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University of St. Thomas' Center for International Studies formed a partnership with the American Foreign Service Association in Washington, D.C., to promote and deepen public understanding of U.S. diplomacy, and the Center will launch a new "Distinguished Diplomat" lecture series this month.
The partnership with AFSA will focus on the critical skills that foreign service officers deploy in the face of increasing global challenges to vital American foreign policy interests.
The inaugural "Distinguished Diplomat" lecture will be given by Ambassador John Negroponte, former director of national intelligence, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and deputy secretary of state during President George W. Bush's administration. The lecture will be held at 6:30 p.m. on March 21 in the Grand Salon of La Colombe D'Or Ballroom, 3410 Montrose Blvd.
Dr. Richard Sindelar, assistant professor in CIS, said Negroponte's focus will be the outlook for United States foreign relations in light of recently concluded federal elections and a professional assessment of policy prospects, opportunities, and alternatives for the U.S. He also said CIS is greatly honored that AFSA has agreed to team with CIS to inspire careers in diplomacy.
"Never before have diplomacy and diplomatic skills been as important for the success of American foreign relations and international business," Sindelar said. "The modern, global situation offers unparalleled opportunities and great risks for both U.S. foreign policy, and private international commerce and finance world-wide.
The University has a history of preparing students for careers in international relations and diplomacy. Four alumni have become U.S. foreign service officers, three of them from the Center for International Studies.
To meet the need for a new generation of talented diplomats, the Center and AFSA joined forces to develop programs that inspire greater student and public interest in the craft of diplomacy, and the professional development of young leaders to fill diplomatic roles, whether in the public or private sectors.
The new endowment fund, established with a goal of $500,000, will support the biennial lecture series and a continuing program of outreach to students about diplomatic careers. Susan Johnson, senior career foreign service officer and current president of AFSA will also participate in other special program events.
St. Thomas launched its pioneering undergraduate program in international studies 40 years ago. In 1981, it founded the Center for International Studies as the home of its interdisciplinary major in International Studies, joined in 2006 by a major in International Development. More than 700 graduates of the two programs work in career fields such as commerce, education, development, diplomacy, public service, non-governmental organizations and communications.
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Humboldt's Gifts and a Bountiful Harvest from the Tropical Lowlands of Western South America
As a natural scientist and talented polymath, Alexander von Humboldt's acute field observations and astute recording were instrumental in forging a new spirit of interdisciplinary enquiry that embraced both the botany and cultural history of the "New World." His celebrated journey in the early 1800s through Mexico, the Caribbean, and northwestern South America bequeathed a rich pictorial legacy published as Vues des Cordillères—a kind of "PowerPoint" presentation of its day. One image of a large balsa sailing raft moored at Babahoyo on the banks of the River Daule in Ecuador was sketched by Humboldt and later painted by Marchais. This scene captures in rich detail a vessel laden with a bountiful harvest of tropical produce traded downstream from the upper reaches of the Guayas Basin. It offers a vivid snapshot of the intersection between emergent imperial economic interests and regional Pre-Columbian networks of exchange on the cusp of momentous change as they fell within the reach of an increasingly global economy. While the adoption of many of the principal native American domesticates ranging from corn, tobacco, avocados, and chocolate to tomatoes and potatoes is well known, this paper reveals another hidden layer of the botany of empire.
Colin McEwan is Director of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks. He specializes in the art and archaeology of the Pre-Columbian Americas and has carried out fieldwork in diverse settings ranging from the Peruvian Highlands, Upper Amazon, and coastal Ecuador to Patagonia. From 1979 to 1991 he directed the Agua Blanca Archaeological Project focused on a major Manteño settlement in the Machalilla National Park, coastal Ecuador. He was formerly Head of the Americas Section at the British Museum, London where he authored or co-edited exhibition publications including Ancient Mexico in the British Museum (1994); Patagonia: Natural History, Prehistory and Ethnography at the Uttermost End of the Earth (1997); Pre-Columbian Gold: Technology, Style and Iconography (2000); Unknown Amazon: Culture in Nature in Ancient Brazil (2001); Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico (2006); El Caribe Pre-Colombino (2008); Ancient American Art in Detail (2009); and Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler (2009). He is particularly interested in reconstructing and interpreting the roles that objects play in prehistoric cultural landscapes.
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I'd put my money into a set of RHS or Motown 200cc heads from Speedway motors. These heads are treated with a multi angle valve job, Z 28 springs, guide plates and other goodies for $798 a pair......
Even sell a 176 cc runner head for the same price, not a bad deal.
The unfortunate reality is that if we eliminated everything from our lives that is made offshore we'd be running around naked and wouldn't have cars that were even remotely driveable. For that matter we wouldn't have these computers that suck up WAY too much of our time, which wouldn't be a bad thing.
Pro Comp heads, and parts in general. I've got a friend that runs a well respected shop locally, he says that all the Pro Comp stuff indeed needs to be checked over real carefully, and may not be the very best performance wise, but he sells alot of it and has had no return issues.
Did you run the engine yet???
Do you have the cnc'd version or the as cast version???
I have 2 sets in my shop right now and they are both for sale...I ran them across the flow bench and they were sick. I think out of the box they went like 190cfm @.500 lift...With out getting into a bunch of cylinder head tech they are just a real bad design to make power...
I have herd from some other shops that there might be some issues with loose guides and seats,,,But it's just a rumor right now and i have not been able to confirm it..
If you want a cheep set of aluminum heads just to run on a beater or pick-up truck they are ok... if you really want a fast engine there not worth the work..
|From what I understand, there made in china but said to be made is aussie land down under. I`ve read nightmare reviews and good reviews, but I will say the bad ones outnumbered the good. I`ve also read quality control on these heads aren`t that good, but most products made in china there isn`t a quality control, or not much of one. Me personally, I don`t like the idea of china heads on my american block in my american vehicle but that`s just me. I understand many people did have issues with the pro top line heads, however we purchased a set after RHS bought them out and we`ve ran them with very good results, everything was as it was suppose to be. You can do a search and find out others reviews on these heads, if they work for you then flog`em good.
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Does anybody know about the 190 cc heads from pro comp. I have a set on my 355 with dome pistons now and a solid lift cam. I have read some good and some bad. they look good on paper and look good in person. Super chevy is going to use them on the cheap 383. What about some of your input?
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For most of my adult life my cooking repertoire has been severely hindered by both a lack of experience, and thus confidence, and by limiting myself to just a few very basic skills (think - boiling water, pushing down the toaster mechanism, or programming the microwave). But then just a couple years back, likely through a combination of my awareness of the seemingly endless supply of tantalizing cookbooks that KPL acquires for the collection and a growing interest in cooking that developed through the popularity of cooking shows on television and how easy they make things seem, I started to really read those cookbooks and began looking for things that I could actually attempt. It hasn't taken me long to figure out that a good recipe makes all the difference. I can't say that everything that I create would challenge Bobby Flay, but when it works it feels like nothing short of alchemy to me to be able to pull together a great meal from simple, healthy ingredients and with my limited culinary skillset. My favorite recipes and best results have come from Martha Stewart's Everyday Food, but I've had success with other cookbooks as well. The latest recipes that I've tried came from Simply Ming one-pot meals: quick, healthy & affordable recipes by Ming Tsai. I've made Chicken & tri-bell pepper chow mein (pg. 34), Wonton shrimp & noodle soup (pg. 156), and Asian sloppy joes with hoisin sauce (pg. 71) and they were all just as advertised – quick, healthy, and really good!
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PHILADELPHIA — Drexel defender Dana Wilber scored with 3:14 to play in the game and Mark Manos made a big save in the final seconds as Drexel rallied to defeat No. 19 Hofstra, 6-5, at Vidas Field. The Dragons trailed by four goals before mounting the improbable comeback to improve to 4-5 overall and 2-0 in Colonial Athletic Association play. Hofstra's record evened at 4-4 and 1-1.
Wilber made a big play on the defensive end of the field before scoring. He stripped Adrian Sorichetti just inside the box. Chris Farquhar picked up the ground ball and lobbed it over the top to Wilber. The senior raced the length of the field and fired a shot past Andrew Gvozden. Hofstra won the ensuing face off but could not score and Drexel got possession back. However, the Dragons turned the ball over twice in the last three minutes as the Pride got the ball back for the final possession. Mike DeNapoli had a chance to tie the game from about 10 yards in front of the cage, but Manos made the stop, gained possession and the Dragons came away with a one-goal win.
The Pride dominated play in the first quarter as Drexel struggled to gain possession. Hofstra won all five face-offs in the first period and outshot Drexel, 9-5. Hofstra scored twice in the first 3:10 of the game. Sorichetti, who scored seven times in the Pride's last outing, tallied an unassisted goal just 92 seconds into the game. Less than two minutes later, DeNapoli took a feed from Sorichetti to put the Pride up by a pair. The teams went more than 10 minutes without scoring before Hofstra added to late goals to increase its lead to 4-0. Tyler Johnston and Steve Serling each had unassisted goals. The drought continued well into the second quarter for the Dragons. Drexel was held off the board for the first 28 minutes of the game before Kyle Bergman finally found the net. He scored with just 1:11 left in the first half after taking a pass from Robert Church.
The Dragons got back in the game with a big third period. Devin Thomas won the opening face-off of the half cleanly and set up Church just six seconds into the period. The teams settled in and played evenly until Hofstra went up by three when Tyler Begley beat Manos to make it 5-2. Just over a minute later, the Dragons cut it back to two when Church scored again. It was his 13th of the season. The momentum started to swing Drexel's way as Thomas won all five face-offs in the third period. The Dragons took that into the fourth as Andrew Vivian closed the third with a goal with only 10 seconds left in the quarter. Jason Klunder set up Vivian, who scored from the doorstep. It didn't take long for the Dragons to tie it as Thomas again won the opening face-off of the fourth quarter and went straight for the cage and evened the score at 5-5.
The Dragons won eight of the 15 face-offs in the game, including seven of eight in the second half. Thomas was 8-for-11 and had six ground balls. Drexel outshot Hofstra, 35-24. Manos made 11 saves in the cage for the Dragons, while Gvozden had 10 for the Pride.
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Update:I have come to understand why pictures of the Devil have goat horns on them. Goats, Billys especially, have a perverse sense of humor. My Billy goat is always looking for ways to aggrivate me and is highly successful too. He likes to bite the back of my vest when ever I close enough. He also like to get in my way and tear down anything I might be building in or near his pasture. I recently build some rabbit hutches and had to chain him up for a week so he wouldn't tear them down before they were built and I then had to fence them off from the pasture. This week, while putting on the roofing, he decided to eat the tarpaper, and delighted in tearing into small strips. I was using my pnuematic stapler to fasten the hardware cloth to the frame of the cages and he sneeks up and butts my hand just as I'm pulling the trigger--result is a staple in the middle of his forehead.He left of a few minutes but snuck back. Next thing I hear is a loud hiss of air and turn around to find that he had bitten my air hose in half. I must say, though, that the face full of air surprized him a bit but not enough to keep him from pestering further. There are times I am tempted to shoot him on the spot. The only thing holding my hand is that I'm not up to butchering a 125-150 lb billy goat by myself.
The Billy is big--1/2 Boar, 1/2 Nubian. The doe is Toggenberg. The 2 youngsters are, of course crosses. I have seen the little doe, born March 5, jump so high from standing on all 4 that she would have jumped out of the pen if I wasn't keeping her and Mama in the fly pen of my pigeon loft.J.P. you're welcome to come wrestle Patches, He's about 4 feet at the shoulder and needs his hoofs trimmed but I'm not up to the task.


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The department's programs are designed to ladder into more advanced programs. Students in two-year certificate and associate degree programs can apply course work completed as part of the one- and two-year programs toward a bachelor's degree in the School of Technology and Applied Sciences.
The aviation maintenance technology associate degree and certificate programs are accredited by the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Certification.
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Hospitality management students operate and manage the white tablecloth restaurant Chez Nous during the winter semester as well as the Culinary Cafe during both the fall and winter semesters. In addition, students deliver several outstanding banquet and catering functions throughout the year.
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Students must have a minimum grade of "C" and a grade point average of 2.25 for all technical concentration courses and the construction systems minor program.
The curriculum followed is set by the State of Michigan. Students must complete 1,500 clock hours for this program; attendance is mandatory. Successful completion of this program and the 1,500 requisite clock hours qualifies graduates to take the state board test for licensure in Michigan.
Students in baccalaureate degree programs may apply up to six credits of cosmetology (COS) courses toward graduation unless otherwise prohibited.
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well, i read in www. faithfreedom.org about this.
( The decreasing freedom of free-
speech. by Jake Neuman )
it's about freespeech and the diffrent hate speech, also defamation.
as I know the freespeech in westren (usa and uk / eruope) has help to critize and help improvement of knowledge and civilization of the world. (eight noble fold road)
The question if the freespeech get press? and people could not express even it's true and right, from the article look likes we would be going to the kind state slowly.


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In this sobering message, Dr. Gleiser looks into an event in the life of our Lord Jesus in which He relates a parable concerning a man whom God called a fool. When God calls someone a fool, He isn't laughing and that certainly is no laughing matter. Why did God call him a fool? What did he do to deserve that? Listen to this message as Dr. Gleiser carefully explains this man's two great mistakes and challenges the hearer to avoid the same errors.
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text: Oh Cindi! Thank you for asking this of me! Today was the first time I got a chance to smell Rosie's breath! She thought I was crazy for sure but allowed me to hold her halter & breath in that wonderful smell of fresh spring grass! Smelled like the 1st time you cut the grass but a little sweeter cause she had eaten some wet cob about an hour before. Very green if you know what I mean, a little sharp but not offensive, more like bright, what you would imagine that bright new grass color to be. We are surely twins for wanting & doing this thing that probably sounds whacko to anyone else. I can't wait for her to calve & then I can tell you what that fresh milk & butter tastes like! I got a job @ the CSA I belong to for the summer, will get my share for free, working every other Fri june-oct. Will give me the chance to bring home a bunch of the whackings, icky & extra stuff for the chix & Rosie. Off to check the bees, it's a beautiful day & don't know when I'll get another chance! I'm so glad to be home again! J


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The Canisius softball team moved to 16-13 on the season with a pair of non-conference wins over St. Bonaventure Tuesday afternoon at the Demske Sports Complex. The Golden Griffins came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Bonnies 7-4 in game one and then took game two by a 4-2 count. St. Bonaventure has now lost nine straight and fell to 5-29 on the season with the pair of road losses.
Canisius freshman Meghan Cuda extended her hitting streak to six games with a hit in game one and three hits in game two, highlighted by her team-leading sixth triple of the season. Senior Stephanie Pfentner had three hits in the twinbill to extend her hitting streak to four games and sophomore Robin Kennery added three hits and three runs batted in as the Griffs extended their winning streak to three straight. Junior Jen Consaul moved to 11-7 on the year with her complete-game victory in game one and freshman Jenn Solis earned her first collegiate win in the circle after she gave up two runs on three hits while fanning three in five innings of work in the nightcap.
St. Bonaventure led 3-0 through four innings and then added a single run in the top of the fifth to take a 4-0 lead on the Blue and Gold in game one. Canisius rallied back with a four-run frame in the home half of the fifth to knot the game at 4-4. In that inning, Kennery drove in two runs with a base hit to center and then Pfentner followed with an RBI-single to left that allowed freshman Alexis Roman to score from third. Kennery scored the tying run moments later when senior Katie Medina ripped an RBI-base hit to right. Canisius took the lead for good with three runs in the bottom of the sixth. After Tori Nappo led of the inning with a ground-rule double to the gap in right center, sophomore Michelle DelPrince knocked her across the plate with a double to right center. Following a pitching change by the Bonnies, Canisius scored an unearned run on an error and Kennery drove one to the base of the fence for a sacrifice fly to give the Blue and Gold the 7-4 advantage.
Consaul allowed four runs, two earned, on five hits while striking out five and walking four. St. Bonaventure starter Carly Bilchak took the loss for the Bonnies after she allowed six runs on 10 hits while striking out two and walking two. Pfentner went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the win, while Kennery drove in three. DelPrince went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI for Canisius.
In game two, Canisius gave its freshman starter a run in the bottom of the first when the Blue and Gold took advantage of the first of five Bonnies' errors in the game. St. Bonaventure designated player Jessenia Andujar knotted the game at 1-1 in the top half of the second with a leadoff homer to left center, but the Blue and Gold regained the lead with three runs in the fourth. In that frame, Canisius scored another unearned run and then Tori Nappo and Cuda drove in runs with base hits. After the Bonnies cut Canisius' lead in half at 4-2 with a single-run in the fifth, the Griffs brought on senior pitcher Amanda Baun, who threw the last two innings without allowing a hit to earn her first save of the season.
Cuda went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in the game two win, while Kennery added two hits to the Canisius attack. St. Bonaventure's Emily Belfield also had a hit and a run scored in the losing effort.
Canisius will return to action Saturday, April 13, when the team plays host to MAAC rival Marist at the Demske Sports Complex. First pitch is set for 12 p.m.
Game Notes: The games on Tuesday were the 67th and 68th all-time meetings between Canisius and St. Bonaventure in softball, with the Griffs leading the series 55-13… Canisius has now beaten five-straight times, and four times this year… The win in game one moved the Griffs to 22-2 all-time in the first game of the season on the turf at the Demske Sports Complex… Dating back to 2006, Canisius is 40-14 in its last 54 home contests… Cuda has reached base safely in nine-straight games… In Canisius' 16 wins this season, Pfentner is hitting .477 (21-for-44) and she's scored 15 runs… Kennery now leads the team with 25 RBIs, and 22 of those have come in the team's 16 victories this season… The save was the third career save for Baun, who had two saves during the 2011 campaign.


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Votto walks.
Votto walks.
Phillips pops out to 2nd. 1-0 Reds mid 3rd.
Phillips was pissed he missed that one.
What's Dusty's obsession with using the word "dike" in quotes?
Cabrera grounds out to 1st.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Wells strikes out swinging. 2 Ks for Arroyo.
Amarista grounds out to 2nd. 1-0 Reds after 3.
Just joining the thread and the game.
I see that the Reds have their run already. Too bad I missed it.
Just have to tip your hat to Kip Wells.
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OK, I received my vest with the jumpsuit recently and I really like the material - a nice slight sheen to it with a little extra thickess. (the shine here is accentuated because of the flash.) It comes in Prepro-like light gray, but I'm sure they would do it in another color if you asked.
- nice, slightly padded thickness
- great fit
- good proportions (shoulder caps, fit through the chest)
- neckseal attached
- zipper back
- nice neckseal
- too long
- velcro sewed in all the wrong places
- no slots for harness straps in back
- quilted rows may be a little too small
Resolving Issues:
- I removed all velcro and sewed back on where it meets up with my armor. You'll need to add extra as well. (best to ask them to not sew on the velcro, but still include it in shipment)
- I shortened it (like hemming up a pair of pants)
- added extra velcro in back for the backplate
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Posted by Clement Teo on August 18, 2013
by Clement Teo, Bryan Wang, Katyayan Gupta
We recently met with Huawei executives during the launch of its latest product in China, the S12700 switch. The product, which ships in limited quantity in Q1 2014 is designed for managing campus networks, and acts as a core and aggregation switch in the heart of campus networks. While wired/wireless convergence, policy control and management come as standard features, the draw is the Ethernet Network Processor (ENP). The ENP competes against merchant silicon in competitive switch products, and Huawei claims to be able to deliver new programmable services in six months, compared to one to three years for competitive application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips. This helps IT managers respond quicker to the needs of campus network users, especially in the age of BYOD, Big Data, and cloud computing.
While it is a commendable product in its own right, Huawei will need to position its value more strategically against IT managers that have technology inertia, especially in 'Cisco-heavy' networks:


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:fettesb Ok guys, I hate to have to do this. But the shipping on the budget fett vests are killing me.
The new price for the vests is 65.00 shipped in the US. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. The post office rates are ridiculous.
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Navigating the
Politicized Economy:Listen to 28 Top Experts… and Learn How to Survive and Profit in a Market Bogged Down by Crippling Government Regulations, Billion-Dollar Bailouts, Excessive Money Printing and Cronyism
Dear Concerned Investor,
The process has been stealthy and gradual, but now the truth is obvious: The US government has taken over the American economy.
As a result, there's never been more uncertainty and fear in the markets than today… and with good reason.
Zero interest rates – a losing game for savers
By artificially keeping interest rates near zero, the Federal Reserve has de facto penalized every American saver and income investor. Whether your money is in a savings or money market account, Treasury bonds or CDs – adjusted for inflation, you'll likely end up with a negative real return.
And with the continued bleak state of the economy, the next round of quantitative easing is just around the corner… which will further raise inflation and render traditional safe-haven investments worthless, possibly for decades to come.
Obamacare: Snubbing taxpayers
and investors alike
President Obama's new healthcare bill will cost taxpayers more than $4 trillion by 2020, according to the latest estimates by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
National health spending will grow exponentially, increasing on average 5.8% per year. By 2020, the government will spend $4.54 trillion, or close to 20% of GDP, on health care. (Compare that to 2010 when all federal spending combined amounted to 23.8% of GDP.)
And that's not all. On top of putting your children and grandchildren on the hook for vast amounts of debt, Obamacare is also an open declaration of war against investors.
Hidden in the bill is a slew of new taxes and tax increases, including:
- A 3.8% surtax on investment income, coming into effect on January 1, 2013.
- Capital gains taxes will rise from 15% to 18.8%.
- With the Bush tax cuts set to expire, the top rate will be 23.8% on capital gains and 43.4% on dividends.
- The impact of these two will significantly raise income taxes in 2013 – high-income families could see a tax increase of 15% or more.
The unholy alliance – government and its cronies
We all know about the taxpayer-financed, billion-dollar bailouts for too-big-to-fail banks. But the recent LIBOR scandal, which some call the "crime of the century," shows that the relationship between the US government and its cronies may be even more tight-knit than anyone thought.
Whereas Barclays at first took the fall for manipulating the all-important LIBOR rate, it now turns out that not only many of the big banks were in on the scam – but that the New York Fed knew about it and apparently signed off on it.
And as you will hear from Peter Schweizer, one of our Summit speakers, the laws of the land apparently don't apply to congressmen, for whom insider trading is business as usual. Acting on foreknowledge of events like the Crash of 2008, many politicians lined their pockets while investors lost everything.
It sure pays to have friends in high places. Unfortunately, most of us aren't so lucky.
Individual investors find it increasingly difficult to slash a path through the thicket of "Do as I say, not as I do" rules and crushing regulations. And with the stock market in disarray, profit opportunities seem to be few and far between.
So we at Casey Research, together with our friends at Sprott, Inc., thought it was high time to address this issue – and to hand investors the tools to once again make confident investment decisions…
The Summit That Helps You
Survive and Thrive
For the time being, the free market in America is, if not dead, then at least comatose – but you still have to put your money somewhere to keep ahead of inflation and build a nest egg.
And most investors are aware by now that just about every move the government makes can result in a further distortion of the markets – leaving them with questions such as:
- How will fraud and corruption in government and on Wall Street affect the US and global markets?
- What will happen to stocks, the US dollar, and precious metals if Obama wins in November – and what if Romney wins?
- When Ben Bernanke announces another QE, how big will the inflationary damage be to your net worth?
- What happens when the retiring baby boomers' Social Security and Medicare demands start exceeding the government's ability to pay?
We discussed all those topics – and many more – at the just-concluded Casey/Sprott Summit Navigating the Politicized Economy.
A blue-ribbon faculty consisting of 28 investment experts, economists and best-selling financial authors presented their views and outlook on the US and global economies – plus answered investors' most pressing questions:
- What can investors do to survive – and thrive – in this Three-Ring-Circus economy?
- How can you invest to avoid the worst of the risks and still earn a solid return on your money? (One of our Summit panels specifically addressed ways to invest outside of traditional – and now rigged – stock and bond markets.)
Even if your schedule didn't allow you to attend the Summit in person, you can still benefit from all the information – every presentation… every panel discussion… every piece of investment advice… and every stock recommendation.
Since our Summits started, we've received so much positive feedback that, a few years ago, we started to audio-record them. Available on CD and MP3, you can now listen to the whole event from the comfort of your home.
Shock & Awe: Stunning Revelations and Smart Investment Advice from the Best of the Best
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that the topics our all-star cast presented made for a truly riveting experience. To give you a taste of what to expect, here are just a few highlights from Navigating the Politicized Economy:
In September, Comeback America is starting the "$10 Million a Minute" tour (so named because every minute the US financial hole gets deeper by about $10 million) across the United States. Even if you thought you knew all about the fiscal state of the union, you'll be surprised by the facts David Walker rolls out in his keynote speech at the Summit.
Edward is convinced that the ruling elite is aiming at installing a world government under a collectivist/feudalist model that will squash liberty and individualism – and those collectivist tendencies, he says, are becoming ever more visible in the United States today. Whether you agree with him or not, his well-researched arguments are guaranteed to make your jaw drop.
Donald is the founder of investment firm Coxe Advisors, LLC, and strategy advisor to BMO Financial Group. From his office in Chicago, he heads up the Global Commodity Strategy investment management team, a collaboration of Coxe Advisors and Harris Investments. Consulting firm Brendan Wood International named him "TopGun Investor" three years in a row, and honored him with a lifetime achievement award in 2011.
Getting investment advice directly from Donald is like getting a physics lesson from Einstein… priceless. He advises investors according to his motto, "Never invest on the basis of a story on page one – that is the efficient market. Invest on the basis of a story on page sixteen that is headed on its way to page one."
Did you know that 80% of the Department of Energy's $20.5 billion loan program went to companies owned by or connected to Obama's campaign donors? Or that Congressman and high-ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee Spencer Bachus made a small fortune on the pending Crash of 2008 – a scenario he was privy to from closed-door meetings? Or that Congressman Jim Moran sold the stock of 90 companies the day after one of those secret meetings?
Peter is not afraid to name names and make enemies – and his speech shows you a level of government insider trading and cronyism that you've never thought could exist.
John is convinced that we are currently seeing the beginning of the endgame. As he says, "There comes a moment when investors start to worry more about the return of their capital than the return on their capital." Have we reached that moment yet? And what can you do to make money regardless? Listening to John's keen insights will show you where we are headed and how to pull yourself out of the investing morass.
Thomas' famous PowerPoint brief to Vice Admiral Arthur Cebrowski on the subject of globalization and international security later developed into a New York Times best-seller, The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century. His latest book is Great Powers: America and the World After Bush.
In our globalized world, a thorough understanding of the present and future of geopolitics is a must for investors, so don't miss this eye-opening speech.
Since the last Casey Summit, Dr. Hunt has accumulated brand-new data on the actions of the government and the Fed. His presentation on how discretionary monetary and fiscal policies have failed the United States packed the room at the Summit.
Over the years, Doug's reputation as an "investment guru" has been greatly enhanced by his successes in spotting life-changing investment opportunities ahead of the crowd – including gold and gold stocks in 1998 and uranium in 2000. Doug and his team have warned their subscribers ahead of serious trouble in the economy, correctly anticipating the bursting of the dot-com and housing bubbles, and of the crisis now gripping the world.
And these are only a few members of our powerhouse faculty. You'll also hear from:
- Bud Conrad, chief economist of Casey Research and a senior editor of The Casey Report.
- Karl Denninger, author of The Market Ticker, a daily market commentary, and operator of the Market Ticker Forums, an online trading community, both since 2007. Mr. Denninger received the 2008 Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award for Grassroots Journalism for his coverage of the 2008 market meltdown.
- Alex Daley, chief technology investment strategist for Casey Research and the editor of our Casey Extraordinary Technology service.
- David Webb, a Sweden-based hedge fund manager and regarded as a "hedge fund phenomenon." David managed to make handsome returns for his clients even in the worst downturns of the last decade.
- Bob Hoye, chief financial strategist of Institutional Advisors and widely recognized for his unique approach to forecasting based on previous eras of financial booms.
- Rick Rule, founder of Global Resource Investments, which is now part of the Sprott Group of Companies, is widely considered one of the world's most knowledgeable – and successful – natural-resource investors.
- Louis James, Casey Research's globe-trotting chief metals & mining investment strategist and the editor of Casey International Speculator.
- Dominick Graziano, technical analyst and co-founder of the "Jelly Donut Brotherhood" – a network of regular Casey Summit participants who work together to evaluate the specific recommendations of the faculty and create portfolio plans.
- Mark Leibovit, former market maker on the Chicago Board Options Exchange; his Leibovit Volume Reversal Indicator is well known for forecasting accurate signals of trend direction and reversals in the equity, metals and futures markets.
In addition to these speakers' individual presentations, we also included our always popular on-stage roundtables…
Four Investment Panels That Give You
a Whole Toolbox to Work With
Listening to these seasoned economists and investment pros discuss solutions and specific investment recommendations hands you all the tools you need to survive and thrive – even in a market severely impeded by government intervention…
- Navigating the Politicized Economy featuring Lacy Hunt, Don Coxe, Bob Hoye, Eric Sprott, David Webb, and Terry Coxon, identifies which moves the government is likely to make in order to kick the can down the road, and the commonsense actions that every investor can take to structure a bulletproof portfolio.
- Alternative Investments, moderated by Casey Chief Technology Investment Strategist Alex Daley, focuses on bold, new ways to profit outside of traditional stocks – or even commodity markets.
- Casey's Best of the Best, a panel of senior Casey Research analysts including Louis James, Marin Katusa, Alex Daley, Jeff Clark and Dan Steinhart, on their current top picks in large- and small-cap precious metals stocks, energy companies, technology firms and big-picture-trend opportunities (this one panel alone should pay for the conference many times over).
If you want to learn how to circumvent the many traps and pitfalls massive government meddling has set up for investors, there's no one better to listen to than these experts. And you won't even have to leave your house to get the full benefit of their advice.
Listen to Every Minute, from the
Comfort of Your Home, Car or Office
Of course, by not attending the Summit, you missed out on the chance for face-to-face conversations and Q&A with faculty and corporate presenters. But you still get every insight from their recorded presentations – along with all formal Q&A sessions – over 20 hours total. (And at a significant discount to even early-bird pricing for the Summit itself.)
The price for both CD-set and MP3 recording is $395… and it's well worth it considering the amount of valuable information and actionable investment recommendations you'll get out of it.
You'll find that the specific stock recommendations you'll hear about in the panel sessions – and that many of the speakers included in their presentations – will more than make up for the purchase price.
Ordering is easy: Simply click to order your 20+ hour Summit audio recording now.
You'll find that the specific stock recommendations you'll hear about in the panel sessions – and that many of the speakers include in their presentations – will more than make up for the purchase price.
Right after the Summit concluded on the evening of September 9, we started to put the CDs and MP3s into production. Because they are packed to the brim with timely market insights and specific, actionable investment advice, we'll have our team work overtime to rush the audio collection to you while the information is fresh.
And once they're in your hands, you can listen to every minute of every presentation from the comfort of your home or anywhere else – over and over again, until you get every last valuable piece of information our faculty shared.
The Time to Inform Yourself Is Now
Most of us still remember the times when you could have invested in just about anything – even a market index fund – and gotten respectable annual returns. Alas, those days are gone, and maybe for a long time to come.
In today's politicized economy, only the most astute and aware investors still have a chance to make consistent, inflation-beating gains. And the expert presentations by our blue-ribbon faculty will go a long way to help you accomplish that goal.
Your financial well-being is nothing to gamble with. And there's no better way to protect and grow your wealth than to get your copy of the Summit audio collection Navigating the Politicized Economy.
Order your CD set/MP3 recording now for just $395. We'll rush it to you as soon as it comes off the production line. Just one smart investment from what you hear will reimburse you many times over.
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At 100-115 you should be around a 143.
I am about your size but a little heavier with a size 5 boot. Roxy boards go down small and are softer. I would recommend those for smaller women since I roll in that boat. I rode an older Ollie Pop and a Roxy Eminence. Snowboards all come with weight specs. Buy your new board based on the weight specs of models you are interested in. My Ollie pop was a 141 being a jib board and myself being much lighter when I bought it.
I am not sure what Roxy board would be good for your riding style. Both of mine are freestyle boards. The Eminence is good all around IMO, but more of a park/freestyle board. My Eminence is bigger at 146, fast, stable and has mad pop. At first I thought it was not poppy, but now that I have gotten use to it, I pop higher than ever before.
I think reverse camber takes some getting use to if you have been riding traditional camber boards. I don't think if I demoed it, I would of liked it as much as I do now.
|Four years ago I was riding a burton board when I tried the Infinity at a demo. I really hated my board after that and ended up getting the NS a few months later. Try different sizes if you can. I got a 149 cause they didn't have the 147 I planned to get and it worked out find. I've ridden the NS Lotus a lot (a stiffer board) and because of the flex I've found the size made a big difference. My other board is a 147 but seems about the same size. Here some snowboard shops have demos too.
Hmm.. I think I better demo these boards myself. I was so eager to buy a new board but it sounds like the only way I'll be able to tell for sure if I will like them is if i ride them. NS is having a demo day next month at my mountain.. so I'll just have to be patient Thanks for the other suggestions, I'll make sure to try those out as well.
Also, Wrathfuldeity, what are risers? Are they similar to canted footbeds?
|I have an Infinity and a Roxy envi board with magna traction. Both have good flex between the bindings. Roxy doesn't make the envi this year but I'd recommend any of their C2 BTX boards. A link to a page on their boards with some reviews. Even stiffer boards with good flex between the bindings are easy to turn. Also the Roxy boards feel very light. When I'm on powder with the Roxy I just pick up my front foot and don't even think about leaning back. And if you ride ice, the magna-traction is great. This week was kind of icy and I didn't skid at all. (Can't really compare the Never Summer vario and the magna traction-- both seem good for ice to me although my husband (the engineer) insists that magna traction is better even though he rides a NS.) Can you demo anything?
|Another option, if you don't mind using risers due to small feet, they can be very effective in getting abit more leverage due to changing the angle of attack....both I and my daughter have used some diy riser plates and they worked great.
|You actually did quite alright with your first setup considering. Given your weight/height, I'd definitely recommend something in a 142-144 range for you. As you mentioned, you don't want anything too wide for your sz 5.5 feet and a longer board will also take more exaggerated effort to initiate turns, not to mention potentially heavier while riding the lift, carrying the board, etc... I'd also suggest something with on the softer side of medium flex to be more fun and forgiving since you're just not gonna flex the board the same as a chick that weighs 20-30lbs. more.
|Damn coco, I was convinced it was you. My tinyfooted dreams of one day upgrading to the Infinity have been crushed!
I'm present!
My shoe size is 7, so I'm not really qualified to say what the ride will be like with a 5.5 boot. For me at least, the 145 Infinity is perfect for a size 7 boot.
I guess since your foot is rather small, you can lean towards a smaller 142 board. It's probably the ideal size for your weight anyways. If you have no issues riding your board now, the Infinity might actually be easier, because it tends to be on the narrower side IIRC. So, I wouldn't worry too much about waist width if your current board isn't bugging you. Really, 0.2-0.4cm extra width isn't that much of a difference.
I suppose torsional flex might be a bigger concern, as other people said here. The Infinity is soft/medium flex between the bindings, so you'll probably be fine.
The Infinity is a great board, so you'll do fine, but if you want to look into others:
Endeavor Boyfriend or Diamond
Rossignol Frenemy
Arbor Cadence (Twin, but works well all mountain)
Smokin Vixen (but somebody on this forum said it was squirrely)
But really, the Infinity might be the best choice out of all of those with all the concerns you mentioned.
|Here's an old post where she mentions it. She rides a 145.
|I think it was cocolulu. I saw her post something recently, so I think she's still around. cocolulu, come out and play-ay
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Independent Study
Independent study (ENVS 490 or ESCI 490) is an excellent way to pursue environmental research or study related to topics of personal interest to you or your advisor. To participate in an independent study, the student must be an Environmental Science Major or Environmental Studies Minor and must meet requirements described in the Faculty Manual. In order for the experience to be a meaningful "adventure in scholarship," the student must have completed coursework in both their major and minor prior to preparing the independent study proposal.
The student should meet with the potential supervising faculty member with a preliminary proposal to ascertain the appropriateness of the proposal for independent study and to solicit advice for developing the final proposal and bibliography. In addition, the student must meet with the Program Director to discuss the appropriateness of including the independent study in Environmental Science or Environmental Studies. The Independent Study Proposal must include a clear statement of the problem being addressed, methods of study, a tentative schedule of study, a bibliography, and the means by which the study will be evaluated upon completion. The proposal must also address rationale for including the study under the Environmental Science or Environmental Studies course listing as opposed to a similar course listing within the student's major department. This rationale may include a statement addressing both the environmental content and relevance of the independent study. .
The opportunities for independent study at Wittenberg are best characterized by a sampling of students and their respective studies: David Rush, '94 Geology and Biology, investigated the habitat and distribution of ground water fauna in riverine sediments of an Ohio stream system. He presented this work at the Ohio Academy of Science Annual Meeting and the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
Jennifer Hathaway, '94 Biology, and Eric Monschein, '94 Biology, studied the seasonal movements and habitat use of spotted turtles in a southwestern Ohio fen. This work was presented at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference and the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
Daria Gere, '96 Interdepartmental Major, is studying the influence of ideas, such as ecological design and environmental sustainability, initiated and developed in intentional communities on the broader community.
Toby Dogwiler, '96 Geology, and Megan Porter, '96 Biology, are measuring the impact of human visitation on cave humidity and temperature. They will present this work at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.


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The crowd at our Olympics theme party declared this tangy dip a winner! With just enough zip from mustard and Worcestershire sauce, it's a great-tasting accompaniment to an assortment of crisp, colorful vegetables. -Therese Judge, Westminster, Maryland
Recommended: 52 Cheer-Worthy Tailgate Appetizers
- 1 carton (8 ounces) spreadable chive and onion cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 to 2 tablespoons 2% milk
- Assorted fresh vegetables
- Combine the cream cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Add enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Serve with vegetables. Yield: about 1-1/4 cups.
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"Made this over the weekend for a get-together with friends and everyone loved it. I didn't have chive and onion cream cheese so I used 1 8oz. block of light cream cheese, softened, and mixed in 2 heaping tablespoons each of chopped fresh chives and chopped onion; otherwise, I followed the recipe. Next time I might add a little horseradish as I like a little zippier dips."
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'For the club's sales and marketing department it could be a chicken and egg scenario. The Sabres can't start selling long-term confidence in the club until its ownership issues are answered. And one of the keys to the new ownership scenario is the long-term, financial viability of the club, based in no small part on season ticket sales, corporate support and sponsorship and overall attendance.'
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Kewl... this r00lz! AOL-speak aside, our buddies named Punks Jump Up churn out yet another fantastic fix of a song we already like a lot. This time, they run their magic mitts all over the newest Ladytron single, Ace of Hz, which is official out tomorrow, January 11, and will see Tiesto and NYCPARTYINFO (Steven Bloodbath and Louisahh's collaborative project) also giving you the good stuff.
Ladytron's Ace of Hz EP can be purchased here tomorrow. No pre-orders. Weird, but whatever.
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China trade and economic law experts to gather at Wayne Law for conference, Feb. 11
DETROIT (Jan. 10, 2011) – An international mix of academics, government officials and practitioners — including President Bill Clinton's former U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky — will gather in Detroit Feb. 11 to examine legal and regulatory aspects of the U.S.-China economic relationship.
The one-day academic conference, convened by the University of Michigan Law School, Wayne State University Law School and the U-M Center for Chinese Studies, will focus on the economic relationship between the two countries as it works through the World Trade Organization (WTO) mechanism, with debate and discussion of current trade-related cases and controversies. The conference will also address critical issues impacting the relationship, including currency, labor rights, technology sharing and cross-investment, climate change, and domestic energy policy and regulation.
In addition to Ambassador Barshefsky, who led the U.S. government's negotiations resulting in China's entry into the WTO, other prominent participants will include: Yongjie Li, Director of the Treaty and Law Department of the PRC Ministry of Commerce; Ruosi Zhang of the WTO Secretariat in Geneva; former WTO Appellate Body member Merit Janow; U-M economist and Associate Dean of the Ford School of Public Policy Alan Deardorff; former Director of the USTR China Desk Timothy Stratford; China labor law specialist and U-M Center for Chinese Studies Director Mary Gallagher; Wayne Law WTO expert Julia Ya Qin; and conference organizer and Michigan Law China expert Nicholas Howson.
Ambassador Barshefsky will deliver a lunchtime keynote address titled "The Politics of Trade and Globalization: The U.S.- China Relationship."
All sessions will be held at Wayne Law and are open to the public, with a nominal charge required for lunch. Registration information is available at law.wayne.edu/us-chinaconference.php. Please contact Ms. Holly Hughes at (313) 577-3620 for further information.
Parking is available for $4.75 in WSU Structure #1 across from the Law School on West Palmer Street in Detroit. For directions to the Law School or to view a campus map, visit campusmap.wayne.edu/location/LAW.
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This website has been created for family and local historians who are interested in tracing their ancestors amongst the inhabitants of the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield around 1611. The Survey was, in broad terms, the first census-type survey made in the district, and is invaluable to researchers who have not been able go back to this period in history and beyond.
This website lists all those freeholders, copyholders and tenants living in the area at the time of the Survey, which was commissioned by Prince Henry, the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, and made by 23 persons of standing in the local community.
700 persons are listed in the Name Index, which has been transcribed from a large book (reference LR 2/200) held at The National Archives, Kew, London. There is also a House Name Index containing 64 house names; and an index of Extracts from Escheators Books showing 37 entries that relate to periods much earlier than 1611, the earliest of which is 1362 – 1363. All these indexes are free-to-access.


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Volleyball Announces 2017 Recruiting Class
Columbia volleyball head coach Brie Katz officially announced the program's 2017 recruiting class on Thursday. The Lions welcome setter Audrey Cheng, outside hitter Jamie Dailey, middle blocker Kaitlin Schultz and outside hitter Madelyn Ward.
Columbia Athletics Hosts 96th Annual Varsity C Celebration
Senior Margaret Lu of fencing and men's tennis' Shawn Hadavi were each presented the Connie S. Maniatty Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete Awards to highlight the 96th edition of the Varsity C Celebration at the Roone Arledge Auditorium Wednesday night.
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Columbia University senior student-athletes Devon Roeper '17CC and Kesi Neblett '17SEAS were honored with graduation cords by the Office of Multicultural Affairs on Tuesday.


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Stainless steel is a different metal than the steel used for your blued or black slide. You can't make one out of the other.
There are different nickel and chrome finishes you could have done that might look similar to stainless, but these would only be a plating on top of what you already have.


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Here is the Vanguard leonem is considering. Add a composting head, paint the formica white and you have an excellent cruiser for the money.
Pearson Vanguard for Sale
|Geeeez Jeff, when you roll out those "War and Peace" BOOKS of explanations, I, for one, glaze over. "Here we go." "Please, not this one too." "They just want a yes or no." Whatever. Who am I to say. Anyway, you keep opening up like this and I might be convinced there's a real human being in there.
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Seabreeze, believe it or not, I agree with you entirely.
For some sailing is about the romance of a by-gone era and certainly a knowlegable sailor with a touch of nostaligia might buy a Vanguard, keep her in reasonably sound condition, use her as a daysailer/overnighter and be served well.
Truth be known, when I am too old to handle bigger, performance oriented cruisers any longer, I imagine myself owning a Tartan 27 or Dolphin 24, putting her in sound condition, loving her dearly, and poking back into those shallow, quiet, coastal corners where the deeper draft boats that I have owned for the past 3 decades cannot dare to venture. That is not so different than my thoughts on folks who want to own boats like the Stone Horse or Vanguard.
I knew that secretly, you were one of us!
Seabreeze, believe it or not, I agree with you entirely.
For some sailing is about the romance of a by-gone era and certainly a knowlegable sailor with a touch of nostaligia might buy a Vanguard, keep her in reasonably sound condition, use her as a daysailer/overnighter and be served well.
Truth be known, when I am too old to handle bigger, performance oriented cruisers any longer, I imagine myself owning a Tartan 27 or Dolphin 24, putting her in sound condition, loving her dearly, and poking back into those shallow, quiet, coastal corners where the deeper draft boats that I have owned for the past 3 decades cannot dare to venture. That is not so different than my thoughts on folks who want to own boats like the Stone Horse or Vanguard.
"One buys a Stone horse for its charm and for a ''return with us now to yesteryear'' experience."
Maybe that's why they buy Vanguards too.
Maybe that's why they restore Kettenburg K-40's.
I know you like your Vanguard and are used to how she behaves. Any of us, if we own a boat for a while and sail her enough, become comfortable with their boat's iteosyncracies. Its just human nature. But based on my experience with both of these boats, the case of the Vanguard vs Tartan 30 comparason is a classic example of why these surrogate formulas ( Capsize Screen Formula and the Motion Comfort Index) are inadequate in providing useful information about the relative behavior of boats of very different designs.
But to explain why generically I say that the Capsize Screen Formula and the Motion Comfort Index are useless....
First of all both of these formulas were developed at a time when boats were a lot more similar to each other than they are today. These formulas had limited utility in comparing boats other than those which are very similar in weight and buoyancy distribution to each other. Neither formula contains almost any of the real factors that control motion comfort, the likelihood of capsize, or seaworthiness. Neither formula contains such factors as the vertical center of gravity or buoyancy, neither contains weight or buoyancy distribution (of the hull both below and above the waterline), the extent to which the beam of the boat is carried fore and aft, and neither contains any data on dampening, all of which are the major factors that actually control motion comfort or the likelihood of capsize.
I typically give this example to explain just how useless and dangerously misleading these formulas can be. If we had two boats that were virtually identical except that one had a 500 pound weight at the top of the mast. (Yes, I know that no one would install a 500 lb weight at the top of the mast.) The boat with the weight up its mast would appear to be less prone to capsize under the capsize screen formula, and would appear to be more comfortable under the Motion Comfort ratio. Nothing would be further than the truth.
And while this example would clearly appear to be so extreme as to be worthy of dismissal, in reality, if you had two boats, one with a very heavy interior, shoal draft, its beam carried towards the ends of the boat near the deck line, a heavy deck and cabin, a very heavy rig, heavy deck hardware,and the resultant comparatively small ballast ratio made up of low density ballast. And if we compare that to a boat that is lighter overall, but it has a deep draft keel, with a higher ballast ratio, the bulk of the ballast carried in a bulb, its maximum beam carried to a short length of the deck so that there was less deck area near the maximum beam, a lighter weight hull, deck and interior as well as a lighter, but taller rig, it would be easy to see that the second boat would potentially have less of a likelihood of being capsized, and it is likely that the second boat would roll and pitch through a smaller angle, and would probably have better dampening and so roll and pitch at a similar rate to the heavier boat, in other words offer a better motion comfort....And yet, under the Capsize Screen Formula and the Motion Comfort Index it would appear that the first boat would be less prone to capsize and have a better motion when obviously this would not be the case.
|I used to singlehand my Vanguard all the time, in weather where I was the only one out. The Vanguard has a very seakindly motion in weather, which gives you a real feeling of confidence. The "motion comfort" ratio for a Vanguard is 34.57, while it is 24.06 for a Tarten 30 (a higher number is more comfortable). The capsize ratio for the Vanguard is 1.67, while it is 1.94 for the Tartan 30. The rule of thumb is the capsize ratio should be below 2.0 for offshore work. Plus the Vanguard has very pretty lines. I think you can track the decline of western civilization by the changes in sailboat hull shapes over the last 50 years.
I can certainly understand your attraction to the Vanguard; to me, the Vanguard epitomizes the CCA-inspired look of a coastal cruiser of that era. To me, it is what a boat should look like. As my wife says, "It looks like Popeye's boat". Although she doesn't mean it as a compliment, I really "feel" the Vanguards/Tritons/Seabreezes, and their ilk. Just seeing a picture of one makes me want to sail away to Block or Martha's Vinyard or downeast.
However, I have to echo something Jeff H said. Although my experience on a Vanguard is nothing compared to his, I did go sailing on one once. The breeze was stiff but not overly so at about 15 knots. Seas were very flat for the conditions, and what with the full keel and (I thought) heavy displacement), I was expecting a stately ride. I was quite surprised when the boat went over on her ear almost immediately. She stiffened up once over, but man, that was weird for me. This boat that I thought monster heavy and full keeled was heeling more than my Catalina 22 (my boat at the time) would be! And talk about weather helm... yikes. I had the owner let out the traveller to the end of its run so I could hang on for more than a few minutes without cramping up. It was a fun, exciting sail, but I not something I would want to have to go thru on a multi-day cruise.
If you really like the look of the Vanguard, but want to avoid some of the pitfalls of the full keel/barndoor rudder, check out the Pearson Renegade. She's smaller (27'), but has a split underbody with a spade rudder and separated fin keel. Above the waterline, she has the overhangs and springy sheer of the Vanguard-style boats. You can get one for about half of your budget, and spend the rest paying someone else to upgrade her for you. Best of luck!
At under $20K, almost any 30-35 footer is going to need some work. That said, there are lots of boats from the 70s and into the early 80s that will fit your criiteria. For cruising LIS to Block and the Vineyard, a 30 footer is fine. My wife and i did it for 10 years in a Pearson 26.
Since winds on LIS are light during the summer, a somewhat newer racer/cruiser will allow more time sailing and less time motoring. A boat that has had the engine replaced in the last 10 years plus newer sails and no major structural issues is what you should be looking for. Read SD's sticky on boat inspection tips on this forum before you out looking.
Thank you jeff !
now I can throw away the first love I had in boats the Pearson Vanguard & start using my brain better ... really thanks .
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CHAPEL HILL - Third-ranked Florida scored five unanswered goals after trailing 3-0 early in the game and defeated No. 5 North Carolina, 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at Fetzer Field in the 2013 women's lacrosse season opener for both teams.
Carolina got three goals in the opening 7:25 of the game to lead 3-0, eventually leading 3-1 at halftime. Florida held Carolina scoreless for the final 52:35 of the contest to pick up the victory and improve to 1-0 this season. UNC falls to 0-1.
It was the Gators' first-ever victory over the Tar Heels after Carolina had won the first three games in the series. The two squads were meeting to open the season in Chapel Hill for the third year in a row.
"I liked how we started the game," UNC head coach Jenny Levy said afterward. "We got some good opportunities and scored some goals. But you can't win scoring three goals in the game. Give credit to Florida's goalkeeper and defense.
"We've got to get a lot better offensively, but I thought our defense did a good job. We held them to no man-up goals and five goals overall, which might end up being their lowest total all year."
Gabi Wiegand led Florida with two goals and an assist, scoring the Gators' final two goals of the day. Brittany Dashiell had a goal and an assist, and Kitty Cullen and Ashley Bruns each scored once. For the Tar Heels, Abbey Friend scored twice and Taylor George scored once. Kara Cannizzaro and Emily Garrity each dished out assists.
The first half was a low-scoring affair as both goalkeepers played well and made six saves apiece. Friend opened the scoring less than two-and-a-half minutes into the game on a free position try to make it 1-0. She scored again less than two minutes later off a caused turnover and an assist from Garrity. At 22:35, George scored off a pretty pass from Cannizzaro to make it 3-0 and force a Gator timeout.
Cullen got Florida on the board with a free position goal from the top of the arc at 20:19 of the first half, making it 3-1. Neither scored the rest of the way in the first half as Carolina led, 3-1, at the break. Lauren Maksym, who finished with 10 saves in the game, saved six of the eight shots she faced in the opening 30 minutes.
In the second half, Florida outscored Carolina 4-0. Dashiell took a pass from Wiegand and scored to cut the lead to 3-2 UNC at the 25:31 mark. Bruns scored an unassisted, extra-man goal at 18:44 to tie the score at 3-3. Wiegand then scored unassisted for Florida at 17:52 to give the Gators a 4-3 lead. Wiegand scored again off a pass from Dashiell with 10:53 to give the Gators a 5-3 lead, an advantage they would hold the rest of the game.
Maksym played all 60 minutes in the cage for Carolina and finished with 10 saves, five goals allowed and a ground ball. Florida's Mikey Meagher saw all the action in goal for Florida and recorded nine saves and three goals allowed.
Carolina will return to action next weekend with home games on Friday against Towson and Sunday against Richmond, both at Fetzer Field.


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The following is the transcript from General Manager Jeff Luhnow's online chat on Dec. 19:
Jeff Luhnow: Hello everyone. I appreciate the interest in the Astros and am excited to be here. I know you all have questions and I will try to answer them as best I can, given I've been here about a week! So fire away…
Jeff, first congratulations on being the new GM of the Astros. Can you talk a bit about the players we currently have in our minor league system that you have high expectations for down the line?
Thank you. I will say that in the week I've been here I've spent time with many of our coaches and evaluators and there is a great deal of excitement about the prospects in the system. I will evaluate them myself during Spring Training and beyond, but for now suffice it to say we do have some talent on the way.
hello jeff. do you plan on reestablishing an Astros presence in Venezuela?
The Astros have a full scouting staff in Venezuela and we plan to be active in finding and signing players from all parts of Latin America. Very few teams operate academies there anymore due to security concerns and cost.
I know that the Cardinals direclty own at least one of their own minor league teams. Do you see any possible benefit to that kind of ownership situation for the Astros?
Typically that is a business decision and not a baseball decision. The Astros do own and operate the affiliate in the Appalachian League (Greeneville) as well as the GCL affiliate.
With the Astros and the Rangers soon being in-division rivals, what do you see as being important to winning the hearts and minds of Texan baseball fans? Why should someone choose to be an Astros fan instead of a Rangers fan?
Simple. We need to win ball games and then baseball fans across Texas will become Astros fans! We have a great base of fans over the 50 years of existence and we promise to work hard to win games and keep everyone excited. Jeff
How do you views Brett Wallace role in the Astros organization future?
Brett and I have history since the Cardinals drafted him. He has had an up and down career but he is a talented baseball player with a bright future. He will get every opportunity to have an impact on this team in 2012.
Do you have any Houston ties?
I have several Texas ties, and some Houston ties. My grandmother lived in Houston for the last five years of her life. I spent many summer days in Houston growing up attending Astros games. I've done business in Houston as part of my prior careers. This is a great city and I'm excited to be a part of the community.
I heard that, in applying for the GM job, you put together a 25-page plan for rebuilding the Houston Astros. Can you share any of the high-level bullet points from that plan?
I would share that with you but then I'd have to… well actually, I hope that you will see it playing out over the coming years!
What did you ask Santa for, for Christmas?
A shortstop and a starting pitcher. The Red Sox delivered!
Thanks for the chat, Mr. Luhnow. My question: Much has been said about Mr. Crane's decision to cut the budget. Are there areas where the budget might actually increase, such as scouting and player development?
Mr. Crane and the entire ownership group are committed to building a winner in Houston. We will have resources to invest in the player pipeline and that is good news for the fans.
Is your plan of action to replicate the success you had in St. Louis or to create a brand new path, a new story with the Astros?
Good question. Every situation is different so the path here will not look the same as the path in St Louis. We do hope that the results will be similar over time… creating a team that can compete consistently and develop a strong pipeline.
Do you plan to live in Houston?
Definitely. If you have any suggestions for neighborhoods, let me know!
There is a great deal of pressure from fans for the team to get better quickly (many have abandoned game attendance). Is there a plan to balance these demands from fans as well as sticking to the plan of building from the bottom up?
This is going to be a balancing act that is very important. Nobody wants to lose games and we all want to show progress as soon as possible. Having said that, we are going to stick to the plan to build the elements that will lead to sustained success. Often there are tradeoffs between winning now and the future, and we will err towards the future.
What it is your opinion of the Astros having to face Albert Pujols for another 10 years? (Not a trick question)
Walk him.
Besides the obvious answer of winning, what are some other avenues you and Mr. Crane will pursue to increase Minute Maid Park attendance?
Fans come to the ballpark to have a great baseball experience. Putting a winning product on the field is a key element of that, but not the only one. I hope fans come and enjoy the family atmosphere and to watch the players as the team improves. Plus, you can lock in your season tickets now before the team gets so good you can't get them anymore!
What do you think are Brad Mills' greatest strengths?
Brad knows what it takes to win. He's open minded and he understands the situation we are in… he's eager to get better and at the same time willing to give the younger kids a chance to play. He's a great fit for the Astros.
I know the draft is not until June, but who is on the radar for the #1 pick?
The scouts here have seen all the possible players. So have I. There are some good choices. You will find out on draft day.
What kind of moves have to be made in 2012 to get ready for the move to the AL in 2013?
There are a few questions about the move to the AL. Right now, that is not a roster consideration. Clearly the biggest difference is the need for a DH. We will address that in plenty of time to start the 2013 season. Having a DH in some ways allows you some additional flexiblity in finding offensive weapons.
Any chance we see David Carpenter doning the tools of ignorance again as the emergency third catcher this year? That would be pretty cool; I think baseball could use some more two-way players.
David was a good catcher… I know because the Cardinals had him. Once the conversion is made, though, we need to commit to it. He's an important part of the bullpen plan for 2012 and that doesn't mean warming guys up.
Have you discovered the delight that is El Tiempo Margaritas yet?
I have not but Alyson has also mentioned it so I guess I have to try it!
What is your opinion on the players obtained in the trades before you were hired?
Several legitimate prospects came over to Houston as part of those trades, and that bodes well for the future. It's always tough giving up value but we did receive good players.
I've often read that St. Louis has MLB's greatest baseball fans. What is good about St. Louis fans, and how do we get that in Houston?
We need to establish a winning tradition. St Louis has won 11 World Series. That creates great fans. We need to work on our first one and then go from there. Houston is a great sports city and it will happen here too.
The Astros have "Scouting" and "Player Development" as different positions, but you played both roles for the Cardinals. What are some of the benefits of merging the Scouting/Player Development positions?
The scouts are always optimistic and the coaches often see a different aspect of the player because they are with them day in and day out. It is important in my opinion to have one voice across both areas. We will have that here too.
Mr. Luhnow: Many Astros fans feel not enough has been done to honor players from the past. Cesar Cedeno and J.R. Richard, specifically. Might the front office revisit this issue and retire the numbers of deserving players such as the two I mentioned.
We have several former Astro greats involved in the organization, and they are a resource I value very much. I am not involved in numbers being retired but I do plan to use the former greats to help up on the baseball side.
Welcome to Houston, are the Astros planning on keeping Wandy Rodriguez and Brett Myers or are they on the market? Also will Carlos Lee be exclusively playing 1B this upcoming season?
Wandy, Brett and Carlos are all three very good players and they have helped the Astros in the past and will in the future. We will look for any opportunity to improve our team in the medium and long term, so if there were a trade that made sense, we would consider it.
What prospects in the Astros organization are you most impresed to see?
I've seen almost all the high profile players from the draft. I have not seen Villar and I'm excited to see him this spring.
How much emphasis on pitching mechanics goes into your style of player evaluation? More specifically with regards to forecasting and injury risk.
There is a relationship between the delivery and potential for injury. It is part of a thorough evaluation.
Do you think an international draft would benefit the sport? Teams? Latin American hopefuls?
That's hard to tell. Some think the draft diminished the number of players from Puerto Rico. There are so many good players entering the game from Latin America and that will continue, even without a draft.
How much say do you have with the way Brad Mills uses his players, i.e, lefty-righty matchups, platooning, relief roles, etc.?
I don't see that as a GM's role… micro managing the decisions made by the manager. There is information that is available that can assist in those decisions, and I will make sure our staff has everything they need.
Do you favor drafting a position player or a pitcher with the first draft pick, or best available?
When you pick 1-1, you have to consider the player that has the highest chance of being an impact player. That can come in the form of a pitcher or position player.
Is there any chance the Astros make a big free-agent singing in the near future?
That's unlikely given where we are at this point. We have young players that need to play. We will consider all options, but I wouldn't get your hopes up for a big name big dollar free agent.
Do you have any favorite baseball blogs?
Hardball Times, Baseball Prospectus, The Book, among others. There are so many smart people writing about baseball… it's great for the game.
I was a fan of the trade with the Red Sox. Do you see Kyle Weiland as a starter or a reliever, and will he have a chance to make the team out of spring training?
Thanks. He has been a starter and he will continue to be a starter. He will compete for a spot on the opening day roster.
Thanks to everyone for asking the questions… we will do this again sometime next month. Keep following the Astros! Jeff


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The religious conflict between presidential candidates Huckabee and Romney heated up as the Arkansas traveler made clear he is a Christian, but he wasn't quite clear who was or wasn't a Christian. When asked about whether or not Mormons could be considered to be Christians, he responded: "I'm not going to go off into evaluating other people's doctrines and faiths." He also appeared on the resurrected Don Imus show where he again was asked about his religious views: "It's like saying Baptists are Christians. The ones who follow Jesus Christ are, the one's who don't aren't."
The reference to Baptists who follow or don't follow Christ is not analogous to questions about the Mormon religion. One can be a Baptist whose interpretation of "following Christ" differs from that of Huckabee, but the question is more fundamental– is the Mormon religion a truly Christian one? Huckabee has dramatically jumped into the limelight and now may well lead in the Iowa poll. He will no longer be viewed as the country bumpkin at the end of the presidential pack, and each word he now speaks will be carefully scrutinized. A woman whose daughter was killed by a rapist who got a parole from Huckabee is now attacking his candidacy. Welcome to the presidential asylum, Mr. Huckabee, you are now right in the middle of the fray and every angry person will begin coming after you.


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Friday 7th February / posted by Rhian Todhunter
Another boom has hit WA – an artistic one…
The Perth International Arts Festival is on, and we're all over it on Artbeat.
That isn't the only thing we're celebrating. Artbeat turned one today too!
We started our weekly exploration of the intersections of art on this day last year.
So sticking to our loving ethos of art, prepare your ears for a decadent program taking you to the edges of the festival with directors, performers, and some of our favourite returning Perth musicians.
And the overseer of it all, the Perth Festival Artistic Director Jonathan Holloway…
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Ever dreamed of running away to join the Circus? It's all so intriguing with the tightrope, trapeze, acrobatics and defiance of gravity.
Bianco's Director Firenze Guidi spoke with Rhian on the phone about that to centre stage…
Leave your MP3 player behind, ignore the safety of your book, or any other public-space defence mechanisms you might have. You Once Said Yes is an interactive trip through the streets of Northbridge that includes a series of one-on-one encounters that will have you questioning your pre-conceptions about the city, and yourself.
Director Mimi Poskitt and local performer Janet Pettigrew and came in to explain why it's good at times to be out of your comfort zone.
Mies Julie thows the audience into the visceral struggles of contemporary South Africa 18 years after the end of apartheid are laid bare in the relationship between servants and served.
Director and Playwright Yael Farber injects this production with more than just timely references to South Africa's post-apartheid society. Rhian spoke with her about the other dimensions behind the narrative.
What do people do when their reality is shaped by the weapons industry? Situation Rooms is an interactive documentary theatre experience directed by Stefan Kaeji. How did he create a story so far removed from his own life? Rhian asked all the questions.
Explosions of music and movement, the elemental collision of fire meeting sea, fireworks shooting an unforgettable array of light into the night sky. Veles e Vents opens up the Perth International Arts Festival. Literally starting it off with a bang.
Rhian met with director Manuel Vilanova…
Happy First Birthday Artbeat!!!


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How My Dog Went Totally Paleo. Raw Paleo.
I wrote a blog post a while back called "My Dog Eats (mostly) Paleo". The title started out without the "(mostly)", but I added the descriptor when a commenter rightfully pointed out that my dog, Zala, was not totally Paleo. After all, she was eating kibble every day, even if it was the most expensive, Paleo-ish kibble we could find. Why Paleo? If eating Paleo is going back to our roots and eating the way we evolved to eat, then … Continue reading


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text: UMich 42-UMass 37 Wolverines survive sloppy defensive effort. Offense rolls, but puts up the points to fast and did not give defense a chance to rest or figure out what the hell they were doing out there. in the post game presser, Rich Rod calls for FG kicker tryouts as the one try today was way off. The punter also gives up a big play getting a blocked kick with less than 5 mins to go which allowed the minute men to come within 5 pts in the closing minutes. Mich turned what looked like a 17-7 halftime deficit into a 21-17 lead with two TD in less than 45 seconds to close the half. Bottom line, this looks like 8-4 team unless they can average 45 points a game. GO Blue!