using it. Bouncy and really shiny. It's hard to describe it to people because it's almost not a flat-iron. It's really a lot like getting a blow-dry. It leaves your hair straight but not pin-straight. I'm a big fan.Aug 30, 2013SaraHAIR TYPEThick or Coarse Hair
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Great For VolumeI'm half-asian/white and I have thick, wavy hair that I hate flat ironing because it's usually overkill. My stylist told me about ferrum and said it was a less harsh way to straighten. It works great on my hair. I can adjust the temperature and have a lot of control over the way my hair looks. It still releases some steam from my hair but not as much as I have seen in the past and it doesn't make my hair limp at all. Great tool for my type of hair.
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SB Nation | By Ryan Rosenblatt
Brandon Lloyd scored from five yards out as the Patriots are threatening to turn this into a laugher.
There were a couple times when it looked like the Houston Texans might have a chance to upend the New England Patriots. The opening kickoff, which went all the way to the Patriots' 12 was one. The 10 points just before halftime that made it a 17-13 game was another. But it sure doesn't feel like they have a chance now. Not after Brandon Lloyd caught a five-yard touchdown pass to put the Patriots up 31-13 in the waning seconds of the third quarter.
The drive started at the Patriots' 37-yard line and got going quickly with a nine-yard rush by Stevan Ridley. A 14-yard pass to Aaron Hernandez and a seven-yard completion to Lloyd kept the Pats going before Ridley carried twice for 28 yards. That moved the ball to the Houston five-yard line, where a quick pass to Lloyd was good for a touchdown. An extra point later and the New England lead was 18 points with just a litte more than a quarter to go for a berth in the AFC Championship Game.
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I've been thinking about a problem that seems to grow in use and abuse nearly every day. Drug and alcohol use is the cause of more crime and family disharmony than anything else.
I recently interviewed a couple who had been married for 71 years. One of the pieces of advice he gave was to stay away from alcohol. He said alcohol is and has been a major scourge in the world.
What a waste of time and effort and money. All the time spent drinking could be used more productively. All the money that could be spent for more worthy endeavors. When did man get so messed up that he needs all these substances just to get through the day.
They need coffee to get up and get them going. They need cigarettes to help with stress. They need pills to wake up. They need pills to go to sleep. They need pills for all manner of ailments. I just don't understand what has happened to our world. People under the influence of drugs and alcohol commit many crimes.
Ninety-five percent, (or higher) of the burglaries/thefts in our county stem from a burglary when someone is searching for drugs or stealing items to sell to buy drugs.
What can be done? Where do we begin to solve these problems? Since when did a pill or a drink become the answer? How do we relearn to solve our problems from the inside out and not the outside in?
I think the secular media has had a great deal to do with the popularization of and glamorization of drugs and alcohol. This has been a great disservice to our youth. These ads of beautiful young people in a bar having a seemingly great time and having a lot of friends is so misleading.
The ads never show the downside. They never show the people vomiting by the curb on the outside of the bar. They never show the people in court facing charges of drunk driving or worse. '
I am saddened by the events of the world and I hope that each one of us within our sphere of influence can do whatever it takes to help those around us avoid drugs and alcohol.
It's not fun. It's not pretty. It ruins lives and families. It destroys individuals. It fills the courts. It causes untold pain and suffering to society. One day at a time we can make a difference. Let's get started.


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Allridge said since the purchase of the auto dealership a number of improvements have been made to the lot. The lot was cleaned off and some of the old inventory was moved off and some were sold. The lot has been graveled and the office has been remodeled. The exterior has been painted. Old outbuildings were torn down and a new sign for the business has been ordered.
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Skip to comments.EPA likely to approve grain sorghum for cleaner ethanol
Posted on 08/16/2012 5:15:37 AM PDT by thackney
The federal government is on the verge of approving a grain mainly used as livestock feed to make a cleaner version of ethanol, a decision officials say could give farmers a new moneymaking opportunity, boost the biofuels industry and help the environment.
A plant in western Kansas already is gearing up to take advantage, launching a multimillion-dollar renovation so it can be the first to turn sorghum a plant similar in appearance to corn into advanced ethanol. Advanced biofuels result in even less lifetime greenhouse gas production than conventional biofuels, measuring from the time a crop is planted to when the fuel is burned in a vehicle.
The only advanced biofuels in the United States now are sugar cane-based ethanol imported from Brazil and domestic biodiesel, a mixture of petroleum diesel and renewable sources such as soybean oil, said Matt Hartwig, spokesman for the Renewable Fuels Association. Advanced ethanol made from sorghum would give the nation another option as it aims to meet the federal goal of producing 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels per year by 2022.
More idiocy. It costs more to make this ethanol, uses up soil resources, and produces a diluted fuel which causes harm to engines. And then they try to say that this is good for the environment!
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
The government is involved, what could go wrong?
However, it is likely the diversion of feed crops will cause an increase in the price of livestock (and meat).
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), also known as milo, has a variety of uses including food for human consumption, feed grain for livestock and industrial applications such as ethanol production. The area planted to sorghum worldwide has increased by 66 percent over the past 50 years, while yield has increased by 244 percent. Around half of the sorghum produced is fed to livestock, and half is consumed by humans and used in other applications.Sorghum is grown in 14 states.
Historically, Kansas and Texas have been the top two sorghum-producing states. In 2011 the two states retained their ranking as leading producers, harvesting 78 percent of the U.S. sorghum crop. Kansas produced 110 million bushels valued at $671 million, while Texas produced 56 million bushels valued at $331 million. Other states producing large quantities of grain sorghum include Oklahoma, Colorado, South Dakota, Louisiana and Nebraska.
Agreed. I detest ethenol for what it does to small engines. Another example of unintended consquences.
Ethanol. doesn't work.
Since the juice from the stalks of sorghum is not much different than juice from sugarcane, if they don't have a way to process the juice out in the location where it's raised, they will probably be going backwards.
You can't stack wet sorghum for processing later. It will catch on fire.
It will probably cost more to produce than you get out of it.
Once I thought that Ethanol was a good idea, now though? It only makes sense when there are bumper crops and it's either convert to ethanol or leave the grain to rot or be eaten by rodents.
Burning our food just doesn't seem to make sense anymore especially with all of the new petroleum coming on-line through new production techniques.
I believe there is a moral component to the act of selfishly burning our food for fuel.
Looking at the bright side, these critters love milo and as a result, the vast crop fields in Western Kansas have become some of the best bird hunting in the world. Fun to bag, great to eat, sells guns, more income for farmers, and it p*sses off PETA libtards.
For decades Americans have shown the world how to grow more food than they can possibly eat.
So much food that they can BURN it to heat their houses, power their cars AND STILL HAVE TOO MUCH GRAIN!
They have rejected our ideas and methods.
There is a price for stubborn stupidity.
My wife is a gardener and often grows cherry tomatoes.
The plants usually produce a surprising (at least to me) abundance of fruit for their size and space and many varieties are incredibly sweet.
I've often wondered if those couldn't be an alternative source of sugar for ethanol production compared to corn or perhaps as an alternative to sugar beets. Don't know enough about the soil requirements, but it seems cherry tomatoes are a lot less demanding and produce for a longer period than corn.
I imagine harvesting is not as easy to automate though.
Pheasants used to be a very common sight (and sound) here in southern Michigan but with the return of the native turkeys pheasants are increasingly rare.
The cattle industry is no friend of the Marxists in Washington nor to the animal rights nuts so this would be right up the enemy within's alley.
If they can make meat too expensive they will have succeeded in nudging us in the direction the FWOTUS (First Wookie of the USA) wants us to follow.
We have all the energy we need right here in the USA and we do not need to be burning our fuel. To unleash this USA energy would simply require ejecting all the Marxists in the WH and more importantly congress.
We need to get away from this E-fuel BS. Now they want to go after another feed grain?? Makes one think that they also have some PETA thinking in addition to the silly climate change poop.
Brazil is awash in ethanol and they really would like to export it to us, but the US taxes their ethanol to the point its not imported and instead we stupidly burn our food.
The watermelon greenies be damned!
The question left unanswered is: how much did the owner of the Kentucky processing plant contribute to the Obama campaign?
Why not something useless that grows aggressively with minimal or no care? Kudzu comes to mind, or goldenrod or endless other weeds suited to their particular niches?
Nixon's legacy, the EPA, a nation destroyer. Who'da thunk it?
The larger per gallon tax was dropped last year when the subsidy was dropped. What is left is only a 2.5% ad valorem tariff on the import of ethanol for use in fuel.
2.5% is not an overly burdensome import tax.
The US has been a net exporter of fuel ethanol since Jan 2010. We produce more than we use. There is not a shortage.
In fact the last couple years we were exporting to Brazil as their demand exceeded their own supply. But the last few months we had small imports from them.
Brazil is the second largest producer of ethanol in the world after the United States. In 2010, Brazil produced 486,000 bbl/d of ethanol, up from 450,000bbl/d in 2009. A combination of high world sugar prices, a poor sugar cane harvest, and underinvestment caused a precipitous decline in ethanol production in 2011. While official numbers for the year have not been released, estimates place 2011 production around 390,000 bbl/d close to a 20 percent drop year on year.This shortage forced Brazil to import corn ethanol from the United States.
The Brazilian government has taken measures to prevent future ethanol supply shortages and increase public involvement in the sector. The government lowered the blend requirement in gasoline from 25 percent to 20 percent. Additionally, it brought regulation of the ethanol sector under the jurisdiction of the ANP and announced plans to expand Petrobras' presence in the ethanol market. In the medium term, Brazil aspires to export ethanol to the United States, which recently removed tariffs on Brazilian sugar cane ethanol.
To be economic, the plant needs to produce some significant amount of sugars. Converting cellulose to ethanol has been a dream for some for quite a while, but the economics still make it a losing proposition unless an economic enzyme is found that can be produced in large quantities to break it down.
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