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Based on the autobiography of Washington columnist Tom Braden, the weekly, hour-long ABC series Eight is Enough starred Dick Van Patten as Sacramento newspaper journalist Tom Bradford, the father of eight children, who at the outset of the series ranged in age from 8 to 23. Early in the series, Diana Hyland was seen as Tom's wife Joan, but Hyland died after filming only four episodes, whereupon Tom Bradford became a widower. At the outset of the series' second season, Tom was remarried to widow Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, played by Betty Buckley. In descending age order, the Bradford children were David (Grant Goodeve), Mary (Lani O'Grady), Joannie (Laurie Walters), Susan (Susan Richardson), Nancy (Dianne Kay), Elizabeth (Connie Needham, later billed under her married name Connie Newton), Tommy (Willie Aames), and Nicholas (Adam Rich). At the beginning of Season Four, David married attorney Janet (Joan Prather) and Susan wed professional baseball player Merle "The Pearl" Stockwell (Brian Patrick Clarke) in a double ceremony; in later episodes, Susan gave birth to a daughter, Sandra Sue (named for her stepmom), and Joannie became engaged to Jeffrey Trout (Nicholas Pryor), with whom she worked at a local TV station. During the fifth and final season, Ralph Macchio was added to the Bradford household, playing Abby's nephew Jeremy Andretti. Others in the regular and recurring cast included Michael Thoma as Tom's best friend Dr. Greg "Doc" Maxwell; Virginia Vincent as Doc's wife Daisy; James Karen as Tom's editor Eliot Randall; Jennifer Darling as Tom's secretary Donna; and Michal Goodrow and John Louie as family friends Ernie and Melvin. Introduced on March 15, 1977 as a 90-minute TV movie with a slightly different cast, Eight is Enough went on to successfully blend comedy and drama for the next five years--no surprise here, since the program was assembled by the same people responsible for another popular "big family" series of the era, The Waltons. After its cancellation on August 29, 1981, Eight is Enough was briefly revived with a brace of TV-movie specials, 1987's Eight is Enough: A Family Reunion and 1989's An Eight is Enough Wedding.
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A federal appeals court has upheld the corruption conviction and three-year prison sentence of former Boston city councilor Chuck Turner, rejecting his claim of a flawed verdict and an attempt by the government to vindictively punish him.
In the decision handed down Wednesday by the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston, the justices referred to Turner's contention that he did not know he had been handed $1,000 by an informant in an exchange captured on video surveillance. Turner said that the handoff was akin to a "preacher's handshake" and that it would have been rude to look down to see what was in his hand. Prosecutors said the money was a bribe.

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Adam Cureton is interested in ethics, particularly social rules and the small moments of everyday life that reveal larger truths. For example, what happens when someone doesn't hold a door open for us? When someone cuts us off in traffic? Our reactions—maybe a dirty look or a muttered obscenity—reveal something about our society. "There are laws, and then there are the informal rules we teach our children and enforce among ourselves," he says. "I'm interested in thinking about what kind of rules we should aim for." A former Foundation Fellow and UGA's 19th Rhodes Scholar, Cureton now is pursuing a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His interest in ethics dates back to his time at UGA, and he credits political science Associate Professor Alex Kaufman and a course on American philosopher John Rawls—a leading figure in moral and political philosophy—with sparking his enthusiasm. "I fell in love with it," he says. "It really laid …
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HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — A judge dismissed two lawsuits Wednesday that could have forced the cities of Chattanooga and Red Bank to pay back millions in traffic camera fines.
"The Tennessee Legislature has granted its municipalities broad authority, in the form of police power, to regulate traffic," Hamilton County Chancellor Frank Brown wrote in a 12-page ruling. "A municipality has the primary responsibility for enforcing traffic regulations within their city limits as it deems proper."
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Meditating With The Punks
Urban Dharma or "Dharma Punx" is a meditation group that meets every Friday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Fulton and 3rd. A couple of free-spirit friends of mine have been loving the meditation and encouraged me to attend, instructing me to arrive early so as to secure myself a "chair with a cushion." It's […] [Read More]
Surviving A Three Day Juice Cleanse
Trapped at home with the flu a few weeks ago, I started to see it everywhere I looked: juice cleanse. I groggily watched the great over-pronouncer, Giada DeLaurentiis make her own juice meals. I read Daphne Oz's Facebook updates about her totally unrealistic cleanse. And then my weekly e-issue of Gwyneth Paltrow's practically abusive lifestyle […] [Read More]
Post-holiday booty call
Whoop, you did it again, partied a bit too exuberantly over the ho ho ho holiday season, (partying here is a broad term which includes extra stuffing & gravy and just sitting there, and also cramming yourself with Christmas cookies to avoid harsh words with family members.) So now you're pledging to pay penance for […] [Read More]
Goji Redux
Goji juice next to one of my favorite foods: Best Foods mayonnaise. (Maybe they cancelled each other out?) OK, I've finished my little Goji Juice experiment and rather than start with the blow-by-blow, I'll just lead with the results: Surprise! Surprise! It had absolutely no discernible impact on me or my life. I drank the […] [Read More]
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Yoga Journal free expert yoga = bliss Last year, despite some skepticism, I popped into several sessions of the Yoga Journal conference (and blogged about it). I happily discovered it to be low-key, informative, renewing and inspiring. This year, they're offering scholarships to low income yogis and yoginis. So even if you don't have the […] [Read More]
Have sex while you sleep!
Mmmppff, what? What's going on? Hey what are you doing? Shut up and take off your pajamas. Do it now man-boy! Does this happen to you? What? Honey, it's, like, 3am. I'm exhausted. I gotta work tomorr… I said shut up! You naked now! Give hot love now! Hey, I'm not really in the mood… […] [Read More]
Goji power
Live Superfoods Energy, healing and longevity await… I almost don't want to do it because they're so ubiquitous. Or maybe it's just in certain semi-rarified settings. I'm referring, of course, to the Goji berry. All of a sudden, they're everywhere: in yoga and alternative health magazine ads, in packets and in the juice case at […] [Read More]
On being an urban biker
Kurt Rogers/The Chronicle Bike commuters using bike lanes on Market Street. First off, I'm a total chickensh–. But in these days of global warming, I feel like, why not make some small modifications to the lifestyle? So I've started riding my beater bike, but only around Berkeley and usually just during daylight hours and preferably […] [Read More]
Fantastic voyage into your Body Electric
If ever you needed proof that you are indeed a miracle, that your body is amazing and that you don't even know how incredible you are, just watch the video excerpt below (Or much much better yet, watch the full version here.) Created by XVIVO, a scientific animation company near Hartford, CT, and shown last […] [Read More]
Lactating Mothers of the Apocalypse
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Programming note: Tune into 49ers Central tonight at 7pm for the latest on the 49ers leading up to Sunday's NFC Championship in Atlanta, only on Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area.
SANTA CLARA -- Colin Kaepernick rushed for 181 yards. Frank Gore added 119 yards on the ground. And Kaepernick also threw for 263 yards.
That can mean only one thing: The 49ers' offensive line had a spectacular game in the team's 45-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night in an NFC semifinal.
But things were short of perfect, left guard Alex Boone said on Tuesday, as the 49ers began preparations to face the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday at the Georgia Dome.
"It was good, but there are still some things we need to clean up," Boone said. "Little things, footwork, we can be lower, hold our blocks longer. We can be better."
Much of the success of the 49ers' offensive line this season can be attributed to the fact that the same five players -- left tackle Joe Staley, left guard Mike Iupati, center Jonathan Goodwin, Boone and right tackle Anthony Davis -- started every game.
And that group was together Tuesday, as well.
Goodwin's wife, Alneesa, gave birth to the couple's third son, Cade Spencer, early Monday morning. Goodwin took a flight after the 49ers' win over the Packers on Saturday and finally arrived in Columbia, S.C., after a three-hour layover in Atlanta, at 10:30 Sunday morning.
He boarded a 5:40 a.m. flight Tuesday from South Carolina and arrived back in Bay Area in time for a 12:30 p.m. meeting.
"I haven't seen any tape on them yet," Goodwin said of the Falcons. "That's part of the reason I wanted to get back. Momma understood. I wanted to get back and look at them because these opportunities, even though we've been in them the past two years, they don't come too often."
The 49ers have invested in the offensive line with first-round selections of Staley (2007), Davis (2010) and Iupati (2010). Boone was signed as an undrafted rookie (2009), and Goodwin was signed a free agent last year. The offensive line is one of the strengths of the 49ers, and it showed in their playoff-opening victory.
Staley and Iupati, in particular, had strong games against the Packers. Staley managed to play through a badly bruised right forearm to negate the impact of Green Bay Pro Bowl outside linebacker Clay Matthews. Staley underwent X-rays that were negative, and should not be impacted in Sunday's game. And Iupati had his best game with the 49ers.
"Mike graded out the best game he's had since we've been with him," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said. "So tremendous game by Mike and Joe, both were playing great football.
"Then again, the offensive line is a unit . . . those guys really deserve a lot of credit up front. They've been healthy, they've played through nicks. Toughness is a talent. Just like running ability for a quarterback, toughness is a talent that our offensive line has shown that they have and they continue to do well."


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Ten Years Later
A full decade has passed since America suffered the tragedy of 9/11. Ten years ago, I repeatedly heard the question raised: "Where was God in all of this? Where was God on 9/11 when the planes crashed into …Read More
Ten Years Later
The world has changed. We are not the same people we were on September 10, 2001. The events of September 11, 2001, and the events that followed in ensuing years have not only changed America but nations and peoples throughout …Read More
What If or If God?
I love the Lord of the Rings. I remember sitting in a hotel room in Seattle, Washington, in December of 2003, reading the last book of the trilogy, The Return of the King. I had just spent the previous few …Read More
Where Is Your Hope?
The story is told that a financially comfortable North American went to visit a mission church that was located in the village dump in a city in Africa. Wondering, he shadowed the pastor for much of the day until he …Read More
A Pastor's Reflection
What do you do when the world falls apart? When the planes struck, I was in my office overlooking Columbia University on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, eight miles north of Ground Zero. I listened helplessly to news reports …Read More
For Thine is the Kingdom
All things are for the glory of God! This driving passion was the very heartbeat of the Lord Jesus Christ, the highest aim He sought, the loftiest goal He pursued. All things in life and ministry, He taught, are to …Read More
Uncontrollable Anxiety
In the middle of writing my column this month I deleted what I wrote and have started over because I just received word from one of my closest friends that his wife, pregnant with their long-awaited second child, might be …Read More
A Future So Bright
Because we believe it is our due, we are confident that even the darkest clouds have silver linings. When someone dies in old age, we rejoice that he had a long and full life. When someone is taken suddenly, we …Read More
This Isn't Going to Be As Easy As It Looks
I have an old newspaper comic strip in my desk that I cut out years ago (Mr. Boffo, for those who are interested in such things). I saved it because I think it's funny. In the top left corner …Read More
The Providence of Jesus
The feeding of the five thousand, recorded in Matthew 14:13–21, is probably the most well known of all of Jesus' miracles. It is the only one recorded by all four of the gospel writers (see Mark 6:30 …Read More
Mere Coincidence?
I've been interested in so-called coincidences since I was a child. In fact, my first research paper of any substance during high school was on the subject of coincidences. I recently ran across this old paper, which I wrote …Read More
A Conspiracy of Goodness
There is a small village in the center of France with a unique history. In the midst of World War II, the country was partly occupied and partly "free," meaning the French government, headquartered at Vichy, led by Maréchal Pétain …Read More
The Creator God
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God is sovereign, man is not, and sin distorts our understanding of this truth. God always keeps His promises to His people despite our shortcomings, as we see in Genesis 30. God blessed Jacob even though he was a …Read More
The Sovereignty of God—Has God Lost Control?
The condition of our world is such today that many are questioning whether the classical doctrine of the Absolute Sovereignty of Almighty God can still have any meaning. Human society is in a state of seething unrest. Quite apart from …Read More


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Crews are still working to remove six derailed freight cars from a section of track in East Austin.
According to Capital Metro, at around 4:30 a.m., a freight train went off a section of track between Tillery and E. 6th Street. A total of six freight cars, out of 75, went off the track. The derailed train is blocking some intersections in east Austin, at Pleasant Valley and 7th Street.
Crews have re-railed one of the six cars.
Capital Metro will continue to shuttle passenger by bus between Downtown, Plaza Saltillo and MLK Stations for the remainder of the day. MetroRail service is not affected between MLK and Leander Stations, and for the most part, trains will run their regular posted schedules between those stations.
Capital Metro reports that intersections at Pedernales and 6th Street are still blocked, and will remain so for some time.
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As we are programmed to die after a certain period. I believe species are also programmed to die after a certain period.
I believe every species has a definite life span on our planet earth and we may call it " species span", after that it becomes extinct whatever you may do. Ever entertained such idea ? Ever analysed what happened to neanderthal man, homo erectus etc why they became extinct or Why growth rate of caucassian is nearing zero or in the negative? Is the life span of species is also programmed? Even our earth also has a limited life span, its not going to be there for ever.
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Mar 13 2013: I just don't see any evidence for that, man. I think you're right in the sense that most species eventually die out--that is, eventually conditions change and the animal either evolves or goes extinct. But nobody's ever seen a species just "die out" for no reason...the species that do go extinct always go extinct because they're just not competing effectively anymore--and there's not many other species that can compete with homo sapiens. But how and why would the lifespan of a species be programmed? Evolution is what creates living things, and there's just no reason evolution would program a species to die out.
Mar 14 2013: Sometimes facts are there in front of eveybody to observe and there are established ideas to explain their occurrence. You are right I am challenging those established ideas with no evidence. Also we donot have conclusive evidence to prove why humans or for that matter any animal has a limited life span , are we programed to die after some time ? If we are than why not our species? I believe even Sun is programmed to die after some billion years later, it also has limits to its life span.
Mar 14 2013: I remember reading somewhere (sorry for no source) that on average, animals who live a normal life-span have a life span that averages 1 billion heart beats. So the tiny hummiingbird or mosquito doesn't live very long because those tiny hearts are beating very quickly, but the elephant, with its larger and more slowly beating heart, lives longer. I have never looked up the heart beat of a cockatoo or a sea turtle. Furthermore, trees and flowers don't have hearts as we traditionally think of them, so they would be immune from the 1 billion heartbeat rule of thumb.
I personally believe that all species have their own collective consciousness (that is a part of greater consciousness collectives), and that no species becomes extinct without its collective consent.
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Steve Wozniak Speaks on Steve Jobs Resignation, Apple Futureby Free Britney at . Comments
Steve Wozniak says his fellow Apple co-founder Steve Jobs needs to relax.
In the wake of Jobs stepping down as CEO of the company they both founded, the Woz said, "Steve needs now to just have some 'Steve time' ... He deserves it."
Why? Not just because of his physical health problems, but mentally.
"[Jobs] really has had to sacrifice a lot to run Apple ... I mean, just your time, everybody wants you day and night, that's what I mean by sacrifices."
"He has given his all. It takes so much out of anyone to be under just constant pressure and demands like that," Wozniak said of his fellow mogul.
As to the future of Apple, Wozniak is optimistic: "Remember, [Jobs] was surrounded by great, great people at Apple ... those people are still there."
It's true. Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who will take over as Apple CEO, has effectively run the company since Jobs' medical leave in January.
Short story: The iPad 3 and iPhone 5 are gonna be so awesome.
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Cake Logic
I have a five minute rule about cake decorating. It goes like this:
"No spending more than five minutes on decorating a cake."I really built the lead-up on that one, didn't I?
See, I don't think I, or anyone for that matter, will spend more than five minutes eating a slice of cake. And by that logic, that means I will spend less than five minutes appreciating a cake. And by that logic, why would I, or anyone else for that matter, spend a whole afternoon making something that will be consumed and destroyed in a speck of moments.
This is what I call cake logic.
This is why I like about cake toppers – they dress up any cake and you get a keepsake at the end of the night. And in this case, even if you toss the topper out, nobody has to feel bad about it because it did not cost any time or money to make. Huzzah much?
The idea for these cake toppers piggy backs on THIS tutorial for hot glue hearts I made for Elizabeth Banks' blog last week. If you saw it already you can probably skip this post. If not, click here to check it out yourself.
You saw the first tutorial? Okay. Great. (Temporary Update Feb 2014: Sorry if that link does not work right now. Elizabethbanks.com transferred to a Tumblr site and the URL was never transferred. I'm told they will update it, but in the meantime, just read the rest of the post. I think you'll get the crux of it. Thanks guys!) (Another update March 2014: click here to find it courtesy of the wayback machine)
Can you see where this is going?
- Parchment paper (NOT WAX PAPER)
- Confetti shreds (click here for directions)
- Hot glue and hot glue gun
- Toothpicks
Lay your parchment paper on a flat surface and start drawing with the glue gun. Need a template? Use a pencil to write down any number or shapes first.
While the glue is still hot (read: work quickly) insert a toothpick in the base. Then go back over it with another round of glue and dump the whole thing with confetti. See any bald patches? Go back with more glue, more confetti. Lather, rinse, repeat. Assuming you already have some confetti ready to go, this will take you 90 seconds tops.
So that was easy. But why stop at numbers? How about letters? For you initials...or maybe a secret message?
Next birthday I'm going to spell out my whole name in confetti and cake. Who is with me?


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Courtne Smith, a.k.a Queen Shmink, is a world traveler with extraordinary fashion and beauty sense. The Toronto-based blogger is one of our favorite ladies to follow on the Interwebz because she makes her impeccable style (fancy fur is her specialty) feel so accessible and easy to recreate. Plus, she always has a killer manicure. This week, she teaches us her secrets that keep her perfectly primped when she's both at home or on the road with her bff, Drake.
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This article presents results of a study on 'Net music' that was initiated in 1996 and presented in 2002 as a doctoral dissertation at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Germany (Föllmer 2005). Since no scholarship encompassing the whole field as defined by the term 'Net music' has been published until recently, the study involved the collection and analysis of a broad spectrum of musical projects that employ the Internet in very different ways. Around seventy examples considered to be classifiable as Net music were chosen to represent the scope of different approaches to how electronic networks can be used for making music. The first part of this article describes three outstanding examples of Net music and their interplay with particularly important characteristics of electronic networks. The second part discusses a possible typology of Net music.
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(English)Föllmer, Golo (1999a). Klangorganisation im öffentlichen Raum (Sound Organisations in Public Spaces)
Föllmer, Golo (1999b). Musikalische Systeme im Netz - ein Überblick (Musical systems on the internet - a survey)
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It appears that Four Tet is channeling his inner Fiona Apple. No, not musically, but with his new ridiculously titled single "The Track I've Been Playing That People Keep Asking About and That Joy Used in His RA Mix and Daphni Played on Boiler Room". Aside from having an absolutely absurd name, it's actually a great track. If you've been paying attention to his sets or the ones mentioned in the title, than this track isn't totally new, but it is for most of us. Take where Four Tet has gone in the past year then add a bunch of tribal influences and chanting, and out pops this track. It's releasing under the alias KH, and is starting to pop up for preorders now. Check out a stream of the track below.
UPDATE: After some shady selling of the record from legitimate stores on Discogs, Four Tet seriously just gave this away on Twitter for FREE. You can download the track here. Kieran Hebden, you are great.
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People don't take trips … trips take people.
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Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy.
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…the adventures may be mad, but the adventurer must be sane.
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Mackinac Island, Michigan
|Mackinac Island, Michigan
|City of Mackinac Island
Downtown Mackinac Island along M-185
Location of Mackinac Island, Michigan
|Coordinates: 45°50′57″N 84°37′08″W / 45.84917°N 84.61889°W
|United States
|• Total
|18.84 sq mi (48.80 km2)
|• Land
|4.35 sq mi (11.27 km2)
|• Water
|14.49 sq mi (37.53 km2) 76.91%
|594 ft (181 m)
|Population (2010)[2]
|• Total
|• Estimate (2012[3])
|• Density
|113.1/sq mi (43.7/km2)
|Time zone
|• Summer (DST)
|ZIP code
|Area code(s)
|906 Exchange: 847
|FIPS code
|GNIS feature ID
|Official website
Mackinac Island (/ˈmækɨnɔː/ MAK-in-aw) is a city in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. In the 2010 census, the city had a permanent population of 492, although there are thousands more seasonal workers and tourists during the summer months. From 1818–1882, the city was the county seat of the former Michilimackinac County, which was later organized into Mackinac County with St. Ignace as the county seat. The city includes all of Mackinac Island and the unpopulated Round Island, which is federally owned and part of Hiawatha National Forest. The city also includes all of Mackinac Island State Park, which includes 80% of Mackinac Island and is governed by the Mackinac Island State Park Commission. The city is served by the Mackinac Island Public School.
A unique local ordinance prohibits the use of any motor vehicles on the island. The most common means of travel are foot, bicycle, or horseback. Certain enumerated exceptions include emergency vehicles, electric wheelchairs for those with disabilities, snowmobiles in winter, and golf carts for on-course use only. Mackinac Island is home to the famed Grand Hotel, where the 1980 movie Somewhere in Time was filmed. That film presents a rare exception in which motorized vehicles were allowed on the island.
Mackinac Island is also famous for the many fudge shops on the island. The island has a very large industry making fudge in a traditional manner, creating them on cold marble slabs. The many varieties are a tourist draw and common gift throughout Michigan.
In an early written history of Mackinac Island (1887) by an official interpreter for the U.S. government and an Ottawa chief's son, Andrew Blackbird describes how a small independent tribe called "Mi-shi-ne-macki naw-go," that occupied Mackinac Island, had become confederated with the Ottawa from Ottawa Island (now Manitoulin Island) situated north of Lake Huron. One winter the Mi-shi-ne-macki naw-go on Mackinac Island were almost entirely annihilated by the Senecas of New York, of the Iroquois nation. Only two escaped by hiding in one of the natural caves at the island. To commemorate this confederate tribe, the Ottawas and Chippewas named what is now Mackinac Island, "Mi-shi-ne-macki-nong." [6] In 1895 Fort Mackinac's John R. Bailey, M. D. published his history entitled "Mackinac formerly Michilimackinac," describing some of the first recorded presence on Mackinac of French traders with a large party of Huron and Ottawas heading to Three Rivers in 1654, and an adventurer making a canoe voyage in 1665.[7]
Mackinac Island is the destination of both the annual Chicago to Mackinac Sailboat Race, run by the Chicago Yacht Club, and the annual Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race, sponsored by the Bayview Yacht Club of Detroit, Michigan.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.84 square miles (48.80 km2), of which 4.35 square miles (11.27 km2) is land and 14.49 square miles (37.53 km2) is water.[8] Interestingly, the City of Mackinac Island not only exists on the island of the same name, but also takes in the entirety of nearby Round Island, situated in the Straits of Mackinac immediately to the south. Round Island is currently uninhabited and is owned by the U.S. Forest Service in its entirety, and is managed as part of the Hiawatha National Forest.
The Michigan Legislature created the City of Mackinac Island in 1899 via L.A. 437 of 1899 as a "special charter city." At that time, all of nearby Round Island was included in the corporate limits, although for reasons not currently clear. While all of Mackinac Island, the landform, is located within the corporate limits of the City of Mackinac Island, 82 percent of the island's landmass is owned by the State of Michigan and managed by the Mackinac Island State Park Commission (MISPC), so that the City itself has direct jurisdiction over only 18 percent of the island, the remainder being under direct control of the Commission. The City and the Commission do, however, work together on the many issues affecting both the City and the State Park, such as the longtime ban on most motorized vehicles on the island.
2010 census[edit]
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 492 people, 240 households, and 128 families residing in the city. The population density was 113.1 inhabitants per square mile (43.7 /km2). There were 1,002 housing units at an average density of 230.3 per square mile (88.9 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 73.8% White, 1.2% African American, 18.1% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.2% from other races, and 5.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population.
There were 240 households of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.7% were non-families. 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.69.
The median age in the city was 42.5 years. 17.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.4% were from 25 to 44; 33.9% were from 45 to 64; and 13.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.8% male and 47.2% female.
2000 census[edit]
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 523 people, 252 households, and 143 families residing in the city. The population density was 119.8 people per square mile (46.2/km²). There were 565 housing units at an average density of 129.4 per square mile (49.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 75.72% White, 18.36% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 5.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.57% of the population.
There were 252 households out of which 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% were non-families. 36.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.69.
In the city the population was spread out with 18.0% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 34.4% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 109.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $36,964, and the median income for a family was $50,536. Males had a median income of $39,219 versus $25,313 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,965. About 1.4% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
In addition to the permanent residences, there is dormitory-style housing throughout the city for the seasonal employees of the tourist industry, generally provided by the local businesses.
The island is served by the Mackinac Island Public School.
- ^ http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/2010_place_list_26.txt
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
- ^ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Blackbird (Mack-e-te-be-nessy), Andrew J. (1887). History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan: Earliest Possible Known History of Mackinac Island. Ypsilanti, Michigan: Ypsilanti Auxiliary of the Woman's National Indian Association. pp. 19–20.
- ^ Bailey, John R (1887 (1914)). Mackinac formerly Michilimackinac. Mackinac Island, Michigan: Neosho. p. 248.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
External links[edit]
- Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau
- The City of Mackinac Island
- Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
- Fudge Facts
- Tocqueville in Mackinac Island - Segment from C-SPAN's Alexis de Tocqueville Tour
Coordinates: 45°50′57″N 84°37′08″W / 45.84917°N 84.61889°W


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The Jacka: Penning For The Pen
With prevlient talent such as Andre Nickatina, Too Short and E-40 creating a name and representation for the Bay area not to mention the Hyphy movement and slap music that show the innovative and energetic side for the Bay. The Jacka is another Bay artist on the come up who is creating a buzz on the underground. Although The Jacka's widely noticed in the Bay he has collaborations with people such as Freeway and Cormega. This could possibly grab some fans on the east as well. At the end of the day it's all about the music for him.
HipHopDX: What does The Jacka represent?
The Jacka: I represent Hip Hop. I represent Islam. That's basically my main thing; everything else just comes with the territory.
DX: Being Muslim clearly influences your music. When deciding to work with Freeway on your album Tear Gas, was it more about working with a fellow Muslim or to get more of a reach outside of the Bay area?
The Jacka: It was just two people coming together to make music really. I think hes dope and he liked my stuff so we came together. Im from the west coast hes from the east coast. It was really something to wake people up. Taking it upon ourselves to go figure out what Islam is. It was just to do something good and get people to think.
DX: How did you and Cormega end up linking up?
The Jacka: Im not sure if it was 2001, 2002 or 2003; I honestly cant even remember. I was in North Carolina and I saw him and one of his boys. Someone told us it was Cormega [click to read] and we were already up on Cormega. My boy used to have these beats on CDs like mixtapes. Them boys used to be ripping mixtapes back in the mid 90s with the mixtape game. Im talking about Capone-N-Noreaga [click to read], Cormega and people like that. I would hear 'Mega on em and I always thought he was good. He would have stories he talked about and he seemed like a real nigga. His boy ended up getting us in contact and he flew over to the west coast and wanted to get introduced to the Bay area. He wanted to see how we get down out here and I thought he was dope. Thats how I started fuckin with him, out here in the Bay.
DX: How about with Andre Nickatina?
The Jacka: I always knew him. We would always speak to each other and whatnot. Hes a fan of Hip Hop, or just a fan of the music as well. He heard my shit and liked my shit so we linked up. We put out three albums with the Mob Figaz and he presented them. Weve known each other for a long time now. One day we were talking and said if were going to do something we might as well do it big. I took some beats and he came and ripped it down. Hes just a genuine cat and he really likes the music. He doesnt fuck with everybody either. I think its a privilege for me to even fuck with him.
DX: What have you learned and taken away from Bay Area veterans?
The Jacka: First and foremost, I learned to just stick to the program and dont give up. At the end of the day, the dude that works the hardest is the one thats gonna get to eat. They really paved the way for me. I can go everywhere E-40 [click to read] went. I can go anywhere Too Short [click to read] went, or [even] Master P. I can go anywhere everyone before me went on that independent level and just let them know I know these cats. Its all good. They can all vouch for me. I just try to follow the routes that they set. I just try to stay with it because its a market and its real. Were starting our own companies and putting these albums out ourselves. We gotta hit these markets up real hard just like we used to do in the early '90s. We gotta get on the movement. Whenever somebody came out with something on an independent label; the movement for the artist was the movement for the label. Its just gotta get back to that ground work. Thats what I picked up from the Bay area veterans. That ground work and hustle to have your own thing going, [not a] label telling you what to do. You just go out and get your own shit. the whole thing to start a label and do your thing. Thats really what I got out of it.
DX: Speaking of independent labels, your own music label which is an accomplishment. Want to speak a little more about that decision?
The Jacka: A lot of the Bay area artists have their own label. Even people who arent from the Bay, like Master P, have their own thing. I wouldnt say Master P got his exact start in the Bay, but I remember when he had a No Limit Records store around here in the Bay. He was pushing the No Limit thing real hard and it was before they got big all in the south. It was huge in the Bay area though. Master P, they were repping that Richmond, California and all that. Silkk The Shocker and all them boys knew what was up. After seeing that and how he took his to a whole other level, I was like, "Damn." I saw the same happen with E-40 and Too Short. They had their own labels and are able to put out what they want. They dont have anybody dictating them and saying what they should put out. They get the chance to stay creative and really come up with the shit that they like to do. That was really my inspiration to do it myself as well.
DX: Creating music for prisons is a very interesting angle, where did that idea come from?
The Jacka: A lot of people that I know might have been in the pen. They come up to me and say, Hey man, a lot of people listen to you in the pen man. They play it all the time. When youre in prison, you got a lot of time to think. You have to really listen to music because it gives you a chance to separate good music from the bullshit. You can separate it from the nigga who is trying to be famous, to the nigga who is trying to really spit their shit. You get the time to really just sit there and soak it all up. A lot of these cats are just talking it but they're not really saying the life. You have to really live to know their life - to actually see shit and watch it go down and see how it happened. When you do all that and deliver it with your music, people cant believe that shit. People who actually been through some things and now are in prison, its their life and they wanna listen to it. That ain't no bullshit because you cant even come up with shit like that; you have to either been around it your whole life or done it.
DX: Where do you plan for that approach to take you and your music?
The Jacka: Im not really trying to make a gain from it. Its just me delivering something to someone that knows what theyre going through. If I can make someone be able to deal better just through my music, thats big to me. A lot of our brothers and sisters are in prison. If I can help these dudes deal with their time away from their families and anybody else that means the world to them and they listen to me. Thats the crowd I need to roll with.
DX: Do you feel like there is any pressure on you because you are one of the few people representing the west coast?
The Jacka: It isnt actual pressure. I know once I get out and people actually get a chance to see me and hear me and fuck with me, itll be a whole other thing. It isnt like Im a typical west Coast artist that everyone is used to seeing. Im on some whole other shit as well. At the same time, Im keeping it so true to what it is that I dont even feel any pressure. Its just that everybody wants to see you do the right thing so you just have to do it. Right now I know that if I ever really blow all the way up people are going to be like, "Yeah, hes hot, but hes a shaky dude." Thats what people do. Right now Im the underdog and people want to see me make it.
DX: What did it mean to you to be on the Sound Scan top 200 as a Bay rapper?
The Jacka: It was crazy. Its kind of crazy because I come from a culture where we always be on the Billboard [charts]. When you get that ground work in, theres a lot of real genuine fans. Every time we drop an album, that shit is always on the Billboard. Its a big deal. These days and times, its a way bigger deal than what it was then. I get more credit for what Ive done recently when I feel Ive done better before. I guess it is a different time where music is either dying out or something. Everyone that is dope, you dont get a chance to hear them because radio doesnt really play anybody with any substance to what theyre saying. It goes down to real fans buying your music. We were out there grinding. Going everywhere and dropping CDs off, posters and showing face. Letting people see us and know us. The true fans will want to support it and see you get there. They want you to be there. It feels good. We always get recognized for it.
DX: What's one of your favorite songs?
The Jacka: Theres so many of em. It might even be like the ones that I have on my records arent even my favorites. It wasnt like I was just doing em to shoot the breeze. It was for the love and a lot of people feel the same way about it. Right now I would have to say, Dream off of Tear Gas [click to read]. Its a different kind of rapping. It means a lot to me. To some people, they dont get it. If youre listening to it and are truly a Hip Hop fan, youre gonna get it.
DX: "Glamourous Lifestyle" is a hot song. It was the one used for your album release trailer. Want to talk a little bit about it?
The Jacka: When I first heard the beat, I knew what it would sound like. I was actually on the phone with one of my boys who was in federal prison at the time. I was actually just picking the beat. I listened to it while he was on the phone and he thought it was a good beat so I just used it. It was used for some other people prior, but it never came out too serious. I took the beat and it ended up being better. We mixed it [and] made it happen.
DX: What do you think the west coast might have to do to become a major standing in Hip Hop again? Do you think its all an evolution and it will take the wheel soon? Is it just the evolution of Hip Hop making its rounds?
The Jacka: Theres a whole underground movement that everybody doesnt even see. Im underground and in the Billboards, thats gotta be something. Thats a genuine thing. Thats what Hip Hop should be. You gotta find it. It isnt commercial, its in the streets and thats real. Everybody is on their high horse. They dont see whats going on. They dont see the real Hip Hop. We live it and thats what it is. Everyone who doesnt get it isnt meant to get it. Everybody just wants to be famous. They want to come up with this scene and just do that, instead of trying to take the fans over and winning their soul. I think the way Hip Hop is going is great, and were here.
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Agents' boycott of Trade Me hurting vendors
This week has seen significant media interest in the boycott of Trade Me Property by agents particularly in the Hawke's Bay and Hamilton City. Articles written have proffered opinions that "The real estate industry has a lot more to lose than Trade Me" and gone as far to look to whether the Commerce Commission will investigate the potential breach of the Commerce Act or whether the governing body of the Real Estate Agents Authority will clarify if the action of these agents is against the best interests of the vendor as the agents' clients.
I shared my opinions with Bernard Hickey as, in my judgment, this is a matter that should not result in vendors' property listings being used as pawns in this standoff.
The fact is that there are vendors in these two regions of the country who are missing out on valuable marketing on Trade Me and as ever with the web, the data is there to back up the story.
Firstly look at listings. Generally Trade Me and Realestate.co.nz enjoy the support of all licensed real estate agents across the country (up until this time), Trade Me holds a larger stock of listings nationally as they feature private sale listings which are usually around 15% to 18% of the total of property for sale.
Looking at the Hawke's Bay data on the respective websites today based on comparable listings of residential and lifestyle property shows that there is most definitively a boycott. Compared to a similar sized area such as Tauranga, the Trade Me listings are down 55% as compared to Realestate.co.nz in the Hawke's Bay whereas the listings ratio should be similar to Tauranga with 15% to 20% more - this means that about 1000 properties in the Hawkes Bay are not being featured on Trade Me Property. These are listings from offices of Property Brokers, Tremains, Sotheby's and others. Importantly these offices have withdrawn all the listing - recent listings as well as older listings.
These circa 1000 listings are not attracting potential buyer interest from the more than 120,000 property buyers per day using Trade Me Property.
As a buyer accustomed to using Trade Me when searching for property there is no recognisable experience that will tell a person that there has been a boycott. The functionality of the web allows for tailored searches by location, price and type and at no point do you get a sense of the number of listings in relative terms. That is why the level of viewing of individual properties in the Hawkes Bay has not changed since the boycott began. This can be proved by this simply analysis.
Taking two properties that are advertised by Ray White (who have made no mention of their intention to join any boycott) that were both listed on the 5th February. The level of viewing on these properties comparing Realestate.co.nz and Trade Me continues to show the general trend of a 10+ fold higher viewing on Trade Me Property.
Now look at a couple of examples of the c. 1,000 listing not shown on Trade Me Property, they are not getting more viewing on Realestate.co.nz because they are not on Trade Me - here are comparable stats. It clearly shows that there is no greater viewing on Realestate.co.nz because these properties are not on Trade Me Property.
The vendors of these properties are not receiving the exposure they should. The scale of the loss is substantial - every day these 1000 properties are missing potential buyers, which has the potential of lessening the sale impact and competitive pressure in the market. The fact is the medium of choice when searching for property by over 90% of home buyers is the web. There are only two websites for real estate in New Zealand and Trade Me dominates to such an extent that not being on the site is marketing madness.
What perplexes me is that the real estate industry continues to think of online advertising as a cost, in the same way as they think of the photocopier as a cost or the phone system. They do not think this way about their preferred medium of choice - the newspaper or property magazine, that they think of as a re-charged advertising medium.
A single property advertised on Trade Me Property cost them $159 + GST. That advert works every day to market that property until sold and would costs private seller upwardsof $400. So why don't they front up to their clients and say " Our recommendation is that we market your property on Trade Me Property at a cost of $200 and Realestate.co.nz for $100 - that way your property will reach 90% of buyers" (that cost includes a small margin for admin - which they need to disclose under the REAA). If they are not confident to ask for the money upfront they could suggest adding it to the commission upon the successful sale.
This boycott is hurting the clients of these real estate agents, vendors will very soon be up in arms and potentially pulling their listings and moving across to agents who don't treat their property as a pawn in the internal squabble between Trade Me Property and the agents. These agents would be wise to reflect that to the average kiwi Trade Me is far more loved than a real estate agent!
For reference here are the links to these listings highlighted above:
Ray White Listing #1 "When location counts" on Trade Me
Ray White Listing #1 "When location counts" on Realestate.co.nz
Ray White Listing #2 "Seriously Special" on Trade Me
Ray White Listing #2 "Seriously Special" on Realestate.co.nz
Property Brokers Listing "Rural views" on Realestate.co.nz
Tremains Listing "Modern Brick Home" on Realestate.co.nz
Former Realestate.co.nz CEO Alistair Helm is founder of Properazzi.
Comments and questions19
Kudos to Trade Me for waging a very effective campaign to make vendors think agents are being unreasonable, and disguising the fact that they as a very large corporation quadrupled fees which are, in one form or another, going to be passed directly on to people selling their homes.
The stats for Trademe do not tell a very accurate story at all, it is not uncommon for a property on Trademe that trickles along with 10-12 views a day suddenly experiences a remarkable surge and has a 1000 or more views in a day....... Sudden dramatic interest in the property or something a little more obscure, next day back to 10-12 per day.......... Don't believe the numbers on face value..........
As a licensed real estate agent i have never experienced as you say a "1000" views in a day on a trademe property listing when only getting a daily average of 10-12. Although i do agree you shouldn't take the numbers on face value you need to be a little more realistic.
Generally trademe is combined into a marketing campaign and is more often not packed apart of a bundle and is usually one of the smallest forms of marketing expense.
Trade Me fees are so damn high these days no wonder people a flocking to alternatives... the popularity of alternatives will increase as they get posts...
"Flocking to alternatives" you say.
Define flocking if you would please?
Like to give me some facts and figures to support your statement or is this just more hyperbole from a agent?
You see I don't agree with you that people are flocking to other alternatives.
I am not in real estate sales but in marketing and I don't see anything that backs up your statement.
I am happy to be proved wrong.
So Ex TradeMeUser convince me if you can please.
I look on all sites for property. As a vendor I want my advertising dollar to go as far as possible . Be careful trademe .
Agents are not boycotting Trade Me as I understand it - they have just said they will no longer pay for the listings. They are not saying "we refuse to allow listings on Trade Me" - just that vendors will need to pay for it. They have withdrawn their current portfolio in protest even though it costs them nothing to keep the listings there. Trade Me had to expect some pushback with a 400% price increase (through a price structure change).
Agents need to fight now - this is the beginning of annual price increases from Trade Me. It is not about todays fee it is about the principal going forward. Agents missed the opportunity to fight Trade Me at the beginning (by going on the site initially), if they dont fight now they have no chance going forward.
Agents have long pushed print advertising. There are long established relationships that are managed closely. Newspapers are dependent upon agencies for significant revenues and see the agencies as their customers. Trade Me on the other hand sees the retail end user (the home owner in this case) as their customer and view the agencies as impediments in many respects eg Sam Morgan calling agencies Turkeys, and Trade Me writing directly to the home owners. Trade Me wants to cut the agencies out. The agencies are smart enough to see this - of course they are going to fight!
The examples use here are misleading - comparing the realesate.co.nz views on a property in Waipukurau (Rural views) with a Napier one (Seriously special) is not valid. A Waipuk property having the same number of views as a Napier one actually defeats the argument. For those from the Auckland big smoke its like comparing a property in Central Auckland with one in Tuakau - you would expect the city center one to have many more views.
Grant what additional value or innovation did they do to justify a 400% increase in fees ?
I am surprised all the agents haven't left after such a large increase. If all agents move surely Trade Me would have very little property listings left therefore the buyers will go to whatever site the listings have moved too for example realestate,co.nz
Funny to see the commerce commission run to the defense of the Trade Me monopoly for "anti competitive practices" where was the commerce commission when Trade Me has been running anti competitive practices for years in various industry's.
That type of increase and contempt for the customer (agents) would not be tolerated in any other western country.
Matt - Trade Me have tried to justify the fee increase based on their traffic. There has been little (or no)innovation on Trade Me property for some time (but various additional revenue generating ad-ons in advertising etc for Trade Me).
However, as Alistair has commented elsewhere Trade Me is still relatively in-expensive compared to the Oz sites for example.
Trade Me have handled this change poorly in my view and it looks a bit like a rush job because they needed revenue to meet financial projections.
I personally think the unbundling of advertising costs for consumers is a good thing. Let the homeowner decide where they will advertise and don't have it bundled into a general commission payment.
TME are bizzare. They have a virtual monopoly on any number of products - which makes sense as liquidity is a natural monopoly, and almost impossible to fragment. For TME to call the CommComm (clearly what happened "no formal complaint" means that their lawyers picked up the phone, or had a coffee chat in Wellington) is crazy. Sam calls agents Turkeys and then backdoors his clients by shafting them to CommComm for NOT USING TME. How can NOT USING something be anticompetitive. Does TME have a right to their business? Clearly Sam, Jon and the rest believe that to be the case. Hubris in extremis.
Interesting that you missed the point completely. Trademe went from a subscription model that allowed a capped monthly cost for an agency so that once 8 or 10 properties were listed adding another 10 was free to simply announcing that each property would now incur costs.
The arrogance of trademe does their business no favours.
Passing these costs on to vendors is not so straight forward and if they believe it is so critical to the sale of their property then I am sure market forces will prevail.
Real estate specific websites tend to generate better quality enquiry as you are on them looking specifically at property rather than getting distracted in your search for a second hand dryer or lawn mower on trademe.
Also how balanced is your view as ex CEO of realestate.co.nz and how did your real estate sales person experience work out ?
Real shame to see such "emotjonal" comment in an industry claiming to act "professionally" and for such large percentage fees. It really shows the dark side of the greed involved of those who sell real estate in a legal licensed way. If they could they would obviously stifle and suffocate anyone and any method to sell a house other than their own. They are not advocating a free choice or fairness.
Ironic agents complaing about fees when they charge such extortionate fees themselves
The fear here for Real estate Agents is that the punters are quickly realising they can buy and sell houses themselves - no agents required. This is why the obsession to list properties only on RealEstate.co etc.
Good on the real estate agents....dont accept unjustified fee increases. What is really annoying is how TM is now using TV advertising to the end customers and getting them to tell the agents to use TM... it's treating them as mere pawns in this whole sorry issue.
The arrogance of having a monopoly on property listings by trade me could change dramatically once google property goes into full swing in NZ . Trademe's days will be numbered !
My reading of the comments from agents on this issue and not only pertaining to this site is that its so many of you are whinging about poor me,.
My poor business. Office fees are going to increase. My advertising budget is going to increase so much, poor me.
You agents that are whinging need to get over yourselves and think of what your vendor wants, not your own selfish needs.
I have put the challenge out to all you real estate agents to give me a general break down of your marketing costs as a proportion percentage wise of your fee.
To date not one of your residential agents have the courage of your convictions to take up the challenge.
I look as a marketer at where so many of you are spending your advertising dollars and the quality of your marketing skills and a large proportion of you are useless at getting the best for your vendors.
How many of you test and measure every advert you place?
If you don't how can you know where best to place your advert on behalf of the vendor to get the best results.
You talk about the increase in TradeMe fees.
Don't you think it's a bit rich coming from agents that every time the price of a property increases they are in affect getting quite a substantial pay increase yet their fixed costs in the main remain fairly static or maybe increase at the CPI rate.
Agents you promote yourself that you always work in the best interest of your vendor so show us the proof and start thinking what is in the best interest of your vendor.
I don't think a agent removing a vendors listing from TradeMe with out the vendors knowledge or prior permission is working in your clients best interest nor do I think it is professional or ethical.
Trademe can be a right pain as idiots send emails wanting an information pack etc or just a price leaving no contact details apart from an email address and noone ever knows wether or not the enquiry is genuine or someone simply collecting information for fun or other reasons which is a hobby for some.Trademe should insist on a contact ph number field to validate the enquiry and the site then becomes far more useful.That would be a good test for trademe systems so lets see if they do it.


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The power plant Jðnschwalde is located in Germany in the state of Brandenburg, approximately 120 km southeast of Berlin, not far from the town of Peitz. The facility was constructed unit-wise between 1976 and 1988 and was subsequently retrofitted between 1991 and 1996. Next to Unit F, to the east and the north, there is an area available that is suitable for the construction of larger facilities.
The combination of two different CO2 capture technologies (Oxyfuel and PCC) allows both technologies to be demonstrated and developed for commercial application. A feasibility study investigated both the concept and design of the PCC & the Oxyfuel process at demonstration scale, as well as the integration of necessary components into the existing power plant site at Jðnschwalde. Both techniques were considered from a thermo-dynamic point of view, as well as regarding arrangement and integration into the complete cycle.
Oxyfuel technology was chosen on account of its potential to obtain high efficiency rates when applied to newly built power plants, as well as its superior capture rate as compared to PCC and IGCC technology options. Moreover, Oxyfuel technology shows a comparable process flow to conventional power plants with respect to boiler, dust removal, flue gas treatment. The extremely positive results seen at the Vattenfall Oxyfuel pilot plant at Schwarze Pumpe in combination with the resulting expertise invested in highly advanced personnel training will be transferred to operations at the Jðnschwalde demonstration plant. This experience provides a strong argument for the continued selection of Oxyfuel technology.
The rationale behind PCC is that it is the best option to retrofit existing power plants, and therefore worthwhile for study and demonstration.
The Oxyfuel part of the Demo plant will have an installed capacity of 250MW while the PCC part will capture CO2 equaling 50MW. All in all, 1,7 million tons of CO2 shall be captured and stored underground each year.
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Will you buy that SUV if gas hits $4?
Pump prices are up 15% or more this year, and there's speculation that they will rise again in 2011. That will hit consumer pocketbooks, auto sales and the economy.
Here's a question to ponder, especially if you're thinking about buying a new car next year.
If the price of gasoline hits $4 a gallon or more, do you really want to buy that big sport-utility vehicle?
One can easily bet that the top brass at Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Chrysler, Toyota Motor (TM), Honda Motor (HMC) and Nissan (NSANY) are all thinking about how you'll answer the question, too. That's a big reason they're working on building and selling electric cars.
Right now, the average price of gasoline is a touch above $3 a gallon, a level not seen since October 2008. Gasoline is up 15.3%, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report, and 88% from the end of 2008.
Crude oil topped $90 a barrel last week and ended Monday at $91. That's up 14.7% for the year and 104% from the end of 2008.
The consensus is that crude oil will continue to rise in 2011, probably above $100 a barrel, with pump prices rising to $3.80 to $3.90. Maybe even $4.
Analyst Peter Beutel sees prices rising 50 cents to 70 cents a gallon by May.
"There is nothing to stop prices from advancing, and we may see them rise until they wreck the recovery," he wrote in an e-mail.
John Hofmeister, the former president of Shell Oil, suggested on Platt's Energy Week television that the retail price of gasoline will hit $5 a gallon by 2012. Others think that may be early.
What's not clear is whether a 34% increase in gasoline next year will change spending habits.
Since incomes aren't showing similar gains, the answer is probably yes.
So far, the jumps for crude oil and gasoline have not hurt the automaker stocks. Ford shares are up 37% since the end of September. Toyota, Honda and Nissan are up between 5% and 10%. GM is up about 5%. But the group has been largely flat for the past few weeks.
But wait. The vulnerabilities are there because much of the improved performances of all the automakers came from big vehicles.
Sales of Ford's F-series pickups were up 26% through November. Chevy Silverado sales are up 16%. And Toyota Tundra sales are up 17%.
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How much of consumers' budgets are taken up by gas prices varies. In states including Montana, Louisiana and Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, 10% of disposable income goes to filling gas tanks, according to a new study by PortiaGroup. It's less than 6% in New York, Illinois and Massachusetts.
Montanans spend more than 12% of household income on fuel. New Yorkers spend just 4.7%.
PortiaGroup's study uses data from the Oil Price Information Service, the company that collects the data for AAA's Fuel Gauge report.
The common explanation for rising gas prices is growing global demand. Add to that the huge dollars pouring into futures trading for gasoline. The speculation cuts two ways: Some traders are simply betting on great demand. Others are using oil to hedge against expected inflation.
There are winners from the oil run-up: oil stocks. The NYSE Arca Oil Index ($XOI.X) is up 8.7% this month and 15% for the quarter. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index ($OSX) is up 6.4% for the month and 21.5% for the quarter.
Refiner and retailer Valero (VLO) is up 18% this month and 31% for the fourth quarter. Exxon Mobil (XOM) has risen 5% this month and 18.2% for the quarter. Chevron (CVX) is up 11.3% in December and 11.2% for the quarter.
Most cars would get better gas mileage if they lowered the axle ratios like they did in the 70's but people are not interested in mileage, the want a vehicle that will get to 60-80 as fast as possible.
Just some thoughts.
Four bucks a gallon - wait until we have to pay for government mandated "alternatives". Let's start with the Chevy Volt. $40,000 for a $15,000 car, plus the taxpayers have to subsidize rich yuppies who want to feel good about themselves with another $7500 tax credit. $25,000 buys a whole lot of $4 gas.
Of course, if the government didn't mandate ethanol, we'd have cheaper gas that didn't pollute the air as much and does NOTHING (as even that great scientist Al Gore now admits) to reduce CO2 or air pollution.
And don't forget the cost of wind and solar energy. Not only do they cost at least as much as coal- or gas-fired electricity, but we need conventional sources to back them up when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine.
What I want to know is where the math comes from to determine gas prices.
Oil was at $150 a barrel and gas was $4 a gallon.
Oil is at $91 a barrel and gas is $3.19
Oil hits $92 a barrel and gas is $3.29
According to the way gas prices have moved up with slight increases in oil if Oil hits $150 a barrel again we will be paying $9 a gallon. Heck there have been weeks where oil went up less than a dollar and gas went up over .15 a gallon
If I could fit easily in a tiny car or hybrid, I would buy one in a heartbeat. But I can't. So, raise the gas prices all you want, I will keep paying. I consider it a tall man's tax.
If you're of average height, in good health, and drive a giant SUV when you could just as easily fit yourself, your stuff, and your family into a small car, then I don't want to hear one word of complaint about gas prices from you. Not one word.
Yamanatic youre an idiot if you really do own a smart car. Is your life worth soo little you would risk it driving that death trap to save a little cash on gas? And you really arent saving much on gas at all. The Ford Fiesta gets 40 highway, the Chevy Cruze Eco will get 40 on the highway. And both cars have a cabin that will actually allow your vehicle to take a hit and not kill the driver. If you are hit in a smart car there is no room for give. 2 inches in on the front, rear, or side and the driver is getting hit by the vehicle.
My life is worth enough that I WILL NEVER be dumb enough to get in a smart car. Youre actually safer riding with a drunk driver than riding in a smart car.
But I digress. For all you bumpkins who whine and pontificate about the latest pending global catastrophes and the other shoes waiting to drop, go get a beer somewhere, or a better job. Stop being the over thinking doomy gloomy, YOU are not a "PLAYER", you are not in the GAME, nor will you ever be. You have no power to effect anything out there in the Geo-Political universe. Take care of your own little planet, and leave the galactic change to those who can effect the change it will require to get to "Star Trek".
Ekonoman the Volt over 5 years will cost the same as a Chevy Malibu, Toyota Camry, or Honda Accord. Anything costing more than those cars and you will save money.
The price of a fully loaded Camry runs $26,000. The Volt after the subsidy is about $33,500. If you think in 5 years you dont go through $7,500 worth of gas youre crazy.
Vanguard01, try a $mart car; I have one, and a friend who is 6'5" told me the same thing. I suggested he try mine on for size. He has one now and swears by it, not at it. His commute is 35 miles one way, and drives nothing but!
P.S. My other car is a motorcycle, so to all the naysayers, please spare me the details :-)
Cheap fossil flues stifle the development of clean, renewable energy. I hope gas does go to 5 dollars or more per gallon; unfortunately it always takes a crisis to get something done.
Instead of sitting around waiting for the rapture, we should take action now, BEFORE it really becomes a problem for our children.
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I missed this lab and got info from a friend but none of it is making sense, ANY help would be awesome
I asked my teacher about it, she said that the we didn't really use atwood machines and the whole lab was going to be off.
So in my post lab I made a graph of experimental acceleration vs. mass difference.
I have answers for the questions I just don't know if they're right.
Q1) How do you find (g) from the graph?
-Could you just divide (a) by (mass difference) which is the slope of the graph. Because of the equation a=(m2-m1)g
Q2) How does the fact that the string has mass affect the lab? Is it important?
-I don't know how it affects the lab, but i'm guessing it's not important
QUESTION 3)Compare the magnitude of the force of friction to the other forces present in the experiment. Is friction a significant factor?
-The only friction is the string & pulley, right? My teacher told us to assume it's a frictionless pulley, so I have no idea
QUESTION 4) When the net force remains constant but the total mass increases, what happens to the acceleration?
-according to my theoretical acceleration results, when our total mass increases the acceleration decreases.
QUESTION 5) When the total mass remains constant but the net force increases, what happens to the acceleration?
-according to my theoretical acceleration results, when our net force increases the acceleration increases.
QUESTION 6) Explain specifically whether the answers to the previous two questions reflect Newton's Second Law
-Q5 reflects it because the a change in net force causes acceleration. Q4 i'm not sure how it reflects the second law.
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17.08.06 - Jacqui Snow: Former heavyweight superstar Evander Holyfield (38-8-2, 25 KO's) returns to the ring tomorrow night after a 21 month layoff to face Jeremy Bates (21-11-1, 18 KO's). Holyfield was suspended for medical reasons by the New York Boxing Commision following his one-sided unanimous decision loss to Larry Donald in November 2004. The suspension precluded Holyfield from obtaining a license anywhere in the United States, but after he recently passed a series of medical tests, it was eased somewhat and he was licensed to fight in Texas.
Holyfield is one of the few fighters, like Ali, Tyson and De La Hoya, whose name is familiar even to those who don't follow the sport. The last time American television audiences saw him, though, he was getting booted off Dancing with the Stars. He'll be 44 soon and he's lost three in a row and five of his last seven. The significance of this bout is pretty close to absolute zero and fans are having a hard time understanding why he decided to try and make a comeback.
It's tempting to contrast Holyfield's return to the ring with that of Roy Jones Jr. Both formerly world class, they are now past their prime, but any boxing fan, as well as a quick glance at the ex-champs' resumes, can tell you that Holyfield is by far the more battle-scarred of the two. Over the years, he has warred against some of the toughest fighters in the cruiser- and heavyweight divisions, including his stunning upset knockout of Mike Tyson (and the hideous rematch that followed) and the two battles with Lennox Lewis, both of which went the full 12 rounds. Most of Jones' victories, by contrast, came through early knockouts of notoriously weak opponents.
So it's interesting that ticket sales to this heavyweight bout have reportedly been brisk, which may have been helped by low ticket prices starting at a very affordable $31.00. It's quite possible that the American Airlines Arena, which holds 11,000, will be completely sold out. That's an entirely different story from Jones Jr.'s fight with Prince Badi Ajamu, which only sold about 2,000 tickets, despite the fact that hometown hero Kenny Keene had been added to the card. While nobody's saying how many buys the Jones Jr. pay-per-view totaled, it's not believed that many fans were prepared to pay for the privilege of seeing that fight. The Holyfield bout, by the way, is being presented on Fox Sports.
Holyfield's opponent Jeremy Bates has faced very mediocre competition and is coming off two straight lossesmost recently, a second round TKO at the hands of Ray Austin. Each time Bates has stepped up to fight a more notable opponent, including Austin, Kirk Johnson and Brian Minto, he's been knocked out. However, in all fairness to Bates, he's far from being a "tomato can" opponent like the hapless 40-year old Edward Gutierrez whom David Tua chose as his comeback opponent. Bates is a pretty decent fighter who's not going to let Holyfield walk over him for an easy victory.
Holyfield has astonished fans with his talk of reclaiming his titles. He needs to pull off a victory over Bates in order to have any chance of keeping that fantasy alive. A loss to Bates, on the other hand, would in all likelihood send Holyfield back into retirement, permanently this time.
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In 2007, the California Building Standards Commission adopted many of the rules from the International Fire Code that provide restrictions on the usage and storage of most barbecues at apartment communities. The new regulation does not apply to single-family homes and duplexes.
The regulations prohibit most barbecues used by renters at apartment communities. Local fire officials report that they do not plan to conduct proactive inspections of apartment communities, but will respond to complaints from neighbors and may issue citations to non-compliant residents. Therefore, owners and property managers should ensure that their policies and procedures address the new rules.
The actual wording of the regulation, California Fire Code, Section 308.3.1, states that charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices shall not be operated on combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible construction.
The following buildings and items are exempt under the rule:
1. Single family homes and duplexes.
2. Buildings, balconies and decks that are protected by an automatic sprinkler system.
3. Liquefied-petroleum LP (which includes propane) gas fueled cooking devices having LP gas container with a water capacity not greater than 2.5 pounds (1 pound LP-gas capacity).
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