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Last Friday, December 3, marked the one year anniversary of Alan Gross' imprisonment in Cuba. At the time of his imprisonment, Gross was a subcontractor for DAI's civil society program in Cuba, funded by the United States Agency of International Development. It is now known that Gross was working with Cuba's small Jewish community, providing them with reading materials, access to information, possibly even internet access. During a week in which companies sold more than $1 billion on Cyber Monday, it is sad but true that the Cuban government's holiday wish list for its citizens excludes Wi-Fi access in homes, Kindles with global 3G or even the latest 4G smartphone with web-based gadgets.
Behind closed doors, Cuba has suggested a prisoner swap for Gross. Cuba will hand over Gross if the United States returns the "Cuban Five," a group of Cuban nationals who were convicted of espionage in the United States. Cuba admits the Five are intelligence officers who were, at minimum, gathering information for the Cuban government while living in the United States. The Obama administration denies that Gross was a spy and therefore refuses to discuss a prisoner swap. All of this, however, confuses the more fundamental issue.
A mere 90 miles separates the two countries but Cuba is neither an ally nor a strategic interest for the United States. The Cold War ended two decades ago, and the United States, NATO and even former communist enemies have all moved onto different ideological and military battles. Global warming, terrorist threats and the global economic downturn occupy the best minds in government.
Today's Cuba lacks long-standing allies that can help it develop in the post-Fidel era. Cuba's closest friend and ally is Venezuela but the Cubans do not want to rely solely on subsidized oil for economic survival. While Cuba refuses to pursue full and active membership in the Organization for American States, the Bolivarian Alternative Union offers moral support from the political left in Latin America, but no real economic opportunities. Iran provides a basis for common anti-US rhetoric but no real substance in bilateral relations. China and Russia are cozying up to Cuba because of financial and military interests, respectively, but it remains to be seen if long-term alliances will develop. Spain's interest in Cuba is post-colonial and directed towards a European audience.
On the other hand, Raul's reforms could modernize Cuba's ailing economy and spur much needed domestic growth. The release of political prisoners could lead to increased dialogue and trade with potential friends and former communist allies in the European Union. Cuba supporters in the United States, including in Congress, are waiting for Gross' release to resume dialogue and bilateral engagement under Obama. The difficulty for Raul is to save face after holding Gross without formal charges for a year.
So here is an idea: Release Gross on humanitarian grounds. Release him because his health is poor and he has lost nearly 100 lbs. Release him because he should be with his family for Hanukkah. Release him because he is not a spy and Cuba has nothing to gain by keeping a civilian in prison. But release him, so that Cuba can begin to crawl out of insignificance and finally enter the 21st Century.


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Reviews: Assassins Creed IV Black Flag
A title I SHOULD despise.
To me, one of the worst things a game can do is mitigate the definitive aspects of what gives the franchise it belongs to its quality for the sake of glossing up an otherwise gimmicky or poorly-carrying change in procedure. This game, on a design standpoint, has some of the most severe fundamental issues to the series since the first game, and here they all are. The main campaign missions are absolutely MIND-NUMBING. The ratio between original or exciting missions and overplayed, slow-paced, tedious, and all around frustrating tailing missions is practically 1:10. An even bigger problem arises when nearly half of the side quests become relegated to that same mission structure (at least the ones based on being on land). Combat is the absolute worst since AC 1 and maybe even worse than that. Edward fights sloppily, clunky, is almost unresponsive in even the most basic scenarios and ALL of the most common ones, and it's what REALLY drags down the fun that the boarding segments could have had. I'm gonna get plenty of hate for this, but I didn't much care for Edward. comes off as a gleefully stubborn tool for so long that I was long since disengaged in his comparatively petty plight for the level of his development—his 'charming lovable rogue' BS felt like little more than a facade, which I felt was clearly unintentional on the writers' part after a relatively early point. I found both Ezio and Connor to be far more sincere and to that end, simply better protagonists. Really, there's not much I can say that lived up to the bare minimum, if that. HOWEVER, the game emphasized one thing based all upon its ocean-themed world: Playing at YOUR pace. Rarely was anything kept from you during the course of the game while roaming the open seas, and most of what was came around to the player soon enough. Anything relating to the naval combat-ESPECIALLY the battling to take over the sea forts-ranged between impressive to exhilarating, and the dynamic nature of the ocean itself such as storms, waves, other battles going on, ships hunting down your ass, all kept the world from growing stagnant and aided in replay value. In all, this is one of the few breaks from standard procedure that actually made something of it. Is it overrated? Not as much as I think AC 3 is underrated, but I think that balance really helps me hold both in a high regard.
Possibly the best AC game by far
I'm going to admit, I was actually prepared to hate this game. After being incredibly excited about Assassin's Creed 3, I was bitterly disappointed to discover the sequel would not star Conner Kenway but his grandfather. Worse, I was resistant to the idea of a sequel based around the Golden Age of Piracy. I felt this was a blatant cash grab using a time period which was far less interesting than numerous others which had been forwarded by fans from the French Revolution to Tokugawa Japan. As a result, I only put it on my Christmas list to fill it out and got it early due to my illness. What's my opinion? I have never been more pleased to be so wrong about my misgivings. I think Black Flag may be my favorite of the series. Not only does it successfully continue the story after the original metaplot of the games was resolved but it does so in style. The character of Edward Kenway is perhaps my favorite one in the entire Assassin's Creed franchise, surpassing Connor and even Ezio. So what is so enjoyable about Black Flag? At heart, I believe it's the fact the game isn't afraid to take a fresh look at some long-standing assumptions about the franchise and turn them on their head. The Assassins, Templars, conspiracies, and importance of the Pieces of Eden all get put under a microscope with a protagonist who can barely bring himself to care about any. The protagonist, Edward Kenway manages to bring a roguish charm to the series without forgetting piracy is an activity built on murder and robbery. The darker side of the character comes out in discussions regarding everything from slavery (he's against it but it's not his problem until it impacts him personally) to motivation (profit, plain and simple). The sailing missions are fun, the supporting cast is incredible, and the vistas are beautiful. In conclusion, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is an absolutely fabulous game. One I heartily recommend to not only long-time fans of the series but newcomers as well. Shiver me timbers and swash me buckles, it's a good buy. 10/10
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So as to list some of the more positive aspects of the game:
- The largest open world of the series, to the extent that the game could be considered a sandbox game even without the main storyline.
- A main story line that attempts to explore the Templar perspective of the Assassin/Templar conflict without diminishing the impact or ignoring the conclusion of the Desmond Arc.
- Some surprisingly well-detailed first person segments
- A stunningly rich and enjoyable sailing experience that captured the whole "Age of Sail" era far more than any game I've yet seen.
- Some extensive and enjoyable multiplayer content.
- Brilliant level design and combat mechanics (as are standard for the series).


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Interior Department Halts Oil and Gas Leases Near Utah National Parks
Washington, D.C. The Interior Department today announced that it would cancel leases issued under the Bush administration that would have allowed oil and gas drilling on more than 100,000 acres of Utah wild lands, much of it surrounding iconic treasures like Arches National Park.
Since December, the Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental groups have been working to protect areas near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Dinosaur National Monument, and rock art-rich Nine Mile Canyon from oil and gas drilling. In December, the coalition filed suit to stop the leasing, and, in January, Judge Ricardo M. Urbina of the U.S. District Court granted a temporary restraining order preventing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from moving forward with these leases.
Today, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the agency would cancel the leases.
Statement of Sierra Club Deputy Director Bruce Hamilton
"Today's announcement by Secretary Salazar signals a new era in the way our natural resources are managed. The Obama administration clearly understands that instead of allowing the oil industry to destroy places like Arches National Park, we should be investing in the kind of clean energy solutions that curb global warming and leave our natural treasures intact."


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I want to have a name input processing for my game and I want to be able to say the guy's name in the text as in have people talk to him, but I don't know how to do that when it's the people's choice to name them. i figure it'll be some kind of command like <input/char/name/char#3> or something along the lines of that, but I really don't know. can someone please help me?
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well simply make an event "name imput prossesing" and if you want the name to appear type \N[1] or the number of any other actor \N[2]...ect instead of the name of the actor.
megaman is right, but to clarify a little, type \n[x] in the message dialogue box, where x is the index of the actor in the database.
You can also use \v[x] to display the value stored in variable x, and \c[x] to change the text color to x, where x is a color in the window skin.
I couldn't find a "Name Input Processing" button in the event commands. Is there a script for that? I just recently started to work with scripts and don't quite understand it yet, so if you could post a finished script or an Idiot's Guide that would be wonderful. Please and thank you.
RMXP/RMVX = third tab, left-hand column, second down from the top.
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It's back to the drawing board. That was the message sent out by Bord Pleanála to the developers, as they granted permission for the National Conference Centre, but refused permission for the rest of the development. The Spencer Dock Consortium had sought planning permission for six million square feet, but only received permission for under half a million. In effect, they were given the thumbs-down for the vast bulk of the project.
Sixteen months ago Treasury Holdings, Harry Crosbie and CIE applied to Dublin Corporation for planning permission for their masterplan, designed by the award-winning Irish-born architect Kevin Roche. The developers felt that Roche, applauded for his Ford Foundation headquarters in Manhattan could deliver the goods in Dublin. However, Roche's designs failed to secure widespread approval. Critics wondered whether the bland design was past its sell-buy date, and local residents voiced concern about high-rise blocks that would have been over three hundred feet high.
Dublin Corporation granted permission for four and a half million square feet of the proposal in August last year, but placed a raft of conditions on the proposed fifty acre development. These included restricting the building heights, and ensuring that the development was linked in to the surrounding neighbourhood. The City Council had recommended a spilt-decision, approving the National Conference Centre, but refusing the rest of the development. However, Sean Carey, the Assistant City Manager over-ruled them. The Board's decision yesterday validated the Council's view. A similar difference of opinion had arisen with another high-rise proposal on George's Quay, where the Manager again differed with the elected representatives, but was over-ruled by the Board. In both cases, Bord Pleanála stated that the planning applications were material contraventions of the City Development Plan. A difference of opinion has clearly arisen between senior management of Dublin Corporation on one side and Bord Pleanála and the city councillors on the other. Some councillors believe that city management is siding too much with developers, but no doubt, the city management feel that the councillors are caving in to parochial pressures.
A High Buildings Study has been commissioned by Dublin Corporation from the London based architectural and planning consultancy DEGW, and was due to have been completed by the start of the summer. The delay in its publication illustrates the issue's complexity. The City Manager John Fitzgerald is understood to have viewed a first draft of the Report. Parts of the city around Heuston and the former Broadstone Station may figure in the Study. It is expected to grasp the nettle on high-rise, and pinpoint parts of the city are suited to tall buildings. Such locations would need to be close to good public transport links, but not overlook or overshadow existing residential areas. Dublin's Docklands may well be able to absorb some tall buildings. However, apart from the Millennium tower on the Grand Canal Docks, proposals so far have failed to capture the public's imagination.
The Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) may end up mediating between the developers and the local community. It was set up by government to develop the Docklands. It can prepare a Planning Scheme for the area, in effect setting the ground rules for development. After a much-publicised squabble last year between themselves and the developers, the DDDA allowed the Appeal to Bord Pleanála to run its course. The Authority is now well placed to prepare an urban design framework. This can deliver a profit for the developers as well as tangible gains for the local community.
The Spencer Dock project has brought together a curious consortium comprising CIE, Treasury Holdings and Harry Crosbie. The bulk of the land involved forms part of CIE's North Wall freight depot. Some observers feel that CIE should stick to their main objective of running a property company, and allow the Docklands Authority to develop the site. After all, Bord Gáis recently sold their large site on the Grand Canal Docks to the DDDA. Johnny Ronan and Richard Barrett of Treasury Holdings must now be worried that their plans are beginning to unravel. Minister Mary O'Rourke may come under pressure to allow the DDDA to acquire the land from CIE and develop the site.
The Spencer Dock site is crucial one for the City's development. If handled correctly it could be a working model of urban sustainability. It could provide for the National Conference Centre, as well as a range of employment opportunities and housing types. With a good urban design framework in place, the site could provide for three million square feet of mixed uses. It could be a bustling city quarter that rivals the waterfronts of Helsinki or Barcelona. It is important that we look towards models of urban generation that have been proven to work elsewhere. The American downtowns that turn their back on the street, and rely on car commuting are not an appropriate model. Instead we must look at successful urban neighbourhoods elsewhere in Europe that have delivered the goods in affordable housing, in local jobs, and in creating vibrant bustling streets and squares. High density does not necessarily mean high-rise, and before we propose buildings twenty floors high we should see what can be achieved with good design, and a strong input from the local community.
Ciarán Cuffe lectures in urban planning in the Dublin Institute of Technology. He is also a city councillor for the Green Party, and took a planning appeal against the development.


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The Rebels Are Banging On Westinghouse's Boardroom DoorJudith H. Dobrzynski
Next year, Westinghouse.
Juiced by the corporate upheaval they helped spur at General Motors Corp., activist investors are zeroing in on the ailing Pittsburgh company as their next quarry. Several U.S. pension funds, including the huge California Public Employees' Retirement System, have targeted it. So has Robert A. Monks, who was instrumental in goading Sears, Roebuck & Co. to make boardroom changes and to spin off its financial-services units. The United Shareholders Assn., a group of individual investors, says it is filing four shareholder resolutions with Westinghouse Electric Corp., including one that asks its independent directors to evaluate the company's strategy and leadership.
As if that didn't spell trouble enough for Chief Executive Paul E. Lego, there is more. Using new power granted by recent changes in federal proxy rules, the Council of Institutional Investors, a group of major pension funds, is likely to solicit proxy votes for the shareholder resolutions and against directors. The outside counsel to Westinghouse's board is one Ira M. Millstein, the attorney who roused GM's outside directors and is known to be none too happy with Westinghouse's performance. Meanwhile, former and current Westinghouse executives are leaking internal data to board members who might agitate for change.
NETTLES. No company has ever faced so many angry investors brandishing so many weapons--let alone faced them down. And the barrage could intensify before Westinghouse's annual meeting in April. Some funds haven't announced their prey and might yet pick Westinghouse. Some have deliberately stayed away. "Westinghouse is not on our list because they're on everyone else's list," says Edward J. Durkin, special programs director of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. Others say they're likely to vote against its directors.
Investors are united in their ire for one reason: performance. Westinghouse turned in a $1.1 billion loss last year on $12.8 billion in sales, and it's running in the red again this year. Its financial-services operation in particular keeps bleeding. In recent months, credit-rating agencies have twice downgraded the company, effectively shutting it out of the equity and commercial-paper markets. And the performance of its shares, now near 13 1/2, lags behind its peers'.
Westinghouse's internal practices also nettle investors. The company has installed a raft of measures to entrench management. The board is passive and doesn't even have a nominating committee. In October, it issued a statement giving Lego a vote of confidence.
Then there's that little matter of pay. In early 1991, management reaped big bonuses based on unaudited 1990 results. A month later, the company took a $975 million charge against earnings that would have obliterated the grants. In 1991, managers got no bonuses but were handed plump stock-option grants instead. Lego pocketed some $2.4 million in 1990 and 1991, plus options on 824,000 shares of stock. To protest, a handful of big funds voted against Westinghouse's directors last April.
LINE OF ATTACK. Since then, investors have pelted Lego with complaint letters. In response, he has traveled the country to see some of them, including Monks and Ralph V. Whitworth, president of United Shareholders. On Nov. 9, Lego is set to meet with CalPERS and the California Teachers Retirement System.
Lego always meets with his detractors alone. Former Westinghouse executives say that's due to his lone-wolf management style. He manages in "self-imposed isolation," exerting "heavy-handed" pressure on the units to increase earnings, one says, adding that company morale is "corrosive." A ranking insider says many senior executives "would like to see change" at the top.
But investors seem to be more galvanized by Lego's visits, not less. "Lego blames everyone else for the company's problems," says one major shareholder. And he displays no sense of urgency. "He says, `I know, I know, I know, I'm working on it,' " says another. Lego, on vacation, says through a Westinghouse spokesman that "nothing could be further from the truth" and that the company is addressing shareholder concerns.
To provoke change, investors have so far settled on five resolutions as their first line of attack. Besides asking for a panel to study a restructuring, United Shareholders' proposals seek termination of the company's poison pill and a plan to tie compensation closely to performance. Both United Shareholders and the New York City Teachers' Retirement System ask for creation of a nominating committee of outside directors. Other funds may offer proposals to split the job of chairman and CEO. CalPERS may propose strong candidates for the board. Monks and others want Westinghouse to consider divestitures.
The bottom line: "The company needs to take very dramatic action very soon," says one investor. That now seems to be the only way Lego can avoid meddling by some very grumpy investors.
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Copyright©2009 by Gem's CottageThe three basic things one needs for paper piercing are: a piercing tool, a pricking mat and a pattern. The piercing tool may be a push pin, a safety pin, a sewing needle, or a special paper pricking tool. The pricking mat may be a mouse pad (use the soft or rubbery side), a foam sheet, several layers of paper towel (3 to 5 layers, depending on your preference), layers of fabric, or again, a special paper pricking mat. As for patterns, these are the images included in the download. The patterns are used to make holes on the paper, creating a design. The front side of a paper piercing piece is actually the back side of the paper - the side with the little "bumps".
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United States Patent 2,857,402- Pa't ented Oct. 21, 1958 ALKANE TRIOL TRIS-3,4-EPOXY CY CLO- HEXANECARBOXYLATES Benjamin Phillips and Paul S. Starcher, Charleston, W.
Va., assignors to Union Carbide Corporation, a corporation of New York No Drawing. Application May 21, 1956 Serial No. 585,955
9 Claims. (Cl. 260-348) wherein, R represents a trivalent aliphatic group having up to 22 carbon atoms and R R R R R and R represent hydrogen and alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. More specifically, the compounds which are especially useful are those wherein the total number of alkyl groups as represented by R through R; on any one cyclohexane ring does not exceed five, and the total number of carbon atoms contained by these alkyl groups on any one cyclohexane ring does not exceed 12. The preferred compounds of this invention are alkanetriol tris (3,4 epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) compounds which may be characterized by Formula I, wherein, however, R represents a trivalent alkane group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms and no more than one valence on a single carbon atom and R R R R R and R represent groups as previously defined. Particularly preferred compounds include alkanetriol tris-(3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate), alkanetriol tris-(l-methyl-3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) and alkanetriol tris-(6-methyl-3,4- epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) compounds and may be characterized by Formula I, wherein, however, R represents a trivalent alkane group, R R R and R represent hydrogen atoms, and R and R represent groups from the class of hydrogen and alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
Representative trivalent aliphatic groups such as those characterized by R in Formula I include groups which may be regarded as being the residue of trihydric (alcohols) without the hydroxyl groups. Examples of such trihydric (alcohols) include aliphatic triols, such as 1,2,3- propanetriol, trimethylolmethane, 1,1,1-trimethylolethane, 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane, 1,2,6-hexanetriol, cycloaliphatic triols and aromatic triols, such as 1-al1yloxy-2,4,6-trimethylolbenzene, l-phenylpropane-1,2,3-triol, 1,4-benzopyran-3,5,7-triol, and the like.
The compounds of this invention can be prepared by the oxidizing action of an epoxidizing agent, such as, peracetic acid, acetaldehyde monoperacetate, and the like, on
an aliphatic. triol tris-(3-cyclohexenecarboxylate)- startingmaterial which may be characterized by the general formula:
wherein R, R R R R R and R are as previously defined.
The treatment of an aliphatic tris-(3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) starting material, as represented by Formula H, with an epoxidizing agent can be carried out to epoxidize the double bonds of the starting material. The treatment of an ethylenically unsaturated starting material with peracetic acid and the ensuing reaction may be characterized by the general equation:
wherein, R, R R R R R and R are as previously defined. The reaction of an ethylenically unsaturated compound with acetaldehyde monoperacetate proceeds in a similar manner. However, in addition to acetic acid being formed in the reaction there is also formed acetaldehyde, as a by-product.
The reaction as characterized in the foregoing equation can be carried out by charging an organic triol tris-(3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) starting material to a reaction vessel and then gradually adding the epoxidizing agent. The epoxidizing agent is preferably employed as a solution in a suitable solvent, as for example, acetone, acetal, methyl ethyl ketone, butyl acetate, and the like, in order to provide ease of handling and to remove the explosion hazard which attends the handling of highly concentrated or crystalline peracetic acid.
The epoxidation reaction can be carried out at a temperature within the range of -25 C. to 150 C. Longer reaction times are preferred at the lower temperatures of this range to produce high yields. At the higher temperatures of this range, side reactions form undesirable materials which can be removed by purification procedures. Reaction temperatures in the range of 10 C. to C. are preferred. The reaction conditions can be maintained until an analysis for epoxidizing agent indicates that substantially all of the epoxidizing agent charged to the reaction vessel has been consumed.
The molar ratio of epoxidizing agent to organic triol tris-(3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) starting material may be varied over a wide range. As shown by the foregoing equation a ratio of three mols of epoxidizing agent to one mol of starting material theoretically may be used. Molar excesses of one or the other reactant over the theoretical amount :may be used-without--seriously affecting-the reactlon or 1ts efliciency.
When desired or after completion of the reaction, the
solvent e'niployed; and umi'e'aetd peraceticacidand acetic acid and acetaldehyde if any, fgrmed during the react-ion 'f This can be can be removed from the reaction mixture. expeditiously accomplishedby feeding the reaction mixture into a still kettle containing apotboiler, such as ethylbenzene, which is refluxing under reduced pressure, and stripping the low-boiling components; The epoxidized product can be recovered as residue and refined, as by distillation.
Organic triol tris-(3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) starting materials can be prepared, in accordancewith known procedures; by: condensing ha 3cyclohexenecarboxylic acid with an organic triol. For example, a 3 -cyclohexcnecar boxylicacld and anorganic trioli are mixedrin a mol ratio of about 'three fmols-bf acid peri :mol-of--triol= and-themixture heated iota-temperature inzthe rangeof .100" C. to 200 C; v in an :a'zeotrope forming s'o-lvent,- such as toluene, benzene-and the-like; Waterformedby the .-re-' action is: continuouslyg removedbyreflux and the-polyester product recovered as-residue. V
The various organic triols which maybe used to prepare organic triol tris-(3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) starting materials include aliphatic triols, such.as ""1,2',3-propanetriol, trimethylolmethane,;. '1,l htrimethylolethane hydes for subsequent oxidation to 3-cyclohexenecarboxylic.
acids include, acrol'ein and butadiene, croto'naldehyde and butadiene, m'ethacrolein and butadiene, acrolein' and isoprene, 'crotonaldehyde and isoprene, 'methacrolein and iso prene, 'acrolein and 1,3 pentadien, 'crotonaldehyd'e"Lfand pentadiene, methacrolein and pentadiene, acroleinPand' 2,3 dimethylbutadiene crontonaldehyde and.2,3-ldimethyl-I buta'dinej 'methacrolein Land 2,3-dimethylbutadiene; and: the-like; Thus; the cyclohexenylrin'g of the aliphatic frriol i tris-'( 3-cyclohexene'carboxylate compounds may :have =a variety ofalkylsubstituents depending on the -choice ot startix'rgrnaterials,
The compounds of thisxinvention are particularly :use-
ful asfmonomeric .components of :polymerizable compositionsp. .For'example, 'these'compounds may be hardened" by the addition of about 0.4 weight percent of sulfuric 'acid and heat 10 'formi'hard, tough, transparent polymers. Compositionscontaining the compounds of this invention canrbevsemployed in molding compositions, as surface coatings, asadhesives, and thellike.
The followingexamples: are presented. in -the'se .examples; thezanalyses'forepoxy.group content are based upon the; reactioni of' epoxy groups with'pyridinerhydrm chloride to I form -the .chl'orhydrin and pyridine; An. analysis-'of 'this typemay'be performed by introducing into a pressure-bottle, containing 25 milliliters of 1 N' pyridine hydrochloride in chloroform, an amount ofepoxide sample calculated to "consume about percent of the pyridine hydrochloride. The'bottle is then sealed and the contents heated in a steam .bathfora period of one hour. At the end of'this time, the bottle and contents are cooled,"10drops of'phenolphthaleinindicator (1.0 gram per 100' milliliters of percent ethanol) added, and the mixtures titrated to a permanent. red end .point. .with standard 0.2 N alcoholic potassium hydroxide solution. A blank is also run in precisely-*the same fashion Without, however, the inclusion of a sample. The amount of pyridine hydrochloride consumed-man be determined and from this determination the amount of epoxide in the sample can be calculated. p
The analyses in the examples for determining epoxidizingiagent' content, i. :e., analyses .for peracetic. acid .or. acetaldehyde monoperacetate content, may Qbe performed by introducing a 1.0 to 1.5 gramfsamplemf-unknowri epoxidizing agent content into a flask containing a mixture of 60 milliliters of aqueous. i(50.we'ight. percent) sulfuric acid and 5 milliliters of a saturatedpotassium iodide solution. The flask then 'isnswirledfto .mixthe solutions and then titrated immediately with a 0.1 N aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution to a colorless end point.
In order to determine the acetic acid'content, another 7 sample of approximately the 'same size ista'ken at the same time. This sample is'intro'duced'into a'flask 16011 taining IOO'millilitersof water'and 15"millilitersiofiacetah' I dehyde. The flask and contents are allowed'to' stand 1 'for 10 to 15 minutes 'aft'ermixirrgiso as tQpermit'What ever peracetic acid and/or acetaldehyde 'mon'operacetatej present in the sample to be convertedinto'aceticacid. The acetic acid of the solution is then titrated with a 0.5*N*
sodium hydroxide solution using a phenolphthalein indicator. The amount of acetic acid in the original sample is then taken to be equal to the total acetic acid as determined by titration with sodium 'hydroxide, minus the amount of acetic acidr'coming from the. reaction of peracetic acid and acetaldehyde, or from the decomposition of acetaldehyde monoperaceta-te present in the original sample. The amount of acetic acid formed from reaction of peracetic acid with acetaldehyde, or from decomposition of acetaldehyde monoperacetate, may be calculated from the sodium thiosulfate titration -data3 '0f:ithe-' iprece'ding epoxidizing'; agent analysis on thezbasis:ofstwoimoles dot"- acetic acid being formed from each mole' IOfifiPOXi'CllZlfl'g;
agent EXAMPLE 1" V 0 Preparation :ofiL-Lletrimethylol-propana:tris-(3,4
eppxycyclohexanecctrboxylate)' Six hundred and "forty one grams '('1.'4-n1ols)* of 1,1,1 1 trimethylol-propanei tris-(3-cyclohexenecarboxylatefifjwere; 1
added to aifive-liter flaskffitted'w'ith' astirrer, the'rmomet and dropping funnel; The flask and contents were heate to a temperature of flask. During'this dropwise'addition', the flask was'immersed in a water'bath to maintaimthereaction'temperature .at'about 30 C. to' 35C. After all the peracetic acid solutionhad been added, the reaction was allowed-to continue for an additional three'hours. The reaction stripped ofi at'akettle temperatureof not greater than= 70C. There wasobtained7l8 gramsofa residue-prodf uct which" was ianalyzedas containing-93.6 weightperee'nh of 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane tris-(3,4-epoxycyclohexane carb'oxylate) by determination-"of epOxide' group, 4.86
weight percent of 1,l,l-trimethyl olpropane tris (3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) bydetermination of double bonds; and 0.7 weight percent of acidic impurities; calculated asf acetic acid. The yieldof 111,ltrimethylolpropane tris- (3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate)J was calculated at}? percent.
In a "similar manner 1,2,6 'hexanetriol"t1is-(1-ethyl 3,4-
epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) can be prepared from 1,2,6 hexanetriol tris-(1-ethyl-3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) and 1,2,6-hexanetriol tris-(6-methyl-3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) can be prepared from 1,2,6-hexanetriol tris- (6-methyl-3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) EXAMPLE 2 Preparation of 1,2,3-prpane-triol tris-(3,4- epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) Seven hundred and thirty-seven grams (1.77 mols) of 1,2,3-propanetn'ol tris-(3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) were placed in a five-liter, four-neck flask fitted with a dropping funnel, reflux condenser, stirrer and thermometer. The flask and contents Were heated to a temperature between 30 C. and 35 C. with stirring. Over a period of five hours, 2480 grams of a 24.2 weight percent solution of peracetic acid in acetone (said solution containing 605 grams of peracetic acid) were added dropwise to the flask. During the dropwise addition of peracetic acid solution, the flask was maintained at a temperature between 30 C. and 35 C. by immersion in a water bath. After all of the peracetic acid solution had been added, the reaction was allowed to continue for an additional 1.5 hours. The reaction mixture was stored in a cold bath at an approximate temperature of 11 C. overnight. Then, the reaction mixture was added dropwise to about 2060 grams of ethylbenzene which was refluxing at 25 millimeters of mercury absolute pressure. During the addition, acetone, acetic acid, peracetic acid and ethylbenzene were distilled 06, and after completion of the addition, all low-boiling materials were stripped off at a kettle temperature below 70 C. There were obtained 866 grams of a residue prodnot which was analyzed as containing 63.8 weight percent of 1,2,3-propanetriol tris-(3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate of epoxide determination, 9.65 weight percent of 1,2,3-propanetriol tris-(3-cyclohexenecarboxylate) by determination of double bonds and 0.22 Weight percent of acidic impurities which were determined as acetic acid. The yield of 1,2,3-propanetrio1 tris-(3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) was calculated at 67.4 percent.
' EXAMPLE 3 Compositions of 1,1,1-trimethyl0l propane tris-(3,4- epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) and sulfuric acid catalyst A mixture was prepared from 5 grams of 1,1,1-trimethylol propane tris-(3,4-epoxycyc1ohexanecarboxylate) and 4 drops of a 25 Weight percent solution of sulfuric acid in Water. This mixture contained 0.4 weight percent of sulfuric acid based on the total weight of mixture. The mixture was allowed to stand overnight for a period of about 16 hours. After this time, the mixture was heated to C. and held there for a period of 35 minutes, during which time a gel was formed. This gel was maintained at a temperature of C. for a period of 1.5 hours. An opaque product having a Barcol hardness of 34 was obtained.
What is claimed is:
1. A compound characterized by the general formula:
wherein, R represents a trivalent saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms and no more than one valence on a single carbon atom and R R R R R and R represent groups selected from the class of hydrogen and alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
2. 1,1,l-trimethylolpropane tris-(3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) having not more than 6 alkyl substituents of 1 to 4 carbon atoms on each cyclohexane ring thereof.
3. 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane tris(3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) 4. 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane tris (1-methyl-3,4-ep0xycyclohexanecarboxylate) 5. 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane tris (6-methyl-3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarb oxylate) 6. 1,2,3 propanetriol tris 3,4 epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) having not more than 6 alkyl substituents of 1 to 4 carbon atoms on each cyclohexane ring thereof.
7. 1,2,3 propanetriol tris (3,4 epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate).
8. 1,2,3-propanetriol tris (1-methyl-3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) 9. 1,2,3-propanetriol tn's-(6-methyl3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate) References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,857,402
October 21, 1958 Benjamin Phillips et a1.
It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read as corrected below.
Column 2, lines 3 to 11, formula II should appear as shown below instead of as in the patent- Attest KARL H. AXLIN E,
ROBERT C. WATSON, Attestz'ng Oficer.
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Then the mess that was RichRod, cratering so much, but also instantly cratering the NFL factory image UM had, by introducing the spread and recruting all these midgets.
Yes, OSU's violations probably demonstrate a more inviting, laid back environment for high school kids, and this probably did give OSU some slight recruiting edge, but that is but a drop in the bucket of the bigger picture and the bigger reasons OSU has an edge when it comes to landing talent.
Hoke and these sanctions will give us a needed window to restore the balance - UM as the NFL factory attracting top national talent, in order to counteract OSU's inherent local recruiting advantage.
|6 years 39 weeks ago
|Have you been in a cave the
Have you been in a cave the last 8 years bro? Qualifying the level of fun associated with ANY imminent win over OSU is silly. Take whatever you can get right now and be happy, and have this conversation after a 4 year win streak.
|6 years 39 weeks ago
Precisely right. Take a snap shot of last year. If Tressel plays by the books as he should have, does OSU win the BIg 10 without those 6 players? Not a chance. Does it beat Arkansas to snap it's 0-9 SEC streak? No way.
My favorite part of all of this will be when OSU is required to vacate last year, thus returning them to Oferville (0 for 9) vs the SEC.
Funny how they were trying to line up a home and home with Venderbilt.... Vanderbilt... Wonder why.
|6 years 39 weeks ago
I hope you aren't the same guy who gets up in arms at the slightest UM neg on these boards during the season, like Queen Elizabeth monitoring table eitquette. My guess is you are. =\
|6 years 39 weeks ago
|TX, not NY
TX, not NY
|6 years 39 weeks ago
|I have no love for Ohio. I
I have no love for Ohio. I grew up on Farmington Hills and lived in Ann Arbor 8 years for undergrad and law school, and I agree towns like Toledo and Columbus are malignant. Cleveland is bunk too, countered by Detroit I'd imagine.
You all crap on Ohio - representative of a large segment of Michigan fans - but we're talking football here. Not parks, rivers, sewage or amusement parks, even though yeah Cedar Point rocks. One thing the shit hole you all despise has going for it is what, the fourth best football recruiting state behind FL, NY and CA, that happens to have fed our beloved football team with many of our best players ever.
Yet you shit on it indiscriminately, not heeding the chilling effect that may have on a recruit. yet God forbid someone question the UM football program on these boards mid-recruiting season, then they are a pariah for doing the slightest irrelevant thing that may impact recruiting. Funny. Pot meet kettle.
"99% of Ohioans are Buckeye fans anyway..."? My point exactly. Perhaps if UM fans focus hate toward Columbus instead of Ohio, we can all do our tiny part to help our team recruit that state down south that much better by not having Ohio recruits thinking they're going to feed a fan base that makes fun of the home of their fathers, mothers and siblings.
|6 years 39 weeks ago
|It's painfully obvious why
It's painfully obvious why Dantonio is such a jerk and Izzo is not. Izzo is genuinely content at his job. Dantonio on the other hand, is now and will continue to be miserable until he becomes Ohio State's head coach. The man has a hard on for the Buckeyes more than anyone. His time in East Lansing to him is nothing but a proxy run at competing against Michigan, but deep down he's miserable at not having the recruiting muscle he would at Ohio State. He's enjoyed the ride that came with the RR transition melt down, but he, like the rest of us, knows that time has passed, and odds of things returning to normal (i.e., UM crushing MSU consistently) is imminent. This will be his last strong year before his team returns to Big 10 mediocrity, where it will stay for years, resulting in his ultimate dismissal. His one hope is for Tressel to get the shit can, for Meyers to balk, and for the Buckeye job to fall in his lap.
I hate Dantonio now, I'll hate him twice as much if that ever happens.
|6 years 46 weeks ago
|Dear heavens... after 20
Dear heavens... after 20 years of surfing the net I thought I'd seen it all and had no room left to be disturbed, and then I scrolled half way down the Beano Cook google search...
|6 years 46 weeks ago
|Just got emotional over this
Just got emotional over this at work today. I used to see Vada at the UM UGLi all the time in undergrad. He was the most noticeable football player on campus to me because of how outgoing and effusive he was. Always with a smile, always there studying and messing around like the rest of us.
Saw him last year tailgating before the ND game and tossed out a "Vada Murray!" at him as he walked by and he nodded and smiled. I knew he was sick and I thought that small gesture would let him know he was still a star in our eyes.
I think of how I'm 42, having just gotten married and about to start my family now, and how wrong it is that such a great guy was only given 43 years.
We really do need to cherish what we have, when we have it. We cherished you in life Vada and we cherish you today. Rest in peace bro.
|6 years 48 weeks ago
Disagree big time with Brian on this one. How many points did we put up against OSU last year with "all the offensive pieces"? 7. After our first drive, how many did we put up against Miss St. while they were scoring 52? 7. Against MSU? 17. In just about all the key games, the "high powered" offense shat a brick. If they had averaged 30 against those teams then Brian would have a leg to stand on here, but they didn't, so personally I have no problem watching Hoke and Borges work the offense into their system with the pieces they have.
|7 years 1 week ago
|Your? YOU'RE obviously not a
Your? YOU'RE obviously not a UM grad... Go neg a Buckeye fan you backwards assed mouth breather.
|7 years 6 weeks ago
|To the sad, negative nellies.
What a giant pack of douche bags we are as a fan base. Look at how many of you are so damn negative. First you shit all over RichRod for three years and drive him out of town without giving him a chance, now you turn your rabig 'holier than thou' negativity onto Brandon for, God forbid, actually reaching out to fans to give them an update while asking them to rally behind the new coach. The whole point of the man's message was please leave the negativity at the door. Get positive with whomever we hire - it will do wonders for recruiting, for the media, and for any chance the team has to resume it's winning ways. But no, just a giant pack of negative dicks, lining up again - one after the other. Seriously, go root for the another team. UM football doesn't need you.
|7 years 8 weeks ago
|Realize Friedgen was let go
Realize Friedgen was let go before the bowl game so that datapoint is irrelevant toward his firing.
|7 years 8 weeks ago
|How can you possible call it
How can you possible call it insane? If we win 50-0 vs an 8-4 SEC team, and go 8-5 after last season's 5-7, especially after all that has happened, do you really think there is any chance RR is fired? If we lose 50-0 do you think there is any chance RR is kept?
The call is a close one for Brandon. Who would deny that? It's a close call on RR either way right? Or am I wrong on saying it's a close call.
|7 years 8 weeks ago
|You project upon the mind of
You project upon the mind of any new poster that the only reason they make a new post is because they think they have a great or amazing idea, and thus they are worth negging. Did you ever think perhaps, that UM fans might also make posts so they can hear other fans' thoughts on the matter they raise? That was all I was after really. This game seems like the deciding factor in RR"s hiring/firing, I wanted to know other fans' thoughts.
What does "cc" mean? I have no idea. I've been following UM football since 1979, so I know plenty about that.
If there is some etiquette, or some need to put "cc" whatever that is before posts that don't purport to provide newsworthy content, why not ask Brian to put a link to such etiquette, and fans like myself would be happy to oblige. But the way some of you front this forum etiquette negging at older fans like me, is a major turn off and a poor representation of the Michigan fan base on this, probably UM's highest traffic blog.
|7 years 8 weeks ago
|Disagree. You really think if
Disagree. You really think if we blow out Miss State like 45-17 RR won't be back even if Harbaugh is interested? I'd give it 75% chance RR's back if we win. 85% if we win by more than 10 points. 95% if we win by more than 20 points.
|7 years 8 weeks ago
|I didn't see any other post
I didn't see any other post out there with the angle that, given how close the call on RR has become after this year, the final weighing factor just might be this bowl game. I think it adds intrigue to approach watching the game this way - RR"s players playing not only to win a game, but to save his job one way or the other.
Not that I care much, but consider stepping away from your computer for a few weeks, if you've gotten to the point where you waste oxygen negging your fellow UM fans. I know it's been a disappointing year, but you need to channel your aggression more appropriately.
|7 years 8 weeks ago
|Mike Martin, Dave Brandon, Ed
Mike Martin, Dave Brandon, Ed Martin... sorry for getting my names wrong. I corrected it I think.
|7 years 13 weeks ago
Agree RR should be back next year.
1. Offense. Compare this offense to our offense two years ago. Don't forget that this has been with Vincent Smith as the feature back - small, slow, and can't shed blocks to save his life. Just imagine the damage this offense will do with even better personnel next year with the D&D (Denard/Dee) show? And more experience across the board?
2. Defense. Simply, cannot possibly get worse. Cannot. This was the nader. We will never in our lifetimes see a worse UM D than we saw this year, may it R.I.P. Why? Obvious reasons like maturity, experience, another year in the weight room, but also, let's face it - RR knows if he doesn't turn the D around next year, his job will be toast. He has completed 50% of the plan - offense. Now he must complete the other 50%, otherwise he is gone next year, and everyone, even Brian, will agree there.
3. Special teams. See 2. Cannot possibly get worse, and again, I expect RR to take this very seriously in the off season.
4. Turnovers. This is arguably the only major liability of RR's offense, and something that also must be given attention.
We will end up 7-6 or 8-5 this year, and next year will see improvements across the board. I am excited for next year to see if RR can fix the D. All of Wolverine nation will be focusing on this next year, and it will be the single most important future datapoint defining either the success or failure of RR's tenure at UM, because the deadliness of the offense is going nowhere.


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Sexual harassment in the workplace would result in a minimum three-year prison sentence and a minimum fine of EGP 10,000.
NCW media officer Abeer Abou Al-Ela said the bill was developed after a request from Prime Minister Hesham Qandil.
"The recent incidents against women to alienate them from the political scene pushed us to propose the bill," Abou Al-Ela explained.
The proposed law includes a broad-ranging definition of sexual harassment, including stalking, obscene gestures, and public or private comments of a sexual or pornographic nature.
Director of the Egyptian Centre for Women (ECW) Nehad Abul Qomsan criticised the NCW for not coordinating with women rights' NGOs and anti-harassment movements.
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Is NCAA Using the Bully Pulpit -- or Bullying?
Nearly nine months after the National Collegiate Athletic Association first sought to restrict colleges with "hostile" or "abusive" Native American mascots or imagery from participating in its championships, the association's executive committee on Friday rejected appeals by several universities. In announcing that at least six institutions cannot play host to or participate in NCAA tournaments if they cling to their icons, the chairman of the NCAA panel, Walter Harrison, said flatly: "Our decision is final."
Not so fast. At least one of the affected institutions, the University of North Dakota, said bluntly in response to the NCAA dictate that it would consider suing the association. And officials at other colleges bristled at what they said was inappropriate interference in their affairs. "The University of Illinois is disappointed by the NCAA Executive Committee's final decision to uphold a policy that is capricious in its design and implementation," Lawrence Eppley, chair of the Illinois Board of Trustees, said in a news release Friday. The NCAA upheld an earlier finding that Illinois's much-debated mascot, Chief Illiniwek, is "hostile and abusive."
How successful the institutions might be in challenging the NCAA in court or other venues is unclear. Courts have given the association fairly wide berth in setting rules for colleges that choose to belong to the group, although that has been truer with rules that were voted on directly by its member institutions, while the mascot policy was set by the association's leaders and governing committees.
More than anything, though, the battle over Native American imagery underscores the tension that arises when a group like the NCAA ventures onto what is essentially political (or sociopolitical) terrain.
Critics who say the use of Native American mascots demeans an entire race have consistently praised the NCAA for taking the issue on. Vernon Bellecourt, president of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media, told the Associated Press Friday that the NCAA's latest actions should "be a pretty strong message to these universities and colleges ... that it's time for them to change."
But others have accused the association of trying to twist the arms of its members into altering their points of view, and their behavior, on an issue that seems nominally related at best to the conduct of intercollegiate sports. Eppley, of the Illinois board, accused the NCAA of "dictating social policy for a few select member institutions" in a way that "intrudes on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees' autonomy."
As they have done throughout the process, NCAA leaders insisted on Friday that the association was not telling its member colleges what to do. The policy "does not mandate" that colleges must get rid of their mascots, nicknames or icons, said Harrison; it merely seeks to "maintain NCAA championships as an environment that provides an environment of respect and dignity for every participant." In other words, Harrison said, institutions can keep their Native American mascots and nicknames on their own campuses; they just can't bring them to NCAA championships, and the NCAA won't let its championships be held at colleges that use or display such imagery.
When pressed during a telephone news conference Friday, Myles Brand, the NCAA's president, seemed to acknowledge, at least obliquely, that the association has sought to change behavior. "We think it is important that an institution, and that includes its faculty and students, administrators and those in the community of the university, think through how they respect every person. We believe that conversation should take place on each campus, and we expect over time that institutions will reach appropriate decisions."
Is the association seeking a certain outcome? Brand was asked. "We don't have the authority or power to make those decisions for others," he said. "But we do hope that rational conversations and respectful treatment and moral considerations will come into play as people make their own decisions ... and that given the opportunity to discuss it in a fair and open way, they will make the right decisions."
"You do recall," Brand added, "that my discipline is philosophy."
Dueling Letters
The NCAA may not be telling its members that they must change their behavior, but it struck those affected by the policy that way. Charles Kupchella, president of the University of North Dakota, whose teams are known as the Fighting Sioux, said its officials "continue to take issue with the fact that the policy is illegitimate and that it has been applied to UND inappropriately and in an arbitrary and capricious manner. Our next step," he said, "will be to consider legal and other options with the State Board of Higher Education and the North Dakota Attorney General."
Officials at North Dakota had submitted a letter from a leader of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Judicial Council saying that a majority of the tribe's councils favored the university's use of the name. But the NCAA said that in rejecting North Dakota's appeal, it had leaned more heavily on a letter from the tribe's chairman, Ron His Horse is Thunder, that said the tribe continues to want the university to stop using the Fighting Sioux name.
North Dakota is one of six colleges from the original list of 18 that the NCAA unveiled last August that remains subject to the policy on Native American imagery, which says that institutions with such imagery may not play host to NCAA championships and that their teams cannot participate in NCAA championships if team members or others display the offending names, mascots or icons. (That technically means that Illinois's teams, for example, could participate in NCAA tournaments as long as Chief Illiniwek does not come with them, since the NCAA has cleared the university's use of its Fighting Illini nickname, concluding that it refers to the state's residents, not the Indian tribe with that name.)
Besides North Dakota and Illinois, the other four institutions that remain on the list, either because they never appealed it or because the NCAA rejected their pleas, are Alcorn State University (Braves), Arkansas State University (Indians), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indians) and Newberry College (Indians).
Four institutions were removed from the list because they were able to persuade the NCAA that local tribes approved of the colleges' use of their names: Central Michigan University (Chippewas), Florida State University (Seminoles), Mississippi College (Choctaws), and the University of Utah (Utes).
Five other colleges are or soon will be off the NCAA's list because have either changed or are changing their names: Carthage College became the Red Men instead of the Redmen; Chowan College (soon to be Chowan University) is searching for a new name to replace "Braves;" the University of Louisiana at Monroe said last month that it would become the Warhawks instead of the Indians; Midwestern State University's Indians became the Mustangs, and Southeastern Oklahoma State University's teams are now the Savage Storm instead of the Savages.
The NCAA executive committee announced Friday that it would drop Bradley University from the list because the university, despite its "generic" Braves nickname, had "demonstrated its ability to provide an environment that is not hostile or abusive and one that is consistent with the NCAA constitution and commitment to diversity, respect and sportsmanship." Bradley will remain on a "watch list" for five years, to "assure that circumstances do not change."
Three other colleges, including Catawba College and McMurry University, which are both known as the Indians and have appealed their inclusion on the NCAA's original list, and the College of William and Mary, which was left off the original list last August because it had requested more time to make the case for its "Tribe" nickname, are still being reviewed by the NCAA staff.
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We have 50 holsteins in a ties stall barn and they are currently at about 86 lbs a day.
When I started my winter break for school I convinced my dad to give 3x a try just for a month until i went back to school. I offered to do the late shift (11 PM) and the deal we made was I would get half of the increase in profit.
After about 2 or 3 days they had jumped up about 4 lbs and just slowly continued to rise, we are at about 6 lbs a day higher per cow compared to 2x after 3 and a half months.
When we calculated the profit we did figure that the cows eat a little more and the price of electricity for another milking, as well as wipes and dip. We averaged the extra milk income over a month and compared it to extra expenses and my dad is roughly making an extra $50 a day per cow. So we decided that i would just get $25 per milking, which is pretty good cuz it only takes about an hour and half.
After a month of 3x things were going pretty good so i decided to take semester off of school and keep milking at least till next fall.
As far as SCC, theres been a little decrease but some of that can be contributed to scraping down the beds one more time each day.
Also, Ill mention that my dad loves his new work schedule, he milks at 7 and 3 so he's done with all the chores by 5:30 and he has his nights to do whatever. If you can find good help for a good price i say go for it.


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text: Chris 237 Report post Posted November 13, 2012 Day 2 of IGN's GTA V blowout brings us a more detailed look at the three main characters, a great interview with Rockstar North studio head and Producer of GTA, Leslie Benzies. And as promised, they also have two exclusive new screenshots to show off, here they are: See more in our GTAV Screenshots gallery. Next up, IGN's interview with Les Benzies. The interview is a good read and includes a few details on certain things in GTA V. We've picked out a few interesting quotes below, but we certainly recommend reading the whole thing. "We do have a bunch of missions in GTA V that are far more freeform than anything we have done before," he continues. "We tell you to go get something and the player decides how to do it - what characters they need on the job and what tools they need for those characters." you can expect to see dogs guarding areas and causing the player trouble when they try to sneak past them. If the player wants to get their hands on one of the more 'high end' vehicles early in the game they'll have to work for it. For instance, airport security won't let you just wander in and steal a jet, they'll give you some serious opposition. And finally, looks like we might be hearing about multiplayer some time soon: Refining open world multiplayer into something really special has been a huge focus of development and we are very excited to share more information with people soon.[...] on the multiplayer side we hope that GTA V will do for multiplayer open world games what GTA 3 did for open world single-player games. Lastly, we have IGN's Meet the Cast article which sheds a bit more light on the three main characters. We'll be updating our own characters page shortly to reflect the new details. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites