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Soon your phone will be able to figure out if you're too drunk to drive, the first smartphone breathalyzer will soon be on the market.
Had a lot to drink? Maybe too much to drive? A Silicon Valley company called Breathometer hopes to give you some quick answers in a miniature machine that connects to your phone.
Push the jack out, take your smartphone, and plug it in. Breathe into the device and it will actually tell you what your blood alcohol content (BAC) is.
Once people see they are over the limit, the company hopes they will do the right thing and hand over the keys. According to the Center for Disease Control, more than 10,000 people die every year in America, driving while intoxicated. North Dakota was recently ranked #1 for percentage of deaths involving drunk driving.
Breathometer C.E.O. Charles Michael Yim says, "The focus for us is to reduce as many drunk driving accidents as there are and ultimately potentially even save lives."
If you are blowing into a police officer breathalyzer, you're probably halfway to jail. Now, two consumer versions of the smartphone breathalyzer are already out on the market.
The Breathometer fits on a key chain, and the smartphone app doesn't just tell you how drunk you are, it gives you choices: To call a cab, or even a friend who might be nearby.
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The team successfully completed scrutineering, which is essentially an inspection process. All systems on the car are inspected to ensure they comply with regulations. This includes checking the size of the array, weight of the battery, electrical isolation switches, and other safety items. Overall, the process was very smooth. We are very satisfied to have reached this point, as qualifying is the only remaining milestone until the race!
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Adam Verhaegen of Patterson won a gift basket from Greg Nunes Realty with his tie-breaker prediction of Patterson High defeating Kimball High of Tracy, 28-21.The Tigers defeated Kimball 28-19 last week.
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A pet goldfish is off-the-hook and alive after a micro-surgery removes a tumor from his brain.
Staff at a historic church in Toledo is cleaning up after a section of the ceiling collapsed last week. It happened at the GHDT Worship Center on Collingwood Boulevard by West Bancroft Street in central Toledo.
Last Thursday, music director Chris Byrd said he was working on the balcony early that morning when he looked up and saw a crack in the ceiling. Moments later, plaster started falling from the ceiling. Then the ceiling completely collapsed.
"Next thing you know, a couple of pieces of plaster, and then all of a sudden, it was just like a big explosion - the whole thing dropped down and I felt like I was at ground zero," said Byrd.
Byrd said although the church dates back to 1901, officials believe construction on Collingwood essentially caused the damage, especially since the structure shook during times of construction.
"They've been doing a lot of construction on the street, and every time we're in the building and they're working, you can feel the whole building shake. So, we believe it's because of the vibration," explained Byrd.
Although there is a huge mess left to clean up and a ceiling to repair, Byrd said they are grateful no one was injured.
"We we're just here 24 hours prior to that for bible study, so if that had happened, it would have been several casualties," said Byrd.
Only crews wearing masks are allowed inside because there is a threat of asbestos.
Church officials say they are letting their insurance company take care of the situation. Toledo city officials are investigating the construction that took place during the time of the collapse.
The clean-up cost is estimated in the thousands. The entire ceiling will have to be replaced, along with multiple pews.
Sunday's service was held at the hotel at the University of Toledo Medical Center. All other services this week will also be held at that location.
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Jay Leno: "Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night. See, this is proof that even the multimillionaire son of a multimillionaire can beat the odds and run for president of the United States."
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David Letterman: "I'm having trouble warming up to Mitt Romney. He looks like the guy in the restaurant that comes to your table to make sure everything's all right."
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In a FOX 5 follow-up to an ongoing controversy over uniforms in the D.C. fire department, a D.C. firefighter has been place on administrative leave for wearing the wrong logo on his jacket.
When changes were made to the logo on uniforms of D.C. firefighters, Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe warned he would discipline anyone who wore the old logo. It was a matter of uniformity.
On Tuesday, Lt. Robert Alvarado was sent home because of his coat.
Alvarado said it has much more to do with the uniform change, but that the action taken Tuesday was about retaliation.
Alvarado's jacket with the old "DCFD" logo is what caused the uproar. Alvarado wore it at the D.C. fire training school early Tuesday.
"It was about 35 degrees outside. The training school is out of public view, so I was wearing a blue DCFD coat I had in order to stay warm," he said. "He told me I'd have to remove my coat. I said I had nothing to wear. He told me I'm being insubordinate and sent me home."
Alvarado said he has tried to get another jacket, but the department isn't issuing them. Instead, firefighters are being told to wear the coats they use when they are sent out on calls. He said his is filthy with drywall, dust and soot from a recent fire.
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Farm Bureau Urges Action On Tax Relief
Now is the time for congressional action on estate tax relief, preserving capital gains tax breaks and extending other important tax provisions, according to American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman.
In a letter sent to President Barack Obama, Stallman says, "No matter is more pressing for our nation's farmers and ranchers than prompt passage of legislation" that extends tax provisions that expired in 2009 or are set to expire at the end of this year.
"Farm Bureau calls on you to work with Congress to enact legislation before the end of the year in order to avoid the economic damages that will be caused by tax increases and the uncertainty that surrounds the tax code."
Last month, President Obama met with congressional leaders from both parties to discuss the legislative agenda for the lame duck session of Congress.
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The top issue on Farm Bureau's list for the lame duck session of Congress is estate tax relief. Without congressional action, the estate tax will be reinstated in 2011 with a $1 million exemption and a top rate of 55 percent, a reversion back to the level 10 years ago.
"For farmers and ranchers, passage of estate tax relief is the single most import tax issue left unresolved by Congress," Stallman says.
In his letter to President Obama and in previous letters to Congress, Stallman says Farm Bureau supports a $5 million estate tax exemption and top estate tax rate of 35 percent.
"The return of estate tax unaltered will strike a blow to farm and ranch operations trying to transition from one generation to the next," Stallman wrote. "In the late 1990s, twice the number of farm estates paid estate taxes compared to other estates, and it took two and half years to pay taxes."
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Why Would a Mother Kill Sandra Cantu?
Over the weekend, Melissa Huckaby was charged with kidnapping and murder in the death of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu. Why?
Melissa Huckaby and her 5-year-old daughter Madison live in the same mobile home park as Sandra Cantu's family. Huckaby is the pastor's granddaughter, and she taught Sunday school at the church. By all accounts, Melissa's daughter and Sandra were close friends, and played together frequently.
Then Sandra went missing. Her body was found last Monday, stuffed into a suitcase and submerged in a pond.
Police say that suitcase belongs to Melissa Huckaby. She had originally said the suitcase was hers, but that it had been stolen. She had also said that Sandra had come to her house the day she went missing, but Huckaby would not allow her daughter to play because she wanted her daughter to pick up her toys. Inconsistencies in her stories led to her arrest. She was arrested late Friday, and faces kidnapping and murder charges.
Police say they don't have a motive ... yet. CBS News reported Sunday that police believe Sandra was killed in the church.
A family member of Melissa's spoke to CNN. "We're very shocked," she said. "It's very out of character for Melissa. We love her dearly. She's a fantastic mother, very loving. ... This is a very difficult time for us and it's very difficult to express to you right now how we're feeling."
Huckaby was raised in Orange County and graduated from Brea Olinda High School in 1999, according to the Contra Costa Times. She moved to Tracy seven or eight months ago to help her grandparents, then decided to stay and enroll her daughter in kindergarten, family members said. Her father said Huckaby's only known emotional issues stem from a divorce.
According to the FBI, it's statistically unusual for a woman to be involved in anything like this. When asked what people should learn from the fact that a woman is suspected in the slaying, Tracy police spokesman Sgt. Tony Sheneman said, "You have to be 100 percent aware of who your children are talking to."
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Clearly substance abuse played a dominant role in Melissa Huckaby's life.(As stated by Melissa's criminal record). She even has a criminal record for theft,and drugging a child.She has repeated lied to detectives and others.The Grandparents claim she is a loving Mother. All these facts about Melissa are chillingly familiar to Casey Anthony's.(Drug abuse,drugging children,compulsivly lying,stealing and family stating they were such loving Mothers! Not again! Now there are 2 narcissistic sociapathic Mothers that murdered innocent children.What is happening to the moral fabric of our families, that daughters are turning out to be evil murderers?!!
From what I understand, as there has been suprising little coverage since Huckabee was arrested, Hucks was mentally unstable, facing some sort of petty theft charges, had recently been fired from a cashier job, and was living with her Grandparents in a Trailer Park Community for undisclosed reasons, though I'll accept the 'helping out' explanation given above. Sure paints the picture of a woman's life unraveling doesn't it? And along comes Sandra, in and out of the Grandparents Trailor to play with Hucks daughter. Seems to me Hucks was in no shape to supervise herself let alone her own daughter, Sandra, and a Sunday School Class to Boot! It was a meltdown waiting to happen, unless someone has read or watched better coverage than I have.
Who the hell really knows what goes through the minds of women who kill. She is not the first, and unfortunately, will not be the last. I'd like to know her motive as would millions of others but we will probably never know what happened that day. Sad!
This makes me sick to my stomach. My daughter will not be allowed to spend the night at her friends' houses. She will not like it, but so be it.
This sadistic woman killed in the church, stuffed this innocent little girl in a suitcase,and threw her in a pond.
Why won't they release the way she was killed. Was she choked? Did the crazy Huck drown her in the baptismal tub?
Maybe she was jealous because Sandra was so much prettier than her or her own daughter?
Because one woman killed one child now your child "ewok" won't be able to go to sleep overs? Do you understand how statistically unlikely this kind of killing is to happen to your child. I feel bad for kids today not being allowed the same pleasures we had as children. It is no more dangerous (actually it's less dangerous) to be a kid today than it was for us when we were children and you sure didn't see our parents being overprotective and down right paranoid.
One newspape article said Melissa Huckaby was depressed.
Tragically, she was probably taking an antidepressant or withdrawing from an antidepressant.. Since the intoduction of Prozac in 1988, there has been a massive number of people taking antidepressants and the number of murder-suicides and school shootings has increased.
The Physicians Desk Reference states that SSRIs and all antidepressants can cause mania, psychosis, abnormal thinking, paranoia, hostility, etc.
Go to www.SSRIstories.com where there are over 2,900 cases, with the full media article available, involving bizarre murders, suicides, school shootings [48 of these] and murder-suicides - all of which involve SSRI antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc, . The media article usually tells which SSRI antidepressant the perpetrator was taking.
To Pamala,
it is with this mentality that today's mother's leave their kids (especially girls) wonder around unsupervised. Think before it strikes! It is true the World we live today is down right dangerous but you know what it has always been like this. Evil lurkes everywhere. Forget about giving your kids fairy tale pleasures - it is better to know and have your kids protected at ALL TIMES - even if it's borderline paranoid like some people think it is but guess what, I rather have my kids alive and safe!!!..stop being so liberal with your kids mom's! Don't rely on others to "babysit" your kids..you had them, take care of them at ALLLLL times!
She may have had a pschychotic episode where she heard a voice telling her to kill the child. It seems that this is usually the case with women that kill children. Also I think the child was killed in a church. I think she'll claim that God spoke to her and told her to do it. She is mentally unstable.
mentally unstable or not she should be locked up for life.i can't even imagine how some one could hurt or kill a child it saddens me that we have to be so overprotective over our kids and dont have the same freedon we had as kids .
Excellent advice, Maria. I've always been skeptical of telling our children (lying to them) that some bearded man named Santa actually comes into our house, or that he's "watching" to make sure they're good. I'm not fond of tooth fairies or easter bunnies either. Telling our children the truth doesn't diminish the joy of childhood. They have wonderful imaginations. /// The current theory in our house is that Sandra stumbled upon her Sunday school teacher pouring poison into her daughter's sippy cup. /// Poor Sandra no doubt died horribly.
I think the key is not to lock your kids down, but to really know what they are doing and who they are with. She obviously had a history of issues. Why would you let your child around that unsupervised?
Unfortunately, church's are the perfect place for these hideous people to hide and pretend life is normal. Who would have ever thought that this child, or any child for that fact, would have been murdered by her Sunday School Teacher? How many of you have trusted your children to a Sunday School Teacher before? There is a much bigger issue at hand here, and everywhere else, and that is why are these people not already locked up when it's easy to see they already have a criminal history? Pedophiles, murderers, child rapists, etc are getting more & more creative in how they can easily get their hands on our life's most precious gifts, our children. Believe me, my child's Sunday School Teacher, one of the leader's of the choir, one who often did and still does give children a ride to church, is a convicted sex offender, and the monster who molested my child. The problem is, he was convicted before Megan's law, so he's not registered. The church knows about him, and their response is they've had no complaints but they say they watch him carefully. How can they be watching if he's giving children rides back & forth to church? If I could go back & do it all over again, I agree with ewok; there's no way I'd ever let one of my children stay the night with anybody, ever, no matter who they were. It's bad enough that children are snatched from their homes, on the street, at school or from their yards. But church? IMO, if a child isn't safe in church, they aren't safe anywhere that I'm not at, period, end of story. I just wish I had known then what I know now :( People need to wake up & come to terms with the fact that these evil creatures are everywhere, and our children just aren't safe outside of our watchful eyes, and sometimes, even that isn't enough!!!
No matter what reason she gives for killing this child, it won't be good enough, there is nothing Sandra could have done that would justify this- I think the woman just wanted to kill. There can't be any reason that will put us at ease or make us understand, I agree with the writer that said there are evil creatures everywhere and I think they feed off of the pain and misery that they cause and the rest of us are left to try to find some kind of answer when there just isn't any.
Actually I'm not aone bit suprised. Religion has been a complete and abject failure as far as improving the moral aspect of our lives. Perhaps it is time to throw of the chains of certainty and self-rightiousness and live our lives for THIS LIFE rather than for an afterlife that will never come. This murder case is but another example of how ineffective and even dangerous that belief in "god" can be.
No Gods…No Masters
I'm going to have a tee shirt made that says, "Don't touch my child without my permission!" I've been thinking about this for some time. Those words won't frighten a child who reads my tee shirt as much as something like "If you touch my child, I'll kill you!" would. I'm trying to think rationally about this. I know that abductions/murders are actually rare, given the size of our population, but as a dad, a hyper-vigilant dad (as a counselor called me, I lose sleep thinking about how to protect my children. I also realize, of course, that if I killed someone who molested etc my child, I would go to jail. What to do?
I agree with Jade. Obviously, the woman has problems… I believe she was immature enough to feel threatened by an assertive, pretty 8-year-old. I believe she was jealous of Sandra's beauty. Of her gorgeous hair, face…Maybe she was angry at her own daughter and took it out on Sandra? Or Sandra was protective of the 5-year-old daughter and she took it as a challenge. She'll probably be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, no empathy.
It's sad, and unfortunately, there are so few effective resources and treatments for the mentally ill and their families, and such a stigma associated with the disease, that cases like these will continue to crop up as long as the Melissa Huckabee's of this world keep falling through the cracks and their families keep trying to pass them off as normal. And though I hate to blame the Pastor Grandfather and his brood, Melissa shouldn't have been watching children unsupervised let alone an entire Sunday School class of them when her relatives knew first hand she was going through a 'rough patch' as they called it.
well i think this is too sad and it is a very disturbing case that killer turn out to be a woman.sandra was so beautiful you could tell from the surveilance video and i dont blame the her mother at all she trusted the little girls mother i would trust my daughters friends mother this is a sick crime that didnt have to happen and i would not feel pity at all for mellisa and the mellisas daugther madison will forever be haunted by the fact that her own mother killed her best friend for no reason


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Rot13 – yes it is stupid, but it is perniciously common.
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- Polyester ripstop fly with PU treatment repels moisture to keep you dry if the rains come
- No-See-Um-Net canopy panels keeps you cool on warm summer nights and let hot, moist air escape
- DAC press-fit poles give you sturdy support without adding much weight to your pack
- 33 square feet of floor space leaves enough room for two mummy bags
- Vestibule space gives you room to stash your packs out out of the weather
- Bare Bones set up lets you use just the fly and a footprint (included) to create a super-light shelter
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- Reflective guy points make it easier to find your tent when you come back to camp after dark
- Includes custom footprint that enhances your comfort and prolongs the life of the tent
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Random question I'm sure but in my old MEC Tarn 3 tent the actual tent bag is waterproof, is this the same for the Marmot Traillight 2?
Tim Coats
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The tent storage bag is made of water proof coated fabric, but the seams are not sealed, so it is water resistant, but not water proof.
Very Nice Tent
Lance R.
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The Marmot Traillight 2P Tent is easy to set up, only took a few minutes the first time I set it up, and very easy to tear down and put back into its caring bag. Its just big enough for one person and their gear or pretty cozy for two people. The only bad thing about this tent is it isn't the lightest tent you could purchase for the same purpose. But being around 5lbs it isn't too bad.
A great tent!
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I used it for the first time this past weekend. I hiked Mt. Shasta. It was really easy to set up and anchor. The main vestibule has plenty of room. The other one is pretty small. Good for your boots. I was able to fit my pack in there ( Kelty Redwing 50). I will call this tent a 1.5 person tent. It is perfect for a solo person. Plenty of room. If it is you and your significant other it would probably be fine. If it is you and your buddy, you are going to be quite cozy. It has 2 side storage pockets for miscellaneous small items but I would recommend getting a gear loft. My only complaint is that the tent is about 2 inches too short for me. I found my feet or my head would just barely be touching one end. I am 6'2 however.
Sturdy and Durable
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I brought this tent to Moab last weekend and there was an intense rain and wind storm all night into the early morning. Heavy downpours and 40mph winds. It was the Moab flash flood season so I was a little nervous about it staying dry and, well, on the ground. This tent could not have been more dry. I got out in the middle of the night to check on the stakes since the wind gusts were incredibly strong and they were just as secure as when I first put them in even though I was surrounded by ankle deep mud.
A lot of my friends had their tents collapse during this storm but the Marmot Traillight survived.
In addition to that, it's pretty roomy for a 2 person tent yet doesn't compromise the weight. It comes with a footprint as well which is unheard of.
Love this tent!
What is the difference between the packed...
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What is the difference between the packed weight and trail weight? What exactly is not being considered or included in the trail weight?
David Dombrowski
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The trail weight does not include the ground cloth.
Wayne Christoffersen
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Hey Paul,
To kinda expand on that the packed weight of a tent is typically everything that comes with the tent and can include stuff sacks, tent, fly, poles, footprint (if included), gearloft (again if included) and stakes.
Trail weight is just the essentials for setting up the tent: fly, poles, tent, and my exclude even the stakes if its a free standing tent.
If you come across a tent that list fast pitch weight then that is just the fly, poles and footprint.
David Thiel
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In this category of tent, check out the Alps Zephyr 2. Lighter, cheaper, and still retains great features.
Awesome tent!
Alejandra Maldonado
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I bought this tent for backpacking and car camping. I used it for the first time on a car camping trip to the Sam Houston National Forest this weekend. The set up is super easy! I was able to assemble it in minutes by myself. I got this tent because of the two doors, which is a huge bonus! There is a large vestibule big enough for two packs & a smaller one that actually fit my friends pack as well (although it was not very full since we were car camping). The color is actually much different looking for the hatch/dark cedar than it looks online. It's very light weight which will be nice for backpacking. Some other reviews complained about it being tight for two people, but I found it to be roomy enough for two of us. It's a great tent & you can't beat the price.
I'm a little afraid due to the price being...
Adam D.
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I'm a little afraid due to the price being so cheap... do I have anything to be worried of?
Phil Maher
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Hey Adam,
This is a new item that happens to be on sale right now. If the tent meets your needs, you have nothing to worry about from it's performance or Marmot's guarantee. As far as Backcountry goes: their customer service is impeccable. You're not only making a purchase, you're creating a relationship. Without a doubt, the fairest and most customer focused retailer I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with. Put all your worries aside, and if this is the tent you want, go for it!
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I lived in this thing for the past summer while working on the Colorado Plateau (ie Moab). It's a great little tent for the price. It stands up to pretty strong winds without a problem (if you have the guylines staked out) and has endured a few pretty intense late-summer thunder storms we get out this way. It has enough room for me and all my junk I like to bring along. I haven't tried to fit two people in it, but I imagine it wouldn't be too bad if they didn't mind sharing space. Like any tent, when they say two-person, they mean two bodies and no other gear. The rain fly is wide enough to let you store some stuff under it, but you could also get a pack cover and get along just fine.
Here's my list of negatives:
The rain fly can be a bit awkward. You have to stake it down by the doors so it won't flap around, which effectively cuts the opening for the inner tent in half. I usually load my gear in before I put the fly on, it's just easier that way. Also, to open the side that extends out further from the inside can be a trick since you have to reach to get to the zipper.
Ventilation with the rain fly on (when it's hot and the air's not moving) is limited.
It doesn't keep dust out at all (but what modern backpacking tent in this price range will?).
Zippers jam up sometimes (probably from dust, but that's all the experience I have with it).
Internal pocket organizer space is limited but good enough to get by.
I love that it comes with everything, including an extra stake and a pole repair tube and footprint. It's light enough that I wouldn't hesitate to take it backpacking (though I haven't had the opportunity yet).
Nice Tent...Great Value
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I just received this recently as a gift and have not had a chance to test it in bad weather however it seems good so far. First off, one of the things I love about it is the price/value ratio you get with this tent. You really can't ask for a better deal due to the fact that everything is included. One pet peeve of mine with buying tents, especially expensive ones is that once you pay the hefty price, you have to buy additional stakes, guylines, and footprint. Marmot includes everything you need to set this up in a full storm, once you pay for it, that's it. As others have noted, there are two vestibules for gear storage. The front is about average size and the second is only really good for storing a pair of boots. The second door is really nice to have, thus eliminating any need for climbing over one another. I have the Orange color which stands out, which might turn off some people, and the Marmot logo is made with a reflective material/paint making it easy to get back to at night with a headlamp. Inside is just enough room to fit two people comfortably, however you'll probably have to either leave your packs outside or sleep with them under your feet. The doors and zippers open freely and have soft tabs on them so they don't make a lot of noise. I think the doors are a bit small, but you have plenty of headroom to sit straight up. Nice tent overall, I'm going to take it out this weekend and am expecting bad weather so we'll see how it holds up. Guyed out it's a very study design, I'm pretty sure it'll hold up to some nasty weather, including moderate snowfall. Four stars only because I haven't tested it thoroughly in bad weather.
Great for price.
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Enough room for 2 smaller pp and packs and best of all it's very easy to assemble. Very small second vestibule but it's nice not to have to climb over someone.
Compared to others in same price range, weight and commodity are a plus.
why does Traillight packs 8 inches longer...
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why does Traillight packs 8 inches longer than some of the other Marmot's 2P?
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Hey Bonxie,
I was confused when looking at the specs of this too, however I just received this tent as a gift and found that the tent poles break down into longer than average sections. The stuff sack with the tent inside is pretty long but narrow. Hope this clears up the confusion.
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In addition, if you're concerned about backpacking, this thing can stuff into a 8 liter compression sack with no problem!
easy to assemble
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Over 1700 volunteers fanned across central Iowa September 12 for the annual United Way Day of Action. Day of Action, held each September, is one of our community's biggest single days of volunteer service.
This year's signature projects were:
Dressers for Kids, in which 300 volunteers assembled 300 dressers to donate to the FreeStore, which in turn will give the dressers to children and families moving out of domestic violence shelters.
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by Fred McMillin
The White Zin Cash In
"White Zinfandel proves that if you give people what they want, you'll be successful."
...Bob Trinchero, who introduced White Zinfandel in 1972
By 1987 the industry is generating over two hundred million dollars a year profits from White Zin sales.
...Stuller and Martin's Grapevine
Was it a passing fancy? Let's see what the California Wine Institute said 10 years later: In 1997 the Zinfandel crush showed an astronomical gain to 420,000 tons, a 40% increase over the prior year. A majority of the volume is destined for the production of White Zinfandel, which holds the second largest share of California wine sales. [Only Chardonnay exceeded White Zin.]
The Rest of the Story
Daryl Sattui knows how to give people what they like. He makes more cases of White Zinfandel than of his highly-regarded Chardonnay and Cabernet. Here's his latest edition.
1998 Sattui White Zinfandel
The Taste of White Zin
New York Times: "A pleasant, refreshing drink; it's tastier and a lot easier to take than a martini."
Oxford Wine Companion: "The wine is not white but pink, decidedly sweet, and often enlivened with a touch of gas. It was California's great commercial success of the 1980s."
Let's conclude with more words from the wine's creator, Bob Trinchino: White Zin is popular because it tastes good, is reasonably priced, and you don't have to have a degree in enology to enjoy it. [One other plus: We unwashed masses like it with any food.]
In 1888, Napa Valley's foremost enologist, Prof. George Husmann, wrote that "if pressed lightly, Zinfandel could make a choice white wine." He was right.
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A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray
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A Great and Terrible Beauty takes place mostly in Victorian England in a boarding school known as Spence. The many plot twist in the book keep you pulled in to it. While a few of the characters who you originally meet seem very catty and snobby towards our protagonist, Gemma Doyle, they do eventually form the bonds of a forced friendship and seem to trust each other, mainly because it is based off of secrets and their desire to be something more than what society tell them to be, and sometimes seems as if Gemma enjoys it even less because of how they tend to force her hand in decisions. It show many of Gemma's doubts and fear, especially with her own powers and what she believes she can do. It makes her relate-able and like a real person. The novel may not continuously be action packed but its pace doesn't lull one into boredom in the least. Plus her writing is wonderful and I really enjoy it, it's not too flat and not overly detailed, it's comfortable and creates an image that comes to life in your head. Though we see little of colonial India, where I assume Gemma was born, we do get a sense of what it's like and scratch the surface of the people who live there. The few drawbacks were its sorta of racist/classist comments laid throughout the book, but that was to be expected due to the setting of the novel, lower class women were looked down upon and made fun of, and Romani were called gypsies and had several stereotypes slapped onto them because they were not liked as well as how people from India were talked about by the upper class. There is slightly a romance to the book, but its more of an undertone and doesn't really take much attention away from the story. Overall, I really enjoyed this book.
You can read my full review of the book here
I read this two months ago. I know I read it all within a week's time, making me think I devoured it. And yet I can't tell you a thing about it. That doesn't bode well for a review, if I *could* remember.
I just couldn't bring myself to care about what happened to any of the characters. Once I'd gotten a hundred pages in and still didn't care about the outcome, I gave up.
Gemma Doyle is an independent young woman raised in India, struggling with mysteriously prophetic visions and her adjustment to Victorian era England. She is warned to suppress her visions by a strange but handsome young man who followed her from India, but she persists until she is eventually able to enter the world of her visions. This gorgeous world gifts Gemma and her friends with an intoxicating power, one which comes with both dangers and responsibilities.
This beautiful world, with it's hidden dangers and small intersections with real life, fits incredibly well with the Victorian Era setting. It complemented the authors' immersive portrayal of society, without overwhelming it. The plot concepts involved weren't anything completely new, but they were put together in new and interesting ways. The magical world was a world all it's own and locations were described so vividly I could picture them as though I'd already seen them in a movie.
The main character, Gemma Doyle, was also very well done. She very rarely made decisions that seemed silly and even when she did, she was driven by the perfectly natural concerns of a teenage girl trying to fit in. When interacting with her mother, she does come across as a bit of a brat, but most of the time she is a strong, independent young woman you can relate to. Finally, plot pacing was spot on. Action started early and the mysteries were drawn out just long enough that I was always excited to find out what happened next. Another point in it's favor – as soon as I was done, I rushed to the library to get the rest of the Gemma Doyle trilogy
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Gemma Doyle grew up in India, but after her mother commits suicide and her father becomes a laudanum addict, she's sent to a finishing school in England. This is Victorian England, so at Spence Academy Gemma will be instilled with "grace, charm, and beauty" as she learns how to be a proper wife, mother, and hostess. Virtue, virginity, and the avoidance of scandal are of the utmost importance so that the ladies of Spence Academy will, upon graduation, reach their highest potential: to make a good marriage.
But A Great and Terrible Beauty is a gothic novel, which means that there is less grace, charm, and beauty than one should expect at Spence Academy. Instead, there are hidden secrets, dark rumors, strange disappearances and deaths, fearful servants, and a creepy old East Wing that inexplicably burned down 20 years ago. And, most importantly, each of the girls we get to know at Spence Academy has some sort of tragic past that makes her feel alone and unloved.
When Gemma gets to school she finds that the two most popular girls, Felicity and Pippa, are mean and nasty and, though she first stands up to them when they pick on Ann, Gemma's weak snively roommate, the four girls are soon best friends when they discover that Gemma has access to the realms, a fantasy world where they have the power to make their dreams come true. Predictably, the girls learn that magic is hard to control and that it has a terrible price.
Overall, I enjoyed A Great and Terrible Beauty while recognizing that it wasn't a great book. That's because I listened to the audio version which was read by Josephine Bailey. Her voice is gorgeous and her English accents greatly contributed to the Victorian feel. I believe I'd enjoy anything read by Josephine Bailey.
When I consider the actual story, though, I have some issues with A Great and Terrible Beauty. First is that, without exception, all of the teenage girls are unlikable. While Gemma isn't too bad by herself, it's hard to think highly of her after she chooses her friends. Perhaps she didn't have much to pick from, but we only meet a few of the schoolgirls, so we don't know who else was a possibility. It was hard to believe in their shallow friendship and it reminded me of the unpleasant and selfish girls in the 1988 movie Heathers. I will admit, though, that Gemma and Felicity are clever and funny. Even though I didn't like them much, their witty remarks often made me smile.
I understood and appreciated Libba Bray's repudiation of the social mores of Victorian England — arranged marriages, priggish behavior, vapid and powerless women, complete abdication to men — but I had a hard time believing that Gemma and her friends, as products of that culture (and enrolled in a finishing school), would be so enlightened. Their obsession with personal power didn't feel real.
The fantastical element, which is perhaps the most important part of a fantasy novel, also didn't feel real or well thought out. The realms didn't have consistent rules and there was a lack of logic and coherence. In fact, I got the impression that Libba Bray wanted to write a story about four tragic teenage girls in a Victorian boarding school who find power and that she threw in the magic stuff as the source of power, making this less of a fantasy novel and more of a historical novel about girls finding themselves. Ms. Bray's audio afterword seems to confirm my suspicions.
Overall, A Great and Terrible Beauty is neither great nor terrible and will likely be quite entertaining for a teenage girl who likes gothic novels and doesn't care about the issues I've raised here. I did enjoy the audio version despite my complaints, but I give Josephine Bailey a lot of the credit for that.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0385732317, Paperback)A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy--jumble them all together and you have this complicated and unusual first novel.
Gemma, 16, has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until the day she foresees her mother's death in a black, swirling vision that turns out to be true. Sent back to England, she is enrolled at Spence, a girls' academy with a mysterious burned-out East Wing. There Gemma is snubbed by powerful Felicity, beautiful Pippa, and even her own dumpy roommate Ann, until she blackmails herself and Ann into the treacherous clique. Gemma is distressed to find that she has been followed from India by Kartik, a beautiful young man who warns her to fight off the visions. Nevertheless, they continue, and one night she is led by a child-spirit to find a diary that reveals the secrets of a mystical Order. The clique soon finds a way to accompany Gemma to the other-world realms of her visions "for a bit of fun" and to taste the power they will never have as Victorian wives, but they discover that the delights of the realms are overwhelmed by a menace they cannot control. Gemma is left wi! th the knowledge that her role as the link between worlds leaves her with a mission to seek out the "others" and rebuild the Order. A Great and Terrible Beauty is an impressive first book in what should prove to be a fascinating trilogy. (Ages 12 up) –Patty Campbell
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After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
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A set of advanced audio postprocessing technologies, Dolby® Headphone is integrated into the audio subsystems of mobile phones to deliver 5.1-channel surround sound over any pair of headphones. Dolby Headphone does this by electronically recreating the sonic signature of the corresponding speakers properly placed in a carefully defined acoustic environment to each audio channel (two on stereo programs, and up to five on surround programs). The subwoofer signal (the ".1" Low-Frequency Effects [LFE] channel) is mixed into the Left and Right channels in equal proportion.
When combined with Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 content, Dolby Headphone uses all six channels of audio from the original content to recreate the surround experience through headphones, the way the creator intended it.
Regular headphone listening places sounds directly on your ears and "in-head." Audio sounds flat with hard, unnatural separation from left to right. There are no natural reflections and the absorptions found in a standard room are lost. With extended listening, this sort of experience can cause fatigue.
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From the outset Dolby Headphone technology was designed to encompass all possible audio formats. Conventional stereo and 5.1-channel digital content can be enhanced for headphone reproduction by the Dolby Headphone process. The result is a far more natural sound over any conventional wired or wireless stereo headset on all programs, from 5.1-channel DVDs to stereo MP3s.
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A new study found that doctors and patients need to regularly talk about and update the patient's family history of cancer -- including breast cancer.
MRI Better at Detecting Cancer Earlier in Women With Abnormal Breast Cancer Gene
New research has found that women with an abnormal breast cancer gene screened with MRI were less likely to be diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer compared to being screened with other tests.
Women With Family History of Breast Cancer Benefit From Mammograms Starting at 40
A new British study suggests that screening mammograms in women aged 40 to 50 with a family history of breast cancer are beneficial.
Centers for Disease Control Creates New Committee to Help Young Women Learn More About Breast Health
The CDC has created a new committee to help younger women, especially women younger than 40 and women at high risk of breast cancer, learn more about breast health and breast cancer.
Society Develops New Guidelines on Prophylactic Ovary Removal
New guidelines on protectively removing both ovaries and the fallopian tubes address the role this surgery can play in reducing the risk of both ovarian and breast cancer.
Male Relative With Breast Cancer Increases Risk Perception
Having a male relative diagnosed with breast cancer makes family members more aware of their own increased breast cancer risk, but doesn't make them more likely to do anything about this risk.
Experimental Genomic Test May Help Predict Risk of Hormone-Receptor-Positive Disease Recurrence
An experimental test may be able to help predict the risk of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, but it's not clear how useful the test is.
Breast Cancer Risk Factors Seemingly Less Influential in Hispanic Women
A new study suggests that links between known breast cancer risk factors and breast cancer diagnosis isn't as strong in Hispanic women compared to non-Hispanic white women.
Adding Genetic Information to Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Tool Doesn't Improve Accuracy
A new analysis suggests that adding information on about 10 abnormal genes associated with breast cancer risk to the standard breast cancer risk assessment tool didn't really improve risk prediction compared to using only the standard tool.
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Gold, silver rebound from sell-off
The metals regain some momentum as buyers take advantage of a dip in prices.
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Gold and silver prices regained some momentum Wednesday on strong physical buying as investors took advantage of recent sell-offs.
Gold for June delivery settled up $2 at $1,455.60 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold climbed as high as $1,463.70. The spot gold price was adding $3.80, according to Kitco's gold index.
Silver prices added 17 cents to settle at $40.24 an ounce.
Gold prices had fallen 1.3% this week as broad selling struck the commodities sector, but the metal rebounded slightly Wednesday as investors stepped in to buy gold at a "discount."
"Whenever we see a little sell-off in the gold market, what's historically followed is some physical buying, which has propped up the price," says Will Rhind, the head of U.S. operations for ETF Securities. Rhind still thinks that gold prices could hit $1,500 but that investors will have to be patient.
"I like the range between $1,400-$1,450," says Mihir Dange, a trader at Arbitrage, adding that on the upper end gold could trade around $1,460 an ounce. "There seems to be a lot of strife around the world, inflation concerns and gold still can't seem to rally . . . so right now I would trade a little neutral to bearish."
Dange doesn't think $1,500 is off the table but says gold should have already broken that level on recent catalysts.
The U.S. dollar index was up 0.14% after President Barack Obama outlined an ambitious budget plan in a speech Wednesday calling for $4 trillion in cuts over 12 years. Gold kept rising tentatively after the Federal Reserve released its beige book report that indicated the economy was improving across the country. Gold will also look to Friday's inflation readings out of the U.S. and China for direction.
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep rates low, but China could take more steps to tighten its money supply, making Friday's inflation reading key to policy initiatives. The Chinese state-run newspaper reported Wednesday that China will "earnestly implement its 'prudent' monetary policy," ranging from rate hikes to higher reserve requirements.
To bullish gold investors, central banks will need to raise rates aggressively to dent the bull market in gold.
Peter Schiff, the president of Euro Pacific, asks, "What's going to stop this gold bull market?" Schiff says that if the inflation rate rises faster than interest rates, then "it won't really matter to gold . . . gold will keep rising."
Schiff says the "real inflation rate is closer to 10% than 2%. . . . It's as bad as the 1970s . . . and it's going to get worse." When asked about gold's recent sell-off as being a bearish indicator, Schiff conceded that gold will see big corrections, perhaps as big as 10%, which would pull gold down to $1,300, but that "the gold bull market will continue for a long time."
The GFMS, an independent research consultancy, predicts that gold prices will hit $1,600 before the end of the year.
"Investors continue to be concerned about the outlook for inflation, with governments in general showing little appetite to tighten monetary policy significantly," says chairman Philip Klapwijk. GFMS' recent gold survey said investment demand drove gold higher in 2010 and should do so in 2011, along with increasing jewelry demand, as buyers become used to higher prices.
World mine supply pushed the global gold total to a record high, with the above-ground supply estimated at 165,600 metric tons, according to the World Gold Council, but investment demand sopped up the extra supply.
Gold mining stocks, a risky but potentially profitable way to buy gold, were mostly lower Wednesday afternoon.
Barrick Gold (ABX) was down 0.5% at $52.09, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) was off 0.2% to $48.85, and Newmont Mining (NEM) was slipping 1.6% to $56.32. Eldorado Gold (EGO) was gaining 2.1% to $17.72.
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Our area has so many great beach bars that it's tough to pick a favorite. In fact, we have everything from the beach bar that was named best in Florida, to one with a sign that says "Wurst Place on the Beach."
There are so many choices that it may depend on your mood at the moment. For this story, I feature a few favorites that I think are among the most interesting. Certainly, add your own in the comments.
They have great food and drink at Sharky's on the Pier in Venice. In 2013, FloridaBeachBar.com ranked it as the best beach bar in the state. But I love the whole shark thing. The beach in Venice has millions of fossilized shark teeth. You can get a scooper and pick them up. It's great if you have kids along (or even just a shark nut like me).
Sharky's placemats have pictures of sharks and teeth so you can determine what kind of sharks your teeth came from. They just opened a more upscale seafood restaurant next to the beach bar.
I first visited Mahuffer's on Indian Rocks Beach years ago. It's a crazy creation of boat hulls, fishing nets, photographs and dollar bills stuck to the wall. If you're the kind of person who demands order in your life, it may not be the place for you. But, if you don't care, order a beer.
"I guess that's all in the eye of the beholder," said Mike Rogacki, grandson of the bar's founder. "You either get it or you don't get it."
While the sign outside advertises "warm beer," I discovered that the beer is kept on ice. The place may not be as bad as advertised. In fact, you won't find another place quite like it.
So, where does the inspiration come from to open a tiki bar? "I don't think we ever dreamed of owning a tike bar," offered Karina Tashkin, co-owner of a new place called The Getaway on the St. Pete side of the Gandy Bridge.
She and husband Scott enjoyed similar places in the Keys and just happened upon the neglected property with a killer view toward Weedon Island. They struck a deal to buy it and opened The Getaway just a few weeks ago.
The bars are under thatched roofs and the food comes from food trucks. They call it a "food truck carousel." They have a different truck for lunch and dinner every day of the week.
The voting for Florida's Best Beach bar is now open at www.floridabeachbar.com There are many other local beach bars that I've visited over the years, and some that I want to visit. So, let all our viewers in on your favorite ones. Cheers!
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RIP iPod Classic. I might actually pick on up if the price drops to have it in the car with all my music.
I figured it would happen. I guess the 10th anniversary off the iPod was also it's last year.
I'm sad about this... I still have my old monochrome white 20gb... The classic is the iPod icon! I guess they want all iPods to have touch-screens...
DIE so they can sell you new products.
Since Steve re-invented Apple ~1997, consistency of image and "look" has been a deep mandate. The ugly duckling (rather, any duckling that looks "different") is always in danger of the axe. Its tough to reconcile this with customers' individual differing desires, but the Apple Way has usually been to force customers to "adapt or die!". I find it interesting that so many customers do adapt, instead of bailing for the competition....
Most users adapt to the new form as the competition is too far behind to catch up, although they sure do try by mimicking Apple products.
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|1fie, resolution 2.50Å ()
|Protein-glutamine gamma-glutamyltransferase, with EC number 22.214.171.124
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The three-dimensional structure of the recombinant human factor XIII a2 dimer after cleavage by thrombin has been determined by X-ray crystallography. Factor XIII zymogen was treated with bovine alpha-thrombin in the presence of 3 mM CaCl2, and the cleaved protein was crystallized from Tris buffered at pH 6.5 using ethanol as the precipitating agent. Refinement of the molecular model of thrombin-cleaved factor XIII against diffraction data from 10.0 to 2.5 A resolution has been carried out to give a crystallographic R factor of 18.2%. The structure of thrombin-cleaved factor XIII is remarkably similar to that of the zymogen: there are no large conformational changes in the protein and the 37 residue amino terminus activation peptide remains associated with the rest of the molecule. This work shows that the activation peptide, upon thrombin cleavage, has the same conformation and occupies the same position with respect to the rest of the molecule as it does in the zymogen structure.
Structural evidence that the activation peptide is not released upon thrombin cleavage of factor XIII., Yee VC, Pedersen LC, Bishop PD, Stenkamp RE, Teller DC, Thromb Res. 1995 Jun 1;78(5):389-97. PMID:7660355
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
[F13A_HUMAN] Defects in F13A1 are the cause of factor XIII subunit A deficiency (FA13AD) [MIM:613225]. FA13AD is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a life-long bleeding tendency, impaired wound healing and spontaneous abortion in affected women.[1]
[F13A_HUMAN] Factor XIII is activated by thrombin and calcium ion to a transglutaminase that catalyzes the formation of gamma-glutamyl-epsilon-lysine cross-links between fibrin chains, thus stabilizing the fibrin clot. Also cross-link alpha-2-plasmin inhibitor, or fibronectin, to the alpha chains of fibrin.
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1fie is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
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- Yee VC, Pedersen LC, Bishop PD, Stenkamp RE, Teller DC. Structural evidence that the activation peptide is not released upon thrombin cleavage of factor XIII. Thromb Res. 1995 Jun 1;78(5):389-97. PMID:7660355
- ↑ Board P, Coggan M, Miloszewski K. Identification of a point mutation in factor XIII A subunit deficiency. Blood. 1992 Aug 15;80(4):937-41. PMID:1353995