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The brother of an instructor who died after being swept off Taranaki's Paritutu Rock into the sea, says he is not angry with the company his brother worked for.
The Taranaki Outdoor Pursuits and Education Centre (Topec) has been charged over the rock-climbing deaths of 42-year-old Bryce Jourdain and 17-year-old Spotswood College students Stephen Kahukaka-Gedye and Joao Felipe Martins De Melo.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's (MBIE) Health and Safety group laid four charges in the New Plymouth District Court today alleging the centre failed in its safety obligations to its employees and students.
Mr Jourdain's brother Craig said he had no anger towards Topec for what happened, and he felt "what the Labour Department needs to do, they need to do.''
He said it was a "fantastic organisation''.
"I hope this doesn't stop them from operating in the future.''
Mr Jourdain assumed they would need to make some changes in future depending on the outcome of the hearing.
Bryce Jourdain's wife Robyn said the death of her husband was an ``unbelievable tragedy''.
"Today's announcement by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment is part of the process that needs to be followed, in order to find out what went so tragically wrong on that fateful day, Wednesday 8 August 2012.
"As a family, we continue to take life one day at a time and look after each other.''
Ms Jourdain thanked the New Plymouth community for the love it has shown towards their children, Isaac, 12 and Grace, 10.
"Six months may have already passed, but our Bryce remains our rock. We love you.''
Detective Senior Sergeant Grant Coward said police had conducted a "long, thorough and detailed investigation'' into the tragedy and had concluded there was no criminal culpability on any person or organisation.
The matter would be referred to the Coroner, he said.
The students drowned when they were swept into the sea on an outing in bad weather.
Mr Jourdain dived into the water to try to save the students, but also died.
The charges have been laid under Sections 6, 15 and 16, with a maximum penalty $250,000; and Section 50, with a maximum penalty $500,000.
A ministry spokesman would not say why no charges had been laid over the boys' deaths and said now the case was before the court, they would not comment further.
Topec Board chairman David Grigg said the organisation had not yet received the completed report by MBIE, nor had it received full disclosure from the Ministry in relation to any of the charges.
"We understand there is vast documentation to go through and the matter is now in the hands of our lawyer Kylie Pascoe. In light of the matter being before the court it would be inappropriate to comment any further at this time.
"Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families and friends of Felipe, Stephen and Bryce and all those that are affected by these events.''
The charges:
* failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of its employee Mr Jourdain
* failing to take all practicable steps to ensure that a volunteer instructor from Germany was not exposed to hazards of high and powerful seas in his place of work
* failing to take all practicable steps to ensure that no action or inaction of its employee while at work harmed any other person
* as a person who controlled a place of work failing to take all practicable steps to ensure that no hazard that arose in the place of work - high and powerful seas - harmed people who were in the place with their express consent and who had paid to undertake an activity there.


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10th July 2013 05:07 AM #1
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Fertility vitamins
Hello all! I was wondering if any of you have tried any special vitamins or teas to help you conceive? I have tried a few but still no luck. For example, I have tried a vitamin B elixer and also a vitamin called Maca. I am sure they are both great for you to help women conceive, but still no luck for me. Does anyone have any suggestions?
11th July 2013 07:40 AM #2
Hi Sherri,
Maca can be very effective for some women, but I've also heard of women who took it, who did not need it, and the Maca through their cycles way off.
Herbs like Maca can be very effective at balancing hormones and increasing fertility but you want to be sure you are working with someone who can tell you how much you need to take, how often to take it, and who can prescribe the highest quality herbs available. It will do little good if you are taking the wrong amount and/or if you are taking a low quality herbal supplement.
As for vitamins, there are many, many different vitamins and minerals that play a role in vital health and fertility. One of the first things you can do is to find a high quality prenatal supplement. Some manufacturers are actually creating a prenatal vitamin that is in it's raw state, which means it has amino acids and other really good things that other varieties lack. All vitamins are NOT created equal. You want to be sure you choose a supplement that is high quality so that your body can absorb and utilize the goodness they offer.
Once you know which vitamins and/or minerals your body is lacking, you can take specific supplements in higher doses to increase health and fertility.
It's super important to be getting enough leafy greens in your diet every day. I often recommend 3 heads of leafy greens a day. This can be difficult if you are not juicing, and in that case, you may want to take a powdered greens supplement which you can mix into water or juice. Organic Barley Grass powder is very good and will help with detoxification, hormonal regulation, will help resolve constipation and increases iron levels which also increases energy.
Hope this helps,
11th July 2013 09:26 AM #3
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Thank you Kate!
I appreciate the warnings on Maca, I had no idea that it could throw my cycles off. And you are right I should go to a professional to tell me how much to take. I only took the information from the sales woman at the herbal store.
I will definately look into a good prenatal vitamin, I'm sure that will help me with my energy levels that seem to be soaring downwards. Also the information on the leafy greens is wonderful!! There is a new health store that just opened that is close to me, I am hoping that they carry the Organic Barley Grass powder! I wish I knew that I had to detoxify my body a long time ago! I am sure if I had of I wouldn't be having the problems that I have been suffering with.
All this information is just so wonderful! Thank you so much! May God bless you for blessing peoples lives the way you do.
11th July 2013 09:37 AM #4
Hi Sherri,
If you do a search for "green drinks" and "green smoothies" in the forums, you'll find lots of good information and recipes. Drinking your greens is an easy way to get lots of nutrition into your body.
Warm Regards,
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Family: Phrynosomatidae, Earless and Horned Lizards view all from this family
Description Smalle keeled back scales. Granular side scales, scales on neck smaller than on back. Bluish gray with 2 parallel lines of spots down back. Line on neck to shoulder.
Dimensions 11-15.9cm. (4 1/2-6 1/4")
Subspecies Merriam's Canyon lizard - Tail without bands. Texas to nw. Mexico.
Big Bend Canyon lizard - Tail has dark bands. Brester County, Texas.
Presidio Canyon Lizard - throat has dark bars. Presidio County, Texas.
Breeding Spring/summer. Hatch July. Often more than 1 clutch of eggs per season.
Habitat Canyons, rocks without vegetation.
Range Texas to Mexico.
Discussion Diurnal. Easily approachable and and not very wary.


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The Long-Run Benefits of Treadmill Desks
Trendy treadmill desks might actually help improve job performance – after employees get used to working while walking, according to new research.
A yearlong study of finance workers at a company in St. Paul, Minn. found that the productivity of 40 treadmill users dropped at first as they struggled to master typing and manipulating a mouse while walking at speeds of up to two miles per hour.
But within four to six months, all three measures of performance—quality and quantity of work, and quality of interactions with colleagues—rose steadily, according to weekly surveys of participants.
At the end of the survey period, workers with treadmill desks rated their overall performance 0.69 points higher than before the project began, on a 1-to-10 scale. Performance ratings given by their supervisors, who filled out weekly surveys rating both treadmill users and non-users, rose for walkers by a full point by the end of the year.
For tasks like solving problems or taking conference calls, "a little bit of walking is useful because it means there's more blood flow to the brain," said Avner Ben-Ner, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and an author of the study, which was published last month in the online journal PLOS ONE. "You get more oxygen and it increases the ability to think."
Treadmill desks have gotten attention amid research findings about the negative effects of sedentary lifestyles and jobs that leave workers sitting all day. But data on the effectiveness of the desks has been relatively scant. Two recent studies have shown that treadmill walking reduced a person's accuracy in fine-motor tasks such as typing and mouse-clicking.
There are other downsides, too, as The Wall Street Journal wrote last year, including the possibility of falls and injuries and, according to some online complaints, painful shocks from the machines' build-up of static.
Mr. Ben-Ner noted that treadmill users need some time to adjust to the ergonomics of walking while working, including the proper monitor and keyboard height. His team provided no training to study participants, and he said that employers who provide such desk should offer help to get users set up and comfortable on the machines.
"This wouldn't be very good for people who thread a needle for their jobs," he said. "But everyone who does brain work knows that if you're stumped or need fresh ideas, take a walk."


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Cromartie to speak on religious freedom, April 29
Posted April 25, 2006; 02:30 p.m.
Michael Cromartie, vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., will deliver a lecture titled "Toward Global Religious Freedom" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29, in Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Cromartie's work focuses on Christianity and politics, the evangelical church in America, media coverage of religion and the religious right. In September 2004, President Bush appointed Cromartie to a two-year term on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. He was elected chair of the commission in 2005.
The event is sponsored by the Manna Christian Fellowship, Office of Religious Life, Undergraduate Student Government Projects Board, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Pace Center.


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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:10 PM GMT on March 10, 2010
A rare weather event is underway in the South Atlantic Ocean, where the basin's 7th recorded tropical or subtropical cyclone of all-time has formed. An area of disturbed weather (Invest 90Q) off the coast of Brazil, near 30S 48W, attained a well-defined surface circulation, top wind speeds of tropical depression strength (35 mph), a warm core in the bottom portion of the atmosphere, and a cold core aloft last night. If this storm had been in the North Atlantic, there is a good chance it would have been named Subtropical Depression One. However, tropical and subtropical storms are so rare in the South Atlantic that there is no official naming of depressions or storms done. The cyclone had top winds of at least 35 mph as seen on an ASCAT pass at 7:02 am EST this morning (Figure 2), and satellite estimates of the storm's intensity topped out at 40 mph (minimum subtropical storms strength) last night. This morning, the satellite estimates are showing that the system has weakened to a 35 mph tropical depression. There is some moderate wind shear interfering with development, and sea surface temperatures are about 25°C, which is about 1°C below what is typically needed to support a tropical storm. The storm is headed eastward out to sea, and is not a threat to any land areas. The models show the storm will lose its tropical characteristics and get absorbed by a frontal system by Saturday.
Figure 1. Afternoon visible satellite image of the Brazilian Invest 90Q.
Figure 2. Satellite-measured winds from ASCAT clearly show the circulation of the cyclone in this pass from 7:02 am EST on March 10, 2010. Top winds as seen be ASCAT were 30 knots (35 mph), just below the 40 mph needed for it to be a tropical storm. Image credit: NOAA/NESDIS/ORA.
Brazil has had only one landfalling tropical cyclone in its history, Cyclone Catarina of March 2004. Catarina is one of only six known tropical or subtropical cyclones to form in the South Atlantic, and the only one to reach hurricane strength. Tropical cyclones rarely form in the South Atlantic Ocean, due to strong upper-level wind shear, cool water temperatures, and the lack of an initial disturbance to get things spinning (no African waves or Intertropical Convergence Zone exist in the proper locations in the South Atlantic to help spawn tropical storms). Today's storm is located close to where Catarina formed.
Severe weather season begins
It's March, and that means severe weather season will get underway in earnest for the Midwest U.S., and powerful spring storm systems draw warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico northward, to collide with cold, dry air from Canada. It's been a quiet early season, with only 42 tornadoes reported thus far this year (as of Sunday), compared to a normal 70 - 100 twisters. There was only one tornado in the U.S. in February, in a San Joaquin Valley oilfield in California two weekends ago. A year ago, there were 36 February tornadoes, and the year's deadliest tornado occurred on Feb. 10, 2009, in Lone Grove, Oklahoma, where eight people died in a storm with winds estimated at 170 mph. But thanks to a very wet winter and a continued active jet stream pattern that will pull strong storms through the Midwestern U.S. this month, expect at least an average March for severe weather. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a "slight" chance of severe weather across a large portion of the Mississippi Valley today, in association with a strong cold front that will be plowing through the region. Strong thuderstorms capable of generating damaging winds and large hail should develop along the front from southeast Kansas through eastern Oklahoma into NE Texas by middle/late afternoon. The storms should consolidate into broken bands and move into Missouri and and Arkansas by early evening. Isolated tornadoes are also possible in the entire "slight" risk area.
Figure 3. Severe weather forecast for today from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center.
Hurricane Hugo talk
I'm presenting a talk to a class at the University of Michigan this morning on my 1989 flight through Hurricane Hugo. You can listen in live starting at about 10:10 - 10:15 am EST by pointing your browser to http://samson.lecturetools.org/. You'll need to have Apple Quicktime installed. If all goes well, the talk will be recorded and you can view it later, as well.
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The whole Gulp concept of baits has been a sure winner for Berkley. In salt water the Jerk Baits are often the best bet for deep water fishing on either party or private boats. They can be fit with a variety of jig heads and on some days, when nothing else seems to work, the scent of the Gulp does the trick.
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Subway tile. The rectangular tiles that were common at the turn of the century only to go out of style through the 1950's-90's (replaced by squares) are back in a BIG way. You see them everywhere. Kitchens, Bathrooms, traditional and contemporary. Wha-what? Contemporary subway tile? Absolutely.
You're used to seeing subway tile in the traditional running bond pattern (sometimes called a brick pattern) shown in the photo to the left. One row is laid lengthwise and the next row is offset by a half tile length to create an offset pattern that resembles a brick pattern. Most often in white, it is a classic pattern.
If you're sick of the standard layout, or just want to consider some fresh new subway tile ideas, consider the following:
What if you turn traditional running bond pattern 90 degrees right or left? You have a vertical running bond as shown in drawing #1. Traditional, yes but a little edgier and unexpected than the standard horizontal layout. The focus is the strong vertical line that this pattern creates. It is perfect for those transitional spaces or more contemporary spaces in a dramatic color or unusual size tile.
We can go even further as in drawing #2 with a straight stack of subway tile, either vertical or horizontal. This pattern has been done frequently in more commercial setting such as...subway stations! In a restaurant or home, this is a simple way to bring a bit of funk into your space.
Even lesser known is drawing #3, a unique subway tile layout that is also a running bond pattern. Here the tiles are vertical, while the slightly different offset layout creates a line of strong horizontal banding. This is my favorite of the subway patterns and one that is completely underutilized.
Check our design boards under Design Ideas for more examples of how to use subway tiles in a pattern. laNeva offers two sizes of the traditional "subway" shape tile- in 2" x 4" and 3" x 6"- with lots of different color combinations to fit your life.
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Happy New Year all 🙂 ! I hope that you are transitioning into the regular work week better than I am! Have you ever felt that you need a vacation to get over your vacation? Yup, that's me right about now 🙂 Still, a New Year is a wonderful thing to usher in in my book, and I am excited for all the opportunities which have presented themselves to me over the last month. First up though is the unveiling of the new Trinigourmet layout which I've been working on for some time! 2010 was a banner year for Trinigourmet. Not only did I keep my posting mojo up I also got to connect with many of you via my presence on Twitter [1], and the weekly chats which I hold there as well as on Facebook [2]. These chats will continue in 2011 as I've really learnt from and enjoyed your company – I hope the feeling is mutual 🙂
I had originally planned to post the following roundup the last week of December, but life got in the way. So here it is… Trinigourmet's Top 10 Posts of 2010! 🙂
1. Ciabatta Bread – recipe [3]
This recipe for Ciabatta Bread creates a very light loaf, soft and chewy on the inside with a thin crunchy rustic crust. I made it for my mom's birthday and it was a huge hit. I hope it will be a hit with you as well
You can view the recipe here [3].
2. Trinidad Black Cake (recipe) [4]
Black Cake in Trinidad is a Christmas tradition. Made predominantly of alcohol drenched prunes, currants and raisins, variations abound.
You can view the recipe here [5].
3. Trinidad Sorrel Drink (recipe) [6]
Sorrel, made from the sepals, of the sorrel flower is fruity and fragrant. Similar in taste to hibiscus tea, sorrel becomes even more heavenly with the addition of rum 😉
You can view the recipe here [6].
4.Trinidad Pholourie – recipe [7]
Pholourie are basically little balls of split pea flour fried and served in a thin sweet chutney sauce (usually mango or tamarind). You can buy them in little paper bags with the sauce in a little plastic bag included. So yum. When I was working in Port-of- Spain I would often buy a pack of pholourie and a doubles [8] for my breakfast. So the yum!
Pholourie is not restricted to roadside vendors though, I've also eaten them as hors d'oeuvres at weddings and other events.
You can view the recipe here [7].
5.Trinidad Saltfish Accra – recipe [9]
Trinidad accra are puffy fried dough balls, made of a highly seasoned dough into which shredded saltfish has been mixed. I've had it at weddings, gatherings, and of course bought it from street vendors.
You can view the recipe here [9].
6.Trinidadian Roti – An Overview [10]
Roti. Four little letters that have the power to put any Trini into a smile-infused stupor 🙂 East Indian in origin Trinidad roti has now become its own entity with several variants offered to the sidewalk or fast food consumer.
You can view the article here [10].
7.Trinidad Pastelles – recipe [11]
One of Trinidad's seasonal delights, pastelles are a steamed cornmeal pie wrapped in banana leaves and filled with stewed meat, olives, and raisins.
You can view the recipe here [11].
8. Punch de Creme – recipe [12]
Punch de Creme, is one of Trinidad's traditional Christmas drinks. It is a rum drink, basically our version of eggnog.
You can view the recipe here [12].
9. Oven BBQ Chicken – recipe [13]
Although there is no substitute for BBQ from the grill, oven-baked chicken recipes are in my eyes are perfectly acceptable substitute as the results of this recipe will testify!
You can view the recipe here [13].
10. Jamaican Cornmeal Porridge – recipe [14]
Cornmeal porridge is one of my ultimate comfort foods. My Jamaican mother made it regularly for me as a child, particularly if I was unwell or feeling particularly downtrodden. Cornmeal porridge holds a very special place in the Jamaican food psyche.
You can view the recipe here [14].


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10 slices Hearty white bread, remove crusts and cut into cubes
11/2 c. Cheddar cheese, shredded
11/2 c. diced ham
12 eggs
2T. instant minced onion or flakes - sometimes I use fresh
11/2 tsp. salt
3 tsp. dry mustard
41/2 c. milk
Spray a 9 x 13-inch glass pan and a 7 x 12-inch glass pan with butter flavored spray and place the bread in the bottom of pans. Sprinkle diced ham & cheese on the bread. * Sprinkle instant onion over ham & cheese. In a medium bowl mix the eggs, salt, dry mustard, and milk. Pour the egg mixture over the casserole. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Bake in a 350° oven for about 45 - 50 minutes.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares organic light-emitting diode technology maker Universal Display (OLED) are up 58 cents, or 1.7%, at $34.15, after the company's CFO, Sidney Rosenblatt, spoke this afternoon at a Needham & Co. conference in New York, and reiterated an outlook previously offered for $142 million to $144 million in revenue, which is slightly below the consensus $144.1 million.
Briefing.com offered some remarks from the talk, including the company addressing its supply agreement with Samsung Electronics (005930KS):
Mgmt discussed the co's relationship with Samsung. Co has a long-term contract with SSNLF through 2017 with minimum quantities of materials that SSNLF will purchase from co; they are increasing through 2017 and so are licensing fees. When asked if SSNLF can back out of its contract with the co, mgmt said that even if their patents are invalidated in other jurisdictions, SSNLF is still obligated to pay licensing fees under its contract through 2017. The co does not see this as a risk factor […] SSNLF has not announced any capacity at this time for OLED tvs. Mgmt "personally believes" that it probably will be 2015 by the time the market sees capacity in OLED tvs […] SSNLF is about 95% of the OLED market right now. As the industry grows, the co's customer base will grow as well […] Co has short-term license agreements with other cos as well; expects to sign long-term agreements when their products move into production. -Co has $250 mln of cash on hand and no debt. If there are M&A opportunities in its area of expertise, the co will respond.
Unviersal shares spiked yesterday following an article by BoyGeniusReport's Chris Smith stating that the next version of Samsung's "Galaxy" smartphone will have a larger AMOLED-based display.
Universal is expected to report Q4 results on February 27th, after the market's close.


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For the nearly 20 percent of the population with disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act removed architectural and social barriers that had prevented them from enjoying the same privileges of living in the United States as able-bodied citizens.
But for owners and managers of facilities, ADA has meant facing a host of challenges in interpretation and implementation.
Architects, designers and engineers have had to re-shape their visions and begin to embrace a new concept called "universal design."
With the looming March 15 compliance deadline, aquatics professionals of all stripes no longer have a choice. They must address ADA barriers, or risk lawsuits.
Indeed, this legislation has spawned a new type of disability advocate: the professional plaintiff. Armed with tape measures, inclinometers and a set of ADA regulations, this group has promoted a barrier-free society through instigating litigation and lodging complaints.
Last year, the Department of Justice published a revision to the original ADA regulations. This revision addressed a number of facilities that were omitted from the 1991 regulations, including aquatic operations.
Here's what you need to know to meet the requirements of this legislation — and avoid legal entanglement.
First off, be proactive. Assuming you understand the requirements of the 2010 revision to ADA regulations, begin an implementation strategy. Any new construction project or any facility undergoing modifications must fully comply with the 2010 regulations.
For existing pools, those measuring more than 300 perimeter feet need at least two accessible means of entry, one of which needs to be either a pool lift or a sloped entry. The secondary means of entry can be either a lift or sloped entry, or pool access stairs, transfer system, or transfer wall. Pools measuring less than 300 perimeter feet need one accessible means of entry, either a pool lift or sloped entry. Spas need one entry, which can be either a pool lift, transfer system or a transfer wall.
For existing facilities, the starting point is the barrier removal analysis. This process includes the following items:
• Determining if the facility falls under ADA jurisdiction (Publicly operated pools — those in city parks, public schools and the like — fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice and must comply, along with privately owned public accommodations such as hotels and motels. Apartment and condominium complexes — and some private clubs — are usually exempt from ADA regulations.)
• Auditing each body of water
• Reviewing existing means of access
Once the barrier removal analysis is complete, you are ready to develop an implementation plan.
The implementation plan is the most important component in preparing to create an accessible environment for your aquatics facility. This exercise will not only help you make the required barrier removal modifications according to your terms, but it also will shield you against any punitive remedies in the event you inadvertently overlook something. The plan of action should include:
• Results of your barrier removal analysis
• Modifications you will perform
• Outline of any additional staff training
• Timetable for executing your plan
Each barrier removal issue should be reviewed to determine if that modification is readily achievable. That is the standard to which existing facilities are required to comply. Readily achievable means able to be accomplished without much difficulty or expense.
What is and is not readily achievable is subjective and is considered on a case by case basis. The decision on whether or not a modification is readily achievable is the responsibility of the owner of the facility.
Your plan should describe any new policies or procedures that will be initiated as part of your accessibility program. These procedures can include a revised check-in policy for swimmers entering your pool, or instructions for setting up a pool lift and providing any assistance to swimmers using the lift.
It is essential that all of these activities be thoroughly documented in a written format and kept on file within your facility. This is NOT a requirement, but it is an easy way to show that your facility has been proactive in addressing barrier removal responsibilities under the ADA regulations. Having this activity documented will greatly reduce any possible exposure to punitive action in the event you ever encounter a complaint regarding your facility's accessibility.
The next step is putting the plan into action by acquiring the means of access you have selected. Whatever means of access you decide to purchase, be sure that it results in a facility that meets the guidelines.
Compliance is a combination of an access means that meets the requirements plus an installation that also meets the requirements. A product that meets the requirements may not always result in a compliant installation if it is not properly installed.
Once your equipment is ordered and installed, it is vitally important that your staff is trained to operate it.
It makes a lot of sense to review all of your barrier removal modifications with your staff. Let them know the steps your facility has taken to create an accessible environment and the reasons for doing so.
Carefully review any revised policies and procedures to ensure that your staff understands and follows them.
It never hurts to also provide some sensitivity training so that your staff is comfortable working with people with disabilities.
Let us hope that 20 years from now when the next revision to the Americans with Disabilities Act is released, accessible swimming pools will be just as commonplace as curb cuts and accessible parking spaces are today.


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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:56 PM GMT on June 01, 2010
The hurricane season of 2010 is upon us. With unprecedented sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic, El Niño gone and possibly transitioning to La Niña, a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, a million earthquake refugees in Haiti at the mercy of a hurricane strike, and an ever-increasing number of people living on our coasts, the arrival of this year's hurricane season comes with an unusually ominous tone. NOAA is forecasting a very active and possibly hyperactive season, and Dr. Bill Gray has said he expects "a hell of a year." However, our ability to forecast hurricane activity months in advance is limited, and we don't yet know how the large scale weather patterns like the Bermuda High will set up during the peak part of hurricane season. In particular, I very much doubt that we are in for a repeat of the unprecedented violence of the Hurricane Season of 2005, with its 28 named storms, 15 hurricanes, and 7 intense hurricanes. While sea surface temperatures are currently warmer this year than in 2005, that year featured some very unusual atmospheric circulation patterns, with a very strong ridge of high pressure over the eastern U.S., record drought in the Amazon, and very low surface pressures over the Atlantic. A repeat of 2005's weather patterns is unlikely, though I am expecting we will get at least four major hurricanes this year. An average year sees just two major hurricanes.
Figure 1. Tracks of all June tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, 1995 - 2009. Allison was a subtropical storm (coded blue). Image credit: NOAA Coastal Services Center.
The latest long-range computer model guidance suggests there's no reason to suspect that the first two weeks of this year's hurricane season will bring any unusual activity. Climatologically, June is typically the quietest month of the Atlantic hurricane season. On average, we see only one named storm every two years in June. Only one major hurricane has made landfall in June--Category 4 Hurricane Audrey of 1957, which struck the Texas/Louisiana border area on June 27 of that year, killing 550. The highest number of named storms for the month is three, which occurred in 1936 and 1968. In the fifteen years since the current active hurricane period began in 1995, there have been eleven June named storms (if we include 2008's Tropical Storm Arthur, which really formed on May 31). Five tropical storms have formed in the first half of June in that 14-year period, giving a historical 36% chance of a first-half-of-June named storm. Five June storms in the past 14 years have passed close enough to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill location to have caused significant transport had there been an oil slick on the surface.
Sea Surface Temperatures
Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are at record high levels over the tropical Atlantic between Africa and Central America this year (Figure 2). As I discussed in my May 15 post, the area between 10°N and 20°N, between the coast of Africa and Central America (20°W - 80°W), is called the Main Development Region (MDR) because virtually all African waves originate in this region. These African waves account for 85% of all Atlantic major hurricanes and 60% of all named storms. When SSTs in the MDR are much above average during hurricane season, a very active season typically results (if there is no El Niño event present.) SSTs in the Main Development Region (10°N to 20°N and 20°W to 80°W) were an eye-opening 1.46°C above average during April. This is the third straight record warm month, and the warmest anomaly measured for any month--by a remarkable 0.2°C. The previous record warmest anomalies for the Atlantic MDR were set in June 2005 and March 2010, at 1.26°C. The Arctic Oscillation (AO) and its close cousin, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), are largely to blame for the record SSTs. The AO and NAO are climate patterns in the North Atlantic Ocean related to fluctuations in the difference of sea-level pressure between the Icelandic Low and the Azores-Bermuda High. If the difference in sea-level pressure between Iceland and the Azores is small (negative NAO), this creates a weak Azores-Bermuda High, which reduces the trade winds circulating around the High. During December - February, we had the most negative AO/NAO since records began in 1950, and this caused trade winds between Africa and the Lesser Antilles Islands in the hurricane Main Development Region to slow to 1 - 2 m/s (2.2 - 4.5 mph) below average. Slower trade winds mean less mixing of the surface waters with cooler waters down deep, plus less evaporational cooling of the surface water. As a result, the ocean heated up significantly, relative to normal, over the winter and Spring.
However, over the past two weeks, the AO/NAO has trended close to average, and trade winds over the tropical Atlantic have increased to near normal speeds as the Bermuda-Azores High has strengthened. SST anomalies have been falling in recent weeks, and will continue to fall in the coming two weeks, based on the latest forecast from the GFS model. While I expect that record SSTs will continue into mid-June, current trends suggest that by July, SST anomalies will be close to what they were in 2005. SST anomalies in the MDR could fall below the record 2005 levels by the peak part of hurricane season, August - October. Even so, SSTs in the Caribbean this year will be plenty warm to cause an abnormal number of major hurricanes. These warm SSTs may also cause extensive damage to the coral reefs, which suffered huge die-offs from the record SSTs of 2005.
Typically, June storms only form over the Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean, and Gulf Stream waters just offshore Florida, where water temperatures are warmest. SSTs are 28 - 30°C in these regions, which is about 0.5 - 1.5°C above average for this time of year. June storms typically form when a cold front moves off the U.S. coast and stalls out, with the old frontal boundary serving as a focal point for development of a tropical disturbance. African tropical waves, which serve as the instigators of about 85% of all major hurricanes, are usually too far south in June to trigger tropical storm formation. Every so often, a tropical wave coming off the coast of Africa moves far enough north to act as a seed for a June tropical storm. This was the case for Arthur of 2008 (which also had major help from the spinning remnants of the Eastern Pacific's Tropical Storm Alma). Another way to get Atlantic June storms is for a disturbed weather area in the Eastern Pacific Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) to push north into the Western Caribbean and spawn a storm there. This was the case for Tropical Storm Alberto of 2006 (which may have also had help from an African wave). SSTs are too cold in June to allow storms to develop between the coast of Africa and the Lesser Antilles Islands--there has only been once such development in the historical record--Ana of 1979.
Figure 2. Sea Surface Temperature (SST) departure from average for May 31, 2010. SSTs averaged more that 1°C above average over the entire tropical Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Note the large region of below average SSTs along the Equatorial Pacific off the coast of South America, signaling the possible start of an La Niña episode. Image credit: NOAA/NESDIS.
Wind shear
Wind shear is usually defined as the difference in wind between 200 mb (roughly 40,000 foot altitude) and 850 mb (roughly 5,000 foot altitude). In most circumstances, wind shear above 20 knots will act to inhibit tropical storm formation. Wind shear below 12 knots is very conducive for tropical storm formation. High wind shear acts to tear a storm apart. The jet stream's band of strong high-altitude winds is the main source of wind shear in June over the Atlantic hurricane breeding grounds, since the jet is very active and located quite far south this time of year.
The jet stream over the past few weeks has been locked into a pattern where a southern branch (the subtropical jet stream) brings high wind shear over the Caribbean, and a northern branch (the polar jet stream) brings high wind shear offshore of New England. This leaves a "hole" of low shear between the two branches off the coast of North Carolina, which is where Invest 90L formed.
The jet stream is forecast to maintain this two-branch pattern over the coming ten days (Figure 3.) This means that the waters offshore of North Carolina is the most likely place for a tropical storm to form during this period, though the southwestern Caribbean will at times have shear low enough to allow tropical storm formation. The Gulf of Mexico is forecast to have wind shear too high to support a tropical storm during the first half of June. None of our reliable forecast models call for tropical storm formation over the coming 7 days, though the NOGAPS model indicates the possibility of a tropical disturbance forming off the coast of Nicaragua on Friday.
Figure 3. Wind shear forecast from the 00Z GMT June 1, 2010 run of the GFS model for June 7. Currently, the polar jet stream is bringing high wind shear to the waters offshore New England, and the subtropical jet is bringing high wind shear to the northern Caribbean. This leaves the waters off the coast of North Carolina and southern Caribbean under low shear, making these areas the most favored region for tropical storm formation over the next 7 - 10 days. Wind speeds are given in m/s; multiply by two to get a rough conversion to knots. Thus, the red regions of low shear range from 0 - 16 knots.
Dry air and African dust
It's too early to concern ourselves with dry air and dust coming off the coast of Africa, since these dust outbreaks don't make it all the way to the June tropical cyclone breeding grounds in the Western Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Developing storms do have to contend with dry air from Canada moving off the U.S. coast; this was a key reason why our first "Invest" of the year, 90L off the coast of South Carolina, never became a subtropical storm.
Dust expert Professor Amato Evan of the University of Virginia has posted his forecast for African dust for the 2010 hurricane season. Dr. Evan is predicting that due to plentiful rains during last year's rainy season over the Sahel region of Africa, and near average amounts of African dust observed in May 2010 and during the 2009 hurricane season, we can expect near average or moderately below average levels of dust over the tropical Atlantic during the 2010 hurricane season.
Steering currents
The forecast steering current pattern over the next two weeks is a typical one for June, with an active jet stream bringing many troughs of low pressure off the East Coast of the U.S. These troughs will be frequent enough and strong enough to recurve any tropical storms or hurricanes that might penetrate north of the Caribbean Sea. Steering current patterns are predictable only about 3 - 5 days in the future, although we can make very general forecasts about the pattern as much as two weeks in advance. There is no telling what might happen during the peak months of August, September, and October--we might be in for a repeat of the favorable 2009 steering current pattern that recurved every storm out to sea--or the unfavorable 2008 pattern, that steered Ike and Gustav into the Gulf of Mexico.
Wind shear over the main breeding grounds for June tropical cyclones, the Gulf of Mexico and Western Caribbean, is expected to be high enough over the next two weeks to give us an average chance of a June named storm. I give a 30% chance of a named storm between now and June 15, and a 60% chance for the entire month of June. There is approximately a 30% chance of a June storm passing close enough to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to cause significant transport of the oil. See my post, What a hurricane would do the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, for more information on this.
Agatha the 6th deadliest Eastern Pacific storm on record
Central America's Tropical Storm Agatha is now the 6th deadliest Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones on record. Agatha was a tropical storm for just 12 hours, making landfall Saturday on the Pacific coast of Guatemala as a 45 mph tropical storm. However, the storm brought huge amounts of rain--as much as 36 inches--to the high mountains of Guatemala. So far, flooding and landslides have killed at least 123 people in Guatemala, with 59 others missing. The storm also killed 9 in neighboring El Salvador, and 14 in Honduras.
Figure 4. Journey to the center of the Earth: a massive sinkhole 200 feet (60 meters) deep opened up in the capital, Guatemala City, after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Agatha. How are they going to fix this hole? Wow! It doesn't even look real.
Guatemala's worst flooding disaster in recent history was due to Hurricane Stan of 2005, which killed 1,513. The deadliest Eastern Pacific tropical cyclone on record for Guatemala was Hurricane Paul of 1982, which made landfall in Guatemala as a tropical depression. Flooding from Paul's rains killed 620 people in Guatemala.
Oil spill update
Light onshore winds out of the south to southwest are expected to blow over the northern Gulf of Mexico all week, resulting increased threats of oil to the Alabama and Mississippi barrier islands, according to the latest trajectory forecasts from NOAA. These persistent southwesterly winds will likely bring oil very close to the Florida Panhandle by Saturday.
Oil spill resources
My post, What a hurricane would do the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
My post Wednesday with answers to some of the common questions I get about the spill
My post on the Southwest Florida "Forbidden Zone" where surface oil will rarely go
My post on what oil might do to a hurricane
Gulf Oil Blog from the UGA Department of Marine Sciences
NOAA trajectory forecasts
Deepwater Horizon Unified Command web site
Oil Spill Academic Task Force
University of South Florida Ocean Circulation Group oil spill forecasts
ROFFS Deepwater Horizon page
Surface current forecasts from NOAA's HYCOM model
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery from the University of Miami
Join the "Hurricane Haven" with Dr. Jeff Masters: a new Internet radio show
Today, I'll be experimenting with a live 1-hour Internet radio show called "Hurricane Haven." The show will be aired at 4pm EDT on Tuesdays during hurricane season. Listeners will be able to call in and ask questions. Some topics I'll cover on the first show:
1) What's going on in the tropics right now
2) Preview of the coming hurricane season
3) How a hurricane might affect the oil spill
4) How the oil spill might affect a hurricane
5) New advancements in hurricane science presented at this month's AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
6) Haiti's vulnerability to a hurricane this season
I hope you can tune in to the broadcast, which will be at http://www.wunderground.com/wxradio/wubroadcast.h tml. If not, the show will be recorded and stored as a podcast.
Portlight receives a major grant to fund U.S. disaster relief work
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation has announced today that it is awarding a Quality of Life Grant in the amount of $21,500 to Portlight Strategies, Inc. The grant will fund a ready-to-deploy container specifically outfitted to serve the immediate needs of people with disabilities in the aftermath of hurricanes and other domestic natural disasters. To read more about this award, check out the Portlight blog. Congratulations, Portlight team!
Portlight continues its Haiti response
Ready or not, the rainy season is here for Haiti. Portlight has done a tremendous amount to help the Haitians get ready for the upcoming hurricane season, as detailed in the Haitian Relief Recap blog post made last week. Please visit the Portlight.org web site or the Portlight blog to learn more and to donate to Portlight's efforts in Haiti.
Figure 5. A portion of the 30,000 pounds of rice donated to Haitian earthquake victims by Portlight earlier this month, shipped via the schooner Halie and Mathew.
I'll be back Wednesday afternoon with an analysis of the new Colorado State University hurricane forecast issued by Phil Klotzbach and Bill Gray, due out on June 2.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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An inshore skiff for sails, oars, or electric propulsion.
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Evaluate accompanying electronic resources (CD, CD-ROM, DVD, online) to determine if they should be kept or discarded. Keep resources that can be used or accessed by anyone who uses the book. Discard those that are limited by license restrictions, access code, etc. Some books may have electronic resources that can be used without restriction and also provide an access code for online resources that only one person can use. Keep what can be used by anyone. Ask a supervisor to confirm the decision to keep or discard if needed.
Full bib record information should be provided by whoever catalogs the materials. See below for specific cataloging instructions. Physical processing can be completed by the Music Cataloging Specialist.
Single electronic resources are to be packaged within the book, except when impossible to do so without covering information on the book. Place the electronic resource in a plastic sleeve attached to the inside back cover. Consult the Music Cataloging Specialist if needed.
An electronic resource packaged within a book will NOT have a separate barcode or separate item record. Usually, the book with accompanying electronic resource will be shelved in Stacks.
Multiple electronic resources usually cannot be packaged within the book. Complete the cataloging of the bib record and attach the item record for the book. Deliver all materials to the Music Cataloging Specialist for completion of item records, application of barcodes, and decision of where the materials will be shelved (Media Collection vs Stacks), and physical processing.
If we cannot provide unrestricted access to an accompanying resource (we discarded the disk, the website requires a password that only one person can use, etc.), neatly cover, remove from view, or remove information that may be on the book cover/jacket that refers to the resource. Example: Use a black marker to mark out an online access code, then place a white label over this.
The person who catalogs the materials should place the electronic resource in a sleeve attached to the inside back cover when cataloging is complete (but do not cover up information on the inside back cover). The cataloger should also carefully remove the original packaging sleeve.
Single or multiple electronic resource? See above.
Print materials with accompanying electronic resources require special physical processing, including labels that alert Circulation staff to verify presence or absence of the resource, copyright notices, etc. Physical processing, including all labeling, can be completed by the Music Cataloging Specialist.
Code fixed fields for the main item being cataloged (book) according to Edit Cataloging (Books). Include data for the electronic resource in the following fields:
007 Physical characteristics
Provide correct coding for accompanying electronic resource (computer file)
006 Auxiliary fixed fields
Provide correct coding for accompanying electronic resource. Use as many codes or as few as apply to the accompanying resource.
300 Physical Description
Include the accompanying material in |e.
300 __ 456 p. : |b ill. ; |c 19 cm. + |e 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) + 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.)
538 System requirements
Transcribe information on minimal system requirements to operate the electronic resource successfully. This can include software programs such as Microsoft Office suite, Flash player, and PDF viewer.
538 __ System requirements of accompanying computer disk: PC; 486XX hard drive; at least 4 MB RAM.
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There are stories going around that 4 Day Passes with Sneak Preview Night for Comic Con 2011 are already sold out.
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By now you've all probably heard the news that The Big Aristotle has touched down in Boston. And while the Shaq of yesteryear (pictured above)
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SUNY BEST presents "NYS Southern Tier Labor Statistics and the latest information about Green Jobs"
BINGHAMTON, NY -- The SUNY Business and Education Cooperative of the Southern Tier (SUNY BEST) are hosting Christian Harris and Frank Surdey in a presentation titled, "NYS Southern Tier Labor Statistics and the latest information about Green Jobs"at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Binghamton University Vestal campus in room 1324C of the Library North building.
Harris, a labor market analyst for the Division of Research and Statistics at the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL), will speak about NYS Southern Tier labor statistics. The Research Division is recognized as the primary source of labor market information in the state. Responsible for the analysis of workforce trends in the Southern Tier Region of New York State, Harris will discuss on data and trends affecting the economic climate in the Southern Tier.
Surdey, a managing labor economist for the NYSDOL, will discuss the findings of NYSDOL's $1.1 million grant that was used to quantify and qualify green jobs in NYS, including renewable and energy efficiency jobs, skills and credentials by major industry cluster. He currently has statewide responsibility for economic development research, business service strategies, and is the department's lead economist on clean energy workforce issues.
Surdey was the primary researcher and co-authored the department's May 2009 report New York State's Clean Energy Industry: Labor Market and Workforce Intelligence. He also serves on the national Workforce Information Council's Green Jobs Study Group.
Pre-registration for this discussion is required through the SUNY BEST website at http://ceo.binghamton.edu/bande/.
This presentation is free and open to the public. Participants attending the meeting will be required to pay a parking fee.
SUNY BEST is a volunteer group comprised of senior staff members from key economic and educational institutions in the Southern Tier. The group works to forge strong alliances, strengthen industry specific needs and provide information and outreach for business. SUNY BEST also seeks to explore and support the business community workforce needs for traditional and emerging industry clusters such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, energy, photonics, energy conservation and renewal.


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Some illegal immigrants may be doing so. This article is by naturalized citizen.
The author's position is:
The immigration reform debate is already very difficult. I support granting young people some pathway to legalization.
However, it's not easy when people demand stuff from this country. There are millions of Americans unemployed and underemployed. Thousands have quit looking or can only find part-time work. Do you think that they want to hear garbage like this from someone who is not legally in the country?
As I've said before, it's time for some people in the Hispanic community to grow up and accept some reality. Asking for stuff or marching with Mexican flags loses people like me who are trying to help you!
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Responsibility for the adjudication of gaming matters under the Gaming Control Act, 1992, rests with the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT), which is an agency of the Government of Ontario that adjudicates matters involving licensing activities regulated by various Ministries. LAT is not part of the AGCO.
Individuals or businesses who are applying for registration, or who are registered under the Gaming Control Act, 1992, and who dispute a Notice of Proposed Order (NOPO) issued by the Registrar of Alcohol and Gaming (the Registrar) to refuse an application or to suspend or revoke a registration, or dispute an Order of Monetary Penalty (OMP) issued by the Registrar, may appeal the proposal or Order to LAT.
If you receive an NOPO or OMP and wish to request a hearing/appeal, you have fifteen (15) days to submit a written request for a hearing/appeal to LAT. For more information about requesting a hearing/appeal, as well as any fees LAT may require, please visit the LAT website at www.lat.gov.on.ca
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This is a training thread Billy, not the POTUS septic tank. Seems like whenever I point out something that you posted on POTUS is ridiculously inaccurate, that you get your panties in a wad and make unrelated personal attacks on me here on the main forum.
My suggestion to you is that you educate yourself, so as to not make such ridiculous assertions as to the "MSM covering up WMD;s or what is the the makeup of Congress. I doubt you are capable of that, so at the very least keep your obsession with me & unrelated personal attacks on the POTUS thread where you have been educated. I'll be happy to argue and match wits with you there
This is a retriever training site Billy, and this is the main forum where training questions are brought up. Show some restraint, and offer up your knowledge to the OP Do you agree or disagree with what I said or what anyone else has said? Do you have anything helpful to contribute for the OP
Hmmm. We haven't even spoken lately on PP. Don't know what you are getting all worked up about. I merely introduced Keith to you. In true Healy fashion, you go on some unintelligible rant. In order to match wits with me, you must have some to start with. Happy Thanksgiving
PS... try to remember to take your meds
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Chill out, this isn't POTUS. Bill you were wrong to bring your POTUS crap into this forum. Nothing rude was posted in this thread until you decided to jump in and jump on mjh
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Playing Drums Keeps You Fit!
Jogging? Swimming? Kick Boxing? Atkins Diet? No, no, no...there are other ways of keeping fit. Playing drums! That's what a ground-breaking research study at Gloucestershire University seems to show, with a little help from Blondie's drummer Clem Burke.
Exercise physiologists Steve Draper and Chris Potter featured today on the BBC Breakfast programme, discussing the launch of the Clem Burke Drumming Project and explaining the benefits of playing drums.
The project sparked great media interest, as this is a ground-breaking research study into the physiology of drumming, done by the University of Gloucestershire and the University of Chichester.
Clem Burke, drummer with the band, Blondie has been taking part in the study for the past eight years, which will reveal that physical demands of drumming during a performance are equivalent to those experienced by a premiership footballer during a match.
Burke's heart rate average between 140/150 beats per minute and he burnt between 400 and 600 calories per hour during trials.
Physiological tests included the measurement of heart rate, oxygen uptake and blood lactate in rehearsal tests and monitoring heart rate and blood lactate during live stage performances.
Dr Marcus Smith from the University of Chichester and Dr Steve Draper from the University of Gloucestershire conducted this groundbreaking research.
Dr Smith said:"There is a clear link between fitness and performance. Musicians need exceptional stamina to sustain optimum output especially when on tour.
"Footballers can normally expect to play 40 to 50 games a year. In one 12 month period, Clem played 90-minute sets at 100 concerts. When you consider the implications of touring on top of the performance requirements for high-profile drummers, it is clear that their fitness levels need to be outstanding.
"Through monitoring Clem's performance in controlled conditions, we have been able to map the extraordinary stamina required by professional drummers. We can now use this data to benefit others.
A unique dedicated drumming laboratory will be built at the University of Gloucestershire's Oxstalls campus and over the coming months it is envisaged that other professional drummers will come forward to undertake physiological profiling.
Via the Clem Burke Drumming Project, academics from the Department of Health, Sport and Social Care also aim to join forces with the University's popular music degree course to develop community outreach programmes targeting overweight and disengaged youngsters.
Dr Steve Draper said: "This is the first facility of its kind in the world and we are extremely excited about the potential here. It is a unique collaboration between science and arts."
Joe Wilson, course leader in popular music added:"The popular music course is ideally placed to support this research; this is an original and imaginative project that will potentially encourage new thought into how creative and physical acts can be scientifically analysed."
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right. so as usual, i got a cold when i got to vienna. that fucking sucked. not the cold itself that was so bad, but the inability to go out and enjoy myself in the city, rather than being in the middle of maja's family preparing for a two month trip to croatia.
point being, i'm ready to go to croatia, be healthy and tan, and chill my booty out. we leave in two days.
ooh, maja is here. maybe she'll kiss me. woohoo! she did.
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After having several nightmare experiences returning IEMs to various online vendors after disappointing experiences with the monitors, I am no longer interested in patronizing anything other than brick-and-mortar stores for IEMs. Brands such as Sony, Monster, Ultimate Ears, Q-Jays, Sennheiser, Shure, JVC, Audio Technica, Klipsch, etc are easily found in your local Best Buy, Apple, Microsoft, and audio specialty shops.
Other brands like Dunu, Phiaton, 1964Ears, etc are really boutique brands that can only be accessed through high-risk purchases online with vendors who may/may not enforce restocking fees, who may/may not properly receive and credit the returned merchandise, etc.
I live in a major US metropolitan area and at least 50% of the IEMs on this list are completely unavailable to me for purchase unless I am willing to purchase online. This is a complete failure of those manufacturers to get their products into stores against the Skullcandy/Beats juggernaut.
I wish this IEM list would make mention of which headsets are available to purchase in stores and which are online-only models.
You're completely wrong. Its not a failure on the manufacturers side. Its the stores that need to do some research and stock. Do you think the manufacturers are stopping stores abroad to buy from them - no. You have to understand that most stores sell what is popular and advertised by celebrities or brands that are popular - like sony, jvc etc., which people know for their other electronics. How many people outside of head-fi know about 99% of the listed here brands and their iems? Companies like Vsonic, for instance, are investing into production and quality and think about Chinese sales - they won't be paying stupid celebs to carry their products around, just so some US vendors can stock on them. Also its unrealistic to expect to have a database of which store sells what - there are millions of stores worldwide and some of them carry like 80% of what is on this list and some carry none. Just because you don't have a store like that in your city doesn't mean there aren't such stores for instance in Europe or Asia. Do you seriously expect someone will list every city and every store and their inventory?
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2) Printing - Students will now see only 2 printer options, Black and White and Colour. If the black and white option is selected, students can go to any of the student printers (N1043, BA206, 1E105, or BA113) and use their one card to release the print job. Colour print jobs can be released at the colour printer location in the student service desk 1E4C.
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Sarge and his lovely wife were driving through on their way south today. My wife and I met them at a local restaurant for lunch and some friendly dog talk. I really enjoyed the visit and getting to know another fellow RTF'er.... Here is a pic of me and Sarge image.jpg
The visit went well until I steered the conversation to politics and tried to give Sarge a gift of the Mark Levin book "Liberty and Tyranny"
At that point, Sarge's radical liberal colors came out and he attacked me! A defenseless man just trying to help a wayward traveler... I just don't understand
Moral to the story? You can feed a liberal, just don't try to educate them! Makes 'em mad!! (Sarge says he's not liberal)
In all seriousness, my wife and I enjoyed the visit with Sarge and his wife. They are very nice folks and I hope to cross paths with them again in the near future. Next time I'll try an Ann Coulter book!


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