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Sunday, June 29, 2014
Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Race Report
Circuit: Watkins Glen International Raceway (3.77-mile road course), Watkins Glen, NY
2013 winners: Joao Barbosa / Christian Fittipaldi (Action Express Corvette DP)
Weather: Mostly sunny, mild, 75 degrees F
Contact, Mechanical Issues Hamper HPD Efforts at Watkins Glen
· Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX-03b's persevere to finish 10th and 11th
· Team led Friday practice, Sunday warm-up times
Although Extreme Speed Motorsports paced a large prototype field in both Friday practice and the race morning warm-up sessions for the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen, a variety of issues combined to hamper the efforts of the team's HPD ARX-03b Hondas in the six-hour endurance contest Sunday at Watkins Glen International Raceway in upstate New York.
Contact with a slower GTD entry at the end of the first hour forced an unscheduled pit stop for the #1 HPD ARX-03b Honda, where the Extreme Speed team found damage to the car's downforce-generating underbody and left rear brake duct. Although the team was able to repair some of the damage, starting driver Scott Sharp returned to the race a lap down to the leaders, with the damage continuing to affect both handling and tire wear.
Although the #1 car recovered to run as high as fifth in class with co-driver Ryan Dalziel, additional penalties for pit lane speeding and a late-race gear selection problem – which also may have resulted from the early-race contact – dropped the #1 car to a 10th place finish in the prototype category.
The #2 HPD ran 10th in the opening stint with Ed Brown driving, but was also penalized for speeding in the pit lane when Brown prepared to turn the car over to co-driver Johannes van Overbeek. Later, the car lost additional time for repairs after halting on track with an electrical failure. After returning to the race, third driver Anthony Lazzaro, van Overbeek and Brown combined to bring the #2 car home 11th in the prototype class.
The HPD-developed Honda engines used in the TUDOR championship are derived from the Honda "J35" series of production V6 engines and include relevant twin-turbocharger technology, along with the efficiency provided by direct fuel injection. Key production-based components that are utilized include block and heads, crankshaft, direct injection fuel system, valve train components, drive-by-wire throttle, alternator, sensors, fasteners, etc. The engine even utilizes a stock Honda oil filter.
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Allen Miller (Project Leader, Sports Cars, Honda Performance Development) on today's race: "It was a difficult day. While our practice and qualifying lap times are quite good, keeping pace with the Daytona Prototype-spec cars in race conditions is difficult, at best. The LMP2-spec cars need to have a perfect day to have a chance at a good finish, and unfortunately, both of the Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX-03b's encountered issues today. The #2 Brown/Lazzaro/van Overbeek HPD suffered from an electrical problem and stopped on track early in the race. After diagnosing the problem and affecting repairs, the team returned the car to the track and it finished the race. The #1 Dalziel/Sharp HPD started well, but contact with a GTD car damaged the left side floor, and both lap times and the team's pit strategy suffered as a result. Late in the race, the car also needed transmission repairs, but again the ESM crew did an excellent job of making repairs and returning the car to the race. We'll examine the issues that occurred today, take steps to prevent them happening again in the future, and be ready to race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in two weeks."
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December 2006
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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Executive Board has approved two actions regarding influenza death reporting. First, the Executive Board approved an emergency rule to require the reporting of laboratory-confirmed influenza deaths (please refer to LSA Document #06-517(E) on the following page). Effective immediately, the rule requires physicians and hospitals to report deaths of laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza to the local health officer within 72 hours of first knowledge of death. The change also drops the requirement for laboratory confirmation of influenza for those cases of influenza diagnosed based on clinical presentation during an influenza pandemic. Second, the Executive Board approved amending 410 IAC 1-2.3 to include the reporting of influenza deaths. This amendment must go through the formal promulgation process. That process will occur in early 2007.
State Form 52576 (02-06), Influenza-Associated Deaths Case Investigation, should be used to report influenza deaths. This form is available on the ISDH Web site at http://www.in.gov/isdh/form/pdfs/52576_InfluenzaAssocDeath.pdf. Local health departments should send completed forms to the ISDH Epidemiology Resource Center (ERC), Attn: Shawn Richards, via U.S. mail or by faxing them to the ERC at 317.234.2812.
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If you have questions or concerns about the change in reporting or use of State Form 52576, please contact Shawn Richards, Respiratory Epidemiologist, Epidemiology Resource Center, Indiana State Department of Health, 2 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204; 317.233.7740; email@example.com.
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SECTION 1. The definitions in this document apply throughout this document.
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North Dakota State College of Science recently honored a number of employees with the annual LIFE and Steeple awards on October 24, 2013. The presentations were made in Wahpeton, N.D., to the Mechatronics Technology program and the Welcome Week team.
The LIFE Award stands for "Bringing LIFE to NDSCS", and is presented to an individual, employee group or committee who has developed and implemented an action plan to meet the college's Strategic Planning and/or Academic Quality Improvement Project goals. This year's LIFE Award was presented to Steve Johnson, Wade King, John Kroshus, Ivan Maas, Shane Suko, and Jeremiah Wood for the Mechatronics Technology program.
The Mechatronics Technology program began in the fall semester of 2012, following two years of planning. The initiative consisted of securing a North Dakota Workforce Enhancement Grant, and remodeling and equipping two new labs – a computer-integrated manufacturing lab and a robotics lab. The highly improved robotics lab served more than 100 students during the 2012-2013 academic year, and provides opportunities to meet needs identified by the NDSCS College Outreach department and TrainND.
The Steeple Award stands for "Climbing to New Heights" and is presented to an individual, employee group or committee for using new and innovative methods to accomplish their role on campus. This year's Steeple Award was presented to the Welcome Week Team, consisting of Karen Bajumpaa, Jeff Bass, Sherry Bisek, McKayla Bradshaw, Ashlie Challner, Daniel Duppong, Dallas Fossum, Shawn Gilbertson, Paige Gratton, Jessika Henrickson, Kijia Homes, Jessica Hovelson, Darwin Jacobson, Melissa Johnson, Morgan Julius, Kerri Kava, Michelle Lenk, Hattie Marohl, Tami Matejcek, Bryan Midgarden, Elizabeth Phares Oren, Briannah Pierce, Neil Rittenour, Chelsea Sims, Becca Stotz, Allyson Suhr, Jane Vangsness Frisch, Betty Veland, Katie Wieser, Lisa Wixo, and Rebecca Zimmerman.
The Welcome Week Team used research data and knowledge of what other NDUS Campuses provide their students to incorporate changes that would affect the most crucial time for a new student – the first three weeks of the college year. The team consisted of a number of departments and employees who broke down silos and collaborated to better serve students. This team effort resulted in higher student satisfaction and positively impacted new students' acclimation to NDSCS.
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Director, 2010-11: Anne H. Groton (Classics), Greek and Roman drama
Founded by the Department of Classics in 1971, the medieval studies program is one of St. Olaf's oldest interdisciplinary programs. In scope it spans the more than ten centuries between the fall of the Roman Empire and the flowering of the Renaissance. Combining art, history, language, literature, philosophy, and religion, it encourages students to take a broad look at medieval European culture, examining it from multiple perspectives.
The Medieval Studies Program has no courses of its own; instead it relies on courses offered by individual departments. Students who major in medieval studies choose electives from among the various departmental courses that deal primarily or entirely with the Middle Ages. Many of these courses also satisfy general education requirements. The required courses in Latin can simultaneously fulfill the college's foreign language requirement.
It is common for St. Olaf students to combine a medieval studies major with a B.A. major like art history, English, history, music, philosophy, or religion. Even mathematics or natural science majors often complete a second major in medieval studies. The major provides a useful background in the humanities for students interested in virtually any career.
The objectives of the major are competence in Latin at the intermediate level, familiarity with medieval European civilizations, and in-depth knowledge of one subject area within the major.
Any student interested in a medieval studies major should draw up a contract with the program's director. The contract may be changed at any time up to second semester of the senior year.
Every student majoring in medieval studies completes the fourth semester (or higher) of Latin, a medieval history course, a medieval literature course, four electives chosen from various departments, and an independent research. The required courses are Latin 235: Medieval Latin (or higher); History 211: The Early Middle Ages or 212: The High and Late Middle Ages or a comparable course in medieval history; English 221: Literatures in English to 1650 or a comparable course in medieval literature.
Students choose five electives, one of which must be an independent research, from the following (when the content of the course includes the medieval period):
Art 150: Introduction to Art History I
Art 263: Medieval Art
Art 275: Topics in Art History
English 241: King Arthur Through the Ages
English 246: Women's Literature
English 262: Topics: Literature and History
English 330: Advanced Studies in Literary Eras: British
English 391: Major British Authors
English 395: Chaucer from an Ethical Perspective
English 399: The Major Seminar
French 273: Period Studies
French 372: Topics in Francophone Studies
French 373: Genre Studies
German 372: Topics in German Studies
Great Conversation 116: The Tradition Redefined: The Medieval Synthesis
History 111: Viking and Medieval Scandinavia
History 115: Courtly Love in the Middle Ages
History 188: Topical Seminar
History 190: Europe from the Ancients to the Renaissance
History 210: Major Seminar: European History
History 310: Seminar: Medieval Europe
Music 345: Advanced Study in Music History
Norwegian 399: Seminar
Philosophy 374: Seminar in the History of Philosophy
Religion 234: Luther and Aquinas: Protestant and Catholic Theology in Dialogue
Religion 246: Islam -- Religion and Community
Religion 302: History of Christian Thought I
Religion 303: History of Christian Thought II
Religion 392: Studies in Religion Seminar
Religion 399: Thematic Seminar
Theatre 270: History of Theater up to 1700
298: Independent Study
398: Independent Research
Interim courses such as
Art 255: Italian Art in Context (abroad)
Art 271: Gothic Art
Classics 128: The Fall of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity
History 237: Women in Medieval Europe
Norwegian 240: Vikings in Literature: Medieval to Modern
Religion 259: Religion and Culture in Rome (abroad)
Religion 262: Catholic Rome, Lutheran Wittenberg (abroad)
Religion 272: Sacred Place in Greece and Turkey (abroad)
and other courses offered occasionally or only once (including courses at Carleton College) may also be used as electives.
See the director for information on courses offered in a particular year.
To attain distinction in medieval studies, a student must demonstrate talent with Latin, skill in conducting research on a medieval topic, and broad knowledge of medieval European civilization. Specific guidelines are available from the director of medieval studies. Medieval studies majors who wish to pursue distinction should notify the director of the program no later than January 1 of their senior year.


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1987 Jeep Cherokee Buildup - "Old" Gets NewPosted in How To on November 1, 2009
At some point when we apparently weren't paying attention, the Jeep Cherokee got old. It was first introduced in 1984 and enjoyed a lengthy production run that lasted until 2001, which means that there are scads of 20-plus-year-old Cherokees on the roads and trails these days.
We recently came across one of these aging workhorse 4x4s at our local Jeep dealership. At 22-years-old and with 421,392 miles on the odometer, this Cherokee was nearly bone stock, having received no more than a set of take-off shocks and tires over the years. It has been, however, meticulously maintained by its Jeep mechanic owner, Gary Grinkevich. Gary has been working as a Jeep mechanic at Don-A-Vee Chrysler Jeep since before the Cherokee was even introduced. He knows his stuff, evidenced by the well kept nature of his personal vehicle.
An avid off-roader, Gary uses and abuses his Cherokee on a regular basis. Open diffs and stock tires aren't the easiest way to 'wheel but Gary still gets it done, using years of Jeeping skills and creative lines to get through bigger obstacles than a stock Cherokee should be able. After a fresh paint job to cover the many trail scars that he had amassed over the years of 'wheeling stock, however, Gary decided a few upgrades were in order.
What started as a discussion about installing a rear locker turned in to much more; Eaton Performance jumped aboard with a set of its ELocker electric lockers for the Dana 30 front and Dana 44 rear axles. Since the diff covers would be off we called BDS Suspension for a set of its differential guards. The crew at BDS determined that the diff guards would look even better paired with a BDS 6.5-inch long arm suspension system. We didn't argue. Still wanting to protect the Cherokee's fresh red paint we contacted Rock Hard 4x4 Parts for a set of its sturdy rock sliders. At the end of the conversation we had added Rock Hard's Cherokee Sport Cage and a winch-adaptable front bumper to the list of items to be installed.
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Kelcey Harrison '10 ran nearly 30 miles a day for four consecutive months (David Silverman).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Former Harvard women's soccer player Kelcey Harrison '10 achieved her goal in running across the country in order to raise money and awareness for lung cancer research.
Her run began in New York City on July 29 at a pace of 30 miles a day and finished 3,500 miles away in San Francisco.
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Calling the cross country marathon The Great Lung Run, Harrison honored her childhood friend, Jillian Costello, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009 and passed away in 2010. Costello was a scholar athlete at University of California Berkley and was named the 2010 PAC-10 Women's Athlete of the Year. All funds raised by the run will go to the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation.
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Heart It Or Hate It: Katy Perry's New Single 'Roar' Leaks!
Nigel Campbell | August 10, 2013
Katy Perry's new single, "Roar," scheduled for release on Aug. 12 has leaked and it's gooooooood! (We roared that.)
At least we think so.
It hooks you right from the jump and we've got the chorus in our head after one listen. Let's add it our playlists for the weekend, shall we?!
"Roar" is Katy's first single off of her upcoming album, Prism, due Oct. 22!
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Denver's Glazed and Confuzed Doughnuts joins Voodoo, Dunkin this fall
Big news for Front Range doughnuts fans: Glazed and Confuzed is opening its first brick-and-mortar shop at 5301 Leetsdale Drive in Denver. The target date is to launch by Nov. 1.
Josh Schwab is the baker behind the operation. A veteran chef in Hawaii and the Mile High City, he's been peddling his goodies at area farmers markets, and also sells them at Kaladi Coffee (Saturdays), the Weathervane Cafe (Sundays) and The Little Owl (Wednesdays.)
His creations include a doughnut that evokes a root-beer float, plus a maple-glazed doughnut topped with bacon. Schwab knows his dough: He sold 1,000 of his creations during the weekend of the recent Chipotle Cultivate Festival, where he had a booth.
It's heady a time for Denver doughnut lovers. Portland, Oregon's famed Voodoo Doughnuts is opening a shop at 1520 E. Colfax Ave., and Dunkin' Donuts plans to bring 30 outlets here.


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The Mets statement read: "Carlos Beltran had worsening of osteoarthritis of the right knee during the offseason. He had not been experiencing pain following the conclusion of the season and into his early offseason conditioning. The symptoms returned to the point where pre-spring training conditioning became too painful. He elected to undergo arthroscopic clean out of the arthritic area of his knee by Beltran"s personal physician Dr. Richard Steadman today in Colorado. He is anticipated to return to baseball activities in 12 weeks."
The statement did not answer the following questions:
1) If Beltran's knee was so bad why wasn't surgery performed earlier?
2) Did Beltran apprise the Mets of his condition? If so, when?
3) If so, why was there a delay in surgery?
4) If Beltran did not inform the Mets of his condition, then why not?
5) Why does this stuff only seem to happen with the Mets?
Beltran suffered a bone bruise last June and was limited to only 81 games.
Believe me, fingers are going to be pointed in the coming days. This is inexcusable. If Beltran's condition was a deterioration, then it was progressive and something should have been done earlier because somebody should have known. As an injured player, the Mets should at all times be aware of his progress.
This nonsense about "should be ready for spring training," is nuts to me. They've got to examine him on a regular basis, and if Beltran was progressive, he shouldn't been more diligent in informing his employer about his condition.
Neither Beltran nor the Mets look too sharp in this. So much for all the changes.
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I maintain a few blogs, well I maintain a personal one. The one here at SQLServerCentral.com doesn't get so much work, but I'm trying to get better at that. It's hard for me since this editorial is almost like a blog, so finding a whole separate set of things to write about, and then separate them from articles, is tough.
Lots of companies these days are looking to get their employees to blog, with various degrees of success. Some want the exposure, some want to show off, some think of it as another marketing channel, and some just do it because everyone else is.
However it's not that easy a thing to maintain for a company. I follow lots of blogs and I've seen so many die after a few months because people don't want to be bothered to write. I've got almost as many dead blogs to watch as I do live ones. Thank goodness for Google Reader to allow me to only see new items.
But allowing everyone to blog and express themselves doesn't always work out well. I saw this mention about Google and some employees that write something about the movie Sicko. I could see what the employee was trying to say, but it didn't sound good. And it makes you think that Google puts their profits ahead of the "right" thing to do by supporting companies that we feel aren't being fair with us.
There's also the side of things where bloggers talk about all types of things and get some benefit for their employers because more people read the blog. I guess that's what I kind of do here. I call this an editorial, and it is, but it's also a blog in some ways. It also keeps me busy enough that I tend to neglect my SQLServerCentral.com blog.
There are many thoughts on successful blogs and how to build one for your company. I think that can be good for the company, but what about you personally? What happens if you leave the company? Is your blog lost forever? Most likely it will be, slowly dropping out of the massive cache that Google maintains.
My advice has always been for friends that they should have a professional blog, but keep it professional. No stories about your cats, dates, etc. I know I blur the line here, but I think this forum is a bit of an exception.
My new advice is as follows: keep 3 blogs if you have a corporate blog.
Sounds like a lot of work, but really it's two blogs giving you some disaster recovery. First keep a personal blog if you want. Actually just set one up and put stuff in there that's not related to your career. Put the stuff in there that you wouldn't want someone to ask you on your next interview.
I think it makes some sense to have a corporate blog if you're asked. Use it to put out interesting technical things related to your job or company. But don't expect this blog will get you your next job. It probably works for Raymond Chen and Linus Torvalds, but for most of us this won't help. And you don't want to lose your great technical posts, so set up a third, professional blog for your career. Copy over those posts you want as a part of your online career CV and reference them when you are looking for a new job. Give out this blog to recruiters, interviewers, etc.
You should easily know where a new post should go and try not to mix your professional and personal documentation. Write a new SQL CE app? It could go on all three blogs, but your dog munching on your shoes definitely should only be in one place: the personal blog.
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>>Lots of companies these days are looking to get their employees to blog...
Why would they enable yet another waste of company time using company resources?
Another great editorial Steve!
Corporate blogging is a great way to get the word out about your product or service. It's the internet equivalent of word-of-mouth advertising. It can also provide powerful journalism / evangelism.
You're absolutely correct: it's always a good idea to maintain your own blog separate and distinct from any corporate blogging you do.
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I tried maintaining a professional blog but I found I didn't have something to say often enough to make it worth it. Instead, when I've got something I really want to share, I write it up & submit it to you guys as an article. I get more readers than I'd ever get on a blog and, in terms of a resume, it looks pretty good to say you're published as opposed to saying you run a blog.
I wouldn't keep anything of a personal nature in a blog on the internet...HR departments use this stuff to weed out candidates/target employees for dismissal.
Keep your personal life personal...and private.
I think good blogs are pretty hard to do. Most of us don't solve interesting problems all that often, and blogging about something you read elsewhere isn't very exciting. I pretty much fall into that boat too! I've been blogging for a couple months to see what I could make of it and the answer so far is Im not sure. I've been mixing SQL and user group posts, but out of all of those Im not sure that if someone else was writing it I'd read it directly, though it would have higher value if found as part of a search (due to relevancy only). Blogs work where personal web sites usually fail only because RSS makes it painless to check for new content and it makes loading content super easy.
I do like the idea of a 'professional development' blog that is a lot more like a diary and a lot less about come read what I wrote. One of my fav interview questions is to ask someone what kind of professional development they do to sustain and astonishly few have much of a plan. If you blog about articles you read, some nice tip, etc, it gives you a focus for your blog and conceivably would be helpful to someone following the same path but not quite as far along as you are. It's a great way to keep track of little bits and pieces, and it sure would be nice to have that available for the next job interview.
I agree with Grant that a lot of the 'good stuff' is far more likely to be seen and used when posted as content vs blogged. One thing you might consider is doing an SSC based blog, Steve aggregates all the blogs into one feed (in addition to the standalone blog feed) so it might increase the chances of people seeing it.
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Wait, you said blog.
Sorry, I get those two words mixed up because when you dig into either one of them (corporate blog), it really starts to stink up the place quickly.
Just because you read it in a blog, doesn't make it true. I read that someplace on the Internet.


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by Tena Starr
A good 60 people came to the community center here Monday evening to listen to Republic incumbent Mark Higley and Democratic challenger Katherine Sims debate the issues. Mr. Higley has been the Orleans-Lamoille district's representative since 2009. Ms. Sims challenged him in 2012 as well and lost 920-887. Following a recount, the vote was 924-892. The race is hotly contested, and both candidates are working hard for the district's one seat.
The differences between the two were not as stark as one might expect in view of the fact that one is a progressive Democrat, the other a conservative Republican.
Neither likes Act 46 or the current siting process for renewable energy projects. The two didn't even clash on gun control. They did differ on legalizing marijuana and their views of the most pressing issues in the district, which includes Lowell, Westfield, Jay, Eden and part of Troy.
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We have all been there. We try and try to lose those excess pounds, but they just won't come off. We may think that there is a shortcut or a fast and easy solution. If we just cut out this one certain type of food or take this pill, then everything will work itself out. However, this is just not the case. You have to put in a lot of hard work and do your research to properly understand how to reach your weight loss goals. There are a lot of mistakes that we can make along the way, but this is why we have to do our research and talk with trained professionals before we become disgruntled with our results. Here we will take a look at four of the most common weight loss mistakes.
Crash diets
Many women turn to crash dieting in order to lose weight. They like to think that if they limit the amount of food they eat or only eat certain types of food, they can easily drop those pounds. However, this is not the case, and crash diets can wreak havoc on your health. They can cause nutritional deficiencies, not to mention damage to your kidneys, brain, heart and other organs. It can cause you to lose muscle mass and slow your metabolism. If you frequently crash diet for long periods of time your metabolism will be extremely slow, and once you start eating again you will gain back the weight you lost and then some.
Diet pills
This is another common cure all for weight loss that women seem to love. For some reason we are always looking for that one wonder drug that will magically make all of our fat melt away. However, most of us come to find out that after spending tons and tons of money on these little wonder drugs that they do not work. Many of them have also been proven to cause many dangerous side effects. So, we end up not losing any weight, wasting money and endangering our health all because we thought we could lose weight the easy way.
Paying too much attention to the scale
A lot of us do this. We exercise, then we hop right on the scale to weigh ourselves. All we have to do is look in the mirror, take before and after pictures or look at our dress size to see a difference. However, we seem to ignore these and go right for the scale. We need to remember that the scale is not the end all to our workout routines. A scale can only show so much. You need to look at the entire picture. You may not see the scale moving, but you may still feel healthier and have a better toned body. So, stop paying so much attention to the scale and start looking at your body.
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Episode's airing may open old wounds for some
A new television series featuring 911 calls and the responses of local law enforcement may open old wounds for those close to an incident that's nearly three years old.
The series, entitled "Panic 9-1-1," will air its pilot episode at 9 p.m. Thursday on the A&E network and will feature a segment revolving around a 2010 standoff between police and an armed man at the Farm King store in Macomb.
According to Voice archives, 19-year-old Tennessee resident Jonathan Labbe entered the store on Feb. 3, 2010, with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, demanding ammunition from a clerk. Labbe was pronounced dead later that evening. News reports from the days following the incident indicate Labbe died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The A&E series, which comes just three months prior to the third anniversary of the incident, has sparked some community outrage, particularly among the people who knew the gunman. A Change.org petition created by Cody Roberts, president of the Western Illinois University chapter of To Write Love On Her Arms and personal friend of Labbe, has 242 signatures supporting a move to prevent A&E from airing the episode.
"This series has the potential of impacting many peoples' lives, and in a very negative manner," the petition states. "The gunman may no longer be here to have a voice for himself, but his friends and family still have to live with the events that occurred that day."
For Kathleen Clauson, Labbe's mother and WIU faculty advisor for To Write Love On Her Arms, the series opens wounds that have taken years to heal.
"Basically, the whole program is skewed to show him as some sort of a monster," Clauson said. "We've been through this again and again."
The Voice was unable to reach a representative of the A&E Network or the show's production company, Sirons Media, for comment as of late Tuesday afternoon.
Clauson said she only learned of the upcoming program a few days ago, stating that she was never contacted by the show's producers about the program or to talk about her son. She added that from what she has seen so far, the episode only focuses on his last moments.
"I'm really upset and distraught over it," she said. "Imagine that it's your son, your brother, your best friend, or something like that. This just opens the wounds all over again."
Clauson added that in her opinion, airing any emergency phone call — not just the one placed on Feb. 3, 2010 — for entertainment purposes is "terrible."
Information from the program's website states that a standoff ensued as Labbe "armed himself with weapons and a nearly unlimited supply of ammunition from the Farm King sporting goods section." It's a statement Clauson alleges is inaccurate.
A Voice article dated Feb. 6, 2010, states that in hindsight, Jeff Nimrick, the store manager who placed the emergency call, did not believe anyone in the store was in any real danger.
"You can tell the shots that he fired were high in the walls and in the ceiling so he never pointed that gun or tried to shoot anybody," Nimrick said in the article. "We didn't know that, but the aftermath, finding where the bullets are, he was not out to kill anybody."
Roberts said he believes Labbe entered Farm King with one purpose — to get the ammunition for the gun so he could kill himself.
"I don't think (the show's producers) looked into the information as much as they should have," Roberts said, adding that his own attempts to contact the network and the show's producers have not been returned.
The show's website also states that 50 people or more were trapped inside the store that day — a statement that conflicts with information reported at the time. According to a Voice article dated Feb. 4, 2010, "Many employees and customers fled the store when Labbe entered the store with the rifle and after shots were fired." The article goes on to state that a total of eight employees remained trapped inside the store after shots were fired.
Rick Severs, president of Farm King Supply Inc, would not comment about the program except to say that the network is airing the episode against the company's wishes.
"The people and staff involved wish to be done with it and want to leave it in the past," he said, adding that the show's film crews were not allowed on Farm King property during filming.
Macomb Police Chief Curt Barker, who was interviewed for the program, said he could not comment on the accuracy of the program until it airs. His perception, he said, was that the program is intended to focus around 911 dispatchers and responders. Most of the questions asked revolved around what dispatchers and officers were thinking at the time, and what was going through the manager's mind during the incident.
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The Checks and Balances Project commissioned a poll that shows high levels of support for wind energy and ratepayer antipathy toward actions carried out by Commonwealth Edison's parent company, Exelon, to end wind power investments.
The majority of respondents opposed ending the tax credit that encourages the production of wind power (54%), and opposition to ending the tax credit rose significantly (70%) if ratepayer money was used to help fund the lobbying efforts to end the tax credits for wind power.
It is not clear whether Exelon is using ratepayer money to fund their multimillion dollar lobbying campaign against the wind tax credit. But the public and ratepayers have a right to know.
Regardless of how they fund their campaign, it is clear that ratepayers strongly support investment in wind energy. Ratepayers oppose Exelon's efforts to go after investment in wind, while Exelon remains supportive of continued subsidies for nuclear energy (Nuclear energy comprises over 90% of Exelon's holdings in the power generation sector).
The poll shows that:
• 81% of respondents support wind energy.
• A majority of respondents would favor increasing (57%) or not changing (21%) financial incentives offered to renewable energy.
• A majority (54%) respondents oppose Exelon's efforts to end tax credits for wind
• This number jumps to 70% when told ratepayer dollars may be funding this lobbying effort.
• Nearly two-thirds (63%) opposed Exelon's efforts to end wind tax credits while the company did not lobby to end subsidies for nuclear energy as well.
The popularity of wind as an energy source shouldn't be surprising. Numerous studies have shown that consumers benefit from wind electricity's lower rates. A study by Synapse Energy Economics found that wind power could save Midwestern consumers between $3 billion and $9.5 billion a year by 2020. In addition, wind energy tax breaks have incentivized more than $75 billion worth of private investment over the past five years.
Ending the PTC will harm ratepayers by removing the savings they would receive from wind energy and clear the path to more expensive sources of energy like nuclear power. Furthermore, wind energy competition to Exelon's nuclear plants may be driving Exelon's efforts to stop wind energy tax credits.
Our poll shows that Exelon's current course of action is inconsistent with the stated wants of its ratepayers. The company should be responsive to its customers and cease lobbying against the interests of their customers.
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Energy Firms Showcase Natural Gas Cars
North American energy producers are showcasing natural gas powered vehicles next month in an effort to drum up interest in using the fuel for mass-market passenger cars. Photo: BMW.
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East Lyme Scientist Finds Path to Drug Origins
Source: PharmaManufacturing.com
Jan 03, 2013
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John Jasper, chief scientific officer of Molecular Isotope Technologies LLC, has been working for more than a decade on the technique, a process that measures chemical tracers known as isotopes. The isotopic patterns of drugs are similar to fingerprints in that they can be matched to show whether the same highly specific process was used to create them. If a process is too similar, the likelihood increases that a patent infringement is involved.
"This is pretty big in terms of how it can affect litigation," said Albert C. Lee, senior scientist at the Missouri-based independent laboratory Chemir, who has worked with Jasper in patent-infringement cases. "It's good, very sound science." The newly patented technology used by Jasper and his company, which is known under the trademark name Nature's Fingerprint Authentication, came originally from geochemistry, Lee said. Jasper, a former scientist at Pfizer Inc. in Groton, whom the FBI called upon for expertise during the anthrax scare that followed 9/11, recognized that it could have pioneering potential in a pharmaceutical setting as well, Lee said.
"He is a really smart guy," Lee said in a phone interview. "John has a really big passion for the science." So far, according to Jasper, the technology has led to three cases being decided in favor of plaintiffs claiming some kind of chicanery. One other firm accused of patent infringement was cleared of wrongdoing, he said, based on isotopic analysis. Jasper said one case involved a company claiming that it had used a component of green tea in its product, while his analysis clearly indicated that was not the case. The defendant in the false-advertising case eventually settled out of court.
The technique, which uses light, non-radioactive isotopes, may help in anti-counterfeiting efforts as well, said Jasper, since it can identify not only the type of chemical processes used in creating a drug but also hallmarks of specific manufacturing sites as well. It may have applications in drug-tampering investigations, Jasper said, though the technique has yet to be used in such cases. "If we want to find the source of one bottle of tablets, we can do it," he said. "We just need one-tenth of a milligram of material."
Jasper, who received his patent last month for determining the origins of pharmaceuticals through the use of so-called ambient chemical tracers, said he participated in a November webinar hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association to discuss the importance of his discovery. He believes the use of isotopic fingerprints will improve significantly the way process-patent lawsuits are decided, saving companies millions of dollars in complicated legal cases. The same process could help identify counterfeit drugs, a growing worldwide problem that costs pharmaceutical companies at least $70 billion a year, according to one industry estimate. Some of these counterfeits have no active pharmaceutical ingredients.
"In underdeveloped countries such as Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico, up to 40 percent of manufactured pharmaceuticals are believed to be counterfeit," according to a report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - an agency with which Jasper has worked closely in developing his new process. "Counterfeit drugs pose potentially serious public health and safety concerns." A method to screen counterfeit drugs has the potential to help law enforcement officers and pharmaceutical companies that often collaborate in trying to shut down illegal manufacturing sites.
Jasper said several companies have expressed interest in his fingerprinting methods to identify the sources of counterfeits. The fingerprinting technology can cost thousands of dollars but is relatively cheap compared with the overall cost of developing a new drug, Jasper said. And it's well worth it, he added, in cases that potentially can mean tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars for victims of false advertising or patent infringements. "They wouldn't do it if they weren't saving money," Jasper said. "It's a good return on investment." firstname.lastname@example.com
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A fresh start for demobilized Rwandan soldiers
Thousands of Rwandans from the District of Rubavu have been left homeless in recent years by flooding and landslides caused by exceptionally heavy rains. In March this year, Noeline Raondry Rakotoarisoa from UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme travelled to Rwanda's Western Province to see for herself how far rehabilitation had progressed in one of the worst-hit areas, Mount Rubavu; 15 months earlier, UNESCO had financed a tree-planting course for 70 demobilized soldiers, many of them women.
Mont Rubavu is situated in Gisenyi, a city of more than 100 000 inhabitants which shares the highest lake in Africa, Lake Kivu, with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The hillside was once covered in rich vegetation but trees had been felled over time to make room for urbanization and small-scale agriculture. When torrential rains hit in April 2010, there was little to retain the soils. The resulting landslide swept away the homes and livelihoods of 1184 families.
The government subsequently launched a resettlement programme for the homeless. As Mount Rubavu was deemed unsafe for urban development, it was decided to reforest the hillside and turn it into a recreational park.
In December 2010, UNESCO financed a five-day training course for the population. 'Although most of the district's inhabitants are small farmers,' Raondry Rakotoarisoa explains, 'we deliberately targeted demobilized soldiers, in order to give them marketable skills.' The course was run by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), which is also supervising the rehabilitation of the site.
The trainees discovered the advantages of levelling the steep slopes into horizontall terraces, in order for the rain to penetrate the hillside rather than running off the surface. The former soldiers were shown how to plant endemic bamboo, which is an excellent anchor for soil and so fast-growing that it can colonize a hillside within months. Ornamental tree varieties like Jacaranda were also planted on the terraces to provide shade, as well as palm trees and fruit trees like papaya. The trainees also learned how to border the terraces using stones recovered from destroyed homes.
The theoretical component of the course included training in how to set up and run a small business, in this case tree nurseries. They were taught how to organize themselves into cooperatives and respond to a call for tenders from REMA for supplying seedlings to the district.
'When I visited Mont Rubavu in March this year,' says Raondry Rakotoarisoa, 'I was pleased to see how far the rehabilitation had come. I met not only the trainees but also the indirect beneficiaries, people who have been employed by the district over the past year to plant Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) and reforest the area. Endemic Kikuyu grass is ideal for rehabilitating soils, as it is rich in nutrients. It also produces a soft lawn that, when cut, can be fed to cattle.'
The project is part of REMA's broader plan to build environmental awareness and develop a partnership with the population. It is hoped that the rehabilitation of Mount Rubavu will stimulate the economy by creating a second tourist attraction to complement Lake Kivu.
- Source: A World Of Science, Vol. 10, n°3 - July September 2012 (pdf)
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15 Days of Screenshots - Day 15 A Fairy Tale Image
World of Warcraft is often described as cartoony and looking a bit, well, fairy tale-ish. Take a screen shot that makes you think of a fairy tale - use Disney inspiration if you must! Feel free to edit this screen shot a bit to enhance the fairy tale feel, or just get super creative with that in game camera!
Well, that concludes my 15 day screenshot challenge! That was a fun and challenging diversion (and blog expander!) Thanks all for the comments and I have to say I've finished just in time for Firelands. And have had a fun time wandering around exploring Azeroth again.
I've been wandering around looking at the other participants in the challenge, and boy there are some beautiful place I've never been to! Saz has linked them all here, so you can look for yourself.


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Stocks Rally on Upbeat Economic Data
The stock market rallied broadly, paced by technology and industrials shares, as a deluge of economic data boosted investor optimism. Matt Jarzemsky has details on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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... the ... just lie ... well well stocks lower on Wall Street today see the Dow up that about one percent ... we look at the SNP up about one point four this so as the Nasdaq up about one point four percent the SB up about one percent as well ... joining us now to explain why that is his was one of my jaws and skiing ... so time this week that sends yet ... its red Sara on a leaky said it's you know ... for a respectable gains for stocks and put on one point ... one percent gain for the SB five hundred is ... yet it's it's really good data for some positive ... economic data this morning aam ... it is better than expected reports on manufacturing ... of the job market ... aam and of course consumer confidence that's right and and you know of course all eyes are now in tomorrow's page ... um monthly ... jobs report ... none of the the ... the the jewels thing is we don't and I was then ADP was the payroll process of it because the darn good insight into what what payrolls and because the printing payroll checks ... aam but with eyes the methodology for calculating maps and they say that's can it be more active now ... yet I mean it's kind of hard said ... to read this morning's ADP numbers in a way because what we did have an economist Tom forecasts ... and consensus here so it's hard to know what to compare it to ... you when they revise methodology it's you know it is is that it's apples to apples of course the past ... but that said any didn't seem like a stronger ... results aam just looking at it in the one the way that we can you show to faster acceleration we'd seen in previous months so what what is interesting is was was saying the manufacturing tick up of little that it had some weakness of the summit just like last time but that the previous year's summer's well weakness that using that sick of the same consumer sentiment take up what would you know who was in the job seemingly ... take up this this is looking at Savannah was still not good enough but ... yet I mean ... you know we've had this kind of ... sluggish but may be improving a little bit trend in the economy ... I mean like I said you know tomorrow's number is that it's typically you know the big number of the month is this ... nonfarm payrolls report that someone to count how many jokes when added to the ... the economy and some lets also employ as the rules of the of a pot of it which is the percentage unemployment rate which is a survey of households Reitan said economists are expecting that the hundred twenty five thousand jobs were ... were added which ... it could be better than last month but it's certainly not a strong reading that people are looking for but you know I think um ... ahead ... of a better than expected print on that will certainly be hope for more of the parade of asylum a long way from what people really want is about to fifty thousand quarter million a month added to the rolls of it right will be ... Tania millioneighty LP sleeve phenomenal ... story with formerly me a month to come out stronger thanks very much ... aam and John Zemsky on the news as well as wall mount the vs day ... don't come ...


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