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By Paul Williams
The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) recently held its Canadian Car of the Year awards testing, with journalists from around the country evaluating all-new vehicles for the 2013 model year. Winners of the 11 vehicle categories were announced at the end of October with the overall Car of the Year and Utility Vehicle of the Year to be announced in February, 2013.
But there are many awards programs, with just about every automobile publication, website, blog, and group handing out trophies and plaques of this type or that each model year. Consumers are right to ask why the AJAC awards should carry more or less weight, and indeed why AJAC itself should have more stature among the array of media outlets and individuals commenting on cars.
First of all, AJAC isn't a media outlet. As a non-profit, incorporated professional organization, AJAC represents almost 150 journalist members and 35 corporate members. Annual fees from both groups fund its break-even operation, which includes costs associated with Canadian Car of the Year testing. Of course, AJAC is legally bound by stringent reporting procedures common to all incorporated associations, which ensure that all money raised by the association is used appropriately. Additionally, AJAC has a statement of ethics built into its constitution that prevents members from personally benefitting from positive vehicle reviews or passing off advertising as editorial. All of its members have been vetted to confirm their expertise and their affiliation with reputable media outlets, and, in the case of the Canadian Car of the Year, they go through a two-year probationary period before their evaluations can be fully included in the final results.
In other words, it's not about the individual testers, or the media outlets for whom they write. In the case of AJAC's Canadian Car of the Year awards, it's about the vehicles, and the consumers who buy them.
As you might have surmised, Canadian Car of the Year testing isn't simply a list of personal favourites, nor does it rank vehicles based on short drives or press introductions held throughout the year. As pointed out above, many magazines, TV shows, websites and individuals annually pick what they consider to be the best vehicles, but in contrast, AJAC's Canadian Car of the Year is built upon a comprehensive and standardized set of objective and subjective parameters, each of which is carefully weighted (having good brakes gets a higher proportion of points than having a good audio system).
Scores are determined over a full week of testing and evaluation during which each vehicle is driven back-to-back on the same day, in the same conditions and on the same roads. It's a process honed over 29 years of testing, and it has evolved into arguably the most sophisticated and credible journalist-run awards program in the world.


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Komune Resort Gold Coast is an entertainment cocktail, mixing some insatiable ingredients such as; locations fronting world class surf, exotic design, great beats and a relaxed party atmosphere. Above all, Komune will be dedicated to connecting well travelled, sexy, fun loving, design savvy people who've committed their lives to pursuing ocean based lifestyles.
Komune Resorts set out to create an atmosphere that encourages a blending of cultures, backgrounds and experiences by providing accommodation in each location spanning all budgets from share accommodation through to luxury penthouses, bungalows and villas.
Komune will see the good times that begin on the beach flow through into our resorts and continue all day into the night like the world has never seen.
Komune Resorts host a variety of facilities for surfers, backpackers and travelers:
•The option of share, self-contained and penthouse accommodation
•Video, intercom and key card security
•Kitchen and cooking facilities in all rooms
•Laundry facilities including washing machine and dryers
•Television including cable and free-to-air T.V.
•Surfboard Racks
•Internet computers and WiFi access
•Restaurant and bar
•Beach front views of Coolangatta and boat harbor
•Modern and relaxing social environment
•Live entertainment and D.J's
•Daily surf report
•Exotic design
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Security
- Bar
- Bicycle parking
- Free Breakfast
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elevator
- Free Internet Access
- Games Room
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Key Card Access
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Outdoor Swimming Pool
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Steam Room
- Towels For Hire
- Washing Machine
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
All share accommodation guests MUST BE INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS and hold a valid international passport.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
Coolangatta Airport to Komune Resort, Coolangatta (4km, 10 Min)
1. Head south on Terminal Ave towards Tom Norris Dr
2. Continue straight through lights over Gold Coast Hwy onto Johnston St
3. Turn right at Pacific Pde (From here drive along the beachfront all the way)
4. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Musgrave St (Drive along the beachfront)
5. Continue onto Marine Pde Go through 1 roundabout (Drive along the beachfront)
6. Turn left at the set of lights to stay on Marine Pde (Drive along the beachfront)
Komune Resort will be on the right, at the end of the street. The address is 146 Marine Parade, Coolangatta QLD 4225
Located Near
Komune - Gold Coast is walking distance from;
-Snapper Rocks, Home of the Quicksilver Pro and Superbank - a five minute walk
-Greenmount - as long as it takes to grab your board and cross the road
-Duranbah D-bar - a five minute walk
-Kirra - three minutes walk
-Cafes and restaurants all within arms reach of the resort
-Bars, clubs and watering holes
-Central shopping district a five minute walk out the front
-Diving and snorkelling the coral reef with the turtles at Cook Island

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PROVO — BYU wheeled out two members of its highly regarded college basketball recruiting class of 2013 to hang out with one of the nation's top recruits over the weekend.
Was it a good enough ploy?
BYU got its official shot with Jabari Parker this past weekend when the Chicago prep sensation made his official visit to Provo.
Parker met with 2013 Cougar basketball commits Eric Mika and Nick Emery, and 2014 commit T.J. Haws (all players at Lone Peak High), plus 2014 commit Dalton Nixon from Orem High.
BYU's 2013 recruiting class has been ranked No. 17 in the nation by ESPN.
Parker is very familiar with the Lone Peak stars who — when playing for a well-traveled Utah AAU team over the past several years — registered two victories over Parker's elite summer team from Chicago.
Parker is the 6-8 forward who is rated by some recruiting analysts as the No. 1 high school senior in the country. Since he broke his right foot while playing with Team USA at the FIBA under-17 World Championships in Lithuania last July, some experts have knocked him down to the No. 2 recruit in the nation. Part of that may have been the reclassification of 2014 Ontario, Canada, prospect Andrew Wiggins to the class of 2013.
Parker is expected to play his first game as a senior on Dec. 1 when his Simeon Career Academy plays in a national tournament.
A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Parker has narrowed his college choices to Duke, Michigan State, Florida, BYU and Stanford. He has made official trips to all but Stanford to date.
This Thanksgiving weekend was his official all-expenses paid recruiting visit to BYU, although he has visited Provo several times in the past year before this official trip.
It's a time for the host to put its best foot forward. Show-off time. It's when a recruit can tour the campus, watch practice and get a real peek into the cradle of the basketball program, meet players and representatives of the school's academic program, make new friends, observe its fans, see what makes it tick, and generally have an experience to line up against other choices.
BYU did all that.
Nixon, who helped lead Orem High to a state championship this past winter, was impressed with Parker.
"I'd heard a lot about him," Nixon said, "but this was the first time I met him in person."
"We watched practice together, got to know him better and then sat by him at the game. It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed my time with him."
High school juniors Nixon and Lone Peak's Haws are committed to BYU as the class of 2014. Emery and Mika, 2013 signees, are part of a 2013 recruiting class that includes Wisconsin's 6-8 Luke Worthington, 6-8 Idahoan Braiden Shaw, and 6-7 Jakob Hartsock from Oklahoma. Mika is listed as the No. 10 post player in that class and Emery is the No. 17 point guard.
Emery and Mika spent time with Parker before Saturday's game — Dalton did not. But all hung out in the locker room after that game and were around BYU players when they signed autographs.
"He is a very humble person," Nixon said. "I heard he was a really nice, down to earth person and that's my impression of him. Jabari was very respectful of everyone he met, and everything I'd heard about him was true. He was really fun to be with."
Nixon said Parker appeared to like his visit, liked Provo and the campus and had a good time.
"I'm hoping he comes," Nixon said.
As a junior, Parker was named Illinois' Mr. Basketball and the national Gatorade Player of the Year. He averaged 19.5 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 3.3 blocks and 1.4 steals a game.
According to his family, after Parker's visit to Stanford, it is expected he could name his college choice as early as December or at the first of the year.
Another option is that Parker could put playing college basketball and the NBA aside for service as an LDS missionary for two years when he finishes at Simeon.
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Michael Clarke struck a sublime century to become his country's highest Test run-scorer in a calendar year as Australia marched to an imperious 278-run lead at the close of day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka yesterday.
The Australia skipper, enjoying an inspired year, surpassed the 1,544 runs Ricky Ponting amassed in 2005 during his innings of 106, before tail-ender Mitchell Johnson rubbed salt into Sri Lanka's wounds with an unbeaten 73.
Paceman Johnson strode off at stumps with Nathan Lyon yet to score, with Australia having added 108 runs in the session after tea to drive their total to an imposing 440-8 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
"As many runs tomorrow would be very handy," Clarke told reporters after celebrating his first ton at the MCG.
"I would love to see Mitchell get his second Test hundred and then we'll be back out there bowling and hopefully we can bowl Sri Lanka out," he said.
Sri Lanka, skittled for 156 on day one, had only a six-run lead to protect at the start of the day's play and their hopes of restricting the hosts diminished with a hamstring injury to seamer Chanaka Welegedera in the morning session.
The remaining bowlers had little assistance from a flattening pitch on a gusty day and were put to the sword by Clarke and Shane Watson, who composed a record-breaking fourth-wicket stand of 194 against Sri Lanka at the MCG.
Clarke's fifth Test ton of the year, the 22nd of his career, propelled him to 1,595 runs for the year and fourth on the all-time list behind Mohammad Yousuf (1,788), Viv Richards (1,710) and Graeme Smith (1,656).
Clarke's selection appeared a gamble after he sustained a hamstring injury in the first-Test victory in Hobart, and pundits complained that it was a case of double-standards given injury-free seamer Mitchell Starc was left out as part of the team's controversial rotation policy.
Few would be arguing after yesterday, with Clarke's 14-boundary knock confounding the Sri Lankans for more than four hours and putting Australia in the box seat to take a winning 2-0 series lead before the final Test in Sydney.
The 31-year-old's dismissal, slashing a Shaminda Eranga delivery to Mahela Jayawardene in the slips, broke his perfect record of scoring at least a double-century once he surpassed 100 this year.
It also sparked a mini-collapse as Watson (83) and Matthew Wade (1) fell in quick succession to ill-conceived hook-shots, both caught in the deep before tea.
Watson's half-century was his first in eight innings and a welcome return to form, but the barrel-chested all-rounder will rue another lost chance to score his third Test century.
The quick wickets gave Sri Lanka faint hope of saving the match, but they were plunged back into the mire with a defiant seventh wicket stand of 61 by Mike Hussey and Johnson.
Hussey was caught for 34 shortly before the drinks break off a mis-timed slog to long on off the bowling of part-time spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Rangana Herath put in a bid for catch-of-the-year as he scampered to his left and plucked an extraordinary, lunging catch with the thumb and forefinger on his left hand to draw kowtows from the crowd.
Johnson, who led Australia's first innings bowling with a four-wicket haul, marched on with seamer Peter Siddle and raised his half-century with a push to mid-on for two.


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CLARENDON HILLS – Jeff Bean is on almost every social media site, but not only does he assume a false name, he also poses as a completely different, much younger person.
"I have Facebook as a kid – a made-up person," said Bean, a police officer with the Woodridge Police Department and president/CEO of Act on Bullying. "I have Twitter, I have Instagram, I have Kik, I'm on ask.fm s ... I'm on all these sites and as soon as I find out the kids are going there that's where I go."
As Bean explained it during a Parent Teacher Organization meeting at Clarendon Hills Middle School on March 12, he does it in the name of safety.
With 14 years of law enforcement experience, Bean has spent a majority of his time working with juveniles and has been a D.A.R.E. officer in Woodridge for the past five years.
Since then, he has been monitoring the behavior of kids with social media sites to the point where he has more than 300 Facebook friends for his fake profile.
"Of all the say, 350 friends I have on Facebook, less than 10 have asked me who I was when I Facebook friend them," he said. "They truly do not care about safety, they care about popularity.
"They want to have the most friends, the most followers."
As the social media craze continues, so too does what Bean refers to as a "worldwide epidemic," – bullying and cyberbullying. At the start of the meeting, a projector displayed some of the most popular social media outlets today: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Kik, ask.fm, XBox Live, PS3, Yik Yak and Vine.
"Everything you see, if there's something up there you're not familiar with, you're behind the times, because your kids are," he said. "I'm talking as young as fourth grade."
Bean said kids are being harmed emotionally and physically, sometimes even leading to suicide because of the impact of bullying and cyberbullying. This is not the same kind of bullying neither parents nor Bean grew up with.
"The kids are thriving with the anonymity," he said, when it comes to sites such as Kik and Yik Yak. "They're torturing each other because there's no way for the kids to know who's sending it."
That's one of the reasons why Bean started the company Act on Bullying in 2012, which takes a proactive approach to addressing the problems of bullying and cyberbullying in the workplace and in schools.
In 2010, Bean conducted a survey of fifth- and sixth-graders and found 55 percent were using social media sites, while 32 percent were victims of bullying. In 2012, that number jumped to 77 percent using social media with 24 percent being victims of bullying.
The data that startled Bean was in 2010, 75 percent of the students surveyed said they wouldn't report cyberbullying because they're afraid parents would take away the device or block them from the website. To Bean's relief, that number has now dropped to 30 percent in 2012. He believes that's because of the increase in education.
"The kids in fifth and sixth grade now know they need to tell an adult," he said.
Bean said there are some benefits to social media, such as staying connected with friends and family and sharing information quickly on a large scale. But his advice for parents is to make sure your child is ready for social media sites, know passwords and know what the app is before they download it.
He said parents also can use sites such as commonsensemedia.org to receive information on social networking. While it may be more difficult, Bean suggested getting kids phones with basic functions and not smartphones.
It's important to not spy on your kids as well, Bean said, as you will "win the battle but lose the war" because further down the road kids won't trust you. Instead, spend time with your kids and get involved in what they like.
"You need to show an interest in the things that interest them," he said. "They want you to spend time with them."


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By The Numbers: Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin
Now that the Brock Lesnar-Shane Carwin UFC heavyweight championship match is officially happening at UFC 106, we thought we'd go ahead and compare some key stats. As you can see, they're both around the same size (* denotes, well, that's what he weighs in at, but probably not what he weighs on fight night), with about the same reach. Carwin has more total MMA experience, but has logged less actual Octagon time. They both have NCAA national wrestling titles, though at significantly different levels.
The big difference? Number of successfully resolved feuds with Cage Potato. The mental toughness and fortitude that a fighter gains from that baptism by fire is not to be discounted.


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Deborah Brown, Avri Doria, Nnenna Nwakanma and Matthew Shears, members of the Informal Expert Group (IEG), contributed to the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) Secretary General's report. The report serves as a working document for the World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF). The WTPF is a high-level international event to exchange views on the key policy issues arising from today's fast changing information and communication technology (ICT) environment. The fifth WTPF is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 14 to 16 May 2013. APC's Valeria Betancourt and Avri Doria will be attending.
In their contribution, the IEG specifically address the Secretary-General's report and some of the draft opinions discussed by the IEG as they relate to their areas of expertise and interest.
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- Photography by Mr Bruno Staub | Styling by Ms Annie Psaltiras
- Words by Mr Mike Hodgkinson
Last year, Mr Reid Scott directed a production of Mr Bernard Pomerance's The Elephant Man at a small theatre on an unglamorous stretch of Sunset Boulevard. By Los Angeles' industry standards, that makes Mr Scott a nonconformist: a strange fish. In Hollywood, doing plays is like doing time. Such dedication to the live roots of drama should have guaranteed him, at best, a solid gig waiting tables to cover the rent - but things have worked out rather well. Looking at the trajectory of Mr Scott's acting career so far, it would be reasonable to conclude that the stage has given him a sharp competitive edge.
Transplanted from New York, he progressed steadily from fizzy beverage commercial to popular sitcom (My Boys on the TBS network). He's currently a fixture on outstanding Brit-ish political satire Veep (HBO) - a Capitol Hill take on The Thick of It, chaperoned across the Atlantic with great care and attention to detail by the creator of both series, Mr Armando Iannucci. Mr Scott's experience in improv, and his back-east state of mind, teed him up perfectly for the job.
Despite his background, the Syracuse University-educated US East Coaster - and confessed former lover of miserable weather - clearly enjoys living in California. In fact, he has practically gone native. He hikes, skis and surfs like an X-Gamer, a sure route to eradicating all physical traces of the bookishness ingrained in him by his grandmother, a professor of English literature. He lives in an outrageously bucolic canyon in the shadow of the Hollywood sign: the nature boy within him has finally buried that return ticket to the Big Apple under a sun-dappled compost heap of palm fronds, orange blossom and hummingbird scat.
MR PORTER met up with Mr Scott in Venice Beach to talk about his style (comedic and sartorial), his heroes and his fictional occupation as Dan Egan, the deputy director of communications for the US Vice President.
the work
Mr Scott as the deputy director of communications, Dan Egan, in the hit political comedy TV series, 2012
my boys
From left: Ms Kellee Stewart (back to camera), Mr Michael Bunin, Mr Jamie Kaler, Ms Jordana Spiro, Mr Scott and Mr Kyle Howard in season four of the US sitcom, 2010
The Big C
Ms Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison and Mr Scott as Dr Todd Mauer in the first season of the hit TV series, 2010
the red carpet
Mr Scott arrives at the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California, 2012
The second series of Veep is airing now in the UK on Sky Atlantic and HBO


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All the Eastside locals know that the RCLR Pies are far better and half the price of those found at the TPR .
Made by locals for the Locals and not the Tourist Buses passing through 120.
The Local Ass.
by The Chief » Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:28 pm
by Tanngrisnir3 » Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:30 pm
MTN Trader wrote:Tanngrisnir3 wrote:With the exception of their pies, the bang-for-the-buck factor is one of the lowest on the entire east side.
Except for the fact that you are in repose at nearly 10,000 feet, which is great for the acclimitization at night.
And as far as "bang for the buck" goes, TPR isn't a charity. I have too many sentimental attachments to the place, especially the older cabins, to object. Lee Vining may have other, cheaper, rooms for the evening, but I don't think there's much comparison.
Julia and her team have always done a tremendous job of making me and my family feel welcome. I hadn't heard that they were having a tough time getting set up this season, but I hope they can open soon.
Maybe the downtime will give them an opportunity to modernize the website.
by MTN Trader » Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:59 pm
The Chief wrote:It simply amazes me how so many city folk bust their ass 50 weeks outta the year and then come to the mountains for the other 2 weeks. Then, they look for a location where other humans are congregated in one building plus they need to take a shower.
Don't forget that DROID now. Gotta have the constant connection to all them business contacts and people back in the city.
Folks call it a vacation I believe....
by TheOrglingLlama » Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:01 pm
MTN Trader wrote:what's a droid?
by The Chief » Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:36 pm
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Nine months after our second child made his great appearance I began questioning my strong beliefs. I sat down and being the Excel spreadsheet woman that I am I calculated the cost that we spent on our first son to get him from newborn to toilet trained and our second son from newborn to the nine month mark and I was shocked! For three plus years of diapers, wipes, and diaper genie refills I was pushing the $3,500 mark (that would be an awesome family vacation had I spent it for that).
I began researching and discovered many benefits to cloth diapering. I discovered that cloth diapering is much more than the first known of muslin material; there were even cute covers to make diapering a fashion statement not just a functional tool. To top it off the cost of cloth diapering from newborn to toilet trained was dramatically less! I presented all my findings to my husband and he gave me the stamp of approval to begin the purchasing of cloth diapers for our second son. Little did we know at that point that the diapers that I was purchasing for number two would soon be able to be passed down to number three!
For economical reasons my diapering stash began small. I had the mindset that I would begin cloth diapering my number two baby and see if I would handle it and then if it was "a go" then I would add to my stash to fit not only number two but number three as well!
My beginner stash consisted of:
- One Planet Wise Large Wet Bag
- One Planet Wise Diaper Pail Liner
- Planet Wise Wipe Pouch with 15 wipes
- Chinese Premium Unbleached Prefolds (Six per pack)
- Purchased twelve prefolds
- Tweedle Bugs Diaper Covers (Can purchase seconds which are "cosmetically blemished" for half price off their website)
- Purchased four covers
- Rubbermaid trashcan for a wet pail
- BacOut cleaning solution (For eliminating the smellies between washes in the pail)
- Dr. Bonner's Pure Castile Soap (Used with distilled water for my wipe solution)
- Two spray bottles (one bottle for BacOut and one bottle for wipe solution)
- Country Save laundry detergent (Approximately $200 was spent to get me started, if I used my supply for four months I broke even when comparing cloth to disposables.)
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Thanks to a company in Canada, schools in Franklin County could soon have life-saving windows. It's a hard plastic intended to provide an extra layer of protection against active shooters but will guard against severe weather as well.
It's all a part of their active shooter program in Franklin County. And Westridge Elementary will be the first to try out a new material that will cover windows, in some cases making them bullet proof.
"We're really excited about it because it's not a program you said everyday in a school," said Montey Chappell, who is the Franklin County School Resource Officer.
It's the first of its kind in Kentucky. And it has the potential to make windows bulletproof at all schools.
"Now had Sandy Hook had this lament in there, even if they would have just made this smash resistant," said Deputy Chappell. "Sure he could have shot into the building. However, he wouldn't have been able to enter the building through that glass."
Westridge Elementary School will be the guinea pig, starting out by making their front windows smash resistant.
"We're going to take some of this, and we're going to shoot it," said Deputy Chappell. "We're going to shoot the glass and be able to see how long it takes it to be able to maybe smash it out with a baseball bat."
You can't stop time, but this simple material could save minutes for emergency personnel, and therefore, save lives also when severe weather strikes.
"It can also take wind damage to prevent chards of glass, so it's not just for an active shooter, but that's the main purpose," said Deputy Chappell. "But it also goes for those other purposes which make our schools safer."
The installation could take place as soon as Friday at Westridge Elementary. And the school resource officer in Franklin County tells us they are installing it there first because those schools tend to be more vulnerable to outside threats.


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RENO, Nev. -- A roll-over crash west of Minden-Gardnerville killed a Carson City woman.
It happened at about 5:20pm Saturday, October 6th where Mottsville Lane turns into State Route 207. A Nevada Highway Patrol statement indicates that a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee was going west on Mottsville when it drifted onto the right shoulder then over-corrected, crossed over the double-yellow line and flipped.
The driver, 63-year-old, Lynette Lucille Cieri, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the Jeep and suffered fatal injuries. Excessive speed appears to be a factor in the crash.
The road was closed for about five hours during the accident investigation. If you have any more information, please call NHP Trooper Kris Satterwhite (775) 434-4895 and reference accident # 121005638.


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Skip to comments.Boy Scouts Under Attack by Gay Rights Activists
Posted on 06/16/2012 8:30:18 AM PDT by CHRISTIAN DIARIST
Jennifer Tyrell, a 32-year-old Bridgeport, Ohio mom, was well aware of longstanding Boy Scouts policy forbidding homosexuals from serving as troop leaders. Nevertheless, the lesbian took a position last year as den leader of her 7-year-old sons Cub Scout pack.
In April, Tyrell was ousted from the post after being informed by the Boy Scouts of America that she did not meet the high standards of moral behavior it expects of both adults and boys associated with the 102-year-old organization.
Now the gay-rights activist is waging an online campaign to pressure BSAs Board of Directors to rewrite the organizations rules to allow both gay Scout leaders and gay troops.
The Boy Scouts have been down this road before. Back in 1990, it expelled New Jersey Scoutmaster James Dale after a newspaper interview in which he stated that he unabashedly proclaimed himself gay.
Dale sued for readmission and the Garden States highest court sided with him. However, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the lower court decision in 2000, declaring that BSAs rule against homosexual troop leaders and troops was part of its constitutionally protected expressive message.
Allowing homosexuals like Dale to be scoutmasters would interfere with that message, the nations highest court held.
Since gay-rights activist Tyrell has no legal recourse against the Scouts, her campaign backed by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), which recently honored Tyrell, her lesbian partner, and their family is targeting influential corporate leaders on the BSA Board, like James Turley, Global Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, and Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T.
The execs need to take their leadership on diversity within the workplace, says Tyrell, and extend it to their role as board members of the Boy Scouts of America.
Well, its one thing for CEOs Turley and Stephenson to acquiesce to the gay-rights agenda in the name of diversity at Ernst & Young and AT&T respectively. But its quite another thing for them to impose that ungodly agenda upon the Boy Scouts.
Indeed, Boy Scouts take an oath to do their duty to God and to keep themselves morally straight. Thats why six of the top 10 chartered organizations associated with BSA are faith-based.
Were the Boy Scouts to welcome open homosexuality, as Tyrell, the lesbian, and her gay-rights supporters urge, the organization would break faith with those Christian chartered organizations that account for most of its membership. It would enter an ungodly partnership with the homosexual community.
Well, the Boy Scouts of America God bless them are standing strong against gay-rights activists. They acknowledge Tyrells campaign to rewrite the organizations rules against gay Scout leaders and troops, but, said BSA spokesman Deron Smith, there are no plans to change this policy.
Gay men having unobserved overnight visits with young boys. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
I thought the SCOTUS settled this, a few years ago?
Gay-rights activists failed to break the Scouts through the courts, so now they are trying political pressure.
Next step will be church youth pastors.
thank God for the boy scouts continuing to stand upright. i hope and pray the girl scouts will follow their lead.
who would have known that all of our most cherished and seemingly invincible institutions would fall to leftist corruption while the boy scouts would remain a bullwark against the hun. it gives me hope.
Hey...that's how long they give babies in the womb.
Exactly what I was going to say.
There is a dire need for a well organized, conservative organization that would - not initiate boycotts - but one that would organize boycotts of businesses which respond to the boycott threats of leftist activists such as this.
As long as only the left uses the boycott weapon, with no penalty for businesses that respond to leftist threats, then the leftist will continue to enjoy some degree of success. But if businesses knew the response would be a huge boycott from the right, then they'd stop responding to the thuggish tactics of the left.
I think the Girl Scouts are a lost cause. They were corrupted from within decades ago.
I'm getting so sick of America's love affair with sexual deviants.
Why would any parent want people who are sexually confused influencing their children in their formative years?
For a look at this subject from a rational perspective: Boy Scouts Of America & A Leftwing Agenda.
William Flax
"Hey...that's how long they give babies in the womb."
They will not. BSA learned a very hard lesson about queer pedophiles in the 60's, which led to this rule. Stealth faggots still occasionally turn up as scoutmasters and molest boys though. All that can be done about them is prosecute the hell out of them, which BSA does.
The GSA is hopeless corrupted. The best thing BSA can do for girls is to form another group for girls and keep it under their control like Venturing.
Check out American Heritage Girls which is a faith based organization. BSA and American Heritage Girls have entered into a mutual support agreement.
The LGBT freaks will not quit until they've completely poisoned America.
The LGBT freaks will not quit until theyve completely poisoned America.
I couldn't agree more about the Girls Scouts. They were lost a long time ago. Sadly, many people don't realize it and still think it's good for their daughters to be in the Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts get sicker everyday.
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In order to unveil the latest shale gas exploration and development technologies and forecast China's shale gas development trends, CBI BIZ will hold the China International Shale Gas Exploration & Market Summit on March 26-27 in Chongqing City.
The US is becoming an LNG exporter thanks to its fast shale gas development, while in terms of proven reserves, China's on-shore shale gas resources stand at 36 trillion cubic meters, of which 25.07 trillion cubic meters are recoverable reserves. On March 16, 2012, China issued a shale gas development plan for 2011-2015. Later in December 2012, China's Ministry of Land and Resources announced the results of the second official bidding of shale gas.
Four themes of the conference:
Opportunities in China's market -- Shale gas development plans/Second official bidding projects
Newest technologies for shale gas exploration -- Experience in US/ Different drilling technologies
Shale gas exploration mode -- State-owned enterprises/Private enterprises/JVs/Foreign capitals
Water treatment and environmental protection -- Technologies
Source: Business Wire
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Most people immediately associate STILLEN with everything Nissan, while we do pride ourselves on our extensive knowledge of the name plate that was the corner stone of our founder Steve Millen's racing career. We also, pride ourselves in our knowledge of just about every other make and model as well. We treat every car that comes into our performance center with extreme care and respect. From routine oil changes, to motor swaps, to brake jobs, there is never a corner cut or a shortcut taken in the work we do for our customer vehicles. We are glad to see that word of this commitment to quality is spreading faster than ever, a quick snapshot of the vehicles in our Performance Center today further illustrates this.
This customer is blending the line between street and track with an amazing suspension set up and a front and rear set of AP RACING brakes for his Subaru WRX STI
A different customer brought in his 2012 Chevrolet Camaro to get a Cat-back exhaust system installed in order to unleash the power and the sounds of his 6.2L L99 Camaro SS.
We have a beautiful Nismo 350z in the corner of our shop getting a tune up and a Stage 3 Supercharger installed.
On our alignment rack we have a 2011 GT-R getting some angle dialed into it's suspension in order to make it handle even better on the street and track.


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Thank you. Your backdoor no: worked for me. When I called the rep told me that I was denied, requested for supervisor. After answering his questions, he insantly approved me for $1000. Thank you, so much
Thank you so much everyone for these suggestions posted on here!!!! I just got approved by calling the 2nd backdoor # posted on here for the Chase Freedom Visa $100 Cash back card for $3K CL to start! When I 1st applied, which was just a few hours ago actually, lol, I got the message to wait 7-10 days for a response in the mail. Well, after some quick Google research I found this post and couldn't be happier. I made a quick phone after reading everyone's suggestions and was approved after just simply verifying the information on my application! Hopefully me spending the time to post an addition to this post, will encourage someone else in this situation who wants a Chase card to call! Don't wait until you already have been officially denied but be pro-active with Chase because the worst they can say is no, or denied. Persistence today truly paid off. Amazing. Thanks again everyone!!!!
BTW, to anyone wondering, when I spoke to the Chase rep. who was verifying my info. she actually told me that the system had originally denied me but due to my verification, she now is overriding it and approving me for the credit card. The system denied me due to a semi-high number of inquires on my Experian CR which they apparently pulled for this application, and for a high amount of student loans. However, by calling in, somehow their able to override that process, as she noticed that I actually have zero delinquencies, and good credit overall. Just don't be scared but go for it people and hopefully these words prove helpful to someone else facing a similar dilemma!
For those that are saying you have too many inquiries, I'm curious to know how many you have? I have a lot (due to a car purchase in January and old inquiries), so I'm wondering about this process.
THANKS to everyone...without this thread I would have been denied...actually I was denied but with this threads help I got approved.
I applied and was also told I would hear in 30 days. I was also scared about calling to check the status, but after reading this thread I called (the back door number). I thought my experience might be helpful to some. First of all, I called at night around 8:30pm. I spoke with a gentleman...lets call him Jim... who pulled my information and told me that I had been declined. The explanation given to me was that I was declined because of an account in collections (not because of my credit score). I am not sure what his report was showing my credit to be...long story short it was somewhere between 660-720. For those of you reading this possibly at a later it is 2010...the account I have in collections was from 2007. I have tried to dispute this over and over without luck. I have refused to pay, because I do not feel that I was in the wrong. I called back an hour later and asked to speak to a supervisor....I got the same Jim again and got the same response. I begged and pleaded my case that it was an account from three years ago that I had cancelled yet the company continued to charge me without my knowledge until I pulled my credit report 6 months ago. He told me that he had pulled my report from Equifax and all I had to do was have the status changed to "in dispute" and they would approve me (he also told me that I should wait to call back until I did this as any new report he would pull would count as a new inquiry against my credit score). So I went through the online process of disputing the account through Equifax. I use myfico.com and I was alerted that there had been a change on my report (which was that my account was now "in dispute"), so I called the back door number. This time it was during the day during business hours. The representative pulled my report again, and told me that there was no update...this immediately upset me as it was a new inquiry now that would hit my score. She offered to pull a report from Experian, however I declined as Jim had told me he was using Equifax which is why I filed a dispute with them. She asked me a few more questions about the collections account, put me on hold, and a few minutes later said that she "accepted my explanation for the collections account" and wholla...I got a card with a $5000 credit limit.
So, in the end my advice is to call during business hours. They pulled my report from Equifax (some of you said you were pulled from EX), however it seems that if you are declined for some reason they will pull from another report if you ask them. Don't give up. Don't be scared...everyone I talked to was so nice and helpful.
No luck... pulled from TU and "no, no no"
Asked about a CLI increase on my existing Freedom card... Can't help you with that. Have to submit a CLI increase thru customer service.
Eh Guy, I did apply Chase Freedom credit card at branch last week. Yesterday i called back to check the application status and was denied. Then i research on this Fico website and saw the BackDoor phone number and called them again. They pulled out my experian credit report and said" was Denied" then i told them the explanation and they saw that my collection was disputed and they asked me they will reconsideration on 2nd chance of credit decision. If you guy have experience on this situtation, should u guy think i will get the credit card with 2nd chance?????????? Please let me know... THANKS>..I believe they still not approve me. What you guy think???????????
Chase do not like too many inquiries. I got denied, approved and denied again all within the same day for having too many inquiries back in 2009. Today when I got approved for $4000 there were no issues.. So the bottom line is to let inquiries age before Chasing what matters.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/20/lohan_motor_test/
LOHAN fires up sizzling thruster
First test of Vulture 2 powerplant
Posted in Science, 20th December 2011 11:01 GMT
Video Things are moving apace at the Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) headquarters, and last weekend we did a first test firing of the proposed powerplanet for the Vulture 2 spaceplane.
The thruster in question is an AeroTech RC 32/60-100NS, specifically designed for gliders and without the ejection charge used to deploy the parachute on traditional amateur rockets.
As regular readers will know, we're currently working on the Rocketry Experimental High Altitude Barosimulator (REHAB) experiment, to see if the motor will fire at low pressure and temperature.
However, we thought we'd check out a couple of other performance parameters before sticking LOHAN in REHAB, namely the thrust and external casing temperature. Both are important considerations for our Southampton Uni Vulture 2 design team.
Here's the motor with its G-class reload (clockwise from left: reload, motor case, sealing ring, end cap and nozzle)...
The reload kit comes with an AeroTech Copperhead ignitor, but since they're legendarily so fragile that just looking at one the wrong way will cause it to fail, we kept it in its cardboard shipping tube until absolutely necessary.
For measuring the temperature, we hooked up a K-type ring thermocouple to a digital thermometer...
...and here's our apprentice boffin Katarina with the assembled test rig:
As you can see, we attached the motor to a large block of wood by means of some steel pipe clips, although it isn't clamped in hard, meaning it can move up and down freely.
The motor is sitting on a set of electronic kitchen scales. The vertical configuration of the motor is because the scales will only work when horizontal. At the top, you can see the connections for the Copperhead ignitor, running ultimately to an ignitor box and a big 12V car battery.
Here's a detailed view of the rig:
- Copperhead ignitor wire
- Motor
- Ring-type thermocouple
- Pipe clips
- Protective Teflon pressure pad
The pressure pad is actually one of those feet you stick under furniture to stop it scratching your parquet floor, but it made the perfect support for the motor to ensure the scales didn't get roasted.
Finally, here's the whole set-up complete with cameras, and ready to roll...
..and here's our video of the test, for your viewing pleasure:
Once the smoke had cleared, we were interested to note the motor casing didn't get as hot as expected - hitting a mere 82°C - probably due to the insulating effect of the reload's cardboard outer tube.
Regarding thrust, it's up to the Southampton Uni boys to tell us if they need more power. If they do, we'll get it sorted.
And finally, if we do go with the AeroTech motor, we'll have to find an alternative to the Copperhead ignitor. It's a fragile laminated foil conductor affair which isn't robust enough for our purposes and would probably ice up and short out anyway.
Next up on the LOHAN test agenda is the aforementioned REHAB experiment. Watch this space...


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4-Bean Salad, Pineapple Millionaire Pie, Blue Ribbon Pound Cake recipes: Helen Dollaghan
Helen Dollaghan, food editor of The Denver Post from 1958-1993, selected recipes she felt were the best and published them in this 1987 special section called "30 Years of Rocky Mountain Cooking." Most are recipes that Helen or her readers developed.
Every Friday we'll share several of the recipes from her collection.
Week 5: 4-Bean Salad, Pineapple Millionaire Pie, Blue Ribbon Pound Cake
Potluck spreads in the
'50s were incomplete without
a bean salad. Canned beans
were a must, for they had
more flavor served cold
than their scratch-cooked
4-Bean Salad
1 cup canned, cut green beans, well drained
1 cup canned, yellow wax beans, well drained
1 cup canned kidney beans, well drained
1 cup canned garbanzo beans, well drained
1/2 cup salad oil
1/2 cup cider vinegar
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup thinly sliced onion
Combine beans in large bowl. Mix together oil, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper in saucepan. Heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Pour over beans. Add onions, tossing. Refrigerate overnight or longer, stirring occasionally. Serves 10 to 12.
I had to go all the way
to the corporate headquarters
of Furr's Cafeteria in Lubbock,
Texas, for this one in 1967,
since no company recipe had ever
been released to the public. With
the help of Guy Vawter, Colorado
district manager of Furr's, and
Van Ogburn, manager of the Arvada
cafeteria, we got permission
from the general manager of the
cafeteria chain to publish the
recipe readers were clamoring for.
Pineapple Millionaire Pie
2 cups powdered sugar
1 stick (1/2 cup margarine, softened)
1 large egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
2 baked 8-inch pie crusts
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup drained, crushed pineapple
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Cream together sugar and margarine. Add egg, salt and vanilla. Mix until light and fluffy. Spoon evenly into crusts. Chill. Whip cream until stiff. Blend in pineapple and nuts. Spoon on top of pie. Chill. Makes 2 pies.
In the mid-'60s, Peggy Mooney
entered this recipe in the Boulder
County Fair. As its name suggests,
it took first prize.
Blue Ribbon Pound Cake
1 lb. butter, softened (do not substitute margarine)
6 large eggs
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 pound unsifted cake flour
Vanilla, rum or lemon
flavoring to taste
1 teaspoon nutmet (optional)
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind (optional)
Beat butter until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Gradually add sugar. Mix well. Spoon flour into empty sugar box. Level off top with spatula to get one pound. Gradually add flour to batter until blended. Add vanilla. Beat very thoroughly until mixture is smooth and creamy. Turn into ungreased, 9-inch tube pan. Bake in center of preheated 300-degree oven 2 hours or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. (Long baking period helps cake form beautiful brown crust.) Place a pan of warm water on lower rack during baking. Cool and glaze with thin powdered sugar icing, if desired.


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Men's Basketball vs. Goucher | Women's Basketball vs. Goucher
Men's Basketball Notes vs. Goucher
Setting the Scene... The USMMA men's basketball team will play its home and conference opener Saturday against Goucher College. The Mariners are coming off of back-to-back wins, including a 78-42 rout of Maritime (NY) last time out. The Gophers have yet to play a home game in 2012-13 and have lost three consecutive games heading into Saturday's contest.
Bang for your "Buck"... Reed Buck (Lawrenceville, GA) has started the 2012-13 campaign right where he left off last season as the junior earned a spot on the Chuck Resler Invitational All-Tournament Team. Buck then tallied the first double-double of the year with 25 points and 10 rebounds against Maritime (NY). The junior currently ranks second in scoring in the Landmark Conference, averaging 19.7 points per game.
New Faces in the Crowd... There are nine freshman on the USMMA roster to start the 2012-13 season, the most-ever under third year head coach Danny Nee. Early in the year, three different freshmen have made a start for Merchant Marine.
Road Warriors... The Mariners will play the majority of its games on the road this season, playing 15 games away from Kings Point, NY compared to just ten contests inside O'Hara Hall.
Frankie Says "Relax"... Senior Frankie Wiseley provided the season's first buzzer beater to seal the Mariners first victory of the year. With the score knotted at 69-69 Wiseley hit a running one-hander from just outside the lane as the horn went off to propel USMMA to a 71-69 win over St. Lawrence.
Up Next... Merchant Marine will take the court again on Wednesday for the most anticipated game of the season as they host arch rival Coast Guard at 6:00 pm.
Women's Basketball Notes vs. Goucher
Setting the Scene... Winning their first two games, the Mariners open Landmark Conference play at home Saturday, Dec. 1 at 2:00 PM against the Gophers of Goucher College. They look to start the year 3-0 for the first time since the 2007-08 season, which was the last time Merchant Marine qualified for the postseason.
Series History... USMMA is 6-4 all-time against Goucher, sweeping last year's season series 2-0 after dropping both games to the Gophers in 2010-11. In thier last meeting in Kings Point, Mariner's guard Demi VanDerWal tied the NCAA D-III single game consecutive free throw record by hitting 20 foul shots in a row in a 68-67 double overtime victory.
Scouting the Gophers.. Goucher comes into the contest with a 1-4 record, dropping their previous two games. Freshman forward Latifah Butler has been a standout for the Gophers thus far this season, averaging double-double figures with 12.0 points per game and 11.0 rebounds per game. She is currently ranked third in the Landmark Conference in rebounds per game and her field goal percentage of .511 currently ranks fourth in the conference.
Breaking Down the "Walz"... For the second game in a row, junior forward Kristina Walz led Merchant Marine in scoring, putting up 17 points against Purchase College. Playing a team high 33 minutes, she also grabbed nine rebounds, falling one shy of a double-double. Walz currently leads the Landmark Conference in field goal percentage, shooting .688 from the field.
"Resor" Sharp... In their first two games, sophomore forward Rebecca Resor has given the Mariners solid minutes off the bench averaging 4.5 points and 10 rebounds.
Up Next... USMMA will have three games in five days as the face off against Rutgers-Camden at home on Dec. 3, and travel to CCNY for their first road game of the season on Dec. 5.


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On the Cover
Mechanical Engineering majors Casey Bordelo and Jessica Lovelace use a milling machine to trim the length of a University of Texas at San Antonio hammer the students are making as part of their Manufacturing Engineering class. The class is held in the Machine Shop located on the UTSA Main Campus. Photographer: Deborah Silliman Wolfe
A message from the Dean of the College of Engineering
Engineering and education are two aspects of life that are constantly changing and evolving. When UTSA was founded in 1969, there was hope that the university would evolve and flourish, but I doubt that anyone would have thought that a mere 45 years later, the university would be well on its way to becoming a Tier One institution.
The College of Engineering is contributing in UTSA's journey to Tier One and we here at the college level have implemented several comprehensive and integrated strategies that involve a variety of recognized educational best practices. Among our successful activities are summer immersion camps for high school students, expansion of undergraduate research activities, creation of an engineering residential hall, math tutoring for freshmen, and formative evaluations through "iClicker" technology. The data we have seen so far shows improvement in the college's retention and graduation rates, especially among under-represented groups.
As part of our evolution from being mainly a commuter school when the university opened its doors nearly a half century ago, to now having more than 29,000 students from all over the world, we have implemented new admission criteria in order to improve the likelihood of success of incoming students. The new criteria were put into place in 2012 and preliminary findings indicate that our first year retention rate has increased significantly. We believe our approach will improve the overall graduation rate considerably.
The College of Engineering has also implemented several strategies to improve the quality of graduate programs and enhance diversity among our students. We have been targeting qualified UTSA undergraduates for different programs, developing recruitment pipelines from other institutions of higher education, expanding recruitment of traditionally under-represented groups, and have established several new graduate programs. And we have even more program possibilities in the pipeline! From recent data, it looks like our efforts to improve the quality of our graduate programs have paid off. The College of Engineering has more than 100 graduate student applications for the fall 2014 semester than we had for fall 2013, with more applications coming in every day.
As always, our dedicated and innovative professors excel in the classroom and research laboratories. Dr. John Foster has developed a flipped classroom that is ideal for the material he is teaching to his Introduction to High-Performance Computing students. Professors and researchers like Dr. Bing Dong combine research and teaching, and provide opportunities for engineering students to be their best, both inside and outside of the classroom. Dr. Dong is currently leading a study that will set an international standard for measuring energy-related occupant behaviors in buildings, and his students are actively involved in the research being conducted for the study. Under the guidance of professor Corey Hallam, two biomedical doctoral students, Ramon Coronado and Tony Yuan, have developed the first of- its-kind mobile stem cell company which helps family pets live healthier and more productive lives. With outstanding professors and students like this, the College of Engineering is proud to have a positive effect on not only the university community, but the San Antonio community as well.
Research is an integral part to becoming a Tier One university. Fiscal year 2013-2014 grant dollars secured by the College of Engineering are well on the way to surpassing the total received in fiscal year 2012-2013. The current engineering active sponsored project awards total more than $18 million with an with an annual expenditure of about $12 million.
This is an exciting time to be a member of the UTSA community. As we grow and change as a college and as a university, we will continue to keep our focus on the aspects that make us the innovative and diverse institution we are. It is our goal to serve our students and provide them with the best education possible so that when they complete their studies, they will be ready to go out make an impact on the world.
For the past year, I have had the opportunity to serve as interim dean, and now, my time serving in the position is almost complete. It has been a pleasure working with and collaborating with the college's faculty and staff in this position, and I looking forward to welcoming our new dean, Dr. JoAnn Browning, when she joins our college later this summer. I know she has the experience and positive attitude to move the College of Engineering forward in our journey toward Tier One.Mehdi Shadaram, Ph.D., P.E.
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A stellar youngster
Z Canis Majoris is a young stellar object, one of the "Orion variables". The Orion variable classification got its name because the Orion region is so full of active and recent star formation that many of the young, eruptive variables are found there. Since these stars are eruptive, they're usually classified as Irregular or "I", and since many are also found in regions with nebulae, they also have an "N" for nebular attached. There are a number of subclasses of stars in this category, including perhaps the most famous, "INT" -- T Tauri stars. The specific classification given to Z CMa is "INA", which in plain text is simply "irregular, nebular variable, with early spectral type" (Z CMa has a spectral type of B8 -- slightly hotter than Vega which is an A0).
Z CMa is an example of a star that bears watching for years and decades. The AAVSO has visual data starting around 1928 and continues through the present. One of the most striking things about the light curve is the decades-long, parabolic change in mean light, slowly brightening from magnitude 10 in the early 1940s, rising to magnitude 9 by the late 1960s, and then falling back down to magnitude 10 by the mid 1990s. Since then, the light curve has been punctuated by a number of short, high-amplitude outbursts -- one of which is going on right now. If you're a visual observer, this is an interesting one for your long-term program, and CCD observers who can do calibrated, transformed multicolor photometry might find it interesting to follow the light and color changes over time.
We recently issued a Special Notice (#232) on Z CMa after AAVSO observer John Bortle pointed out that the star has apparently reached another bright maximum above magnitude 8. It will be interesting to follow this star over the coming months. It will probably be interesting to follow it over the coming decades, too!
Another AAVSO observer, Steve O'Connor, sent me this photograph of the field taken on 2011 January 27. Z CMa is the pale yellow-white star at the center of the field, and a comparison of the image with a D-scale chart makes it clear that it's much brighter than the "86" comp to the southeast. This is a good time of year to observe Z CMa, so give it a try if you have room for it in your observing schedule!
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Dairy producers – Get your water tested!
Water is the single most important nutrient for dairy cows.
As dairy producers enter fall and winter, everyone is concerned with adjusting dairy cow rations to accommodate this year's hay and corn silage crops. It is critical to adjust and tweak rations to ensure high milk production and maintain key milk components (i.e., milkfat and protein). However, did you know that by focusing only on things like dry matter intake, protein, carbohydrates, effective fiber, minerals, etc., you are only accounting for about 12 percent of the cow's total nutrient intake? Why? A milking cow drinks 30 to 50 gallons of water per day; therefore, water accounts for about 88 percent of a cow's daily intake of nutrients. Thus, water is the most important nutrient in a cow's total daily intake.
I would encourage every dairy producer to have their cow's drinking water analyzed at least twice each year. The water table waxes and wanes especially in times of drought like many dairy producers experienced this year. Therefore, getting your cow's drinking water analyzed should be a high priority item at the top of your management checklist. There are many private laboratories that can perform such analyses. To find a suitable laboratory just do an internet search for "drinking water analysis laboratories". Most labs sell the entire drinking water analysis kit that contains sample containers, instructions and a prepaid box to send the sample back to the lab. When requesting the water analysis, be sure to specify a "livestock suitability" water analysis. Midwest Laboratories in Nebraska and Litchfield Analytical Services in Litchfield, Mich., are two labs you may want to consider, though there are many others out there which also offer livestock water analysis.
A sound livestock drinking water analysis will at least contain the following four items:
- Total Dissolved Solids (TDS): TDS measures the sum of all inorganic matter dissolved in water and is an indicator of water salinity. Levels above 1,000 parts per million (ppm) should be investigated further and potentially be corrected to prevent and/or correct problems like diarrhea and dehydration.
- Sulfate + Chloride: If the combined sulfate (SO4) and chlorine (Cl) content of drinking water is greater than 500 ppm, further testing and evaluation are needed. At these, or higher levels, these minerals may lead to health and production problems.
- Nitrate-nitrogen: Nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) levels in drinking water should not exceed 20 ppm. High nitrate-nitrogen levels have been associated with long term reproductive problems in dairy cows such as higher services per conception, lower first service conception rates, and longer calving intervals.
- Iron:
Cattle drinking water containing over 0.3 ppm iron may cause subclinical
chronic iron toxicity, or even more severe problems. Most dairy rations provide
adequate iron. Thus, when drinking water contains excess iron (soluble iron
called ferrous-iron in drinking water); the total iron may rise in the cow's tissues
causing "oxidative stress". This may lead to a host of problems including
increased retained placentas, mastitis, metritis and a general compromising of
the animal's immune system. Excess soluble iron in the animal's gut also
ties-up and reduces absorption of other key minerals such as zinc and copper.
Table 1 provides a summary of the most important items to consider in a livestock water analysis along with the levels of these constituents that warrant a retest or require action to correct. Also, excess content of these mineral constituents in water may also contribute to problems with your farm's water delivery system (i.e., pumps, pipes, valves, etc.) and decrease the effectiveness of cleaners and sanitizers (e.g., pipeline cleaning and sanitizing). The latter could lead to milk quality problems (e.g, increased bacteria counts) and buildup within pipes that lead to chronic milk quality problems and restrict water flow. A livestock water analysis costs less than $50 per sample, but provides important information that may provide the key to top health and production for your dairy herd.
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
>500 ppm
Sulfate (SO4), + Chloride (Cl)
>250 ppm
>500 ppm
Nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N)
>10 ppm
>20 ppm
Iron (Fe)
>0.15 ppm
>0.3 ppm
<6.5 or >8.0
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The Dolphins will do exactly what the headline above says they will do.
The team will announce that it is playing four preseason games in 2011, with one of those games being against Tampa Bay.
Last season, the Dolphins added Atlanta at home and at Dallas on the preseason schedule.
That's all I got for now.
What can I tell you? It's a lockout. News is scarce.
Update: OK, here it is. Drumroll please ...
The Dolphins preseason schedule according to the NFL begins Aug. 13 at the Atlanta Falcons. Carolina travels to Miami on Aug. 20 for the second preseason game. Miami travels to Tampa Bay on Aug. 27 for the important third game of the preseason. The preseason finale will feature the Dallas Cowboys traveling to Sun Life Stadium on Sept. 1.
Times of the games will be determined later. This, by the way, is from the official NFL schedule.
The Dolphins have released a schedule in which the dates are still up in the air. For example, the team is saying the Atlanta game will be played sometime between Agu. 12-15. The Carolina game will be played sometime between Aug. 19-22. The Tampa Bay game will be sometime between Aug. 26-29 and the Cowboys preseason-finale would be sometime between Sept. 1-2.
Know what? I'm going with the NFL schedule until further notice.
The only redundancy in the preseason and regular season schedule is the Cowboys, which Miami is scheduled to play in the regular season at Dallas.
The Dolphins and the Jacksonville Jaguars -- for years a staple of each other's preseason schedule -- will not renew their in-state festivities this preseason for reasons that are not clear. Carolina takes the place of the Jaguars, obviously.
Miami will not be featured on any nationally televised preseason games.
This obviously assumes none of the games are cancelled due to an ongoing lockout. If all or part of the preseason gets washed out, we'll just simply have to find something else to do. Yes, that is the state of the NFL today.


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I am replacing my air conditioner and furnace in my condo in Myrtle Beach (accross the street from the ocean). I have been quoted for Tempstar to Janitrol to Trane. The Trane is $1,800 more expensive than the Tempstar and $1,300 more expensive than the Janitrol. The Trane has a ten year parts and labor warranty and is a variable speed unit. I asked the Tempstar guy if the unit was variable speed and he said yes, high for cool and low for heat (what does this mean?). The warranty on tempstar and Janitrol is 5 years for parts and 1 year for labor.
The tempstar guy tells me that I would be silly to buy anything expensive since it all rusts our in seven years anyway because of the ocean breeze and the salt.
I really believe the Trane will last longer but is it worth it? I also talked to a Lennox dealer who said that a Janitrol would last 7 years and a Trane or a Lennox would last 10 to 12 years. The Lennox dealer was not able to give me a quote because he was out of 12 seres and he did not know what the new 13 seres would cost yet. He did seem the most reliable though. Is it worth it to spend the extra money?
Any other suggestions?
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STERLING – With his team down by three and the bases loaded with two outs in its last at bat, Newman's Quincy Coomes laced a sharp line drive down the right-field line.
The ball sliced just foul, however, and moments later Erie-
Prophetstown reliever Jordan
Chandler struck out Coomes looking to preserve the Panthers' 5-2 Three Rivers win Friday at Newman.
"I struggled at the plate," Coomes said. "I couldn't come through."
"They probably would have tied the ballgame if that ball doesn't go foul," Panthers coach Jason Orman said.
Coomes was the starting pitcher for the short-handed Comets (0-2, 0-2), whose two seniors, Colin McGinn and Kyle Moore, are on vacation over spring break. Coomes and Panthers starter Kenneth Cole dominated the early innings.
Coomes fired three-hit ball over four shutout innings. He did not issue a walk and struck out seven.
"I wish I could have kept going," said Coomes, who was on a pitch count while making his first varsity start. "I didn't think I had the best stuff. It just worked for me."
"Quincy did a real good job," Newman coach Tom Wilson said. "He's got a lot of ability. He just needs some experience."
Cole, a strapping, red-headed left-hander was even better. One night after throwing two innings in relief, he hurled five shutout innings of one-hit ball for the win, struck out nine and walked just one.
Cole (2-0) did have a bit of adversity.
"I forgot my good-luck charm," he said. "It's my girlfriend's hair tie. I usually put it in my back pocket. I left it in the bag. I felt better once I got that in my pocket."
When Coomes exited, the Panthers (4-2, 2-0) pounced, scoring three runs in the fifth. Zach Hart cracked a two-run triple and Kyle Coleman added an RBI single.
Erie-Prophetstown made it 4-0 in the fifth when Austin Meadows got a pinch-hit after replacing Cole and later scored on a wild pitch.
Newman, which had just one hit and struck out 14 times, scored both of its runs in the bottom of the sixth. A.J. Sharp's first-inning single to center was the Comets' lone hit.
Chandler, who worked the last two innings after not pitching since last Thursday, walked the first four batters he faced. The fourth was to Coomes and forced in a run. Shayne Allen followed with a sacrifice fly.
Chandler, who walked six and struck out five, escaped further trouble with a pair of strikeouts.
In the bottom of the seventh, Chandler struck out the first two batters before a pair of walks were sandwiched around an error to load the bases before Coomes' near-miss foul and ensuing strikeout.
"If we want to have a chance to win the conference title, we have to be a lot tougher than that and put games away," Orman said.
Matt Wagenecht took the loss, allowing five runs on seven hits in three innings.


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If you were to choose your favourite three magazines ever, what would they be and why? Would it be LXF66 because of the shiny silver cover, LXF41 for my excellent AMD64 piece (*cough!*), LXF01 because it's worth a packet on Ebay, or LXF70 because you're always looking forward to the next issue?
This is quite a serious question, deep down. If we get enough responses we'll be able to see what we should be doing more of!


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SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SomaGenics, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in RNA-based technologies, presented exciting data on the efficacy of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics against Hepatitis C virus (HCV) based on the company's sshRNA platform.
SomaGenics, along with its collaborators at Tekmira Pharmaceuticals and Roche, presented the results in a poster entitled "Synthetic Short shRNAs are Potent Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus in HCV-Infected Chimeric Mice" at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society held September 8-10, 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
"The demonstration of a strong antiviral effect in the chimeric human liver mouse model further reinforces our confidence in the therapeutic potential of our sshRNA platform. We are quite excited about the performance of SomaGenics' synthetic sshRNAs formulated with Tekmira's lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), which demonstrated reduction of circulating HCV load by more than two orders of magnitude. The results presented affirm the advantages of our approach to combine multiple sshRNA targeting otherwise 'undruggable' viral targets," said Dr. Brian Johnston, Chief Executive of SomaGenics.
Some conclusions of the scientific presentation:
About Hepatitis C Virus
HCV is a leading cause of cirrhosis, liver cancer, and liver failure requiring liver transplant. An estimated 170 million people are infected with HCV globally, with 3-4 million new infections each year. No vaccine for HCV is currently available.
About RNAi and SomaGenics' sshRNA Technology
The Nobel-prize-winning discovery of RNA interference (RNAi), a process by which double-stranded RNA molecules can inhibit the function of virtually any gene, has spurred interest in the development of short interfering RNAs as drugs. SomaGenics has pioneered the discovery and development of a unique class of short interfering RNAs called sshRNAs. Structurally distinct from the more commonly used siRNAs and expressed shRNAs, sshRNAs are short, chemically modified RNA sequences that are chemically synthesized as single strands. They have outstanding potency and possess attractive pharmacokinetic properties without undesirable immune stimulation.
About SomaGenics
SomaGenics is a privately held company that develops innovative RNA technologies for therapeutic and diagnostic uses. SomaGenics' lead therapeutic program, against hepatitis C virus, has successfully completed efficacy evaluations in preclinical animal models and is ready for clinical development.
Dr. Sumedha Jayasena
VP, Therapeutic Development
2161 Delaware Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
This press release was issued through eReleases(R). For more information, visit eReleases Press Release Distribution at http://www.ereleases.com.
|SOURCE SomaGenics, Inc.
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Legal Education Opportunities (LEO) Fall Reception
October 10 , 2012 | 4 - 6 p.m. | 7200 Lubar Commons
Join us at the LEO Fall Reception to honor our entering class of LEO students. Justice Louis Butler will be our special guest of honor. Light refreshments will be served.
Submitted by Law School News on October 3, 2012
This article appears in the categories: Featured Events


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HARVARD -- Ayer Shirley starting pitcher Danny Baldino hurled a complete game one-hitter Friday afternoon at Bromfield as Ayer Shirley blanked the Trojans, 8-0.
Ayer Shirley exploded for four runs in the opening frame and it never looked back. The game was called in the top of the sixth inning due to the injury of Bromfield center fielder Tommy Jackovitz, who had to be bussed to the hospital for an apparent concussion. Jackovitz dove for a line drive double sprayed into the right center field gap by Baldino, but he came up short, and it appeared that his jaw connected with the turf.
"Coach told us that Tommy has a cut on his forehead and that he hurt his neck from when he dove," Bromfield starting pitcher Cam Maddalone said.
"He had a headache in the back of his head -- he was being brought to the hospital to check for concussion. It seems like he got whiplash on impact."
Baldino struck out seven and walked one batter, while allowing just one-hit to junior catcher Zane Atwood in the fifth inning.
"That was the best Dan has pitched all year," Ayer Shirley head coach Scott Callanan said. "We had a goal of winning two-out-of-three games this week. We cleaned up our act and accomplished that mini goal we set for ourselves.
Now, we have something to look forward to the rest of the season. We have to win four of our last six games to make districts.
We are playing every one of our games like it is a playoff game.
Ayer Shirley bounded out to a 4-0 lead after one inning.
Lead-off man Alex Walker reached on a single up the middle, but he would be later gunned down at the plate by Bromfield third baseman Jon Schmidt.
Atwood laid the sweeping tag on the diving Walker for the first out of the inning. Baldino reached on a full-count walk by Maddalone, and he would later score on a one-out RBI single to right field by shortstop Kyle Jumper.
Five-hole designated hitter Bobby Lawton scorched a two-hit line drive double up the middle to score Jumper from second to make it 2-0.
Lawton would later come around to score on a 2 RBI double to right field by senior first baseman Jake Hannon.
Baldino struck out the first two Bromfield batters he faced to start a 1-2-3 first inning. The Panthers added three runs on four hits in the second inning to extend their lead to 7-0 after two. Bromfield could not solve Baldino, who was mixing his pitches well between his fastball and nasty curve.
Not only was he dominant, but he was effective.
Baldino threw just 64 pitches over six innings, and 23 pitches in the opening two frames. "Danny never gave them an opportunity to get back in it," Callanan said. "That's the second-straight game where we have had our starting pitchers throw games sub-100. pitches.
Ayer Shirley oswept the Trojans in the season-series. The Panthers beat Bromfield, 9-4, in their season-opener in Ayer on April 7.


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Valdosta, Georgia- September 6, 2012
Valdosta is one of the top cities in the country when it comes to workers getting raises.
Valdosta took tenth place when it comes to salary increases from 2010 to 2011. A new study done by Toronto University makes that claim.
Valdosta's average annual wage increase from 2010 to 2011 was more than eighteen hundred dollars giving it that tenth spot on the list of top cities for raises. Toronto University based their study on Bureau of Labor statistics. It noted military bases like Moody as well as Universities like Valdosta State played a signficant role.
Said Bill McKinney, Ph.D., VSU President: "We have over eighteen hundred full and part-time employees at the University alone, let alone a wider economic impact that amounts to in excess of five thousand jobs either indirectly or directly created by the university. That really takes into account not only the salaries but also the commerce that is generated as part of being one of the top ten employers in the region as well as an economic driver."
The City Manager says roughly 60 percent of college graduates live within one hundred miles of the school they graduated. Making South Georgia Medical Center another economic driver.
Valdosta City Manager, Larry Hanson believes they got the reward for: "Having a heart...A regional hospital that has a cancer center and a heart center. They create very good jobs that pay well and they support college graduates."
The city with the highest annual salary increase was Fairbanks Alaska. Workers there, on average, saw a 2,700 dollar jump in yearly wages.


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Every company has customer stories to tell. Some don't know they have them, some don't tell them well while others miss the mark by using them to carry marketing too overtly.
I like the focus of this SlideShare piece because it distinguishes between a customer story platform and other customer contact models. And it makes the case for having a customer story platform very well. So I think you will receive lots of good insights here.
But this is what disturbs me about it:
- There is no understanding about the power of story sharing -- which is a dynamic inherent in storytelling. Story sharing is all about engaging with your customer in an ongoing story swap about you and them. If you go after customer stories, then you have to add this into the equation and internal company conversation if you want to get the highest value from your story activities that continues to spiral upward. Otherwise you head into issue #2:
- The tone of this piece is heading into the realm of exploitation. A customer is viewed here as a commodity, and so is that customer's story. But whose story is it anyway??! The tone here is "Let me extract a story from you and then push my message to the world using you." Ugh!! This leads us into issue #3:
- Ethics. Nowhere in this piece is there a discussion of story ethics -- permissions, ownership, shareability rights, over-storying, editorialism, transperancy, and the like. In the happy world of the 'storytelling bandwagon' these thorny issues -- and the dark side of storytelling -- are being ignored. At a company's peril, I might add because ignoring these means eventually breaking the covenant of trust/credibility/authenticity that you create with your customers through stories. Which leads us into issue #4:
- Lack of training. This piece is pretty comprehensive in its treatment of customer storytelling. However, they make a big point about the story evoking process being important, but never really giving anyone guidelines for it. Learning how to evoke stories is critical because how you do it will depend on if you get data, description, narrative, or an actual story. So if you are going to work in business storytelling/ what training do you need? Story listening, story evoking, story crafting, story tools, story ethics, story dissemination, story dynamics, and story applications.
Oh, and I can't stand it that at the end of this SlideShare, you can't get out of the contact screen (give us your name & email) without reloading the page. Sigh.
So take what you can from this piece (whose focus I really like), understand the critical missing compotents, and then go round out your knowledge.
Via Kim Zinke (aka Gimli Goose)


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Kids Crawl events coming to Downtown
June 30, 2009
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will host children and their families throughout the downtown Pittsburgh area at the Summer Kids Crawl Saturday, July 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Summer Kids Crawl Events:
812 Liberty Avenue
SMOKE AND MIRRORS: Featuring the work of 16 artists who are faking it in every sense of the word. Curated by Jesse Hulcher.
Pennsylvania Culinary Institute
808 Liberty Avenue
Decorate cookies
Food and beverages prepared by PCI students available for $1
Trust Education Center
805-807 Liberty Avenue
It's Carnival Time with Kenia learn Brazilian percussion, samba school parade 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m.
Gateway to the Arts / Tracie Yorke Dance - Stories on the Move 12:15, 2:15pm
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Harris Theater
809 Liberty Avenue
Use your imagination to create a paper film strip.
Catholic Charities Building
212 Ninth Street
Pittsburgh International Children's Theater
Meet Mr. McFeely from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood 1-3 p.m.
Catholic Charities Building
212 Ninth Street
Create tie-dyed art and chromatography butterflies and flowers with the Carnegie Science Center.
MCG Gallery @ 800 Penn
800 Penn Avenue
Join the fun and participate in a special path-making scavenger hunt!
Magnolias for Pittsburgh
Corner of 7th and Penn Avenue
Delight in these bronze magnolia trees, designed by artist Tony Tasset, that bloom year-round.
Transformers Arch 2008
7th and Ft. Duquesne Blvd
Katz Plaza
Corner of 7th & Penn
Soul line dancing, musical performances, face painting, caricatures and mascots
Umoja African Arts Dance Company drum workshop 11 a.m.
Gateway to the Arts / River City Percussion Duo 11:30 a.m.
Roland Ford's Soul line dancing lessons for kids 12-12:45 p.m. and 1:15-2 p.m.
Meet Iceburgh,
the Pittsburgh Penguins mascot from 11am-12pm.
Meet Steely McBeam, the Pittsburgh Steelers mascot from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Meet the Pirate Parrot, the Pittsburgh Pirates mascot from 2-3 p.m.
The parking lot of 7th and Penn
Eurobungy Mike the Balloon Guy
Flip and somersault 2 stories above the Cultural District
Theater Square Scott Place
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Polar mascot and chalk artists
For more information, call 412-456-6666 or visit http://www.pgharts.org.


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It's often the bottom line. For Willis McGahee, however, it's just noise, like some dog barking through the screen door.
"I've heard all kinds of things for my whole career," McGahee said. "People think I'm too old. Some people say I'm too slow.
"I like for people to say I can't do something. I always have. I use it."
But what if history says the odds are against you?
McGahee is a 30-year-old running back who will turn 31 in mid-October. The NFL routinely spits out 30-something running backs like unwanted sunflower seeds. Spits out those who are Canton-bound, backups and most everybody else in between.
Most don't make it that far. Hall of Famers Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell and Marshall Faulk played a combined seven seasons at age 30 or older, but did not finish with 1,000 yards rushing in any of those seven years. The recently retired LaDainian Tomlinson had no 1,000-yard seasons after his 30th birthday though he played in 43 more games.
Then there's McGahee, already an exception to the rule. He says he's ready and willing to take the ball as many times as the Broncos will hand it to him.
"I expect to get some touches," McGahee said, looking forward to a season that begins Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers . "I'm pretty sure it's going to be quite a few, I don't know if it's going to be 30, or 35 (a game), or anything like that, but I'll get my hands on the ball.
"Willis is Willis," said Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy. "We're going to give him as many touches as he can handle."
McGahee tore three ligaments in his left knee in his final college game at Miami, the kind of injury that puts a question mark next to any NFL hopeful. He didn't play as a rookie in 2003, then went on to rush for 1,128 yards in his second year. He was an exception.
When the Broncos signed him as a 29-year-old, set to enter his ninth season, some saw him as a complement at that stage of his career, a rotation player. Instead, he led the team in carries, rushing yards,