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GARDENERS, keep an eye on your tomato plants. There's no knowing what they are plotting underground.
Some 80 per cent of plants are colonised by fungi that form the familiar network of fine white threads that hang off many roots. The threads, called mycorrhizae, take in water and minerals from the soil, and hand some over to the plant in exchange for nutrients. Now it seems plants use them to communicate too.
Ren Sen Zeng and colleagues at South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou, grew pairs of tomato plants in pots. The team allowed some pairs to form mycorrhizal networks between their roots. Plants connected this way can exchange nutrients and water, staving off the effects of drought. But Zeng wanted to know if the networks had any other function.
The team sprayed one plant in each pair with Alternaria solani, a fungus which causes early blight. Sixty-five hours later, they infected the second plant and observed how well it coped.
Plants sharing a mycorrhizal network were less likely to develop the blight, and when they did, symptoms were milder. They were also more likely to activate defensive genes and enzymes (PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013324).
The first plant was signalling to its neighbour, Zeng says, and he has dubbed mycorrhizae "the internet of plant communities".
Although nobody knows how they pass signals, the networks could be more reliable and efficient than other plant-to-plant signalling systems. These include chemicals released into the air to warn neighbours of impending attacks - which Zeng blocked by encasing the tomato plants in airtight bags. Airborne signals are slow and depend on the weather. Roots can also release chemicals, though these do not travel far.
"The research is a milestone in our understanding of communication between plants," says Suzanne Simard of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She points out that intensively farmed plants don't have mycorrhizae. With access to ample fertiliser and water they do not bother to grow them. As a result, they may be missing out on health benefits.
Together with Dan Durall of the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, Simard has shown that mycorrhizal networks can be enormous. Last year they found a network weaving its way through an entire Canadian forest, with each tree connected to dozens of its neighbours over distances of 30 metres (New Phytologist, vol 185, p 543).
"It's a very robust system that could allow for the movement of signal proteins over many metres," Durall says. Mycorrhizal networks even tie together plants of different species, which means different species might be able to communicate with each other.
Durall cautions that nobody has looked for Zeng's kind of communication outside the lab. But if the signalling system works as well in the messy real world as it did in the lab then many plants could well be chatting away beneath our feet.
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Colleges and universities have a wonderful tradition of marching in procession, according to the year of their founding, at the inauguration ceremonies for college presidents across the country. With the distinction of being the nation's sixth oldest college, Moravian delegates usually find themselves at the front of the line—a step ahead of Princeton University (1746) and just behind the University of Pennsylvania (1740).
When President Thomforde is unable to attend, the Office of the President invites an alumnus/ae or other College representative to march in his stead. This year, nine alumni and emeriti served as delegates at college presidential inaugurations.
"I had a wonderful time," reported Karen Leonard Irish '66, who represented Moravian at the Morgan State University inauguration of Dr. David Wilson. "It was quite an event with delegates from 73 colleges and many dignitaries present. The music was spectacular. Morgan State is known for its choir, which reminded me of Moravian's great choir and musical history."
Alumni and emeriti who represented Moravian at inaugural events in 2010: John Aloe '79 (St. Vincent College); David Hnatow, M.D. '81 (Trinity University); James Houser, M.D. '60 (Furman University); Karen (Leonard) Irish '66 (Morgan State University); Kevin Jones, Ph.D. '74 (University of Oregon); John McDermott, Ph.D., emeritus professor (Mt. Holyoke); William Needs '62 (Columbia Theological Seminary); Frederick Patt '77 (Washington College); and Colin Sandercock '78 (Catholic University).


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OPR: Office of Management Services1. Purpose. This chapter incorporates the regulations of the Department of the Interior regarding the issuance and control of personnel identification cards.
2. Policy. Identification cards are required for authorized admission to space occupied by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior (DOI), and other Federal buildings (310 DM 3.1). Each employee of the Geological Survey is required to have in his or her possession a personnel identification card such as those described below. Employees will present their cards for examination by building security personnel upon entry into a government facility.
A. Department of the Interior Secretarial Identification Card.
(1) This card bears the Department Seal and the facsimile signature of the Secretary; is white in color and serially numbered; requires a photograph; and is controlled and issued by the Building Manager, Facilities and Management Services, DOI.
(2) A Secretarial Identification Card will be issued to the following USGS employees: the Director and Career and Non-Career Senior Executive Service Employees.
(3) Authorized individuals wanting a Secretarial Identification Card must deliver a Request for Identification Card, DI-1995 (see 310 DM 3, Illustration 1), to the Building Manager, Facilities and Management Services. All requests must be typed or neatly printed and contain an original authenticating signature of the Bureau Security Officer.
(4) Secretarial Identification Cards are valid only when bearing the signature of the current Secretary of the Interior. Cards signed by previous Secretaries should be returned to the USGS Security Officer for update purposes.
(5) Replacement may be issued upon submission of satisfactory written evidence of loss of card with explanation of circumstances, or when the card becomes soiled or defaced.
B. Department of the Interior Identification Cards (DI-238A).
(1) This card is unique to the DOI and replaces the standard U.S. Government Identification Card (Optional Form 55). The DI-238A is white in color, serially numbered, and issued to permanent employees only.
(2) Blank stocks of these cards will be issued to Division, Office of the Director, and Office of Program Support Administrative Officers (hereafter referred to as issuing officers) upon written request to the Bureau Security Officer.
(3) This card is completed, authenticated, and issued by the issuing officer.
C. Departmental Temporary Building Pass (Form DI-238).
(1) This identification card is issued for a designated period to contractor employees and temporary employees having no other appropriate form of U.S. Government identification; whose duties require their recurring official access to departmental buildings during normal working hours and/or nights, weekends, and holidays. The validation date should not exceed the justified need; however, under no circumstances should the expiration date exceed three years.
(2) These passes are yellow in color, require a photograph, and are issued on the same basis as the DI-238A.
(3) Instructions for the requisitioning and issuance of temporary building passes to individuals are the same as for the DI-238A.
(4) Contractors will be issued a DI-238 only after an appropriate background suitability check has been initiated (submitted to the Bureau Security Officer) following the applicable procedures contained in Chapter 3, National Security Position Handbook (440-7-H). Issuing officers will verify that a background suitability check has been initiated utilizing the Personnel Security Clearance System (PSCS). A contractor that does not undergo a background suitability check will not be issued an identification card or temporary building pass. Contractors without a valid Government issued identification card will be admitted to USGS occupied spaces following the local area admission procedures for visitors.
D. Retiree Identification Cards.
(1) USGS employees upon request at retirement will be issued a retiree identification card. These cards are white in color; require a photograph; reflect the agency name, card number (Social Security Number), the employee's name, a retirement date, length of service, the signature of the individual; and are authenticated by the issuing officer.
(2) Blank stocks of these cards will be issued to issuing officers upon written request to the Bureau Security Officer.
E. Temporary Passes for Volunteers.
(1) This pass will be issued to a volunteer only when a Form 9-2080, Individual Volunteer Services Agreement, has been completed. These passes are blue in color; unnumbered; do not require a photograph or lamination; reflect the volunteer's name, bureau, Social Security Number, and a not to exceed date (expiration date); and have no authenticating signature. The pass will be returned to the issuing officer on or before the termination date stated in Section 8a of Form 9-2080. In any case, however, the expiration date on the pass will not exceed 3-years from the date of issuance.
(2) Blank stocks of these passes will be issued to issuing officers upon written request to the Bureau Security Officers.
(3) Local building security procedures will determine if a volunteer pass will be accepted for entry into a government facility.
F. Optional Form 55 (OF 55) Identification Card.
(1) OF 55 Identification Cards are no longer issued to employees in the DOI. Those OF 55 identification cards that were previously issued to permanent employees will remain valid until the employee is terminated or transferred. When the need arises to replace the OF 55, a DI-238A will be issued.
(2) Unused supplies of OF 55 Identification Cards should be returned to the Bureau Security Officer.
G. USGS Temporary Identification Pass (USGS Form 9-1900).
(1) Effective October 1, 1996, these passes will no longer be issued and effective October 1, 1997, these passes will not be accepted for identification and admission to USGS occupied spaces. The new Federal building security standards require that only photograph identification cards be accepted for admittance to Federal buildings. A replacement Departmental Temporary Building Pass (Form DI-238) will be issued to an authorized individual to replace an expired USGS 9-1900.
(2) Unused supplies of USGS 9-1900 Forms should be returned to the Bureau Security Officer.
3. Preparation Standards.
A. Only the Bureau Security Officer; Division, Office of the Director, and Office of Program Support Administrative Officers; and designated issuing officers are authorized to sign identification cards.
B. All entries on a card will be completed and typewritten. Corrections by type-over or erasure are not permitted. All identification cards, except the Temporary Pass for volunteers, require a color photograph of the employee, an authenticating signature, and lamination before issue. In all locations except the National Center, issuing officers are responsible for providing necessary color photographs and laminating services. At the National Center, the Branch of Facilities Management will provide color photographs and laminate all identification cards.
4. Control Standards.
A. Control Ledger. Each issuing officer will maintain detailed accountability records of all identification cards that they receive or issue. Separate control ledgers for each type of card will show the card number, date of issue, to whom issued, and office of assignment. Records will reflect the signature of the recipient, and the recipient's printed name and appropriate cancellation information. For cards without a serial number, an in-house numbering system will be established. All blank cards will be entered into the control ledger for future issuance and inventory reconciliation.
B. Safeguarding. Blank stocks of identification cards will be maintained under the positive control of the issuing officer and as a minimum, kept in a locked container/file drawer.
C. Canceling. All cards will be returned to the issuing officers for cancellation when an individual leaves or transfers out of the organization for which the card was issued or the card expires. The control ledger will be dated and marked to show that such cards have been canceled and the card destroyed.
D. Inventories. Upon the designation of a new issuing officer and annually each year, an inventory of blank stocks will be conducted by the issuing officer and the results reconciled with the control ledger. A record of the inventory will be maintained with the control ledger.
E. Inspections. Representatives of the Bureau Security Officer will conduct periodic inspections of USGS activities to insure that security, issuance, and accounting procedures governing personnel ID cards are by these instructions.
5. Responsibilities.
A. Bureau Security Officer is responsible for safeguarding, controlling, and maintaining accountability records of blank stocks of identification cards issued to issuing officers and for conducting periodic reviews of issuing officer's activities to ensure that security procedures are in conformance with this Survey Manual issuance.
B. Division, Office of the Director, and Office of Program Support Administrative Officers are responsible for submitting a memorandum to the Bureau Security Officer of designated issuing officers and for establishing procedures and management controls to ensure compliance with preparation and control standards. Division, Office of the Director, and Office of Program Support Administrative Officers will also safeguard, control, and maintain accountability records of blank stocks of identification cards issued to designated issuing officers.
C. Issuing officers and designated issuing officers are responsible for safeguarding, controlling, inventorying, issuing, and canceling identification cards to meet the foregoing preparation and control standards. Also, the issuing officer will forward any notifications of theft or loss of identification cards to the Bureau Security Officer.
D. Employees and Contractors. Each employee and contractor is responsible for safeguarding identification cards in his or her possession. Employees will immediately report the loss or theft of cards to the issuing officer, explaining the circumstances of the loss.


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This image provided by Hasbro shows a possible new Monopoly game piece. Makers of the classic game Monopoly want players to "take a chance" on a new token. In an effort to jazz up the board game, which debuted around 1935, Hasbro announced Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, it is holding a Facebook contest to eliminate one of the eight classic tokens and introduce a new one that will be decided on by a Facebook vote. (AP Photo/Hasbro)
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UTSA Career Center kicks off spring events at Main and Downtown campuses
(Feb. 19, 2014) -- The UTSA Career Center will kick off the spring 2014 career events with a S.T.E.M. Career Fair and an All-Majors Career Fair on Thursday, Feb. 20. Professional dress is required for all events.
Additionally, students can take advantage of a range of comprehensive career search tools and resources available from the Career Center including individual career counseling, Wednesday "Lunch and Learn" workshops, group mock interviews, webinars and the Virtual Career Center.
Spring 2014 career events:
S.T.E.M. Career Fair
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Thursday, Feb. 20
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"Work Downtown" Job Fair
Tuesday, March 4
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Durango Building Southwest Room (1.124), Downtown Campus
Educator Career Fair
Thursday, April 3
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Convocation Center, Main Campus
Professional Etiquette Dinner
Wednesday, April 9
5:30-8:30 p.m.
University Center Denman Room (2.01.28), Main Campus
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Chef Kang Leo and singer Park Seon-joo got married in June this year and are becoming parents in February.
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The two are very happy at the news and Park is taking it easy at the moment.
They set up their new home in London but are back in Korea for the time being and they will be returning to London in October.
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How JMM lost the plot after statehood
Solomon David, a Jesuit priest who works among the adivasis of Santhal Pargana, recounts an incident from 2008. "We were at a meeting in a village," he said. "An old man, possibly drunk, stood up and shouted in Santhali, 'We will take back, we will take back! We will take back Jharkhand!'" The cry dates back to the Jharkhand movement.
Jharkhand's creation in 2000 had passed by that old villager. That moment signified the failure of a political party that came to embody the demand for Jharkhand. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which once stood for an ideal, has shrunk, now confined to a corner of its leader's family. Tainted and shorn of ideas and leaders, it now faces an old challenger in its bastion, someone who knows that defeating its leader can effectively end the JMM.
"Let them talk. People will always talk. Who can stop them?" said the 70-year-old Shibu Soren. He was referring to the fight fellow Santhal and former chief minister Babulal Marandi, who now heads the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), was giving him in Dumka. Though Marandi himself would not admit it, his supporters say he wants his party to replace the JMM. Neither can survive a scrap: they are after the same votes in the region — those of the Muslims and the Santhals, the largest tribal group with 34 per cent of the 26.2 per cent adivasis.
This is the fourth time Soren and Marandi, outgoing MPs from Dumka and Koderma, will go up against each other. Having won in 1991and 1996, Soren lost to then BJP member Marandi in 1998. Marandi evened his score against the Soren family in 1999, when he defeated Soren's wife Rupi Kisku.
However, JMM will feel inadequate going into this fight. It has lost its tallest leaders in the Santhal Paragana to its fiercest rivals: Stephen Marandi is with Babulal Marandi; Hemlal Murmu has joined the BJP; Simon Marandi, minister in the Hemant Soren government, is not campaigning for Soren after his son was denied the Rajmahal ticket.
"JMM as an idea went to the coffin a long time ago. It is a party of opportunists now," said Sanjay Basu Mallick, forest rights campaigner who has worked with the leaders of the Jharkhand movement. The perception that JMM is a party of the Santhals shattered in Dumka, the party stronghold. The only adivasi leader of note is Shiba Baskey, constituency representative of Hemant Soren.
Mallick says the tribal middle class has captured the party. "His sidekicks talk more than Shibu. They need Shibu and Hemant only to pull tribal votes," he said. For the same reason, Mallick believes the JMM will survive if Soren is not active in politics anymore. "It will be a difficult existence but this middle class will continue to speak to Hemant," he said, adding that Hemant does not have a "tribal flavour in him".
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Hannah Bellaza scored with 8:17 left in the game, finishing off a centering pass from Alex Schmidt, as defending Class 4A state champion Severna Park closed out its perfect regular season with a 1-0 field hockey win on the road over No. 6 South River last night.
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Race season is in full swing, and whether you consider yourself new to the running scene or a seasoned vet, it's never too early to start training for one of Fall or Winter's big races. From a 5K and beyond, here are all the tips and training plans you need to make yourself race ready.
The Beginning: 5K
Running 3.1 miles might seem like a daunting feat, but with a plan in hand, the process becomes so much easier. A 5K is considered a gateway race, and once you complete it, you will want to take on longer distances. Here are three posts to help you finish the race:
- Get started with our beginner 5K 11-week training schedule. It'll have you running three days a week and cross training on the side.
- Before hitting the starting line, read these tips for running your first 5K, and make sure to download one of our 5K playlists.
- Once you finish, set goals for a new personal record using these tips and our training plan on how to run a faster 5K.
Doubling Up: The 10K
Once you have a 5K under your belt, it's time to tackle a 10K. The 6.2-mile race means adding to your weekly mileage to help build up endurance.
- Get started with this 12-week 10K training plan, or if you're more pressed for time, try this 8-week training plan instead.
- Longer, harder runs will definitely help you take on those extra 6.2 miles, but you'll also want to follow these specific fitness and diet tips for building endurance.
Learn how to prepare for a half marathon, marathon, and triathlon after the break!
Going Halfsies: Half Marathon
When you're ready for the challenge of running 13.1 miles, the half marathon begins to call your name. Upping your mileage to cover this much ground requires careful planning.
- This half-marathon training schedule starts with weekly mileage of just under 10 and builds up to 25 miles in seven days, before tapering before the race. Before starting this plan, be running for at least two months with a base mileage of about eight to 10 miles per week.
- Not sure if you're ready to meet the challenge of a half? Get inspired by this tale of a first timer's half-marathon race, and learn what it takes to go from a 10K to 13.1 miles.
All the Way: Marathon
Once you start, it's hard to stop. A good mindset will only get you so far when it comes to running 26.2 miles, but a solid plan will have you crossing the finish line.
- When training for a marathon, it's important to build mileage up gradually. Give yourself 18 weeks to complete this training schedule for your first marathon, and be sure to make these running stretches a part of your training routine.
- Running 26.2 miles is no joke; you'll need to make sure that your body is fueled properly every step of the way. Follow Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall's tips on what to eat when running a marathon.
- It's hard to anticipate what the course will be like, but these insider tips will have you running like a pro. For instance, did you know you should stay off your feet in the days leading up to the race?
- Because this may be the biggest race you ever do, follow these tips on how to enjoy running 26.2 miles, while avoiding the biggest race-day mistakes runners make.
Trying It All: Sprint Triathlon
If pounding the pavement day in and day out isn't your thing, mix it up a little and train for a sprint triathlon. The blend of swimming, biking, and running builds cross training into your schedule.
- Take two and a half months to train for a sprint distance triathlon: swim a half mile, bike 13 miles, and run a 5K. Be sure to practice those transitions!


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CAPP is stupid.
I went to Arlington CAPP payment system to pay a parking ticket. After a 15 minute argument with the login system that I am quite sure did not work the way it was suppose to, I finally got into my account.
When I tried to pay the parking ticket with a credit card, ArlCo wanted to charge me a convenience fee. REALLY?? What are they, Bank of America?? If I pay by check in the mail there is no fee; but if I pay by credit card electronically online with the money going straight into Arlington's account and with no Arlington employee having to do anything, resulting in a cost saving for the county, they want me to pay them a convenience fee. There is no way ArlCo can tell me that it is cheaper for the county for me to pay by check than for me to pay by credit card. Doesnt the DMV discount your registration if you pay electronically online because of the cost savings?? Is a state agency smarter about these things than Arlington County?? Whatever. I am not paying Arlco's stupid convenience fee.
Its time for Arlco to wake up to the new era of egovernment. Whatever stupid fees you impose results in citizen behavior to avoid the fee - but its cheaper and more efficient if its done electronically. Arlco should move in the right direction like (is it possible to say this) the DMV and dropping the fee.
The check is in the mail (along with the resulting costs)
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BY now students doing real science will find that Internet-literacy is as essential as the old-fashioned kind. Not knowing how to track down information may already be as fatal as not knowing how to walk to the library. Gail Clement has converted the Internet training programme she runs at Florida International University into book form, Science and Technology on the Internet (Library Solutions Press, Berkeley and San Carlos, California, $45, ISBN 1 882208 13 7). The result will be invaluable.
But series coordinator Anne Lipow is too optimistic in her claim in the preface that "you really do not ever need to touch a keyboard" to use this book. One difficulty of introducing people to Internet services is that, to understand, you have to be there. A description of hypertext in linear text is as informative as a textual description of song - it doesn't help you to sing.
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I got a similar story if you wanna hear it (just brother related). My older brother was chasing me down the street shooting at me with a BB gun. He then put the gun back in the house where my little brother found it and shot the new plasma screen TV (back in 2007 plasma screens were less common.) Although I was outside and my older brother was in his room I blamed the busted TV on myself. My parents were so angry.
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She slips into Dee's Golden Door at the same time each Monday morning. Slender and stylish, she's north of 70, though by how much, one doesn't ask. It's not important; the reason she's here has less to do with age than with an era—a time when the weekly hair appointment at a place like Dee's was a commitment as ironclad as the resulting hairstyle. This morning, the ritual involves transforming a head of sparse, straight white hair into a corona of hibiscus-colored curls, the kind of five-layered, back-combed, hours-in-the-making style that is as far from do-it-yourself as one can get.
If one can get it at all. Which is why the woman, who calls everyone "honey" (and, because she's asked that her name not be used, will here be known as "Honey"), is grateful that Janelle, her hairdresser of many years who's now retired, comes to the salon on NE Fremont Street one morning a week just to do Honey's hair.
"You can't find people who can do this anymore," Honey says, as Janelle meticulously sprays the curls and swoops them into place. "And she's perfect at it."
"When I married my husband 42 years ago, I asked, 'Do you like seeing me in rollers?' He said, 'Not particularly.' I said, 'Good; I'll get my hair done professionally.'?" —Sandra, retired first- and second-grade teacher
Honey is not alone in her loyalty to stylists who can still create the beehives and bouffants, the finger waves and barrel curls that make the pageboys and chignons of the Mad Men ladies look positively wash-and-go. The four women who work at Dee's have been confecting these styles for more than a hundred years, collectively, for a clientele whose average age now hovers around 80.
"We're a salon that does roller-sets; a lot of places don't," says Nancy Tilton, who started working at Dee's in 1974, when she was 20, and bought the salon from the husband of its namesake, Doris "Dee" McDowell, 10 years later. Wearing Gloria Vanderbilt jeans and tennis shoes, her brown hair in a bowl-shaped bob, Nancy never stops moving, rarely stops talking, is always alert to who's walking in, who might need a lift home, and who missed an appointment.


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Pocket-lint Podcast #53 - IFA preview edition30 August 2011
The Pocket-lint team are bracing themselves for the swathe of products about to be announced at the IFA convention in Berlin, Germany. Some are staying in London, while others are jetting out in order to bring you the hot gadget news as it happens. So,... >>
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New editor of reviews Ian Morris joins Rik and Stu on the podcast for the very first time, and his arrival coincides with a slight change in format. The Linters look at HP's webOS woes, and the subsequent fire sale on TouchPads and Pre3s. Plus, they discuss... >>
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Sky's controversial announcement about the Formula One broadcast rights takes centre stage this week, as two Lint F1 fans, Rik and (new to the podcast) Hunter join the mass debate (fnar) on whether a pay TV model is right for the sport. Meanwhile, Dan... >>
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Everything was going to be so professional and slick this week... Until the Skittles Newlyweds viral video invaded the office, that is. Naturally, considering the subject matter, seriousness went south and the team decided to talk about that instead.... >>
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As of press time, a local attorney who lost in the primary election planned to file as a write-in candidate Wednesday for county attorney in the Nov. 2 general election.
Galen Clark said he's had more than 200 voters encourage him to run, and many told him whether he files as a write-in candidate or not, they plan to write his name on the ballot.
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Just 90 days into the fiscal year, legal expenses for the city of La Grange are creeping close to the amount allotted for 2010-11.
Now, city officials are charged with the task of deciding where to find more money for legal fees.
City attorney Graham Whatley has billed the city for $5,500 in legal fees during the past three months – an amount that accounts for half of the city's line item for legal fees through June 30.
Crestwood doctor charged with sexual assault told police he was 'tempted'
A Crestwood doctor facing a sodomy charge told police he was "tempted" and "distracted" the day he allegedly sexually assaulted a female patient in his office.
Oldham County Police arrested Dr. Ashok Alur, 56, of Louisville, after a 38-year-old female patient told detectives Alur allegedly assaulted her during a Sept. 21 office visit.
A drought is taking its toll across the state and is killing some of Pewee Valley's oldest residents.
As of Oct. 4, 25 trees were dead along the Ky. 146 corridor, and approximately 20 more are expected to die before spring, said Dick Filippini, chair of Pewee Valley's tree board.
"The drought is taking its toll on the trees of Pewee Valley," he lamented. He added that things will only get worse as October is historically the driest month of the year.
FORT KNOX – On a night when they had to have a big play, the North Oldham Mustangs were able to come up with just what they needed to beat Ft. Knox 35-28 in double overtime.
"We found a way to win, even though we didn't play that great," NOHS coach Billy Martin said. "We were able to dig down a couple of different times and come back and win."
CRESTWOOD – A new team has moved into the race for the district football champs.
With a 40-39 double overtime win over Jeffersontown Friday, the South Oldham High School Dragons pushed themselves right into title contention.
"Everytime we win it's a big game, but the last few games have really been that way," SOHS coach Jamie Reed said. "J-town has been a thorn in our sides the past few years and have thought they have better talent. This was just an awesome win for our program."
A Crestwood man is the last of 14 defendants to be sentenced in a $2 million scheme to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Dean Anthony Toth, 39, of Crestwood, was sentenced to one year and nine months imprisonment, and Daniel Joseph Milliner, 48, of Mauckport, Ind., was sentenced to two years imprisonment in U.S. District Court for conspiring with 12 others to defraud the VA through fraudulent disability benefits.
U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer B. Coffman also sentenced Toth and Milliner to three years' supervised release following incarceration.
It seemed like the heat wave would never end, but it did. And now, it seems rain will never return to Oldham County.
With only three days of rain in the month of September and less than a week's worth in August, Oldham County is in the midst of a serious drought. The entire county's been under a burn ban since mid-June and unless there's some significant rain in the next few days, it'll likely be extended – end date to be determined.
Oldham school board members had only one night to review and approve a $110 million revised working budget for fiscal year 2010-11.
A Crestwood doctor faces a sodomy charge after a patient reported she is a victim of sexual assault.
Oldham County Police arrested Dr. Ashok Alur, 56, of Crestwood, on Monday after a 38-year-old female patient told detectives Alur allegedly assaulted her during an office visit during the week prior.
OCPD spokesperson Mike Head said the woman is a regular patient of Alur. She visited his office for a medical procedure when the alleged assault took place, Head said.
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Wednesday night in Uvalde's Honey Bowl, the Uvalde High School Class of 2014 girls will face the Class of 2015 girls in UHS Powder Puff MMXIV football action. Play in the contest is tentatively scheduled to get under way at 7 p.m. Admission to the ball game, sponsored annually by the UHS Student Council, is $5 per person.
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Somebody give Shia LaBeouf a hand.
The Indiana Jones star is on the mend after undergoing a second surgery on his seriously mangled left mitt.
A source close to LaBeouf confirmed to E! News that after originally postponing the follow-up procedure to finish filming on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the 22-year-old actor went under the knife two weeks ago.
The second surgery focused on correcting damage around the area of the thumb that was not fixed during an emergency operation immediately following his July rollover crash in Los Angeles.
"He's doing fine now," the source said.
The insider also smacked down a story in today's New York Daily News that claimed the injury was more serious than initially reported and that doctors had mulled the possibility of a "partial amputation."
LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of DUI for the July 27 smashup, but authorities later declared he was not a fault, noting the other driver ran a red light.
The wound to his hand was serious enough to cause a minor snag in the shooting schedule for the new Transformers flick and prompted producers to write the injury into the plot.
However, LaBeouf's medical issues did force him to drop out of what was supposed to be his next project, the technology-themed thriller Dark Fields.


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Chris Owusu and Derek Dimke Impressing in Bucs Camp
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Monday afternoon I joined Charlie Bernstein at 5:15 to talk about the latest from Buccaneers Training Camp and the emergence of a few 'under-the-radar' players that could stick around for a while.
Wide receiver Chris Owusu has impressed these last few days with several catches, including one during two minute drills.
An undrafted free agent out of Stanford last year, Owusu was branded 'concussion-prone' after suffering three during a 13-month span, including a head-on collision that rendered him unconscious.
The concussions caused several NFL teams to shy away, despite his 4.36 speed and stellar abilities as a kick returner.
He was signed to the Bucs last season after stints with the 49ers and the Chargers.
Another impressive player has been kicker Derek Dimke, who drilled one from 50+ yards out. With concerns over Lawrence Tynes' range from 40 yards out, seeing Dimke go the distance is certainly encouraging.
We also discussed the team's decision to rest Darrelle Revis and other players like Carl Nicks and Davin Joseph who are all recovering from injuries.
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But attorneys for the Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park say they're not satisfied with his statements.
The attorneys and Kline were in Johnson County District Court on Thursday arguing about the custody of evidence that Kline has gathered.
Kline, an anti-abortion Republican, has filed 107 criminal charges against the clinic. He alleges the clinic falsified documents and performed illegal late-term abortions.
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Illegal Alien Crime Roundup
After having been successfully "pwned" in the comments to this post - which is a palate-cleansing experience I recommend to all of you, incidentally - I have seen the error of my ways and intend to make up for it herewith. The lesson learned:
Crimes committed by illegal aliens are a huge problem, exacerbated by elected officials inclined to look the other way. (Hat tip - Zimzo).
We've already covered the tragic results of law enforcement laxity that allowed illegal alien repeat offenders in Northern Virginia (Jose Santos Sibrian Espinoza) and Virginia Beach (Alfredo Ramos) to remain out on the streets long enough to get drunk again and kill innocent American citizens.
Virginia Beach and Loudoun County both present classic cases where a police chief can find cover for not dealing with illegal aliens because the feds are not doing their part.
I would argue that the top public safety officer in a jurisdiction is the one who should step up and smash through that cover by instituting tougher measures at the local level.
Following are a plethora of recent cases you may not have heard about.
Bear in mind that under the provisions of the "immigration reform" legislation currently being debated in the U.S. Senate, all of the criminal illegals detailed below, and thousands like them from any nation, would receive Z visas within 24 hours after applying if USCIS is not able to complete their background checks within that time frame.
University of Maryland sophomore Matthew Watson was killed earlier this month by illegal alien Never L. Navarro-Montoya who was driving drunk in Maryland. Watson was the second Howard County resident to be killed by an illegal alien in the last six months.
Deputy Frank Fabiano Jr. was shot and killed this month by illegal alien Ezeiquiel Lopez in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The suspect had eight aliases and at least five Social Security numbers, had been arrested in four different states but was never reported to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Earlier this month, Democratic congressmen introduced the Hope Fund Act of 2007, which would provide millions of dollars annually to the illegal alien advocacy group La Raza.
A seven-year-old girl had to undergo surgery this month after she was was abducted and raped by illegal alien Jonathan Castillo in Indiana.
Earlier this month, a 13-year old Virginia Beach girl was found in explicit photographs, and involved in a sexual relationship with illegal alien Carlos Ramos who is being held without bond.
It was discovered this month that hundreds of illegal aliens have registered to vote and many have actually voted in Bexar County, Texas.
Also this month, CASA de Maryland, Inc, a taxpayer-funded illegal alien advocacy group, was revealed to be distributing guidebooks instructing people targeted by federal immigration agents during job-site raids not to cooperate with authorities if they are detained or arrested.
A "Totalization Agreement" between the U.S. and Mexico, which has already been signed between the two nations and is awaiting the President's signature, could make as many as 1.6 million Mexican workers and dependents eligible for U.S. Social Security benefits by 2040. Dependent family members could be eligible for benefits without having ever worked in -- or even having visited -- the United States. The program would cost the United States an estimated $207 billion through 2040.
Film director Bob Clarke and his son were killed in April by illegal alien Hector Velazquez-Nava who was driving drunk in California.
Danny Sims was killed in April by illegal alien Luciano Melendres who was driving drunk in North Carolina one week after being convicted on a DWI charge.
Jerry "Duane" Braswell and his 9-year-old son, Jerry Braswell Jr. were killed in March by illegal alien Luciano Tellez, who was driving drunk in North Carolina and was wanted for violating the terms of probation, had been convicted of drunken driving in 2005 and had a suspended license.
Leoner Perez was killed in March by illegal alien Urgana DeNova who was driving drunk in Florida.
Kent Boone was killed in March by illegal alien Isidro Soto Pena who was driving drunk in California and had four previous DWI convictions and a major drug conviction, and was supposed to have been deported in 2005.
A 65-year old Annaville, Texas woman was brutally raped in July, 2006 by illegal alien Eugenio Sandoval, who received a 99 year sentence.
(Check here for another angle on the issue of sex offenses.)
Sean and Donna Wilson were killed in June, 2006 by illegal alien Gustavo Garcia Reyes who was driving drunk in Tennessee and had been arrested at least 14 times before the fatal crash.
Former high school football coach David K. Bassore was killed in April, 2006 by illegal alien Raul Cabrera who was driving drunk in Missouri.
Scott Gardner was killed and his wife and children injured in July, 2005 by illegal alien Ramiro Gallegos who was driving drunk in North Carolina and had been arrested three previous times for driving while impaired.
With the federal government so utterly corrupt and unwilling to fix this problem that our Senate is actually debating a bill that would make the problem much, much worse, it should be no surprise that local officials throughout the nation are taking action and have formed an organization to address it.
Citizens should support and promote these efforts, and should also promote programs to ride out of town on a rail their elected officials who persist in holding up legislation that would help solve the illegal alien problem.
Citizens should also demand that their local elected officials not merely do "the best they can" within the paramaters the Feds appear to provide, but should serve as agents of change to solve the problems their constituents are experiencing.
(Many thanks to reader Lynn for providing much of this research.)
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When you were younger, thinking about all of the potential things you could do with your life, did you envision that you would become the crazy old woman peering through her curtains at her neighbors, babbling incoherently about invading aliens, constantly ringing up the police and ranting that they must do something, while the nice policeman, who realizes that you just want a little attention and someone to talk to, says calmly, "Now, now Mrs. Budzinski, we're doing everything we can. You just let us do our jobs and make sure you take all the medication your doctor prescribed."
Or did you envision something more?
No, I imagined I'd be sitting on the porch with a shotgun and a bottle of Jim Beam - which is exactly what I am doing.
I guess if it's comforting for you to believe that you have become a stereotype straight out of Deliverance, then you go right on believing that.
"I'm gonna make you squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee!"
If you weren't a figment of my imagination I'd blast your ass into the next county.
"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand." -- Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
"I remember when my daddy gave me that gun. He told me that I should never point it at anything in the house; and that he'd rather I'd shoot at tin cans in the backyard. But he said that sooner or later he supposed the temptation to go after birds would be too much, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted - if I could hit 'em; but to remember it was a sin to kill a mockingbird." -- Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
Unless that mockingbird is really annoying you, I guess.
So Zimzo's a little birdy with little winged fairy slippers, eh? Oh Zimmy, let me dab that tear from your fragile cheek, I fear I have upset your feelings.
I am not a little bird and you are no Atticus Finch, though you once did a convincing job of pretending to be.
You sure do sing pretty, though.
10 points if you can tell me who played Scout and Jem.
If you guys decide to have a civil union will you have it right here at NOVATownhallblog? That would be pretty sweet.
I was trying to place Zimzo, which I think I am closer to doing.


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After classes had ended on Tuesday October 12, a hit-and-run driver collided into a school pupil. The driver went on to hit two other students as he fled. Although the incident itself was not too serious [the school boy was unhurt], it was a recurring problem that had happened too many times. Three days earlier, another young person had been knocked over by a minibus.
Photo taken by our Observer.
Photo taken by our Observer.
The situation was further aggravated in Kikula, a volatile neighbouring district. A young boy of ten got a bullet to the head after getting caught up in the clashes. He died instantly.
Photo posted on the website Afrique Redaction.
The fact that it is much more financially rewarding to work in mine security or for the traffic police is also a real problem. They can make money, for example by charging a toll, whereas emergency intervention police officers can't. The lack of police officers on the ground leads to lawless zones where the law enforcement officers hardly dare risk their lives entering, such as in the district of Kikula."
Photo posted on the Website Afrique Redaction.
Post written with France 24 journalist Ségolène Malterre with the help of Trésor Kibangula.
Such a shame that things like this happen. It's the people in charge of African countries showing so much disdain for their people that cause them to suffer. The people of Congo shouldn't be treated like animals. After everything these people have gone through how can their own people treat them so badly?
What a discraseful Bunch of people.
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Jesuit abducted in Afghanistan "located"
New Delhi: Sources in the Aghanistan police Wednesday claimed to have located Jesuit Father Alexis Prem Kumar who was abducted by unidentified gunment two days ago, an Indian private TV channel reported.
NDTV also said the Afghanistan forces have arrested a man in connection with the abduction of 47-year-old Indian priest who works for the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS).
The police sources said Fr Kumar was located in Gilan in Herat, Afghanistan's western province.
The priest is the country director of JRS for Afghanistan and he was kidnapped Monday afternoon when he was on a visit to a JRS-supported school for Afghan refugee children from Iran and Pakistan.
He was kidnapped from the school as he was about to return to Herat, NDTV reported quoting JRS sources.
The Indian consul general in Herat has been in touch with local authorities. Sources said that Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has been personally monitoring the case and that the kidnappers have made no demands yet.
The abduction came nearly 10 days after the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat. Four heavily-armed gunmen carrying rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns attacked the consultate. However, security forces repelled the attack and killed the militants on May 23.
Six days later, the Indian mission in Herat issued an advisory asking its nationals to be extremely caution while venturing out.
JRS has been working in Afghanistan since 2008 helping those returning home from exile in Iran and Pakistan by providing education and healthcare services in Bamiyan, Kabul and Herat.
Jesuits first reached Afghanistan in 1582 when Mughal emperor Akbar took along one of their priests to Kabul from Agra. A year later, in 1582, Jesuit Brother Bento de Goes stopped there on his way to China. But neither stayed for long.
The Jesuits returned there 420 years later when a four-member delegation arrived in Kabul to explore the possibility of launching educational activities in the war-ravaged nation.
Jesuit activties since then have been centered around Herat, the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 436,300 as of 2012.
The Herat city is situated in the valley of the Hari River, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. The city is linked with Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif via highway 1 or the ring road that stretches across the country. It is further linked to the city of Mashhad in Iran through the border town of Islam Qala.


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North: Officer Barnes (Crime Free Multi-Housing) / Officer Weaver
South: Officer Lopez (KSK-Kids to Senior Corner) / Officer Bowden / Officer Guilford
Central: Officer Carter (HELP- Homeless Evaluation Liaison Program) / Officer Stallcop / Officer Warren (MOST-Mobile Outreach Safety Team)
Office number 775-657-4543
Sgt. Shaw 775-334-2540
Some CAO's have also been assigned specialty areas based on outreach programs and are denoted above in parenthesis. Currently, Officer Warren coordinates the Mobile Outreach Safety Team (MOST) which is a cooperative effort between Northern Nevada Mental Health and the Reno Police Department. Mental Health Social Workers are assigned with Crisis Intervention Trained Patrol Officers in the field to deal with persons in mental health crisis.
Crime Free Multi-Housing is an important tool that the unit has been using to improve relationships with business owners, apartment managers and citizens. The unit is now primarily responsible for teaching the program and implementing the principles associated with it.
Crime Analysis data collected over the last year has clearly shown a reduction of 50-60% in calls for service when our CAO efforts have been implemented. Data on the impacts of the CAO's efforts on long term neighborhood problems is equally impressive. It is our intent to impact calls for service, reduce workloads for the department, address neighborhood problems, increase community ownership of problems, and integrate COPPS into our department and the community.


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Bowman CN-P Series Cupro-Nickel Pool Heat Exchangers are designed specifically for saltwater pool applications They are designed to handle the large flow rates created by pool pumps with minimal pressure loss.
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This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible introduction to the philosophy of space and time. Ray considers in detail the central questions of space and time which arizse from the ideas of Zeno, Newton, Mach, Leibniz and Einstein. Time, Space and Philosophy extends the debate in...
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Progressive rear spring on 640 Adv???
Next year I'm doing what is probably all of our dream trip, and riding London to Cape Town. I will be riding badly corrugated roads loaded with the usual junk on the back including TTech boxes, cooker, tent, the little carpet I'll pick up in the Moroccan markets etc etc...
Anyway, I rang a suspension expert here today, and asked what he'd recommend in the way of back springs. I figured he'd probably advise something like an upgrade from the 70/260 to an 80/260 - instead, after he'd rung the WP Suspension importer, he suggested that I go for a 70-90 progressive spring.
Firstly, anyone know how the 640 would go with a progressive spring? Does the linkage already make the spring rate progressive with a linear spring?
I figure that the loaded sag of the bike is going to be pretty high with a spring starting at 70 (sorry, I've got no idea what units the 70 is:shog . 70kgs/cm???), and would probably need a fair amount of preload to set it up right - would this create spring bind like it can on a mountain bike? Any other negative effects?
Anyone with any knowlegeable advice as to what I should put on will be really appreciated. I don't want to go fast, I just don't want my shock to blow up in in Timbuktu (literally). FYI - I probably weigh close to 100kgs fully kitted for riding (220 for those who think in old school).
One more thing - is is possible to change the spring from the shock body yourself, just by backing off the preload, or do you need the special spring compressor tool?
Get a hold of ZeroDog on the forums here.
He has supplied quite a few front and rear springs for 640E and 640Adv owners.
I have ordered some springs from him a couple of weeks ago and just waiting for them to arrive in NZ. The rears get made to order. About a 2 weeks delay.
ZeroDog sorted the springs for another forum member called bmwktmbill before he rode though europe/asia.
I had the suspension professionally reworked on my 640A and it works very well on all road surfaces, loaded or unloaded. It is a big improvement over stock especially on dirt or washboards and on pavement as well.
Both the front and rear springs are straight wound.
The correct spring is in play and ZDog is the man for the Adventure bike, having done the most research. My bike was lowered 4 inches so I am a special case in that respect. I ran a 76 spring and it wasn't enough. I weigh 70 Kg and the travel luggage was around 40Kg.
Aother member named Luke is doing some very special work right now from an engineering standpoint.
this winter the spring problemwill be solved.
My spring was fine for potholed gravel and small to medium bumps but was not enough for big G-out /whoops.
Get an accurate weight for yourself and the gear you are going to pack and give Rob a chance to work on it for you.
I also ran sub-tanks and a steering damper.
Rob reworked/revalved/rebuilt my shock.
It worked much better in corrugations and stutter bumps when he was done.
It als stood up to the pounding of Russian and Mongolian roads.
I saw half a dozen blown rear shocks.
The WP progressive springs the tuner is probably thinking of are slightly wider than the 640 springs, if a centering spacer isn't added, the spring will rub the shock body, which is bad.
Spring rates are quoted in either kg/mm or N/mm. kg/mm is the most common, but N/mm is the correct unit from a proper physics standpoint.
1 kiloram is 10 Newtons (sitting still on earth) so an 80N/mm spring is the same as an 8.0kg/mm The 70-90 spring is in N/mm. Oddly enough, 1N/mm is about the same as 1kg/cm.
Bill and I are still hashing over the numbers, but the first stab looks like the
linkage has way more progression than the recommended spring. As in, comperable to a 50 to 100% increase in rate. By comparison, the 70-90 spring has a 28% increase.
You need a tool to change the spring.
The progressive springs are designed for shocks with progressive damping- ie PDS.
On the practical side I'd recommend an 80 or 85N/mm straight rate spring in the back, depending on how much luggage you carry and what you change the fork springs to.
I'm trying to do this trip on a bit of a budget, so rebuild/revalves of shocks, and full setups of forks are luxuries that I'd prefer to try to avoid. This may well be something that I regret later, but these bikes are meant to be built for this stuff right? At least that's what the salesman in the shop told me at the time!
This is probably totally flawed thinking, but I wasn't going to touch the front. The vast majority of the weight being carried is on the back wheel, meaning rear wheel sag is going to be pretty high, and so the soft spring on the front would balance it out. Right? If it's diving too much under braking, then I'll just add a bit of compression damping. (I also have a steering damper fitted along with Loaded's submount)
My thoughts now then are that I run an 80N/mm linear spring on the rear with the stock fork setup at the front. Anyone think this is a really really bad idea? It's got to be an improvement on the standard spring...
Zerodog does this stuff professionally right? I didn't want to bug him, as I can source the springs and work here in England, and asking him what I should be buying from someone else might be stretching his altruism too far!
Don't skimp here...
Mate, you will need to do the front as well.
A well-sprung rear with a soggy front is not a recipe for a god time. And the front is only sprung for a 70kg rider.
Seriously, the biggest payback you will get for your bucks is getting the suspension sorted, springs AND damping, by a real expert. Added safety, much more comfortable, way better handling, less fatigue (you're not wrestling the bike on rough stuff), blah blah blah. Just do it.
A progressive rear spring would be for KTM's link-less suspension, not the linked like on the LC4. The linked "KINDA" makes it progressive.
I can't believe a WP guy would tell you that. WTF??? The starting rate is way way too light anyway. Even if it did fit.
I would say stick to the straight rate spring. The linkage does the progression on the LC4. The LC4 sping is also 59mm ID. The normal PDS springs for other KTMs is 62mm ID. It doesn't sound like a lot but it really is when you put it on the shock. The 62mm ones are all over the res.. I think even with a centering ring of some sort on the shock colar it would rub like crazy.
The stock springs are appropriate for a 100lb dude. I don't know why KTM ships them this way and doesn't even offer springs in high enough rates.
For your weight I would say you need around an 8.4 in the back. But with the load an 8.6 would probalby be ideal. And a .52 for the front. I know this sounds stiff. But it will make your bike ride really nice and also not bottom every time you hit a dip or cross a wash.
If you spring the back you need to do the front. Your bike will ride horribly with only doing the back spring. It will make the head angle steeper and cause head shake at speed. Also as far as the weight being on the back wheel? The 640 A is really front biased. They dive like crazy under braking because if it. So at the very least you need the correct springs for your weight. If you really want to go for it you need to build a real midvalve in the fork. This is the best mod I have done to adventures to help control the dive on and offroad. You notice it the most when going down a steeep hill offroad. With stock valving the front tends to ride low. The bars want to turn to one side or another and it is hard to control. With the midvalve mods the front stays up and you can ride it more like a real dirtbike and charge down a steep hill.
Sorry for going on and on. Anyway I can get you springs if you need them. If you are out of the country it just takes a while and the shipping kind of sucks. But the rear springs I do for the Adventures are custom length and rates to fit the application. If you source the spring to a spring maker where you live let me know and I can give you some specs to get what you need.
One thing Zdog/Rob doesn't say here is that if you can rebuild your carburetor, you can alter the valving in your fork. It just isn't that hard or that complicated. If you ever changed fork seals you are experienced, if you haven't now is the time to learn.
Rob has published a midvalve shim stack(in other threads) that really works.
Shims and WP fork oil are available from MX Tech, they are friendly and the service is superb.
I will caution you to ask them fr the correct shims, it is easy to get confused.
You need a CHEAP micrometer (I bought one at Sears for $10) and the usual hand tools.
WP forks are really fun to work on, they are simple. The work is clean and you can do it in the living room but if you spill fork oil on a light carpet...you will replace it.
Mine was shot anyway.
The rear shock is a different story and needs to go to the pro for a revalve and nitrogen.
Rob set mine up with a regular tire type air valve so I could rebuild it and air it up in the third world but it was never necessary(the air we breathe is 70% nitrogen).
The WP system is the best there is for toughness, you just have to massage it a little for peak performance.
The fork is worth the hassle. After it s done you forget about it.
BTW I talked to the WP factory engineers t the KTM festival in Budapest this fall.
They are good guys but they don't know anything about the Adventure and made the same wrong spring recommendation to me.
The spring issue is a frikkin mess.
KTM knows the answers but the information is locked up in their racing department and so far they refuse to talk with anyone about it.
How the pivot suspension works is also not understood by most of their factory engineers, it is not understood by any of the dealers I have run in to.
God knows how KTM raced the Dakar with 30-40 Kilos of extra fuel.
I tried at the Festival and I could not get it out of anybody or find anyone who knows the specifics.
This is really frustrating because they won, they know.
Somewhere there is a block in releasing the information.
This just doesn't make any sense since the new PD racer is so different.
But damned if I know what shock the 690 PD bike is using.
Or for that matter the 690 Supermoto.
Since it's in this country we will be able to get a look at the shock and spring and the pivot if it has one.
If anyone is near a dealer would you take a picture of the rear suspension on the Supermoto and post it.
I am going to start another thread asking for any information on and pictures of the new suspension.
As others said, the progressiveness is built in to the stock suspension linkage. If you look at where the bottom of the shock attaches, it isn't bolted to the swingarm, it's bolted to a little network of levers. The levers are there to create the progression.
The stock springs will work. Most people never touch them. A stiffer front end will help most on downhills and in deep sand. A stiffer back end will help with a heavy load. It's also important to keep the springs balanced- being soft on one end and stiff on the other is probably worse than being soft on both ends.
Since you're on a budget, I'd say start with the stock springs, load up the bike and try to ride it in as many different conditions as you can. If you don't like how it handles in a given situation, fix it. Get all the free adjustments (preload and damping adjusters) dialed in, then if that isn't good enough start changing parts.
Hey fellas,
BikeDirt should be able to check his spring rate when he checks his sag eh? If the shock spring rate is good for his weight (including loaded luggage if appropriate) then he will be able to set the static and dynamic sag to specs. If not, then he will know its time to change the rear spring.
Preload won't work. He will end up with two inches of preload and the shock still won't give right numbers when it is fully loaded with gear and full of gas, and it will ride like a truck. It won't work right in the stutter bumps or as the Brit calls them...corrugations. It will be harsh, in the woops it will bottom and it will headshake in heavy gravel and sand.
What is the real pisser is that Touratech charges three thousand dollars to put WP suspension on the BMW 650 GS.
Since we already have the premium suspension really need to make it work right. It might be a little work and money but nothing compared to what the other brands require.
To have a suspension with the high quality of WP and that won the Paris Dakar race but won't work on a rough gravel road at 60mph/100km/hr does not make sense.
And to have WP provide incorrect information or stonewall us witholding information or just fail to take an interest in our problems is counterproductive and dangerous.
KTM does a great job for the racers but the adventure rider so far does not get the same level of support even though we must be a big part of their sales.
Can anyone explain that?
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JAMIE YORK PRESS has two Youtube Channels on Waldorf Mathematics and Meaningfulmath.
We list the newest videos from Jamie York first, but scroll down for others in our series.
The NEWEST VIDEO is Jamie York's concluding remarks about the CRISIS IN MATH EDUCATION (and transforming blind procedures into meaningful math) given during his talk to a capacity audience at the first MidSchoolMath conference in Santa Fe, NM, March 2014, where he was a presenter. CLICK HERE to see the video.
PERFECT NUMBERS. An excerpt from the same talk given in Santa Fe NM, March 2014 on the wonders of perfect numbers, and what they are.
On the Waldorf Mathematics Channel you can view complete lectures by Jamie York that have been edited into segments. On Meaningfulmath, you can view short excerpts from Jamie York's talks. We currently have 3 lectures uploaded for you to watch on the Waldorf Mathematics Channel.
1. What is Waldorf Math?
2. Jamie York on Waldorf Geometry.
3. Math and Music. (An interactive lecture about a Main Lesson taught by Jamie York in Waldorf high school.)
What is the mathematics behind music? What is Pythagorean tuning? How do harmonics really work? What does it mean to say that frequency is measured in hertz? Why is the piano tuned the way it is? What are the pros and cons of the equitempered scale?
Here are our videos.
What is Math? Pt1/4. Then click on the links below the video thumbnail for Parts 2, 3, and 4.
Jamie York on Geometry Pt1/5. Then click on the links below the video thumbnail for Parts 2,3,4 and 5.
Jamie York on Waldorf Geometry Pt 2/5
Jamie York on Waldorf Geometry Pt 3/5
Jamie York on Waldorf Geometry Pt 4/5
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League of Minnesota Cities - 2010 - City of Excellence Awards (20,000+)
The City of Minnetonka, MN created a unique funding structure using multiple public and private resources to finance a $20 million expansion of a state highway into a popular business park. As a result of securing financing for the road infrastructure, immediate redevelopment has occured in the area, which is estimated to add $40 million to the region's property tax base and secure the addition of 1,700 new jobs for the community.
The city created a unique funding structure using multiple public and private resources, and traffic counts generated by new commercial development to finance a $20 million expansion of State Highway 169 into the Opus II Business Park.
The project involved partnering with UnitedHealth Group to initially capitalize one-half of the total costs for improvements to the business park's only freeway interchange entrance at State highway 169 and Bren Road. The state committed to finance permanently, through grants, the remaining one-half as a match to the local and private obligations. Revenue from "trip fees" will be used to pay back the local/private financing partners over time, as the business park redevelops.
The effect of securing financing for the road infrastructure has been to immediately initiate redevelopment in an important city economic development corridor, which will add an estimated $40 million to the region's property tax base; secure the addition of 1,700 new jobs for the community—900 of which will be new to the region; and ensure future transportation capacity for the planned redevelopment zone over the next 20 years.


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The mission of The Louisiana School for the Deaf is to provide educational services to children who are hearing impaired and reside in the State of Louisiana and whose hearing loss is such as to preclude their making normal progress in regular classrooms of the public schools.
The goals of LSD are:
1. Provide specialized educational services germane to the disability of deafness inclusive of language acquisition, communication skills development, and maximum use of residual hearing.
2. Provide students with a comprehensive educational program which includes an educational program ranging from preschool to 12th grade, extra-curricular activities, social education programs, athletics, vocational education, and supportive services comparable to that of educational opportunities generally afforded to children who are able to hear.
3. Provide students with vocational education/training as well as transitional/post-graduate services which will enable the student who is deaf to make a choice in both a vocation and a path for post secondary training, and to develop marketable skills for employment.
4. Provide the community with a better awareness of deafness and its consequences.
LSD has three programs: Administration/Support Services Program, Instructional Services Program, and the Residential Services Program.
LSD also includes an Auxiliary Account - The Student Snack Bar is the primary function of this account.
The Louisiana School for the Deaf (LSD), located on 115 acres of land in Baton Rouge, provides residential elementary and secondary educational services to children who are hearing-impaired and whose hearing loss is such as to preclude their making normal progress in the regular public school system. The school operates under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and is managed by a superintendent. There are 22 buildings providing educational facilities for a preparatory/elementary school, a junior-senior high school, physical education, vocational and special needs programs, separate dormitory buildings for preparatory, elementary, secondary age students and special needs students, learning resource center, and various physical plant support and administrative buildings.
This agency's recommended appropriation includes $24,614 for short-term debt, including Lease purchase agreements.
In addition to the above recommended appropriation, $1,917,830 will be paid in Fiscal Year 1998-1999 for long-term debt incurred on behalf of this agency from the previous sale of bonds. Total long-term debt service payments for the state for Fiscal Year 1998-1999 are reflected in the Governor's Executive Budget Supporting Document in Non-Appropriated Requirements, Schedule 22-922.
This agency's recommended appropriation also includes the following amount by means of financing for payments on the unfunded accrued liability of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and/or the Teachers' Retirement System in accordance with the provisions of Article X, Section 29 of the Constitution of Louisiana:
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Cee Lo Green channels Liberace in 'I Want You' video
We've acquired a great appreciation for Cee Lo Green's outlandish and colorful performances, from his Grammy peacock feathers to a floating piano at the Billboard Music Awards. With bright colors and over-the-top outfits set against a Las Vegas backdrop, his latest video for "I Want You (Hold On To Love)" doesn't disappoint.
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