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Make no mistake about it. The baton has officially been passed. The Philadelphia Eagles are now Michael Vick's team.
I discovered this startling revelation while waiting in line at Bojangles' preparing to order a grease-filled chicken sandwich of which neither my doctor nor wife would approve.
I live 20 minutes west of Charlotte in the city of Gastonia, famous for being the home of Sun-Drop and James Worthy. Being right smack in the heart of ACC country, we know our basketball and, when Charlotte was awarded an NFL franchise in 1995, we have a love affair with professional football.
Bojangles' and the Carolina Panthers are definitely linked, with Cats' quarterback Jake Delhomme and star Pro Bowl receiver Steve Smith acting as spokesmen for the fried fowl franchise.
I had just placed my order for a Cajun Filet Biscuit Combo when the manager noticed I had a copy of the local paper under my arm. He did not ask me about health care, swine flu, or the nuclear threat. He wanted to talk about something really important: the Panthers.
Our city was abuzz over the shakeup in the Panthers front office. Mark and Jon Richardson, sons of owner Jerry Richardson, both stepped down from their positions in high–level management.
The restaurant manager, I'll call him Mr. Bojangles', asked why I thought this happened. Before I could answer, suddenly, out of nowhere, another Bojangles' employee appeared. He had his own take on the situation.
"This is Michael Vick's fault," the man with the greasy apron announced.
His manager asked him the obvious question before I could.
"How in the world is this Michael Vick's fault?"
Mr. Greasy Apron gave this confusing reply.
"I heard the guys on ESPN talking about Michael Vick and then the very next story was about those Richardson boys. And you know the Panthers play the Eagles the first game."
Mr. Greasy Apron had obviously inhaled too much flour. At this point I just wanted to get my chicken and exit stage left.
I changed the subject to Delhomme, whose five interceptions had doomed the Panthers in their crushing playoff defeat to the Cardinals last year.
"Bojangles' business may pick up if they get a new spokesman," I said in a clumsy attempt to steer the conversation away from Vick. "Delhomme has seen his better days."
Then I heard another voice cry out from behind the counter, "Oh no you didn't talk bad about my Panthers!"
I assured the teen girl with the Bojangles' cap that I was also a Carolina fan and surely didn't mean to disrespect them.
As she placed my chicken sandwich and fries on the tray, she remarked, "The Panthers play Michael Vick's team in a few weeks."
In a span of two minutes, a quarterback who has not taken a regular season snap in two seasons was blamed for front office changes in a faraway franchise and called the face of his new team.
Vick may be blamed for many things this year: the Eagles' defensive deficiencies, Brian Westbrook's sore toe (or whatever his injury of the week is), Andy Reid's indigestion, perhaps even global warming.
If the Eagles fail to land in the playoffs this year, the blame will rest squarely on the shoulders of PETA's public enemy number one: number seven in your program.
The roadblock that may keep Philly at home when the playoffs begin could involve the position they hoped to strengthen by signing Vick.
Quarterback Donovan McNabb was reported to have signed off on the Vick deal, but there have already been rumblings of discontent in the Eagles' lair.
Reports from their very first preseason game together have McNabb complaining that the WildVick formation disrupts the rhythm of the Eagle offence. Buckle up, Donovan. You ain't seen nothing yet.
The root problem for Mr. McNabb may be the realization this is no longer his team. In just a few weeks, he has become the second most popular quarterback in Philly. The plethora of No. 7 jerseys that dot Lincoln Financial Field testify to the fact that Donovan is playing second fiddle now.
At least that's what the young teen chicken slinger says. I believe she's right.
I'm glad that my beloved Panthers have a chance to win in week one. Superman was sent a package of kryptonite from the evil Commish that will sideline him for the first two weeks of the season.
After that, watch out NFL world! The Eagles' Top Dog will be turned loose.


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London: Routledge, 2009
Across the globe, post-secondary education is typically organised within two sectors, often described as further education (or vocational and technical education) and higher education. In response to a range of social, economic and political forces, there has been a growth in the number of 'dual sector' post-secondary institutions that span this divide. However, these institutions are often characterised and benchmarked by reference to others that do not attempt to bridge the boundary which then results in their comprehensiveness as a distinctive characteristic as being overlooked. This book seeks to identify, discuss and evaluate these very characteristics and in the process the contributors question the conventional division between 'further' and 'higher' education and what a 'university' is for.
A.Y. Al-Hawaj, W. Elali and E.H. Twizell (editors)
London: Taylor & Francis, 2008
This book contains the proceedings of the international conference held at Ahlia University in the Kingdom of Bahrain in June 2007. The papers reflect the main objective of this conference which was to create a forum for academics, policy makers, senior administrators and industrial professionals to explore, discuss, and share ideas about existing and emerging practices in the higher education sector, including: building capacity for higher education and the professional; development of teachers; international education and strategic partnerships; quality assurance and academic accreditation; research in higher education institutions; and labour markets in higher education. In addition, the conference was intended to provide a platform through which all private universities in the GCC countries could join together to form a regional association.
S. Clegg
International Studies in Sociology of Education, vol. 19, 2009, p. 53-65
While academic development is a new field, its practices have been productive of new learning and teaching regimes in both the global 'north' and 'south'. This paper explores the emergence of academic development as a practice and the agentic understandings of its actors in creating the academic development project in the face of global unevenness. The author offers a critical account of the emergence of academic development practice in both the global 'north', drawing on the intertwined histories of the UK and Australia, and in the global 'south', drawing on the example of South Africa. In looking at the ongoing debates about academic development she argues that in constituting teaching and learning as its object, other more radical, feminist and critical pedagogies, which are capable of dealing with power and curricula, were marginalised.
H. Uluorta & L. Quill
International Studies in Sociology of Education, vol. 19, 2009, p. 37-51
Higher education within the USA is increasingly perceived to be in a state of crisis, exposing the USA and its citizens to risks that spell out disaster whether from a loss of national global competitiveness, a reduction in the standard of living and/or from deep challenges to social cohesion. The suggested remedy for this condition is to transform current educational practices and institutions to better produce 'knowledge workers' who in turn may harness the limitless potentials of a global 'knowledge economy'. The authors argue that while this vision of education might seem compelling, the transition to a 'knowledge economy' is more fiction that fact and better understood as part of risk society where education does not reduce the anxiety associated with developed post-industrial economies, but serves to exacerbate it.
M. McKelvey & M. Holmén (editors)
Cheltenham: Elgar, 2009
This book addresses the critical issue of how and why European universities are changing and learning to compete. Anglo-Saxon universities, particularly in the US, the UK and Australia, have long been subject to, and responded to, market-based competition in higher education. The authors argue that Continental and Nordic universities and higher education institutes are now facing similar pressures that are leading to a structural transformation of the university sector. The authors address a number of important themes, including emergent strategies, diversification and specialisation, and rethinking university-industry relations. The book provides a timely and critical reflection on what happens as European universities transform from government-funded social institutions to become knowledge businesses operating in a competitive environment.
I. Oplatka
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 31, 2009, p. 207-217
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore Israeli academics' perceptions of the introduction of educational markets, in particular, their attitudes towards academics' roles and responsibilities in the new marketing-led university, as well as to obtain a greater understanding of their actual patterns of involvement in the marketing of their institutions. Based on open-structured interviews with 15 academics, the study revealed that they display contradictory viewpoints; while several believed academics should play some role in open days and related promotional activities, others resisted any kind of involvement. Most, however, considered teaching and good quality research as an academic's major contribution to the marketing of their institution.
M. Bezzina, R.J. Starratt & C. Burford
Journal of Educational Administration, vol. 47, 2009, p. 545-556
The national curriculum represents the largest educational change in Australia's history and requires a thorough examination by stakeholders of the purposes and values underpinning it and how such a centralised curriculum can build the learning capacity of the nation. This paper challenges political and educational leaders to conduct the national curriculum building dialogue at the local, state, and national levels and to open up previous 'givens' to interrogation. The authors call for a long-term process to protect the authenticity and moral purpose of the national curriculum and maximise its ownership and potential for change.
N. Balacheff and others (editors)
Dordrecht: Springer, 2009
The purpose of this book is to present and discuss current trends and issues in technology-enhanced learning (TEL) from a European research perspective. TEL is seen as a multifaceted and multidisciplinary topic and the book reflects this in that it is considered from four different viewpoints, each of which constitutes a separate part of the book. The parts include general as well as domain-specific principles of learning that have been found to play a significant role in TEL environments, ways to shape the environment to optimise learners' interactions and learning, and specific technologies used by the environment to empower learners.

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If you haven't heard about Cleveland indie band the Lighthouse and the Whaler -- Michael LoPresti (vocals, piano, guitar), Matthew LoPresti (drums), Mark Porostosky (mandolin, piano) and Steve Diaz (bass, piano, drums) -- odds are you will with the release of the band's new album, "This is an Adventure." All eyes of the indie-pop world (MTV, Paste, FILTER, Spinner, Under the Radar, KEXP) have been waiting patiently for the quartet's second studio effort. "The sound has just gotten a lot bigger," said Cleveland Heights resident Michael, a 2004 Mayfield High School graduate. "We added more depth to the music, the instrumentation is a little bit more intricate. I think there are some things you hear layered in there that it takes a couple of times to listen to before you actually notice it. That's pretty cool." Invariably, that pretty cool sound includes comparisons to Vampire Weekend, which is just fine with Michael. What's interesting about the Lighthouse and the Whaler is the fact the act is relatively unknown in its hometown." Definitely, we are under the radar in Cleveland when it comes to a mainstream thing," Michael said. "We're not going to go to the House of Blues and have a ton of people from different areas come see us play. So we're trying to get more fans in Cleveland, and hopefully this album will definitely be a way to do that." Major touring is planned for the foursome this fall with a co-headlining stateside jaunt alongside Ewert and the Two Dragons. In the meantime, the Lighthouse and the Whaler will have a CD-release show at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Grog Shop, 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Also on the bill are the Modern Electric and Tom Evanchuck. Tickets are $10. Call 216-321-5588.
New name, same Chip off block: For every artist who breaks into the mainstream, there's a moment early on where the dream appears destined for reality. That's where MC Charles Worth finds himself these days, calling Southern California home and waiting to write his own ticket to stardom. However, before that could happen, he needed to change his stage name from Chip Tha Ripper to King Chip. "I'm out here right now, I had to spread the word," said Worth, 25, who grew up in the Glenville area. "I couldn't spread the word about Cleveland in Cleveland. Also, I just signed with CAA and changed my name to King Chip. Chip Tha Ripper was a name people called me through battle rapping. I never really thought I'd make it out of the ghetto. But now it's getting to a point where I have people representing me, trying to explain who I am, and the name is kind of weird. I decided that King Chip fits a lot better." It seems as though Worth had better put on his seat belt for what appears to be an impending wild ride. Exposure to the Rock Hall City native took a major step forward when his buddy and fellow Clevelander Kid Cudi featured King Chip on his new single, "Just What I Am." Considering Worth is a free agent in the industry, he's in an opportune place. "As of now, I'm technically not on paperwork with any label or production company," Worth said. "I do intend on dropping an album, but I just really want to wait until the seats are full to start the show." Worth makes his first Northeast Ohio appearance as King Chip at 6 p.m. Saturday at Peabody's, 2083 East 21st St., Cleveland. Cover is $17, advance; $22, day of show. Call 216-776-9999.
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Do you want to be a movie star? We live in the world of the SPECTACULAR… overnight success, lottery wins, love at first sight… the list goes on.
I once read this great quote by some anonymous guy that said…"tropical cyclones get far more attention than summer showers but they do a lot less good."
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Craft by its very nature is a slow and delicate process full of much love, persistence attention, learning and a fear amount of pain. It is the attention to detail that separates a simple work of art from a magnificent masterpiece…
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Juan Martinez desperately sought a conviction of Murder 1 in the Jodi Arias case — not because he actually believed his case, but because he wanted the fame and fortune that came along with "winning" a high-profile case. Forget all of the malfeasance and violations he committed, among other unethical acts. Take a drive through Arizona these days, and you'll see that Juan got what he wanted — he's truly Rock Star Juan now! Just take a drive around Phoenix, and you'll see billboards of Rock Star Juan littering the highways.
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"I'm heartbroken."
That's how Dongan Hills resident Charlie Greinsky describes his feelings now that his candidate, Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton, is getting out of the 2008 presidential race.
Greinsky has been close to the Clinton family since Bill Clinton served two terms in the White House in the 1990s.
Now that Hillary's end has come, Greinsky said that Hillary's campaign "wasn't well managed at the beginning."
"At the higher levels, they thought it was all going to be over on Feb. 5," he said, referring to the Super Tuesday balloting, when nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama really began to flex his muscle. "They didn't have a 50-state strategy, and they shifted the message too much."
Greinsky said that he believes Hillary stayed in the race to the end because there was a hope that questions about Obama's "electability" would convince the Democratic superdelegates to eventually side with Hillary.
And if Obama does not beat Republican John McCain in the fall, Greinsky says it will have more to do with Obama's liberal positions and "aloofness" than his race.
"He still has trouble communicating with Catholics, Jews and non-college-educated voters," Greinsky said. "That's going to be a problem for him."
Greinsky said he thinks Hillary would make a great vice president, even though there are some who say that she could never be anyone's second fiddle.
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Pixie Magazine recently sat down with Barbizon grad and successful model, Melody Woodin, to get a glimpse into her fabulous model life. Check out the article here and make sure to pick up August/September issue of Pixie Magazine.
A Model Life
Melody Woodin, Barbizon model, gives Pixie readers the scoop on how to become a model.
Pixie: So where to start?
MW: You just shouldn't jump into anything. I approached a local and reputable agency in my area, which was Barbizon in Philadelphia. Barbizon gave me a lot of the information I needed to know and they helped me get the proper connections in other, bigger areas, such as New York, Milan and Paris. They were my base. You need to find a local but reputable agency that helps you make bigger decisions.
Pixie: Do you have to be super skinny?
MW: There's a market for everything, so never, ever should you be concerned with changing yourself, what you look like or who you are. If you think you are too tall, too short, overweight or underweight, there is a market for everything. You could be a foot model, you could be a hand model, you could be a runway model, you could be a sports model. It's really important to stay true to who you are instead of trying to change yourself for the market. You should find the market that best appeals to who you are.
Pixie: Do you need to show up with photographs in your hands?
MW: Absolutely not. I go on castings now – and I've been modeling for seven years – and they don't want to see your book. They want to see you in person. They want to see your personality, because with makeup, lighting, hair and styling, they can create the look they want for the particular job. They just want to know what you look like as yourself.
Pixie: How do you know if a place is reputable or not?
MW: I did a lot of research online. I talked to a lot of people. I went in for meetings. I wasn't afraid to ask questions. I really shopped around.
Pixie: What did you get out of modeling?
MW: It's just given me confidence – and not in a cocky way. I was 6 feet tall by the time I was 16 and as thin as a pole, so I grew up not liking who I was physically. All of a sudden, I entered this world that was full of girls of all shapes and sizes; it made me feel confident and therefore good about myself.
Pixie: Do you have to be a certain age?
MW: There is no cut off. They are looking for kids of all ages, all varieties and ethnicities. For example, for the high fashion New York scene, where you do the runway, I started when I was 18 and I felt that was a good age. I met girls who were 16 and who were 24. There is a good variety.
Pixie: Is the money really good?
MW: The money is good, but the down side is that it's not as stable as a lot of careers. You never really know when you next job is coming. You constantly go on castings. You may get paid great for one job, but they also have rights to use those pictures for six months, so in a way you are getting paid for six months, not just for the day. It's all relative.
Pixie: Is there still a height requirement?
MW: No. Runway models will always be taller, but there is such variety of modeling these days. Not everything is on the runway; not everything is done in the studio, so height is no longer a huge factor.
Pixie: Is modeling a good way to get into acting?
MW: It would be a great way. They are two completely different careers. One doesn't necessarily have to lead to the other, but I have plenty of friends who have done commercials or movies. I think the two fields are different, but absolutely related. It's a good way to get comfortable being in front of a camera and in front of lots of people who are just looking at you.
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L ong after all the
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and aerobics participants have left the Bremerton Tennis and Athletic Club each night, Eric Jacobsen is down on court No. 4, feeding balls to the youngsters.
The court may be No. 4, but in Kitsap County, Jacobsen is tennis coach No. 1.
The one you train with if you want to be a professional some day.
The one who can help get you a scholarship.
Or train you for a local tournament.
The man who still can beat the areas toughest competition, maybe even with a wooden racket.
I used to come out a lot and play with one, Jacobsen said.
Stephanie Davison, the Class 4A Girls tennis champion from South Kitsap in April and 13th-ranked junior singles player nationally, has been coached by Jacobsen since she was 8 years old.
He is laid-back, she said. He is like a big cuddly teddy bear.
Although Jacobsen shies away from the teddy bear reference, he does try hard try to work with his players, almost like a buddy.
Joel Trudel, a standout at Bremerton High, has been attending Jacobsens lessons since he was 10 years old. Bremertons No. 1 player Josh Scheving has been playing with him the last four years.
Hes a real fun-loving guy, Scheving said. Hes less of a teacher and more like a friend a lot of the time.
Central Kitsaps top singles player next year, Jacob Hobough, has been taking lessons from Jacobsen for the last two years and Olympics top female player, Rebecca Kolstad, credits all of her improvement to Jacobsen.
Jacobsen simply knows how to coach tennis players. Many of them receive scholarships to four-year schools after working with him for a few years.
Because of his love of the game and his achievements as both a player and a coach, Jacobsen dreams of one day opening his own academy. But for now, he works a steady 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. shift at the Bremerton Tennis and Athletic Club.
One thing the players say about him is that he is calmer than most coaches and that he really cares about making them improve.
Eric is the kind of guy that always pushes you to get better, Hobaugh said. He is always there to help you.
His boss, Dennis Margoni, manager of the Bremerton Tennis and Athletic Club, agreed.
The thing I like about Eric is his caring for the kids, he said. He cares about their development as a team player and as a person. He loves the kids.
Jacobsen graduated from California State-Hayward, in 1991. He played No. 2 singles on the college team. Before that he said he attended West Valley Junior College and was the best community college player in the state of California.
He took a job after college at Puyallup Pac-West for two years before becoming an instructor at the Bremerton Tennis and Athletic Club.
Since coming to BATC, he has coached Central Kitsap High star Laith Al Agba to two consecutive Class 4A State tournament wins.
Jacobsens latest project is Rae Cockreham, a 10-year-old girl who is ranked No. 6 in the United States Tennis Association's Pacific Northwest Girls 12 Singles division. He also is coaching twins Aya and Sachi Sugimoto, who are ranked No. 5 and No. 7, respectively, in the 14-year-old singles division.
It is a challenge to get people improved, Jacobsen said. You have to come out and work five or six days a week.
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WH: Obama Undecided on Whether to Impose Regulation Forcing Catholics to Act Against Their Faith
(CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama has not yet decided whether to go forward with a proposed regulation under the health care law he signed last year that would force Catholic individuals and instutions to act against the teachings of the Catholic church. In August, Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius proposed a regulation--that would take affect next fall--that would require all health care plans to cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including abortifacients. The proposed regulation includes a very narrow religious exemption that does not cover individual Catholics, or Catholic universities, hospitals or charitable institutions.


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The Baton Rouge family that owns The Advocate, the capital city's daily newspaper, has had recent discussions with a potential buyer, one of the paper's owners said Friday. Richard Manship, the president and CEO of Capital City Press, which owns The Advocate and WBRZ-TV, an ABC affiliate in Baton Rouge, said Friday that a private individual is interested in buying the newspaper. The proposed deal would not include the television station, he said.
Manship said his family has a price tag in mind but that he hasn't exchanged figures yet with the potential buyer, whom he did not name. An offer has not been made, and Manship said he wasn't sure one will be extended, though if it is going to happen, he expects it would come within a few weeks.
News of the potential sale was first reported on The Advocate's website.
David Manship, Richard's brother, last year sought in an interview to dismiss "persistent rumors his family's paper is for sale" and downplayed speculation that a deal could be reached soon. A June 25 story in The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report said, "Not that he wouldn't, if the price is right; but he doubts a buyer would offer enough to cover the remaining debt on the presses -- close to $30 million, and still make it worthwhile for the family to sell."
On Friday, Richard Manship wouldn't confirm whether the interested party is a Louisiana resident. Manship declined to confirm the amount of debt still owed on the printing presses. He said the $30 million figure is "in the ballpark."
In 2010, the newspaper had a daily circulation of 93,185. In October, The Advocate expanded its coverage area to include New Orleans as The Times-Picayune reduced its print publication to three days a week.
Reached by phone Friday, Carl Redman, the executive editor of The Advocate, declined comment. But in an email message to his staff before the story was published on The Advocate's website, Redman confirmed that the Manship family "has been approached by people who are very interested in buying the newspaper."
Redman said in the email that the Manship family is "taking the interest very seriously."
The Advocate has not been immune to the pressures that have been facing the newspaper industry as a whole, including dwindling revenues and declining circulation.
In 2009, The Advocate laid off 49 employees, a move that David Manship blamed on bad economic times because of the national recession. "We are one of the few major newspapers in the country that had avoided this unfortunate step for as long as we did," Manship said, according to a news report at the time. "Our two biggest expenses are newsprint (paper) and people. We are trying to manage our newsprint usage, but that is not enough by itself."
But last year, the newspaper added reporters and photographers to its ranks as part of its New Orleans expansion, with a bureau that includes at least nine people, several of whom once worked at The Times-Picayune.
In December, David Manship told The Columbia Journalism Review that the Baton Rouge newspaper had added about 23,500 newspapers to its New Orleans circulation since launching the local edition. About 16,000 of those were daily subscribers, he said.


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Quick action saved his life
Near midnight Aug. 29, I lolled out of my chair while watching TV, gagged and stopped breathing.
My wife, Jodi, started to revive me while my son, Copper, called 911. Then he did CPR under dispatchers Jaqui Gowne and Deborah Mason's direction until San Juan County deputies Jeff Asher and Nikki Rodgers came in with an Automatic External Defibrillator unit and oxygen.
They zapped my heart back to working and continued until the San Juan Island EMS unit — with Chief Paramedic Jim Cole, Paramedic Ryan Nelson and EMTs Steve Alluise, Dan Bacon, Deanna Banry, Deborah Grimes, Joaquin Hubbard, Kaitlyn Johnson, James Kellogg, Margaret Longley, Herb Mason and Ben Waldron — stabilized me as a well-trained team.
Jodi was impressed with their quiet intensity.
They took me in the Aid Unit to the med-flight pad, where I was stable enough to fly to St. Joseph's, but still non-responsive (no brain activity). The St. Joe's ER staff prepared to freeze my head four hours after I gagged.
I woke up, scared the nurse and, several days later after receiving a pacemaker, the cardiologist told me that my son, the deputies, paramedics and EMTs saved my life AND my brain.
The Automatic External Defibrillators are donated by the public after an extensive campaign by Lainie Volk to get those AEDs into the sheriffs' vehicles. They are cheap, considering the alternative, and tax-deductible if you get the right paper work. THEY NEED MORE AEDs in sheriffs' cars.
Thank you infinitely for saving me and giving my life back.
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HAMILTON — Nexus Energy LLC submitted plans for a new solar project off Whitehead Road in late 2011 just as the township council was fine-tuning a new solar ordinance imposing strict rules on what kinds of solar projects could be installed where in the township.
But Bill Harris, president of the solar firm, didn't sweat it.
"This is a perfect example of not only what the township wants, but what the governor's master plan calls for," Harris said. "It's ground-mounted solar, not taking up good farmland or being in residential areas."
Construction on the solar site, located off a Pitt Ohio trucking depot in an industrial-zoned area on Whitehead Road, started this month.
The first of what will become 1,100 solar panels are scheduled to be installed by the first week of February.
It is one of the only large-scale sites to come before the township since the new solar ordinance was passed in December 2011, prompted in part by several large, ground-mounted solar site applications that came before the zoning board and ignited fierce debate on the proper place for solar installations.
Rich Williams, the township's director of community planning and compliance, said the number of solar applications submitted to the township has dropped since council passed an ordinance giving preference to solar projects on rooftops, parking garages and industrial sites, and making it harder to install panels on farmland, residential or rural areas.
"We've had a few people that would come in to talk to us," he said. "I know of one, they asked what our thoughts would be and we explained to them this is what our ordinance allows, this is what has been approved or not approved so far, and they didn't come back."
Residential solar projects — panels thrown up on rooftops or sheds to decrease electric bills or power households — don't typically require an application to the township beyond obtaining an electrical permit and permission from a construction official, Williams said.
One resident came before the zoning board in April seeking approvals to install ground-mounted panels outside his house to help out with his bills, but the zoning board rejected the request, saying panels in residential neighborhoods belonged on roofs. No other residents have applied to the township since for ground-mounted arrays, according to Williams.
Harris said Nexus didn't run into any problems with the township or its new ordinance. While it's project is ground-mounted, not up on a rooftop or parking garage, it's located in an industrial park where Pitt Ohio, the Nexus client commissioning the solar installation, runs a warehouse. The panels, placed on a half-acre adjoining field, are expected to produce 285,000 kilowatt hours a year, enough to cover all of Pitt Ohio's electrical needs for its warehouse, Harris said.
"With this one, it's typical of what we do," Harris said. "We're not out there trying to build a giant solar farm. My drive is to make my client's electric bill go away."
Hamilton, like other townships Nexus Energy works with, is cracking down on panel visibility, requiring solar sites to be virtually invisible from roadways and nearby houses, Harris said.
"What we have found is in township we're going into, more and more townships are saying for commercial facilities you're not allowed to physically see the panels from the front of the property or up the street," he said. "We have had to adapt some of our designs."
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By NANCY H. GONTER
NORTHAMPTON - Local historian Steven O. Strimer was expecting a few dozen people would turn out for the first-ever tour of the African American Heritage Trail in Florence.
But the inaugural tour, held as part of the city's Martin Luther King Day celebration this morning, drew more than 100 people despite below freezing temperatures and crusty snow.
"It's wonderful," Strimer said when the tour concluded at the Florence Community Center at 140 Pine St., not far from the former home of Sojouror Truth at 35 Park St.
In the spring, Strimer, one of the owners of Collective Copies in Florence and Amherst, will begin to offer the tours on a monthly basis. The 1.5 mile walk starts at the statue of Sojourner Truth, a black woman who spoke widely against slavery and in support of women's rights in the mid-19th century.
The statue, which was installed at Pine and Maple streets in 2002, kicked off an effort by local historians to understand the role of African Americans in Florence.
In 1850, more than 10 percent of the 500 or so people who lived in Florence were African-American and some of them were fugitive slaves, Strimer said.
Ten of those fugitive slaves were quite outspoken and on Oct. 15, 1850 took out an advertisement in the local newspaper asking the white people of Northampton what they were going to do about the Fugitive Slave Act which had just been passed and increased the penalties for not turning in ex-slaves, Strimer said.
"It (the Fugitive Slave Act) really gave a lot more authority for slave hunters to come up north and look for slaves," he said.
Strimer gave a shortened version of the Heritage Tour this morning because of the cold and the crowd that was so large that it temporarily blocked streets as participants looked at homes that were only recently discovered to have been owned by former slaves or members of the Underground Railroad that worked to free slaves.
That included the south wing of the house at 29-33 Maple St., built by Samuel L. Hill in 1845. Hill is believed to have housed former slaves and brought them to nearby stops on the Underground Railroad in Cummington and Whately, Strimer said.
More coverage of Martin Luther King Day events in The Republican tomorrow.
Historian gives tour of African American trail
on January 21, 2008 at 2:28 PM, updated January 21, 2008 at 4:20 PM
By NANCY H. GONTER


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Denim industry maven, Scott Morrison, of Earnest Sewn and Paper Denim & Cloth fame opened up his Soho shop this past May. His new concept, 3×1 (the name is derived from denim's standard weaving constriction, 3×1 Right Hand Twill, and references the designers third denim venture), is focused on the bespoke process.
While 3×1 has a selection of ready-to-wear denim (prices starting around $350), the real draw is the custom, with prices starting at (cough) $1200. During the process, you meet with Scott and his design team to pick out everything from fabric (with dozens of Japanese, European and American bolts to sort through) to hardware, to stitch color. From there, you will collaborate with the head pattern maker until the fit is just right. The ladies who work in their in-house facility will construct the finished product while you watch.
Sure, if you want to pay this month's rent you can get a pair of A.P.C's or Gap 1969′s, but the day might come when you want to drop $1200 on a pair of jeans, and when that day comes my friend, 3×1 is the only acceptable option.


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Aptly named because it's such a momentous occasion in the world of salamanders and certain frog species, "The Big Night" at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday recognizes salamander migration to temporary bodies of water called vernal pools.
"The Big Night" is a family event focused on educating children and adults alike about the importance of vernal pools to many native species, who depend on them this time of year for breeding. It will take place at the Easthampton sanctuary at 5:30 p.m.
Admission to "The Big Night" at Arcadia is $7 for adult and child Mass Audubon members and $10 for adult and child non-members. To register, call (413) 584-3009.
In the early spring, certain breeds of salamanders, as well as wood frogs, move to vernal pools, or temporary pools of water, to conduct their breeding.
"We can't predict exactly when it's going to be but it's usually around the second or third week of March, on a day of heavy rains when it's about 40 degrees," said Patti Steinman, education coordinator for the Connecticut River Valley Sanctuaries. "That usually activates the salamanders and wood frogs from underneath the leaf litter."
The group of salamanders that uses the vernal pools is in a family called mole salamanders. They include the spotted, blue spotted, Jefferson and marbled. The amphibians are not tricked into thinking they should seek out vernal pools any sooner because they are able to tell it's the right time of year by the length of daylight.
The wood frog, an obligate, native, smaller frog species, must use vernal pools for breeding. The wood frog is unique in that it has a kind of built-in anti-freeze, enabling it to survive in the winter.
"It can actually freeze in the winter and then thaw out," Steinman said. "They have special proteins in their blood and what happens is when it gets cold, these proteins cause the water in the blood to freeze, and then at the same time, by doing that, the water is eliminated and it's replaced by glucose in the liver."
The wood frogs are one of the first frogs to come out in the springtime. Usually the males go to the pond first, and the females follow. After mating, eggs are laid immediately, in big clumps of hundreds to thousands of eggs. The eggs typically hatch in 28 days.
Wood frogs have a unique call that is similar to a duck's.
"It sounds more like a quack than a croak," Steinman said.
Because of the excessive amount of snow this winter, some of the wood frogs may equate snow melting to heavy rains. Steinman said that may get some of them to go out seeking vernal pools.
"Sometimes, they'll even go in if it's icy," she said. "They'll find a hole in the ice if the time is right for them."
If visitors to Arcadia are lucky, they may see a spectacular sight on a visit to Arcadia this time of year.
"When wood frogs come, you can stand on our boardwalk and you can see sometimes hundreds of them out on the pond," Steinman said.
Visitors at "The Big Night" will learn about wood frogs and salamanders through 45-minute guided lantern-lit trail walks. There will be people dressed up as various characters along the trail, including Wilma Wetland, Sally Mander and a zany professor.
"The professor will be talking about ferry shrimp, a beautiful little invertebrate," Steinman said. "It has 11 appendages, it's a pinkish color, and they are one of the obligate species of vernal pools."
Another station will focus on frog calls, and yet another, "Wheel of Vernal Pools," will quiz participants on all they've learned.
Indoors, there will be a slide show and more games. If weather permits and Arcadia staff is able to locate some insects or amphibians, they will have some available for up-close viewing.
Those who can't attend "The Big Night" at Arcadia are invited to another family program on vernal pools, held at Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Hampden on April 16 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Admission is $3 for members and $5 for non-members. To register, call 413-584-3009.


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Catwalk struts in money for children
KINGSTON North Kitsap residents were moving to the rhythm and vogueing like Madonna Sunday afternoon at the second annual Kitsap Style Fashion Show as models glided down the catwalk to raise money for the Kitsap Foster Care Associations Dream Project.
Featuring styles inspired mainly by 1980s fashion trends, models made up of local residents and business owners pouted and sashayed for about 60 residents while surrounded by paper umbrellas, columns and flowers. KFCA president-elect and foster parent Debra Converse said it was an amazing event that will help many children.
I felt like the show went great, she said. It really benefits a lot of kids, kids that have dreams that will be fulfilled. This allows them to have dreams and helps create memories.
The Dream Project allows foster parents and social workers to request up to $75 for a foster child who may have something theyd like to participate in, like summer camp or the prom, but cant afford. It can also be used to buy a special toy or provide pictures for them to look back on later in life, Converse said. This can help children through tough times or keep a sense of who they are as they move from home to home before being adopted or returned to their parents.
When I heard about this event and was asked to emcee, I jumped at the chance because I know as a teacher at Gordon Elementary how important children are, said kindergarten teacher Patrick Pearson.
The event was the brainchild of Lucky Star Consignment Store owner Stacy Patrick, foster parent Sally Heacock and Kingston resident Susan Rodgers. The trio was seeking an organization that could benefit from such an event and thought the Dream Project sounded like the perfect charity to support. Many of Sundays fashion-goers agreed.
It was very nice, said Indianola resident Teri Gustafson. I think most of what I saw Ive seen in recent magazines.
The fashion show also featured a silent auction, which had items from different local vendors and artists. All together, the event brought in about $1,500 to help the program. Converse was excited about the financial help, but also thrilled by how many people learned more about the project.
We provide activities throughout the year for kids, she said during a short presentation of the Dream Project before the show. Our mission statement is to promote by attitude and action, constructive social action to bring about changes in child welfare systems and in legislation pertaining to all children and families, and thats what were doing here today.
It was great, very enjoyable, said Kingston resident Lena Lavelle. We heard about it from working at the Kingston gym, and from all the posters up all over town. We thought wed come and see what it was all about.
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In preparation for today's slug fest between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets I had the chance to do a Q & A with Andy Kamenetzky from ESPN's Land O' Lakers blog and ESPN Los Angeles. You can read my responses to Andy's intriguing questions over on Land O' Lakers. You can also look for a 5-on-5 coming later today on ESPN.com where I weigh in on tonight's doubleheader with the Celtics and Knicks playing before the Nuggets and Lakers.
1. The Lakers have vastly different home and road records. Experienced veteran teams are not typically so deficient away from home so why are the Lakers having such a difficult time winning on the road?
Well, it's worth noting the Lakers' early season road schedule has been very difficult. They've had games in Sacramento (always a tough venue), Utah (where they won), Denver (the second end of a back-to-back against the Nuggets), Portland, the Clippers, Miami and Orlando back-to-back, Milwaukee, and Minnesota (a win). The Bucks were an inexcusable loss with Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson out, but the rest of those games aren't automatic gimmes. Factor in how the Lakers played a boatload of games in the first 3-4 weeks and the lack of practice time to learn a new system, and it's not perhaps shocking they haven't been good on the road.
Of course, the obvious response is that elite teams with championship aspirations will find ways to overcome these issues. Of course, the Lakers aren't playing anywhere close to an elite level at the moment, and it's debatable whether they'll ever be capable of that on a regular basis. And therein lies the rub.
2. Pau Gasol, while still playing well overall, has slipped a bit from the stellar level we have come to expect from him. Is it a matter of the difficult schedule or is it possible the trade rumors are bothering him more than he has let on?
I don't think rumors are a factor. Pau certainly wasn't thrilled with being part of the scuttled CP3 deal, but he showed up to practice the next day, and rode out an awkward situation. I'll give his ability to block out lingering whispers the benefit of the doubt. The schedule, however, has probably been an issue. Gasol hasn't just played a lot of games, but a lot of minutes as well. Mike Brown's defensive schemes demand bigs show hard and recover on pick-and-rolls, and nobody's been pushed harder than Pau. Doing this for 37-ish minutes a night will take a toll.
There's also a matter of Pau's role, which hasn't been fleshed out to his liking. There was a long stretch where he was basically parked at the elbow and used primarily as a facilitator and jump shooter, and he expressed displeasure about it. Since then, there's an effort to get him more low post touches or just call his number, but the results have remained erratic. At times, the blame falls on teammates not looking enough for him. Others, the blame falls on Gasol's indecisiveness and lack of unwillingness to occasionally force the issue himself.
This hasn't been an easy season for Pau, who entered the year determined to rebound from an awful playoffs. If anything, fans are only more down on him.
3. Derek Fisher continues to wallow in his own mire on the court. Even with his horrific percentages, it still seems like he has hit a few big shots for them this season. Is he more important to the team than his numbers would indicate or does L.A. need to ditch him ASAP?
A little of both. Fisher's importance as a leader can't be overstated. He has everybody's ear, including Kobe's. Bryant's said, without any hint of facetiousness, Fish is the only teammate he'll always listen to. He also trusts Fisher unconditionally. Beyond success draining critical shots, Derek's completely unafraid to step into those situations where someone other than Kobe needs to be clutch.
Of course, the Lakers might encounter fewer tight fourth quarters if their starting point guard produced more during the first three. Fisher's dwindling percentages plays a role in the scoring issues this season. (To be fair, he's also averaging about 4 assists a night, and has done a nice job initiating the early offense.) This doesn't necessarily mean it's time to put Fisher out to pasture, but limited minutes would be helpful. And that had been the approach before Steve Blake went out with a rib injury. Until Blake returns, the PT will naturally increase, and the Lakers will have to make the best of it.
Either way, Fisher doesn't kill the team quite as much as advertised, but less is typically more.
4. Ty Lawson has done quite well against L.A. in his career. Is he the player the Lakers must focus on, or is there someone else who poses a bigger threat?
The short answer is, "anybody who can operate in transition" is who the Lakers need to key on. And since that includes virtually every significant player on Denver's roster, nobody can go unaccounted for. Plus, at the end of the day, the Nugs are a very deep, balanced team with plenty of legit threats. Lawson, as you mentioned, is certainly a potential issue for the Lakers, given how quick guards can provide fits. But Andre Miller can be just as tough backing down opponents in the post. Danillo Gallinari can be deadly from outside or on run-outs. Al Harrington was a dizzying cover for Gasol in space during the first meeting. Nene's spin moves around the basket are ridiculous. Arron Afflalo, if playing like himself, is among the best "3 and D" players in the game, which means he can hurt the Lakers on both ends.
Bottom line, Lawson makes me nervous, but he's hardly alone.
5. I will spare you the Dwight Howard question, but stick with a hypothetical trade scenario for my final question. If Mitch Kupchak could have a mulligan on the Lamar Odom trade, would he take it? At the time it seemed sending Odom to Dallas was part of a larger plan, but as of yet no such plan has come to fruition.
I'd certainly like to think so. On the court and in the locker room, LO's absence has left gaping holes still unfilled. Even recognizing his struggles in Dallas (caused in part by an admitted lack of offseason conditioning) and emotional nature (exacerbated by legitimate offseason tragedies), the guy would help the Lakers a lot. Were a time machine — hot tub or otherwise — made available to Mitch Kupchak, I'd be stunned if he didn't set it to "Dec 11, 2011," then told Lamar to take a few extra days to cool off because he's staying put.
Thanks to Andy for the time and I hope everyone enjoys tonight's game!
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The role of body size in the foraging strategies and management of avian herbivores : a comparison of dusky Canada geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis) and cackling geese (B. hutchinsii minima) wintering in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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The role of body size in the foraging strategies and management of avian herbivores : a comparison of dusky Canada geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis) and cackling geese (B. hutchinsii minima) wintering in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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The role of body size in the foraging strategies and management of avian herbivores : a comparison of dusky Canada geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis) and cackling geese (B. hutchinsii minima) wintering in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.pdf
Body size explains much of the interspecific variation in the physiology, behavior, and morphology of birds, such as metabolic rate, diet selection, intake rate, gut size, and bill size. Based on mass-specific metabolic requirements and relative energetic costs of activities, being a certain body size has both advantages and disadvantages. In particular, avian herbivores such as geese possess a relatively simple digestive system, consume foods with low digestibility and poor nutrient content, and have increased energetic demands compared to other bird taxa; therefore, any effects of body size on foraging strategies should be readily apparent in this foraging guild. The influence of body size on the behavior and management of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) and Cackling Geese (B. hutchinsii) as avian herbivores has not been well studied. My dissertation explores the role of body size in comparative foraging behavior, habitat selection, and winter conservation planning for two congeneric geese, the Dusky Canada Goose (B. c. occidentalis; hereafter Duskys) and the Cackling Goose (B. h. minima; hereafter Cacklers). These two taxa share the same over-winter foraging environment (grass seed fields) in the same restricted geographic area (the Willamette Valley) during winter. Duskys and Cacklers differ by more than a factor of two in body size and have different relative bill sizes and social organization. Because of smaller body size, Cacklers have greater relative energy demands and less fasting endurance compared to Duskys; however, Cacklers have comparatively low energetic costs for flight and transport. Duskys, however, have higher total energy requirements than Cacklers. Additionally, Cacklers form large, high-density flocks and have a total over-wintering population size in the study area of about 200,000. Duskys occur in relatively small family groups and have a total over-wintering population size of about 13,000. My study demonstrated that interspecific differences in body size between Cacklers and Duskys was associated with differences in foraging behavior, movements, and habitat selection. Cacklers foraged a greater percentage of time (30%) in all habitats and across the entire winter compared to Duskys. Cacklers had higher peck rates (up to 100 pecks min⁻¹ greater) than Duskys in all foraging habitats expect pasture. The pecking rate of Cacklers was greatest in fields of young grass (200 pecks min⁻¹), which may indicate that Cacklers had relatively high intake rates in this foraging habitat. Based on differences in foraging behavior among habitats, Cacklers may have the foraging strategy of energy intake maximizers, whereas the foraging strategy of Duskys is more towards time-energy expenditure minimizers, at least for part of the winter. Cacklers moved across the landscape very differently from Duskys, exhibiting less site fidelity and greater commuting distances to foraging areas. Cacklers showed a preference for young grass during all periods of the winter, reaffirming that Cacklers are specialized grazers on short green forage, whereas Duskys preferred young grass and pasture. Fields of young grass were the preferred foraging habitat of Cacklers, had less standing crop biomass, and may have enabled higher foraging efficiencies, which may have led to higher intake rates. The ability of the landscape to support wintering geese changed across the winter because total available plant biomass fluctuated with the rate of grass regrowth. The estimated carrying capacity of the landscape for geese decline by almost one-half during mid-winter (mid-December to mid-February) compared to early winter or late winter periods. Although Cacklers have lower individual energy requirements compared to Duskys, due to a much larger target population size, Cacklers required 89% more foraging habitat than Duskys. Forage requirements encountered a bottleneck during mid-winter, when grass regrowth rates were low and day length was short. Commensurate with this pattern of forage availability, goose body condition declined during the mid-winter period. To support Pacific Flyway target populations for geese, approximately 18,000 ha of total grazing habitat in young and mature grass is needed in the Willamette Valley to support a total over-wintering population composed of 340,000 geese belonging to four subspecies. The role of body size in influencing the foraging behavior and decisions of over-wintering geese has important implications for conservation planning of goose populations. Small-bodied Cacklers are selective in field choice, yet more likely to redistribute across the landscape. Disturbances (e.g., hunting, hazing, or predation) will have a disproportionate effect on the movements of smaller-bodied geese compared to larger geese. These characteristics of Cacklers will make conservation planning to retain geese on public land more difficult. Coordinated management with private landowners and farming practices that maximize preferred goose foraging habitat on public lands may attract geese to utilize protected areas and minimize conflicts with agriculture in the Willamette Valley. Availability of resources during critical periods in winter is an important factor affecting the distribution of geese, but may affect small and large bodied geese differently. Management could be targeted during these critical time periods. By considering the role of body size in the context of life history characteristics, foraging behavior and habitat selection, appropriate management strategies can be developed and implemented to reduce the effects of agricultural depredation by geese, while promoting the future conservation of wintering geese in the Willamette Valley.
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You are obviously right. No one has built and measured ALL the possible combinations of antennas and surroundings so they can say for sure that the simulation numbers are absolutely right in all cases. However. They have evaluated the basic code and methods used (at least for NEC which is the core of most of the better programs I think) in enough cases to know that it provides good results. Will any program accurately predict your antenna performance half over your roof with real ground slopes and other nearby junk, no. Can you accurately measure the performance of your antenna in its current surroundings, no. So of what value would either of those things be in your case? Absolutely none! So, why bother putting all the money, time, testing, etc into developing programs that can't predict real world performance? Because its infinitely cheaper and faster than building and measuring all the possible variations, tabulating them, finding the trends, and optimizing from that, then retesting, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum. But what good is a computer model if it doesn't represent the real world? Well, several things, as long as you keep two things in mind... First. You only compare modeled antennas with other modeled antennas. Now why is this valid? As long as you are using the same software and modeling antennas that behave reasonably like each other the comparisons are normally very good. They can be used to optimize elements, evaluate changes in height, and test other changes as long as you stay within the limitations of the models. Second. You don't compare one modeled antenna to some other range tested antenna. Unless you have carefully calibrated the range to a common antenna that is similar to the one being tested the results just won't compare. All the real world things affect the range test and you just can't model them all accurately enough to do a valid comparison. So what does this tell you? First, you can't compare the performance figures quoted by one person or company to those quoted by anyone else unless you know that they are using the same type of software and the same set of assumptions. Second, you can't predict how an antenna will work when hanging half over your house. Third, antenna modeling is good if you are comparing designs or trying to optimize a particular design as long as you are careful to stay within the limits of the software you are using. David Robbins K1TTT e-mail: mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com web: http://www.k1ttt.net AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net -----Original Message----- From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Tom Osborne Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 23:05 To: TowerTalk Subject: [TowerTalk] Ant Modeling (long) Hi All In looking over previous posts, there seems to be an awful lot of credence to computer modeling of antennas. I've seen things like "A three element beam with lengths of (n) and spacing of (n) will give 7.13 dbd and 18.34 db FB. How do we know this? Has someone built and tested every conceivable spacing, length, height and checked them with a field strength meter. How about 4 elements on a 32 foot boom. There are hundreds of different configurations available. Then after that is figured out, What if the boom diameter is changed? Do all the readings change again. Then how about raising it up 5 feet. Do all the readings change again? It seems to me that there are thousands of different configurations when you figure boom size, element size, taper, element spacing, element length, ground below the antenna, terrain, etc. Surely each configuration hasn't been verified manually. But if I put in "2 elements on 20 on a 12 foot boom", I'd probably get a gain of 5.34 dbd and FB of 12 db or something like that. It seems to me that in order to say that such and such an antenna with a certain length of elements and height has a certain amount of gain, you'd have to measure 360 degrees around the antenna for side lobes, rear lobes, etc, the do the same thing from 0 degrees to 90 degrees 360 degrees around the antenna to check the take-off angle. Where does the data that we take so religiously come from? I know we can model a 3 or 4 element antenna and move each element a couple of inches or so and see different amounts of gain and FB. If these antennas are modeled at VHF frequencies, it would be hard to make the same assumptions at HF. It seems as there are just too many variables to take the data as absolute. If I wanted to model my 20 meter beam, how would I take into effect the fact that half of it overhangs my shack roof and the other half is directly over one of my 40 meter verticals, and about 20 feet away in a tree is my 80 meter inverted "V." Plus the ground slopes to the N.E. at about a 25 degree angle for a half mile or so. The hill in back goes up another couple of hundred feet. How in the world would I ever be able to take into effect everything that effects the antenna. It just seems to me it's hard to put in certain dimensions and get an absolute answer. 73 Tom W7WHY ________________________________________________________________________ Where do you get ICE bandpass filters & beverage matching boxes? The same place that pays for the hosting of this list: The eHam Store. 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Sharon L. Myers, 56, Cresson, died Friday. She was born in Altoona, daughter of the late Louis F. Sr. and Lois (Dutko) Kovach. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert. Surviving are her children: Robert Jr., Indiana, Richard, Cresson, and Stacey, Johnstown; five grandchildren; and siblings: Lawrence, Duncansville, Michele Monahan, Loretto, Kim Krumenaker, Cresson, Louis F. Jr. "Buddy," Cresson, and Mary Kay, Duncansville. Private funeral service will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are by Gibbons Funeral Home, 301 Church St., Gallitzin.


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HOLLAND, MI – The winner of the 2014 Tulip Time Festival Poster contest has been announced and artist Karin Nelson's work "Resilience" has taken the top spot.
The artwork of Nelson, 37, of Wyoming, will be featured on posters, prints and other festival merchandise beginning today, Feb. 7, at the Tulip Time office and website.
Nelson explained her inspiration for her work: "I wanted to show tulips in an abstract portrayal of strength, stateliness and dignity. These brave flowers are representational of the strength and resilience of the human spirit."
Nelson's honor was announced Thursday at the First Bloom: Tulip Time Preview reception in Holland.
Three local art and design experts formed the panel that helped to choose the winning piece: Chris Cook of Fairly Painless Advertising; Heidi Kraus, Hope College's assistant professor of Art History/Studio Art; and Andrew Baldus, the creative design manager of Haworth, Inc.
The panel narrowed the selections to 20. Representatives of Tulip Time and the Holland Area Arts Council then made the final selection.
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Climate conference ends in agreement after two weeks of talks
The world is on track for a comprehensive global treaty on climate change for the first time after agreement was reached at talks in Durban, South Africa in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Negotiators agreed to start work on a new climate deal that would have legal force and, crucially, require both developed and developing countries to cut their carbon emissions. The terms now need to be agreed by 2015 and come into effect from 2020.
"I salute the countries who made this agreement. They have all laid aside some cherished objectives of their own to meet a common purpose – a long-term solution to climate change," said Christiana Figueres, the United Nations climate chief.
Chris Huhne, the UK's energy and climate secretary, said the deal would ensure the European Union's efforts to tackle global warming were matched by others. "We know that we are working very hard on this, but we need to be sure that other countries are working just as hard – that's very important for our industry and our competitiveness," he said.
Two weeks of talks — the last 60 hours of which was a single marathon negotiating session, with officials holed up in a conference centre through three nights with scarcely a break — ended with a surprise decision struck during a tea break just before dawn on Sunday.
A small huddle of key ministers were ordered to meet for 20 minutes and thrash out their differences. With tempers rising and the talks minutes from being abandoned, the chair, South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, ordered China, India, the US, Britain, France, Sweden, Gambia, Brazil and Poland to meet in a small group or "huddle". Surrounded by nearly 100 delegates on the floor of the hall, they talked quietly among themselves to try to reach a new form of words acceptable to all.
The agreement – dubbed the "Durban platform" – is different from the other partial deals that have been struck during the past two decades, with developing countries, including China, the world's biggest emitter, agreeing to be legally bound to curb their greenhouse gases. Previously, poorer nations have insisted that they should not bear any legal obligations for tackling climate change, whereas rich nations – which over more than a century have produced most of the carbon currently in the atmosphere – should.
Another first is that the US, the second biggest emitter, also agreed that the new pact would have "legal force" – a step it flirted with in 1997 with the Kyoto protocol, but abandoned as Congress made clear it would never ratify that agreement.
All of the world's biggest economies and emitters already have targets to cut emissions between now and 2020, when the new deal would come into force.
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Lord Stern, former World Bank chief economist and author of the landmark 2006 review of the economics of climate change, said: "The outcome of the summit is a modest but significant step forward. The decision to move towards a unified system, with all countries having some form of legal commitments, removes an important obstacle and could allow, for example, the US to play a more participative and constructive role in the future."
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"If you build it, they will come." That saying entered the language with the hit movie "Field of Dreams."
Lately, some well-meaning environmentalists have turned that saying on its head: If you don't build it, they won't come.
The Sierra Club, for example, opposes the widening of the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway on the grounds that drivers will be dissuaded from clogging the roadways if they remain narrow.
Anyone who has driven below the dreaded "merge" on the Turnpike knows this is not true. Despite the bottleneck where the car and truck lanes meet below New Brunswick, thousands of vehicles drive right into the stalled traffic on an almost daily basis. The same is true of the Garden State Parkway where it narrows to two lanes below Toms River. It's a horrendous jam, but drivers drive right into it for lack of an alternate route.
That same argument is now being applied by environmental groups that have joined a "Stop the Lines" coalition to prevent the Susquehanna Roseland Power Project. It's an electric power transmission line that would run from a switching station in Pennsylvania to a new substation in Morris County. The groups argue that the expansion of northern New Jersey's electrical capacity will fuel further growth in the region. They would prefer to rely on low-impact alternatives such as wind and solar -- to "blanket Essex county with solar panels to relieve congestion," as they argue on their website.
Wind and solar are excellent ideas and are being pursued by PSE&G, which is also the primary force calling for construction of the new line. PSE&G projects that demand will continue to rise by more than 1.4 percent a year even with the addition of that new locally generated power.
New Jersey does not have the generating capacity to be self-sufficient in electricity. It is dependent on the vast power grid administered by PJM Interconnection, a consortium that distributes power to 51 million people in the northeastern quadrant of the country. The proposed line would add capacity needed to avoid future brownouts and blackouts.
The route would take the line through land where use is regulated under the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act of 2004. At the moment, the Highlands Council is considering whether to grant an exemption for the lines. That exemption should be granted. The legal rationale for the Highlands regulations lies in the need to protect water quality. And the towers will, by definition, be in the air, not in the water. The impact on water quality will be negligible.
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Barack Obama's history-making inauguration celebration will begin with a history-making concert.
Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder and Garth Brooks will be among the artists performing at "We Are One," a free concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington that will kick off a series of inaugural activities for President-elect Obama, Sunday night at 7 p.m.
The inclusive bill includes rock, pop, R&B, hip-hop, classical, jazz and country artists. Shakira, Usher, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, John Legend, John Mellencamp, will.i.am (of the Black Eyed Peas), Heather Headley and Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland) will also perform at the concert, which will be broadcast live on HBO, in an open feed. This means that cable and satellite customers who don't subscribe to the pay network can watch it.
Obama and his family are expected to attend the two-hour event, which will also feature readings by Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington.
Executive producer George Stevens Jr. said that after he got the go-ahead from the Presidential Inaugural Committee two and a half weeks ago to put the show together, he quickly learned it would not be like any other special event he's tried to book.
"On that first day, we asked Springsteen, Bono and Garth Brooks within a period of 45 minutes and got three 'yeses,'" Stevens said. "We said, 'This is going to be fun.'"
The musicians won't be performing their big hits, but will be asked to perform material appropriate to the occasion. One, for instance, will be asked to sing "A Change Is Gonna Come," the social anthem made famous by Sam Cooke.
Springsteen is scheduled to perform "The Rising," his rousing response to the events of 9/11, Stevens said.
The musicians won't bring their own backing groups, but will perform with a house band led by Rob Mathes, a producer and arranger who previously has worked with everyone from Panic At the Disco to Carly Simon, and served as the music director for the Kennedy Center Honors.
If nothing else, the concert will offer a dream setting.
"We will have the statue of Abraham Lincoln looking down on our stage and a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people lining the mall -- a tableau any director would relish," said producer-director Don Mischer, in a press statement.
Obama is planning to arrive in Washington via train on Saturday. The inauguration ceremony itself is scheduled for Jan. 20, and will feature some high-powered musicians as well: Aretha Franklin, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma.
After a cold snap later in the week, Washington's long-range forecast calls for partly cloudy weather and temperatures in the mid-30s for the outdoor concert.
"We love it," Stevens said. "We're very Zen about this. We're just going to make it work."
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CSX path bridge may open next weekend
The cart path bridge spanning the CSX railroad track on Ga. Highway 54 West could open as soon as next weekend, according to City Manager Bernie McMullen.
The contractor is installing additional railing in several locations, a process expected to end early next week. Once complete, the Georgia Department of Transportation must come back for a final inspection before the bridge can be officially opened.
A grand opening celebration for the three-plus year long project has been slated for Sunday, May 2.
The bridge, along with two tunnels underneath the road, provide a way for residents to travel between The Avenue, Marketplace and McIntosh Village shopping centers. As such, the city is encouraging businesses in the area to hold special events such as sidewalk sales by waiving special event fees in conjunction with the bridge grand opening.
The project's completion has been a long time in coming. It has been more than three years since the bridge and tunnels were installed during part of the widening of Hwy. 54 in the area.
A significant part of the delay was chalked up to the length of time it took DOT to evaluate the city's air quality impact study, which is ironic since the only emissions that might be tied to the path would come from the use of gas-powered golf carts, which are far outnumbered by electric carts.
The project also lacked continuity because the grant for the path installation was a separate project from the road widening, officials said.
The city got DOT approval to proceed with path construction and awarded a bid the end of November, but rains in the area have slowed the path construction significantly and pushed the project several weeks past its estimated completion date.
The contractor on the project is Lewallen Construction Company Inc. of Marietta. Of the total $157,490 cost, the city has to chip in $31,498 as its 20 percent matching grant, with the rest coming from the DOT grant.


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