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Walking Point in Vietnam
Many of you know John L. "Johnny" Payne. He has been a fixture in the religious, military, civic, scouting, business, and athletic activities of Laurens County for most of his life. Those years he wasn't living here and contributing to our community, he was nearly half way around the world, serving our country in the jungles of Vietnam. What you may not have known is that his job was one of the most dangerous an infantry soldier could be assigned. He was the
one walking in front of a jungle patrol, the one likely to make contact with the enemy first, he was walking point."
When Sergeant Johnny Payne was walking the point, he saw green, and more green. His eyes scanned the thick jungle paths of central Vietnam for venomous vipers, slithering serpents, essentially invisible booby traps, and the elusive Viet Cong, all the while enduring horrendous eat and monotonous monsoons, not to mention the loathsome leaches.
A once famous psychic, Jeanne Dixon, predicted that Payne's unit would be wiped out in Vietnam. That very same unit had been wiped out, some ninety four years earlier. That outfit, Bravo Co., 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, fifth platoon was previously commanded by General George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. "We did have some contact that day, but there were no deaths, not even any injuries," Payne remembered.
"I was very fortunate to have been born in Dexter and Laurens County, hunting and fishing," Payne asserted. " I could have had all the college degrees in the world and I could have been very skilled at reading maps, but that skill set of knowing your senses and the senses in your body came in good, " in commenting on how he was able to cope with the stress being the lead man in a jungle patrol.
As a platoon of less than thirty men moved out along trails or simply through dense trail-less jungles, one man was responsible for walking point. In Johnny Payne's platoon, the average life expectancy was from seven to ten days. The point man was usually the first person to make contact with an enemy sniper, a deadly mine or a booby trap.
Payne considering himself blessed, professed, "I wouldn't follow a trail, but we as a platoon would work off the old French trails which had a lot of movement on them." He always tried to walk through the dense jungles, stopping every once in a while to untangle himself from a "wait a minute" vine, which entangled in his uniform, his gear or his exposed skin.
"I really wanted to walk point because I felt comfortable doing it," Payne, two to three years out of high school, recalled. Walking point didn't make him proud, but he was more comfortable in the fact that some of his comrades came from New Jersey, the Bronx, Colorado and other places. Some had never fired a weapon. "I had an advantage. I walked point on my own for about five months. I pretty much volunteered," Payne added.
Crossing streams was especially difficult. At the point where the patrol was crossing, they were the most vulnerable to enemy fire. "When we got to a stream, we would never have more than one or two men in the stream when we were crossing it and then we would fan out right and left," Sgt. Payne believed as the reason his unit's casualties were kept to a minimum.
Payne soon realized that the hardest thing his unit could do would be called in to aid another unit in an existing firefight. He learned to instantly recognize and differentiate the reports of an AK-47 and an M-16. "As you got closer to the firefight, with the helicopters overhead, with the artillery support from an artillery base in the jungle or off the coast, you had to put all that into your perspective. Your senses and your ability to listen is just amazing," Payne
"Life in the jungle was a struggle, you didn't know if you would live to see the next day," Payne said. His unit would go out on patrols lasting from fifteen to twenty days, sometimes twenty-five days without a break. The unit was re-supplied every four or five days with food and if they were lucky, with treasured letters from home.
Every soldier had to adapt to the lack of sleep and the lack of food. Walking guard duty at night was expected of almost every member of the patrol. "We worked as a team, never in the same place every night," Payne said. "Once we hit the ground, your rank didn't matter. When the unit got to a camp site, everyone took part in setting up trip flares and Claymore mines along the perimeter, as well as guarding the forward and rear areas," he added.
Being in the jungle itself presented natural problems. "It rained every day at 4:00 p.m. During the monsoon season, it rained twenty-four hours a day, all week long," Payne recalled. He saw all sorts of animals that he never saw in the swamps of Rocky Creek back home in Dexter. There were cobras and bamboo vipers, too. He saw one of those little green bamboo vipers lying on his stomach one morning after waking up from a night's sleep.
Decent food was a treat. Payne remembered the Chinook helicopters dropping "Gaines Burgers," military lingo for some type of mystery meat molded into a burger. "I weighed 160 pounds, but while I was in Vietnam my stomach shrunk. When I got home, I am afraid that I disappointed my mama. She cooked a big bowl of chili. I was only able to eat half of it. I think
she died believing that she had burned it or something," Payne recalled.
Payne got an unexpected break during one patrol. Carrying the rank of private first class early in his career, Payne began his first tour of duty in Vietnam on September 1, 1970. One day, he was ordered out of the jungle to appear before a review board. Appearing in his jungle fatigues and with no bath in at least ten days, Corporal Payne was examined and sent back to the
jungle that afternoon. "The next thing I knew, I was a sergeant," he recalled.
Losing friends is always hard. Johnny lost his assistant gunner while he was carrying a machine gun. Still today, some four decades later, Johnny gets a lump in his throat as he serves as a master of ceremonies to honor veterans who gave their lives to their country. Payne said, "I get emotional. I know that somewhere out there is a gold star mother who has lost her son."
Johnny Payne returned to the United States a year after he first arrived in Vietnam. He was proud to serve in the infantry. His return to the United States was all too typical of the way veterans from Vietnam were treated. Payne and his fellow soldiers didn't come up to the tarmac after their plane landed.
"There were people standing there. I really had no understanding of what they were going to be saying or doing. They were yelling at us, throwing rocks, spitting at us. It was awful to see that happening," he recollected. Payne was puzzled. "These people didn't know. They were yelling baby killers, which is what they had seen on TV," he added.
Some people were supportive, but it took a while for Johnny Payne to once again be proud of serving his country. Today when he sees a Vietnam veteran with a cap on, he tells them that he was proud to serve with them. "Time has a way of healing thoughts. A lot of people thanked me, although some went to their graves with no thanks, except from their families," he added.
Payne says that our citizens should communicate with returning veterans. He says that all veterans are the same regardless of which war or actions they served in. "They don't want to be treated as heroes, but they do want to be treated as normal people. Don't look the other way, he requested. "The hardest of hearts needs love. It will either come in or come out," he asserted.
Payne says the cost of freedom is high. "It has been paid by so many people and it is an expensive one," he continued. "We had great needs for prayers, letters, care packages, and most of all, love and acceptance when we came home," he added. The mental anguish resulting from a war that was never won was compounded by the way in which Payne and his fellow veterans
were received. "We quietly slipped back into society as quickly as possible. Only members of our immediate families seemed to share in the secrets of our own personal wars that would now begin. Our hearts had been broken and many of our dreams had been shattered," Payne proclaimed as he gave credit to the churches and God himself.
When Johnny Payne looks back on his service in Vietnam, he is honored to have been a part of it. In fact, our country recognized his heroism with the awarding of a Bronze Star for valor, although he does not consider himself by any means a hero.
Johnny Payne was one of the lucky ones. He beat the odds. And, all of us in Laurens County who have benefitted from his deeds of public charity and acts of volunteer service are lucky that he survived.
When walking the point, Sgt. John L. Payne knew that God was there and that he could turn to Him for guidance. "There is no doubt in my mind, that God helped me not to get shot with as many firefights as I was in," he believes. In one of those firefights, Payne's helmet fell off and rolled away from him. Two hours later, he was able to retrieve it. Payne picked up his steel pot with its 19 holes, each put there by a pecking sniper believing there was a living skull
underneath it. "It was divine intervention. God was looking after me for some reason," he said.
Welcome home Johnny Payne! Thank you for your service to our country.
Walking Point (abridged)
Jim Northrup
His rifle was in perfect order,
he wasn't - fear, fear of not feeling fear,
the heat, mud, and mosquitoes
all addled his brain housing group
as he walked and thought along.
Thou shalt not kill,
that stuff didn't work here,
God must have stayed back
in the real world.
Is any of this real?
Is this a green nightmare
I'm going to wake up from?
He sang to himself as
his senses gathered evidence
of continued existence
His eyes saw, his ears heard,
his heart felt a numb nothing,
his mind analyzed it all
as he studied the trail
He amused himself as he walked along
the old story about bullets, Ha.
Don't sweat the one that's got your
name on it, worry about the one addressed:
To Whom It May Concern.
Movement!, something is moving up there!
Drop to the mud, rifle pointing at the unknown,
Looks like two of them, hunting him.
They have rifles but he saw them first.
Breathe, Relax, Aim, Slack, Squeeze.
The shooting is over in five seconds,
the shakes are over in a half hour,
the memories are over, never.


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An excerpt from Laurence Freeman OSB, "Dearest Friends," The World Community for Christian Meditation International Newsletter, Winter 2000.
As many Christians today find their leaders regressing into a rigid sectarianism, they are learning to find in their ancient contemplative wisdom a truer expression of the teachings of Jesus.; It is not those who mouth "Lord, Lord: who "please the Father," but those who "do the Father's will."
For many today a doctrine is worthy of belief, even as it tries to express the ineffable, not just because it claims to be true but because it helps sustain us in believing [that there is more than mere] consumerism. But no belief today worthy of acceptance can be held with certainty—except the certainty of faith that is joined with hope and love.
The certainty of the fundamentalist must be sacrificed and radical doubt must be allowed to question us all. Our experience with the death of certainty is also the death of desire—the egotistical desire to be right, to be safe, to be better than others. Such death is our sharing in the cross. The rebirth of desire that follows is the transformed desire that springs from a pure heart in the vision of God. This "desire for God" is not like any other desire we have known. Yet "happy is the person whose desire for God has become like a lover's passion for his beloved," St John Climacus declared. It does not exhaust itself or lead us to exploit others in order to fulfill it. It is both desire and freedom from desire as it was experienced before. [. . . . ]
Meditation is purification of the heart and the death of desire. As there is a birth for every death, there is also the regeneration of desire as desire for God. This can never be desire for an object of ego-satisfaction. But it is of course a desire for our own happiness: we can never desire to be unhappy. Desire for God. . .is desire for our happiness by obedience to the law of . . .love. [This law] states that the only kind of desire that will make us truly and permanently happy is the desire for the happiness of others.
Meditate for Thirty Minutes. Remember: Sit down. Sit still and upright. Close your eyes lightly. Sit relaxed but alert. Silently, interiorly, begin to say a single word. We recommend the prayer phrase "Maranatha." Recite it as four syllables of equal length. Listen to it as you say it, gently, but continuously. Do not think or imagine anything spiritual or otherwise. Thoughts and images will likely come, but let them pass. Just keep returning your attention – with humility and simplicity to saying your word in faith, from the beginning to the end of your meditation.
After Meditation, from Simone Weil, "Last Thoughts," WAITING ON GOD (London: Fount, 1977), p. 46.
Our love should stretch as widely across all space, and should be as equally distributed in every portion of it, as is the very light of the sun. Christ has bidden us to attain to the perfection of our heavenly Father by imitating his indiscriminate bestowal of light.
[. . .] We have to be catholic, that is to say not bound by so much as a thread to any created thing, unless it be to creation in its totality. . . .We are living in times, which have no precedent, and in our present situation universality, which could formerly be implicit, has to be fully explicit. It has to permeate our language and the whole of our way of life. Today it is not nearly enough merely to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself also without precedent.
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The American premiere of "Engagement Féminin: An Evening of West African Contemporary Dance," created and performed by Art' Dév/Compagnie Auguste-Bienvenue; "Spectral Scriabin," a collaboration between pianist Eteri Andjaparidze and lighting designer Jennifer Tipton;"Neva" and an ensemble theater piece performed by Chile's Teatro en el Blanco will make up Yale's "No Boundaries" performing arts series.
The new piece by the West African contemporary dance company will play Nov. 3 to 5 at 8 p.m. at the Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel St. in New Haven.
"Spectral Scriabin" -- which features Andjaparidze playing music by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, runs Feb. 10 and 11, at 8 p.m. at the University Theatre, 222 York St.
Scriabin and Tipton explore the late Romantic composer's work through excerpts from his Poeme Languide in B Major and other works, including Feuillet d'Album in F-sharp Major, Opus Posthumous.
"Neva," written and directed by Guillermo Calderón, and performed by the Chilean company in Spanish with English supertitles, plays March 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. at the Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel St.
"Neva" tells the story of Anton Chekhov's widow, the actress Olga Knipper, who arrives at a rehearsal room in St. Petersburg in the winter of 1905. "As Olga and two other actors await the rest of the cast, they huddle together, act out scenes from their lives, and muse on their art form and love--while unseen striking workers are being gunned down in the streets by the Tsarist regime."
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Connor Cook threw for a career-high 277 yards and two touchdowns and Michigan State opened Big Ten play with a 26-14 win over Iowa on Saturday.
Darqueze Dennard had a pair of interceptions for the Spartans (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten), who held the Hawkeyes (4-2, 1-1) scoreless in the second half.
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Java 1.6 Wish List
Sun is the final stages of collecting requirements for the releases that will follow Tiger, which means the next 3 years. So here's your chance to tell Sun what you would like to see in J2SE versions 6 and 7. Once we gather all of the ideas, we can try to see if we can prioritize the list.
Please use email@example.com (so that we have one open list) to discuss your ideas.
PLEASE NOTE: In order for this information to have the most impact, Sun needs it by end of this week (October 29th). [The short time is not Sun's fault. They had asked earlier in the summer, but the ball got dropped. I just ran into the J2SE lead, who raised the issue again].
Prioritized List
- Continuation Support [Stefano, Stephen C, Alex K, James Strachan, Torsten Curdt]
- Async IO [Alex K, James Strachan, Noel]
- Significantly increased code sharing/reduced footprint [Noel]
- Limited Conditional Compilation [Noel]
- Access to Class from static context [Stephen C, Tim Vernum, Gary Gregory]
- Jar in jar [Henning S, Stephen C, Henri, Danny]
Improve existing libararies, API consistency and power, plus bug fix [Various people in different ways, sometime focussed on specific libraries, eg files] (Apache could probably help with this one)
Stefano Mazzocchi's Wishes
There are three thing that I would like to see:
- continuation support: the ability to freeze the state of a thread and resume it. Just implementing Thread.stop() that returns a Continuation object would be good enough. I don't care about making these continuations transportable across machines and I don't care if they don't work if JNI is in the mix.
- pluggable lifecycle handlers: java has a few underlying mechanisms that you can extend and modify (URL factories, classloading) but there is no way to implement a different way to handle object lifecycle in a more aspect-oriented way. It would make POJO-oriented COP a lot easier.
- allowing cascading URLHandlerFactories: you can have one and only one URLHandlerFactory in a given JVM, this is very bad, especially in a server-side environment. Just like classloaders, URLHandlerFactories should be allowed to be cascaded.
Philip Jacob's Wishes
Support for closures would be mighty useful.
Matthew Hawthorne's Wishes
1. Literals for creating Collections, Maps, and maybe even Beans (with keyword arguments). It's a bit scripty, but these types of things take way too many lines of code.
Collection c = {"c", "d", "e"};
Map m = {"key1"=1, "key2"=2};
Person p = new Person(name="Joe", id=345)
Henri Yandell's Wishes
- Multiple-object returns. Basically the ability to do: int a, b = foo(); with foo defined as public int,int foo() {... This has use both for returning error/notification codes, and also for algorithms which create more than one type of return value.
- Complex number support, both a java.math.Complex class, literal support and operator overloading.
- Where possible, new features should be released as jar upgrades to previous JDKs. The java.util.logging library should be available as a java-logging.jar that works in 1.2+ and regexps could have also been available (ignoring the String enhancements). Would make life nicer for OS-X and other non Sun supported JVM users too.
- Class modification. Seems tricky, especially for encapsulation, but adding methods to classes/objects would be very nice. For the java-regexp.jar mentioned in the previous wish, why couldn't the String-regexp methods be added in that jar, even when String is defined elsewhere.
- More pluggability of standards in the Sun JVM. While a JDK vendor can create a new JVM and put their own regexp implementation in, why can't a regexp-vendor (Jakarta ORO) plug their own regexp implementation into the Sun JVM. Same for Logging, same for Collections, same for URLs etc. Given that JDBC does this, and has been a roaring success, and J2EE tries to do the same thing, why not apply the idea at the lower level too?
- Add Map support to the Bean spec.
Matthew's literal-wish should in fact just be a Bean-creation wish; with arrays, collections, maps being supported as a part of a bean. Possibly use the => or -> style of syntax if a simple = is tricky.
- String.capitalise method. Or toCapitalise or toTitleCase or whatever name you want.
Multiple Exceptions in a catch block. ie) try { ... } catch(IOException, SQLException, RemoteException e) { .. }
Rich Feit's Wishes
Inheritance for annotations (e.g., public @interface foo extends bar). Not having this really hurts when you want to specialize an annotation, which happens all the time.
The ability to mark as const:
- methods (can't change member data)
- method arguments (on which you can't call non-const methods)
Stephen Colebourne's Wishes
JDK language enhancements should be added if the problem it solves is common, and there is no easy way to work around the issue (either by a basic or OSS solution). Thus aspects seems to be doing fine as OSS projects and don't need JDK support.
1. Continuations. From the descriptions I have read, these are a really valuable addition to the language, and are very difficult to simulate in other ways.
2. String implements Iterable. JDK1.5 added the new for constructs which handle List and Array equally. However, they do not handle Strings, which are essentially just Lists of chars. This request is not just for String to implement Iterable, but for the JDK to access the internal char array within the String during iteration. This would enable fast looping around each char of a String. for (char c : str)
3. Language level support for resizable arrays. I originally would have gone against this concept, but it actually has real merit in improving performance of libraries like Commons Collections if it maps down to native routines in modern machines.
4. const. Its really difficult to work around, we use a naming convention at my company and thats a poor substitute. I want to declare a variable as const and then not be able to alter any field within that object or other object in that object graph.
Library changes should focus on improving what already exists. Adding whole reams of new libraries is A Bad Idea - OSS does it better.
1. Add array constructors to maps and collections.
2. Review Commons IO, Commons Lang, Commons Collections, Commons Codec, etc for methods that should be in the JDK. For example, IOUtils.closeQuietly(InputStream), a very useful method in finally clauses (in fact all the IOUtils and FileUtils methods to read and write a file/stream in one go).
3. Write the JavaBean specification version 2. JavaBeans are now ubiquitous, but the base specification has never been updated and says nothing about Collections or Maps, key elements of all modern systems. The specification desparately needs updating.
4. Generally unifying the access to various APIs to use the collections API, providing access via iterator, not enumeration, List not Vector.
Stephen Colebourne comments & votes
- +1 to the jar in jar
- +1 to accessing Class object from a static context
- +1 to better File access in general
- +1 to auditing only security setting
- -1 to comma-delimited list of Throwables in catch blocks (useful, but complexity outweighs advantage)
- -1 to conditional compilation (would be abused)
-0 to closures, but the JDK should have a class which holds a Method and an ObjectToInvoke
Alex Karasulu's Wishes
- Continuations support
- NIO and SSL working nicely together
A selectable FileChannel where you can register for changes to files 3a. Better File support in general
- 1:1 mapping of LDAP constants to JNDI exceptions in SUN LDAP JNDI Provider
- Asynchronous IO
- Revamped security model in J2SE that unifies across J2EE security as well
- +1 to the jar in jar
- +1 to auditing only security setting
- +1 to comma-delimited list of Throwables in catch blocks
+1 java compilation API: being able to compile without going throuh the commandline or some undocumented API like janino http://www.janino.net/changelog.html
Paco Nathan's Wishes
1. Expect-like features on control structures for handling streams, e.g., timeout, regex, in addition to testing eof. Each of these can be performed, but the coordination is clumsy.
2. XQuery support added to the javax.xml package. Given the XSL support already, this should not be too far off.
3. RSS parsing/aggregating/generating in I/O streams.
Tim Vernum's Wishes
1. Ability to determine the current class in a static context. Mostly useful with logging frameworks where instead of doing
public static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger( MyClass.class );
you can do
- public static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger( this.class );
This would basically be a compiler change to have this.class resolve to the currently class currently being compiled.
2. Something approximating closures. Anonymous inner classes (in their current syntax) just don't cut it.
Danny Angus' Wishes
1/ Ok don't flame me... "Method pointers"
I *know* it is possible to accomplish all the delegation one might want by using polymorphism, but this often leads to unncessary screeds of boiler-plate, so I still I believe there is a case for some kind of streamlining of delegation by allowing it to be achieved on a method level rather than at a class level.
For instance it might make sense for a Class to provide several sort methods, polymorphism would require this class to implement a different interface for each one, function pointers could be used instead to have a method take a parameter and return a refrence to the appropriate method thereby correctly (IMHO) encapsulating the decision/conditions within the class and not exposing it externally.
2/ Jar versioning
Lets see a JVM which has the capability to accept simultaneous registration of multiple versions of a package and resolve them to satisfy dependence with an appropriate version, and without breaking the classloader model we've grown to love (or perhaps merely accept!). The version resolution could be, by default the most recent, where specified to the classloader by "specification version" the most recent implementation of the spec by "implementation version" a specific version.
Manifests could specify inter-package dependance declaratively.
This would surely be a huge boon to integration.
(Oh and a big +1 to Henning's "jar-in-jar" below.)
Henning Schmiedehausen's Wishes
1/ Pretty simple thing: Allow the Class loader to load jars from jars. Currently, when repacking applications, people unpack a jar, then repack all the classes into a single, huge jar. Allow application to put an existing jar into a jar to get the java -jar <jar name>.jar run feature without having to repack all the classes.
2/ How about simpler getter/setter syntax a la C#? Like
private property String foo = null;
automatically creates
public void setFoo(String foo) { this.foo = foo }; public String getFoo() { return this.foo; };
would reduce lots of clutter.
Henri Yandell comment
+1 to the jar in jar. The property syntax would also need things like:
- property String foo;
- indexed property String foo;
- keyed property (String,Object) foo;
The private is unnecessary I think. It would always be a private member and public methods. The above would need to work with the proposed literals, and the (String,Object) is another use of my suggested multiple-typed returns. Basically a tuple way to specify types.
James Strachan's Wishes
In order of priority, most important first
- continuations. See above for what they are and why we need them.
- AIO support. AsyncIO done properly and fast being able to take advantage of zero copy network transfer of data from network card to network card or file to network without having to copy into memory first.
- closures. Its quite easy to add to the Java language. C# has delegates which are about the same thing. Very very useful. Then add delegates support to Java 2 collections and JDBC
- jarpath - like classpath but being able to specify a directory where jars are found (maybe recursively) rather than having to individually name each jar
Torsten Curdt's Wishes
- native continuations support. see above
- pluggable lifecyle handling. see above
- literals for creating collections. see above
- extend try/catch/finally so in finally you know whether there was an exception before or not
- pluggable code transformation on javac: being able to modify the AST before it is actually going to be compiled
- java compilation API: being able to compile without going throuh the commandline or some undocumented API
- full jvm serialization. full stop and resume of the jvm
Noel J. Bergman's Wishes
- Simple conditional compilation. Not full macro, just #if[def] type functionality, with values defined by -D or implicitly by the compiler.
- Increased sharing of code/reduced footprint. If I am running many Java apps, all code in common should be shared.
- Ability to run application with security enabled for AUDITING ONLY, so that we can find out what permissions would have been necessary. This would make authoriing security policies easier and encourage users to start using security, rather than running with it disabled.
Gary D. Gregory's Wishes
- What Smalltalk calls "class instance variables".
- +1 to comma-delimited list of Throwables in catch blocks.
- +1 to accessing Class object from a static context
Tim O'Brien's Wishes
- +1 to Henri and Henning's property syntax. getter/setter methods add unimaginable clutter.


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Create a backyard rain garden and help the region's bays
11:45 a.m., May 24, 2011--Want to do your part to help local rivers and bays? Create a backyard rain garden.
It's fairly easy to build your own rain garden and it can pay big dividends for nearby watersheds.
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Stormwater runoff is one of the leading sources of pollution in waterways, according to Valann Budischak, a horticultural associate with University of Delaware Cooperative Extension. But rain gardens can be a great way to manage stormwater. Rain gardens are shallow depressions, planted with perennials and woody plants, which collect water from roofs, driveways, other impervious surfaces and turf grass (which, like a driveway, is lousy at absorbing water).
Rain gardens slow down and reduce runoff and thus help prevent flooding and erosion. In addition, the garden's soil and plants filter pollutants in rainwater.
"Rain Gardens for the Bays" was launched last year to encourage homeowners to build rain gardens to improve water quality in the Delaware Bay, Delaware's inland bays and Maryland's coastal bays. Partners in the project include UD Cooperative Extension, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), the Center for the Inland Bays, Delaware Nature Society and other agencies.
In addition to doing good, rain gardens look good. "Rain gardens are an attractive way to reduce impact on the environment," says Budischak. "And you don't need a huge property to have a rain garden."
She has seen successful rain gardens as small as 10 feet by 15 feet. On the other end of the spectrum, rain gardens on UD's Newark campus range from less than 1,000 square feet to more than 3,000. In addition, a large rain garden was installed on the Lewes campus last year, says Tom Taylor, UD's landscape engineer.
Rain gardens were at UD long before the term "rain garden" was coined, says Taylor. He spearheaded the installation of a rain garden – at the time called a bio-retention basin – at the Dickinson residence complex in the early 1990s.
UD's rain gardens have always had an environmental function but now the gardens serve an educational role, too. "The key is signage," notes Taylor. "It's important to have signs at the rain gardens so that people know what they're looking at and understand how they can do something similar at home."
Taylor added plantings to a bio-swale at his Lewes home and used the campus gardens for inspiration. Plants on the exterior of a rain garden must tolerate both dry and wet conditions while plants inside the garden need to handle very wet conditions. (A rain garden's interior is designed to hold water for up to 48 hours.)
On the edges of a rain garden, Taylor likes native ornamental grasses, asters, goldenrod, blueberry bushes and red-twig dogwood. For the interior, he frequently chooses clethra, cardinal flower, iris, button bush and winterberry. Other options that Budischak suggests are turtlehead, Joe-Pye weed, dwarf fothergilla, sweetbay magnolia and river birch.
Living in Sussex County, Taylor doesn't have to contend with the single biggest obstacle to a successful rain garden – heavy clay soil. That's a problem most New Castle County residents must overcome because clay soil inhibits water infiltration.
Taylor recommends replacing a foot and a half of heavy clay soil with a rain garden soil mix to improve drainage.
Other considerations in building a rain garden are size and location. Although it would seem logical to install a rain garden in a low area that doesn't drain well, this is a poor choice because it won't support plant growth. The ideal place for a rain garden, says Budischak, is gently sloping ground where stormwater drains off grass or impervious surfaces.
Garden size depends on the size of the area from which you are capturing runoff, soil type and depth of the garden. Many homeowners seek professional advice about the garden's size and soil requirements before tackling installation and planting. UD Botanic Garden intern Rebecca Pineo created a how-to guide to rain gardens, which can be found online.
For more information about the Rain Gardens for the Bay program, go to the website.
Article by Margo McDonough
Photo by Danielle Quigley


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Promotional products are used every day, often several times a day. They are looked at, written with, put on and involved in a whole list of other basic activities that allow for multiple direct or subliminal impressions of the imprinted ad messages.
By taking the general cost of a product (exact cost can vary because of quantity, intricacy of imprint and number of colours in imprint, and possibly other specifications) and dividing it by the number of exposures the imprint receives, you can get a general idea of your cost per impression (CPI). Here's some examples:
The recipient of a 50-sheet notepad will have a minimum of 50 exposures to the message, which is imprinted on each sheet. If any of the notes are passed on, or kept, the number of exposures can double and triple. The CPI for a $2 notepad works out to be .04 cents per sheet for 50 impressions.
The message on a coffee mug will be seen as often as 10 times a day. For a $2.50 mug, the CPI works out to be less than three-tenths of 1 cent throughout the one- to two-year life span of a mug.
People will look at their watch an average of twice an hour. If there are 16 waking hours in a day, they'll look at their watch - and, therefore, have an impression of any message on the watch face - 32 times. For a basic $24 watch, the CPI for one day is .74 cents. With a three-year warranty, the number of impressions would be 35,040, which makes the CPI .0006 cents.
The recipient of a calendar will be exposed to the message on it two to three times per day at home and five to six times per day at the office. Working with the figure of three times daily (365 days per year), there would be 1,095 impressions. Dividing this figure into a $3 calendar brings the CPI to .002 cents.
During one hour of a game of rummy or bridge, the players will be exposed to the message printed on the cards more than 500 times. At the cost of $3 per deck, the CPI for playing cards works out to be .006 cents each hour.


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25 Years Ago: Neil Young's 'This Note's for You' Album Released
Neil Young was already having a pretty lousy decade when 'This Note's for You' was released on April 11, 1988. It didn't start out that awful, with the folksy 'Hawks & Doves' and the Crazy Horse album 'Re-ac-tor' in 1980 and 1981, respectively.
But things quickly took a turn for the worst, first with the robot record 'Trans,' followed by the rockabilly goof 'Everybody's Rockin',' the boring country record 'Old Ways,' the going-through-the-motions 'Landing on Water' and the going-through-the-motions-with-Crazy-Horse 'Life.' Then came 'This Note's for You.'
Falling somewhere between a big-band record and a soul album, Young's 17th album, credited to Neil Young & the Bluenotes, employs a horn section that sounds more like a scrappy bar band than a tightly formed unit. Curiously enough, they miss many notes on the record, leaving many fans to wonder if the LP was a tribute or satire. It could go both ways.
In songs like 'Ten Men Workin'' and the title track, which spawned a hit video that won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year, Young and his group roll through the music with casual authenticity that occasionally doubles back for a wink or two. Most other times, they merely tear through the songs with little regard for its surroundings or history.
Like most Young albums from the period, 'This Note's for You' tanked, making it to No. 61 before quickly disappearing. The title tune received some airplay, mostly because of the success of the video, which parodied '80s pop stars and commercial product placement. Young eventually had to change the Bluenotes moniker after '70s R&B star Harold Melvin, who led a band called the Blue Notes, sued; the record was reissued without their name. Not that it mattered much, because few people heard or bought the album. Young finally rebounded from the '80s the next year, releasing 'Freedom' and sparking his most creative era since the late '70s. 'This Note's for You' put an end to this dubious genre records phase once and for all.
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Who says vinyl is dead? The LP has re-emerged as the music format of choice among hipsters and audiophiles, with sales soaring by nearly 18% to 4.6 million albums in 2012, according to Nielsen Soundscan. (Just two decades ago, sales were down to 300,000.) But before you join the bandwagon — April 20 is National Record Store Day, after all — you'll need a turntable. Continuum, an Australian audio brand, suggests its $160,000 Caliburn model — a record player that it bills as "something beyond the state-of-the-art." In layman's terms, that means everything about the turntable is designed with stability in mind — the fewer vibrations, the better the sound. The stand, for instance, is "precision-machined in aircraft-grade aluminum" and incorporates a "floating platform." Its oddly shaped tonearm promises "infinite stiffness with lowest mass." And its "platter" — that's where the LP sits — is 80 pounds, and driven by a specially built motor that makes use of the same technology employed by the U.S. military "for select advanced motion-control systems."
But if you plan to purchase the Caliburn, you should be prepared to wait. The turntable is essentially a made-to-order product — delivery takes up to 10 months and orders require a 50% deposit. But that doesn't deter the deep-pocketed music geeks who line up for it. In fact, Atlanta-based Stereolab, the high-end audio retailer that's Continuum's U.S. distributor, says buyers often go the full route and purchase an additional tonearm — for $18,000 — to play older mono LPs.
The reality:
While turntables are something of a specialty item, they don't have to be pricey. Basic ones can be found for under $100. Of course, if you want quality, you'll pay more, audio experts say. But "more" tends to mean turntables for $300-$1,500, not $160,000.
What to look for? Unless you're a professional DJ who requires a direct-drive turntable that can be easily manipulated, experts suggest going with the standard belt-driven model. (Indeed, the Caliburn is belt-driven.) It also helps to have a solid tonearm "made from one piece of lightweight steel," says Patrick Belton, a Los Angeles-based DJ and music supervisor. (Avoid "cheap plastic parts" at all costs, he adds.) And it's all the better if the tonearm is adjustable, meaning you can decide how much weight you want applied to the record (vinyl in good shape needs less pressure).
Oh, and while it might be tempting to buy a turntable that has a USB connection so you convert your LPs to a digital format, most experts suggest otherwise. Such turntables "usually have low-quality components" and "crappy tonearms," says Pete Lyman, a Los Angeles audio engineer.
As for that $160,000 Continuum Caliburn turntable, even Chris Sommovigo, the owner of Stereolab, the U.S. distributor of the Australian product, suspects that it might be more than most audiophiles can afford. He carries a "cheaper" alternative — a $15,000 model from Klimo, an Italian audio-equipment manufacturer — but he also suggests that those without deep pockets consider the American brand VPI, whose turntables start at around $1,400. Still, Sommovigo says the experience of listening to music on the Continuum Caliburn can't be compared to anything else. It's like "chewing a piece of grape-flavored gum and then having a fresh grape" by way of comparison, he says. "There's no other way to explain it."
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By: Marc Livitz: Deontay "Bronze Bomber" Wilder maintained his perfect and highly impressive record of twenty four victories (all by knockout) this evening with a savage first round TKO win over Kertson Manswell at the Civic Center Exposition Hall in Mobile, Alabama. Wilder (Tuscaloosa, AL.), a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics put on a crushing display of power and speed in front of a lively crowd in his home state. Manswell, a native of the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago began his career with a 20-0 record, but has since lost five of his last seven bouts, most recently by third round TKO to Alexander Ustinov. He had also accepted the challenge to fight Wilder with about ten days notice.
The undefeated 6'7" heavyweight began the fight with a tough and rugged left jab which he consistently threw from shoulder height. About seventy five seconds elapsed until Wilder followed his left jab with a thunderous overhand right, which he actually threw in a downward motion to catch the slumping Manswell. He fell backward and Deontay connected with a three punch combination to the jaw to score the first knockdown of the fight. He beat the count and was allowed to continue.
Left jab became left hook shortly thereafter and down went Manswell once more. The Trinidad native protested the knockdown and in all fairness, the hook was more of a shove to the head than a solid punch, but the referee began his count nonetheless. As before, he rose to his feet yet he still charged face first into Wilder's assault. With just under a minute to go in the opening round, Deontay dropped Kertson again with another barrage of head shots. Referee Keith Hughes didn't start any sort of count this time. Deontay Wilder improved to 25(25)-0 with the first round TKO. Manswell has now lost six of eight on the trot and fell to 22(17)-6(3).
"Velez KO's Brea"
Undefeated featherweight prospect Jayson Velez continued his unbeaten streak with a resounding knockout victory over Leivi Brea of Miami (by way of the Dominican Republic) in tonight's co-main event. In the righty (Velez) versus southpaw matchup, each fighter began the bout with their own respective amount of patience. A sizable distance was maintained for the opening three minutes. Although the same pattern of steady jabs was present in round two, it was the 24 year old Velez who was slowly able to creep closer to his opponent. The third round saw what would often be the fight's M.O. slowly materialize. Puerto Rican Velez remained active and outworked his fellow boxer, yet it would be Brea who landed the heavier blows.
Leivi's desire to perhaps end the fight on the end of one solid punch was the main reason that his face was visibly reddened from the fourth onward. Jayson was landing the smarter shots. There was more of close quarter fighting between the two, but Velez was smart enough not to let this become his style of boxing. Brea was doing less and less in the fifth and sixth rounds. Velez had successfully learned the tendencies of his opponent and quickly turned the tables on him. Worst of all may have been the fact that Brea had begun to drop his hands. Just a tad ways past the midpoint of round six, Velez took advantage of this, as he jabbed Brea into the ropes and proceeded to land a perfectly timed left hook to the base of his chin.
Brea fell to his knees and then rolled over onto his back. Although he managed to sit up, he was counted out with the full ten by referee Jeff Dodson. Jayson Velez earned his nineteenth victory this evening. Brea fell to (19(10)-10(7)-3).
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During Attican Traverse: Krogan Team, you'll find a dead krogan clutching a letter for his love.
A dying krogan has asked that his final message be delivered to an asari merchant named Ereba. Find her in the Citadel and deliver the krogan's message.Note:In ME2 during your visit on Illium you can overhear a conversation between the Krogan expressing his love for the very same Asari.Its also a side mission to encourage her to seek a relationship with him.
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While you won't get the mission details immediately upon receiving this letter, you will be able to find Ereba at Meridian Place in the Presidium Commons of the Citadel, after Priority: Sur'Kesh. Give her the letter to complete the quest.


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EU Prepares to Step Up Google Investigations
Antitrust Regulators May Revisit a Proposed Settlement Over Search-Engine Practices
BRUSSELS—European Union antitrust regulators are preparing to step up their investigations into Google Inc. on several fronts, including revisiting a proposed settlement over its search-engine practices that has met with unprecedented opposition.
The European Commission is likely to revise some terms of a settlement announced in February, aimed at dealing with concerns that the company abuses its dominance of online searches in Europe, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. That means a final decision on the...


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The former Liverpool man was brought in to replace Roberto Di Matteo last month and has received a frosty reception since, with fans still cheering the Italian's name during matches.
|Chelsea are 13/2 to beat Corinithians 2-0 with bet365
"When I decided to come, I knew I was signing a contract for six or seven months so I was not thinking about more after these seven months."
The 52-year-old hopes that he can bring success to Stamford Bridge, and believes the Blues' fans will regret their initial displeasure at his appointment.
"I understand the feelings of the fans because of the rivalry between both clubs [Liverpool and Chelsea]," he said.
"After the improvement of the team, the way I will play [and] the style I will have, I think a lot of fans will say: 'Maybe we were too hard and we have to give him the chance to bring the confidence back to the team and the fans'."


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ARLINGTON, Texas – Five people were injured by falling ice at Cowboys Stadium after another blast of winter slammed North Texas on Friday, a Super Bowl official said.
Arnie Valdez with the Super Bowl safety committee said one person was critically injured and taken to a hospital. He did not immediately have details about the others and could not say why those injured were at the stadium.
"The ice and snow melting off of the Cowboys Stadium roof has caused several sliding snow falls onto the plaza," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said. He said most stadium entrances had been closed Friday afternoon.
The National Weather Service had issued a winter storm warning Friday for Arlington, home of the $1.3 billion Cowboys Stadium where the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers will play this weekend for the NFL title.
Forecasters expect a mostly sunny Super Bowl Sunday with highs in the 40s, and organizers said last week that the stadium's retractable roof will be closed.
The latest punch of unusual cold and snow hit a city still struggling to recover from Tuesday's ice storm, part of a massive system that paralyzed a large swath of the country with blizzards, thundersnow and bone-chilling temperatures this week.


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BMW M4 Knock Sensor Replacement Cost
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What is a knock sensor?
A protective device, the engine knock sensor alerts the driver that knocking has been detected inside the engine.
How does the knock sensor work?
Every time a vibration is sensed by the engine knock sensor, it sends a signal to the computer, reporting how large of a vibration was present. The engine computer is programmed to expect a specified range of signals from the engine knock sensor. This range allows the knock sensor enough precision to pick up the smallest vibrations, without triggering an erroneous warning. Most information from the knock sensor will be bumps in the road or closing the vehicle's door. However, when a vibration is large enough, the knock sensor signal will trigger the computer to alert the driver. This is a protective measure installed on engines to prevent complete engine failure when a detected harmful event occurs.
What are the symptoms related to a bad knock sensor?
When the knock sensor sends a warning signal to the vehicle's computer, the computer in most modern vehicles will simultaneously reduce power output, send a warning message to stop the engine immediately, and the illuminate the check engine light. On-board diagnostics (OBD) trouble codes will be stored, and will reference the engine knock sensor. When turned off, some vehicles will not restart until the knock sensor OBD code is cleared, and may shut off immediately if the code recurs after reset.
Can I drive with a knock sensor problem?
When the knock sensor sends a warning signal to the computer, it is always treated as if there is an internal engine failure. The vehicle should not be started or driven unless the knock sensor is diagnosed as faulty. If there is an internal failure occurring, starting the vehicle can exacerbate that failure.
How often do knock sensors need to be replaced?
Specific vehicles have earned reputation for knock sensor failure, but that hardly speaks for all engines. The knock sensor is tough enough to last an average of over 150,000 miles mounted onto the engine.
How are knock sensor issues diagnosed?
The check engine light and knock sensor related OBD codes will immediately send a technician to test the knock sensor and knock sensor circuit. The technician will first conduct a visual inspection of the sensor and associated wiring, and note any observed issues. If the knock sensor wiring harness and electrical connectors are working properly, the technician will test the knock sensor. Once the technician suspects the knock sensor, they may decide that removal for further bench testing is warranted, or the diagnosis has been confirmed. After the round of testing is complete, any failed component must be replaced, and the vehicle will be tested to ensure the customer complaint does not return.
Knock Sensor Replacement Cost Estimates
The average cost for a Knock Sensor Replacement is between $944 and $1159 but can vary from car to car.
How is a knock sensor replaced?
If the knock sensor is faulty, the technician will unscrew the sensor, and install the new sensor. There is normally only one electrical connector per knock sensor, and there may be another knock sensor on the engine. If the oil must be drained to change the knock sensor, the oil filter may be recommended to be changed as well.
RepairPal Recommendations for knock sensor issues
We always recommend contacting the dealership parts department for revised part numbers. There may be a new part number for the engine knock sensor, which can be a redesigned part that fixes known flaws. Aftermarket sensors may not have these updates,
What to look out for when dealing with knock sensor issues
Some vehicles are well known for knock sensor issues, but knock sensors on those vehicles should still be tested before replacement, or vehicle operation. There are many types, grades and certifications for engine oils. Before adding oil to the engine, the required oil specifications must be known. Consulting the owner's manual for your vehicle is the best way to ensure you have the correct type, grade and certifications. If improper oil is added, contact one of your local certified shops to discuss the situation. Depending on the amount added, it may be safe to operate as normal, or unsafe to start and run.
Can I replace the knock sensor myself?
Most people can replace a knock sensor, and very few basic tools are needed, but diagnostics, on the other hand, may be a different story. It is vital that the sensor is diagnosed correctly. If the sensor is erroneously blamed for the fault, the component causing the knocking may be further damaged when the engine is restarted. If diagnosing the switch proves difficult or impossible, the best idea is to contact a professional.
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40 Years Ago, Jan. 17, 1973
'It's Academic'
On Nov. 15, Grand Island High School students auditioned for a spot on Grand Island's team for competition in the "It's Academic" series sponsored by WBEN-TV. The six students ... with Dorea Homes were selected from the hopeful group and began their training sessions. The students, themselves, decided upon the first team and alternates.
... The group is included in the senior class's top students, also being Regents scholarship winners and members of the National Honor Society of the high school.
This is Mrs. Holmes' third year as team coach. She is an instructor in the social studies department, teaching the 11th grade curriculum and a 12th grade elective.
30 Years Ago, Jan. 7, 1983
Town appeals for safer intersection
Guardrails may provide safety in some instances, but those constructed on the southeast corner of Whitehaven and West River Service roads are of little use in preventing accidents, which are becoming almost a way of life for residents in that area. This was the opinion expressed Monday at the Town Board meeting.
Calling attention to the numerous complaints from nearby property owners concerning the unsafe condition at the intersection, a resolution, presented by Councilman Samuel D. Long, also notes that on March 15 the state Department of Transportation had been requested to investigate "this unsafe condition."
It also points out that during previous discussion with DOT, there was indication the department would realign the hazardous section of road.
"A single guardrail certainly is not the answer, which has existed ever since the West River Service Road was reconstructed and the Whitehaven entrance changed to its present condition," Dr. Long contended.
The resolution approved by a 5-0 vote Monday, formally requests the Niagara Frontier Parks and Recreation Commission in conjunction with DOT to "once again investigate this situation to see if improvements can be made for the safety of all concerned." ...
20 Years Ago, Jan. 15, 1993
Island firemen play vital part in search
Grand Island volunteer firemen were among the first called to help search Monday for a downed helicopter and its occupants.
An alarm, via the fire company's dispatcher's office, summoned all available firefighters to report for duty.
Deputy Chief Steve Morgan, who directed the operation, said volunteers, with only the information that the helicopter may have crashed in the town, began their four-hour search in various directions.
"Then with help from Niagara Mohawk, we were able to pinpoint it somewhere near Staley and East River roads," he said.
It was near here that the helicopter and the bodies of its two occupants were finally located by scuba divers in the river about 9:30 Tuesday morning, 16 hours after an eyewitness first reported seeing a flash near the south bridge.
Victims of the tragedy were WGR traffic reporter Mike Roszman, 48, of Angola and Army Lt. Col. Herm Kuhn, 59, of Youngstown.
10 Years Ago, Jan. 10, 2003
VFW, 'Baby Joe' Mesi host a 'knock-out' chili cook-off for charity
The Grand Island VFW Ladies Auxiliary held its annual chili cook-off for charity this past Saturday, with all proceeds going to the "Baby Joe Mesi Fight for Organ Donations." With over 25 gift baskets donated for the event's silent auction, and over 20 chili entries, this years event was expected to be so heavily attended it was held at the Knights of Columbus hall on Whitehaven Road.
What a wise decision that turned out to be. With "Baby Joe" Mesi on hand, the crowds turned out in record numbers. In fact it was standing room only as the judging took place. ...


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Raising sufficient working capital is an essential pre-requisite for any business start-up. Though the market offers a host of financing options, choosing the right one among the lot can be confusing for an entrepreneur having limited understanding in this regard. The mode of financing is an important element that determines the success of the organization and thus an exhaustive understanding of the available funding options is almost mandatory.
A business, depending on its scale of operation, can be funded through a number of sources. Capital can be raised by borrowing money from friends and relatives, making use of personal savings or seeking loans from banks and credit unions. Firms that had been in the business for a while can seek help from venture capital firms, which extend financial help in exchange of partial ownership of the borrower's business. However, among the various options available, the ideal funding strategy of a start up business should comprise of a mix of accumulated personal savings and money borrowed from external sources like banks and financial institutions.
The best way to seek financial help from external sources is to opt for loans. Loans are available in two forms – secured and unsecured. Secured loans are lent in exchange of a collateral, which is liable to be seized by the lending authority if the borrower fails to repay the loan amount. Unsecured loans do not need a collateral, but the rate of interest charged is much higher than that of the secured loans. Nevertheless, getting a loan has never been easy for a budding entrepreneur. Banks and financial institutions have stringent qualifying parameters. Operational and successful businesses might qualify for such loans but for a new venture, it could be an uphill task to get the loan amount sanctioned. Other factors like a bad credit record, or insufficient collateral further dents the possibility of getting the loan. Even though the loan amount gets sanctioned, the borrower still has to bear the burden of fixed monthly repayments.
A better way of seeking external financial help is to opt for business cash advance. The qualifying parameters for getting a cash advance are not as stringent as in the case of other forms of loans. A business cash advance neither needs a collateral or security nor does it require the borrower to necessarily have a good credit record. To get a cash advance, the borrower's business should accept credit cards as the mode of payment. The amount is repaid through future credit card receivables of the borrower.
Every business needs proper capital backup to prosper. A business cash advance in combination with the accumulated personal savings not only ensures adequate capital flow into the business but also relieves the borrower from the burden of monthly repayments. As the repayment is directly linked to sales, people seeking a cash advance do not have to be bothered about it. Once the business has been adequately financed, prosperity is certainly going to be near at hand.


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The new Access Mid-Arbor fly fishing reels take the mid-arbor concept to a new level of performance and do it at a price that makes it accessible to everyone. Starting at just $145, the Access Reel Series offers a full-range of performance features from machined 6061 aircraft aluminum to a totally sealed carbon and stainless-steel drag surface. From the diminutive I to the big-game V, the Access offers the angler the benefits of large arbor; faster retrieve, less coiling, but at a diameter size that isn't quite as overwhelming as some large arbors. With a new larger handle, positive click drag adjustment, and three bold colors, the Access fly fishing reels are the best dollar for dollar reel value in the industry. Imported.
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- Available in sizes I-V
- All models have a 2 carbon fiber, stainless steel washer drag system
- Positive drag click system
- Available in New Gold, Black, Titanium
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Titzrath, who is currently a member of the Managing Board at EvoBus GmbH, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, will succeed Board Member for Personnel and Labor Director, Walter Scheurle, in 2012. After twelve successful years in this position Walter Scheurle will be...
Red Bull driver Webber won the award with one race of the season still remaining, at the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. His best time of 1:42.612, set with just 4 laps remaining in the race, allowed him to establish an unassailable lead...
As a leading global logistics provider DHL will offer the winning candidate the opportunity to present their vision and to directly discuss practical solutions with top heads of industry and experts at the DHL Innovation Day 2012.
The second DHL/BCC Trade Confidence Index, a new measure of the UK's exporting health, reveals that while growth among UK exporters continues, it has slowed during the last quarter.
The study indicates that globalization is still not as advanced as most people believe and that continued economic integration could spur global gross domestic product gains of five percent or more.
Compared with the previous year, Group revenues increased by 2.5 percent to EUR 13.1 billion between July and September.
After an initial training at Makassar and Palu airports in 2009, this year's training takes place at the Ngurah Raih airport Denpasar, Bali and El Tari in Kupang, West Timor.
The world's leading logistics provider Deutsche Post DHL today announced steps to further strengthen its customer-oriented business model. The company will focus cross-divisional DHL customer management for the company's top customers and innovation activities...
With its Innovation Campus, a new-build project located adjacent to the DHL Innovation Center, DSI is promoting the opportunity to engage in research with its external innovation partners and subsidiaries under one roof and to develop a number of further innovative...
DHL, the world's leading international logistics company, is the first logistics provider worldwide to start an Open Innovation competition on City Logistics. Open Innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use ideas gathered from a variety...
Each year the international indices rank companies on their sustainability efforts and results based on stringent criteria. They form an important basis upon which sustainability-minded investors can make decisions.
Deutsche Post and StreetScooter GmbH, together with prominent partners from research and industry, are developing a pioneering design for an electric car to be used for mail and parcel delivery. Prominent institutes of the RWTH Aachen University will also continue...
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG in its meeting today appointed Lawrence A. Rosen, Chief Financial Officer of the world's leading postal and logistics group, to the Corporate Board of Management for another five years starting September 1, 2012.
Following the success of past years in which mainly employees in the Asia Pacific region helped to support local community projects, the Group is now rolling out the volunteer initiative on a global scale. Activities will focus on the period September 1-10,...
The jury of experts selected the application, launched in May of this year, from among numerous entries. They were especially impressed by the originality, emotionality and conciseness of the Social Memories application.
Bengaluru pilot adapts successful innovations from the corporate unit DHL Solutions & Innovations to improve service quality, cut costs, reduce time and CO2 emissions in emerging market conditions.
During the second quarter of 2011, Deutsche Post DHL, the world's leading postal and logistics group, continued the strong performance it showed in the first three months of the year and remained firmly on its growth path. Group revenues climbed 0.3 percent...
The move means that Crossgate AG will link more than 40,000 companies worldwide and includes companies such as Audi, BMW, BASF and Continental. The Business-Ready Network enables complete integration between business partners, customers and suppliers who want...
DieRedaktion, Deutsche Post's journalists' platform, and Spredder as a major player in this new market will in future to pool their expertise for the benefit of all journalists.
Tag will continue to operate under its own brand and will become a standalone business division of Williams Lea, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL, the world's leading postal and logistics group. Tag is the largest independent agency of its kind worldwide and...
Under the terms of the agreement, BT will support the DHL Solutions & Innovations (DSI) unit, which is responsible for all the Group's research projects and innovations, to foster innovations and develop new logistic service offerings and technical solutions....
Under the terms of the agreement, BT will support the DHL Solutions & Innovations (DSI) unit, which is responsible for all the Group's research projects and innovations, to foster innovations and develop new logistic service offerings and technical solutions....
Deutsche Post DHL is the first and still the only logistics company in Germany to offer private customers an eco-friendly way to deliver their parcel items. "This way everyone can do their part to protect the climate and take on their social responsibility....
ver 100,000 ticket buyers receive their tickets by mail using Deutsche Post's environmentally friendly GOGREEN service. As the official mail partner of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011, Deutsche Post delivers tickets both within Germany and internationally.
Deutsche Post DHL will conduct its "Get Airports Ready for Disaster" (GARD) training at the Dhaka and Chittagong airports in Bangladesh in June, preparing both airports and personnel for the post-disaster logistics situation.
At today's Annual General Meeting Frank Appel, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post DHL, confirmed the Group's targets for 2011 as well as the company's mid-range guidance.
Shareholders with a majority of 99.98% of the company's share capital present at the AGM resolved, among other issues, to pay a dividend of €0.65 per share. This reflects an increase of €0.05 over the previous year's level. As in past years, the dividend will...
This was published today in the company's Corporate Responsibility Report 2010. According to the report the company improved its CO2 efficiency by 12 points since 2007 on the basis of an initial value of 100.
Compared with the previous year's results, Group revenues increased by 6.9 percent to EUR 12.8 billion during the first three months of 2011. This positive performance was driven by the strong growth generated in all three DHL divisions.
The Group will review the complaint and then comment on the finding, as it has done in the past. The Commission announced today that a new aspect was being added to the state-aid inquiry initiated years ago against the Federal Republic of Germany.
The fourth round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship™, which signals the return from the "flyaway" races and the beginning of the European races is now referred to as "2011 FORMULA 1 DHL TURKISH GRAND PRIX".
Following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, DHL, the world's leading logistics company, has embarked on a relief initiative to support the Government of Japan by providing pro-bono domestic delivery of relief supplies in affected areas within Japan.
The partnership includes packaging, transportation, customs clearance, insurance and on time delivery of 133 unique single and pair shoes. The exhibits, which are created between 1973 and 2010 include Westwood's 1996 Toile Print Boot, the 1999 Sahara Plimsoll...
As part of the "E-mobility in commuter traffic" pilot project, the vehicles will transport letters and small packages in the Rhine-Ruhr area until the end of 2011. By using these electric vehicles, Deutsche Post DHL and the car maker Renault are trialing the...
Frank Appel, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post DHL, announced the company's initiative in New York City as he presented the inaugural vehicles in the 80-vehicle fleet. By September 2011, DHL Express will operate 30 American-made, battery-powered electric...
"The 2011 Formula 1™ season starts its engines in Melbourne this weekend and we are proud to be the Official Logistics Partner of Formula 1™, ensuring that the organization and teams have everything in place when they need it," says Ken Allen, CEO of DHL Express....
Crook, 54, previously was in charge of the business unit DHL Express Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Crook replaces Hermann Ude.
The award has been presented since 2005 by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. It was given to Deutsche Post DHL in recognition of DHL's extensive presence and success in Asia. The jury said it based its decision in particular on the company's high level of...
The event will focus on a dialog with representatives from different areas of society on such issues as corporate responsibility in the 21st century, the changing demands of the world of work on employers and employees and the expectations of investors for sustainable...
DHL, the world's leading logistics company, will once again be in charge of the safe and smooth transportation of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra's more than 100 musical instruments during the orchestra's concert tours to Asia and across Europe in 2011. The...
The "Deutsche Post DHL Privacy Policy", drafted by the company, has been approved by Germany's Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information. The approval allows Deutsche Post DHL to transmit personal data internationally in accordance...
Fashion Week is organized by IMG, the largest promoter of fashion events in the world that also represents many of the industry's top organizations and federations. For the fourth consecutive year, DHL provides logistics services to a total of now 23 global...
The aircraft are being converted from passenger planes to freighters. Dr. Andreas Sperl, CEO of EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke Dresden GmbH, carried out the official handover to DHL subsidiary European Air Transport GmbH (EAT) in Leipzig, Germany. Roland Werner, State...
DHL Express was selected from more than 3,000 entries and judged by over 200 professionals worldwide.
DHL has signed an air service agreement with Southern Air Holdings, Inc. to operate the new 777 freighters, the most fuel-efficient aircraft of its kind.
The new four-year-agreement sees the DHL logo included on the clubs' training kit worn by all first, reserve and youth team players during domestic competitions and builds on DHL's relationship behind the scenes at the club.
Today Walter Scheurle, Board Member for Personnel at Deutsche Post DHL, personally welcomed the hub's 3,000th employee and, in a symbolic gesture, presented her with a new employment contract. "As the world's leading logistics company, we take our responsibility...
DHL Express, the world's leading cross-border express services provider, has collected a total of 13 awards at the 2010 Customer Relationship Excellence Awards (CRE Awards) including Contact Center of the Year (Under 1000 seats) for mainland China, Contact Center...
In addition, Mr Hsu will join the DHL Express Global Management Board. The region is the company's fastest growing, increasing revenues by over a third in 2010 compared to 2009.
The company today introduced an additional next-day intercontinental flight between Asia-Pacific and the U.S. and another one from the U.S. to the Middle East to help meet growing demand for services on these lanes. It also updated the progress of its North...
The company has acquired thirteen Airbus A300-600 passenger aircraft, which will be converted to freighter configuration by EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke in Dresden, Germany. The new aircraft will be fully integrated into the European fleet by early 2013 and will...
TransForce Inc. and DHL Express Canada jointly announced today that they have entered into a formal agreement to engage in a 10 year strategic alliance that will result in a fully integrated and innovative domestic and international shipping and logistics offering...
DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo today announced that they have donated a flight to support the European Commission in delivering relief goods to Japan. The flight to Tokyo, which was performed by the companies' joint air cargo subsidiary AeroLogic, departed...
DHL GOGREEN Carbon Neutral service is designed to offer companies a more environmentally-responsible shipping option by calculating carbon emissions generated by transporting each shipment point to point.
The certification recognizes transparent, integrated and standardized quality management across all functions, such as commercial, operations and finance. A global standard for all industries, ISO helps customers identify companies that meet the highest possible...
DHL will undertake a range of logistics services on behalf of Manchester United over three years. The contract provides the opportunity for a wide range of integrated B2B and consumer marketing activities and events across many platforms including digital advertising...
Starting in March 2011, DHL will build on 19 acres of land leased from the CVG Airport authority to expand its existing aircraft parking apron and construct nine new aircraft gates. The expansion will enable parking for nine additional wide-body aircraft that...
RedPrairie Corporation, a global supply chain and retail technology provider, will deliver the Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Workforce Management (WFM) tools that will help improve DHL customers' service levels by providing a more simplified and cost...
DHL's motor sports team is responsible for transportation of the cars and each team's equipment. DHL has developed customized transportation concepts for each team to ensure that everything is ready for the race on time.
DHL customers can now choose from a wider range of special air freight containers; this being one of, DHL Global Forwarding's continued efforts to provide innovative solutions for packaging-based cold chain services.
In this newly created role, George will continue to be a member of the DHL Global Forwarding, Freight Management Board reporting directly to Roger Crook, CEO DHL Global Forwarding, Freight.
In his new role, Amadou Diallo will be responsible for DHL's international Road and Rail Freight Forwarding Business. DHL Freight is a European leader in overland freight forwarding offering high quality services covering more than 50 countries.
DHL, the world's leading logistics company, has developed the DHL Secure Box, a new system for the transportation of high value goods, designed specifically for technology customers.
The new facility with a ground area of 40,000 m2 will be located in the "Regiopark" near motorways A61 and A46.
DHL's support includes transportation of high-end gear for the crews and haulage of pavilions for visitors to the ten Race Villages, over the 72,000 kilometers-long route, as well as short-term supply of spare parts in case of an emergency.
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and sea freight specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, offers a new solution for the transport of exclusive, temperature-sensitive food in small amounts from Germany and Europe to overseas.
DHL's SmartSensor GSM makes it possible to monitor the transport of highly sensitive shipments anytime and anywhere. In addition to measuring the temperature during transport, the new high-tech device also measures humidity, shocks, brightness and location....
DHL today broke the ground for a new 15,000 m2 multi-user distribution center which will commence operations in May 2012.
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and sea freight specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, and Lufthansa Cargo have changed the ownership of their 50/50 joint venture LifeConEx. The end-to-end life sciences cold chain logistics provider is now a 100 per cent...
The paper examines the global and local forces driving this outsourcing movement across the Americas region and offers specific insights from life sciences manufacturers on the growing need for supply chain flexibility, expertise and cost efficiency.
Delivery times for Less Than Container Load (LCL) shipments on the three connections between Bremen and Tema (Ghana), Cape Town (South Africa) and Mombasa (Kenya) have dropped from 31 to 25 days, respectively from 33 to 31 days and from 49 to 45 days. This service...
Power Packaging, an Exel company, has achieved Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 Level 2 certification for its rigorous, credible food safety management system. SQF is a leading comprehensive and global food safety and quality management certification system.
DHL will provide warehouse services at its shared-user Bellshill location in Scotland, including receipt, putaway, picking and dispatching of automotive components and fast moving spare parts for the Scottish aftermarket.
Customers can choose from a variety of certified reports to better understand the main drivers of carbon emissions from the various transport modes involved including pickup and delivery emissions in their supply chain. It helps account for and manage carbon...
Exel, the North American leader in supply chain management and a Deutsche Post DHL company, recently promoted and hired several associates throughout its business.
Exel was also a finalist in the renewable energy category. This is the third time in the last five years that Exel has won the award in the pharmaceutical, chemical and hazmat category, and the fourth time in five years Exel has won a "Best 3PL" honor. eyefortransport...
The increased flexibility of the new Active Tracing system makes it easier for them to check the whereabouts of their road freight transports. Customers can now receive up to 30 status information events from across the entire transportation chain, from pick-up...
In order to facilitate the market launch of Renault's new line of electric vehicles, DHL will be the first logistics provider to implement a comprehensive international solution for the distribution of replacement lithium ion batteries to the dealers network...
he DHL team will manage the handling of inbound deliveries that originate from Subaru's internal and external global vendors, bonded storage of parts & accessories in line with Subaru's storage requirements, the picking of goods according to the customer's European...
Already in 2004 Philips selected DHL as its 3PL (Third Party Logistics) and distribution partner. Over the years, the operations have expanded and now include consumer products such as domestic appliances, personal care products, and sound and vision. The extended...
Through this acquisition, DHL Supply Chain Italy pursues its strategy of further developing DHL´s customer relationships in the Life Sciences and Healthcare industry.
Customers commissioning groupage (LTL), part-truckload (PTL) and full-truckload (FTL) services in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa can request CO2 emission reports detailing the CO2 footprint of their shipments for each route. DHL provides more than...
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and sea freight specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, has opened a new Competence Center at Vienna Airport. The facility expands the range of services available to the Life Sciences and Healthcare industries.
Power Packaging, an Exel company, is expanding its capabilities for serving the world's most well-known beverage and food brands by obtaining a grant of inspection for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth area....
DHL uses about 20,000 square meters of the state-of-the-art complex. The new facility will serve as a main gateway for DHL Freight's network in Eastern Europe, especially the Ukraine, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.
The agreement worth about EUR 17 million, which runs for three years with an option to extend, covers all shipments of prefabricated concrete elements from Skanska´s factories in Bollebygd and Strängnäs within Sweden.
On Monday 28 March 2011, DHL, the global leader in integrated energy logistics, identified key steps that can be taken by companies to re-design their maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supply chain, in order to achieve 20% cost savings and ultimately...
The solution leverages the expertise of DHL's Global Forwarding and Supply Chain divisions in providing companies shipping across the U.S.-Mexico border one-stop access to the tools, expertise and services necessary to simplify the process and ensure shipments...
Global biopharmaceutical company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, has chosen Exel as its third-party logistics provider handling its U.S. distribution.
By shipping from Bremen to Doha and Damman and from Bremen to Quaboos, Bahrain and Kuwait, the delivery period of LCL (Less Than Container Load) transports is shortened from 29 to 26 and from 28 to 25 days respectively. This means exports can now be delivered...
DHL, the world's leading logistics company, today opened its new premises for its Global Forwarding arm in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Located in the Regency Square Business Complex close to the capital's center, the new office will serve as a "DHL Fashion and Apparel...
With the important gateway for the European less-than-truckload (LTL) Euroconnect service, DHL provides customers with even better quality and highest security standards on a total area of 48,000 square meters. The new location also serves as the DHL Freight...
The collapsible C3SB transport box and the double car rack facilitate the loading of vehicles and increase efficiency in using transport capacity. In addition, both systems offer protection against damage due to external factors during transport by air, sea...
Exel, the North American leader in supply chain management and a Deutsche Post DHL company, recently promoted and hired several associates throughout its industry-based business units.
The company expects the San Juan station and several other North America stations to be added to their portfolio of QEP Accredited stations by the end of 2011. As the largest forwarder of Envirotainer containers - manufactured air cargo containers used for temperature...
Via gateways in Vienna and Frankfurt, DHL Freight now provides groupage, or less-than-truckload, services with regular line hauls to and from the Caucasus region.
This is revealed by the new edition of the European letter price survey for 2011, which analyzed the prices for standard letters in 29 countries. In a purely nominal comparison, at 55 Euro cents, the price for sending a standard letter in Germany exactly matches...
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