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Al-Janabi, Hareth and Flynn, Terry and Coast, Joanna (2012) Development of a self-report measure of capability wellbeing for adults: the ICECAP-A. Quality of Life Research, 21 (1). pp. 167-176. ISSN 0962-9343
Arthur, James and Powell, Sacha and Lin, Hsing-Chiung (2012) Foundations of character: methodological aspects of a study of character development in three- to six-year-old children with a focus on sharing behaviours. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1350-293X
Alcock, Pete (2012) From the third sector to the Big Society: Consensus or contention in the 2010 UK general election? Voluntary Sector Review, 3 (3). ISSN 2040-8056
Adie, James W and Duda, Joan L and Ntoumanis, Nikos (2012) Perceived coach autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the well- and ill-being of elite youth soccer players: A longitudinal investigation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
Bhogal, Ricky H. and Weston, Christopher J. and Curbishley, Stuart M. and Adams, David H. and Afford, Simon C. (2012) Autophagy: A cyto-protective mechanism which prevents primary human hepatocyte apoptosis during oxidative stress. Autophagy, 8 (4). pp. 545-558. ISSN 1554-8627
Booth, David A. (2012) Configuring of extero- and interoceptive senses in actions on food. Seeing & Perceiving . (In Press)
Booth, David A. and Jarvandi, Soghra and Thibault, Louise (2012) Food after deprivation rewards the earlier eating. Appetite. (In Press)
Bureau, Julien S. and Vallerand, Robert J. and Ntoumanis, Nikos and Lafrenière, Marc-André K. (2012) On passion and moral behavior in achievement settings: The mediating role of pride. Motivation and Emotion. ISSN 0146-7239
Barwell, Andrew D. and Davies, Gareth and Good, Chris (2012) On the ω-limit sets of tent maps. Fundamenta Mathematicae, 217 (1). pp. 35-54. ISSN 0016-2736
Broome, André and Seabrooke, Leonard (2012) Seeing like an International Organisation. New Political Economy, 17 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 1356-3467
Batley, Richard and McCourt, Willy and Mcloughlin, Claire (2012) The Politics and Governance of Public Services in Developing Countries. Public Management Review, 14 (2). pp. 131-144. ISSN 1471-9037
Bartlett, David B. and Firth, Charlotte M. and Phillips, Anna C. and Moss, Paul and Baylis, Daniel and Syddall, Holly and Sayer, Avan A. and Cooper, Cyrus and Lord, Janet M. (2012) The age-related increase in low-grade systemic inflammation (Inflammaging) is not driven by cytomegalovirus infection. Aging Cell, 11 (5). pp. 912-915. ISSN 14749718
Carroll, Douglas and Bibbey, Adam and Roseboom, Tessa J. and Phillips, Anna C. and Ginty, Annie T. and Rooij, Susanne R. (2012) Forced expiratory volume is associated with cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress. Psychophysiology, 49 (6). pp. 866-872. ISSN 00485772
Carroll, Douglas and Ginty, Annie T. and Der, Geoff and Hunt, Kate and Benzeval, Michaela and Phillips, Anna C. (2012) Increased blood pressure reactions to acute mental stress are associated with 16-year cardiovascular disease mortality. Psychophysiology, 49 (10). pp. 1444-1448. ISSN 00485772
Carroll, Douglas and Ginty, Annie T. and Painter, Rebecca C. and Roseboom, Tessa J. and Phillips, Anna C. and de Rooij, Susanne R. (2012) Systolic blood pressure reactions to acute stress are associated with future hypertension status in the Dutch Famine Birth Cohort Study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 85 (2). pp. 270-273. ISSN 01678760
Dixon, Louise and Debelle, Geoff and Edwards, Clare and Robinson, Laura and Jones, Rachel (2012) Evaluating multiagency interventions for children living with intimate partner violence in Birmingham. BASPCAN News.
Dixon, Louise and Bowen, Erica (2012) Intimate partner violence and stalking. In: Forensic Psychology: BPS Textbooks in Psychology series. Wiley Blackwell, London, pp. 189-205. ISBN 1119991951
Dixon, Louise and Santovena, Esquivel (2012) Investigating the true rate of physical intimate partner violence: A review of nationally representative surveys. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 17.
Deplanche, K. and Merroun, M. L. and Casadesus, M. and Tran, D. T. and Mikheenko, I. P. and Bennett, J. A. and Zhu, J. and Jones, I. P. and Attard, G. A. and Wood, J. and Selenska-Pobell, S. and Macaskie, L. E. (2012) Microbial synthesis of core/shell gold/palladium nanoparticles for applications in green chemistry. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. ISSN 1742-5689
Ero-Phillips, Olubayode and Jenkins, Mike and Stamboulis, Artemis (2012) Tailoring crystallinity of electrospun Plla fibres by control of electrospinning parameters. Polymers, 4 (3). pp. 1331-1348. ISSN 2073-4360
Ginty, Annie T. and Phillips, Anna C. and Higgs, Suzanne and Heaney, Jennifer L.J. and Carroll, Douglas (2012) Disordered eating behaviour is associated with blunted cortisol and cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37 (5). pp. 715-724. ISSN 03064530
Gale, Z. and Cooper, P. R. and Scheven, B. A. A. (2012) Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor influences proliferation of osteoblastic cells. Cytokine, 57 (2). pp. 276-281. ISSN 10434666
Glasby, Jon and Miller , Robin and Ellins , Jo and Durose , Joan and Davidson, Deborah and McIver , Shirley and Littlechild, Rosemary and Tanner , Denise and Snelling , Iain and Spence, Katie and Hall, Kerry (2012) Understanding and improving transitions of older people: a user and carer centred approach. Project Report. The Stationery Office, London.
Harvey, J. and Tuckett, R. P. and Bodi, A. (2012) A Halomethane thermochemical network from iPEPICO experiments and quantum chemical calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. p. 120906123807002. ISSN 1089-5639 (In Press)
Heaney, Jennifer L.J. and Phillips, Anna C. and Carroll, Douglas (2012) Ageing, physical function, and the diurnal rhythms of cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37 (3). pp. 341-349. ISSN 03064530
Heaney, Jennifer L. J. and Phillips, Anna C. and Carroll, Douglas (2012) Aging, health behaviors, and the Diurnal rhythm and awakening response of salivary cortisol. Experimental Aging Research, 38 (3). pp. 295-314. ISSN 0361-073X
Harvey, J. and Bodi, A. and Tuckett, R. P. and Sztáray, B. (2012) Dissociation dynamics of fluorinated ethene cations: from time bombs on a molecular level to double-regime dissociators. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14. pp. 3935-3948. ISSN 1463-9076 (In Press)
Hancock, Cathryn and Herranz, T and Marco, J and Berry, F and Slater, P.R. (2012) Low temperature fluorination of Sr3Fe2O7-x with polyvinylidine fluoride: an X-ray powder diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy study. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 186. pp. 195-203.
Hale, James and Sadler, Jon (2012) Resilient ecological solutions for urban regeneration. Engineering Sustainability, 165 (1). pp. 59-67. ISSN 1478-4629
Hall, Kelly and Alcock, Pete and Millar, Ross (2012) Start Up and sustainability: marketisation and the Social Enterprise Investment Fund in England. Journal of Social Policy, 41 (04). pp. 733-749. ISSN 0047-2794
Houghton, H.A.G. (2012) The Electronic transcription of Codex Sinaiticus. In: Синайский кодекс и памятники древней христианской письменности: традиции и инновации в современных исследованиях. National Library of Russia, St Petersburg, pp. 38-49. ISBN 978-5-8192-0428-3
Houghton, H.A.G. (2012) The use of the Latin Fathers for New Testament textual criticism. In: The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis (second edition). New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents (42). Brill, Leiden, pp. 375-405. ISBN 9789004236042
Hunt, D.V.L and Lombardi, D.N. and Farmani, R and Jefferson, I and Memon, F.A. and Butler, D and Rogers, C.D.F. (2012) Urban futures and the code for sustainable homes. Engineering Sustainability, 165 (ES1). pp. 37-58.
Ince, Kate (2012) Feminist Phenomenology and the films of Sally Potter. In: Existentialism and Contemporary Cinema: A Beauvoirian Perspective. Berghahn Books, New York, Oxford, pp. 161-173.
Jones, Catherine and Helfer, Gisela and Brandstaetter, Roland (2012) Melatonin receptor expression in the zebra finch brain and peripheral tissues. Chronobiology International. (In Press)
Jarvandi, Soghra and Booth, David A. and Thibault, Louise (2012) Reinforcement of anticipatory eating by short as well as long fasts. Appetite, 59. pp. 224-227.
Kerber, Manfred and Lange, Christoph and Rowat, Colin (2012) Formal representation and proof for cooperative games. In: Symposium on Mathematical Practice and Cognition II. Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), pp. 15-18. ISBN 978-1-908187-10-9
Klijn, Erik-Hans and De rynck, Filip and Skelcher, Chris and Voets, Joris (2012) The democratic character of new institutional governance arrangements: comparing Dutch and Belgian experiences. In: Beyond Fragmentation and Interconnectivity: public governance and the search for connective capacity. IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp. 142-164. ISBN 978-1-60750-997-4
Kanfer, R and Wallace, G and Keane , P A and Phillips, Anna C. (2012) Uveitis and Psychological Stress. Insight, 37 (2). pp. 11-16.
Lemay-Hebert, Nicolas and Pallage, Stephane (2012) Aide internationale et développement en Haïti: bilan et perspective. Haiti Perspectives, 1 (1). pp. 13-16. ISSN 1929-4425
Lange, Christoph and Ion, Patrick and Dimou, Anastasia and Bratsas, Charalampos and Sperber, Wolfram and Kohlhase, Michael and Antoniou, Ioannis (2012) Bringing Mathematics to the Web of Data: the case of the Mathematics subject classification. In: The Semantic Web. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (7295). Springer, pp. 763-777.
Lemay-Hebert, Nicolas (2012) Coerced transitions in Timor-Leste and Kosovo: managing competing objectives of institution-building and local empowerment. Democratization, 19 (3). pp. 465-485. ISSN 1351-0347
Lonsdale, Chris and Hall, Amanda M and Williams, Geoffrey C and McDonough, Suzanne M and Ntoumanis, Nikos and Murray, Aileen and Hurley, Deirdre A (2012) Communication style and exercise compliance in physiotherapy (CONNECT). A cluster randomized controlled trial to test a theory-based intervention to increase chronic low back pain patients' adherence to physiotherapists' recommendations: study rationale, design, and methods. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 13 (1). p. 104. ISSN 1471-2474
Lemay-Hebert, Nicolas (2012) Everyday legitimacy and international administration: global governance and local legitimacy in Kosovo. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, iFIRST. ISSN 1750-2977 (In Press)
Lange, Christoph and Mossakowski, Till and Kutz, Oliver (2012) LoLa: a modular ontology of logics, languages and translations. In: Modular Ontologies, 2012-07-24, Graz, Austria.
Lemay-Hebert, Nicolas (2012) Multiethnicité ou ghettoïsation ? Statebuilding international et partition du Kosovo à l'aune du projet controversé de Mur à Mitrovica. Etudes internationales, 43 (1). pp. 27-47. ISSN 0014-2123
Loman, N. J. and Misra, Raju V and Dallman, Timothy J and Constantinidou, Chrystala and Gharbia, Saheer E and Wain, John and Pallen, Mark J. (2012) Performance comparison of benchtop high-throughput sequencing platforms. Nature Biotechnology, 30 (5). pp. 434-439. ISSN 1087-0156
Lange, Christoph and Ion, Patrick and Dimou, Anastasia and Bratsas, Charalampos and Corneli, Joseph and Sperber, Wolfram and Kohlhase, Michael and Antoniou, Ioannis (2012) Reimplementing the Mathematics subject Classification (MSC) as a Linked Open Dataset. In: Intelligent Computer Mathematics. LNAI (7362). Springer Verlag, pp. 458-462.
Lange, Christoph and Kutz, Oliver and Mossakowski, Till and Grüninger, Michael (2012) The distributed ontology language (DOL): ontology integration and interoperability applied to mathematical formalization. In: Intelligent Computer Mathematics. LNAI (7362). Springer Verlag, pp. 463-467.
Miller, Robin and Millar, Ross and Hall, Kelly (2012) A story of strategic change: becoming a Social Enterprise in English health and social care. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship , 14 (1). pp. 4-22. ISSN 1942-0684
Moss, J and Howlin, P and Magiati, I and Oliver, C (2012) Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. The Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry And Allied Disciplines. (In Press)
Moss, J and Howlin, P and Magiati, I and Oliver, C (2012) Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. The Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry And Allied Disciplines, 53. pp. 882-891.
Millar, Ross and Powell, Martin and Mulla, Abeda (2012) Delivering reform in English healthcare: an ideational perspective. Public Policy and Administration. ISSN 0952-0767
Mahomed, Aziza and Moghadas, Parshia M. and Shepherd, Duncan E.T. and Hukins, David W.L. and Roome, Amy and Johnson, Scott (2012) Effect of Axial Load on the Flexural Properties of an Elastomeric Total Disc Replacement. Spine, 37 (15). E908-E912. ISSN 0362-2436
Moghadas, PM and Mahomed, A and Hukins, DWL and Shepherd, DET (2012) Friction in metal-on-metal total disc arthroplasty: effect of ball radius. Journal of Biomechanics , 45. pp. 504-509.
Miller , Robin and Hall, Kelly and Millar, Ross (2012) New development: spin-outs and social enterprise: the'right to request' programme for health and social care services. Public Money and Management, 32 (3). pp. 233-236. ISSN 0954-0962
Moss, J and Richards, C and Nelson, L and Oliver, C (2012) Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder symptomatology and related behavioural characteristics in persons with Down syndrome. Autism: International Journal of Research and Practise. (In Press)
Miller, Robin and Hall, Kelly and Millar, Ross (2012) Right to Request social enterprises: a welcome addition to third sector delivery of English healthcare. Voluntary Sector Review, 3 (2). pp. 275-285. ISSN 2040-8056
Millar, Ross and Hall, Kelly (2012) Social Return on Investment (SROI) and performance measurement. Public Management Review. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1471-9037 (In Press)
Mudarikwa, L. and Pahwa, K. and Goldwin, J. (2012) Sub-Doppler modulation spectroscopy of potassium for laser stabilization. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 45 (6). 065002. ISSN 0953-4075
Mussell, James (2012) Teaching nineteenth-century periodicals using digital resources: myths and methods. Victorian Periodicals Review, 45 (2). pp. 201-209. ISSN 0709-4698
Mcloughlin, Claire and Batley, Richard (2012) The politics of what works in service delivery: An evidence-based review. Working Paper. Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre.
Miller , Robin (2012) Third Sector Organisations: Unique or simply other qualified providers? Journal of Public Mental Health. ISSN 1746-5729 (In Press)
Macaskie, LE and Humphries, AC and Mikheenko, I. P. and Baxter-Plant, VS and Deplanche, K and Redwood, MD and Bennett, J. A. and Wood, J. (2012) Use of Desulfovibrio and Escherichia coli Pd-nanocatalysts in reduction of Cr(VI) and hydrogenolytic dehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls and used transformer oil. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. ISSN 0268-2575 (In Press)
Mussell, James (2012) 'Characters of Blood and Flame': Stead and the Tabloid Campaign. In: W.T, Stead: Newspaper Revolutionary. British Library, London, pp. 22-36. ISBN 978 0 7123 5866 8
Ntoumanis, Nikos and Taylor, Ian M. and Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie (2012) A longitudinal examination of coach and peer motivational climates in youth sport: Implications for moral attitudes, well-being, and behavioral investment. Developmental Psychology, 48 (1). pp. 213-223. ISSN 0012-1649
Ntoumanis, Nikos and Stebbings, Juliette and Taylor, Ian M. and Spray, Christopher M. (2012) Antecedents of Perceived Coach Interpersonal Behaviors: The Coaching Environment and Coach Psychological Well- and Ill-Being. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology.
Ntoumanis, Nikos and Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie and Ng, J (2012) Motivation Contagion When Instructing Obese Individuals: A Test in Exercise Settings. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (34). pp. 525-538.
Ng, J and Ntoumanis, Nikos and Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie and Deci, E,L and Ryan, Richard M and Duda, Joan L and Williams, Geoffrey C (2012) Self-Determination Theory Applied to Health Contexts: A Meta-Analysis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7 (4). pp. 325-340. ISSN 1745-6916
Orozco, RL and Redwood, MD and Leeke, G and Bahari, A and Santos, RCD and Macaskie, LE (2012) Hydrothermal hydrolysis of starch with CO2 and detoxification of the hydrolysates with activated carbon for bio-hydrogen fermentation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. (In Press)
Oliver, C and Petty, J and Ruddick, L and Bacarese-Hamilton, M (2012) The association between repetitive, self-injurious and aggressive behaviour in children with severe intellectual disability. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. (In Press)
Pogge, Thomas and Cabrera, Luis (2012) Outreach, Impact, Collaboration: Why Academics Should Join to Stand Against Poverty. Ethics and International Affairs. ISSN 0892-6794 (In Press)
Pahwa, K. and Mudarikwa, L. and Goldwin, J. (2012) Polarization spectroscopy and magnetically-induced dichroism of the potassium D_2 lines. Optics Express, 20 (16). p. 17456. ISSN 1094-4087
Porras-Vasquez, Jose and Slater, P.R. (2012) Synthesis and characterisation of oxyanion-doped cobalt containing perovskites. Fuel Cells. ISSN 1615-6846
Porras-Vasquez, Jose and Kemp, T and Hanna, J and Slater, Peter.R. (2012) Synthesis and characterisation of oxyanion-doped manganites for potential application as SOFC cathodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22. pp. 8287-8293.
Porras-Vazquez, J and Slater, Peter.R. (2012) Synthesis of oxyanion-doped barium strontium cobaltferrites: stabilization of the cubic perovskite and enhancement in conductivity. Journal of Power Sources, 209. pp. 180-183.
Powell, Martin and Millar, Ross and Dixon, Anna (2012) What was the programme theory of New Labour's health system reforms? Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 17 (Supp 1). pp. 7-15. ISSN 1355-8196
Redwood, MD and Orozco, RL and Majewski, AJ and Macaskie, LE (2012) An integrated biohydrogen refinery: Synergy of photofermentation, extractive fermentation and hydrothermal hydrolysis of food wastes. Bioresource Technology.
Redwood, MD and Orozco, RL and Majewski, AJ and Macaskie, LE (2012) Electro-extractive fermentation for efficient biohydrogen production. Bioresource Technology. (In Press)
Robinson, Suzanne and WIlliams, Iestyn and Dickinson, Helen and Freeman, Tim and Rumbold, Benedict (2012) Priority-setting and rationing in healthcare: evidence from the English experience. Social Science and Medicine, 75 (12). 2386-2393. ISSN 0277-9536
Richards, C and Oliver, C and Nelson, L and Moss, J (2012) Self-injurious behaviour in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal Of Intellectual Disability Research, 56. pp. 476-489.
Rogers, CDF and Lombardi, DR and Leach, Joanne M and Cooper, RF (2012) The urban futures methodology applied to urban regeneration. Proceedings of ICE Engineering Sustainability, 165 (1). pp. 5-20. ISSN 1478-4629
Soteri-Proctor, Andri and Alcock, Pete (2012) Micro-Mapping: what lies beneath the third sector radar? Voluntary Sector Review, 3 (3). ISSN 2040-8056
Standage, Martyn and Gillison, Fiona B and Ntoumanis, Nikos and Treasure, Darren C (2012) Predicting Students' Physical Activity and Health-Related Well-Being: A Prospective Cross-Domain Investigation of Motivation Across School Physical Education and Exercise Settings. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 2012 (34). pp. 37-60. ISSN 0895-2779
Simpson, M. J. and Tuckett, R. P. (2012) Selected ion flow tube study of the gas-phase reactions of CF+, CF2+, CF3+ and C2F4+ with C2H4, C2H3F, CH2F2 and C2HF3. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116. pp. 8119-8129. ISSN 1089-5639 (In Press)
Symons, F and Devine, D and Oliver , C (2012) Self-injurious behaviour in people with intellectual disability. Journal Of Intellectual Disability Research, 56. pp. 421-426. (In Press)
Smith, Alaric and Shin, J. Felix and Slater, Peter.R. (2012) Synthesis and characterization of oxyanion (phosphate, sulfate) doped Ba\(_2\)Sc\(_2\)\(_-\)\(_y\)Ga\(_y\)O\(_5\). Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 198. pp. 247-252. ISSN 0022-4596
Shin, J. Felix and Joubel, K and Apperley, D.C. and Slater, P.R. (2012) Synthesis and characterization of proton conducting oxyanion doped Ba2Sc2O5. Dalton Transactions, 41. pp. 261-266.
Scott, Duncan and Teasdale, Simon (2012) Whose failure? Learning from the financial collapse of a social enterprise in 'Steeltown'. Voluntary Sector Review, 3 (2). pp. 139-155. ISSN 2040-8056
Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie and Cumming, Jennifer and Ntoumanis, Nikos and Nikitaras, Nikitas (2012) Exercise imagery and its correlates in older adults. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13 (1). pp. 19-25. ISSN 14690292
Thomas, Hywel and Taylor, Celia A and Davison, Ian and Field, Stephen and Gee, Harry and Grant, Janet and Malins, Andrew and Pendleton, Laura and Spencer, Elizabeth (2012) National Evaluation of Specialty Selection: final report. Project Report. University of Birmingham, Birmingham.
Tankink, Carst and Lange, Christoph and Urban, Josef (2012) Point-and-write — documenting formal mathematics by reference. In: Intelligent Computer Mathematics. LNAI (7362). Springer Verlag, pp. 169-185.
Vasta, Giuseppe and Jackson, Timothy J. and Tarte, Edward (2012) Electrical properties of BaTiO3 based ferroelectric capacitors grown on oxide sacrificial layers for micro-cantilevers applications. Thin Solid Films, 520 (7). pp. 3071-3078. ISSN 00406090
Wilson, Alastair (2012) Everettian quantum mechanics without branching time. Synthèse. (In Press)
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Government watchdogs will get a belated stocking stuffer Tuesday when it comes to open meetings.
It could have been a full-fledged Christmas present had lawmakers not watered down the legislation's original language.
House Bill 4687, which takes effect Jan. 1, somewhat strengthens the Illinois Open Meetings Act, requiring local government meeting agendas to set forth the "general subject matter" of any issue that will be up for a final vote. But just how strong the improvement ends up being may be up to the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Bill sponsor Sandra Pihos, R-Glen Ellyn, called the bill a "step in the right direction" toward greater transparency when Gov. Pat Quinn signed it into law in July. She filed the bill in response to constituent complaints about meeting agendas that reveal little, if anything, about issues coming up for final votes.
The Northwest Herald in recent months has highlighted local meeting agendas that arguably fail to meet a minimum standard of informing the public.
An April 21 agenda for a special meeting of the McHenry County College Board of Trustees described a vote to spend $750,000 to buy land for future expansion as a "resolution to make offer." An Aug. 30 special meeting of the Lakemoor Village Board described an impending vote dealing with liquor licenses as "an amendment to ordinance 10-O-22."
In essence, House Bill 4687 allows citizens who believe an agenda item up for a vote is too vague to file a complaint with the attorney general's Public Access Counselor, who has power to enforce open-government laws and can issue binding opinions to clear up ambiguities.
Given that "general subject matter" is open to interpretation – an ordinance number is descriptive to the government that wrote it but not most taxpayers – it likely will fall to a binding opinion to determine the minimum amount of description to pass legal muster.
The original version of Pihos' bill required meeting agendas to be "sufficiently descriptive" to give the public "reasonable notice" of agenda items to be either discussed or voted upon. But the bill met with resistance from the Springfield lobbying groups representing many of Illinois' 7,000 units of government.
The Illinois Municipal League opposed the bill's original language, calling it a "litigation minefield" that could open up any government to legal action based on individuals' interpretations of how descriptive the meeting agenda is.
A Northwest Herald investigation last year revealed that government lobbying groups, financed by tax dollars, actively support bills that curtail open government laws and oppose bills, such as House Bill 4687, aimed at strengthening them.
The public access counselor has issued 26 binding opinions regarding the Freedom of Information and Open Meetings acts since being empowered to do so by a 2010 overhaul of the laws. Fifteen of those opinions were issued this year, one on behalf of a Marengo resident who spent a year trying to get a two-page state disciplinary report about a real estate agent.
House Bill 4687 also sets down more stringent requirements for public bodies to give notice of their meetings. Governments, which already are required to post agendas 48 hours in advance of meetings, must make sure they are accessible for the entire 48-hour period, such as online or in a front window of the building where the meeting is taking place.
Public officials must meet another legal mandate by Jan. 1 under the Open Meetings Act. All elected and appointed members of public bodies subject to the act have until the end of the year to complete the electronic training on the act set up by the public access counselor.
About this series
"No More Excuses" is an ongoing Northwest Herald series regarding the public's right to know in Illinois.
What it means
An improvement to the Illinois Open Meetings Act takes effect Jan. 1, requiring meeting agendas to more clearly describe any item that will be up for a final vote.
On the Net
The legislation is House Bill 4687, which can be found at the Illinois General Assembly website at www.ilga.gov.
To learn more about the state Freedom of Information and Open Meetings acts, visit foia.ilattorneygeneral.net.

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This article first appeared on Bikeradar
Project 1t4i – formerly known as Skil-Shimano – announced Felt as its bike sponsor back in September but we now have a first look at actual team bikes and livery, along with a more complete look at some of the rest of the equipment the riders will use in 2012 and beyond.
Light-and-stiff Felt F1s for the road…
Project 1t4i riders will have their choice of Felt's F-Series or AR carbon machines on the road but at least for now, they're sticking with the former's tried-and-true formula of light weight and high stiffness.
Given the team's close association with Shimano, it's perhaps no surprise that the Osaka component giant will supply virtually all of the finishing kit, including a wide range of tubular and clincher wheels for racing and training, Dura-Ace Di2 electronic transmissions and brakes with SRM power measuring crankarms, carbon bodied Dura-Ace SPD-SL clipless pedals, and aluminum and carbon fiber bars, stems, and seatpost from affiliate PRO.
Italian company Elite supplies bottles and cages and compatriot Vittoria is in the process of equipping the team with an army of tires – including some prototypes. Topping things off are Selle Italia saddles with specific models based on rider preferences.
Not only is the componentry electric but so is the paint job. Project 1t4i mostly sticks with Felt's matte clearcoat base finish on the F1 but jazzes it up with a bit of neon green. It's at once understated yet highly visible – and seems perfectly suited for a 'team replica' model to be offered to public later.
…and sleek DAs for time trials
For time trials, Felt is supply Project 1t4i with its proven DA platform, dressed up in similar neon green highlights and wearing similar build kits – albeit in corresponding aero variants, of course. Key changes include deeper front wheels and disc rears in most cases, Elite's more aerodynamically friendly Kit Time Trial carbon fiber cage and bottle package, PRO's Missile Evointegrated carbon fiber aerobar, and TRP-made linear-pull brakes tucked under the chain stays.
PRO also goes a step further, machining its own custom stems that specifically work with Felt's DA front end and profile perfectly with the rest of the Missile Evo setup. Custom machined aluminum bridges on some bikes also tie the rear extension ends together for additional stiffness and stability.
Vittoria again provides tires though in contrast to the ultra-skinny rubber many are used to seeing on time trial machines, Project 1t4i may be moving towards noticeably fat, 25mm-wide tires depending on wind tunnel data.
As for the wind tunnel testing itself, we'll have more on that later. Stay tuned.
To view the team's 2012 racing kit, click here.


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An Official Plan is a statutory document which sets out land use policy to guide future development and manage growth. The Plan lays the "foundation" for building a good community. It provides a vision of the City, identifies how the vision can be reached, and establishes a monitoring program for checking progress and making necessary adjustments. All development in Markham must conform to the City's approved Official Plan.
The Official Plan describes Council's policies on how land should be used and land use approvals granted, and helps to ensure that future planning and development. The Official Plan includes policies on where new housing, industry, offices and shops will be located; what services like roads, watermains, sewers, parks and schools will be needed; when, and in what order, parts of the City will grow. A number of Secondary Plans form part of the Official Plan, each of which provides more specific land use policies and direction for lands within Markham. The Official Plan must conform to the planning policies established by the Province and the Region of York.
Whenever a development application is proposed, the Official Plan is consulted to ensure the proposal is consistent with its provisions.
The Official Plan should be used as a reference document in conjunction with more detailed Secondary Plans and Zoning By-laws.
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Terri Voltz
29th January 2007, 05:11 AM
MVD. I hate the term. Rudy had such a hard night last night and right now isn't breathing well. My vet is not really up on all this...so I'm turning to you folks. Last night at 4:00 AM he was clawing at his cage (which USED to be his comfort place) to get out....panting and drooling, which he never does. He seemed desperate to get out for whatever reason. We let him out potty, gave him some fresh water, and then he just sat there with a panic look in his eyes. We let him come to bed with us, but he paced, and laid down, got up and repeated this until about 6:00 am when he was finally able to lay down and get some rest. All day he seems different. I'm in total turmoil...I so love him but I think it might be time. He can't seem to get comfortable in any position. I'm telling my husband that I don't think we're doing him any service by letting this go on. The last few mornings,, and when I got up this morning, and I was at the bathroom sink, he just sits there like a statute, with his throat extented, his head held up, and just looks at me without hardly moving. It is so unlike his normal sweet easygoing manner. It seems as though he is in total pain or something. I have read somewhere (maybe here??) that MVD is not characteristic of pain....but that's what I seem to be reading in his face and eyes. HELP!!! I want to do the right thing for him. Right now as I'm writing this, it's between tears and sobs....so forgive me. My hustband is a total basketcase...any advise????? I'm leaning towards euthenizing him this week, but if anyone has any words to convince me otherwise....I'm WIDE open. Love-and thanks-Terri :(


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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Chipotle advertisement
The animation makes us hunger for a simpler time when farms were small and animals were free to go wherever they chose, without fences, before there were assembly lines and food was transported in tractor trailers on highways.
What year was that exactly? I'm not quite sure. But whenever it was, I want the time machine to that year.
Yet, I can see for myself that Chipotle makes its burritos on an assembly line right in front of the customer. Chipotle's "Food with Integrity" position on animal production is quite good, but surely the meat comes from very large farms with thousands of animals. I know Chipotle food reaches the restaurant in tractor trailers on highways. Perhaps the imagery overreaches what a fast-food restaurant can be expected to achieve.
The song makes me want to go to my town's farmers market, which is open on Wednesdays. I will still eat at Chipotle, sometimes, but I know what I'm buying.
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- Tom Dickey said...
Nostalgia is a very interesting phenomenon. We use the word only when thinking about 'good times' and we don't think about the rest of the conditions that existed. Before meats were transported in trucks (of any kind) people in cities were generally limited to meats that had been preserved by drying or smoking or curing with salt.
- Aaron said...
Yes, Tom, and it was better that way - for everyone. The process of food production today is poisoning us. Better to eat more vegetables and less meat, but meat that is at least raised with compassion and consideration.
- Oskar said...
perhaps you should at least research the farms a bit before casting the ol' "must come from very large farms with thousands of animals."
Their pork still comes from Niman Ranch who sells a lot of pork - but it's coming off over hundreds of family farms, using some of the best animal husbandry and sustainability practices in the country (I know some of them personally).
If you want to press Chipotle in a constructive way - challenge their reluctance to sign a Fair Food Agreement with CIW....that's where their integrity falls flat....
and yes, go to the farmer's market - but if our food system is going to improve, we need all shapes and sizes to make it work, and we can't just circle the wagons against anyone not raising, dressing, and curing their own hogs in the backyard.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 14, 2010) - For the third time in five seasons, the ETSU men's basketball team looked on as the Stetson Hatters came into the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center and left with an Atlantic Sun Conference victory.
The Buccaneers relinquished an 11-point second half lead in front of 4,003 fans at the Mini-Dome, as Stetson went 10-of-25 from 3-point range to manage the 54-52 victory Thursday night. ETSU had a shot at the end to tie the game as Stetson's A.J. Smith missed the front end of a one-and-one, but junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) went coast-to-coast only to have his layup attempt fall short at the buzzer.
"It's a tough loss. We didn't play well," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team dropped to 8-9 overall, 4-2 in league play. "I want to commend Derek (Waugh) and his team. They played a good game. We felt OK after the first half, but we obviously struggled on the offensive end in the second half. I can't tell you how disappointed I am with this one."
ETSU led by eight 27-19 at the break, and though the game was not the up-and-down type that the Bucs would enjoy, they still held a somewhat comfortable lead.
However, after a Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) 3-pointer found the bottom of the net to open the second half and make it 30-19 in favor of ETSU, Stetson went on a 19-5 run over the next nine minutes to take a 38-35 lead. The Bucs responded to regain the edge at 43-40, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Mark Lohuis and Brandon Williams made it 46-43 with just over six minutes left on the clock.
ETSU tied the game at 46, but from there was never able to take the lead again. Even so, the Bucs did have a pair of opportunities to tie the game, as freshman guard Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) went to the line for a one-and-one with 21 seconds left and the game at 52-50 in favor of the Hatters. He missed the front end, however, and after a pair of makes by Smith that put the score at 54-50, the Bucs final score of the game came on a layup by junior forward Micah Williams (Manchester) with seven seconds left.
Stetson, which improved to 4-11, 2-5, was led by 12 points apiece from Lohuis and Williams, while Smith and Ridge Graham finished with 10 apiece. Meanwhile, the Bucs got a game high 13 from Micah Williams, while Tubbs finished with 12.
The Hatters shot 42 percent from the floor and 40 percent from 3-point range, while the Bucs hit on just 38 percent from the floor and a 2-of-14 clip (14 percent) from 3-point range. Stetson turned the ball over 17 times and was outrebounded 34-28.
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LaSALLE – Admit it, Dixon sports fans. You'd be hard-pressed to remember the last time you heard a fellow Dukes fan say, "That was great blocking by Sterling" on a Friday night.
Sterling faithful, you likely haven't overheard "That's a nice piece of hitting" while a Duke was batting against a Warrior.
And Rock Falls apologists, there's no way you said, "That's a good call" after a blocking foul was called as a Warrior drove to the hoop.
But something pretty cool happens on the golf course. And it happened in an epic way Tuesday afternoon, as the Sauk Valley swept the sectional berths at Oak Ridge Golf Club.
But first, step into my way-back machine, even if we're not going too far back. Set the dial for Sept. 11, 2013, when the Warriors edged the Rockets at Emerald Hill Golf Course.
I spent a lot of time that evening with Larry and Julie Rehmert. Naturally, they cheered their son, Zach, during the dual meet. But they spent as much time – if not more – cheering for the hated Rockets.
How dare they? Don't they know these kids are like oil and water? Cats and dogs? Like Jets and Sharks?
OK, I know I lost a large portion of the readership with that last analogy.
What I was able to confirm a few minutes after the regional meet is that is not, in fact, the case. I already knew where (most of…one Rock Falls parents did say they "want blood" leading into the aforementioned dual meet) the parents stood.
Roll call.
"That's awesome, that all three teams got through," Zach Rehmert said moments after the scores were posted.
"I think it's pretty great having everyone from the Sauk Valley," Trevor Sisson said. "You really know all the kids, and it's fun to compete with them."
"I think it's fun having players we know from the area, all advancing together," Rock Falls senor Andrew Tichler said.
After we watched his son tee off on No. 14 on Tuesday, I broached the possibility of the Sauk Valley squads sweeping with Terry Tichler.
"My gosh," he said, his mouth dropping open and his eyes widening. "That would mean so much to me. I would be thrilled."
A few holes later, I pulled up alongside Trevor Sisson's parents, Mark and Brenda. They'd already plied me with water and a rehash of the Sterling senior's round thus far.
As we watched Trevor and his Rock Falls playing buddy (not a clever term. They're actually good friends. I know, right? Crazy!) Cooper Kilberg convert their pars, I brought up Kilberg's tee shot.
"I thought it was going in," Mark said. "That would've been amazing. It would've been the story of the day."
"He's a cool kid," Trevor said. "I've played with him twice this year. We get along good, and I usually play good when I play with him."
That sort of sportsmanship won't surprise any of the coaches involved. Sterling's C.J. Wade and Dixon's Pat Lessner have given lessons to members of the "opposing" squads. And Tom Frank, in his 15th year coaching the Rockets, caught up with Ryan Hurley's parents. Their first question most times was how his athletes were faring.
"It's anything but a mean, nasty rivalry," Frank said. "Our kids are friends with their kids. It's really a friendly rivalry on the golf course."
As I darted around the patio outside the clubhouse, trying to secure all my interview subjects, Lessner had a great idea.
"Say, why don't you get a picture of all three teams together?" he posed.
I figured it wasn't the best time to tell him that I'm not a real photographer, nor have I played one on TV. But smartphones have a way of making novices like me look pretty serviceable, and I figured this would double as a way to make sure no one got away before I tortured – er, interviewed – them.
So we gathered everyone around the clubhouse and got a pretty slick picture.
There it was (and it's on Twitter, so it's official). In my lexicon, it was like Brewers, Cubs and Cardinals, happily co-existing.


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After the break, read Josh Sawyer's final preview of the Gun Runners' Arsenal…
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A Loft of Lofty Workspaces and Desks
Danish designer Søren Rose Kjær of Søren Rose Studio has been on our radar since the unveiling of the Milk and the space-saving, Mini Milk desks, both the sort of idealized workspace one Pinterests as, "dream desks." Is it really a surprise his own Tribeca loft would be home to a numerous amount of amazing dream desks throughout?
Two additional examples of Søren Rose's own desk designs, the Mini Milk (top) and the Volleyball Edition (bottom), a table and an armoire made from recycled gymnasium floorboards.
Check out the more photos of Søren Rose Kjær's Tribeca loft here.


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I'm always baffled by the issues that the Christian right deems to be important, in contrast to the issues they either don't care about or strongly support. Pete Wehner has similar thoughts at Commentary magazine, noting a recent Mike Huckabee commercial telling Christians to vote based on the Bible but only caring about gay rights, abortion and religious liberty.
Now I'm quite sympathetic to those who believe religious faith has a place in the public square. But I find the ad Governor Huckabee appeared in to be problematic, perhaps because I tend to be wary of those who claim we know which votes will have eternal significance and, in the process, can provide us with the hierarchy of God's concerns.
It's not at all clear to me, for example, that a vote against the same-sex marriage initiative in Maryland has more eternal significance that our policies on genocide, world hunger, sexual trafficking, slavery, religious persecution in Islamic and Communist nations, and malaria and global AIDS. A study at the University of British Columbia found that George W. Bush's President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) saved 1.2 million lives in just its first three years. Might that have more eternal significance than knocking on doors for Todd Akin?
Personally, I couldn't care less what a non-existent deity cares about. I care about what believers think their god cares about only because it tells me the kinds of gods they create for themselves and where their priorities lie. But if you care more about stopping gay people from getting married than you do about protecting the environment, preventing starvation and malnutrition or the horrible effects of war, your priorities — and your alleged "family values" — are well and truly fucked.


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Elliott Gives Blues Another Shutout, Beat Wild 2-0
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The St. Louis Blues are in full acceleration, and the Minnesota Wild have hit a tough skid.
Eleven days ago, they were on opposite paths. Brian Elliott was a little-used backup goalie then.
Elliott notched his third straight shutout, stretching his streak to 189 minutes, 31 seconds without a goal, and the Blues won their sixth consecutive game by beating the Wild 2-0 on Thursday night.
"Chemistry is that elusive animal that you try to catch up to," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. "When you've got it, it feels like you're never going to lose. When you don't have it, it feels like you're never going to win. … We've got a real good spirit, and we don't want to let go of the rope."
These turnarounds have been uncanny since the beginning of the month. The Blues beat the Wild on the road 4-1 on April 1 and haven't lost since. The Wild have barely been able to score.
"We have nothing to apologize for and nothing to feel sorry about," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "We played, obviously, a strong team, and we played a good game."
Roman Polak ended a 120-game streak without a goal, and Andy McDonald also scored, sending the Wild to their sixth loss in eight games. They have been shut out in three of four, the only times they have been blanked all season. The Wild have six goals in six games, and their scoreless streak is at 121 minutes, 25 seconds.
Jason Pominville's shot hit the post in the opening minutes. An inch the other way, and this game could have gone differently.
The last time the Blues won at least six straight was Oct. 22-Nov. 7, 2010, a seven-game streak. They have given up five goals during the run.
St. Louis captain David Backes described the Blues' struggles in February and March as "soul-searching" for the rhythm they enjoyed last season.
Elliott, who won his fifth straight decision, took over to start the second period on April 1 when starter Jaroslav Halak reinjured his groin and has been unbeatable since. An afterthought in February and March, whose struggles were obvious in that stretch when he did play, Elliott was even sent to the AHL for a two-game tuneup.
He was given only one start in a 22-game stretch for the Blues until that day Halak was hurt.
Elliott made 23 saves. He has stopped 118 of the last 122 shots he has faced. The Blues improved to 14-7-1 on the road, including five wins in a row, the third-best mark in the NHL behind conference leaders Chicago and Pittsburgh. After playing at Columbus on Friday, they have seven of their final eight games at home.
The Blues are in sixth place in the Western Conference with 48 points. The Wild are seventh with 46 points, but they have played one more game than the Blues. Ninth-place Phoenix has 42 points.
"There is a lot of gripping the stick really tight and a lot of tension," Yeo said. "If we think it's intense and emotional and it's tough right now, where we want to get to, the big 'P' word, it gets a little bit more. So this is part of it, learning how to deal with it."
Though the Wild's offense has wilted lately after injuries to key forwards Dany Heatley and Matt Cullen, their depth on defense is a concern. Stalwart Ryan Suter, the league leader in time on ice, was noticeably missing during parts of the second and third periods. Suter played 30-plus minutes in each of the last two games. Yeo said he is confident Suter will be fine, without specifying an injury.
The Blues, on the other hand, have been given a jolt of energy on their blue line since acquiring veterans Jordan Leopold and Jay Boumeester in separate trades before the deadline. Their winning streak began the first night Leopold suited up, and Boumeester joined the next game. The defense has been stifling since then.
That is what the Wild want to get back to.
"We obviously can't sit here and feel sorry for ourselves. We've got to pull up our sleeves and dig deep and find a way," Pominville said.
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Style # 195268
With a sheer mesh stripe across an off-shoulder cut and textured bodycon design, this bebe dress is a sexy way to bare those shoulders. Offers a soft lightweight stretch. Try it with an ornate belt and pair of python sandals for hot after-dark look. Center back to hem: 28"/71 cm.
- 92% nylon, 8% spandex
- Hand wash
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Texture Mesh Inset Dress is rated out of 5 by 8.
Rated 4 out of 5 by BocaGirl from Pretty dress - sizing off. Love the dress, but the online size chart resulted in a dress that's too snug. Really need one size up. Can't wear this one and have to donate it.
Date published: 2012-10-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by MellyMel from Fit like a glove I am 5'4" 130lbs and ordered size p/s. The material is very breathable and has a lot of stretch and snap back to it to hold everything in. Dress stops maybe 4in above my knee: not too long or short. Got tons of compliments wearing this dress!!
Date published: 2012-10-16
Rated 4 out of 5 by Bellavn from A combination between Sexiness and Cuteness I thought I would have to fix the waist like some customers said, but it came out just fine, not too huge gap at all (probably a good idea when sometimes you want your waist to take a breathe). I love the style right at the second I saw it here. If you like sth elegant, sexy as well as cute, you should invest in this dress. I can't wait to show off in it!!! ;) <3
Date published: 2012-10-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by kimishine from Buy it!! "I love this dress, its sexy, fun and comfortable!! You can wear it to work or even out to have a couple of drinks with the girls..."
Date published: 2012-08-23
Rated 4 out of 5 by suncherry from Great but there are buts... "In addition to what is below, if I could I would change the stars from 4 to 1. Nothing helped - the dress just doesn't fit well, the waist part is really off...It's a good dress and I like how I look in it - in the front ). However I completely agree with Eee's review - ..it gave me a huge gap for my waist: something that is certainly not expected for a dress that is supposed to be a body con type... For me there is a solution - the dress is too long, when I pulled it down, somehow that bubble in the waist dissapeared. I am going to alter the lenth - to shorten it, and I hope the dress will be great after that. (I am XXS or XS, 5'3 and 105)There is one more thing - when I put on the dress, I saw huge bold patches on it. It turned out the horizontal ribbin that the dress features can be pressed down (it should be so) or up - giving bold patches visual effect - which happened to my dress, partly. I hope when I wash it and iron it in one direction, it will be ok."
Date published: 2012-05-17
Rated 3 out of 5 by rada from Very nice dress but runs way too big! "I purchased the P/S and it is just huge everywhere. I usually wear an XXS, so sometimes I have the P/S dresses altered, but this dress is very very big. I altered it and it looks much better."
Date published: 2012-05-16
Rated 1 out of 5 by eee from Great if You're Waistless "I'm 5'2 100lbs and I got a P/S. My sister who is larger got an M/L. I'm 32C-24-32.5 so my hip is certainly not too big for my waist, yet the dress fits very tight for my chest, fits my hip well, but it gave me a huge gap for my waist: something that is certainly not expected for a dress that is supposed to be a body con type. My sister has the same exact problem, so both of us returned the dresses.If you look at how the dress is cut when it is laid down flat it is basically a straight line from the chest to the hip - no waist."
Date published: 2012-04-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by genp from Adorable I got this dress and I was afraid that white color would make me look big but actually I like it's really cute and I ordered the green sandals in the pic to go with it. I got the small and it doesn't fit too tight so I think it runs true too size.
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A Lancaster man and woman are behind bars in connection with the shooting death of a Kershaw man late last month.
Ketta Tomaka Evans, 34, 715 St. Paul St., and David Jamarcus Stalk, 23, 415 E. Dunlap St., have each been charged with murder and attempted armed robbery.
Authorities say the two are responsible for the death of Kevisis Anthony, who was reportedly shot Jan. 26 in the area of St. Paul and Pleasant Hill streets. Anthony, 32, died two days later from his injuries.
A Kershaw Correctional Institution (KCI) officer found himself behind bars earlier this month after he was charged with allegedly furnishing tobacco products for inmates.
Junior Saint Xavier James, 48, of Charlotte, was arrested Feb. 1 on charges of furnishing contraband to prisoners and criminal conspiracy to furnish contraband, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.
James worked at KCI, which is located along Gold Mine Highway, about four miles northeast of the town of Kershaw.
A Kershaw woman is dead, and her husband arrested after an alleged domestic dispute late Monday night, Feb. 11.
Joseph Daniel Hilton, 62, 8992 Old Jefferson Highway, Kershaw, has been charged with murdering his wife, Deborah Faile Hilton, 59, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office press release.
Deputies were called to the couple's home at 11:53 p.m. after Joseph Hilton called 911 to report he had shot his wife, said Lancaster County Sheriff's Office Maj. Matt Shaw
Richard Patterson, the chairman of the Big Thursday of Lancaster Inc. Scholarship Fund, had reason to beam at the annual check presentations at the Carole Ray Dowling Center at the University of South Carolina Lancaster on Thursday, Feb. 7.
Patterson presented two checks, each totaling $22,500, to the University of South Carolina Lancaster and Clemson University.
The S.C. Department of Transportation has good news for residents who live on some of Lancaster County's worst roads: Those roads are getting much-needed face-lifts.
According to an SCDOT spokesman, the project is to include three roads: Taxahaw Road, Potter Road in the south and southeast part of the county and Shelley Mullis Road in Indian Land.
A Kershaw woman is dead, and her husband arrested, after an alleged domestic dispute late Monday night, Feb. 11.
Deputies were called to the couple's home at 11:53 p.m. after Joseph Hilton called 911 to report he had shot his wife, the release said.
Authorities say the two are responsible for the death of Kevisis Anthony, who was reportedly shot Jan. 26 in the area of St. Paul and Pleasant Hill Streets. Anthony, 32, died two days later from his injuries.
A battle over no parking signs inside a small Indian Land neighborhood made its way to Lancaster County Council last month.
Panhandle resident Erwin Feiner, who lives along Largo Lane in the Arlington neighborhood, brought his concerns about such signs, and the legality of towing cars along county roads, to council's Jan. 28 meeting.
More changes are coming to the city of Lancaster's ongoing Streetscape beautification project along South Main Street.
At a special meeting Wednesday, Feb. 6, City Council voted 6-0 to approve a suggestion regarding an old water line and a driveway request from affected property owners.
Councilwoman Tamara Green Garris was absent from the meeting.
Despite an administrative snafu, Lancaster County Council approved matching a federal grant for the
Indian Land Volunteer Fire Department during its meeting late last month.
Council voted 6-0 at its Jan. 28 meeting to approve a $2,000 local match to fund a new breathing air compressor for the fire department. Councilman Steve Harper was absent from the vote on a previously scheduled trip.
The amount is 5 percent of the total grant, with $38,000 funded by the federal government.
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(NEW YORK) — Prosecutors do not want a "witch doctor" to take the stand in the defense of an African man accused of killing a New York City college student, according to court documents and the defendant's attorney.
The first-degree murder trial of Bakary Camara, 42, a Senagalese man accused of killing Rita Morelli, a student and co-worker at a Manhattan clothing shop, is set to begin Tuesday. After his arrest last year, Camara allegedly told police that evil spirits led him to stab Morelli, 36, to death in her apartment. He has since pleaded not guilty.
"The people respectfully request the court to preclude the defense from calling a 'witch doctor' at trial," Manhattan prosecutor Evan Krutoy wrote the judge last week, according to documents first obtained by the New York Post.
"It is difficult to imagine how a 'witch doctor' could be qualified in a court of law," the prosecutor added. "The defense cannot credibly argue that witchcraft is a profession [with] scientific knowledge or skill."
Camara's lawyer, however, objects to characterizing her witness as a "witch doctor."
"That's not my term. I wouldn't call him that," Camara's attorney, Seema Iyer, said. "I'd call him a spiritual adviser."
Iyer said she could not discuss the strategy for defending her client in detail, but said she would "soon be in court to talk about who can testify."
Camara was arrested last year after cops found him in his own apartment trying to commit suicide. A note found in his apartment allegedly read, "I killed Rita."
Camara later allegedly told police the evil spirits told him to kill Morelli, an Italian national with whom he worked at clothing store 7 for All Mankind.
"They put a curse on me," the note read.
It is unclear whether Camara and Morelli were involved romantically.
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Once you get beyond the play's title, you'll more than likely find South Coast Repertory's new production, "The [Expletive] With the Hat," is a grim and gripping urban drama laced with moments of outrageous hilarity.
The play's blatantly comedic elements effectively set up the visceral dramatic sequences in Stephen Adly Guirgis' richly raucous and ribald romp on SCR's Julianne Argyros Stage under the relentless direction of Michael John Garces.
The play unfolds in a seedy underbelly of New York City, where drug abuse and alcoholism run rampant and sexual tension bubbles over. Underscoring this scenario is the series of fragmented settings created by scenic designer Nephelie Andonyadis and bolstered by Leah Piehl's gritty costumes and Tom Ontiveros' stark lighting designs.
The central character, Jackie (Tony Sancho), has just returned from a prison stint to find that his girlfriend, Veronica (Elisa Bocanegra), has a stranger's hat on her bedroom table, hence the play's title. Discovery of the identity of the hat's owner becomes a critical issue in a volatile relationship.
Attempting to calm the storm is Ralph D. (Larry Bates), Jackie's AA sponsor, whose imprint on the plot magnifies as the play progresses. Fringe characters include Ralph's wife Victoria (Cristina Frias) and Jackie's strange cousin Julio (Christian Barillas).
Sancho's emotions simmer and boil in a commendable performance. However, it's the raw vocal power of Bates (who also impressed in SCR's "Fences," "Topdog/Underdog" and "Jitney") that commands the second act. These two actors are thrust into a seething faceoff late in the play that will have audience members on the edge of their seats.
Bocanegra delivers a searing performance of lusty abandon, her ample body clad in bra and panties for much of the show. Frias, with less input, punctuates her scenes beautifully, while Barillas takes on a nebulously written character that tends to dissolve amid the high-voltage histrionics.
Dialogue in the key of F pervades the SCR show, much of it unleashed at the top of actors' voices. The playwright claims his work is "about growing up, accepting responsibility," but Garces' production leans heavily on dramatic tension, laced by moments of high comedy.
It's a fierce body blow to the senses at South Coast Repertory.
A new reading of 'Chapter Two'
Only Neil Simon could find belly laughs in a story of a man emotionally ravaged by the death of his wife — a circumstance that he himself had recently endured.
Simon's great loss — and the rediscovery of romance with actress Marsha Mason — inspired his 1973 comedy "Chapter Two," now on stage at the Laguna Playhouse under the crisp staging of the theater's former artistic director, Andrew Barnicle.
There are punch lines aplenty in the first act of this sprightly revival, as a novelist reaches tentatively for a relationship while still tormented by his personal tragedy. But the honeymoon's over in a hurry — too much of a hurry — in the second as the protagonists go at each other like George and Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Simon's sudden shift of gears is jarring, and basically without foundation, save for the universal playwrights' directive that any script's two lovers must first be driven apart so that they may reconcile in the end. Little motivation is offered for the split other than the novelist's lingering grief.
This would be more of a problem were it not for the capabilities of Barnicle's terrific cast, headed by Geoffrey Lower as the bereft writer and Caroline Kinsolving as the divorced actress who rescues and loves him. Both are pitch-perfect in their interpretations, with Kinsolving hitting both the comic and dramatic high notes with superior voltage.
Lower, as the playwright's doppelganger, skillfully enacts the initial encounter, covering his nervousness with witty remarks, as one might expect from a man of letters. Kinsolving allows her reticence to vanish as her attraction mounts, then brings a Vesuvius-like temper to bear when the luster fades (shortly after the wedding).
Providing comic relief in a comedy are Kevin Ashworth as Lower's roue of a brother, married but still chalking up conquests, and Leslie Stevens as Kinsolving's buddy, pursuing the elusive meaningful relationship.
Simon gives Ashworth's character a lengthy, and superfluous, scene as he attempts to slow Kinsolving's romantic pace for the sake of his still-wounded brother. Stevens, likewise, has an extended diatribe about her thwarted affair while clad only in a bedsheet.
Set and costume designer Bruce Goodrich has given the principals contrasting apartment settings, given their economic status — spacious and well-furnished for him and limited in dimension for her. Sound and lighting effects, by Corinne Carrillo and Donald Guy, respectively, are excellent.
"Chapter Two" is Neil Simon's most personal project in a career that spans more than a half century. It's given a rousing revival by a splendid company at the Laguna Playhouse.
If You Go
What: "The [Expletive] With the Hat"
Where: South Coast Repertory, Julianne Argyros Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa
When: 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays until Jan. 27
Cost: $20 to $70
Information: (714) 708-5555 or http://www.scr.org
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What: "Chapter Two"
Where: Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach
When: 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays (with additional performances at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 and 2 p.m. Jan. 24) until Feb. 3
Cost: $35 to $65
Information: (949) 497-2787 or http://www.lagunaplayhouse.com


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What do you do if you receive a document file and you're not completely sure it's legit? You're always told not to open documents if you're not sure of their origin and all the real action in malicious code is in the compromise of popular document formats like XLS and PDF.
The best thing you can do is to apply security updates quickly and to run updated anti-malware products, but these are no guarantee, especially when older Office formats are involved. For this reason, Microsoft has released a tool to analyze the older generation of Office documents, most famously .DOC, .XLS and .PPT.OffVis 1.0 is a beta tool and some basic stuff, like help files, are missing. But you can see where it's going. The program has pluggable "parsers" for different file types and to look for specific known vulnerabilities in the file formats. This version can read any OLE Structured Storage file, the basic file structure of the older Office generations and detects 8 Office file format vulnerabilities. Microsoft chose these based on prevalence in the wild.
OffVis is definitely a techie tool, not worth the effort of most users. It builds a tree of objects in the file that you can examine for suspicious content. In a malicious file you can parse right down to the malicious code which, because you're not running in the actual Office program, won't execute.
Don't know what looks normal in an OLE Structured Storage file? Microsoft is producing a 30 minute video to show how to use OffVis to tell you how to analyze them. When it's ready they will announce it on the same Security Research & Defense blog on which they announced OffVis.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 21st Oct 2012 15:11 UTC
The Next Web: "Google has also been working with Samsung to launch a 10-inch tablet, confirming leaks which suggested Google had teamed up with the Korean manufacturer for another device. Our source tells us that internally the tablet goes under the name 'Codename Manta', runs Google's new Android 4.2 operating system (previously referred to as Key Lime Pie, but is set to retain the Jelly Bean branding), and will offer a 2560x1600 pixel (10:16) resolution, which we believe will offer around 300 pixels per inch compared to the new iPad's 264 PPI." Between the iPad and this supposed Android tablet... Poor Surface. Poor, poor Surface.
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"The print industry has. This is what every electronic display seeks to emulate. As they should.
Everyone else has realized that it's pointless to try to emulate paper "
Everyone else apparently doesn't include Google, Samsung, Acer and several other android oems.
Cellulose is only part of the equation and obviously not what I'm talking about, whereas being able to draw a straight line is valuable in design of any type. I'm not sure why people see visible pixels as something that never needs to change. The tech is ready, we can easily move beyond it (especially on desktops) and don't have to move even one bit farther, but suddenly it's a race because someone took a step forward.


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The Parnall story is unique in the history of British
aviation; for some twenty two years the name of Parnall was associated
with the development of a range of types but none was built in quantity by
that firm. Had inventiveness and design quality had anything to do with
it, Parnall aircraft would probably have achieved much more.
Parnall and Sons of Mivart Street, Eastville, Bristol was a wood-working
firm of note in the period before the First World War WWI. The demands of
war brought many new arrivals into the world of aircraft production and
the company received large orders from the Admiralty for aircraft designed
elsewhere, principally Avro 504's and Short 827's. The quality of
workmanship and enthusiasm for the new product was soon apparent and it
brought an enquiry in 1916 for a design of their own to meet a requirement
for a coastal defence aircraft. At that time the principal threat to
Britain was seen as Zeppelin attacks and a specially designed fighter was
sought to counter this threat. Parnall's first indigenous aircraft,
designed by A. Camden Pratt was called the Scout, a large single-seater,
two-bay biplane powered by a 230hp Sunbeam Maori, with an upward-firing
gun mounted on its upper wing. It acquired various nicknames including
"Zeppelin Chaser" and "Zepp Straffer" but the design was not a success as
it was too heavy; it is believed that only two flights were made.
A batch of Fairey Hamble Babys were built and another enquiry came for a
shipboard reconnaissance plane. For this work the Admiralty released the
services of Harold Bolas, an engineer who had been instrumental in
designing flying-boat hulls. Bolas's first design for Parnall was the
remarkable Panther; among its notable features was a birch plywood
monocoque fuselage of some depth with the pilot and observer placed high
offering them an all-round view. The fuselage was hinged for shipboard
stowage; for ditching the plane had a hydrovane ahead of the undercarriage
as well as air-bag floatation gear. Official tests in 1918 were
disappointing as performance was only marginally better than the 1.1/2
Strutter which it was designed to replace but 312 aircraft were ordered
from the firm. Around this time Parnall and Sons was acquired by W. & T.
Avery Ltd. who considered prospects in the aircraft industry poor with the
ending of hostilities. An attempt by the Admiralty to reduce the order led
to a disagreement with the result that Parnall ceased aircraft manufacture
and production passed to Filton where 150 were built during 1919 and 1920.
In service the aircraft performed well being described as delightful to
fly with none of the vices associated with large rotary engines, however
deck landings on ships were hazardous in this period and the accident rate
was high. Late production Panthers were fitted with oleo undercarriage and
remained in service until 1926. Two aircraft were acquired by the US Navy
and 12 were supplied to Japan.
Despite this setback, the name Parnall was to reappear when George Geach
Parnall formed a new company, George Parnall & Co. Ltd. with a handful of
previous employees and opened the Coliseum Works in Park Row, Bristol in
1921. The first design, also by Bolas, was another naval aircraft: the
Puffin. This was a large two seat, two bay amphibious biplane powered by a
450hp Napier Lion engine. The fuselage was mounted above a large central
float which contained wheels that could be lowered through a vertical
slot, large out-rigger floats were fitted on the lower planes. The
observer was equipped with a Scarf ring and had an un-interrupted field of
fire as the fin and rudder were mounted beneath the fuselage. Three
prototypes were built but production was not proceeded with.
More successful was Bolas's next design, the pretty Plover naval fighter:-
a single bay wooden biplane powered by one 436hp Bristol Jupiter IV
engine. With the pilot placed high for a good view over the short nose and
close-cowled radial engine, it could almost have come from the Filton
drawing boards. Amphibious wheeled floats were tested and one was fitted
with an A.S.Jaguar radial. The Plover had a good performance but only six
were built for service in 1923; the Royal Navy preferring the Fairey
Flycatcher despite its lower speed. One Plover was entered in the 1926
King's Cup Air Race but failed to finish.
Centrally-mounted engines powering wing-mounted airscrews was a concept
that was explored with the large four-engined Bristol Tramp, the twin-engined
Boulton Paul Bodmin and the next design to emerge from Parnall, the single
engined Possum. Both the Tramp and the Possum were triplanes with twin
tractor airscrews driven by shafts from the fuselage. The Possum was
officially described as a "postal aircraft" - a curious designation for an
aircraft having gun positions in the nose and amidships! It was truly a
"concept demonstration" machine. The centrally-located 450hp Napier Lion
engine had side mounted radiators which could be retracted in flight to
achieve additional streamlining. The Possum fared rather better than the
Tramp, which never flew, and performed well, making a public appearance at
the 1923 Hendon Pageant. Despite having proved the practicality of its
layout it was regarded as something of a curiosity by the pilots that flew
it from Martlesham Heath in Suffolk. Experience revealed insufficient
advantages to support any further development of this concept.
In 1923 the Daily Mail and the Duke of Sutherland sponsored competitions
designed to stimulate light aircraft development; Parnall entered a single
seat low wing monoplane, the Pixie, built in two forms with 13hp and 26hp
Douglas engines. The Pixie won the £500 Abdulla Company prize for speed.
The aircraft produced for the 1923 Lympne Trials were unrealistic machines
being too lightly-powered to be flown in even modest winds and in 1924 the
Air Council announced another competition for higher powered two seaters.
Bolas revised the Pixie to produce both a monoplane and a biplane with an
upper wing called the Pixie III and Pixie IIIA respectively. Both were
powered by 32hp Bristol Cherub III engines. Neither Pixie was successful
in competition as both suffered forced-landings with engine trouble. The
Pixie III was entered again in the 1926 Lympne Trials and finished fourth.
Naval interest continued with Bolas' next design, the Perch fleet aircraft
trainer. This was a dual role machine that could be used for training
pilots in deck-landing techniques or, when fitted with floats, as a
seaplane trainer. The aircraft was an equal span biplane that featured
side-by-side seating and a 220hp Rolls-Royce Falcon engine set low in the
nose to give the pilot an excellent view for landing. The Perch performed
well but no production order arose.
In 1928 the Cierva Autogyro Company contracted Parnall to design and build
two machines to be designated C10 and C11 in the Cierva series, the C11
was later called the Parnall Gyroplane. The airframes were designed by
Harold Bolas, the C10 was powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Genet while the
C11 used a 120hp Airdisco. The C10 turned over on take-off at Yate and was
taken to Hamble for repair at which time it was modified to incorporate an
engine-driven rotor-starting device.
The Peto submarine-launched floatplane was amongst the most technically
difficult tasks that Parnall took on. It was a two-seat reconnaissance
float-biplane of very small overall dimensions designed to be folded and
carried in the confines of a submarine. Of mixed wood, fabric, aluminium
and steel construction, it had unequal span, warren-braced rectangular
wings and the first aircraft was powered by a 128hp Bristol Lucifer engine
and had mahogany plywood "Consuta" type floats. Performance on test was
generally satisfactory but modifications were put in hand and the machine
was rebuilt with new wings, metal floats and a 169hp AS Mongoose engine.
Tests both on the sea and in the air showed that Bolas had fully met the
requirements and it was officially judged to be exceptionally good; it was
successfully launched by catapult from the ill-fated submarine M2 but the
concept of submarine carried aircraft died after the loss of the M2 which
took with it one of the Petos.
By the mid 1920s it was clear that an aircraft factory in the middle of a
town was less than satisfactory where test flying was concerned, some of
the aircraft having made their first flights from Filton. Accordingly a
move was made to Yate, then in south Gloucestershire, where hangers were
built beside a grass aerodrome. Rumour has it that things were so tight
that George would only allow a central strip for the runway to be mowed as
he needed the profit from the hay crop! New aircraft continued to emerge
at a steady rate and Harold Bolas designed two further naval types, the
Pike and the Pipit.
The Pike was a large three-seater reconnaissance float-biplane powered by
a 471hp Napier Lion. The deep and narrow fuselage filled the gap between
the back-staggered wings; the pilot's cockpit was located near the nose
affording an excellent view. Defence was provided by a Scarf-mounted Lewis
gun in the observer's cockpit at the upper wing trailing edge while the
pilot had a forward-firing Vickers gun. Trials of the single prototype
were carried out at Felixstowe during 1927 but the report was
unfavourable; the handling in flight was considered poor, the pilot's
cockpit was criticised for being cold and draughty and performance
generally below specification. Neither the Pike nor its rival, the Short
Sturgeon, were developed further.
The Pipit was an aircraft of a very different character, a fleet fighter
biplane of very clean appearance, designed to specification 21/26 and
powered by a 495hp Rolls-Royce F.XI. Of metal construction with fabric
covering, the Pipit had a number of innovative features including
detachable panels giving easy access to the fuselage, a wide-track
undercarriage and a retractable radiator. Two prototypes were ordered, the
first flying from Yate in mid 1928, but despite its promising appearance
and engineering novelty the Pipit did not fly as well as expected, the
elevator being criticised as heavy while the rudder was weak and the type
was longitudinally unstable. Before much development flying could be done,
however, the tailplane failed due to flutter in a diving test on the 20th
September. The pilot landed the damaged aircraft but it was destroyed in
the resulting somersault. The pilot sustained serious injuries.
A second
modified machine was built; powered by a Rolls-Royce F.XIIS, featuring a
strut-braced tailplane, ridgidly linked ailerons and a large eliptical
horn balanced fin and rudder assembly designed to improve its
effectiveness. It first flew in January 1929 and was an improvement over
the earlier machine but the rudder was still unsatisfactory. On February
24th a test was made by a service test pilot; whilst investigating the
rudder's properties in a series of dives, violent flutter developed and
both the fin and rudder broke away. The machine became uncontrollable but
luckily the pilot escaped by parachute below 1000ft. It was the end for
the Pipit and it the incident left a stigma in official circles from which
Parnall never really recovered.
Harold Bolas always maintained an interest in light aircraft and in 1927
produced a small, two-seater biplane: the Imp. Powered initially by an
uncowled AS Genet II of 80hp, it was of striking appearance as it had a
straight lower wing joined by wide chord struts without bracing wires to
sharply swept upper wings. With the engine installation cleaned up, front
cockpit faired over and a headrest fitted it flew into 8th place in the
1928 King's Cup race. At that time Parnall had thoughts of going into
engine manufacture and collaborated with D.R.Pobjoy in the development of
the 65hp Pobjoy P air-cooled radial engine. This was test flown in the Imp
but Pobjoy decided to form his own company and his collaboration with
Parnall ceased.
The attractive Elf was Bolas's last design for Parnall. It was a
two-seater, touring biplane in the de Havilland Moth class using
fabric-covered wooden construction and powered by an ADC Hermes I and flew
for the first time in 1929. A naval influence showed as it used Warren
girder bracing with folding wings. A competent if somewhat uninspired
performer, the prototype was sold to Lord Apsley in 1932 but it was
destroyed in a crash in 1934. Two more were built as Elf IIs with ADC
Hermes II engines. One, sold in 1933, crashed due to fuel-pump failure two
months later but the second went to Lord Apsley as a replacement for the
crashed Elf I. In 1929 Harold Bolas, after some twelve years of trying to
produce a winner for Parnalls, finally decided to leave for the
attractions of the USA. An enthusiastic and respected designer, he was
highly regarded for the originality of his designs and was a skillful
theoretician. He was not above test flying his own creations, suitably
fortified after a visit to the nearby Railway Inn public house! It is a
fitting tribute to his work that one of his Elf biplanes should survive to
this day with the Shuttleworth Trust, occasionally flying and entertaining
the crowds at Old Warden in Bedfordshire.
Bolas was succeeded by H.V.Clark who produced two interesting research
aircraft, each built to test a specific aspect. The first was the Prawn, a
small single-engined, single-seater parasol flying-boat powered by a 65hp
Ricardo-Burt engine. It was designed to assess the feasibility of mounting
a flying boat's engine in the extreme bow thereby producing a low drag
installation. To make this feasible a very small four bladed propeller was
needed and the engine could be tilted up to 22 degrees upwards to avoid
the spray over the nose. It never was a very practical idea and it seems
that little was done with it. More useful was the Parasol of which two
were built. This machine was a flying full scale aerodynamic test vehicle,
it could test the effects seen in wind-tunnel tests but without the
effects of scale inherent in a tunnel. It was a two-seater, the observer
occupying the front cockpit which was equipped with a dynamometer for
measuring flight-loads on the variable incidence wings which featured
slots, flaps and separated ailerons. To eliminate the effects of the
propeller, the A.S.Lynx engine could be stopped in flight for gliding then
restarted with a gas starter. A camera could be mounted on struts above
the tailplane and this was used for photographing tufts of wool that
showed the airflow patterns over the wings.
The inter-war years produced a series of requirements for "general
purpose" aircraft; in those miserly times this was a cheap way of
providing the Air Force with aircraft that, it was hoped, would be of some
general use if hostilities arose. Specification G.4/31 was no exception,
conceived as a replacement for the Westland Wapiti and Fairey Gordon, it
initially called for day and night bombing capabilities, reconnaissance,
torpedo and dive-bombing roles. Designs came from Handley Page, Vickers,
Fairey, Armstrong Whitworth and Parnall with what was to be the final
expressly military type, the un-named type G.4/31. This was a large
angular biplane with gull-type upper wings, wheel spats, a good collection
of interplane and fuselage struts and very generous tail surfaces. Power
came from a 690hp Bristol Pegasus I M3 in a Townend ring, there was a
forward-firing gun for the pilot and the observer had a Scarf-mounted
Lewis gun; flight tests were carried out during 1935 from Yate. It is
believed the that aircraft had handling problems for it was not delivered
to Martlesham Heath until early in 1936, long after the competition had
been decided in favour of the Vickers 253. The machine was used for
armament trials until March 1937 when it was damaged in a crash and
subsequently scrapped.
In 1929 Parnall built a cabin monoplane called the Hendy 302 to the design
of Basil B.Henderson who followed it with another monoplane, the advanced
Heck. 1935 marked a major change for Parnall when the firm acquired the
assets of both Hendy Aircraft Ltd. and the armaments firm of Nash and
Thompson. A new company called Parnall Aircraft was formed and the Heck
passed to Parnall ownership, renamed the Parnall Heck it set a new record
for the run from Cape Town to England of 6 days, 8 hours and 27 minutes in
November 1936. A three seat derivative with a fixed, spatted
undercarriage, powered by a Gypsy Six was produced as the Parnall Heck 2C,
six were built in expectation of sales but none was made and the first
four were therefore used as communications aircraft by Parnall in
connection with their armaments activities. The fifth and sixth aircraft
were used for test-flying the Wolseley Aries radial engine and gun sight
development work.
The final Parnall aircraft was a open two-seater trainer derivative of the
Heck to specification T.1/37 called the Parnall 382 or the Heck 3. It
featured the Heck's advanced wing and had a speed range of 139mph to
43mph; it first flew in 1939. At Martlesham Heath it was pleasant to fly
assessed as generally good as a trainer. Notwithstanding a few
modifications no order was forthcoming. It was to be the last Parnall
machine to fly, after which Parnall turned his attention to producing gun
turrets to Archie Frazer-Nash's design in the Yate factory until the war
Thereafter Parnall became a household name through its famous washing
machines and later the Jackson range of cookers. One doubts that George
Parnall and his little group could ever have envisaged such a future after
more than twenty difficult years of aeronautical effort.
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Published November 28, 2015
CHICAGO -- Chicago dyed its river green, bagpipes sounded on New York's 5th Avenue, and in Georgia, crowds waited for 30 minutes to buy beer for breakfast before watching Savannah's 156-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade.
Thousands gathered Saturday morning along the Chicago River, some in shamrock-shaped sunglasses and others dressed as leprechauns with strap-on orange beards. Applause erupted as a motor boat sped in circles and a man on board dumped a secret dye in the water, turning it a psychedelic green in just minutes. The much-loved, annual ritual officially kicked off a day of parades and wild parties.
This year, the guest of honor was Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who took part in the parade of floats, traditional Irish dancers and musicians marching along an avenue near Chicago's lakefront. In the morning, Kenny appeared at City Hall with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and both men sported green ties and shamrocks in their lapels.
The prime minister said he was honored to take part in Chicago's festivities and praised the city with a large Irish population for being so open and receptive to immigrants.
"It's a real privilege for me, as leader of my country, to come to Chicago on this St. Patrick's Day 2012 and participate in the parade," Kenny said. "And that's a privilege that I shall remember for a long time."
In Savannah, revelers set out folding chairs before dawn, and by the time the parade kicked off about 10 a.m. in Georgia's oldest city, they were piled three-deep on the sidewalks. Lines of thirsty patrons were spilling out of downtown bars before the pre-parade Mass wrapped up at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
"It's ridiculous for still being in the a.m.," said Timmy Watkins, a utility worker from neighboring Rincon, who emerged from Pinkie Master's Lounge with a beer in each hand after standing in line for 30 minutes. "These are both mine. I waited in line long enough. I figured I'd get two."
Started in 1856 by settlers who immigrated to the Georgia coast, the St. Patrick's Day celebration has grown from a local procession with religious roots to a sprawling street party that's Savannah's biggest tourist draw of the year. Local officials expected this year's party to be one of the biggest yet, with the holiday falling on Saturday and postcard perfect weather -- a sunny 76 degrees in the morning that was forecast to rise into the 80s.
In New York, a sea of green, kilts and bagpipes flowed along 5th Avenue as big crowds gathered for the city's 251st annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, leader of the city's Roman Catholics, announced before the parade stepped off that iconic St. Patrick's Cathedral would undergo a $175 million renovation. He said the first phase will involve cleaning the cathedral's soot-damaged exterior and replacing its windows.


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