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Margaret H. Nichols, 94, of 4369 W. Summit Ave., Lakewood died Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in WCA Hospital.
A native of North Clymer, she was born July 23, 1918, a daughter of Earl and Gladys Gulick Read.
She graduated from Clymer High School where she played on the girls' basketball team and later graduated from Jamestown Business College.
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Margaret H. Nichols
She had been employed by Chautauqua Institution for 15 years handling ticket sales at the main gate for performances of plays and operas.
She was a member of Christ First United Methodist Church in Jamestown and previously a long-time member of the North Clymer United Methodist Church.
An avid sports fan, she followed baseball and bowled twice per week until very recently. She also participated in a pinnacle group which played cards in Lakewood.
Surviving are two children, Patsy Lane of Lakewood and Jack E. (David Bull) Hemink of Lakewood; three grandchildren, Natalie (Mark) Hoel of Toronto, Canada, Danica (Ian) DeMerchant of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and Maren Lane of Boston, Mass.; and four great-grandchildren, Luke and Signe Hoel and Josie and Jake DeMerchant.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Louis Hemink who died in 1991; her second husband, Richard Nichols in 2012; a son, William E. Hemink; a brother, Donald Read; and a sister, Beatrice Read.
The funeral was held Thursday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m., at Christ First United Methodist Church. Rev. Natalie Hanson officiated. Burial was in the North Clymer Cemetery. Friends were received from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday in the Lind Funeral Home and for one hour prior to the service Thursday at the church.
Memorials may be made to Christ First United Methodist Church, 663 Lakeview Ave., Jamestown, N.Y. 14701.
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States take lead on minimum wage
Workers are increasingly targeting states rather than the federal government for action on income; more votes to come this year.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - A movement to raise the minimum wage is sweeping the country with 14 states raising their minimum wage since 2004 -- five in the past six months alone.
And campaigns to raise the minimum wage are underway in 10 more states, with six of those efforts in the form of statewide ballot initiatives.
The Michigan legislature acted in March 2006 to raise the minimum wage before a more extensive petition measure got on the ballot.
"We ended up with an increase but we avoided yearly increases linked to inflation," said Wendy Block, Director of Health Policy and Human Resources at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. "At least we see an end to the increase."
The state's business community was more or less resigned to the increase when polling revealed it was supported by 80 percent of voters, Block explained.
"There's definitely a new dynamic in the states raising their minimum wage," said Jen Kern of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, an organization helping to coordinate the initiatives. "This is in direct response to Congress's failure to raise the federal minimum wage."
The federal minimum wage has been $5.15 since 1997.
Five states have approved minimum wage hikes in 2006 after campaigns led by local citizens alliances, labor organizations, and religious groups as well as nationally-known figures such as former vice presidential candidate Senator John Edwards. Those states are Arkansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan and Rhode Island.
Initiatives to put minimum wage raises to the vote on state ballots are currently underway in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Ohio and Montana. Nevada voters approved of the measure in 2004 by 68 percent but must ratify it again this year in order for it to take effect.
Legislative efforts in California, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Pennsylvania could lead to increases as well.
The trend isn't limited to any geographical region and has shown as much support in the industrial states like Michigan as in rural states such as Arkansas.
By December, if Congress doesn't raise the federal minimum wage, it will be the longest period without a raise ever, according to Heather Boushey, research economist at the progressive Center of Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
CEPR estimates there are 7.7 million low wage workers in the United States who earn wages at or near minimum wage.
Working 40 hours at $5.15 an hour amounts to $206 a week; that's $10,712 in 52 weeks. The poverty threshold for one person under 65 in 2005 was $10,160, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
An increase to $7 an hour would mean a raise to $280 a week, or $14,560 a year.
Minimum wage hikes: a ballot result
"States are taking action now both because the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised in so long and because there is a lot of organizing around wage issues already in place," said Boushey.
Throughout the 1990s, "living wage" campaigns pushed cities, including Baltimore and Miami Beach, to pass ordinances guaranteeing workers with municipality contracts enough pay to support a family above the federal poverty line.
With those campaigns' expertise and infrastructure established at the city level, activists turned their attention to state-wide minimum-wage campaigns.
The strategy of putting the issue on state ballots, bypassing the legislatures, has grown popular in the wake of a 2004 constitutional amendment in Florida that passed with 71 percent of the vote -- the same election in which the state's presidential contest split voters 52 to 47 percent.
Skeptics see such campaigns as more about politics, drumming up support for left-leaning candidates. The constitutional amendment in Florida was "not about helping people out," says Mark Wilson, executive vice president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce. "It was about turning people out to vote [in a presidential election year]."
Wilson says that after the Florida amendment was passed, "18,000 Florida children lost their health insurance because parents made too much money to qualify for public assistance health insurance."
Wilson calls the minimum wage "a training wage that people make when they're learning skills that would help them earn more money."
Kern of ACORN argues that, minimum wage initiatives passing with by such large margins, it's neither a Democratic nor a Republican issue. ACORN is funded by membership dues of its low- and moderate-income families, grants and traditional fundraising.
Boushey at the CEPR concedes minimum wage hikes are more likely to strain a small business than a larger one. However, she says workers who can't earn enough end up draining state budgets because they can't contribute to the economy and often end up needing public assistance.

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RALEIGH, NC -- The NC State football team will hold its first practice under new head coach Dave Doeren on Tuesday morning, as the Wolfpack opens 2013 spring drills.
The squad will have 15 opportunities to practice, concluding workouts with the Kay Yow Spring Football Game on April 20 at 1:30 p.m.
"I'm excited about it," said Doeren, who was named head coach on Dec. 1. "You don't really know what you have until you get out on the field. It's going to be great to get out there again."
Doeren and his staff have a great deal to implement in 15 practices, as a dozen starters from last season will not return in 2013. "Our main goal is to get our schemes installed and to get the kids to learn what their coaches' expectations are. We need to find out what the strengths and weaknesses of our individual players are."
Another key point of emphasis for the Pack, which returns only three seniors who were starters last season, will be to determine who the leaders of the team will be. "We want to see daily improvement and then we should see the leadership of this team unfold as we go through the installation process," Doeren continued. "Developing chemistry will be very important, because although many of these guys have played together, they may have been in different roles."


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To reduce heat islands1 to minimize impacts on microclimates and human and wildlife habitats.
Option 1
Use any combination of the following strategies for 50% of the site hardscape (including roads, sidewalks, courtyards and parking lots):
- Provide shade from the existing tree canopy or within 5 years of landscape installation. Landscaping (trees)
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- Provide shade from structures covered by solar panels that produce energy used to offset some nonrenewable resource use.
- Provide shade from architectural devices or structures that have a solar reflectance index2 (SRI) of at least 29.
- Use hardscape materials with an SRI of at least 29.
- Use an open-grid pavement system (at least 50% pervious).
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Place a minimum of 50% of parking spaces under cover3. Any roof used to shade or cover parking must have an SRI of at least 29, be a vegetated green roof or be covered by solar panels that produce energy used to offset some nonrenewable resource use.
2 The solar reflectance index (SRI) is a measure of the constructed surface's ability to reflect solar heat, as shown by a small temperature rise. It is defined so that a standardblack surface (reflectance 0.05, emittance 0.90) is 0 and a standard white surface (reflectance 0.80, emittance 0.90) is 100. to calculate the SRI for a given material, obtain the reflectance value and emittance value for the material. SRI is calculated according to ASTM E 1980. Reflectance is measured according to ASTM E 903, ASTM E 1918, or ASTM C 1549. Emittance is measured according to ASTM E408 or ASTM C 1371.
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Ramiro Sosa traveled from his home country of Argentina to Miama, Fla., to pursue his dreams of becoming a professional guitar player. He enrolled in music school and began playing and singing alongside two dancers in a flamenco group to help with school expenses. One night after a performance, however, Sosa was in a serious car accident. His left arm was severed below the elbow, and the loss of blood left him in a critical state. Also sustaining numerous bone fractures in the accident, Sosa spent several days in a coma. Surgeons were able to reattach his severed arm, but there was little hope that it would be functional, and playing the guitar was out of the question. Unable to give up music completely, Sosa began playing a keyboard with his right hand to pass the time. Following several months of recuperation in a hospital, Sosa spoke to physician after physician about the next step for his arm. Though most suggested it be amputated, Sosa was determined to find a better solution. He eventually spoke to an orthopaedic expert in his home country, who recommended a friend and colleague he thought might be of help -- Jesse Jupiter, MD, chief of the MGH Orthopaedic Hand Service. Sosa moved from Florida to Massachusetts in order to obtain the health insurance he needed to meet with Jupiter. On Oct. 29, 2008, Jupiter and Jon Winograd, MD, of MGH Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, replaced missing soft tissue with a microsurgical free-muscle flap. This was followed by a second surgery in January 2009, in which the bones about the elbow were secured with metal plates and screws. Both operations were successful, and for the first time since the accident, Sosa had a stable and mobile elbow and some movement capability in his left hand and arm. With time and additional physical therapy, it is hoped that his range of motion will continue to improve. To show his gratitude and demonstrate his newfound abilities, Sosa offered a special performance Sept. 8 for Jupiter, his staff and patients, playing his keyboard and singing in the waiting room of the Hand and Upper Extremity Service on Yawkey 2.
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March 10, 2012 at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. 3-year-old Oklahoma bred fillies running a distance of 330 yards. Ranch Candy was heavily favored in the field of six after a late scratch. BV Valentine Wagon prevailed in the Prissy Gold Digger by a half length over Haulin Candy Salt. Owned by Bella Vista Farms, the filly is trained by Eddie Lee Willis. Kenny Muntz, the winning jockey.
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Harman is making some noise at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, via its Revel brand. The company just announced the Performa3 line, a complete array of loudspeakers designed for home theater and music lovers.
Promising an audiophile-caliber performance, the Performa3 line has a total of 10 models. This includes three floostanding speakers, two bookshelf models, two center channels, one surround speaker, and two subwoofers. Each one will be released with a choice of high-gloss real wood and automotive-grade painted finishes.
The entire line boasts proprietary drivers and 1-inch pure-aluminum-dome tweeters to deliver frequencies beyond 20kHz. Those tweeters feature the Acoustic Lens Waveguide, which Revel says is shaped for optimum imaging and horizontal and vertical dispersion both on-and off axis. The midrange and low-frequency drivers have aluminum cones, cast-aluminum frames and high-power motor structures.
Other features include air-core inductors and audiophile-grade polypropylene capacitors in the crossover network, as well as heavy-duty gold-plated binding posts. Also, depending on the model, there are controls for the tweeter level and Boundary, both of which allow for a little extra tweaking.
Starting off the floorstanding line is the 3-way F206 tower. This has a 1-inch tweeter, 5.25-inch midrange, and dual 6.5-inch woofers. It's priced at $3,000 per pair. In the middle of the line is the F208, which bulks up the performance above via dual 8-inch woofers. This model has an MSRP of $4,500 per pair. The top of the floorstanding line is the F308. For $6,000 per pair, this 3-way model has the 1-inch tweeter, the 5.25-inch midrange and three 8-inch woofers.
If you need something a little smaller, there are two 2-way bookshelf models. The M105 has a 1-inch tweeter and a 5.25-inch woofer, with the M106 packing in a 6.5-inch woofer. These are priced per pair, at $1,200 and $1,700, respectively.
Revel also has two new center-channel speakers, which are sold individually. The $1,000 C205 is a 2-way speaker with a 1-inch tweeter and dual 5.25-inch woofers. For $1,700, the C208 is a 3-way model with a 1-inch tweeter, a 4-inch midrange, and two 8-inch woofers.
The single surround option in the Performa3 family is the S206. This 2-way surround speaker has two 1-inch tweeters, two 6.5-inch woofers, and an MSRP of $1,800 per pair.
Rounding out the Performa3 line are two powered subwoofers. The B110 features a 10-inch woofer and built-in 500-watt amplifier for $1,700, while the B112 bulks up the specs with a 12-inch woofer and 1,000 watts. That will have a $2,500 MSRP.
"Our Revel Performa loudspeakers have earned rave reviews from audiophiles since their initial introduction," said Jim Garrett, senior manager of marketing for the Harman Luxury Audio Group. "We have made a number of advancements in loudspeaker materials and manufacturing technologies that we are now able to incorporate into the upgraded Performa3 models. We are confident that listeners will be thrilled with the improvements in sonic performance and musical accuracy."
Harman says that most of the Performa3 loudspeakers will be available sometime in the second quarter. The F308 and B110 will be coming in September 2012.


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The recent findings call for the Football Association to do more to encourage diversity and ensure that English clubs are financially sound.
And sports minister Hugh Robertson MP insists that the guidlines must be followed, telling BBC Sport: "We welcome the report.
"The report from the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport committee shows the will there is across Parliament for football to modernise and change for the better.
"We have been clear that we want the football authorities to carry out the reforms they promised by the start of the 2013-14 season - most notably around improved governance and diverse representation at the FA, the development of a licensing system and greater financial transparency.
"If football does not deliver then we will look at bringing forward legislation."
|"We want the authorities to carry out the reforms they promised ... improved governance and diverse representation at the FA, a licensing system and financial transparency"
- Hugh Robertson MP, sports minister
The FA, Premier League and Football League have since responded in a join statement which claims that the recommendations are already being acted upon.
"Significant headway has already been made on many of these proposed reforms, not least on sustainability and transparency," it read.
"The remaining reform proposals are the subject of consultation within the game and we are confident that the necessary progress will be made."


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By Brendan Conway
Morningstar's Steven Pikelny has a thought-provoking read on why the high-leverage, high-performing Pimco High Income closed-end fund (PHK) and its 12% distribution might underserve investors versus the more staid Western Asset High Income Opportunities (HIO) and its 7.5% distribution rate.
Short version: (1) Many income-oriented investors aren't re-investing PHK's fat payouts, so a chart of the Pimco fund's dramatic total-return outperformance is misleading. (2) On a price-performance basis — this is what you get if you're taking that cash out of your account — Western Asset is ahead, with less volatility. (3) Know your risks: Half of the Pimco fund's assets are concentrated in financials, with speculative currency-futures positions making up about 250% of net assets, according to Pikelny.
Here's the chart, from Morningstar. The red line is the Pimco fund's impressive total return. The blue line is its price. The middle purple and green lines are Western asset's total and price returns, respectively:
Read here for the why Pikelny thinks you might be better off with the staid option.


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Last summer, news reports broke that the U.S. Department of Labor was effectively holding hostage the crops of blueberry farmers in Oregon until they signed documents agreeing to alleged violations to federal labor laws. Since then, similar cases have popped up on the west side of our own state of Washington.
Agents from the Department of Labor accused these farmers of a variety of labor violations and invoked an abusive tactic known as the "hot goods" provision - impounding the farmer's crops until they agreed to sign a form admitting to breaking the law.
Make no mistake, I believe that the enforcement of labor laws is important. However, I'm concerned with the manner in which these investigations were carried out.
Many of the growers that were victims of this "hot goods" policy believed that they were not guilty of the violations they were accused of. However, as we all know, blueberries are a perishable crop and our farmers are left with little choice: either admit to the violation and pay a substantial fine in order to preserve their harvest, or contest the investigation and lose their crop while waiting for a court resolution.
No one in America should face the choice of giving up their ability to defend themselves against accusations from a government agency or losing the fruits of an entire year's work - possibly even leading to bankruptcy.
Prohibiting the shipment of produce is grossly unprecedented, unfair and does not honor the right to due process afforded to all Americans.
So far, to my knowledge no one in my district in Central Washington has yet been a victim of the "hot goods" tactic. However, I am concerned that it's only a matter of time before it will be employed on growers of many of our region's leading perishable crops, such as cherries, applies and asparagus.
Many believe, as I do, that the Obama Administration is overstepping its authority and that the "hot goods" order should only be used on non-perishable food items and only in extreme cases.
I have long-advocated for policies that support our farmers and growers. That is why I'm proud to co-sponsor H.R. 1387, introduced by Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon, which exempts perishable agricultural commodities from being subject to the "hot goods" provision.
The Department of Labor must take steps to ensure that perishable agriculture producers are provided due process and that producers can harvest, pack, ship and market their fruit and produce in a timely manner - without having their crops held hostage for an admission of guilt.
- U.S. Congressman Doc Hastings (R-Pasco) represents Central
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The Beatles were a British rock music group from Liverpool, England held in very high regard for both their artistic achievements and their huge commercial success, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day.
The Beatles comprised of John Lennon on rhythm guitar and mouth organ, Paul McCartney on electric bass, George Harrison on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums, with all four on vocals. The group shattered many sales records and charted more than fifty top 40 hit singles. They disbanded in 1970.
Some of the former Beatles were originally slated as guests for different episodes of The Muppet Show, but due to budget and schedule conflicts, these episodes were never produced. McCartney's band, Wings, was considered for an episode. Jerry Nelson said in a 1999 interview, "They tried their best to get the Beatles, Paul was willing to do it, but we had to hire the whole band… When he was with Wings. It was too big time. We just didn't have the money. I think George would have done it, but they kept trying to negotiate with Paul... Ringo probably would have too. If they had asked me, I would have said, 'Hey! Get them! Don't dicker... Get the ones who are ready to commit.'"
Sir Paul McCartney appeared on stage with Kermit the Frog to celebrate Golden Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II.
Ringo Starr appeared in a February 2008 Disney Xtreme Digital video with Kermit the Frog and Pepe the King Prawn during the Muppets' coverage of the Grammy Awards ceremony.
Beatles producer George Martin appeared on The Ghost of Faffner Hall episode, "Sounds Become Music".
- "All Together Now"
- Sesame Street (First: Episode 0015)
- "Yellow Submarine"
- Sesame Street (First: Episode 0017)
- "Octopus' Garden"
- Sesame Street (First: Episode 0019)
- The Ed Sullivan Show, March 1, 1970
- The Muppet Show episode 312
- "Help!"
- Sesame Street (EKA: Episode 0135)
- "The Word"
- Sesame Street (First: Episode 0197)
- "Here Comes the Sun"
- Sesame Street (EKA: Episode 1080)
- "Come Together"
- The Ed Sullivan Show, April 12, 1970
- "In My Life"
- The Muppet Show episode 121
- "She Loves You"
- The Muppet Show episode 407
- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
- The Muppet Show episode 419
- "With a Little Help from My Friends"
- The Muppet Show episode 419
- parodied on Sesame Street as "With a Little Yelp from My Friends"
- "Blackbird"
- The Muppet Show episode 503
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
- The Muppet Show episode 517
- Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses
- "Good Day Sunshine"
- The Muppet Show episode 522
- Let It Be
- parodied on Sesame Street as "Letter B"
- "Hey Jude"
- parodied on Sesame Street as "Hey Food"
- In an early Sesame Street segment, Kermit demonstrates "between" with a ping-pong ball, a donut, and a Beatles record. Beautiful Day Monster ends up eating the record, shouting, "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" in reference to the song "She Loves You."
- In another Sesame Street segment, the Twiddlebug Family has a smoke detector installed in their home. Before they learn what it is for, they guess it could be a radio. Timmy Twiddlebug likes its "groovy sound" and twice sings "Yeah, yeah, yeah" from "She Loves You."
- The Mighty Favog claimed to be a personal friend of the Beatles, and told Chevy Chase that he would get them to appear on Saturday Night Live if Lorne Michaels would let the Muppets stay on the show.
- Sgt. Floyd Pepper's name and usual attire references the Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
- Janice and Zoot referenced the group in a Muppet Show At the Dance segment:
- Zoot: Say, do you wanna come to my place and listen to the beetles?
- Janice: Oh, I love their music!
- Zoot: Not music, I mean real beetles!
- In episode 106 of Muppets Tonight, Johnny Fiama shows off his Tony Bennett album, Sergeant Tony's Lonely Hearts Club Gang, which he claims came out a week before the album with "those other guys" (referring to the Beatles' album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band).
- In episode 201, Rizzo jokes that the only song that can possibly come up with in the commissary is "I Wanna Hold Your Ham," referencing the Beatles' song "I Wanna Hold Your Hand."
- In a Sesame Street cartoon by Joey Ahlbum, the number 9 is featured in various forms underwater, and also shows up on a yellow submarine.
- In a 2004 episode of Sesame Street, after Humpty Dumpty falls, the first of the king's men who rushes to the scene yells "coo coo ka-choo," a lyric from "I Am the Walrus."
- Prince Paul Charming is modeled after Paul McCartney in a 2007 episode of Sesame Street. He also suggests "coo coo ka-chack" as a rhyme for "back", referencing "I Am the Walrus."
- On the "Things That Go Day" video on Sesamestreet.org, among the forms of transportation that go by Telly is a yellow submarine.
- In the Sesame Street video, Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, the music video captions for "Letter B" list the record producer as "Lemon Records", referencing The Beatles' record label, Apple Records. After the music video, The Count sings "Yeah, yeah, yeah," referencing "She Loves You."
- In the Sesame Street Season 40 press kit, Oscar the Grouch lists two of his favorite songs: "All You Need is Trash" (a parody of "All You Need is Love") and "I Wanna Hold Your Trash" (a spoof of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand").
- In episode 4067, 1970s band The Electric Three (consisting of Bob, Luis, and Gordon) is practicing, but Luis is distracted by a girl he's met, named Maria. The rest of the band worries she'll break them up in a reference to Yoko Ono.
- The 1997 Muppet Parody Calendar: The Sequel parodies the Beatles' album With the Beatles as "With the Mupples".
- The cover of the Sesame Road album spoofs Abbey Road.
- The Muppet Show band is dressed as the Beatles from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in a 1977 puzzle.
- In Muppet King Arthur #2, Baskerville sings "Baby, You Can Drive My Car.", which wins the heart of Merlin, but fails to phase Arthur and Morgana Le Fay, who have no idea what a car is.
- The title of The Green Album is a reference to The Beatles' record, "The White Album."
- To promote the Singing with the Stars DVD release, Sesame Workshop artists Diana Leto and Mark Magner created a poster spoofing the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was released online on May 3, 2012.[2]
- A promotional poster for the Dinosaurs album Big Songs spoofs the Abbey Road cover.
- The Sesame Street song "Elbow Song" questions why other body parts have well-known songs about them, but elbows do not. Gordon sings the title lyric of the Beatles' "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" as an example of a "hand" song.
- On an appearance on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, a group of reindeer perform their roll call. The last one, Blitzen, instead calls out, "Ringo!"
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- ↑ Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal
- ↑ Sesame Workshop Blog: The Story Behind Sesame's Latest Spoof


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i hate that my first post is in this direction, but i just got a slash ultimate 4 by 4 and something is wrong
i charged up the battery, followed all the manuel directions and gave it ago
the car is stuttering if i dont give it full throttle....it just shakes like crazy, fwd and back...
if i give it full throttle it sometimes works but sometimes nothing happens
i have literally only used the car for 3-4 minutes......please help
The stuttering is cogging... Sorry, thats all I know... Someone else is bound to chip in soon! Good luck!
MERV, Summit, Slash (4x4), 'Pede 4x4
whats cogging?
Do you know how to bind them?
Built Ford Tuff With Chevy Stuff.
Are you in the same place every time? cogging is something interfering between the transmitter to the receiver.
Try moving to a different spot. If you've done that? get your manual,and rebind your transmitter to your receiver.
You said 4wd,so it must be 2.4,I don't thing they sell a 4wd with a am radio receiver.
Built Ford Tuff With Chevy Stuff.
cogging has noting to do with the esc and motor unless your top speed is slow
coging is the miscomunication between the esc and the motor
(either the esc switches to fast and cant make the motor do a revolution or does not supply enought voltage to make the motor spin into the next cycle there is more to this then i know)
to reset the bind between the transmitter and reciver is to turn on the esc well pressing the set button on the esc (should blink red) and then turn on the transmitter well holding either one button(not sure witch button it is but is in the last couple pages of the manual)
then both should turn green then it is re set
but throttle is a diffrent story (in the manual)
turn on the transmitter and then turn on the esc hold the esc's button(again i dont know how long in the manual)
first blink full throttle second blink full break esc blink a couple of times then is set
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Sorry RED,That's what i was trying to say,but' that has happened to me before and after rebinding it went away.And if the receiver is getting faulty or incomplete info from the transmitter,it can in-turn send the motor bad,or incorrect timing singles. With brush less systems,all three have to be in perfect sink.The receiver cant tell the motor what to do,if it getting bad info. from the start.
Built Ford Tuff With Chevy Stuff.
but why does this happen only when the car is on the ground, and not when i pick it up in the air.....
It's like the battery isn't supplying the power.
I do NOT think this is what's happening.
Mind posting a video?
If you don't know how get A account on photobucket and send your video there and post it up here
Slash 2wd, Slash 4x4, 30th digger, Rustler VXL
do to it not haveing the static wheight to move
summit /mustang /stampede-2s spc lipo
yeah but fresh out of the box the product should work....my brother bought one too, no issues
ill try to take a video
The problem seems to be with power getting to the ESC. Either the battery has been damaged or the ESC is faulty. What happens if you try your brother's battery or he tries yours?
You are correct - everything should work fresh out of the box. BUT, if it doesn't, at least you have world-class customer support to make things right.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
hold esc but-en, one red flash,release pull transmitter to full throttle, two flashes push to full reverse,three flashes return to neutral.
esc should be set to sport mod,100%forward,100%brakes,100%reverse.
Built Ford Tuff With Chevy Stuff.
no no sorry's
long as it is helpfull to the main objective of help
im sorry if i can off the rong way
summit /mustang /stampede-2s spc lipo
Tx on > ESC on and hold button until green then red LED comes on > Release button > Red LED blinks once > hold full forward > red LED blinks twice > hold full reverse > green LED blinks once > calibration finished.
The problem could be the motor too, I suppose. I don't think it is the calibration, but I listed the correct procedure above.
If the other truck is available, you have the perfect tools and parts to diagnose the problem.
Last edited by ksb51rl; 12-01-2012 at 11:06 PM.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
i had that with a bad battery done the same thing swapped batteries and fix it i would try your brothers battery first
i would try all that then another controller...calibration issue maybe?
sorry havent had a chance to try anything today
will let u guys know asap
here is a short video of whats going on
i am giving full throttle
Last edited by ksb51rl; 12-03-2012 at 09:46 PM. Reason: Fixed link
I was going to say mine does that too but mine just stutters if I give it like 2% throttle then at like 5% it gets going, I think that's normal though.
no way is this normal
i had mt finger all the way down
i need to figure out how to return this 500$
Last edited by ksb51rl; 12-03-2012 at 10:35 PM. Reason: Language
Something is definitely wrong, but I'm still not sure if it is the ESC or motor. I think we can eliminate the battery due to the video evidence. Have you tried anything that has been suggested? Or are you having a case of buyer's remorse and just looking to dump this truck? We'd love to help you, as would Traxxas, but I'm getting the feeling we're not going to get that chance, and I'm sorry for that.
Either way it's your choice, however you need to watch your language here.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
my apology, just frustrated, tomorrow i will try to resync the transmitter and or esc, if i can figure out how too.
Hope you get it fixed.
When you fix it you will have so much fun
You can do almost anything
Backslash, monster truck , make it good for racing.
Also you have good part support from not only traxxas but other company's, just don't buy integy
Slash 2wd, Slash 4x4, 30th digger, Rustler VXL
If you bought it from a local hobby shop, they may be able to help you out!
Most shops are very helpful....
"enjoy your ride"
hi guys, i did 2 resets of the esc and it seems like the car is working, havent had an issue in past 2 days...ill prob call trax..on monday just to go over things...thanks all.
Built Ford Tuff With Chevy Stuff.
vdubpower... I'm glad for you to have the issue resolved thus far... Enjoy your fun and run time...
"enjoy your ride"
Make sure wires from esc to motor are plugged in fully
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The glitter has all been swept up from the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, Europe's hairspray manufacturers are contemplating their sales figures with glee, and your correspondents are reflecting on what the Eurovision Song Contest means as a parent – but there's a second act to this year's show.
Conchita Wurst, the luxuriantly-bearded drag queen representing Austria, stormed to victory on Saturday night. Since then, Russians have been shaving off their beards in protest, celebrity chefs have been photoshopping them on, and her song "Rise like a Phoenix" (yes, it's "phoenix" for those who misheard on TV) is racing up the charts.
As regular readers will know, jury votes were reintroduced in 2009 to counteract accusations that Eurovision was all about voting for the neighbours. The final result is decided 50/50 between the professionals and the public, who phone and text in their votes. But 2014 is the first year the jury names were released to the public – and that means there's an unprecedented amount of information for Eurovision geeks to pore over.


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Lord Dunraven, who paid for the initial surveys of the Estes Park area and remained its largest early cattle and land owner for decades beginning in 1874, traveled to Estes Park at least three times prior to 1879. This letter was previously advanced as proof of an additional visit in late September and early October 1879.
"It is unfortunate that, besides what Duke had, there wasn't much Dunraven material locally to compare with, or any attempt to verify the letter using Irish or British sources," Meissner said. "Without known Dunraven handwriting to line it up against, it could have been mistakenly considered a Dunraven letter indefinitely."
Sumonia purchased the scrap of Dunraven correspondence around six years ago for less than $15, but didn't know of the supposed Dunraven letter in the Estes Valley Library until recently. One side of the letter fragment owned by Sumonia is signed "Lord Adare," meaning it was written prior to his father's death in October 1871.
""Of course, people will now be curious to discover who the letter writer was, if it wasn't Dunraven," Meissner points out.
Because the letter entered the Estes Valley Library collection so long ago, it is unlikely there are any records on who donated it, or where the donor obtained it.
"The postmark is a real Estes Park postmark. Bernard FitzPatrick, also known as Second Baron Castletown, was a real person, and was likely in Wyoming hunting at the time. The individual the letter is being sent 'in care of' was a real person, Julius Wilmot Mason, who was in command of Fort Fetterman in 1879. So everything on the envelope checks out, and the handwriting on the envelope matches the handwriting in the letter, it's just difficult to find any connection to Lord Dunraven," Meissner said.
"For right now, until the letter's author is positively identified, the most important thing, in my opinion, is to remove the letter from the Dunraven file, or mark it with a giant 'warning' label," Meissner said. "I think without question we should stop using the letter as evidence Dunraven was becoming disenchanted with his investments in Estes Park as early as 1879."
"At this point, reading through what is essentially an anonymous letter, all a person could safely conclude is that some visitor to Estes Park in 1879, probably someone from the British Isles, was not going to miss Estes terribly if he or she didn't return. Dunraven may have been reaching that point in 1879, or he might not have been. This letter should not be used to argue one way or another for his emotional state, because there is little likelihood of this being a Dunraven letter."
Because nothing from the Dunraven collection at the University of Limerick can be reproduced in any form without written permission from the donor, it may take weeks or months before known samples of Dunraven letters in the form of scans or photocopies are approved for release to Estes Park, so that errors like this can be prevented in the future.
In the meantime, both Meissner and Sumonia continue the search for inexpensive hand-written Dunraven material on the open market, although the University of Limerick has indicated it is already an active acquirer of such material the few times it has turned up at auction.
All four pages of the 1879 letter previously ascribed to Lord Dunraven, along with a complete transcript, are posted at eptrail.com.
Sybil Barnes examined the supposed "Dunraven" letter in the Estes Valley Library and noticed some writing on the copy that indicated it came from the Rocky Mountain National Park library in the 1970s. Tim Burchett, the RMNP archivist, is currently looking for this item in their archives, but expressed little hope of finding something from that far back in their collection.
Samm Coade of the Manuscripts Department of the National Library of Ireland provides the following email information, "Excuse my belated reply, as I was on leave on Wednesday and have only received your message now. The letter was originally perpetrated to be written by Lord Dunraven to Lord Castletown. However, we have compared the item in the Estes Park collection to our own Castletown papers at the NLI and have confirmed that the letter was in fact written by Lady Castletown to her husband. This is clear not only from the handwriting but also from the use of the couple's affectionate nicknames -- Lady Castletown signed her letters to her husband 'Little Bill.'
"In essence, students of history must now investigate why Lady Castletown was staying in Estes Park, why she was in absence of her husband and why the letter was originally believed to be written by Dunraven. Concerning whether it is a forgery or fiction -- although I have not seen the original letter, I have a partial copy of same, sent to us by Mr. Meissner, and it appears to be genuine. As I mentioned, the handwriting appears to be in keeping with Lady Castletown's own hand, and the use of private nicknames is also a factor. The content of the letter is also personal in tone and content, but contains no information of a confidential nature. It would be strange to forge something so harmless!
"In answer to your final question, one must remember that history -- while events are set in stone -- is full of mysteries and unanswered questions, and new evidence and interpretations are always coming to light. To know what is real we must examine it, compare it to what we already know as truth or perceived truth and determine how factual the item may be using that knowledge. If the item can be satisfactorily dated, whether by scientific analysis of materials or historical analysis of content, the challenge is then to decide whether the content matches our 'known history,' whether it presents a differing opinion, or whether it changes our understanding of events completely. Primary resources, after all, are from the time of the events themselves, and can only be rewritten by secondary interpretations," wrote Coade.
Barnes found the questions regarding authenticity interesting.
"If you are a 'student of history,' you need to look at all the primary source material that is available to you. I would say 'Question everything' that you see in print -- whether that print is the newspaper or a book or even a letter. There are dates that we all agree on, such as when Isabella Bird was here or when the Town was incorporated or what day was the Lawn Lake Flood or when Bill Pinkham was elected mayor. Anything that is put out as fact based solely on one person's memory may or may not be the truth. Again, you know from your own family that some people remember more than others and sometimes they misremember things. However, as I am constantly saying to Meissner, 'Does it really matter about some of these dates?' I care about the day I was born, but for other people to say I was born in the fall of 1950 or even sometime in the mid-20th century is probably more than enough information.
"When I'm putting together a historical article or book, I use Mr. Pickering's books, but I also look at other books, such as 'Over Hill and Vale' by Harold Dunning or 'Rocky Mountain National Park: pictorial history' by Ken Jessen, and I look at the newspaper index in the library, which catalogs events up to about 1994. Except for my family's birthdays and the dates of the Big Thompson Flood or the Lawn Lawn Lake Flood, I look up EVERY date and verify it from at least a couple different sources. Or I don't use a date. I do also try to get the correct spellings of people's names.
"I'm pretty sure that Lennie Bemiss (who was my predecessor as the local history librarian and a great role model and mentor to me) did not think this letter was written by Dunraven. When she worked here, there were still people living in the community who were the children or grandchildren of people who were here at the time of Dunraven. She and other community members who volunteered for the library and the museum did their best to collect some of their stories and memories. The Colorado Collection has also been downsized (or rightsized, according to the current director) and the current 'archivist' is actually neither trained as a librarian or an archivist, though she is a historian and a writer.
"Unfortunately, most of what we call history may be 'historical fiction.' It is based on fact, but you would have to have somebody following everybody around with a tape recorder or video camera to actually record every historical event. This may be a possibility in the future. But who is going to have time to go through those hours and hours of recordings? When I tell somebody else what I said to you today, I'm probably going to use some form of historical fiction. Partly that's because I can't actually remember what I've said to you today and part of it may be that I wish I was smarter than I actually am or said wittier things than I actually do.
"And the question of what is 'rewritten history' brings us to the issue of copyright. If you use my words in your story, are you violating my intellectual property rights? Not if you put them in quotation marks. Or if you rewrite them in some way. If you are taking shorthand notes at a town board meeting and write in an article 'the mayor asked for a motion' when the TV recording shows that the mayor actually 'called the question,' have you rewritten history? If Brian Mack uses information on the timeline for his latest book, 'Karol Mack, the History, the Sublime, the Paintings,' which reads 'National Park Hotel Opens 1972' and the actual information is that the National Park Hotel CLOSED that year, has he rewritten history? Do more than one or five or 10 people care that the information is wrong, because they actually bought the book for the beautiful paintings? Would somebody use that as a source for a future book or article and repeat that information?
"I think the main thing about this letter, which was in the 'Dunraven' file at the public library, is that history doesn't always explain itself. And people who are trying to interpret it, years after the fact, often make assumptions based on their own knowledge, instead of what is actually in the material.
"I think the letter is real, but as John Meissner has determined, it was 99.9-percent probably written by Bernard Fitzpatrick's wife.... Mr. Pickering has done a lot of research, but he was not an actual witness to events that happened in Dunraven's time ... and in the end, that is all you have to go on, until it becomes easier to search on the Internet for ship records or go to Ireland to find diaries written by the people who were alive more than 100 years ago. But it is way easier to use somebody else's research than to do your own.
"Here's a little background on that library collection. Ruth Deffenbaugh and Lennie Bemiss started the Colorado Collection in the 1970s. They tried to get as much as they could about Estes Park history from various sources. At that time, the standards for tracking and/or recording all your sources were not as stringent as we like to think ours are today. People gave things and nobody wrote down who gave it or where they got it. They were working on their best instincts and with the best tools they had at the time. We still do this today, with everything from photographs to letters. For example, you know the names of people in photographs of your family and you know that one of them is your sister's mother's best friend. Who will know that 50 years from now? Even if you write it on the photo, will you give all the information about who the people are and how they're related to you?
"That letter has a handwritten notation, saying it was received from the Rocky Mountain National Park Library. The RMNP library has undergone a lot of downsizing in recent years and without a lot of research, there is not a way to discover if there is actually a record of who donated it or when," Barnes said.


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Former Liverpool joke-butt Djimi Traore did just that this week when he slapped in a 35-yard rocket for his latest side, Seattle Sounders of MLS.
Any player can sometimes find himself within sight of goal and think "this is it, this is my moment" before striking the ball to reach an ecstasy that is almost never accessed for them.
Djimi's goal got the people at GiveMeFootball thinking, which isn't always a good thing, and recalling the times when players more accustomed to 'battling' or 'scrapping', or even being 'industrious', had popped up with something special.
We took to our task with great relish and came up with five of our favourites.
The Manchester United defender has always been known for his ability on the ball but scoring goals was never exactly his forte. That's why his strike against Liverpool in 2006 was so special; the touch to bring it down and the finish into the top corner were sublime.
Mathieu Flamini v Newcastle United
The French midfielder didn't impress for much of his time with the Gunners but his final season at the club saw him really come of age, which made it a greater shame that he left for free in the summer. Flamini was a combative midfielder and something of a utility man, but his stunning strike against Newcastle United will love long in the memory.
Spurs' England full-back has a reputation for getting forward well but his goal return isn't particularly great. However, if there is one thing to you can do to get the White Hart Lane crowd on your side it is to fire home a 25-yard winner against local rivals Arsenal.
The Portuguese defender only scored three goals in his four years at Chelsea but two of them were absolutely brilliant. A fantastic start to the 2011-12 Premier League season became even better when Bosingwa fired home a terrific shot into the top corner. However, GMF's favourite was his crossbar shaking strike against West Brom in 2008.
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Jiranek's scoring record throughout his career is not the best, so GMF can't even begin to understand why he decided to attempt this one. The former Czech Republic international was fully 45 yards out when he smashed home one of the most incredible long-range strikes we have ever seen. Watch is above and weep.
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ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP (AP) — The improper use of extension cords is one of the factors believed to be responsible for a house fire that killed a mother and her teenage son in Rockaway Township.
Authorities haven't determined the exact cause of the Jan. 18 blaze in the home on Green Pond Road. They say it does not appear suspicious.
The Morris County Prosecutor's Office says the extension cords were in the area where the fire began. Investigators say cold weather, high winds and an insufficient number of smoke detectors also played roles.
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The 10th Annual Daytime Stars and Strikes event to benefit The American Cancer Society was held on Sunday, October 13th at Bowlmor Lanes in new York, hosted by Jerry verDorn and Elizabeth Keifer (pictured above).
Check out photos of the event below featuring stars from daytime and web soaps past and present including ONE LIFE TO LIVE, GUIDING LIGHT, AS THE WORLD TURNS, GENERAL HOSPITAL, DAYS OF OUR LIVES, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and ALL MY CHILDREN.
* Jerry verDorn (Clint, ONE LIFE TO LIVE)
* Jerry verDorn, Liz Keifer (ex-Blake, GUIDING LIGHT), Thom Christopher (ex-Carlo, ONE LIFE TO LIVE), Robert S. Woods (Bo, ONE LIFE TO LIVE)
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by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (selected by Frank Cumbers)
He built his house on the sand (ii)
(continued from January 6)
Finally, it is a mentality that never thinks things right through; it never stops to envisage and consider possibilities and eventualities. The foolish man who built his house without a foundation and on the sand did not stop to think or to ask himself, "'Now what may happen? Is it possible that the river which is so pleasant to look at in the summer may in the winter suddenly become very swollen as the result of heavy rain or snow and I may be flooded out?" He did not stop to think of that; he just wanted a pleasant house in that particular position, and he put it up without considering any one of these things.
And if someone had come along and said, "Look here, my friend, it is no use putting up a house like that on the sand. Don't you realize what may happen in this locality? You don't know what that river is capable of doing. I have seen it like a veritable cataract. I have known storms here that bring down the best-built houses. My friend, I suggest that you dig.deep. Get down to the rock"—the foolish man would have dismissed it all and persisted in doing what he considered best for him.
In a spiritual sense, he is not interested in learning from Church history; he is not interested in what the Bible has to say; he wants to do something, and he believes it can be done in his way, and away he goes and does it. He does not consult the plans and the specifications; he does not try to look to the future and envisage certain tests that must inevitably come upon the house that is being built.
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, ii, p. 299
(For the picture of the "wise man," see p. 8)
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Double Six are proud to announce that Bill Ryder-Jones has joined their roster. His beautiful debut EP, A Leave Taking Soundtrack, is now available as a free download.
With A Leave Taking Soundtrack Jones has made a great leap into the field of orchestral music and landed firmly with an exquisite work that's impossible to listen to without feeling that something, whether it's hopeful sadness, joy or its own sheer beauty.
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Bill Ryder-Jones is currently putting the finishing touches to his debut album, details of which will be announced shortly.
Bill Ryder-Jones: 'When I left the band I wasn't playing much music at all but in 2009 a friend got in touch asking if I would write something for this short he was making, which I did. It's pretty much the only thing I wrote that year but the process opened another world up to me. We thought it'd be nice to give it away to the people who have been interested in what I've been doing on my own and also to hint at the future a little bit. My album, which is a soundtrack inspired by a novel, is pretty much a progression from the things learnt when writing for Leave Taking.'


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"We have gotten so used to the downward trends from the past few years that most people don't know that prices are increasing rapidly," said Lee Potts, Aloha Realty Group broker, CDPE.
"The impact of these price increases means that people who used to be underwater may now finally have equity in their homes again."
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Many homeowners in this situation had to resort to foreclosure, short sale (selling the home for less than what is owed on the mortgage) or other alternatives.
"Today, those homeowners that have been able to wait until the market improved may be able to sell the home without having to take the hit that a foreclosure, or even a short sale, will have on their credit," Potts said.
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I should also add that Aetna is also integrating this particular program with government programs, in order to keep their costs down. But to have a 45 minute call with an insurance company that not only was pleasant AND added aid to a scary situation -- for us that was a huge surprise.
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One might think that she might START to see that the LIES she has been fed - and likely has been spreading - about the insurance companies are just that, lies.
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Gyan may not stay in UAE
Asamoah Gyan has cast doubt over his future by admitting it could lie ''anywhere''.
Gyan, 26, is currently on a year-long loan deal with United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain after making a shock exit from Sunderland only a season into a four-year contract.
Black Cats boss Martin O'Neill has hinted the Ghanaian is unlikely to return to Wearside as the UAE club attempt to thrash out a permanent deal for a man whose temporary switch cost them around £6million.
However, despite chief executive Carlo Nohra having recently voiced his confidence that Gyan will stay, the man himself is determined to keep his options open.
Gyan told Sport.360: ''Honestly, I'm very happy since I came here, everything seems to be perfect.
''Definitely if you go somewhere and everything there is perfect, you want to stay, but we are still in negotiations and we will have to wait and see until the end of my loan deal.
''It could be anywhere. I'm ready to go anywhere and I need to make the right decision. Any decision I make, I think, has to be the right decision for me, not for the people.''
Gyan has scored 24 goals during his time in the UAE, 19 of them in 16 Pro-League appearances to help Al-Ain clinch the title.
Former Sunderland boss Steve Bruce had high hopes of his £13 million-plus signing when he landed him in the wake of a series of impressive performances for his country at the 2010 World Cup finals.
He scored 11 goals in all competitions last season, but ended the campaign as the club's only fit specialist striker with Darren Bent having left for Aston Villa in January and with loan signing Danny Welbeck and Fraizer Campbell injured.
The summer brought rumours of a possible move away from the north-east, but Bruce thought the matter had been resolved before it emerged that he had left the club on loan in September.
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SNUBA is a form of introductory diving that allows people with no training in scuba to experience what it is like to breathe underwater like a scuba diver. SNUBA is the registered trade name (SNUBA International, Inc.) for the underwater breathing system. The word SNUBA is both a portmanteau of the words 'snorkel' and 'scuba' and also and acronym for Surface Nexus Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
Tropical islands and beaches are one of the most popular travel destinations. Before the introduction of SNUBA visitors were resigned to snorkeling, touring in a glass bottom boat, or spending vacation time learning to use scuba diving equipment in order to see the coral reefs. SNUBA has opened up the underwater world by offering nearly the same expereince of scuba diving, but in a simpler, safer manner. This introduction to diving has in turn led many SNUBA participants to later take dedicated scuba diving courses to learn how to safely dive on their own.
Mainland USA
Virgin Islands
South Pacific
Red Sea / Middle East
Cruise Lines
There are so many activities available aboard today's cruise ships it is sometimes hard to choose. The following is a list of cruise lines that offer SNUBA Underwater Tours at some of their destinations. Inquire about SNUBA aboard your cruise.
Get In
There are two main choices when considering a SNUBA dive while on holiday - Beach or Boat.
A Snuba dive from the beach is a very good way for people who are not very confident to get used to being in the water at extremely shallow depths. Snub tours from beaches generally visit reefs that are just offshore of some of the worlds major tourist destinations. Beach dives are often much cheaper as they do not include transportaion and boat costs. A beach dive is good if the guest does not have a whole or a half day to commit to a boat tour. A Snuba dive from the beach will usually take approximately 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours including the safety briefing, gear preparation, Snuba underwater tour, and debriefing.
Usually presented as full or half day tours, Snuba boat dives are able to visit islands and reefs that are further afield. Getting further away from the beaches often presents clearer water and less crowds. Many Snuba boat dives are offered as an add-on to snorkeling tours for those that want to get closer to the marine life. Boat dives can be done from speedboats, which get guests to the reefs quickly and also have shallow drafts allowing the boats to drop guests on deserted beaches and do more exploring. Large boats and catamarans, which offer more room to spread out and relax. Lunch is usually served on board large boats and the main purpose is to spend the whole day on the water with no land stops.
Snuba does not require the guest to purchase or rent any equipment. All Snuba underwater tours include all of the gear you will need to participate. Guests will use the following pieces of equipment while SNUBA diving:
Of course if guests have their own mask or fins they can ask their Snuba Guide if they will be appropriate for the Snuba dive.
All SNUBA Guides are experienced diving professionals. Before training to become a SNUBA Guide experience and training to top levels of a recognized diving organization (PADI, Naui, SSI, etc.) is required. Snuba guides are chosen based on their diving experience, safety, and professionalism. Each Snuba guide has recieved and additional level of training on the use, safety, and guidance of Snuba underwater tours. All Snuba guides are licensed and insured members of SNUBA International, Inc.
SNUBA Regional Offices
SNUBA's Regional Offices provide support, training, and quality control for SNUBA International, Inc. Regional offices are a good contact point for more information about SNUBA.
Hawaii Regional Office - Steve Foulger 523 Ekahi Way Kihei, Maui, Hawaii 96753 Phone / Fax: +1 (808) 875-2866
Riviera Maya Adventures - Alex Edelmann Centro Comercial Marina Edificio C Local 2 Q. Roo, Puerto Aventuras, Mexico 77780 Phone / Fax: 011-52-1984-876-2358
Thailand International Office and Training Center - Matt Croft 48 / 22 Moo 2 Tambon Rawai, Amphur Muang Phuket 83130 Thailand Phone: +66 81-91-SNUBA (76822) Fax: +66 76-289-638
SNUBA Japan - Sunny Kamiya 6-47-3-301 Ooyma, Ginowan City Okinawa Japan 901-2223 Phone: (098) 829-0577


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By Laura Myers
The following information is provided as an explanation of the upcoming implementation of two separate funding pools for salary increases in fiscal year 2015. Increases for promotion and tenure and employee benefits costs also are addressed.
Standard raise pool
A standard salary raise pool for fiscal year 2015, which begins July 1, 2014, has been established as 2 percent for benefits-eligible faculty and staff positions.
The standard salary raise pool will be distributed as an across-the-board increase for classified staff.
For faculty and administrative employees in benefits-eligible positions, the standard raise pool will be implemented on a merit system within a range of 0.5 percent to five percent and in recognition of the individual's performance evaluations. Merit increases outside the range must be approved by the provost or planning unit (for non-academic units). Requests outside the range must be submitted to the provost (or planning unit head) by June 9. Employees who receive an increase outside the approved range are to be provided a written explanation of the reason(s) from the planning unit.
Colleges may set aside up to 0.5 percent of the standard raise pool for a dean's discretionary pool to address exceptional merit and other salary alignment issues. Unit-specific guidelines for distribution of merit increases should be communicated within each planning unit.
Salary investment pool
In keeping with the Feb. 6 recommendations of the Faculty Total Compensation Task Force, additional salary investment will be made towards a goal of moving the average salary for tenure-track faculty, over the next three years, to third position among four-year public universities in the state of Ohio. A salary investment pool of $1,282,882 has been earmarked for Athens tenure-track faculty with each college and each faculty rank assigned a proportion of the funds. Regional campuses will allocate a 2.19 percent salary investment pool for regional campus tenure-track faculty. Athens campus and regional campus non-tenure track faculty also will be allocated a 2.19 percent pool.
The salary investment pool will be assigned at the college level to be distributed among departments on the Athens campus. The salary investment pool will be assigned at the campus level for regional campuses to be distributed among divisions. Funds are allocated within each pool separately and will not be moved across faculty ranks or groups. In making distribution decisions, departments and colleges will consider factors such as merit in teaching, research, and service; disparity between salaries and discipline benchmarks; compression that may have resulted from recent hires or promotions; or other, documented equity issues.
Promotion increases for tenure-track and non-tenure track (career teaching) faculty
Salary increases are granted for tenure-track faculty upon successful tenure and promotion. Beginning in 2014, faculty promoted from assistant to associate professor will receive a base salary increase of $6,000 (increased from $3,500) and faculty promoted from associate professor to professor will receive a base salary increase of $9,000 (increased from $5,000).
Beginning in 2014, career teaching faculty members (Group II) also will receive base salary increases based upon successful promotion, with associate lecturers receiving an additional $4,000 and senior lecturers receiving an additional $6,000.
Salary increases for faculty that are below 0.5 percent or above 10 percent from all sources described above, combined, must be submitted to the provost by June 9. Employees who receive an increase outside the approved range are to be provided a written explanation of the reasons. Reappointment is scheduled to occur between April 28 and June 10.
Post-doctorate and grant-funded position increases, if available from the funding source and applied, will follow the above raise pool guidelines.
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Salary increases related to job reclassifications require prior approval from University Human Resources and may occur throughout the year. Salary increases due to reclassification are absorbed by the unit and within existing budgets. The job evaluation (or upgrade) process continues to be frozen until implementation of the COMP 2014 Project later this year. The reappointment process may not be used to work around this freeze. Some exceptions, such as a counter-offer/retention scenario, may be considered with approval by the planning unit leadership.
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Civil War Road Trip
Yesterday we visited the CSS Hunley, a Confederate submarine. Today it's time to give the Union Navy its due. We're on our way to the Mariners' Museum, in Newport News, Va., home to the USS Monitor, the Union's first ironclad warship. Except we seem to have missed our turn. My friend Brian is currently driving our ungainly RV down a narrow, winding suburban street. Now he's nearly running over an oncoming Chevy Malibu. Yikes—that was close. Does anyone else hear a siren?
It turns out the Malibu was an unmarked police cruiser—and the officer seems put out by his near-death experience. He cools down a bit when he hears that we're on our way to see the Monitor, mollified, apparently, by our interest in local maritime history. He lets us off with a warning and mediocre directions to the museum.
The Civil War saw a series of technological advances that changed the nature of warfare. On the battlefield, the game-changer was the advent of the rifled musket, which was more accurate and far deadlier than the old smooth-bore muskets. On the high seas, the big move was from wooden ships to ironclad ones, which were more resistant to cannon fire. The Monitor exhibition tells the story of this transition masterfully. Seriously, this may be the slickest museum I've ever visited. Artifacts salvaged from the Monitor, which eventually sank in a storm off North Carolina in 1862, are supplemented by a series of detailed replicas evoking life aboard ship. My favorite is this rendering of the captain's well-appointed head, which wouldn't look out of place in a boho Brooklyn brownstone. Is that a loofah?
We linger for so long in Newport News that we end up shortchanging our next stop, Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy. My traveling companions, perhaps nursing some lingering resentment that I ushered them out of the Mariners' Museum before they had a chance to fully appreciate its collection of miniature ships, decide to have a late lunch at an Irish pub rather than accompany me to the Museum of the Confederacy, which is really more of a reliquary than a museum. Here's the uniform and sword that Robert E. Lee wore when he surrendered at Appomattox. Here's Stonewall Jackson's tote bag; it looks a little like a Filson. I hope you're enjoying your soda bread, guys—I'm getting acquainted with J.E.B. Stuart's hat, holster, and pistol.
We wake early the next morning and drive to Fredericksburg, Va. This is the most ambitious day of our road trip. The plan is to see four battlefields clustered about 50 miles south of Washington, D.C.: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, and the battle known simply as the Wilderness. Until this point, we've been focused on the war's Western Theater; it's time to get acquainted with the handiwork of Robert E. Lee, whose Army of Northern Virginia cost a series of Union commanders their jobs.
If any man is up to the task of narrating so much history in so little time, it is National Park Ranger Jake Struhelka, whose exuberance is simply not in keeping with the triple-digit heat and the fact that he's clad in the NPS field uniform. I really hope those kelly green trousers are more breathable than they look.
We make efficient work of Fredericksburg—an embarrassing, bloody defeat for the Union—and proceed to Chancellorsville, the site of Lee's most audacious victory, but also, Struhelka argues, a victory that holds within it the seeds of Lee's eventual defeat. The Federals have Lee badly outnumbered here. Yet he seizes the initiative from the Union by doing what he does best—violating the basic tenets of military strategy, in this case the rule stating you should never divide your force in the face of superior numbers. Lee does precisely that, sending 30,000 of his 45,000 men, under the command of Stonewall Jackson, on a 12-mile, do-or-die flanking march. Jackson pulls it off, scattering the Union's right flank to the wind. But the victory comes at great cost: Jackson himself is killed. Struhelka believes the victory at Chancellorsville emboldens Lee to invade the North—an invasion that will fail, in no small part, because he no longer has Jackson, his most trusted, reliable commander, at his disposal.
From Chancellorsville, Struhelka takes us to the Wilderness and then to Spotsylvania, never losing steam. If anything, he's getting more energized as the day wears on. (When building to an important point, Struhelka has a tendency to slip into what he apologetically calls his "thousand-yard voice," which travels at least that far.) By contrast, the road-trip crew is starting to feel a little worse for wear, having spent a late night at a very hospitable Charlottesville bar. As if sensing our flagging spirits, Struhelka excuses himself to make a quick phone call. He returns with some stunning news: He's secured permission from his boss to cap off our tour with a visit to the Jackson Shrine. It's exceedingly rare for visitors to be allowed to traipse around in the room where Jackson died, but Struhelka's going to let us do just that. We're ecstatic.
Over the course of this road trip, my companions and I have found ourselves drawn to certain figures, and we've grown particularly fond of Jackson. A devout, humorless man who was notoriously hard on his troops, Jackson nevertheless enjoyed their devotion and was forever pulling off victories that seemed next to impossible. He was also a delightfully odd duck. Notes historian James McPherson, "Jackson constantly sucked lemons to palliate his dyspepsia and refused to season his food with pepper because (he said) it made his left leg ache."
Jackson's military prowess and personal eccentricities make him a natural object of curiosity. Admiration, too, though here things get stickier. Out on the battlefield, listening to a talented guide like Struhelka describe one of Jackson's brilliant tactical maneuvers, it's easy to find yourself pulling for him and indeed for the Confederates, who fight valiantly, are often outnumbered, and thus have the appealing air of the underdog. More than once, I've had to stop and remind myself what, exactly, the Rebels were fighting for. Earlier in the trip, I'd become fascinated by cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forrest. A self-made man, Forrest enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private, worked his way up to lieutenant general, and despite having no prior military experience, routinely outclassed his Union opponents. Yet these facts are also true: Forrest made part of his fortune in the slave trade; oversaw a massacre of black soldiers at Fort Pillow, Tenn.; and was a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan.
After wrapping up his account of the fierce fighting at Spotsylvania's Mule Shoe Salient, Struhelka directs us about 15 miles down the road to an unassuming white clapboard building. It's the Jackson Shrine. After disarming a motion detector (and dancing a quick jig to confirm it's been disarmed), he lets us into the small room where Jackson expired. In the room is the bed he was lying on when he died, of pneumonia. On the mantelpiece is the clock that counted off his final hours. Jackson was in and out of consciousness during that time, but shortly before he died the general came to long enough to utter these final words: "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
No such respite for us. Time is running out on this trip, and we've still got a lot to see. On our second-to-last day we manage to squeeze in Ford's Theatre in the morning, Antietam in the afternoon, and still make it to Gettysburg in time for dinner at the historic Dobbin House Tavern, which served as a hospital in the wake of the battle and today offers healthy portions of acceptable prime rib for unreasonable prices. Excuse me, Miss? Would it be possible to get a lemon wedge?
Gettysburg is the most famous Civil War battle, and the most-visited battlefield, too. Each year, more than a million tourists come to see where Lee's daring invasion of the North was turned back after great loss of life on both sides. There are many ways to experience the battlefield—including a cyclorama and the annual re-enactments, held on the Fourth of July weekend, the battle's anniversary. But when I came across Segway Tours of Gettysburg, I couldn't resist.
It's only as we don our helmets and practice maneuvering our Segways by weaving in and out of orange cones in a parking lot adjacent to the graveyard where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address that I begin to wonder whether it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. Did 7,000 men really give their last full measure of devotion that I might have the freedom to putter around on this absurd conveyance?
But the Segway proves to be a convenient way to cover a lot of ground quickly and still see the battlefield up close. (Gary Kross, a veteran Gettysburg tour guide, leads our caravan and narrates as we go.) To be honest, my friends and I are exhausted at this point, worn down by 10 straight days of rigorous sightseeing. Yet even in our depleted state, being here—standing where Pickett stood as his men charged to their deaths, or where Joshua L. Chamberlain ordered the 20th Maine Regiment to repulse the Rebel assault on Little Round Top with bayonets—brings on that now familiar feeling of having experienced history not just intellectually but physically and emotionally.
In the middle of our tour, a ranger in a National Park Service SUV pulls up and informs our group that a Boy Scout is missing on the battlefield. He describes the boy and asks us to keep an eye out for him. About 10 minutes later, as we're descending into Devil's Den, we spot the Scout, standing sheepishly by a tree. We stop our Segways and radio in that we've found the missing boy. As we wait for the park service to come pick him up, I study the young man, who, out of embarrassment—his own, or on behalf of the ridiculous grown-ups clustered about him on Segways—has pulled his baseball cap down low over his eyes. It's possible that he's a bad seed who wandered off to check out a cute girl he'd spied at the Alabama monument. But I concoct a more charitable narrative. He was admiring the statue of Gouverneur K. Warren that stands just above us on an outcropping on Little Round Top. He was so transported, imagining what Warren saw through his field glasses on the battlefield below, that he failed to notice his troop was back in the van, on its way to the next stop on the tour.
If you visit:
- Budget several hours for your visit to the outstanding Mariners' Museum. You want to have time to chat with the kind, elderly docents who greet each new visitor and describe the museum's many treasures; to explore "The Nelson Touch," an exhibit dedicated to the exploits of British naval hero Horatio Nelson; to take in the museum's beautiful collection of figureheads; to not get pulled over for erratic driving by the vigilant local police force.
- If you go to Fredericksburg, promise me this: You'll ask for Jake Struhelka. Even if you don't go in for the full eight-hour, four-battlefield tour, just shaking hands with him and letting him tell you about a few of his favorite sites will be an informative blast. The next time I write a check to the IRS, I'm going to console myself with the thought that some fraction of my taxes goes toward paying Struhelka's salary.
- You need to get (free) tickets to visit Ford's Theatre and its associated exhibits—including the suit Lincoln wore the night of his death and Booth's Derringer. In 1968, the theater reopened as a performance space, so you can now take in a theatrical production there as well. Our American Cousin is not on the 2010-11 calendar.
- Antietam is a good starter battlefield. The fighting was dramatic and deadly, but it took place on a relatively small patch of land, so seeing all the sites feels manageable. You can see most of the battlefield from an observation room in the park service visitor center, though be sure to walk over to the lovely Burnside Bridge (not so lovely for the Union soldiers trying to cross it in 1862). Two future U.S. presidents served in the Ohio regiment that fought there: Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley.
- The Gettysburg Cyclorama is my second-favorite cyclorama, but it's worth the $9.50 (with AAA discount) admission.
- Keep an eye on your Boy Scouts. Try the buddy system.


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What's Behind the "Internet of Things?" and Other Thoughts from the Dreamforce Keynote
Dreamforce kicked off in earnest yesterday with Mark Benioff's keynote address. (Well actually it kicked off with a surprise performance from Huey Lewis and the News. I'm a fan, for sure, but there's something a little unusual about live rock music at 9:00 am). It was a great session and I came away thinking about three important and interesting things.
Integrated Philosophy
Yesterday's event highlighted the work Salesforce has done with the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital & the people of Haiti as they rebuild after 2010's devastating earthquake. Petra Nemcova, former super model and survivor of the 2004 Thailand tsunami, spoke about how Salesforce is working with her organization, Happy Hearts Fund to rebuild schools and provide technology for areas devastated by natural disasters. Salesforce devotes 1% of its resources, technology and people to help improve communities around the world. This means that they've given over $53 million in grants, 525,000 hours of community service, and provided product donations for over 19,000 nonprofits. Benioff calls this the 1/1/1 model and he urged every business to adopt it.
"The Internet of Customers"
After another great performance by Huey Lewis & the News the conversation moved to a rethinking of the phrase "The Internet of Things." To be sure, Benioff and his team agree that our physical objects, everything from toothbrushes to running shoes, will soon be "IP enabled," meaning they will be able to receive and generate data and will be connected to the web of information we call the Internet. "The Internet of Things" gets a lot of attention, but Benioff reminded us that it's not really the "things" that are important. What this exciting new landscape of technology does is connect people and if you are in business, people = customers. He challenged businesses to use this new capability to get closer to customers. To provide them useful information and offers, when and where they provide the most value. He lauded Amazon's Mayday button which connects Kindle users with support with the touch of a button. (I wonder if he knows that ShoreTel Sky has been doing this for years.) His point was well taken. Sometimes technology enthusiasts get so excited by what we can do that we forget why we are doing it. It has to be about the customer. HubSpot has a good operating philosophy around this too: SFTC – Solve For The Customer.
Salesforce 1
Understanding that makes yesterday's product announcement an obvious next step for Salesforce. Salesforce 1 is a platform designed for the modern world of connected customers, devices and data. The platform includes new API's and mobile tools to make a customized Salesforce experience available on any device. The crowd was particularly fond of the related "Salesforce A ," an app for Salesforce administrators. More details about the platform will emerge, but it certainly generated a lot of excitement among the attendees.
As "The Internet of Customers" emerges, Salesforce intends to be a major player in helping businesses get to the future. With 130k+ registered attendees at Dreamforce, I'd say they have a pretty good shot.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Among the select few physicians honored with the prestigious Patients' Choice Award this year is Dr. David J. Berg.
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In fact, of the nation's 870,000 active physicians and dentists, just five percent consistently received top scores from their patients on sites like Vitals (http://www.vitals.com), qualifying them for this honor in 2012.
Millions of patients go online each year to rate their doctors on various components of care, including accuracy of their diagnosis, the amount of time they spent with the doctor, and the doctor's bedside manner and follow-up care. Patients' Choice reviews these rankings and other quality measures to compile its yearly list of award winners.
Dr. David J. Berg commented on the recognition: "I'm so honored to receive an award that's based on how my patients view the quality of care I provide. I strive each day to exceed my patients' expectations, and I'm grateful that they've recognized my efforts."
About David J. Berg: a short profile by and about the honoree:
Dr Berg has been honored over the years to accept several awards, including "Dentist of the Year," "Best of Sacramento," and finally the "Patients' Choice" Award. Dr. Berg's exceptional artistic talent, his good nature, and his genuine concern for his patients have made him very popular with patients and staff. He offers comprehensive dentistry including Invisalign and Implants. Free whitening for life is available to qualifying patients. Call today and let Dr. Berg's friendly staff help you discover how satisfying "going to the dentist" can be.
For more information on this Patients' Choice Award winner, please visit Dr. David J. Berg's profile on PatientsChoice.org.
Following the publication of David J. Berg's selection for the Patient's Choice Award, American Registry seconded the honor and added Dr. Berg to The Registry™ of Business Excellence. An exclusive recognition plaque has been designed to commemorate the honor. The doctor's custom wall plaque is shown here.
For more information on Dr. David J. Berg, located in Sacramento, CA, please call 916-567-0900, or visit drdavidberg.com.
This press release was written by American Registry, LLC, with approval by and/or contributions from Dr. Berg and was distributed by PR Newswire, a subsidiary of UBM plc.
Patients' Choice provides in-depth information on doctors in your area who have been recognized and awarded for outstanding patient care and expertise. The Patients' Choice Award is the honor roll of physicians who have received the highest ratings by their patients.
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