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The Golem first appeared in Comic 120. Steve molded him out of a pile of gray clay that Beaver poured out onto a table from his "bag o' clay". The Golem has short stubby legs, long handless arms that look like tentacles and looks like it is constantly wet. The Golem appears very philosophical, asking Steve why he created him. It is very reverant of it's creator as well, noting that he is benevolent after Steve gives him rabbit ears.
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Multiplexed dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Ras activated mutant
Ras and related small molecular weight GTPases function in the regulation of signaling and cell growth, and collectively serve to control cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis [Takai et al. 2001; Wennerberg et al. 2005]. The Ras-related GTPases are divided into four subfamilies with the Rab proteins regulating membrane transport, Rho proteins (including Rac and Cdc 42) regulating more ..
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University of New Mexico Assay Overview:
Assay Support: NIH I RO3 MH081231-01
HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases
PI: Angela Wandinger-Ness, Ph.D.
Co-PI: Larry Sklar, Ph.D.
Assay Development: Zurab Surviladze, Ph.D.
Assay Implementation: Zurab Surviladze, Danuta Wlodek, Terry Foutz, Mark Carter, Anna Waller
Target Team Leader for the Center: Larry Sklar (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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Ras and related small molecular weight GTPases function in the regulation of signaling and cell growth, and collectively serve to control cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis [Takai et al. 2001; Wennerberg et al. 2005]. The Ras-related GTPases are divided into four subfamilies with the Rab proteins regulating membrane transport, Rho proteins (including Rac and Cdc 42) regulating cytoskeletal rearrangements and responses to signaling, Arf/Sar proteins regulating membrane and microtubule dynamics as well as protein transport, and Ran proteins controlling nucleocytoplasmic transport. This project focuses on representative Ras, Rho, and Rab family members to validate the approach for the identification of new chemical compounds with novel therapeutic potential in cell signaling and growth control.
Ras and Ras-related GTPase functions are tightly regulated, and dysregulation is causal in a wide variety of human diseases. Ras mutations resulting in impaired GTP hydrolysis and plasma membrane hyperactivation are linked to many human cancers [Farnsworth et al. 1991; Sukumar et al. 1983; Taparowsky et al. 1982; Boylan et al. 1990; Hruban et al. 2004; Abrams et al. 1996]. Point mutations in the Rab and Rho GTPases are also causal in diverse human diseases affecting pigmentation, immune, and neurologic functions [Houlden et al. 2004; Verhoeven et al 2003; Williams et al. 2000; Bahadoran et al. 2003; and preliminary findings]. Rab and Rho mutants identified in human disease act as dominant negatives either due to a failure to bind GTP or due to inappropriate coupling of the active proteins with downstream effectors. To date, inhibition of Ras and Ras-related proteins has relied largely on altering membrane recruitment with various drugs affecting prenylation [Morgillo F Lee HY, 2006; Russell RG, 2006; Park, et al. 2002]. Generally, Ras proteins must be farnesylated for proper membrane localization, while Rab and Rho proteins are geranylated. Such strategies lack specificity and are problematic because each of these prenylation machineries is required for the proper function of many Ras superfamily members. Rational drug design has only recently been applied to identify the first two small molecule inhibitors of Rho GTPase family members [Gao, et al. 2004; Nassar et al. 2006]. Therefore, broadly testing the Ras-related GTPases as targets for small molecule inhibitors and activators is expected to identify new classes of compounds that may be useful in the treatment of human disease, as well as in unraveling the molecular details of how Ras-related GTPases function.
In the dose response study, the compounds that satisfied hit selection criteria in the primary screen (change in % activity greater than 20% from baseline) were tested to confirm activity and determine potency.
Bead sets are coated with individual GST-small G proteins, blocked with Buffer (0.01% NP-40; 30mM HEPES pH 7.5; 100mM KCl; 20mM NaCl; 1mM EDTA; 0.1% BSA and 1mM DTT), incubated overnight at 4 degrees C, and finally washed in buffer. The different bead sets, acquired from Duke Scientific, have similar size (~ 4 microm diameter) however they are distinguished by varied magnitude of emission at 665 +/-10 nm with excitation at 635 nm.
The assay is conducted in 384-well microplates in a total well volume of 10.1 microliters (5 microliters of bead mixture, 0.1 microliters of test compound, and 5 microliters of 200nM Bodipy-FL-GTP in buffer containing BSA and DTT for a final concentration of GTP of 100nM). Positive Controls, which contain bead mixture and fluorescent GTP but no test compound, are located in columns 1 and 2 on plate. Negative Controls containing bead mixture with fluorescent GTP and 0.5 mM unlabeled GTP, are collected from a separate test tube. Plates are placed on rotators and incubated for 40-45 minutes at 4 degrees C.
Test compounds were cherry-picked from compound storage plates at 10 milliM in DMSO, then serially diluted 1:3 eight times for a total of nine different test compound concentrations in DMSO. Final compound dilutions in DMSO ranged from 1 microM to 10mM. These dilutions were then diluted 1 to 100 to give an assay concentration range of 10 nanoM to 100 microM.
Beads were coated with proteins as described in the primary screening procedure. Dose response experiments reported here include one multiplex format for: Rab7wt, Rab2 wt, H-Ras wt, H-Ras constitutively active, Cdc42 wt, and Cdc42 constitutively active, and 3 single-plexes for: Rac1 wt, Rac1 constitutively active and GST-GFP.
Sample acquisition and preliminary analysis is conducted with the HyperCyt(R) high throughput flow cytometry platform. The HyperCyt system interfaces a flow cytometer and autosampler for high-throughput microliter volume sampling from 384-well microtiter plates [Kuckuck, et al., 2001; Ramirez, et al., 2003]. The stream of particles is excited at 488 nm and 635 nm, and flow cytometric data of light scatter and fluorescence emission at 530 +/- 20 nm (FL1) and emission at 665 +/- 10 nm (FL8) are collected on a Cyan Flow Cytometer (Dako). Analysis of the time-resolved acquisition data file uses IDLeQuery software to merge the flow cytometry data files with compound worklist files generated by HyperSip software. The raw data are parsed in IDLeQuery to produce annotated fluorescence summary data for each well. The parsed data are then processed through an Excel template file constructed specifically for the assay to segregate data for each target and the fluorescence scavenger in the multiplex. Gating based on forward scatter (FS) and side scatter (SS) parameters is used to identify singlet bead populations. Gating based on FL8 emission distinguishes the beads coated with different proteins, and the green median fluorescence intensity (MFI) per bead population (well) is calculated.
In dose response experiments, the assay was performed without compound (DMSO control) and with nine different concentrations of compound, from 10 nanoM to 100 microM, to produce a series of 9 data points. IDLeQuery calculates the median channel fluorescence (MCF) for each of these ligand concentrations, generating competition curves.
Ligand competition curves were fitted by Prism(R) software (GraphPad Software, Inc., San Diego, CA) using nonlinear least-squares regression in a sigmoidal dose response model with variable slope, also known as the four parameter logistic equation. Curve fit statistics were used to determine the following parameters of the model: EC50, microM - concentration of added test compound competitor that inhibited fluorescent ligand binding by 50 percent; LOGEC50 - the logarithm of EC50; TOP - the response value at the top plateau; BOTTOM - the response value at the bottom plateau; HILLSLOPE - the slope factor, or the Hill coefficient; STD_LOGEC50, STD_TOP, STD_BOTTOM, STD_HILLSLOPE - standard errors of LOGEC50, TOP, BOTTOM, and HILLSLOPE ; EC50_95CI_LOW, EC50_95CI_HIGH - the low and high boundaries of the 95% confidence interval of the EC50 estimate, RSQR - the correlation coefficient (r squared) indicative of goodness-of-fit.
In order to be considered active and get a score > 0, the compounds have to pass the following criteria:
- -8 < LOGEC50 < -4 (the computed EC50 value should be in the interval of tested concentrations)
- 0.5 < |HILLSLOPE| < 2 (the absolute value of HILLSLOPE should be higher than 0.5 and lower than 2)
- [TOP - STD_TOP] > [BOTTOM + STD_BOTTOM] (the amplitude of the biological signal should be statistically significant)
- |LOGEC50| > STD_LOGEC50 (the standard error of LOGEC50 should be lower than the absolute value of LOGEC50)
- |HILLSLOPE| > STD_HILLSLOPE (idem for the HILLSLOPE)
- [TOP - BOTTOM] scavenger < 0.5*[TOP - BOTTOM] target (the inherent fluorescence of the test compound should be lower than 50% of the biological signal)
- [TOP - BOTTOM]/TOP for GST-GFP < 0.5*[TOP - BOTTOM]/TOP for the target (the interference of the compound with the GST/GSH interaction should be lower than 50% of the biological signal)
The PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE was based on the following equation;
In this assay active compounds have the activity score higher or equal than 1, and for inactive compounds the activity score is 0.
Keywords: NIH Roadmap, NMMLSC, high throughput flow cytometry,Rac 1 wt, Rab7 wt, Rac 1 activated, Ras wt, Ras activated, Rab 2 wt., CDC wt, CDC activated, multiplex, bead-based, screening, dose response
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Saturday, February 16, 2002Knoxville, Tenn. (February 15, 2002) - East Tennessee State's track and field team took part in the Tennessee Indoor Invitational at the Stokely Athletic Center hosted by the University of Tennessee. The Bucs earned several top-10 finishes along the way. The women performed well in the field events. Cheryl Howard (Wyalusing, Pa.) jumped 5' 1" to earn fifth place in the high jump. In the long jump, Kristin Truman (Johnson City, Tenn.) finished in seventh with a jump of 16' 7.25" while Brooke Deacon (Newtown, Pa.) jumped 16' 1" to finish in eighth spot. The men also finished well in the field events. Charvin Clark (Ellenwood, Ga.) jumped 23' 7.5" to earn a fourth-place finish in the long jump. In the shot put, Josh Artau (Hatboro, Pa.) threw for 45' 10.75" to finish in ninth. Adam Woods (Knoxville, Tenn.) took fourth place in the pole vault (13' 5.25"). On February 22, East Tennessee State hosts the Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Memorial Center.
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2011-2012: Indoor: As a sophomore for the Lions, Allen competed in the 200m, 400m, 60m hurdles, and 4x400m relay ... Ran a 52.0 in the 400m at the MIAA Championships ... took 6th at the MIAA Championships in the 60m hurdles recording a time of 8.19 ... ran the last leg of the 4x400m relay that took 4th overall in a time of 3:23.32 ... took fifth at the Lions Invite in the 60m hurdles in a time of 8.38 ... Outdoor: Competed in the 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4x100m and 4x400m relays ... took 7th at the MIAA Championships in the 400m hurdles in a time of 55.05 ... ran on the 4x100 m and 4x400m relays that took fourth and sixth, repectively ... part of 3rd place 4x100 & 4x400 relays teams at the PSU Wendy's Open
2010-2011: Indoor: During his freshman season as a Lion competed in the 60m, 200m, 400m, 60m hurdles, and 4x400m relay... Had a season best in the 60m Hurdles at the Holiday Inn Invite with a 6th place finish in 8.42... Ran 23.68 in the 200m dash at the UCM Invite... At the MIAA Indoor Championships, competed in the 60m Hurdles and 4x400m relay, placing 10th and 5th, respectively;
In High School - he ran track for coach John Kennedy at Conway West High School. An All-Conference and All-State selection, Allen helped his team to the conference championship in both 2008 and 2009. Allen also lettered in football at Conway West.
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Appeared in 28 games for the Bobcats, starting 27 of them … Finished the season with a 12-6-5 record … Led the team in minutes (1570), goals-against average (2.22), saves (735), save percentage (.927), wins (12), and win percentage (.630) … Finished the season third in the ECAC in save percentage, fourth in win percentage, and fifth in goals-against average … Made his first appearance of the season in a win at St. Cloud State on Oct. 29, turning away 21 shots … Won three straight games against ECAC competition in mid-November, defeating Colgate on Nov. 13, Dartmouth on Nov. 19, and Harvard on Nov. 20 … Shut out Dartmouth while making 31 saves … Held Harvard to one goal, while making 34 stops, in a win on the road on Dec. 8 … Turned away a career-high 53 shots in a 4-3 win over Nebraska-Omaha on Dec. 30 … The next night, he made 44 saves in a 3-2 win over Nebraska-Omaha … Held Princeton to one goal on the road in a 1-1 tie on Jan. 3, while making 34 saves … Surrendered one goal to Colgate in a 3-1 win on Jan. 7 … Made 21 saves in a 3-2 win at Clarkson on Jan. 28 … Turned away 31 shots in a tie at Rensselaer on Feb. 26 … Posted back-to-back shutouts in the ECAC playoffs, making 26 saves against Brown on Mar. 5 and stopping 24 shots at Cornell on Mar. 12.
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Played for three seasons with the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League…Logged 4,494 minutes over 79 career games…Posted a 39-32-4 record with a career 3.08 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage…In 2009, he posted a 20-22-2 record in 46 games played with a 3.28 GAA and a .900 save percentage…In 2008, he was 19-9-2 with a 2.75 GAA and .913 save percentage.
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Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman is again campaigning in Ohio for President Barack Obama, but this time over the Internet.
In an ad targeting the Buckeye State and set to be released online, Portman talks about her family's Cincinnati roots and calls Ohio a crucial place for the election.
Portman visited Cincinnati Sept. 19 for the Obama campaign's Women's Summit, where she talked about how she thought the president's policies — which include health care coverage for preventive care such as mammograms and birth control — were better for women than those of his opponent, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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we are really facing a difference in ideas," Portman said in the new ad, made available to CityBeat.
"Sometimes the candidates are the same and sometimes they've got really different points of view, and in this case you've got President Obama, who's been really, really fighting for women's rights," she said, citing Obama's signing of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the provisions of the Affordable Care Act targeted toward women's health. "Romney wants to roll those achievements back."
The video is the latest in the campaign's "How We Win" series, the first of which featured Ohio native John Legend.
The election is over. All election results for Ohio can be viewed at the secretary of state's website.
All results for Hamilton County can be viewed at the Hamilton County Board of Elections website.
President Barack Obama won over Mitt Romney in what can only be called an electoral college landslide. He won every single "battleground state" on CNN's electoral map with the current exception of Florida, although the current lead and remaining demographics to be counted will likely tilt Florida to Obama. Despite the insistence of conservatives and mainstream media pundits, models like FiveThirtyEight that predicted a big Obama win were entirely accurate.
In the U.S. Senate race, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown also handily won over Republican challenger Josh Mandel. CityBeat covered the policy and campaign differences between the two candidates in coverage of the first, second and third debate and a cover story.
For the First U.S. Congressional District, Republican incumbent Steve Chabot beat Democratic challenger Jeff Sinnard.
The big takeaway from election night at a federal level: Billions of dollars spent on campaigns later, the U.S. House of Representatives remains in Republican hands, the U.S. Senate remains in Democratic hands and the White House remains in Democratic hands. In other words, billions of dollars were spent to change almost nothing.
At the state level, Issue 1, which called for a constitutional convention, lost. But Issue 2, which was an attempt at redistricting reform, lost as well. CityBeat covered the rise and details of Issue 2 in a story and commentary.
In the state's legislature races, incumbents swept. Republican Bill Seitz beat Democrat Richard Luken for the eighth district of the Ohio Senate. Republican Peter Stautberg beat Democrat Nathan Wissman for the 27th district of the Ohio House. Democrat Connie Pillich beat Republican Mike Wilson for the 28th district of the Ohio House. Republican Louis Blessing beat Democrat Hubert Brown for the 29th district of the Ohio House. Republican Lou Terhar beat Democrat Steven Newsome for the 30th district of the Ohio House. Democrat Denise Driehaus beat Republican Michael Gabbard for the 31st district of the Ohio House. Democrat Dale Mallory beat Republican Ron Mosby for the 32nd district of the Ohio House. Democrat Alicia Reece beat Republican Tom Bryan for the 33rd district of the Ohio House.
For the Ohio Supreme Court, Republican Terrence O'Donnell kept his seat against Mike Skindell. But Democrat William O'Neill beat Republican incumbent Robert Cupp, and Republican Sharon Kennedy beat Democratic incumbent Yvette Brown.
At the local level, Issue 4, which gives City Council four-year terms, was approved. Issue 42, which renewed a tax levy for Cincinnati Public Schools, passed. Issue 50, a tax levy for senior health services, was approved. Issue 51, a tax levy for mental health services, was approved.
In Hamilton County offices, things got a bit more blue overall. Republican incumbent Joe Deters beat Democrat Janaya Trotter for the prosecutor attorney's office. Democrat Pam Thomas beat Republican incumbent Tracy Winkler for the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. Democrat Jim Neil beat Republican Sean Donovan for the sheriff's office. Democratic incumbent Wayne Coates beat Republican Wayne Lippert for the county recorder's office. Republican incumbent Robert Goering barely beat Democrat Jeff Cramerding for the county treasurer's office. Democratic incumbent Lakshmi Sammarco beat Republican Pete Kambelos for the county coroner's office.
In the lower courts, Republican incumbent Pat Fischer beat Democrat Martha Good and Republican Pat DeWine beat Democrat Bruce Whitman for the First District Court of Appeals. Democratic incumbent Nadine Allen and Republican Leslie Ghiz beat Democrat Stephen Black and Republican Heather Russel for the court of common pleas.
In other states, gay marriage and marijuana were legalized. Minnesota voted against a same-sex marriage ban. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin also became the first openly gay candidate to win election for the U.S. Senate. Overall, the night was a big win for progressives all around the country.
The Cincinnati Enquirer did not have a smooth Election Day. The Enquirer mistakenly published false early voting results, and the fake results were picked up by a conservative news reporting website. Providing voting results before polls close is typically frowned upon in media circles to avoid discouraging voters with potentially disappointing numbers.
Ohio could be short on physicians in the future. By 2020, the state might need to fill a gap of just more than 5,000 physicians, according to Dayton Daily News.
In September, U.S. employers posted the fewest job openings in five months, according to U.S. Department of Labor. On the bright side, layoffs dropped as well.
Cincinnati-based Macy's beat third quarter estimates and reported strong earnings.
CyrusOne, a Cincinnati Bell subsidiary, bought a downtown building for $18 million. The purchase is part of CyrusOne's proposed spin-off from Cincinnati Bell.
Cincinnati-based Kroger is looking good for investors. One money management firm told clients Kroger stock is "an exceptional value."
U.S. hospitals are on track for 124 mass layoffs in 2012, which could cost 8,700 jobs by the end of the year. However, jobs numbers are still up overall in hospitals.
Metal detectors could come back to City Hall, but local legislators can't do much more regarding local gun control. Still, Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and other City Council members will begin pushing for more federal regulations on guns starting today. President Barack Obama is already beginning to drum up support for more regulations on guns, including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips. He also wants to close a loophole that allows people to buy firearms at gun shows without background checks. At the state level, a new bill loosening gun regulations in Ohio is facing criticism. The bill will make it easier to store firearms in cars and allows them for the first time in parking garages under the Ohio Statehouse and a nearby office tower. Gov. John Kasich said he will sign the bill.
The University of Cincinnati is launching a fundraising effort for the renovation of Nippert Stadium. The project could cost as much as $70 million. The university wants to offset as much of the cost as possible to build premium seating, with the possibility of 28 new luxury boxes and more than 1,400 premium seats being added. Goals could change based on demand and fundraising efforts.
A Cincinnati-based company and its top executive have pleaded guilty to circumventing Ohio's competitive bid process. The actions cost Ohio taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars,
according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. The company circumvented
the competitive process by submitting multiple bids on road jobs under
different names, creating the illusion of competition.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a possible candidate for the presidency in 2016, will headline a Hamilton County GOP event. He will be a featured speaker next month at the Northeast Hamilton County Republican Club's annual pancake breakfast.
The Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy failed to follow its own compensation policies, resulting in improper over-payments of $2,325, according to Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost.
Top state officials will begin pushing and outlining school safety efforts in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
State Impact Ohio has a fantastic infographic showing the growth of charter schools in Ohio. In the Cincinnati urban district, charter schools now host 6,642 students.
A new state policy will automatically refund businesses when they've overpaid their taxes. The first round of the policy will refund businesses in Ohio $13 million.
The animal takeover continues. Due to the effects of climate change, some animals are moving into cities.
On the bright side, animals can be pretty cute. Here is a dog flipping over its food, and here are cats locked in deadly combat against a printer.
Today is the end of the world. Whatever. Life sucks anyway.
Ohio's unemployment rate dropped from 6.9 percent to 6.8 percent in November. Gains were concentrated in trade, transportation, and utilities, financial activities and educational and health services, with losses in construction, leisure and hospitality, government, professional and business services and information services. Overall, the state's non-agricultural wage and salary employment increased by 1,600.
But could the recovery last? U.S. House Speaker John Boehner is now ditching efforts to avoid the fiscal cliff, a series of spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in at the end of the year. Boehner could not get Republicans to vote on a tax hike for people making more than $1 million a year, which isn't even enough to make President Barack Obama's demand of increased taxes on anyone making more than $400,000. If the United States goes over the fiscal cliff, the spending cuts and tax hikes will likely devastate the economy. CityBeat wrote about U.S. Congress' inability to focus on jobs here.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich finished the lame-duck session by signing 42 bills into law. The laws include loosened restrictions on gun control, an update to Ohio's education rating system and $4.4 million in appropriations. The loosened gun control law in particular is getting criticized from Democrats in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., massacre. The law allows guns in the Ohio Statehouse garage, loosens concealed carry rules and changes the definition of an unloaded gun so gun owners can have loaded clips in cars as long as they are stored separately from guns. CityBeat wrote about the need for more gun control in this week's commentary.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters suggested arming teachers to avoid school shootings, but a considerable amount of research shows that doesn't work. Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig says arming teachers is a bad idea: "Certainly we can look at other options, but when you talk about arming school teachers or a school administrator without the appropriate training, and training is not just going to a target range and being able to hit center mass. How do you deal with a crisis? We're talking about a place with children." Craig is now pushing crisis training as a major initiative.
Meanwhile, Sen. Rob Portman says school shootings need a holistic approach. The Ohio Republican says he will consider further restrictions on guns and armed school officials.
It seems a housing recovery is well underway. Cincinnati home sales are showing no signs of a slowdown.
Cincinnati is getting six historic preservation tax credits from the state government. As part of the ninth round of the program, the Ohio Development Services Agency is giving the city credits for parts of Main Street, parts of East 12th Street, parts of East McMillan Street, Abington Flats, Eden Park Pump Station and Pendleton Apartments.
The U.S. Department of Education is looking into whether Ohio charter schools discriminate against students with disabilities. Overall, charter schools in the state enroll as many students with disabilities as traditional public schools, but students with disabilities are concentrated in a few charter schools.
A federal judge upheld Ohio's exotic animal law, which restricts who can own the animals in the state.
Judith French, a Republican, will replace retiring Justice Evelyn Stratton on the Ohio Supreme Court. Gov. Kasich's appointment of French keeps the court's makeup of six Republicans and one Democrat.
Genetics is perfecting the Christmas tree.
From the Twilight Zone archives comes Arnold Schwarzenegger's Christmas special.
Happy new year! Yes, planet Earth made it through another year. Welcome to an "extra saucy" Morning News and Stuff.
U.S. Congress managed to narrowly avert the "fiscal cliff," a series of tax hikes and spending cuts set to kick in at the beginning of 2013. If the fiscal cliff had not been prevented, economists and the Congressional Budget Office warned the United States would have plunged back into recession. The final deal keeps tax hikes for those making more than $450,000 a year, and most Americans will see their taxes increase as the payroll tax break passed with President Barack Obama's stimulus package expires. It's important to remember that the passing of a deal is not some show of bipartisan heroism; instead, it's Congress barely preventing an entirely self-inflicted problem.But the deal did not come smoothly. Not only did Congress wait until the very last moment, but U.S. Speaker John Boehner used a naughty word. At a White House meeting, the Ohio politician shot at unfavorable comments from Democratic U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's by telling Reid, "Go f— yourself." In fact, Boehner actually used the naughty word twice! Reid replied, "What are you talking about?" Boehner once again said, "Go f— yourself." Who knew U.S. Congress would turn out to be so much like high school?
When Corrections Corporation of America's (CCA) Lake Erie prison received an unfavorable audit, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction reacted by cutting payments to CCA by $573,000. CityBeat covered the audit and its troubling findings here. CityBeat also covered private prisons in-depth here.
On the bright side, Ohio's minimum wage went up, like it's required to do so every year. Policy Matters Ohio says the increase will bring in $340 per year for 215,000 low-wage workers around the state.
Cincinnati-based Kroger is looking mighty tempting this year. Stock-wise, anyway. I don't think many people like grocery shopping.
A court ruled Ohio overcharged 270,000 businesses for workers' compensation premiums and must repay them. The ruling could cost the state millions of dollars.
In case anyone was worried, the national standards Ohio adopted for schools do not ban The Catcher in the Rye. Book cliff averted.
Allstate is hiring in Ohio. I'm not sure why this is news, but it's on multiple newspapers today, so there it is.
Gays are now marrying in Maryland. Is the apocalypse near?
Intel could be looking to revolutionize the cable industry by allowing people to subscribe to individual TV channels.
That's not a medieval weapon; it's a space rover! The new rovers planned by top universities and NASA could visit Mars' moon Phobos or an asteroid. It's, like, whatever.
The Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") will lead to an increase in Ohio's raw health care premiums, but the increase will be more than offset by the law's tax credits, according to an Aug. 29 study from the RAND Corporation, a reputable think tank.
Specifically, health care premiums will rise to an average of $5,312 under Obamacare in 2016. Without the law, premiums would reach an average of $3,973 that year.
But when Obamacare's tax credits are plugged in, the average Ohio individual will only pay a premium of $3,131 — $842 less than an individual Ohioan would pay without the law.
The tax credits will be available to individuals between 100 percent ($11,490 in annual income) and 400 percent of the federal poverty level ($45,960 in annual income). The subsidies will be smaller for higher income levels, and the raw premium will vary depending on the insurance plan, so the premium and subsidy numbers don't apply perfectly across the board.
The numbers also only apply to Ohioans in the individual health insurance market. Under Obamacare, individuals will be able to enroll for health insurance through an online marketplace. The majority of Americans who get health insurance through their employers or public programs fall under different rules and regulations.
Obamacare will help more non-elderly Ohioans get health insurance. Without the law, 14.9 percent of non-elderly individuals would lack insurance. With the law, only 6.2 percent will go without insurance.
RAND attributes the difference in insurance rates to tax credits, which make health insurance more affordable, and the individual
mandate, which requires certain Americans buy health insurance or pay a fine.
The numbers are good news for Obamacare, which needs a certain amount of young adults to enroll to avoid causing health care costs to skyrocket. Federal officials say they expect to enroll 7 million people through individual marketplaces, but 2.7 million must be young adults. That's because young adults tend to be healthier, which will help balance out sicker, older people flowing into health care plans.
The online marketplaces are supposed to open enrollment on Oct. 1. The actual plans will go into effect on Jan. 1.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus held a conference call with Ohio reporters Wednesday morning in response to Tuesday comments by Democratic Vice President Joe Biden that the middle class had been "buried" in the last four years.
"Obama and Biden have buried the middle class, and now they want to bury them some more," Priebus told reporters.
"I mean, just imagine what Barack Obama would do. He buried us economically in this country knowing that he would have to face re-election. Just imagine what he would do with nothing but daylight in front of him. Just imagine where this economy would go."
Biden made his comments before an audience of about 1,000 in Charlotte on Tuesday. He said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax cuts for millionaires would raise taxes for the middle class.
"How can they justify raising classes on a middle class that has been buried the last four years?" Biden said.
Biden tried to clarify that he meant they had been buried by policies supported by Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan.
Republicans, however, jumped on the comment immediately, with Romney tweeting, "the middle class has been buried the last 4 years, which is why we need a change in November."
Priebus said despite polling showing Obama pulling ahead of Romney in Ohio that the state would be very close. He said Republicans have a better ground game and would "crush" Democrats.
"I think we're going to crush the Democrats on the ground," Priebus said.
"I just don't think they've got a very good ground game. I've looked through it, I've seen it. It's all smoke and mirrors."
Priebus said if Romney were to lose Ohio, he was still optimistic about Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.
"We've got it all on the table. Ohio is, of course, extremely important. It's nothing new, but I also see avenues to 270 (electoral votes) opening up for Mitt Romney in places that weren't there in '08."
The Cincinnati Enquirer
gave some insight into what happened with Williams and the UC Board of
Trustees the day before Williams' resignation. Apparently, there was no
sign of conflict in the correspondence and emails revealed under the
Ohio Open Records Act, but anonymous sources told The Enquirer that the relationship between Williams and the UC Board of Trustees was breaking down prior to Williams' resignation. The Enquirer
could not get information from Margaret Buchanan, the publisher and president
of the newspaper that is also on the UC Board of Trustees; instead,
Buchanan referred reporters to Francis Barrett, another trustee.
nonprofit group says Mitt Romney's health care proposals are more
expensive for Ohio than Obamacare. Families USA, a left-leaning group
that lobbies on health issues, says Romney's plan would make families
pay about $10,100 a year on health care — almost twice the $5,100 paid
under Obamacare.
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced it will not
be privatizing more prisons. The announcement came less than a week
after CityBeat's in-depth story on private prisons and the many issues
they face.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio said Josh Mandel, state treasurer and the Republican candidate for this year's senate race, is only doing as well as he is in polling due to $20 million in pro-Mandel spending coming from out-of-state sources. But the money doesn't seem to be helping much; Mandel is currently down by 7.5 points in aggregate polling.
celebrate Mandel's birthday, Ohio Democrats gave him a new pair of
pants. Democrats said Mandel, who is Ohio's treasurer and Republican
candidate for the U.S. Senate, will need the pants after earning "more
'Pants on Fire' ratings from Politifact Ohio than any politician in
state history."
is working on rainwater harvesting codes. A task force has made
progress on the issue in the past year, but Cincinnati has only had one
rainwater harvesting system installed since 2009.
A new manufacturer could be bringing 60 jobs to Northern Kentucky.
Ackman, an activist investor, has a few bad things to say about Procter
& Gamble. The problem? The public doesn't know what those
criticisms are.
exotic pet owners are acting slowly in registering their pets, putting
themselves at risk for jail time if they don't register before Nov. 5.
In an interview with Cleveland's The Plain Dealer, President Barack Obama said he will go after China's unfair trading practices, but the United States will not "go out of our way to embarrass" China. Obama said the lighter approach typically produces better results.
The Cincinnati Reds rode their great home season to a 6 percent attendance gain.
Science says traveling into the future is technically possible, but traveling to the past "can only exist in the movies."
Speaking of the past and science, Popular Science
posted an old article published in 1961 with predictions for the future's
family cars. The article predicted invisible, self-driving cars that
could travel at 1,500 mph.
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan weighed in on the controversy over replacement National Football League referees in a Tuesday town hall-style meeting in Cincinnati, comparing the Obama administration to the substitute officials who cost his home-state Green Bay Packers a victory with their botched call Monday night.
"Give me a break. It is time to get the real refs," Ryan said.
"And you know what, it reminds me of President Obama and the economy — if you can't get it right, it's time to get out. I half think that these refs work part time for the Obama administration in the budget office."
Ryan was referencing a play that should have been called an interception for the Packers but instead allowed the Seattle Seahawks to score a game-winning touchdown on Monday Night Foodball. Replacement referees — some of whom may have been fired by the Lingerie Football League for incompetence — are filling in for unionized officials who are locked out.
The vice presidential candidate spoke inside a Byer Steel warehouse surrounded by piles of I-beams and rebar. A self-proclaimed Southern gospel rock band played before the event, occasionally pausing to talk up GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's conservative credentials.
Much of Ryan's prepared speech, as well as questions from participants in the town hall, focused on the economy, the deficit and the need for changes to entitlement programs.
Asked by an audience member how he would limit government and eliminate programs, Ryan said he and Romney would spur economic growth by lessening the tax burdens on small businesses, cut discretionary spending on government agencies and overhaul entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Outside before the rally, protesters called for Ryan — whose House-passed budget made deeps cuts to many welfare and safety-net programs — to have more compassion for the poor.
Meanwhile an airplane sponsored by MoveOn.org carried a banner reading, "Romney: Believe in 55% of America?" referencing comments revealed in a recent video where Romney claimed 47 percent of Americans didn't pay any income tax and viewed themselves as victims reliant on government so it wasn't his job to worry about their votes.
"We're here with several messages, including the immorality of the Ryan budget and how it will impact the vast majority of Americans negatively," said David Little with the liberal advocacy group ProgressOhio. "When a budget protects those with the most and negatively impacts those with the least, I would suggest that is immoral."
Bentley Davis with the Alliance for Retired Americans said she was concerned about what Romney and Ryan's plans for Medicare and Social Security would do to retirement security.
Ryan had proposed to keep Medicare the same for anybody already 55 and over, but give younger Americans the choice to get money to spend toward private insurance or stay in a Medicare-like program.
Inside the warehouse was a digital sign that ticked up the national debt, which was at $16 trillion and rising.
"Here is what our government, our Congressional Budget Office, is telling us our debt is in the future if we stay on the path that President Obama has kept us on, has put us on … the debt goes as high as two and a half times the size of our economy by the time my three kids are my age," Ryan said.
The Obama campaign fired back in an email response, saying Ryan used misleading rhetoric to hide his own record and Republican plans to raise taxes on the middle class to fund tax cuts for wealthier Americans.
"The Romney-Ryan ticket has plenty of questions to answer about a failed record on manufacturing and job creation and their support for policies that will devastate middle class families by raising their taxes and shipping jobs overseas," Obama for America – Ohio Press Secretary Jessica Kershaw wrote.
"These policies would take the growing manufacturing industry backward, not forward."
For some in the audience, the economy was also on the forefront.
Steve Teal, 56, of West Chester, said he doesn't like the direction the country is going in.
"Just get the country back to work," Teal said. "I don't trust him (Obama). He doesn't stand up for America. He doesn't stand up for Americans."
CityBeat writer Stefane Kremer contributed to this report.
Ryan went from Cincinnati to an event with Romney in Dayton later on Tuesday.


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Torchlight was good on PC. It's just as good on console. Hurrah!
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Torchlight available for free via Arc Games, sequel for only $5
Runic's action RPG Torchlight is a terrific little hack-and-slash lootfest, and its sequel Torchlight 2 gives Diablo 3 a serious run for its money in terms of sheer addictive fun.
So here's some good news for anyone who doesn't own a copy of either game; Arc Games is currently offering the first tile for free and the sequel for only $5.
Torchlight co-founders leave Runic Games
Travis Baldree and Eric Schaefer, two of the founders of Runic Games, have posted on the studio's forum, stating that they will be stepping down from the company in the next few weeks.
NeoGAF spots four new XBLA bundles coming
NeoGAF users have spotted what appears to be four new bundles based on Xbox Live Arcade. The logos were found in the Marketplace on Xbox.com. No prices or release dates are known, but the games should cost less than the individual XBLA titles will.
GOG.com puts Torchlight up for "unbeatable price of free" until June 20th
Runic Games' action-RPG Torchlight is entirely free of charge via GOG.com as part of their 2013 #NoDRM Summer Sale, where over 500 titles with no DRM are "at least 50% off" for over two weeks.
All that DRM talk surrounding E3 was depressing, says GOG.com, so they're giving away Torchlight. There are going to be plenty of daily deals so best to check-in regularly.
Runic "eager to break that mold" of action RPG wth Torchlight
The next instalment in the Torchlight series is unlikely to be so direct a sequel as Torchlight 2 has been to the original. In fact, Runic want to take the action RPG mold and break it "a little bit."
The studio won't be leaving the ARPG arena as it's their "sole marketable skill" among the team. The early success of Diablo 1 "sort of stuck" with the veterans, but now they want a "twist on it".


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Frustrated with the lack of progress in development of a live-action adaptation of Voltron: Defender of the Universe, director Alex Albrecht took matters into his own hands with Voltron: The End, a seemingly high budget fan film based on the enduringly popular 1980s animated series. Best known for co-hosting The Screen Savers and Diggnation, Albrech


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updateNOTE: This does not work with plastic covers! The sugar will leave scratch marks on it. (if you are careful only vary few)
This instructable is to show you how easy it is to remove some unwanted logo's from cell phones and other plastic / metal products. The logo has to be of the type glued onto the surface rather then etched in (which generally is the case 90% of the time) as we will scratch them off. There are many ways which you can go about this from fingernails, to pin, but there is one trick, which i have tested and will show you...
The key is to scratch of the logo without leaving and marks on the surface of the phone (in my case PDA). Sugar works perfectly. The idea of using sugar is admittedly not my own. I first came across it on the following forum. Yet, I was not sure whether it actually works, and how to go about it. So I just decided to do it: and the results are good. Apparently the sugars -crystals are strong enough to remove the logo (sticker) but too soft to scratch the casing leaving it thus unscathed.
Whatever the reasons: it works!
Note: I edited the pictures so that important parts stand out.
thanks, works good for me
WD40 also nicely removes pricing-labels if they are a bit too clingy.
It's okay darlin, you ask all the questions you want! And, I'd like to add BEAUTIFUL EYES!
:D have fun
That person in the photo I referred to is in fact a female of our species, and they happen to be lots and lots of fun!
Now the registrant, THAT may or may not be a female I agree... at least I hope that's what you mean. At any rate, I believe in an analog world I could probably tell the difference... again, I hope!
In addition to that, I am just admiring the part of "her" profile that says
Web Site
Age: 27
Gender: guy
I am all for being charming and charismatic, but if it was a woman, then your comment would just make her feel very awkward.
"THAT may or may not be a female I agree"
Yeah, and if that WERE A REAL WOMAN she'd be totally comfortable discovering that a guy who likes dressing up like a warlock checked out her profile to verify if she were really a girl or not.
LOL! We'd probably both be out of luck!?!?!
I was just playing with you thund3rcock , I mean you no harm. In fact we'll probably never cross paths in real life, right?
Ever seen Bawls? Bawl's "ink" is actually vitreous enamel. The stuff isn't merely stuck on, it's pigmented glass fused to the bottle. (Think "welded" and not "soldered") The only method that will remove the enamel is to physically grind it off, which totally ruins the bottle.
When I wrote to the Bawls company asking their advice on removing the text, they suggested soap and steel wool. I tried it, and it totally failed. Steel wool might scratch glass, but even a tempered file could barely remove the enamel, so I decided they simply didn't know their product. I wrote to an enamel manufacturer, and they said that enamel could be thermally shocked off of metal backings, but when vitreous enamel is used on glass, it's a lost cause.
I'm reasonably sure that the ink on your vodka bottle is enamel. Vodka is probably strong enough to remove most adhesive inks, so they would probably opt for something that'll resist solvents.
That's how iI would do it on Metal, anyway. I presume glass would work the same, but you might need diamond based abrasives.


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Young Australian Daniel Ricciardo will make his on-track debut at a Grand Prix this weekend – and he's impatient to get started
by Matthew Clayton
Daniel Ricciardo is less than 48 hours away from his on-track debut at a Formula One race weekend.
The young West Australian admits he's a bundle of nervous energy as the countdown to his first 90-minute free practice session for Scuderia Toro Rosso continues.
"There will be nerves on Friday, for sure," he said.
"Excited is the way I'm feeling now, and with excitement you get nerves, so it's a bit of both. When I'm strapped into the car and ready to go on Friday, everything else will wash away on the outside and I'll be able to concentrate on my job.
"When I heard the news about Bahrain being cancelled, I got a few more butterflies when I realised Australia would be my first time out. It's probably the way I would have liked it though, and I can't wait now until Friday."
Ricciardo will combine a second season in the European-based Formula Renault 3.5 Series with his new role as a Friday test driver for Red Bull Racing's sister squad.
He knows this year is crucial if he is to make the leap into a full-time Formula One seat.
Red Bull's motorsport advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said he wants to see Ricciardo on the grid by 2012 "at the latest", and the 21-year-old feels he's ready to meet those expectations.
"It's a very good opportunity this year to get more miles underneath me and to get more familiar with F1 weekends and the pressure, to be more prepared for what's hopefully ahead," he said.
"By next year, I've really got my eyes set on a full-time seat. If I can work hard this year that should set me up well for 2012."
Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso's race drivers for 2011, both know that lacklustre performances this season could see them make way for Ricciardo sooner rather than later.
Toro Rosso hasn't hesitated to change its driver line-up midway through a season in the past – Alguersuari himself was elevated to a race seat in 2009 when the team elected to replace Frenchman Sébastien Bourdais in Hungary – but Ricciardo says the relationship between the three current drivers remains amicable for the time being.
"In any racing and more individual sports, you work together (with your teammates) to try to benefit the team, but you're never going to be racing with your best mate in F1," he said.
"When it comes down to it, it's every man for himself.
"In pre-season tests, we've worked quite well together, all three of us, in the briefings. There's been no tension. But my dream and my goal is to get to Formula One, and however it happens, I have to be happy about that."
Ricciardo's Perth-based parents will be in Melbourne this weekend to watch their son make his debut on track at a Grand Prix weekend, but he isn't feeling any extra pressure.
"They'd be coming to the Grand Prix anyway – my Dad has come for the last 15 years," he said.
"They haven't all just flown over because I'm driving here this weekend. They don't put any expectations on me, and I probably won't see all that much of them. We'll probably enjoy some dinner together on Sunday night and talk about the whole experience then."


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Graphic: The Decade Since 9/11
On Sept. 10, 2001, the United States of America stood at the pinnacle of its power and prestige. Even Rome, in its heyday, did not have the economic and military dominance over rival nations that America possessed. "Nothing has ever existed like this disparity of power," Paul Kennedy, the historian from Yale (who a decade before had predicted a declining United States) wrote around that time. "The Pax Britannica was run on the cheap. Britain's army was much smaller than European armies, and even the Royal Navy was equal only to the next two navies—right now all the other navies in the world combined could not dent American maritime supremacy. Charlemagne's empire was merely western European in its reach. The Roman Empire stretched farther afield, but there was another great empire in Persia, and a larger one in China. There is, therefore, no comparison."
The United States had a booming economy worth $10 trillion, a budget surplus, some of the strongest capital spending in decades, low unemployment, and little inflation. Its military machine could rain death on anyone from unreachable heights. B-2 pilots could take off from Missouri, bomb Belgrade, and be home for dinner.
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If anything, America had grown only more dominant since the end of the Cold War, and perhaps for the first time in its history the nation faced no existential threat. The collapse of the Soviet Union in late December 1991 introduced a promising era of "unipolarity," and it was soon clear that U.S. power had no rival—even on the horizon. Japan, which only a few years before had been seen as the up-and-coming superpower, fell into deep recession as its "bubble economy" collapsed. Post-Soviet Russia imploded into an economy smaller than Portugal's. China lumbered forward, a nation in transition, but it remained a developing country with its future as a putative superpower still far off.
Today, things feel almost inverted. The events of Sept. 11 have ultimately left us, 10 years later, with an economy and a strategic stature that no longer seem terribly awesome. America is still the sole superpower, but our invincible military is bogged down in two wasting wars, and poorly armed insurgents seem not to fear us. The rest of the world, beginning with China and Japan, now underwrites our vast indebtedness with barely concealed impatience. We are a nation downgraded by Wall Street, disrespected abroad, and defied even now by al-Qaida, whose leader was killed only recently after spending most of the decade taunting Washington. How did this happen?
Scholars and pundits have offered up a number of explanations in recent years for what they like to call "American decline": historical inevitability; the rise of the rest. But the most persuasive answer is, in a word, incompetence. The failure of leadership in Washington is so profound that it must rank not only with the worst failures of American presidents, but also with the worst failures of great-power leaders at any time in history—the kind that can turn great powers into lesser ones. "A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests," historian Barbara Tuchman wrote in her 1984 book, The March of Folly, which presented case studies of some of these episodes: Montezuma's unilateral surrender of his Aztec empire to the Spanish; George III's bungled handling of the American colonies; the foolish overreaching of America in Vietnam. "We all know, from unending repetitions of Lord Acton's dictum, that power corrupts," Tuchman continued. "We are less aware that it breeds folly; that the power to command frequently causes failure to think."
It is hard to escape the conclusion that al-Qaida outthought America—at least in provoking Washington to make the wrong strategic choices at the outset of the decade. That meant, in particular, all but abandoning the narrower fight in Afghanistan, al-Qaida's true home, for an unrelated and much larger war in Iraq that we started under false pretenses—which is probably the only way a small, fractious group could elude a superpower for so long. If al-Qaida's rhetoric is to be believed, one of its main goals was to "bleed" and "bankrupt" America—Osama bin Laden's own words—through a long and draining conflict, as the fighters did to the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s. "The jihadis expected the United States, like the Soviet Union, to be a clumsy opponent," Wall Street Journal reporter Alan Cullison wrote in The Atlantic in September 2004, quoting a remarkable series of letters he found by accident on an old computer left behind by al-Qaida's then-second-in-command, Ayman Zawahiri, in Afghanistan.
The jihadis were right. America failed, strategically and economically. It failed to anticipate the enormous cost of going into Iraq and of losing focus in Afghanistan. It failed to find a way to pay for the wars that it launched. It failed with its feckless disregard for how all that debt was being amassed in the financial system to pay for war and other expensive government programs, such as the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit. And finally, after all the other reasons for going to war in Iraq had fallen apart—weapons of mass destruction, links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida—the final rationale, establishing democracy in Iraq as a model for the Arab world, has proved largely irrelevant as well: The Arab Spring occurred spontaneously, with no known link to events in Iraq.
This article appears in the September 3, 2011 edition of National Journal Magazine.


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|Moose in Vermont
I've taken a break from blogging recently as you can see. We got slammed (that's a "good thing" as Martha would say) with business over the Labor Day weekend. Now we are in a quiet period before the fall foliage rush and I am scrambling to get some outdoor work done while the weather is good and I have the time. The weather here has been perfect lately with mostly clear days and pleasantly cool temperatures.
One of our guests was asking a little while ago about moose. We often have guests asking about moose but it seems like more than normal lately. This summer, I've been able to tell them that we have one (I think it is probably the same one) around our inn. It has been coming through every two to three weeks but there was one period when I did not see any sign for about five weeks. However, I have seen fresh tracks in the woods and our driveway lately. Yesterday I saw new tracks in the parking lot and along the forest trail up to our cabins. "Our" moose comes through late at night and I see the fresh tracks in the morning.
Although moose can be seen anywhere in Vermont, the best chance to see them is in the "Northeast Kingdom" section of the state, especially the area around the towns of Island Pond, Averill, and Ferdinand. There have been many sightings on Route 2 between St. Johnsbury and Lunenburg, VT. The photo at the top of this blog page was taken on Route 100 between Warren and Granville, a few miles south of our inn.
Female moose are about six to seven feet high and weigh 600 to 800 pounds. Male moose are about seven or eight feet tall and weigh 1000 pounds - that's right, a half ton.
For more about moose in Vermont, see my blog entry dated July 9 of last year. You can use the Blog Archive or Search devices in the right column to go to the article.
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A Lusby man was killed Saturday when he and some other men were cutting up a large tree at a home on Rousby Hall Road.
Brian W. Buck, 50, was cutting up a downed tree when a large log rolled into the hole left by the tree's root ball, according to a press release from the Calvert County Sheriff's Office. Witnesses told police that Buck climbed into the hole to get the log when the root ball became dislodged and fell back into the hole, trapping Buck, the release said.
The two people who were working with Buck tried to get him out, but were unable to and called 911 shortly before 3 p.m.
Several units from the Calvert County Sheriff's Office and an ambulance from the Solomons Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Company 3 arrived within minutes of the call, the release said.
Rescue workers arranged to have a back hoe brought to the scene, which was used to lift the tree and get Buck out from under the large root ball, which the release said was estimated to weigh more than 10 tons. Buck was pronounced dead at the scene.
Buck's body has been taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for a full autopsy. The investigation is being handled by Det. H. Rich of C.I.T. who can be reached at 410-535-2800.


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I don't know what your taps equal in voltage but would
suggest the the wire speed numbers you posted will be way
out of the starting ballpark. I'd be thinking something
more into the 200ipm range to start with.
You want to make up some practice joints. Don't just do em flat
on a table, do them overhead, sideways, stand on one foot using
your left hand with one eye closed etc. Do em while your upside
down with sharp objects poking you in the ribs and back with
sparks falling down your neck and you can't really see the weld area.
These are real cage welding practice problems.
Dave P.
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You got the idea, add about 95 degrees and plenty of
humidity, somebody that wants it yesterday
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it 6 weeks ago at their last event).
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I would suggest building a rotisserie. "Not just for hog roasts anymore"
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I just read this thread and will agree with everything in the replies, but I believe that there's been one important thing that was overlooked and it will show up during tech inspection.
Creg stated that he wanted to use .095" x 1.5" tube for the roll cage. I would recommend that he get a rule book from whatever scantioning body this car will fall under and find out what the min. wall thickness allowed is. My point is, lets say, ......... the rule book says that the min. wall is .095", this will be where the problem lies. In the process of bending tubing, the tube will stretch and this will cause the wall thickness to become less than what it is when straight. If the rule book says .095" is the min. thickness allowed, then at most all the bends, in the roll cage, the wall thickness is less than .095" and the car can fail inspection. This is especially true when there are any 90 degree bends involved.
Having worked with pipe and tubing most of my life and also the building of a few roll cages, this minor point has been overlooked quite a few times by others, until you hit the tech inspections, and that's where you DON"T want to find any BIG problems.
You might want to check with someone in tech or somebody that does know if this will present a problem. I do know that when you bend pipe or tube something HAS to give and it's the wall thickness that does the giving.
Just thought I'd bring this up, because I'd hate to see all your work go to waste for something that was overlooked, during your time consuming build.
Hope this info helps.
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Good point Bill. When I saw it wasn't an NHRA or IHRA cage I didn't mention anything because I'm not familiar with anything but those 2 sanctioning bodies. I know my mild steel cage is .118" minimum by the rule book. The tubing I purchased from Art Morrison was .134'. I bought some from a speed shop @ .124". Even the .124" you have to mic & be very careful with.


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Eight Killer Music Festivals To Catch in the Next Month
Eight Killer Music Festivals To Catch in the Next Month
We can't believe August is almost over! We tend to be eternal optimists, and our proverbial music festival glass couldn't be more half-full (with extra ice and a lime wedge please). Although we're well into music festival season, Coachella, Glastonbury, and Splendour in the Grass have all come and gone--there are still a ton of festivals to catch in the coming months. Whether you're looking to blow off steam after a challenging work week or just want to get some extended play out of a carefree mentality, here are eight incredible fests you can catch in the coming month.
1. Electric Zoo
When: Friday, August 30 - September 1 Where: NYC Electric Zoo hits Randall's Island this weekend. Over the course of two days the biggest names in EDM--Aviccii, Benny Benassi, and Flux Pavilion, to name a few will be throwing down. If you want to dig a little further, and we think you definitely should, favorites like Four Tet, Baauer, Moderat, Green Lantern, Just Blaze, RL Grime and more are also bringing their skills to this East River bash. Plus, rumor has it that they're planning a killer afterparty too.
2. End of the Road
When: Aug 30-Sept 1 Where: Larmer Tree Gardens, North Dorset, UK End of the Road is doing it right. With longer sets, emphasizing good food and drink (always a plus), and treating the entire line-up like headliners, this newer festival in southern England is making big waves. And End of the Road does have a truly great indie lineup. Tons of alternative powerhouses like Sigur Ros, Belle & Sebastian, David Byrne & St, Vincent, Dinosaur Jr., The Walkmen, Daughter, among many more are booked. Definitely mark this one on your calendars.
3. Made in America
When: Aug 30-Sept Where: Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philly, PA This Philadelphia festival has the heavyweight backing to put together a killer weekend. And it looks like they're doing it right. Performing on the main stage, in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art AKA "The Rocky Steps", are Beyoncé and Nine Inch Nails, supported by a huge line-up with highlight acts including Phoenix, Miguel, Kendrick Lamar, HAIM, Solange, AlunaGeorge, and Ab-Soul.
4. Bumbershoot
When: Aug 31 - Sep 2
Where: Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
With all the awesome festivals happening Labor Day weekend, this list wouldn't be complete without something to cover our West Coasters and Bumbershoot definitely does the job. Sets we're most looking forward to: Heart, MGMT, Alt-J, Allen Stone, Crystal Castles, !!!, Charles Bradley, Robert Glasper, Deerhunter, Baroness, and more. With that kind of diverse line up, what else could you ask for? Oh, you want a sick comedy line-up, too? No problem, they also have that--Reggie Watts, Patton Oswald, and Judah Freidlander to name a few. This is a festival for the history books.
5. Hopscotch
When: Sept 5-7
Where: Raleigh, NC
This incredibly diverse show in relaxing Raleigh, North Carolina is huge. And Awesome. With 175 artists in 15 venues around the city, this festival gives off the vibe of South By Southwest or CMJ without the clutter and chaos of those older festivals. With plenty of day parties, an artisan market, and city cultural series, there's plenty to do all weekend long. Though Hopscotch sometimes falls under the radar compared to more globally-renowned festivals, it without a doubt ranks among the best fests in the US this year.
6. Rock The Bells
When/Where: September 7-8 in Los Angeles, September 14-15 in San Francisco, September 28-29 in Washington, DC, October 4-5 in New York
Rock The Bells is the way to get your your hip-hop fix. Taking place in LA, San Fran, DC, and NYC, this festival series is one of the largest in the US. It'd be harder to list who isn't on these line-ups. Wu-Tang Clan, Kid Cudi, and the Black Hippy crew headline in LA, SF, and DC, while Pretty Lights takes over for the Black Hippy team in NYC, along with a "virtual performance" by ODB and Eazy E. Holograms for everyone!
7. Unknown
When: Sep 10-14
Where: Rovinj, Croatia
Unknown is a brand new festival and from the looks of it, may be one of the best of the year. Situated on the utterly beautiful Croatian Adriatic Coast, Unknown not only has amazing artists- Richie Hawtin, Jessie Ware, Sbtrkt, Jamie xx, Moderat, Four Tet, and tons more- but also features swimming pools, a golf course, and plenty of camping and lodging options.
If that weren't enough, there will be art installations throughout the festival to explore and interact with. While in it's first year, Unknown may become one of the highlight festivals of the year, with a perfect balance between music, art, culture, and exploration.
8. Mad Decent Block Party
When/Where: August 31 at Club Zouk Outdoors - 703 McKinney Ave. in Dallas, TX, Sep 7 at Whitewater Music Amphitheater in New Braunfels, TX, September 14 at LA Center Studios in LA, Sep 15 at Petco Park Lot - 100 Park Blvd. in San Diego. We've been raving about the Mad Decent Block Party tour this summer, because it's ruled. And it's not over. Hitting LA and San Diego on 9/14 and 9/15 respectively, Mad Decent is bringing the party to LA Center Studios with the help of Major Lazer, Matt & Kim, and Riff Raff among others, and hitting Petco Park in San Diego with another round of Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, and Jack U. If it's anything like their Toronto and Philly parties, you're not gonna want to miss these.