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2017 Arctic Cat HDX 700 XT EPS
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- 700 H1 4-Stroke Engine With EFI: The 700 H1 is a 695cc, liquid-cooled single cylinder with EFI. Excellent throttle response provides smooth and consistent acceleration.
- Fully-Independent Suspension With Rear FOX FLOATS: The HDX™ is built to tackle any job, and heavy loads require a shock that can get the job done. FOX FLOAT® rear shocks allow you to increase the air for better rider comfort. With our independent suspension providing 10 inches of travel and 10 inches of ground clearance, getting the job done isn't a problem.
- Digital Power Sport Gauge: The Power Sport gauge packs one heck of an informational punch. The digital gauge features all the essential operation information indicators: RPMs, speedometer, trip mileage, gear indicator, digital clock and fuel indicator.
- Electronic Power Steering (EPS): Arctic Cat's electronic power steering (EPS) activates automatically at the moment of ignition. Steering your machine requires minimal effort, even at slow speeds and rock crawling.
- Infinitely Adjustable Tilt Steering: The infinitely adjustable tilt steering allows you to position the steering wheel in that "just right" position for any rider.
- Duro Kaden Tires With Aluminum Wheels: The Duro 3 Star Kaden is a great all-purpose tire. Smooth ride and grip for days. Combining them with aluminum wheels only made sense.
- 1000-lb.-Capacity Transformable Tilting Rear Cargo Box: The 2-in-1 cargo box hauls up to 1,000 lbs., is wide enough to fit a wooden pallet and converts to a flatbed in minutes. Just three more reasons the HDX™ was voted the industry's best heavy-duty ROV.
- Dashboard Shift Lever With Park: The dashboard shifter keeps the power at your fingertips. Need to stop on a hill? Move the shifter to Park to keep from rolling down.
- Rear 2-Inch Receiver: Hooking up to your boat trailer, utility trailer, SPEEDPoint™ attachments or whatever you need to haul doesn't get much easier with this rugged, 2-inch rear receiver.
- Automotive-Style Hood: The automotive-style hood opens from the front – just like your truck – making it easier to gain access to the massive 22.4-gallon underhood storage box.
- 2/4 WD With Electric Front Differential Lock: Arctic riders prefer to be in control with their on-the-fly 2WD/4WD. Tackle more rugged terrain by locking the front differential with a flick of the switch.
- Dual Halogen With LED Accent Headlights: The LED light bar and halogen headlights team up to provide a brighter beam and modern look.
- Large Underhood Storage: Extra storage space is something everyone is after. With 3 cu.-ft of storage under the hood, bring everything you need for the day – and then some. Water-resistant? You bet it is.
- Spacious 3-Passenger Seat: Even though the HDX™ is considered a Side by Side, it should be called a Side by Side by Side. The 3-passenger bench seat allows a third person to come along for the ride.
- Side Storage Compartments: Every craftsman needs a good toolbox. How about two? The 18-gallon side storage areas provide a secure place to keep all of your favorite tools, and maybe even your lunch.
- Engine Displacement (cc), Engine Type: 695, SOHC, 4-Stroke, 4-Valve w/EFI
- Cooling System: Liquid with Fan
- Bore & Stroke (mm): 102x85
- Alternator Capacity (amps): 28
- Fuel Capacity gal. (liters): 8.2 (31)
- Power Steering: Electronic Power Steering (EPS)
- Transmission: Automatic CVT with EBS, Hi/Lo Range, Reverse and Park
- Drive System: 2/4 WD + Electronic Front Differential Lock
- Brakes Front / Rear: Hydraulic Disc
- Front Suspension / Travel in. (cm): Double A-Arm / 10 (25.4)
- Rear Suspension / Travel in. (cm): Double A-Arm / 10 (25.4)
- Ground Clearance in. (cm): 10 (25.4)
- Shocks: Front Coil-Over / Rear FOX FLOAT Coil-Over
- Front Tire / Size: Duro Kaden / 26x9R14
- Rear Tire / Size: Duro Kaden / 26x11R14
- Wheels: Aluminum
- Overall Size LxWxH in. (cm): 129x60x79 (327.7x152.4x200.7)
- Wheelbase in. (cm): 85 (215.9)
- Dry Weight lbs. (kg): 1363 (618.2)
- Front/Rear Rack or Box Capacity lbs. (kg): 1000 (453.6) Cargo Box / 25 (11.3) Underhood Storage
- Towing Capacity lbs. (kg): 1500 (680.4)
- Hitch Type: Rear 2" Receiver
- Instrumentation: Digital
- Lighting: Dual Halogen Headlights w/LED Light Bar / Rear Halogen Taillight
Additional Features
- Automotive-Style Latching Hood: Standard
- Bumpers: Accessory
- Center Rubber Dash Compartment: Standard
- Dashboard Shift Lever with Park: Standard
- Doors: Side Restraint Net
- Front Tow Hook: Standard
- Gun Scabbard with Mount: Accessory
- High-Quality Surlyn Body Panels: Standard
- Infinitely Adjustable Tilt Steering: Standard
- One-Piece Molded Roof: Accessory
- Rear Cargo Box: Transformable Tilting 1,000-lb Capacity
- Rearview Mirror: Accessory
- Safety Flag: Accessory
- Seating: Three-Passenger Bench
- Storage - Underhood: 22 Gallons Water-Resistant
- Storage - Glove Box: 1.9 Gallons
- Storage - Side: 18 Gallons
- Sway Bar: Standard
- Tie-Down Hooks: Standard
- Winch: Accessory
Available Colors
- Black
- Fire Red
NOTES:ROVs can be hazardous to operate. For your safety, all occupants must wear a seat belt, approved helmet, eye protection, and protective clothing; use handhold and stay inside vehicle. Never ride on paved surfaces or public roads. Never engage in stunt driving; riding and alcohol/drugs don't mix and could cause serious injury or even death. Avoid excessive speeds and be particularly careful on difficult terrain. We recommend all ROV operators have a valid driver's license. No operators under age 16. Never carry a passenger in the cargo box; the passenger must be able to place both feet on the floor while keeping their back against the back of the seat. Arctic Cat recommends that all riders read and understand their operator's manual before operation and take a training course. For ROV training visit http://cbt.rohva.org. Along with concerned conservationists everywhere, Arctic Cat urges you to "Tread Lightly" on public and private lands. Ride only on designated areas or trails. Preserve your future riding opportunities by showing respect for the environment, local laws, and the rights of others when riding. Do not shoot from or lean firearms or bows against the ROV. ®™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Arctic Cat Inc.
- Engine Type
- SOHC, 4-Stroke, 4-Valve
- Displacement
- 695cc
- Bore and Stroke
- 102 x 85 mm
- Cooling
- Liquid with Fan
- Fuel System
- Front Suspension
- Double A-Arm
- Front Brakes
- Hydraulic Disc
- Front Tire
- Duro Kaden / 26x9R14
- Rear Suspension
- Double A-Arm
- Rear Brakes
- Hydraulic Disc
- Rear Tire
- Duro Kaden / 26x11R14
- Dry Weight
- 1363 lb. (618.2 kg)
- Wheelbase
- 85 in. (215.9 cm)
- Front Travel
- 10 in. (25.4 cm)
- Rear Travel
- 10 in. (25.4 cm)
- Ground Clearance
- 10 in. (25.4 cm)
- Fuel Capacity
- 8.2 gal. (31 L)
- Box Capacity
- 1000 lb. (453.6 kg)
- Towing Capacity
- 1500 lb. (680.4 kg)
- Transmission
- Automatic CVT with EBS, Hi/Lo Range, Reverse and Park
- Drive System
- 2/4 WD + Electronic Front Differential Lock
- Speedometer
- Digital
- Tachometer
- Digital
- Odometer
- Digital
- Colors
- Black, Fire Red


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Watch in High Definition! Classic Game Room HD reviews the Nintendo Wii ZAPPER gun add-on for the Wiimote to use with shooting games like House of the Dead Overkill and Link's Crossbow Training! Shoot zombies and happy, child-friendly creatures with this Japanese-produced white, molded piece of plastic that magically transforms your Wii controller into an AK-47 assault rifle, laser cannon or teen rated crossbow. No batteries required, the Wii Zapper gun controller simply works with your battery powered Wiimote to function as a rifle shaped controller complete with a trigger. Solid construction, reasonable price and a pack-in game (Links Crossbow Training) welcome would-be buyers looking for machine gun madness on the Wii. It's like the Wii Wheel except that it is shaped like an SMG rather than a steering wheel. Classic Game Room hardware reviews cover the newest and oldest video game hardware, controllers, systems and accessories from the past 30 years! CGRHD reviews Wii hardware and games because CGRHD is a Wiiware reviewer reviewing Wiiriffic games and accessories!Mail this post

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MIAMI | The FBI is seeking a suspect believed responsible for at least nine recent robberies of Florida branches of TD Bank in locations across the state.
Authorities say the string of robberies began Dec. 29 in Vero Beach, with the most recent taking place April 21 in Port Orange. Other TD Bank robberies the FBI says were committed by the same man were in Lighthouse Point, Orlando, Longwood, Winter Haven, Lauderhill, Melbourne and Lakeland.
The suspect is described as a white male, between 6 feet and 6-foot-2, and weighing about 200 pounds. In some bank photos he is bald, but also often wears a hat and sunglasses.
Anyone with information should call local police or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-423-8477. A cash reward is available for information leading to an arrest.


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We have an super cool president—last year he bought the chefs at Pennsylvania Ave. some homebrewing kits, which yielded what the brewmasters thought was some really delicious beer. And now, hail to the chief, the White House has released the recipes for the official Honey Porter and Honey Ale so you can make them at home.
You can buy kits for either recipe from Great Fermentations. It's $36 for the porter and $49 for the ale. You, too, can get your buzz on like Barack.


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Academic Year Programs
- Undergraduate Learning Farm Assistantship. Students are hired as undergraduate research assistants and work directly with faculty on projects on the new K-State Agronomy Learning Farm. For more information, please contact Dr. Anita Dille. Position open for application.
- Undergraduate Research Assistants. Individual faculty members encourage undergraduates to pursue research projects in their own laboratories and support this with their own research grants. Please contact individual professors. You can check out the biochemistry research areas.
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Undergraduate Research Assistants. About 20 undergraduates are hired by faculty, both during the summer and during the school year. These students help with the faculty's ongoing research projects. Please contact individual professors.
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Cancer Research Awards. The program is highly competitive, providing undergraduates the opportunity to learn about cancer, the scientific method, technical approaches, and the critical analysis of results. The student participates as part of the research team. Each student receives a $1000 award and each faculty member receives a $1000 award to assist the project. Deadline: October of each academic year.
- Kansas Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE). The K-INBRE program funds undergraduate students to do research in biomedical research. The Summer/Semester program funds undergraduate students in any year of study (Fr-Sr). We also fund "regular" K-INBRE scholars who are generally identified in their freshman year and are funded for their sophomore and junior years with scholarships. Students commit at least 450 hrs in the lab per year. Contact Dr. Stephen K. Chapes for more information.
- Kansas Lipidomics Research Center. Students are given guided individual research projects that focus on non-water-soluble metabolites and the relation to the function of genes and their proteins. Academic credit for research involvement is also available if the student chooses this option. There are no set deadlines for application. For details, please contact Dr. Ruth Welti.
- NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology. This scholarship program is designed to encourage Native American undergraduates to become involved in environmental biology research. No deadlines for application. For more information, please contact Dr. Larry Erickson.
- SEEDS Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The Ecological Society of America's SEEDS Undergraduate Research Fellowship application deadline has been extended to October 1. The SEEDS program promotes ecology opportunities to students that are underrepresented in the profession. Don't miss this unique opportunity to customize your ecology research experience. The possibilities with the SEEDS fellowship are unparalleled, with awardees having almost the entire ESA membership, 10,000 strong, to choose from as mentors. Fellowship students essentially conduct a mini thesis from writing a proposal, to conducting their research and analyzing results, to presenting at the ESA meeting. The fellowship stipend is $6,000, plus all research expenses, plus travel to two ESA meetings and a leadership meeting making the total award over $12,000. The SEEDS fellowship is the highest honor in the SEEDS program, and fellows are encouraged as
future leaders of ESA.
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- Trauma Research, Education, and Consultation at K-State (TRECK) Team. The TRECK Team is a recognized student organization that focuses on developing research programs, providing education, and clinical consultation about issues related to trauma and traumatic stress. TRECK team members can enroll in an independent study course and are required to complete 20 research hours per course credit. Members have generally been involved in transcribing interviews, library work, and qualitative data analysis. One year commitment to the project required. The TRECK Team meets approximately 2 times per month. There are no deadlines for application. Please contact Dr. Briana Nelson Goff for more information.
- Geographic Information Systems Spatial Analysis Laboratory (GISSAL). Appropriately trained and qualified undergraduates are hired to work and assist with the research activities at GISSAL. Please contact Dr. Shawn Hutchinson.
- I-Center. The Center for the Integration of Undergraduate, Graduate and Postdoctoral Research (I-Center) was established in the fall of 2006 to promote and advance an integrated approach to undergraduate and graduate research in the Mathematics Department at KSU. To further these ends, the I-Center fosters groups of undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and faculty jointly working on cutting edge problems in applied mathematics, pure mathematics and interdisciplinary areas. In the preferred model, senior faculty help postdoctoral fellows develop research projects suitable for undergraduate and show them techniques for engaging undergraduates in mathematical research. Faculty and postdoctoral fellows interact with graduate students, both mentoring their research and involving the graduate students in the undergraduate research mentoring process.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant. About 50 to 60 undergraduates are hired yearly by individual faculty members as research or lab assistants. Please contact individual professors. You can look at their research focus.
- Undergraduate Research Assistant. Students are encouraged to work with faculty on ongoing research activities. Students then make formal presentations of research findings at the Annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Convocation at the end of the spring semester. Please contact individual professors. You can look at their research focus.
- Developing Scholars Program (DSP). Historically under-represented undergraduate students (students of color and first generation students) are chosen to work as research assistants for KSU Faculty engaged in scholarly activities. The program is designed to provide academic, social, and financial support to students during their academic pursuits at Kansas State University. Deadline: May of each academic year (subject to change, please confirm with the website for updated deadlines).
- McNair Scholars Program is a comprehensive program structured to prepare undergraduates for successful careers as graduate students, professors, and professional researchers. McNair Scholars are from socio-economic groups which are under-represented in graduate programs and college faculties across the country. Deadline: September of each academic year (subject to change, please confirm with the website for updated deadlines).


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After covering the NFL and the NBA over the past two weeks, it is now time to move on to Major League Baseball.
More than any other major sport, baseball managers have to always be on the lookout for the man with the pink slip of paper because teams change managers these days like my wife changes clothes (which, I might add, always look great whatever she finally decides).
By my unofficial count, there will be seven new managers sitting in the dugouts when the 2011 season begins. That's almost a 25% turnover and that doesn't count the changes made during the season last year. Most of these came through firings but one came via retirement and that man needs special attention. Since I stipulated when we began these lists that the coaches/managers had to be holding their position currently, that eliminated one manager from this list that would have been at the top, if not the man I considered the best manager in baseball. That man is, of course, the great Bobby Cox.
Before his separated stints as manager of the Braves, Cox managed the Toronto Blue Jays but he is known for his success here in Atlanta. Cox accumulated over 2,500 wins ranking him fourth on the all-time wins list for managers. Only the legendary Connie Mack, John McGraw and Tony LaRussa have more wins
Cox has been named Manager of the Year on four different occasions and, of course, he holds the distinction of being the only manager in major league history, and I believe this is one record that will never be broken, to lead his team to a division title fourteen straight years.
Cox has another record that may be a little less noteworthy- he has been ejected more than any manager in history. He's been thumbed 158 times plus three more in post-season play but that's also the reason his players loved him- they knew he had their back.
His only flaw, and this is solely my opinion, is that in spite of those division titles, he only won one World Series.
Having said that, he is still, without question, one of the best managers of all time. Now, on to the current list.
#5: Charlie Manuel
A heart attack, bypass surgery, and cancer survivor, Manuel is also a survivor on the field. His best job of managing may have been last year when he led the Phillies to their fourth straight division title in spite of the massive number of injuries they had to key players. Of course, having Roy Halladay on your pitching staff doesn't hurt. The Phillies, under Manuel's direction, won the World Series in 2008 in five games over the Tampa Bay Rays. Manuel was the hitting coach for the good Cleveland Indians teams of the 90's before taking over as manager in 2000. Once criticized for not pitching lefty Cliff Lee in a crucial World Series game, Manuel charged back at the reporter, "Would you rather see his arm fall off? He's only had three days rest!" Then, after a slight pause, "Of course, after that decision, I may have all of next year to rest myself."
#4: Mike Scioscia
A very solid catcher for the Dodgers with over 1,100 hits in his career and two All-Star selections, Scioscia has proven to be a very capable field general as well. This will be his eleventh year in the dugout for the Anaheim Angels (at least that's their name as of today). He led them to a World Series victory in 2002 over the Giants and former manager teammate, Dusty Baker.
He won Manager of the Year Award that same year. He'll crack the 1,000 win mark sometime this year and he's done all of this with relatively little fanfare. He's not controversial and he's not flamboyant. He just gets the job done.
#3: Tony LaRussa
His career statistics pretty much say it all. He's managed the White Sox, the A's, and the Cardinals and during that time has won over 2,200 games. He's also won two World Series rings along with five Manager of the Year Awards. LaRussa has had a couple of run-ins with the law for alleged drunk driving but his on-the-field decisions are usually first-rate.
There was a little talk last year when Cox announced his retirement that the Braves would go after LaRussa but, obviously they went in a different direction. That would have been neat, though, to go from one Hall of Fame manager to another.
#2: Ron Gardenhire
Easily, the most underrated manager in the game. Despite being in a small market franchise and not being able to spend the big bucks like other teams, Gardenhire always seems to have the Twins at the top of their game. He has six division titles in his nine years with the Twins and last year he was finally recognized for his excellence by winning Manager of the Year after finishing second five previous times. Gardenhire has a .550 winning percentage with only one losing season, that coming in 2007. Another manager who lives by the "steady as she goes" philosophy that seems to reap big dividends for the Minnesota faithful.
#1: Terry Francona
Francona's overall record may not be as good as some of the other managers in the league but that's because he spent three years with the Phillies when they were, well, lousy. Since he's been at Boston, his seven year totals show him with a .577 winning percentage. Even more impressive is his post-season percentage of.710 which accounts for his two World Series rings. Francona was an average major league player but he did have some success in college when his team, the University of Arizona, won the College World Series and he was named the tournament MVP in 1980. For you trivia fans, Francona was manager of the minor league Birmingham Barons the year that Michael Jordan played there. But, of course, his big success has been with the Red Sox.
Francona has the luxury of managing for an owner who is not afraid to spend some money and a General Manager who isn't afraid to go after the big-name free agents each year keeping his team stocked with great players. Francona has suffered through some personal health issues and he had to put up with Manny Ramirez for a few years but he is the best in baseball today in the managing ranks.
Next week, we'll look at the college ranks and, by the way, timing is everything. Just a few days after I submitted last week's column covering the NBA's Top 5 coaches and listing Jerry Sloan as #5, he upped and resigned on me.
Randy Blalock is a columnist for The Barrow Journal. Send comments about this column to email@example.com.


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Lunch in the Loop: Dennis' 10 Favorite Bites of 2012
Reviews of restaurants in the Loop.
I hate playing favorites, because when I pick one sandwich or salad over another, the other one gets its feelings hurt. But you know, after writing over 50 Lunch in the Loop posts, you know there's got to be at least a few things that really stood out. One of the best parts about writing a lunch feature is that there are so many choices. I don't have to pick any one style of food, just as long as it makes a good, fun, and delicious lunch. And there's nothing that softens the blow of a tough workday like a good meal. So without further ado, here are my top ten bites from Lunch in the Loop from 2012.
- Pastrami Sandwich from Harry's Sandwhich Shop
- Lamb Curry Wrap from Bombay Wraps
- BLT from NYC Bagel
- Ghetto Burger from Peppers
- Spicy Scallop Roll from Kamehachi Sushi Café
- Shardai from Baba's Village
- Roll from Courtway Restaurant
- Buffalo "Wings" from Native Foods Cafe
- The Florentine from Mista
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Turtle Creek Chorale and Uptown Players to Partner for RAGTIME in Concert, 2/7-9
The Turtle Creek Chorale (TCC), Dallas' award-winning men's chorus and the critically acclaimed Uptown Players partner to present a concert version of the musical RAGTIME February 7-9 at Dallas City Performance Hall (2520 Flora Street, Dallas). Tickets range $39-54 and are available at www.TurtleCreek.org.
The Turtle Creek Chorale and Uptown Players join forces with a combined cast of over 150 actors, singers, and members of the TCC for a concert version of the powerful Broadway hit and 1998 Tony Award winner (for best musical score), RAGTIME. This snapshot of American history is told through the stories of a Harlem musician, a wealthy matriarch, and a Jewish immigrant. The musical intertwines the stories of these three extraordinary families, as they confront history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America.RAGTIME is not only a powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America but is a relevant tale for today. It incorporates the marvelous early 20th century musical styles including marches, cakewalks, gospel, and of course - ragtime! Part of that marvelous music includes "Wheels of a Dream", "Make them Hear You", "Till We Reach That Day", "Your Daddy's Son", and "Back to Before".
RAGTIME is directed by Uptown's Michael Serrecchia with musical direction by TCC's Artistic Director Trey Jacobs. "We are thrilled to be partnering with the Uptown Players and Michael Serrecchia to perform such gorgeous music," commentEd Jacobs.
An all-star cast joins the Turtle Creek Chorale:Booker T - Major Attaway
Emma Goldman - Caroline Rivera
Evelyn Nesbitt - Maranda Harrison
Henry Ford - Joseph Holt
Houdini - Clayton Younkin
Coalhouse - Markus Lloyd
Father - Jonathan Bragg
Mother - Mary Gilbreath-Grim
Younger Brother - Tyce Green
Sarah - Feleceia Benton
Sarah's Friend - Tiffany Freeman
Tateh - David Meglino
Little Boy - Quinlin Sandefer
Little Girl - Mary Strauss
Tickets are available by calling 214-526-3214 or buy online at www.TurtleCreek.org.


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Barring some kind of black swan, Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee.
Once it's official, several people here at Business Insider who write about politics will declare who they're voting for, just so we can get it all out in the open.
In the meantime, I'll explain why I think Mitt Romney is the candidate most likely to save and rescue the American economy.
Let's back up though...
There's probably no issue bigger than the deficit.
You see, the massive deficit blowout over the last few years has actually been a wonderful thing.
It's been the massive leveraging up by the government that's allowed household debt to fall nicely as a percentage of GDP, while simultaneously allowing the economy to begin growing again. Hedge funder Ray Dalio has called the simultaneous contraction of household debt and the recovery in the economy a "beautiful deleveraging."
Let's break it all down into one chart that may at first look a little busy, but is actually really straightforward.
Explanation below.
The red line is household debt as a percentage of GDP. As you can see, it approached 100% near the peak of the bubble. It's come down non-stop since then. The blue line is government debt to GDP. It was below 70% before the crisis, but is now basically at 100%. And the green line is GDP itself.
What's happened is, thanks to the surge in the blue line, government debt, we've been able to see a comeback in GDP, while seeing a shrinking of household leverage.
But as you can see, the work isn't over yet. Households remain highly leveraged on a historical basis, and the ongoing decline in housing prices continues to weaken household balance sheets.
This problem still shows up in the economy in all kinds of ways, from 8.3% unemployment to Core CPI, which continues to be disinflationary, and indicative of economic slack.
So the trend that started under Obama -- yawning deficits, and improving household balance sheets -- is one that needs to continue.
Unfortunately, there's a good chance that if Obama wins re-election this trend of large deficits, and household deleveraging won't continue so smoothly.
There are two reasons for this:
- According to reports, Obama is not averse to seeing the middle-class tax cuts expire on everyone, as a step towards shrinking the deficit. In fact, there's just no evidence that Obama believes in deficit spending. Sure he favors stimulus, but what he's consistently wanted to see is paid-for stimulus, which pumps money into the economy, while sucking it out through taxes, which undermines the goal of household deleveraging. Even in the debt ceiling negotiations, he did want to go for a "grand bargain" that would see trillions lopped off the deficit over the next decade.
- At the same time, the political atmosphere between Republicans and Democrats in Washington remains poisonous. Next year, a fiscal time bomb in the form of expiring tax cuts, a debt ceiling fight, and automatic spending cuts is due to detonate. If the political split in Washington stays as it is (Obama in The White House, Republicans largely in control of Congress), then it's hard, if not impossible, to imagine the time bomb being defused in time.
All of which suggests that for the economy, the path of least resistance is for Mitt Romney to get elected, an outcome that might easily let the bomb get defused.
First of all, we know that Romney would be opposed to any across-the-board tax hikes. Now granted, technically the Bush tax cuts would expire before he assumes office, but you could surmise that he'd quickly work to make sure taxes stayed low (or went lower) the second he got into office.
Furthermore, you can be sure that the Republicans in Congress would quickly forget all about austerity and spending cuts. This is because austerity is purely the domain of opposition parties. Remember, Republicans were pro-deficit, and pro-entitlement expansion under Bush and Reagan. Deficit cutting only became part of the party's ideology under Obama. It's safe to surmise they'd quickly revert to form once there were no longer any political capital to be accumulated via undermining the President.
And though Romney himself his talked about favoring cutting, capping, and balancing the US budget, you don't have to ever take Mitt Romney's stated policy goals too seriously since he's, well, Mitt Romney.
There's a zero percent chance that a first-term President, with few obvious convictions other than wanting to be President, does anything that would slow GDP (and that includes cut government spending), when his first goal from the day he takes the Oath Of Office would be to get re-elected in 2016.
So the bottom line is this....
The US still needs big fiscal deficits to keep allowing the private sector to deleverage.
If Obama wins re-election, you'll see a President who's open to across-the-board tax hikes sit across from the table from a Republican Congress that's more eager than ever to cut spending.
If Romney wins, you'll see a new President that's eager to stimulate using every last tool at his disposal, sitting across from a Republican Congress that has long forgotten about austerity or deficit reduction.
The answer seems obvious.


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A traditional junk slowly emerges from a dissipating morning mist, pulling into dock to deliver bushels of lush produce and herbs to a port market that is just coming to life. The ensuing bustle surrenders its bright, invigorating scent that pierces the heavy tropical air like a ray of sun; the inspiration behind Indochine. PAÑPURI takes lemongrass, crushed to release its sprightly zest and tempers it with the sweet freshness of mandarin. Bergamot brings a subtle spicy edge while spearmint adds a verdant shine.
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Rich in Vitamin C and other nutrients, mandarin energizes the spirit and eases stress. With its antioxidant properties, it promotes skin radiance and reduces the signs of skin aging.


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After I lost one of my identical twin girls in June of 2012, I found that many people just didn't know what to say to me, so often times they said nothing at all or maybe something that was even a little hurtful, like, "You can always have another baby".
I started collecting comforting quotes to help me through my grief.
The Baby Loss Scroll Box is a collection of those quotes - many of the quotes come from prominent people who have lost babies.
With this gift, you will be saying, "I will always remember your baby. I might not have the right words, but I am thinking of you."
There is incredible comfort and healing that can come when our friends and loved ones remember our babies with us - they are always in our hearts!


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The image above is the picture that most people would look at and say, "Now, THAT looks like a California girl to me."
Most of us ladies would love to look remotely as beautiful as the girl in the pic. Young, blond, tan, shapely, lovely. Yep! The California girl alright.
Here's another pic of California girls in action. Athletic,young, tan, healthy, spirited, sport-minded. That's another ideal California girl image.
The pic above is NOT the typical California girl image. Obviously taken many years ago, yet these are California girls from Alhambra in Southern California.
And these girls above are definitely not what you would consider the California image, even several years ago, yet they are also California girls too. These girls aren't blond, but they ARE tan, healthy...maybe just a tad bit plump for our modern day standards; nevertheless, shapely.
This picture above is probably the more common California girl, whether you want to believe it or not. Overweight, out of shape, not tanned, and probably not blond either.
Here's a California girl who used to look a lot like the girls you see in the picture below...(go ahead, take a look now). The pic above is ME, by the way.
I used to be tan, blond, athletic, healthy, shapely, a killer beach bod and you would see me at beach constantly body surfing. So, what happened? Well, I moved from California, got married, had kids, worked and life got "busy". Before I knew it, I was a plump, middle-aged, out of shape person, very un-California looking...at least if you are to believe the TV image of all the beautiful people in California.
So, NOW what?
My only choice is to get into shape, get healthy, lose weight and quit living like a heart attack in progress.
Plan? Stop eating so much darned bread and eat healthy, don't starve myself, but eat small meals, drink lots of water, and exercise at least 3 times a week.
I started only 1 1/2 weeks ago and already I've lost 5 pounds, but still feel miserable every time I exercise. Took up swimming again...YIKES! Could only swim 8 laps of the 25 meter pool the first time. I'm now up to 28 laps. SLOWWWWW laps, but they are 28 laps all the same.
No, I won't ever look like this:
But, I will feel better, look better and maybe, just maybe I might get close to looking like this:
And not like THIS!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Health and Image: the California Girl
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AT&T Cotton Bowl Records
At four hours and 19 minutes, tonight's AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was the longest in Classic history. The previous record was three hours and 47 minutes in the 2003 Classic between LSU and Texas.
The combined 101 passing attempts by Missouri (44) and Oklahoma State (57) are the most combined passing attempts in Cotton Bowl history. The previous record was 84 by Oklahoma (49) and Texas A&M (35) in the 2013 Classic.
The combined 41 points in the fourth quarter is a Cotton Bowl record for combined points in any quarter. The previous record was 30 points (also in the fourth quarter) in the 1975 Classic Penn State and Baylor.
Missouri's 24 points in the fourth quarter were the most by any team in Classic history in the fourth quarter and also ranked second for points by a team in any quarter (record 28 USC vs. Texas Tech in 1995).
Oklahoma State quarterback Clint Chelf's 381 yards passing is a new AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic record. The previous record of 364 yards was held by Graham Harrell of Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss in 2009.
Chelf's 67 total offensive plays (57 pass, 10 rush) is the most in Cotton Bowl history. The previous record was 64 by Graham Harrell of Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss in 2009.
Missouri defensive end Shane Ray's 73-yard fumble return for a touchdown is the longest fumble return in Cotton Bowl history. The previous record was 65 yards by Steve Manstedt of Nebraska against Texas in 1974.
Ray's return also marked the longest miscellaneous return for a touchdown besting the 68-yard return of a blocked PAT by Nigel Malone of Kansas State against Arkansas in 2012.
Oklahoma State's 96 total offensive plays (57 pass, 39 rush) are a Cotton Bowl record. The previous record was 95 by LSU (46 pass, 49 rush) against Texas in 2003. The 187 combined total offensive plays is also a Cotton Bowl record (96 Oklahoma State, 91 Missouri).
The teams combined for 55 first downs (Oklahoma State 26, Missouri 29), tying a Classic record set in 2013 by Oklahoma and Texas A&M.
The 1,010 combined yards of total offense is the third-highest total in Cotton Bowl Classic history. In 1990, Arkansas and Tennessee combined for 1,038 yards and in 2013 Texas A&M and Oklahoma combined for 1,034 yards.
Oklahoma State's 548 total yards (167 rush, 381 pass) rank fourth in Classic history.
The 587 combined passing yards are the third-most in Classic history. Oklahoma State's 381 passing yards rank second on the single team record list trailing only USC (435) in 1995.
The 72 total points scored is the third-highest combined total in Classic history. The record is 81 points set by Texas Tech and Ole Miss in 2009.
The combined 48 points scored by both teams in the second half are the second most in Classic history trailing only the 51 points scored by Penn State and Baylor in the 1975 Classic.
Missouri's 41 points scored are tied for the fifth-most points in Cotton Bowl history. The Tigers 24 points in the fourth quarter were tied for the second-most in Classic history.
Oklahoma State's 31 points are the third-most points by a losing team in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
With three rushing touchdowns, Missouri running back Henry Josey became only the fifth player in Cotton Bowl history to rush for at least three touchdowns in a game. Josey is tied for second on the list with Bobby Layne (Texas, 1946), Dicky Maegle (Rice, 1954) and Jim Brown (Syracuse, 1957). The record of four rushing touchdowns is held by Missouri's Tony Temple and set in the 2008 Classic.
Josey's combined 44 yards on his three touchdown runs ranks ninth on the Classic record list.
Missouri's 91 total offensive plays ranks fourth in Cotton Bowl history.
Oklahoma State wide receiver Josh Stewart's eight receptions ranks tied for seventh in Classic history. Stewart earned 84 receiving yards on his eight receptions.
Missouri placekicker Andrew Baggett's 46-yard field goal with 6:29 left in the fourth quarter was the seventh longest in Cotton Bowl Classic history and the longest since LSU's Josh Jasper hit a 50-yard field goal in 2011.
Missouri running back Henry Josey scored the first touchdown of the game on a three-yard run with 3:00 to play in the first quarter. Teams scoring first in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic have won the game 43 times in 78 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classics. It also marked the 11th time in the past 14 games the team scoring first won the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
Missouri's 5.4 yards per carry rushing average is tied for eighth best overall.
The 50 total pass completions by both teams is the third most in Classic history.
The 26 combined rushing first downs (Missouri 16, Oklahoma State 10) are tied for fourth most. The record of 32 is held by two other Classics (1970 and 1990).
The 25 combined passing first downs (16 Oklahoma State, 9 Missouri) are fourth most. The top spot is 32 set in the 2009 renewal between Texas Tech and Ole Miss.
The four combined first downs by penalty is seventh best in history.
Oklahoma State earned 16 passing first downs which is third most in the Classic. (The record is 18 set by Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss in 2009).
Missouri's 16 rushing first downs are tied for ninth best in history with three other Classics. (The top spot is held by Arkansas (21) in 1990).
Missouri earned four first downs by penalty, which is good for third best. (The record is six, set by Texas in 1991).
The Tigers notched 29 total first downs (16 Pass, 9 Rush and 4 Penalty), which is third best. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State's 26 first downs (16 Pass and 10 Rush) is tied with two other schools for eighth.
The 10 Missouri penalties were tied for the fifth most with Texas Tech (2006). In addition, the 100 Missouri penalty yards are the third most, tied with Tennessee in 2005.
Sooners quarterback Clint Chelf set a record for the most plays on offense. His 67 plays (57 pass and 10 rush) better the mark set by Graham Harrell (64) in 2009.
Chelf's 447 total yards are the second most for an individual. The record (516) was set by Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M in the 2013 Classic.
Missouri Quarterback Ryan Franklin's 22 1st half passing attempts are tied for fourth with Rick Clausen of Tennessee for most at halftime. (The record of 30 is currently held by Oklahoma Landry Jones – set in 2013).
With the win by Missouri, the SEC participant has now won six straight Cotton Bowl Classics and 10 of the last 11 Cotton Bowls. The only Big 12 team to win in that stretch was then Big 12-member Missouri when they defeated Arkansas in the 2008 Classic.
Tonight's game was tied at 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. It marked only the fifth time an AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic has been tied at 7-7 after the first quarter with the last being the 2007 game with Auburn and Nebraska.
Missouri carried a 17-7 lead into halftime of tonight's game. Teams leading at halftime have now won 50 times in 78 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classics, including in 13 of the last 14 games.
Missouri's 17-7 lead at halftime was the first time a Classic's first half has ended with that score in 78 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classics.
Oklahoma State quarterback Clint Chelf's 57 passing attempts rank second in Classic history. His 33 passing completions rank third in Cotton Bowl history. Oklahoma State also tied for second in team passing attempts (57) and third in completions (33).
Oklahoma State's 100 yards in penalty yardage (10 penalties) ranks tied for the third-most in Classic history.
Oklahoma State quarterback Clint Chelf completed 13 of 20 passes for 120 yards in the first half. The 13 completions tied for fifth for completions by a quarterback in the first half of a Classic.
Tonight's AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic attendance was 72,690.


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Silhouette-sculpting, supremely flattering and infused with just the right amount of 80s glamour, the bodycon dress is a wardrobe staple for any girl worth her style salt. Whether it's a long-sleeved version you can wear with tights and ankle boots in the day, or a slinky incarnation made for cocktails and canapés, this array is pretty definitive. Make sure you check out our Late Night Edit, featuring a host of bodycon styles designed for dusk to dawn partying.


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How to Win Giveaways on Blogs
Sunday, May 31, 2009
I LOVE entering sweepstakes, instant wins, anything! As a matter of fact, I won two things from the Moms Most Wanted party earlier tonight. I've won blog giveaways at a lot of blogs recently:
The Dirty Shirt
Momma in Flip Flops 2
Look What Mom Found
Robyns Online World
Mommy Goggles
Mommy Mandy
Type A Mom
And that's just to name a few!
How do I do it?
Well, persistance... and...
Another tip that I can tell you is: when you are entering a blog giveaway, if there are extra entries, cool... make your first entry. Then save the email and go back a couple of days later and make another comment, and keep doing that until the giveaway ends. When you leave comments back to back, you're lessening your odds. Space them out. Another thing is, if there are going to be say, 5 winners for a giveaway, but you've used comments 1 through 7, there's probably going to be many duplicates (I just experienced this with two of my recent giveaways!), so you are better to space your comments out. This also makes it harder when there are a low number of entries.
Try what I told you above, then come back here and tell me it didn't work?!
I promise you it will.
Want to learn how to win sweepstakes? Head over to Sweetie's Sweeps! (This is where I learned the above AND have learned to win Instant Win Games!)
While you're here, click on that Sweeps Advantage button on my right sidebar to find some cool sweeps!


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Our friends over at Lady Umbrella, Rob Ryan and Elena Montes Casado, recently opened the doors to their very own brick and mortar shop! That's right folks, Lady Umbrella no longer just exists online, you can actually stop by their physical store and buy their designer T-Shirts! The Lady Umbrella shop is located in the Loft Market in Powerscourt Shopping Centre, which is located in Dublin, Ireland. If you live in the area, or plan to be around Dublin in the near future, then definitely be sure to check them out!
"We can't believe it is happening but we are opening up a shop in the Loft Market this Friday..It will be the culmination of a lot of hard work and we're just delighted to have been given this chance…"
Way to go Lady Umbrella!
Lady Umbrella
The Loft Market, Powerscourt Shopping Centre
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I've spent the past few months focusing on my family and settling into our new home and community. Now that I am ready to restart my business, I find that I'm frequently at a loss for new ideas. What inspiration I do have seems to come at awkward moments when I can't get to my studio and once I'm finally able to sit down, I have trouble translating the ideas into tangible creations. Here are a few of the things I am trying to get myself out of this dry spell and rediscover the muse:
- Visiting galleries and artisan markets to admire the work of others
- Going for walks, hikes and bicycle rides in areas of natural beauty to look for new color combinations and intriguing shapes
- Visiting museums to learn from work outside my usual mediums
- Giving myself permission to take a break for a weekend or a week in order to consciously remove some of the stress I am creating for myself
- Challenging myself to create one thing every day for a set amount of time while being careful not to overdo it and get burned out
- Finding new sources for supplies, preferably local stores and not catalogs or online shops
- Reorganizing my existing supplies, as handling them often generates ideas
- Taking digital photos, especially macros, and then examining the patterns and textures I've captured
- Reading a book or watching a movie, because sometimes settings and themes used in the stories provide inspiration
I hope that some of these will prove useful to others!
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You're no Bruno Mars but you're no William Hung either. But like the two, you have a passion for music and love to sing. If you can't wait until you get home before belting out a few choice lines from your favorite song, then here's something you'll no doubt enjoy having: the Micro Karaoke Player. As the name suggests, it's a handy karaoke player that's small enough to fit into your bag or pocket.
Okay, so it's essentially just a mini microphone that comes with echo features, but it's the closest to on-the-go karaoke that you can get. The Micro Karaoke Player is meant to be connected to your music player and you can hook up earphones or speakers for the output.
From the earphones attached to the "mini karaoke", you can hear a combination of the music from the music player and your own voice complete with echo through the microphone. It is as if you are singing the song you love at your favorite karaoke bar.
Just make sure you have the songs pre-loaded onto your mobile device or music player. The Micro Karaoke Player is available for $38.90.
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NEWTON, Mass. – With a pair of late goals, men's lacrosse (2-2) nearly pulled off a fourth quarter comeback, but fell just short as they dropped a 9-7 non-conference decision at Lasell College (2-3) Friday afternoon.
Leading the late rally was Dom Fichera (Scituate, Mass.) and Donny Delpha (Walpole, Mass.), who recorded back-to-back goals in the span of 11 seconds to make it a two-point game. The host Lasers managed to hang on and did not surrender a goal for the final minute 11 seconds to take the victory.
For the Beacons, Delpha had his best showing of the 2014 season with four goals and one assist, while Fichera's late tally was the lone score for the senior. Between the pipes Craig Frehill (Norwell, Mass.) made 12 saves and faced a combined 21 shots on goal by the Lasers.
Sealing the victory for Lasell in the fourth was Aaron Laporte who recorded two of the Lasers four goals in the final frame. Laporte finished the game with a team-best three goals, while Andrew Suh and Casey Sullivan each finished with one goal and two assists.
In Friday's match-up the two teams were even from start to finish, despite an early 3-0 lead Lasell in the first quarter. Both teams finished with 38 shots and were 10-for-20 on the face-off "X". Lasell held a slim advantage in groundballs (32-30), but it was the Beacons who dominated on special teams going 4-for-7 on man-up opportunities.
The Beacons would record their first man-up goal of the day late in the second quarter from John Powers (Marshfield, Mass.). After the halftime break, Delpha and Tommy Petitti (Quincy, Mass.) also netted man-up scores to take a 5-4 lead with just over 11 minutes left in the quarter.
Lasell netted their only goal of the third to tie the score at 5-5, which also came on a man-up opportunity.
In the fourth, the Lasers fired off four straight goals to take a 9-5 lead with less than five to play. Despite the deficit the Beacons tried to claw back with Fichera scoring a man-up goal, followed a Delpha unassisted tally.
Lacrosse returns to action tomorrow when they host Johnston State College at 3 p.m. at Boston College High School.


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Power Switching Device Cannot Drive Themselves - Mastering the Art of High Voltage Gate Driver Design in UPS, Telecom, and Servers
We live in a world where designers are constantly pursuing higher efficiencies and higher power densities. Our customers want more power out with less power loss, while achieving smaller solution sizes! They strive to reduce switching losses while maintaining signal integrity. The need for higher efficiency and power density is a trend seen across isolated and non-isolated power systems in Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), Telecom Rectifiers, and Server PSUs.
Know Your Gate Driver
We live in a world where design engineers are on a seemingly constant pursuit for higher efficiency. Everyone wants to do more with less power. Higher system efficiency is a team effort that includes (but is not limited to) better-performing gate drivers, controllers and new wide-bandgap technologies. In this multi-part video series, we will focus on the gate drivers and how choosing the right driver can help your whole system design. You will learn about important gate driver specs, why they're important, and how they can influence the systems around them.
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Want to understand how high-voltage isolation technology works? Watch and learn about reliability testing for isolation. Filmed in TI's high-voltage lab, this series of videos will focus on capacitive isolation structure, working voltage reliability, withstand voltage capability, methods for testing reliability, and more.


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INDIANAPOLIS -- For 15 years, the nation's most advanced research and education networks have operated from Indiana, thanks to a groundbreaking partnership between Indiana University and Internet2 that founded the Global Research Network Operations Center (GlobalNOC) at IU. Internet2 is the advanced technology community founded by the nation's leading universities.
Today, Indiana University will honor the GlobalNOC's past and future at a 15th anniversary celebration in the Informatics & Communications Technology Complex on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. Brad Wheeler, IU vice president for information technology and chief information officer, will lead the celebration, and IU President Michael A. McRobbie and Internet2 Vice President Rob Vietzke will offer additional remarks.
"The Global NOC has been at the heart of Indiana University's leadership in the operation and management of high-speed national and international research and education networks for the past 15 years. It has now grown into the pre-eminent network operations center of its type anywhere in the world. Its continued growth and success are further confirmation of IU's position as a world leader in the uses and applications of information technology and in computer networking in particular," said IU President Michael A. McRobbie. "Nearly every discipline from anthropology to zoology is today truly global. And high speed research and education networks play an essential part in binding these disciplines together and making this possible. The international networks supported by the Global NOC enable a level of collaboration among researchers at the world's universities and other institutions that could not even have been imagined just 20 years ago.
"On a personal note, I am honored to have played a role in establishing the NOC and I want to commend all those who have played a role and who continue to play a role, in the extraordinary success the Global NOC has enjoyed over the last 15 years. I especially want to acknowledge the roles of the late Jacob Levanon under whose leadership the GlobalNOC was brought into existence, and Dave Jent, who has overseen such spectacular growth in the NOC."
IU formed the GlobalNOC in 1998 to provide 24-hour network operations services for Internet2's first national network, and Internet2 again used GlobalNOC services to complete its new 100 gigabits per second national network. Today, Internet2 operates the nation's fastest, coast-to-coast research and education network. GlobalNOC's Service Desk, Network Engineering, and Software and Systems teams support the new network, and these teams ensure the reliability, performance and advanced capabilities for Internet2 and more than 20 advanced network projects.
Indiana University was the first university to connect to the new Internet2 high-speed network that enables IU researchers to push the frontiers of big data, grid computing and even technical innovation in the network itself. GlobalNOC also manages networks to Asia and Europe -- as well as a direct link to China -- to enable researchers at U.S. universities and around the world to collaborate at the frontiers of human discovery. Human genomics sequencing in Asia, massive physics data from the Large Hadron Collider in Europe and astrological images from Australia and South America move across these networks.
For the state of Indiana, the GlobalNOC is a true success story -- creating jobs, attracting talented people and bringing more than $20 million dollars in research funding to the state. Since 1998, it has grown from three to 80 highly skilled, full-time employees, providing career options for Indiana college graduates and recruiting talent to the state. The GlobalNOC has also attracted new IU faculty who study network performance, win federal research grants and attract highly talented students.
"GlobalNOC has been a triple success for IU's service to the state, the nation and the world," said Wheeler. "The university and the state have the service of some of the nation's most advanced network engineers via the I-Light network, and the GlobalNOC has helped stem and reverse the state's so-called 'brain drain' by creating jobs and recruiting staff and their families to Indiana. IU's networks team has earned the respect of networking teams around the country and brought in numerous federal projects and public sector work from other states."
"When 36 of the world's best research institutions created Internet2 in 1996, the mission was to remain steps ahead of all other internet networks and to provide more advanced capabilities to support America's researchers, while maintaining superior execution," said H. David Lambert, president and chief executive officer of Internet2. "With support that extended to Indiana's legislature, Indiana University put forth a proposal in 1998 to become a critical partner to the Internet2 community's vision for advanced networking. Today, the continued success of that commitment is realized in Indiana through the continued growth of the GlobalNOC. Our partnership and wise investment to implement the Internet2 vision are benefitting Indiana and enabling the U.S. research and education community to stay out in front."
GlobalNOC's current partners and projects include:
- Internet2: GlobalNOC supports Internet2's national 100 gigabit Ethernet backbone for innovative network, cloud and trust applications that empower new research and education applications throughout the US.
- TransPAC3: A 10 gigabits per second network directly connecting U.S. researchers with their colleagues in Asia, TransPAC3 provided the first US-China connection specifically dedicated to academic scientific research. TransPAC3 is funded by IU with National Science Foundation support, and in cooperation with partners Internet2 and the CNGI initiative in China.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration N-Wave: As NOAA's science network, N-Wave leverages the national Internet2 backbone to connect researchers from a variety of fields (oceanography, chemistry, biology, meteorology, mathematics, physics, computer sciences and engineering) to the data and resources they need to advance environmental science.
- America Connects to Europe: This network connects U.S. scientists and researchers to their counterparts in the European Union. ACE played a key role in last year's discovery of the Higgs boson -- by using the high-speed ACE network, scientists could easily move huge amounts of data from Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider to the U.S., speeding collaboration and discovery.
- Pennsylvania Research and Education Network: This is a statewide, fiber-optic cable network that extends over 1,600 miles and reaches 50 Pennsylvania counties -- connecting higher education institutions, pre-K-12 programs, health care entities, libraries and not-for-profits for the first time.
- Monon 100: In 2012, Indiana became the first state to launch a high-speed 100-gigabits per second network link dedicated to research and education. Named the Monon100, it lets scientists and medical researchers rapidly share the massive amounts of data created by modern digital instruments like gene sequencers, powerful microscopes and the Large Hadron Collider.
- I-Light: As Indiana's high-speed fiber optic network for the research and education community, I-Light connects all of the state's colleges and universities. The network supports education and collaboration through high-quality video connections, the exchange of large data files, access to supercomputers and scientific data storage facilities and more.
For more information about the GlobalNOC, including photography and videos, see the virtual press kit here.
About the Global Research Network Operations Center
The Global Research Network Operations Center at Indiana University is the premier operations and engineering organization supporting advanced international, national, regional and local high-performance research and education networks.
GlobalNOC plays a major role in transforming the face of digital science, research and education in Indiana, the U.S., and the world by providing unparalleled network operations and engineering needed for reliable and cost-effective access to specialized facilities for research and education. For more about GlobalNOC, visit here.
About Internet2
Internet2 is a member-owned advanced technology community founded by the nation's leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 provides a collaborative environment for U.S. research and education organizations to solve common technology challenges, and to develop innovative solutions in support of their educational, research and community service missions.
Internet2 consists of more than 245 U.S. universities, 60 leading corporations, 70 government agencies, 38 regional and state education networks and more than 100 national research and education networking partners representing more than 50 countries. Internet2 offices are located in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Emeryville, Calif.; and Washington, D.C.
For more information, visit here or follow @Internet2 on Twitter.


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Did I tell you I don't seem to have time to do face masks anymore? Not even sheet masks because it's hard to move around when you have one on!
Nevertheless, I finally found some time to test out the numerous face masks I keep ordering from eBay. Holika Holika's Medi Medi range consists of 3 treatment face masks for different issues; Acne, Magnesium (for pores and excess oil) and one has Vitamin C (for brightening).
I chose the Acetyl pack for acne because I was having some terrible breakouts around my jawline.
You get 70ml per tub which looks like that!
My favourite face mask of all time for treating oiliness and spots WITHOUT DRYING because although I get blackheads and zits, I also get very very dry – is NARS Mud Mask. I love it to death but I think it's around the £30-40 price mark (I haven't bought one for ages).
I am very wary of face masks for acne because they can be so stripping. This one contains Salicylic Acid 3,000 ppm (whatever that means) and Acetylsalicylic Acid which is apparently the main ingredient of Aspirin. Remember home made Aspirin masks?! I absolutely adore them but they are too much bother for me (if you don't know what it is, it's a mask made of crushed up Aspirin tablets).
You use this mask 1-2 a week and it's left on for 10-15 mins.
On first application it tingled a bit and I thought…uh-huh.
Luckily this faded quite quickly, in around 2 minutes. After that it felt quite comfortable on the skin with a slightly cooling feeling. This is a drying mask – admittedly I applied a nice thick layer on so it took a while to dry! Once it did it came off quite easily, some masks take forever to wash off.
Overall I was really happy with this mask! I am pleased it didn't cause any strange reactions and overall my skin seemed smoother and brighter, pores were tighter (although temporarily) and I felt it did help a few spots get to the surface easily. I also haven't had any breakouts since that first use!
This is definitely a good replacement for my beloved Nars Mud Mask and as I paid around £8 for it on eBay it's more affordable too. I might try the brightening VitC pack from this range eventually!
– What is your favourite face mask?