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JACKSON — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has reported damage in 11 counties from the severe weather system that moved through the state late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
"We were very fortunate that only one minor injury was reported," said MEMA Director Robert Latham. "Our residents took the warnings seriously, and it shows that preparedness works."
Damage was reported in Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Lee, Monroe, Neshoba, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie and Washington counties.
Latham said the National Weather Service will conduct storm surveys in affected counties to determine whether damages were the result of straight line winds or tornadoes.
MEMA officials said no one has requested emergency assistance from the state.
MEMA says one person sustained minor injuries after riding a four-wheeler into a power line that was not energized.
Forecasters said the severe weather will clear out of southeastern Mississippi during Wednesday afternoon.
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During the night, a tree blew over on the popular Lilo's Restaurant on U.S. Highway 82 East in Leland, officials said. State officials said power poles were snapped over a one-mile stretch on Shaw-Skene Road southwest of Cleveland in Bolivar County.
In Tupelo, the Furniture Center retail store and a few neighboring store fronts were damaged early Wednesday, with police reporting the front of Furniture Center was blown off by the storm system. Officials in Pontotoc County also reported damages to five homes from high winds.

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Viliv will be unveiling yet another mobile internet device during January's Consumer Electronics Show. Earlier this year, Viliv launched the M5 MID, which is the same size as the newly released N5 but with a sliding keyboard. Just this week the company announced the release of its larger MID, the S10 Blade netbook boasting a larger 10-inch touchscreen display.
Now it's the N5's turn to shine. The N5 is much more compact that the S10 blade and has a clamshell design that features touchscreen capabilities. The MID also has a 4.8-inch screen, making it all the more portable.
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The Triangle Club will perform its annual "Frosh Week" show, "'07 Deadly Sins," at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at the McCarter Theatre. Admission is free.
The show will begin the musical comedy troupe's 113th year.
Triangle Club also will host an open house and tour of the McCarter Theatre at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. Auditions for its fall show will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 15-16.
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|This dish's official moniker should be "amandine," but when it first started appearing on menus (as an adaptation of the French sauce "meunière"), it was misspelled and it stuck. The dish, a simple pan-fried trout fillet in a sauce of butter, parsley, lemon, and almonds, was once a mainstay on just about every high-end restaurant's menu. Its cousin, sole meunière, is still around, but these days when you see the word "almondine" it's usually preceded with the words "green beans."
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|Once upon a time, no respectful restaurant, be it Italian, a steakhouse, or a seafood restaurant, would send out a menu that didn't have clams casino in the appetizer list. The dish came out of the "shellfish fad" of the early 20th century, when just about every restaurant would have some sort of baked bivalve on their menu. This particular dish, baked clams on the half shell topped with breadcrumbs, butter, and bacon (with regional variations) was reportedly invented in 1917 at the Little Casino in Narragansett, R.I., and for one reason or another it took off (our guess: the bacon). And while the fad has long since died down in most of the country, Clams Casino can still be found in nearly every restaurant in Rhode Island.
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|Ah, the Salisbury steak. We all know it by heart: a patty of ground meat (beef, hopefully), topped with gravy and mushrooms, with mashed potatoes, green beans, and a little apple crumble in the middle compartment. But while our memories of it might originate from TV dinners, the dish itself was once an incredibly popular dish at lunch counters and inexpensive restaurants. It actually was invented in 1897 by an American doctor by the name of J.H. Salisbury, who was an early advocate of a low-carb diet for weight loss.
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|If there's one dish that's synonymous with the 1950s, it's beef Stroganoff, sautéed strips of beef tossed in a sour cream sauce, traditionally served alongside noodles. The dish got its start as an elegant main course in Russia, and after the fall of the empire in 1917 it became a popular dish in Chinese hotel restaurants. After World War II the recipe was brought over to the United States by returning servicemen as well as Russian and Chinese immigrants, and by the time the 1950s rolled around, the dish was everywhere. Its popularity faded over time, though, probably due to flavor fatigue, and the realization that beef and sour cream aren't exactly a winning combo. Now, it's generally found only at Russian restaurants, alongside the pierogies.
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|This dish originated in Switzerland, and is a riff on traditional schnitzel. But instead of just frying the pounded veal cutlet, it's stuffed with ham and an easily meltable cheese (generally Swiss or Gruyère), usually rolled up into a roulade, and then deep-fried. This was another staple of fine dining restaurants from the 1950s right into the 1990s, but in recent years the heavy dish, like the similar Chicken Kiev and its counterpart chicken cordon bleu, has fallen well out of fashion. "Cordon bleu" translates to "blue ribbon," but it has no affiliation with the famed Cordon Bleu cooking school.
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|While the earliest recipes for duck a l'orange trace their roots to early 17th-century France, citrus fruits have been paired with fatty meats since at least the Middle Ages. The classic recipe for canard a l'orange, which was introduced to American palates via high-end restaurants in the 1940s, is still one of the most delicious ways to prepare the bird: a duckling is roasted in a hot oven alongside oranges and thyme, and then the sauce is reduced down with sherry and butter. Unfortunately, by the 1970s, the dish had become somewhat of a running gag at French restaurants, as chefs would corrupt the sauce by adding marmalade, cornstarch, and copious amounts of sugar. The dish died out almost entirely soon afterward, but if you can track down a truly authentic preparation it can truly be a meal to remember.
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|This dish was invented by one of the greatest chefs who ever lived, Georges Auguste Escoffier, during a visit to London, and he named it in honor of the opening of a French opera there. Its name? "Véronique." It's a fairly simple preparation of Dover sole poached in white wine and topped with a sauce of heavy cream, fresh herbs, and grapes. And while grapes and fish might not make for an obvious pairing, audiences around the globe went crazy for it, and it became a French restaurant mainstay. Today the dish has all but vanished, and only appears on one menu in New York, according to Menupages, albeit with scallops instead of sole, and with mushrooms added.
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|If there's a trend to this list, it's the fact that most of these vanished dishes originated in France, and are rather difficult to prepare. Such is the case with Consommé Madrilène, a traditional French clear soup with tomatoes as the star ingredient. Consommé, which is a rich broth that's crystal clear thanks to the laborious process of constantly skimming the top while it's cooking, is traditionally served cold and is another vanishing dish. But this particular preparation, another staple of haute French cuisine, is rarer still.
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|This salad was incredibly popular at the turn of the 20th century, especially on the West Coast. It originated in either Seattle or San Francisco, and is a fairly straightforward salad of crabmeat, sliced hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, and asparagus, served on a bed of lettuce. It was traditionally served with a mayonnaise-based dressing, in some cases Green Goddess dressing, another former West Coast staple that's mostly fallen out of favor. The salad had a nationwide boom during its early-1900s heyday, but is now only available at a few hotels and restaurants on the West Coast, with an uptick during peak crab season.
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|There was a time when Coquilles St Jacques — another rich French dish of scallops sautéed in butter, topped with Gruyère and breadcrumbs, and then broiled — was so popular that even Julia Child published a recipe for it. Yet another French restaurant mainstay, it's a dish that's simply not served in all but the stuffiest of old-school French restaurants these days.
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|This dish was always considered a delicacy, another West Coast specialty that had a brief, booming heyday and has since vanished into obscurity. Meunière sauce, similar to the already-mentioned amandine sauce, is a simple mixture of butter, parsley, and lemon juice, and in this preparation, abalone (a type of edible sea snail) is pounded thin, sautéed in butter, and served topped with the sauce. The dish was incredibly popular in the mid-20th century; so popular, in fact, that some restaurants substituted large calamari for abalone and diners were none the wiser. The poor shellfish was nearly driven to extinction, and finally restaurants stopped serving it. The dish has experienced a slight resurgence in a few California restaurants thanks to some thriving abalone farms, but due to the fact that table-ready farmed abalone takes many years to reach the preferred size of about seven inches, odds are it will never experience the kind of nationwide popularity of its heyday.
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Regarding the NPOT textures, what if the user does not specify SOIL_FLAG_POWER_OF_TWO or SOIL_FLAG_MIPMAPS and the texture is not already a POT, then SOIL could use GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB automatically?
I didn't read this carefully enough the first time round - one needs to be able to specify that the texture be loaded as GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE, even if the image is already Po2. This is because Po2 textures use pixel-based texture coordinates rather than normalised, so if one loads the wrong type by mistake, the GUI texturing blows up.
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When using the SOIL_LOAD_RGBA flag, how about adding another argument that can let you specify a color value for a transparency mask for images that don't normally have transparency like bmp?
I don't like this idea. You want to increase the library complexity to make up for a deficiency in the art pipeline - it offers much more control if you use photoshop/Gimp to generate the alpha channel (and then use a format that support alpha, i.e. png), than if the programmer does it from a color/pixel value.
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The outflows from gold funds continue: The SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) exchange-traded fund shed $602 million in the last week and the figure for iShares Gold Trust (IAU) was $107 million, according to XTF.com.
But others in the market seem more optimistic on gold's price.
Commerzbank's commodity strategists this morning point up the apparently shifting role of speculative investors. This group is growing more bullish: The largest one-week shift in money-manager positioning in seven months took place last week, according to Dow Jones Newswires' Matt Day.
Hedge funds and others increased their net-bullish bets in commodity futures and options by 68% in the week through last Tuesday, Day reported late last week, citing CFTC data.
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Felipe Luciano, the founder and chairman of the Young Lords Party, and Elaine Brown, former chairman of the Black Panther Party, will speak at Binghamton University as part of a racial awareness series. Luciano will speak at Thursday, November 14, in Lecture Hall 14. The series continues on Wednesday, November 20, with a presentation by Brown in Lecture Hall 1. Both presentations begin at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
Luciano has broken barriers and pioneered new ground throughout his entire adult life. As founder and chairman of the Young Lords Party, Luciano's commitment to community empowerment, ethnic pride and civil rights was pivotal in changing the color and complexion of politics, culture and society from New York to Puerto Rico. Luciano's impact was so lasting and vital that he is continually asked to advise state and local government leaders and corporations on issues affecting growing markets, the Latino community, coalition building, diversity and multiculturalism.
Beyond his work in the community, Luciano has been successful in all areas of entertainment and media including television, radio, lectures, music, poetry, journalism and stage productions. From opening up network news as the first Puerto Rican news anchor on a network broadcast for WNBC, through the genesis of Spoken Word and rap music as a member of the Original Last Poets, Luciano has not only successfully challenged stereotypes, but also predicted and created changing trends and tastes in the industry and their related markets.
Elaine Brown is not only the first female leader of the Black Panther Party, one of the most influential militant civil rights groups in the United States but also a writer, an activist and a lecturer. She is the acclaimed author of A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story, her autobiography, and more recently The Condemnation of Little B, a cutting-edge social commentary on what it means to be Black or African in North America.
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I have had the straight nail know fail under heavy stress by pulling the coating off the flyline, so do not use it when fishing for larger steelhead or salmon.
As Adrian clarified you attach some monofilament to the end of the flyline on the 'business end' because that's the end the fish sees (or doesn't see in this case). This is referred to as the leader and you can get them in one piece tapered for $3-5 ea. or tie your own using gradually lighter line as you go forward. A hand-tied leader is composed of three parts: (1) the butt (2) the taper and (3) the tippet.
The tippet is the finest part that is attached to the fly. It is often replaced or changed to meet conditions whereas the butt is never changed and the taper changes number somewhere in-between.
It's typically about 20% of the overall length of the leader.
You can also use a 'bite' tippet which is made of wire for toothy fish.
Those little barbed inserts would probably work for small fish but I would not trust them while fishing for anything of size. Learn the nail knot and you'll be set.
The leader is the length of nylon or fluro, usually tapered, that makes the "invisible" connection between the fly and the tip of the flyline. The tippet is the thinest part of the leader the the fly connects to. I generally start with a store-bought tapered leader of 9 or 12ft and chop the last few feet off and finish the end in a tiny loop. I can then add a couple of feet of whatever tippet I'm using with a loop-to-loop and replace it as needed. As you keep changing flies, the tippet will get shorter.
You can also setup your own tapered leaders using lengths of different diameter mono. Get hold of a copy of "Practical Fishing Knots" by Lefty Kreh and Mark Sosin. It's a real gem and will explain all you need to know in easy to follow diagrams.
I've never used eyelets and never met anyone who has. I wouldn't trust them personally but that's just my opinion.
Difference between tippet and leader?
Hello to the fly fishing aficionados around the world.
I'm a neophyte just picking up fly fishing and would like to have two questions answered.
1) What is the difference between a tippet and a leader?
2) Do flyline "eyelits" work really well? (It is needlelike and you insert the eyelit into the flyline and then tie the leader to the eye)
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I came up with some questions other beginners in 3D stuff are may interested in also.
What are the pros/cons of using pure vertices for a mesh (Trianglestrip), or using indexed vertices (Trianglelist)?
I run a few tests with DrawInstanced and DrawIndexedInstanced. It appeared to be much more performant when I was using only vertices.
Are there some tips what to use when? What provides which advantages?
When I load models/animations what should I use?
You may know a good article on this?
EDIT: What is a maximum number of vertices send to GPU per frame to remain fine performace on a medium pc?
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Enter the next Phase.
When the trail calls, the Giro Phase Helmet answers. It's loaded with everything you need to conquer the trail, and nothing you don't, all at a fair price.
The Phase is made via Giro's revolutionary In-Mold technology, which bonds the EPS foam liner to the exterior polycarbonate shell, saving weight and boosting breathability while also reinforcing the helmet's structure for greater strength overall. Permeating that shell you'll find no fewer than 27 vents to keep your melon cool during those scorcher mid-summer rides that make you wonder what the hell you're doing being out there. The Roc Loc 5 adjustment system teams up with Giro's Super Fit harness to make it easy to dial in the proper fit. Over your brow, you'll find the Snap-fit 2 removable visor to keep the sun and some debris out of your face.
- In-Mold construction
- Roc Loc 5 fit adjustment
- 27 vents
- Snap-Fit 2 removable visor
Tech Specs
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Size chart
|Adult Universal
|Women's Universal
|Head Circumference
|20 - 21.75in
(51 - 55cm)
|20 - 22.5in
(51 - 57cm)
|21.75 - 23.25in
(55 - 59cm)
|21.75 - 24in
(55 - 61cm)
|23.25 - 24.75in
(59 - 63cm)
|24 - 25.55in
(61 - 65cm)
|21.25 - 24in
(54 - 61cm)
|19.75 - 22.5in
(50 - 57cm)
|Head Circumference
|20 - 20.75in
(51 - 53cm)
|21.25 - 22in
(54 - 56cm)
|22.5 - 23.25in
(57 - 59cm)
|23.5 - 24.25in
(60 - 62cm)
- How to Measure:
- For best results, use a tape measure to measure around your head where your hat would fit comfortably.
Reviews & Community
Very Comfortable
Such a light and breathable helmet. Very happy with the purchase
Did its job
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Took a mountain bike bail in one of these. My hand may be broken and the foam on the side of the helmet is squished in, but my head is fine. Definitely buying another.
Dad approved!
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
I gave this to my dad as a birthday present and he absolutely loves it! He was wearing an old-school dated helmet and was overdue for an upgrade!
His head measures at 60 cm and the Large fits him perfect with room for adjustment if needed. He rocks this helmet around town commuting and occasionally on the mountain trails.
I purchased the blue so he can be seen from a distance and the color is very attractive, it is more matte than shiny.


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Apartment near city centre.
Size35 m²
Floor No.0
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
Accommodation summary
|Bellmansgatan, 11820 Stockholm, Sweden
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|Property ID
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|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|More than half a year ago
Thank´s for looking at my place and welcome to beautiful Stockholm.
Please contact me prior to booking. Also tell me moore about yourself,what your plans are?
Some times due to comitments it can take a bit longer to respond to any questions. Please have patience.
Apartment with a comfy sofabed, bedlinen and towels included, tv with a couple of channels, PCmusic system, radio and high speed internet. Sometimes wifi works. Bring an adapter if you have apple products. Kitchen equipped with most stuff you need. Tub in bathroom.
Apartment is quiet and close to most places. 2 stops with metro to city center.
House rules
Deposit 200eur. Houserules on arrival.
Note. I will not under any circumstances rent out to guest who are letting others than yourself stay during rental period. If this is not honored guest will have to leave immidiately. No refund!
Any damage done to any property or items missing, will be your responsibility and deducted from deposit.
Please be respectful to the neighborhood and other families sharing the building by keeping noise low, no parties, and no loud music.
Thank you
|Price for > 1 guests
|£ 18 per guest/night extra
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|1 month
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Reviews of this property
The Apartment is wonderful. It is perfectly located for seeing everything in the city and to step into Södermalm. The kitchen is really nice and big enough to cook and hang around. The flat is very unique and perfectly renovated, stylish and clean.
Johan was very pleasant and everything worked very well with the communication.
When we will visit Stockholm next time we will definitely come back. Thanks for a nice stay!
Friendly, super nice Location, clean, lovely, Location to visit Stockholm by feet is ideal, thank you
Great appartement, nice and clean. More than enough room for two people. The location is top, very quiet and in a great neighbourhood. Shops, restaurants close to the appartment and close to the subway. The host was very welcoming and helpful.
The flat is perfectly located in a beautiful area of Södermalm, really close to Slussen from where you can easily go wherever you want in Stockholm. Monteliusvägen is a great place to start with as you get a magnificent view of the city.
Karl was an amazing host, very nice and welcoming. He even took some time to show me the neighborhood since it was my first time in Stockholm.
As for the flat, just like in the pictures, a great place to stay!
Tack, Karl!
A really nice flat in a great location. All of Søder within walking range, in easy walking range of the railwaystation as well!
Thanks to Karl for a nice reception and accommodation!
We, an elderly couple, have really enjoyed our 5 days stay in the flat. It is very clean, the kitchen is well equipped and the pull-out bed is fine. There is a lot of information material about Stockholm available, so we were able to make a good choice between the various museums. Karl, who received us to hand over the key, added a number of suggestions and indicated on the map the supermarkets are. Stockholm and the flat are both worth a return visit!
our stay at johans apartment was fantastic. it is perfectly located, very cosy and johan is a great host. thanks for all.
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Alternate name: Walkingstick Cholla, Candelabra Cactus
Family: Cactaceae, Cactus view all from this family
Description Habit: native perennial tree or shrub; spreading; trunk brown-black, diameter to 10 in (25 cm).
Height: 3-16 ft (1-5 m)
Stem: much branched, succulent, cylindrical, with overlapping segments; joints 4-16 in (10-40 cm) long, 0.75-2 in (18-50 mm) diameter.
Leaf: spine, very sharp, barbed, red or tan to silvery-white, to 1.2 in (3 cm) long; clustered 10-15 or more per areole.
Flower: abundant, dark pink to magenta-red (rarely apricot to yellow-green), 2-3 in (50-75 mm) wide.
Fruit: barrel-shaped berry, yellow-green becoming brown, to 2 in (50 mm) long, 1.6 in (40 mm) diameter, persistent for a year or more.
Warning These cacti have sharp spines as well as tiny barbed hairs called glochids that can be difficult to remove from the skin.
Flower April to August.
Flower May - June
Habitat Deserts, grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, hills, plains, Chihuahuan desert scrub with lechuguilla and sotol, rocky limestone slopes, flats, ridges; to 7500 ft (2300 m); also grown as an ornamental.
Range Arizona to Texas, north to Colorado and Kansas.
Discussion Also known as walking stick cholla, cane cholla, giant tree cholla, cholla, chainlink cactus, candelabrum cactus, cane cactus, coyonostyle, coyote candles, etc. Two varieties are recognized. Protected in Arizona.
Comments Slow grower but eventually reaches tree size, with a woody stem.
Exposure Preference Sun.
Native Distribution W. Kansas & Colorado, s. to Mexico
Site Preference Mesas; deserts
Soil Preference Sandy or gravelly soils.


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When guests see this dark chocolate cake drizzled in rich chocolate, they'll think you've been baking all day. No need to tell them that this chocolate-orange gem started with a mix!
To keep the edge of the plate clean while frosting the cake, place several strips of waxed paper around the edge of the plate, place the cake on the paper, frost the cake, then carefully remove and discard the strips.
Edible flowers make a fresh and elegant statement on top of this delicious cake. They can be found in large specialty grocery stores, or select your own organically grown pansies, chive blossoms or violas.
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AFTER closing the door behind the two ladies, Ormiston paused by the near window and gazed out into the night. The dinner had been, in his opinion, far from a success. He feared his relation to Mary Cathcart had retrograded rather than page: 63 progressed. He wished his sister‐in‐law would be more correct in speech and behaviour. Then he held the conversation had been in bad taste. The doctor should have abstained from pressing Julius with questions. He assured himself, again, that the story was not worth a moment's serious consideration; yet he resented its discussion. Such discussion seemed to him to tread hard on the heels of impertinence to his sister, to her husband's memory, and to this boy, born to so excellent a position and so great wealth. And the worst of it was that, like a fool, he had started the subject himself!
"The wind's rising," he remarked at last. "You'll have a rough drive home, Knott."
"It won't be the first one. And my beauty's of the kind which takes a lot of spoiling."
The answer did not please the young man. He sauntered across the room and dropped into his chair, with a slightly insolent demeanour.
"All the same, don't let me detain you," he said, "if you prefer seeing Lady Calmady at once and getting off."
"You don't detain me," Dr. Knott answered. "I'm afraid it's just the other way about and that I must detain you, Captain Ormiston, and that on rather unpleasant business."
Julius March had risen to his feet. "You—you have no fresh cause for anxiety about Lady Calmady?" he said hurriedly.
The doctor glanced up at the tall, spare, black figure and dark, sensitive face with a half‐sneering, half‐pitying smile.
"Oh no, no!" he replied; "Lady Calmady's going on splendidly. And it is to guard, just as far as we can, against cause for anxiety later, that I want to speak to Captain Ormiston now. We've got to be prepared for certain contingencies. Don't you go, Mr. March. You may as well hear what I've to say. It will interest you particularly, I fancy, after one or two things you have told us to‐night!"
"Sit down, Julius, please."—Ormiston would have liked to maintain that same insolence of demeanour, but it gave before an apprehension of serious issues. He looked hard at the doctor, cudgelling his brains as to what the latter's enigmatic speech might mean—divined, put the idea away as inadmissible, returned to it, then said angrily:—"There's nothing wrong with the child, of course?"
Dr. Knott turned his chair sideways to the table and shaded his face with his thick, square hand.
"Well, that depends on what you call wrong," he slowly replied.
"It's not ill?" Ormiston said.page: 64
"The baby's as well as you or I—better, in fact, than I am, for I am confoundedly touched up with gout. Bear that in mind, Captain Ormiston—that the child is well, I mean, not that I am gouty. I want you to definitely remember that, you and Mr. March."
"Well, then, what on earth is the matter?" Ormiston asked sharply. "You don't mean to imply it is injured in any way, deformed?"
Dr. Knott let his hand drop on the table. He nodded his head. Ormiston perceived, and it moved him strangely, that the doctor's eyes were wet.
"Not deformed," he answered. "Technically you can hardly call it that, but maimed."
"Well, that's a matter of opinion. You or I should think it bad enough, I fancy, if we found ourselves in the same boat." He settled himself back in his chair.—"You had better understand it quite clearly," he continued, "at least as clearly as I can put it to you. There comes a point where I cannot explain the facts but only state them. You have heard of spontaneous amputation?"
Across Ormiston's mind came the remembrance of a litter of puppies he had seen in the sanctum of the veterinary surgeon of his regiment. A lump rose in his throat.
"Yes, go on," he said.
"It is a thing that does not happen once in most men's experience. I have only seen one case before in all my practice and that was nothing very serious. This is an extraordinary example. I need not remind you of Sir Richard Calmady's accident and the subsequent operation?"
"Of course not—go on," Ormiston repeated.
"In both cases the leg is gone from here," the doctor continued, laying the edge of his palm across the thigh immediately above the knee. "The foot is there—that is the amazing part of it—and, as far as I can see, is well formed and of the normal size, but so embedded in the stump that I cannot discover whether the ankle‐joint and bones of the lower leg exist in a contracted form or not."
Ormiston poured himself out a glass of port. His hand shook so that the lip of the decanter chattered against the lip of the glass. He gulped down the wine and, getting up, walked the length of the room and back again.
"God in heaven," he murmured, "how horrible! Poor Kitty, how utterly horrible!—Poor Kitty."page: 65
For the baby, in his own fine completeness, he had as yet no feeling but one of repulsion.
"Can nothing be done, Knott?" he asked at last.
"Obviously nothing."
"And it will live?"
"Oh! bless you, yes! It'll live fast enough if I know a healthy infant when I see one. And I ought to know 'em by now. I've brought them into the world by dozens for my sins."
"Will it be able to walk?"
"Umph—well—shuffle," the doctor answered, smiling savagely to keep back the tears.
The young man leaned his elbows on the table, and rested his head on his hands. All this shocked him inexpressibly—shocked him almost to the point of physical illness. Strong as he was he could have fainted, just then, had he yielded by ever so little. And this was the boy whom they had so longed for then! The child on whom they had set such fond hopes, who was to be the pride of his young mother, and restore the so rudely shaken balance of her life! This was the boy who should go to Eton, and into some crack regiment, who should ride straight, who was heir to great possessions!
"The saviour has come, you see, Mr. March, in as thorough‐paced a disguise as ever saviour did yet," John Knott said cynically.
"He had better never have come at all!" Ormiston put in fiercely, from behind his hands.
"Yes—very likely—I believe I agree," the doctor answered. "Only it remains that he has come, is feeding, growing, stretching, and bellowing too, like a young bull‐calf, when anything doesn't suit him. He is here, very much here, I tell you. And so we have just got to consider how to make the best of him, both for his own sake and for Lady Calmady's. And you must understand he is a splendid, little animal, clean skinned and strong, as you would expect, being the child of two such fine young people. He is beautiful,—I am old fashioned enough, perhaps scientific enough, to put a good deal of faith in that notion,—beautiful as a child only can be who is born of the passion of true lovers."
He paused, looking somewhat mockingly at Julius.
"Yes, love is an incalculably great, natural force," he continued. "It comes uncommonly near working miracles at times, unconscious and rather deplorable miracles. In this case it has worked strangely against itself—at once for irreparable injury and for perfection. For the child is perfect, is superb, but for the one thing."page: 66
"Does my sister know?" Ormiston asked hoarsely.
"Not yet; and, as long as we can keep the truth from her she had better not know. We must get her a little stronger, if we can, first. That woman, Mrs. Denny, is worth her weight in gold, and her weight's not inconsiderable. She has her wits about her, and has contrived to meet all difficulties so far."
Ormiston sat in the same dejected attitude.
"But my sister is bound to know before long."
"Of course. When she is a bit better she'll want to have the baby to play with, dress and undress it and see what the queer little being is made of. It's a way young mothers have, and a very pretty way too. If we keep the child from her she will grow suspicious, and take means to find out for herself, and that won't do. It must not be. I won't be responsible for the consequences. So as soon as she asks a definite question, she must have a definite answer."
The young man looked up quickly.
"And who is to give the answer?" he said.
"Well, it rests chiefly with you to decide that. Clearly she ought not to hear this thing from a servant. It is too serious. It needs to be well told—the whole kept at a high level, if you understand me. Give Lady Calmady a great part and she will play it nobly. Let this come upon her from a mean, wet‐nurse, hospital‐ward sort of level, and it may break her. What we have to do is to keep up her pluck. Remember we are only at the beginning of this business yet. In all probability there are many years ahead. Therefore this announcement must come to Lady Calmady from an educated person, from an equal, from somebody who can see all round it. Mrs. Ormiston tells me she leaves here to‐morrow morning?"
"Mrs. Ormiston is out of the question anyhow," Roger exclaimed rather bitterly.
Here Julius March, who had so far been silent, spoke, and, in speaking, showed what manner of spirit he was of. The doctor agitated him, treated him, moreover, with scant courtesy. But Julius put this aside. He could afford to forget himself in his desire for any possible mitigation of the blow which must fall on Katherine Calmady. And, listening to his talk, he had, in the last quarter of an hour, gained conviction not only of this man's ability, but of his humanity, of his possession of the peculiar gentleness which so often, mercifully, goes along with unusual strength. As the coarse‐looking hand could soothe, touching delicately, so the hard intellect and rough tongue could, page: 67 he believed, modulate themselves to very consoling and inspiring tenderness of thought and speech.
"We have you, Dr. Knott," he said. "No one, I think, could better break this terrible sorrow to Lady Calmady, than yourself."
"Thank you—you are generous, Mr. March," the other answered cordially; adding to himself:—"Got to revise my opinion of the black coat. Didn't quite deserve that after the way you've badgered him, eh, John Knott?"
He shrugged his big shoulders a little shamefacedly.
"Of course, I'd do my best," he continued. "But you see ten to one I shan't be here at the moment. As it is, I have neglected lingering sicknesses and sudden deaths, hysterical girls, croupy children, broken legs, and all the other pretty little amusements of a rather large practice, waiting for me. Suppose I happen to be twenty miles away on the far side of Westchurch, or seeing after some of Lady Fallowfeild's numerous progeny engaged in teething or measles? Lady Calmady might be kept waiting, and we cannot afford to have her kept waiting in this crisis."
"I wish to God my aunt, Mrs. St. Quentin, was here!"' Ormiston exclaimed. "But she is not, and won't be, alas!"
"Well, then, who remains?"
As the doctor spoke he pressed his fingers against the edge of the table, leaned forward, and looked keenly at Ormiston. He was extremely ugly just then, ugly as the weather‐worn gargoyle on some mediæval church tower, but his eyes were curiously compelling.
"Good heavens! you don't mean that I've got to tell her?" Ormiston cried.
He rose hurriedly, thrust his hands into his pockets, and walked a little unsteadily across to the window, crunching the shining pieces of Mrs. Ormiston's sacrificial wine glass under foot. Outside the night was very wild. In the colourless sky stars reeled among the fleets of racing cloud. The wind hissed up the grass slopes and shouted among the great trees crowning the ridge of the hill. The prospect was not calculated to encourage. Ormiston turned his back on it. But hardly more encouraging was the sombre, grey‐blue‐walled room. The vision of all that often returned to him afterwards in very different scenes—the tall lamps, the two men, so strangely dissimilar in appearance and temperament, sitting on either side the dinner‐table with its fine linen and silver, wines and fruits, waiting. silently for him to speak.
"I can't tell her," he said, "I can't. Damn it all, I tell you, page: 68 Knott, I daren't. Think what it will be to her! Think of being told that about your own child!"—Ormiston lost control of himself. He spoke violently. "I'm so awfully fond of her and proud of her," he went on. "She's behaved so splendidly ever since Richard's death, laid hold of all the business, never spared herself, been so able and so just. And now the baby coming, and being a boy, seemed to be a sort of let up, a reward to her for all her goodness. To tell her this horrible thing will be like doing her some hideous wrong. If her heart has to be broken, in common charity don't ask me to break it."
There was a pause. He came back to the table and stood behind Julius March's chair.
"It's asking me to be hangman to my own sister," he said.
"Yes, I know it is a confoundedly nasty piece of work. And it's rough on you, very rough. Only, you see, this hanging has to be put through—there's the nuisance. And it is just a question whether your hand won't be the lightest after all."
Again silence obtained, but for the rush and sob of the gale against the great house.
"What do you say, Julius?" Ormiston demanded at last.
"I suppose our only thought is for Katherine—for Lady Calmady?" he said. "And in that case I agree with Dr. Knott."
Roger took another turn to the window, stood there awhile struggling with his natural desire to escape from so painful an embassy.
"Very well, if you are not here, Knott, I undertake to tell her," he said at last. "Please God, she mayn't turn against me altogether for bringing her such news. I'll be on hand for the next few days, and—you must explain to Denny that I am to be sent for whenever I am wanted. That's all—I suppose we may as well go now, mayn't we?"
Julius knelt at the faldstool, without the altar rails of the chapel, till the light showed faintly through the grisaille of the stained‐glass windows and outlined the spires and carven canopies of the stalls. At first his prayers were definite, petitions for mercy and grace to be outpoured on the fair, young mother and her, seemingly, so cruelly afflicted child; on himself, too, that he might be permitted to stay here, and serve her through the difficult future. If she had been sacred before, Katherine was doubly sacred to him now. He bowed himself, in reverential awe, before the thought of her martyrdom. How page: 69 would her proud and naturally joyous spirit bear the bitter pains of it? Would it make, eventually, for evil or for good? And then—the ascetic within him asserting itself, notwithstanding the widening of outlook produced by the awakening of his heart—he was overtaken by a great horror of that which we call matter; by a revolt against the body, and those torments and shames, mental, moral, and physical, which the body brings along with it. Surely the dualists were right? It was unregenerate, a thing, if made by God, yet wholly fallen away from grace and given over to evil, this fleshly envelope wherein the human soul is seated, and which, even in the womb, may be infected by disease or rendered hideous by mutilation? Then, as the languor of his long vigil overcame him, he passed into an ecstatic contemplation of the state of that same soul after death, clothed with a garment of incorruptible and enduring beauty, dwelling in clear, luminous spaces, worshipping among the ranks of the redeemed, beholding its Lord God face to face.
John Knott, meanwhile, after driving home beneath the reeling stars, through the roar of the forest and shriek of the wind across the open moors, found an urgent summons awaiting him. He spent the remainder of that night, not in dreams of paradise and of spirits redeemed from the thraldom of the flesh, but in increasing the population of this astonishing planet, by assisting to deliver a scrofulous, half‐witted, shrieking servant‐girl of twins—illegitimate—in the fusty atmosphere of a cottage garret, right up under the rat‐eaten thatch.


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Long time no blog, eh? I know. I had hoped they'd fix this site, but more than anything, I need a place to post some reviews
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I'd written some of those reviews some time ago, and I have to say, of the three, I was really impressed by Dishonored and the scare in Silent Hill wasn't something to scoff at. It was pretty scary and worth the money…though, I never did find my nail gun I'd had DLC for…stupid pre-orders. I am expecting Thief to come in soon and yes, I have a PS4, it is still in the box. For those of you who are/were loyal readers, that should come as no surprise. Is this site still all wonky, or is it worth another shot? My patience is thin.


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I am looking to upgrade the audio for my 2010 WRX Sedan looking for some suggestions. I would like to have Sirius Satellite in my car but Subaru wants $509 to install the antenna and transmitter behind the stock head unit and I find this ridiculous. The stock head unit and speakers are horrible in my opinion. (With the volume completely turned up I can still have a phone conversation because the output is so low).
I would like to either upgrade the speakers and leave the stock head unit in the car (also having Sirius Satellite installed) or completely replace stock head unit and speakers.
Any suggestions???


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Rose-Hulman dedicates itself to the total growth and development of each individual student. The Office of Student Affairs coordinates most of the non-academic aspects of Rose-Hulman student life. The Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students has a highly dedicated, energetic and professional Student Affairs staff.
Many of the areas of responsibility in Student Affairs are administered through the central office located on the lower level of the Hulman Union Building. The Vice President for Student Affairs, the Associate Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs, the Associate Director of Residence Life, the Assistant Director of Residence Life, the Director of Disability Services, and the secretary have offices in the Office of Student Affairs in the Hulman Union.
The Student Affairs Office offers personal and academic counseling services, information concerning housing on and off campus, and general information on all aspects of student life. The Office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Associate Director of Residence Life and the Assistant Director of Residence Life maintain permanent residence on campus. Three graduate assistants reside on campus in each of the following halls: Apartments West, Deming, & Percopo.
The RHIT Student Counseling Center is located on the upper level of the Hulman Union Building next to the Student Activities Office. The Student Counseling Center has been established to ensure that every student has the opportunity to benefit from academic and social life at Rose-Hulman. This is achieved by assisting students in the development of self-awareness and life skills necessary to overcome personal obstacles. The Student Counseling Center strives to be supportive and informed about the concerns of all students at Rose-Hulman, including international students, racial and ethnic minority students, students of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and students with disabilities.
The RHIT Student Counseling Center is staffed by the Director of Counseling Services, two Licensed Mental Health Counseling Associates, doctoral students from the Department of Psychology, and students pursing a Master of Sceince degree in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Indiana State University. Doctoral students have a master's degree related to psychology and are currently pursuing a psychology doctorate in clinical pyschology. Supervision is provided to Student Counseling Center staff by licensed psychologists endorsed as a Health Services Provider in Psychology.
Counselors at the Student Counseling Center utilize goal-oriented counseling methods to assist students. The objective of the Student Counseling Center is to allow the student the opportunity to talk to a counselor about any concerns they are facing, explore related thoughts and feelings, identify personal strengths, and master new life skills they can use to optimize their academic experience at Rose-Hulman. Some students may meet only once or twice, others for a longer period of time. All sessions are confidential and at no cost to the student. If it becomes evident in working with a student that further assessment or more in-depth counseling/medical assistance is needed, the Student Counseling Center staff can assist the student by referring them to the appropriate professional.
Group workshops offered by the Student Counseling Center focus on topics such as adjustment to college life, stress-management, and social/interpersonal skills. Additional group experiences can be developed an offered depending on the needs of students.
The Student Activities/Hulman Union Office, HMU 242 is located on the upper level of the Hulman Union Building. It houses the Director of Student Services, the Assistant Dean for Student Services, and the secretary. Student Union rooms may be scheduled with the staff members in this office. This office also oversees the scheduling and use of the White Chapel on Rose-Hulman's campus.
The Union/Student Activities office coordinates and promotes a wide variety of co-curricular events on and off-campus for students' education and enjoyment. In addition, the Union and Student Activities Office supports the 90-plus Rose-Hulman student organizations, works with Greek life, tracks community service completed by the Rose-Hulman community annually, and organizes the New Student Orientation program.
The Institute maintains a medical office on campus, for the healthcare of the students. Services are available to all registered students. For complete office hours please visit the "Health Services Website".
Students may visit the Health Services Office free of charge. A medical form packet, sent to all new students, requests a thorough medical history and physical examination, required immunizations record, and TB Skin Test. These records are kept on file in the Health Services Office and must be completed prior to matriculation.
Many medications are furnished free of charge. Limited lab tests are available. Specialty drugs and X-ray examinations are not available on campus.
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There are many sources of financial assistance available to Rose-Hulman students, including scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. A Rose-Hulman student may apply for aid prior to the beginning of any quarter. Most assistance, however, is assigned for an academic year. All financial aid granted by Rose-Hulman is coordinated by the Office of Financial Aid, which is located in Hadley Hall. For work-study/work-opportunity positions, please see the Financial Aid website or visit the Financial Aid office.
If a student wishes to be considered for aid other than academic scholarships, a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) must accompany the request for aid. This form should be submitted to the federal processing center at least thirty days prior to the deadline for financial aid applications. This form, the FAFSA, is the only form that needs to be filed to be considered for all federal and state aid programs. Indiana residents' FAFSA must be sent to the federal processor before March 10 to be considered for Indiana Higher Education, Freedom of Choice Grant and 21st Century Scholarship.
All financial aid applications and FAFSAs are available in the Office of Financial Aid.
Student Financial Services is located in the Business Office in the A-Section of Moench Hall and is available to serve students in the areas of Organization Deposits and Billing. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Office of Insurance and Risk Management provides domestic and international students health insurance coverage, as well as insurance coverage while participating in school sponsored sports programs. Your first billing statement from the Student Financial Services Office will include a charge for fall quarter student health insurance. Each subsequent quarterly billing statement will include a similar charge unless you waive this coverage. If you have other health insurance and do not want this coverage, you must complete an electronic student insurance waiver by the applicable deadline. The electronic waiver is available online within Banner Web and located under the Student and Financial Aid menu. This waiver applies to the entire school year. International students cannot waive this coverage. Contact Susan Butts (812-877-8457 or via e-mail email@example.com) or visit the insurance web page if you have any questions.
The Office of Human Resources, located in Moench Hall, Room A-113 provides student payroll services for all students. If you hold a job at Rose-Hulman you will submit all hours worked electronically via the Banner Web. You will be paid an hourly wage whether you have been awarded federal work study, Rose-Hulman work opportunity or paid through regular student wages. You will need to complete payroll paperwork prior to your first day of employment and return to Human Resources. Contact Brenda Jacks (812-877-8153 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com) if you have any questions related to your student employment.
The Director of International Student Services and Special Programs is located in the Student Affairs Office in Hulman Union. This office provides information and counseling to international students on immigration and visa issues and other areas of concern. No appointment is necessary. The Director of International Student Services acts as an advocate for international students and welcomes the opportunity to work with each and every one who chooses to study at Rose-Hulman.
Rose-Hulman is very proud of our international students, whose presence provides opportunities for US-based students to broaden their perspectives through exposure to different cultures. The number of international students on our campus varies each year, currently averaging 80 students from about 20 different countries.
The goal of ISA (International Student Association) is not only to gather the international students together, to know more about each other and different cultures, but also to invite US-based students to share the US culture as well. We hope to experience diversity by getting to know each other through campus involvement as well as social activities.
Through interaction with people different from ourselves, not only do we learn about different ways of life, but we also learn about ourselves and grow through understanding differences. We believe that engineers and scientists of the future will need 'cross-cultural' skills, that is, skills that will enable them to work and live productively in a variety of settings very different from the ones in which they feel most comfortable.
The Office of Global Programs, located on the second floor of the John T. Myers building, offers assistance in global outreach for students and faculty. This office is the first step in the process to study abroad, find international internships, get advice on travel as related to academics and work- related opportunities. This office works in conjunction with academic departments, the registrar, and career services to facilitate inbound and outbound students, faculty and staff. The Office of Global Programs serves to make the connections with like-minded universities to create viable exchanges of students and faculty.
Rose-Hulman is committed to working with students who have special needs or disabilities. Such students may be eligible to receive accommodations that provide equal access to learning , the living and learning environment, and college activities. After being admitted to RHIT, students must establish their eligibility for accommodations by notifying the Disability Services Coordinator, who is located in Student Affairs, of the disability and providing sufficient documentation. Students must provide as much documentation as possible about the disability and resulting substantial limitations. Documentation less than three years old by a psychiatrist, psychologist, medical doctor, school counselor, licensed clinical social worker, or other licensed health provider is acceptable.
The Office of Public Safety, located on the east side of campus on U.S. 40 and on the east side of the Circle K Shell Service Center, provides a variety of integrated services to the Rose-Hulman community.
Student escort service, vehicle registration and traffic enforcement are included in the program. Additional duties of the staff consist of maintaining updates on potential development of adverse weather conditions (e.g., tornadoes), the alerting of community members to those situations, energy disruption, fire protection and control, security, and protection of life, property, and Institute assets in general. Vehicle registration is required by all students with vehicles on the campus.
Specific education, experience, and training are required of by the staff to provide a professional response to an emergency.
To report an emergency, dial 812-877-8590.
Any student wishing to file a formal complaint concerning any aspect of the Institution can do so by submitting the complaint in written form (email is acceptable) to the Dean of Students. The complaint must be signed by the complaining party or parties. The Dean of Students will refer the complaint to the appropriate vice president for consideration and/or action.
Students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology have the right to express concerns if they believe they have been treated unfairly, subjected to harassment, or been the victim of discrimination. Students can address these concerns through either an informal or formal process.
In most instances, complaints can be resolved through an informal process beginning with talking with the staff, faculty, or student with whom the issue originated. If discussing the matter with the individual does not resolve the situation, the student can contact the resources listed below to help achieve a solution.
Final grade appeals:
Consult your academic advisor or academic department head for guidance.
Appeals of academic integrity sanctions:
Consult your advisor or academic department head for guidance.
Complaints regarding discrimination or harassment:
Contact Kristen Loyd (812-877-8484). Also visit the section in the Student Handbook for Policies, Rules, and Regulations, where you will find a comprehensive list of definitions, policies, and procedures.
Appeals of misconduct recommendations and actions:
The procedure for appealing actions or recommendations stemming from academic or non-academic misconduct can be found in the Student Handbook online.
Grievances related to accommodations:
Contact Karen DeGrange (812-877-8285) in Disability Services. More information can be found on the Disability Services website.
Allegations of misconduct by other students:
Contact the Dean of Students in the Office of Student Affairs.
Other Complaints
For complaints that do not fall into the categories above, contact the Dean of Students in the Office of Student Affairs.
If a solution cannot be achieved informally, or if the student is not satisfied with the solution, a formal complaint may be filed.
Formal Complaints and Grievances
A formal complaint must be submitted in writing/email, signed by the student (electronic signature is acceptable), and submitted to the Dean of Student's attention in the Office of Student Affairs. The Dean of Students or designee will investigate the complaint, take appropriate action and respond to the student within 30 days. A record of the student complaint will be placed in the student's file and noted on the Student Complaint Log kept in the Office of Student Affairs. Complaints should be expressed as soon as possible after the event occurs; some procedures at Rose-Hulman have specific deadlines for filing grievances or complaints. In Indiana, the statute of limitations is 2 years, so complaints filed after this time will not be considered.
Here are some tips that may help you in the process of resolving your complaint:
Whoever is investigating your complaint will want to hear all sides of the story before making a recommendation and may ask you to meet with the person against whom your complaint is directed.
Your confidentiality will be protected within reason, but officials of the Institute may require access to your educational record in order to help resolve the situation.
You have the right to retain legal counsel if you so choose. If you choose to utilize legal counsel, please understand that communication may need to go through Rose-Hulman's counsel.
It is very important for you to be completely honest throughout the process of filing a complaint; knowingly furnishing false information to a committee, hearing board, or any Institute official is a violation of the Student Code of Ethics.
Filing Complaints if Issues Cannot be Resolved Internally
If an issue cannot be resolved internally, you may file a complaint about Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with your state by referring to the following list of State Agencies in compliance with U.S. Department of Education regulations. You may also contact our accrediting agencies, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Higher Learning Commission (firstname.lastname@example.com) or the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (email@example.com). If you are utilizing military Tuition Assistance, a My Career Advancement Account Scholarship, or a Military Spouse Career Advancement Account Scholarship, you may submit a Department of Defense Postsecondary Education Complaint (https://afaems.langley.af.mil/pecs/DoDPECS.aspx).
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Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC is applying for bond reduction on Permit No. 1401835 located in Dickenson County 1.5 miles northwest of Bucu on Frying Pan Creek . This permit consists of 44.58 acres bonded under Cost Estimate. As provided by 4 VAC 25-130-800.40 of the Virginia Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Regulations, the Applicant is requesting that the current total bond amount of $473,800 in the form of insurance surety posted for this permit be reduced by $284,280.
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Types of Reclamation Work Performed – Backfilling and regrading is complete
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All correspondence concerning this bond reduction application should be submitted to the Division of Mined Land Reclamation (Attention: Permit Section), P. O. Drawer 900, Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219. Telephone (276) 523-8202. Written comments and a request for informal conference may be e-mailed to the Division at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC of 7546 Gravel Lick Road, Cleveland, Virginia 24225 is applying to the Virginia Division of Mined Land Reclamation (VDMLR) for a revision to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit No. 0081832 associated with CSMO Permit No. 1301832, Greenbrier Dock, by Application No. 1008477. The permit area is approximately 8.26 acres. The permit area is located 4.8 miles East of Haysi, Virginia on Russell Prater Creek in Buchanan and Dickenson Counties. The nearest public road intersection is Routes 83 and 606. The approximate Northing is 3,621,024 and the approximate Easting is 10,396,589. The Prater, Virginia USGS 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle map was used to describe the permit location. Drainage will pass through sediment control structures and be discharged into Russell Prater Creek.
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Silicon Angle, an online computer science publication, is calling Obamacares web launch the an absolute failure.
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Can you think of anything in history of the web that was worse? This is the government of course and history indicates that the exchange was probably built by a number of the cheapest available contractors through a bidding program, that is actually pretty close, but just wait until you hear about the money. The contractors behind the exchange were CGI Federal, who built the site, Quality Software Systems Inc. (CSSI) a Canadian company that built the information hub, and Booz Allen who is responsible for enrollment and eligibility technical support. Somewhere in that soup of contractors, they built a site that /wait for it/ was built for 50,000 to 60,000 concurrent users at a total cost (so far) of $634 million. Feel free to replay that ratio. $634,000,000/50,000. Heres another ratio to ponder 50,000 users in 50 states. I guess if you can get the work .you do it. In this case unfortunately for many the product is downright poor.
Had also previously read that the original cost was supposed to be something like $63 million ... so they spent about 10X the original estimated cost ... and it doesn't work.
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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:01 PM GMT on November 09, 2010
President Obama is in Jakarta, Indonesia, but that nation's most active volcano--Mount Merapi on Java--is spewing enough ash to potentially cut the President's visit short. Merapi (literally "Mountain of Fire" in Javanese) has been erupting since late October, and the mountain's pyroclastic flows and ash have been blamed for the deaths of over 150 Indonesians since the eruption began. The capital city of Jakarta lies about 250 miles west-northwest of Merapi, and received ash from the volcano over the weekend. At Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport, airlines canceled 36 flights on Saturday, and an additional 50 flights on Sunday. The airport handles about 900 flights per day. The Indonesian Disaster Management Office reported that volcanic ash from Merapi fell in Jakarta and some nearby areas such as Bogor and Puncak on Saturday night, but only in very light falls. No flights were canceled yesterday, as the ash cloud remained about 50 miles to the south of the city.
Figure 1. Signs of the eruption at Mount Merapi managed to puncture the persistent cloud cover over Java on November 5, 2010. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this natural-color image the same day. The volcano's plume formed a V shape, fanning out to the west from the summit and casting shadows on the surrounding clouds below. According to the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center in Darwin, Australia, the ash plume rose to at least 55,000 feet (16 kilometers) in altitude and stretched 220 miles (350 km) to the west and southwest, as of 12:13 a.m. local time on November 6 (17:13 UTC, Nov 5). Image credit: NASA.
The winds today are blowing from east to west over the Merapi volcano, and are expected to continue this direction for the remainder of the day. According to the latest Volcanic ash advisory from the Darwin, Australia Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (Figure 2), the ash from Merapi extends about 140 miles to the west of the volcano, and is expected to remain just south of Jakarta today. However, the ash cloud is sufficiently close to the city that just a small change in wind direction could bring ash to Jakarta, which might shut down the airport. A run I performed using NOAA's HYSPLIT trajectory model (Figure 2, right side) shows the potential for ash to reach Jakarta if Merapi erupts continuously for 48 hours, beginning at 1am EST this morning. So, the President will have to keep a careful eye on Merapi today in case the ash cloud approaches Jakarta.
Figure 2. Latest volcanic ash advisory from the Darwin, Australia Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (left) predicts that ash from Merapi will stay just south of Jakarta today. NOAA's HYSPLIT trajectory model was run assuming a continuous 48-hour eruption of the volcano began at 1am EST this morning. That model predicts that the ash could from Merapi could come very close to Jakarta by 1am EST on Thursday.
Impact of Merapi on the climate
The amount of sulfur dioxide and ash that Merapi has thrown into the atmosphere thus far has been relatively minor as volcanic eruptions go, and I don't expect Merapi's eruption will cause a noticeable influence on the climate. As I discuss on our Volcanoes and climate web page, major volcanic eruptions in the tropics have, in the past, caused substantial cooling of Earth's climate by injecting large amounts of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. The most notable such eruption in recent history was in 1815 by the Indonesian volcano Tambora. The sulfur pumped by this eruption into the stratosphere dimmed sunlight so extensively that global temperatures fell by about 2°F (1°C) for 1 - 2 years afterward. This triggered the famed Year Without a Summer in 1816. Killing frosts and snow storms in May and June 1816 in Eastern Canada and New England caused widespread crop failures, and lake and river ice were observed as far south as Pennsylvania in July and August. Birger Lühr, a volcano researcher at the GFZ in Potsdam, Germany, commented in Der Spiegel magazine that Merapi has a magma reservoir triple the size of Tambora's. Lühr did not expect that the current eruption of Merapi would cause a massive climate-cooling event, but he did caution that the current cone of the volcano lies on top of the ruins of a more ancient crater, evidence that Merapi has had a cataclysmic eruption in the past.
Invest 93L in the Caribbean not currently a threat
An area of disturbed weather (Invest 93L) has developed in the central Caribbean, a few hundred miles south of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The heavy thunderstorm activity associated with 93L is rather limited, due in part to some dry air to the north. Wind shear is a low 5 - 10 knots and SSTs are very warm, 29°C, so we will have to watch this area for signs of development. None of the reliable global forecast models for predicting tropical cyclone formation (GFS, NOGAPS, ECMWF, and UKMET) are developing 93L into a tropical depression over the coming week, and NHC is giving 93L a 10% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Thursday.
Figure 3. Morning satellite image of Invest 93L.
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