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text: Finding a Home in Hillel by Rachel Southmayd |Jul 09, 2014|Comments When David and I first started at Elon University in the fall of 2009, we could have never possibly imagined the impact Hillel would have on our lives. We'd grown up in southern Delaware, where David was one of two Jewish students in his high school (the other being his brother), and I had grown up in a family where religion wasn't a priority, and what we wanted to believe was a personal choice. We'd been dating since junior year of high school. In the first few months of school, I tagged along with David to a few events, which he mostly went to because he knew it would make his mother happy...a barbecue here, a Hanukkah party there. Before we knew it, we had found this brilliant group of people, a family of sorts, which was small in number, but mighty in heart. It was in those first few months of school, under the guidance of former Elon Hillel director Nancy Luberoff, that David realized how important Judaism was to his life, and I realized that Judaism offered me a religious home and a level of comfort that I had never known before. Over the next four years, we participated in everything from small Shabbat services on a Friday night to full High Holy Day services on campus. We watched as Elon's Hillel grew from a few dozen students who met every now and again to an incredibly active organization with hundreds of people and its own house, in addition to huge other changes to Jewish life across campus, including a Jewish Studies program and a fraternity. Through Hillel and the programs its members and leaders championed, David got to go on a life-changing Birthright trip and became a founding father of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity chapter at Elon, and I gained the courage to study at the International School at the University of Haifa and live in Israel during the spring semester of my junior year. It was through Hillel that I became determined to formally convert once I'd established a home after college. Hillel showed both David and I what a strong, supportive, vibrant Jewish community can do for a person. In April of our senior year, David and I got engaged. Just a few days later, there was a gathering of religious leaders at Elon and we attended a lunch at the new Hillel House on campus, where they all blessed our engagement and upcoming marriage. I teared up, sensing this beautiful culmination of our journey through Elon's Hillel. This October, David and I will be married under a chuppah in Charlotte, NC, where we live now, and as we move forward with our lives together, it is wonderful to know that we always have a home at Elon, and more specifically, with Hillel. Elon alumni Rachel Southmayd and David Campbell live in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she works as a newspaper reporter and he works at an accounting firm. They will be married in October 2014. Read their engagement story here. Back to Top Tags: David Campbell Elon Hillel Elon University wedding Rachel Southmayd Engagement marriage {{Title}} [x] Add or, Select from existing Opening existing... Close existing Most popular tags Click to select: Show all2441Tags Show only most popular Opening all... {{Title}} ({{ItemsCount}})


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From playing together as teenagers to their current acoustic and electric blues, probably no one has more consistently led American music for the last 50 years than Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, the founders and continuing core members of Hot Tuna.
The two met while growing up in the Washington, D.C. area. Four years younger, Jack was in junior high, then high school — while playing lead guitar at professional gigs at night — while Jorma, who played rhythm guitar, started college in Ohio, accompanied his family overseas, then returned to college in California.
Along the way, Jorma became enamored with the fingerpicking guitar style of the legendary Rev. Gary Davis, while Jack had taken an interest in the electric bass.
In the mid-1960s, Jorma auditioned for a new band in San Francisco. Though an acoustic player at heart, he grew interested in the electronic gadgetry that was beginning to appear on the popular music scene — particularly in a processor brought by a fellow named Ken Kesey. Soon thereafter Jack joined on bass. Thus was created The Jefferson Airplane.
While in the band, the pair remained loyal to the blues, jazz, bluegrass, and folk influences from years before. They worked up a set of songs they would play at clubs in the Bay Area and while on the road, often after a show with the Airplane. This led to a record contract; in fact, they had an album recorded before they named the band Hot Tuna. With it they launched an odyssey that has continued for over 40 years.
Hot Tuna's early 1970s shows grew ever louder. In an era in which volume often trumped musicianship, Hot Tuna provided both. And Jack and Jorma really loved to play. "Look around for another band that plays uninterrupted three- to six-hour sets," wrote reviewer Jerry Moore. Album followed album, more than two dozen in all, not counting solo efforts, side projects, and guest appearances, as they continued to develop their styles, both together and individually.
Along the way, they have been joined by many talented musicians: drummers, harmonica players, keyboardists, backup singers, violinists, mandolinists, and more. And there was never a list of outstanding guitarists that didn't include Jorma, nor was there anyone who seriously thought there was a better bass player than Jack.
The 1990s brought a new focus on acoustic music. More intimate shows with closer connection to the audience became increasingly frequent. The loud electric sound (and the semi-trailer load of equipment) disappeared entirely from Hot Tuna tours. And both Jorma and Jack grew interested in passing along what they had learned and uniquely developed to a new generation of players. In 1998 Jorma and his wife Vanessa opened Fur Peace Ranch Guitar Camp in the beautiful Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio. Here, Jorma, Jack, and other extraordinary players teach aspiring musicians in intensive workshops on different styles of playing, songwriting and storytelling.
Hot Tuna still keeps a busy schedule, individually and as a band. Jack released his first solo CD, Dream Factor, in 2003. Jorma has achieved enormous critical acclaim and a Grammy nomination for his 2003 solo album, Blue Country Heart. Both are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for their pioneering work in The Jefferson Airplane.
For the last few years Jorma and Jack have been joined by mandolin virtuoso Barry Mitterhoff. A veteran of bluegrass, Celtic, folk, and rock-influenced bands including Tony Trischka and Skyline and Bottle Hill, Barry has found a new voice with Hot Tuna.
Jorma and Jack certainly could not have imagined, let alone predicted, where music would take them. It's been a long and fascinating road to numerous exciting destinations. Two things have never changed: they still love to play as much as they did as kids, and there are still many, many exciting miles yet to travel on their musical odyssey. In a time when bands go on reunion tours, Hot Tuna can't, as the band never broke up.
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"slowly percolating … it radiates a sense of music arising out of the song" – All About Jazz
"Kaukonen's highly inventive guitar work rocks tough and articulate, clean as a cat's whiskers. He still sings with that slightly strange, quintessentially laid-back voice,…waxing wry with an existential bent. His melodies, even mean as a snake, have warmed over the years with a bluegrass influence. Casady is Casady, one of the most unorthodox and profoundly gifted bassists ever known to rock music. They've always been a fascinating pair…" – Dwight Hobbs, Twin Cities Daily Planet
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Calling it untimely, Soliai asks court to dismiss challenge
Chief Election Officer Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono has asked the Appellate Division of the High Court to dismiss a challenge from the Tualauta District #15 local House race in the general election on Nov. 6, due to the lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Unofficial results from the general election have given the two Tualauta seats to incumbent Larry Sanitoa and newcomer, Florence Saulo. Sanitoa and Saulo received the top votes for the district.
Petitioners in the complaint are Lucia Bartley and Esther Wall — two other candidates in the Tualauta race — who lost. The pair alleges that Saulo "was at all times pertinent to this action a citizen of the Independent State of Samoa and therefore an ineligible candidate for Tualauta District #15" and Saulo "was determined to be a winner for one of the two" Tualauta seats.
According to the complaint, the petitioners believe that a birth certificate for Saulo was not provided to the Election Office as was required by other candidates for the House of Representatives.
Saulo, in a media statement last week, stated that she isproud to be an American Samoan and a national of the United States.
(Samoa News notes however, she did not offer to show proof of her claim, i.e. birth certificate in her statement.)
Whether or not Saulo is a citizen of Samoa is not addressed in the response by Soliai, who is represented by the Election Office's legal counsel Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde. Instead the response focused on the petitioners two causes of action: petitioners claim of "election fraud" and "election ballot irregularities".
Tauiliili-Langkilde contends that the petitioners seek to invalidate Saulo's candidacy and cancel over 1,000 electors' votes cast for Saulo. According to the attorney, the petitioners' "complaint is without merit."
Soliai's attorney argued that the petitioners' claim that Soliai failed to require that Saulo produce a birth certificate "amounts to nothing more than a challenge to the eligibility of Saulo as a candidate... for District No. 15..."
Tauiliili-Langkilde points out that the time and manner for filing such a challenge against a candidate's eligibility to run for office is provided in local law — which states in part that the "challenge shall be made no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 3rd business day after the Chief Election Officer issues his determination of nominated candidates eligible for election."
She also cited a 2006 appellate court decision, in which the petitioner, filed a "similarly late, post-election challenge to the residency qualification of a fellow candidate" and in that case, the court found that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction to review the merits of petitioner's claim, where the petitioner failed to follow the proper procedures to challenge the qualification of a candidate set forth in local election law.
Even assuming the truth of each and every allegation in Bartley and Wall's complaint, the petitioners fail to allege, as a threshold matter to this court's jurisdiction, that they filed a timely written challenge in accordance with the law, said Tauiliili-Langkilde.
"Absent such allegations, this court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear this complaint" and therefore should be dismissed, she said.
Like their untimely challenge to Saulo's qualifications, petitioners' claim of "election ballot irregularities" is late, argued Tauiliili-Langkilde, who also pointed out that in accordance with another provision of election law, petitioners had the opportunity to view a sample ballot.
"At the very least, this would have been the time to object to the wording of the ballot in the multi candidate district or District No. 15," she argued. "However, petitioners did not complain then or at any time prior to the Nov. 6, 2012 general election regarding the wording of the District No. 15 ballot."
In their second cause of action, the petitioners state that Soliai allegedly violated local election law, where in multi-race districts, the ballot shall state that the qualified elector shall not vote for more than the number of seats available or the number of candidates listed where such number is less than the seats available.
Petitioners believe the language contained in the ballot says that voters must vote for two, as opposed to the statutory language that the voter shall not vote for more than two candidates in Tualauta District, the complaint alleges.
Tauiliili-Langkilde noted a previous challenge where the court "aptly warned that 'prompt pre-election action may be a prerequisite to post-election... Otherwise, judicial policy may permit, if not encourage parties who could raise a claim to lay by and gamble upon receiving favorable decision of the electorate and then upon losing, seek to undo the ballot results in a court action'."
She said without a statement that they took prompt pre-election action to complain about the ballot wording, "it would appear that petitioners deliberately decided to say and do nothing, take a gamble with their constituency, and keep the knowledge of this alleged election deficiency as an ace in their back pocket in the event that the election dealt them a losing hand."
According to the reply, when Soliai on Sept. 2 this year, published the list of candidates qualified to run for District 15, the petitioners did not present the chief election officer with a challenge to Saulo's right to be a candidate within the 3-day business day window, which is allotted to challenge the eligibility of a candidate.
While the deadline to present a challenge to the eligibility of Saulo expired on Sept. 6, Wall didn't approach Soliai on this issue until October this year and this was confirmed by the petitioners in their complaint, said Tauiliili-Langkilde.
In his affidavit filed with the reply, Soliai said that on the day of the general election, he received no written communication from the petitioners raising any question about Saulo's eligibility to be a candidate, nor was there any complaint regarding the wording of the ballot.


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My epiphany came when was trying to make a large castor wheel for a parade float. I drilled a hole in a scrap of redwood 4x6 lumber and mounted an old Campagnolo bike headset in it. I installed an old bike fork through it and attaching a wheel to make a BIG castor wheel. But many other possibilities emerged. I was also immediately captivated by the incongruous look of an old piece of lumber sporting a fine headset and supporting a fork and wheel.
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It reminded me of antique wooden boneshaker bikes from the 1800's and even older wheeled wooden swift walkers or Draisines that I have seen in museums and bike books. It made me realize how easy it would be to build bikes now that we have ready access to headsets, Bottom Brackets (BBs) and wheels. I realized that the recumbent (laying back with feet out front) bike frame design was an easy way to use a single piece of wood for the main frame with no joints. I could simply use a piece of plywood on each side, taking the place of seat stays and chain stays, to support the back wheel.
My first two bikes are built around redwood lumber 4x4s. My third is a semi recumbent built around a sloping 2x4. The 4th is made from a driftwood log in a beach bike theme. I hope you will find that as you build bikes and ride them, you get many new ideas.
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How are the bars attached to the fork?
I've done several variations.
1) I passed a 4" hardened steel (Grade 8) 1/4" bolt through the brake mount hole and through a cheap (seat to seat post) clamp that holds the beach cruiser bars. This only pins the bars in two dimensions. If you stop there, the bars can still pivot around the horizontal bolt axis, which is remarkably disconcerting. So the next step is to drill a couple of holes through the fork through which to pass 3" u shaped bolts that secure the bars to the fork in more locations. This method puts holes in the fork but not in the bars. This keeps the bars strong.
2) With bars like BMX bars (that have the cross bar welded into them for support) I have clamped them like the center part described above. But I felt comfortable drilling a hole about 2" out from he center on each side (and through the fork) to pin them with 1/4" hardened bolts.
3) I have also used long hose clamps wrapped twice around the fork and bars on each fork leg.
4) I have also used a diagonal tube brace from one bar end down to the fork's fender mounting eyelet for support.
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I have mounted a short piece of 2x2 wood between the fork and bars to move the bars 2 inches back within closer reach. I also have mounted the longer bar end extensions onto the ends of the handlebars to bring my and position closer and to provide some adjustability as needed.
I confess to cutting an old rim in half (semi circle) to make semi flexible handle bars for one bike.
I replaced that with a bent branch cut off a eucalyptus tree (high weight to strength ratio) for a more primitive look and to improve the handlebar rigidity for improved control.
How is the Bottom Bracket (BB) mounted to the frame?
I've done several variations of mounting the BBs through the wood frame.
Keep in mind the goal of leaving maximum wood fiber in place for strength. This is done by drilling the reuired holes with the smallest diameter or shortest depth possible to leave maximum wood intact.
I find that 3 piece "cotter less" crank BBs cups can be threaded into wood, but they tend to work loose, since pedaling forces rock the BB axel wthin the curved cups thereby forcing the cups apart. I have had partial succes with installing cover plates of oak or sheet metal over the cups (with a hole drilled for the axel to pass through) and screwed to the frame to hold the cups in place and to keep them from being wiggled apart.
For 3 piece "cotter less" crank BBs I drill holes in the wood in the following order:
a) 1/4" pilot hole drilled with my 15" long bit for sighting accuracy. (important tolerance is be perpendicular to chain line).
b) next use an appropriate tight sized hole saw drill to cut about 3/4" in on each side for the BB cups. Do not chisel away the wood in the center yet.
c) Use 5/8" spade bit to follow the pilot hole all the way through (so you can fit the axle).
Now you can chisel away the wood in the center of the holes sawed in step b) down to the 3/4" depth.
Thread the right cup and race into place. Assemble the BB.
I find I have to put a 4" wide and long plate (oak or sheet metal) over the cups and secured by screws to the frame in order to keep the cups from working loose.
I find that for wood frames the 1 piece cheapo (Ashtubula) crank set is a good match since it holds itself together and puts the wood in compression.
For One Piece "Ashtubula" crank sets I tap the cups out of the donor frame and drill holes in the wood in the following order with a focus on maintaining maximum remaining wood strength:
a) 1/4" pilot hole drilled with my 15" long bit for sighting accuracy. (important tolerance is be perpendicular to chain line).
b) next use an appropriate tight sized hole saw drill to cut about 3/4" in on each side for the BB cups. You can chisel away the wood in the center of the holes sawed in step b) down to the 3/4" depth.
c) Use 5/8" spade bit to follow the pilot hole all the way through.
d) use 5/8" spade bit to drill a hole right next to and parallel to hole c). (Arrange them parallel to the grain to cut the fewest wood fibers)
e) Chisel the 3 holes into a smooth slot (so you can pass the crank and axle through the slot).
Put the right cup and race in place first
Maneuver the crank into place and then slide the left cup and race into place over the crank.
Assemble the BB.
Good luck.
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Team owner Jack Roush, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, AJ Allmendinger, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Colin Braun to make special fan hospitality appearance
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif. (September 23, 2010) – "The King" Richard Petty, who's seven Daytona 500s highlights a stellar NASCAR career has been added to the already impressive Ford Racing Party Zone lineup for Pepsi MAX 400 Weekend at Auto Club Speedway. Petty's Ford Racing Party Zone appearance is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 10 at 10:30a.m.
In addition to "The King", NASCAR personality and team owner Jack Roush, who has lived a much talked about life both on the track and off, will make a special appearance in the Ford Racing Party Zone fan hospitality tent during the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup playoff race weekend Oct. 9-10. Don't miss the chance to see these two legends of NASCAR reflect about their life – past, present and future.
Joining "The King" and Roush in the Ford Racing Party Zone on Sunday, Oct. 10, will be NSCS Ford Racing Team drivers Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle and AJ Allmendinger.
On Saturday, Oct. 9 NNS Ford Racing Team drivers Colin Braun and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will be in the Ford Racing Party Zone to talk about their racing experiences.
By simply upgrading a grandstand ticket, fans can take their NASCAR race weekend experience to the next level. The Ford Racing Party Zone fan hospitality tent comes complete with:
• NASCAR driver and celebrity appearances, including NASCAR team owner Jack Roush and Ford Racing drivers Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle and AJ Allmendinger on Sunday, Oct. 10, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Colin Braun on Saturday, Oct. 9. Visit www.autoclubspeedway.com/fordracingpartyzone for additional and up-to-date driver and celebrity appearances.
• Pre-Race Pit Pass, providing up close access to pre-race activities
• Breakfast and lunch
• 5 beverage tickets valid for Pepsi & Aquafina products, beer, wine and mixed drinks (must be 21 or older, with valid I.D., for alcoholic beverages). Beverage tickets only valid inside the Ford Racing Party Zone tent.
• Live entertainment
• Multiple closed circuit flat screen TV's
• Commemorative Ford Racing gift
• Parking pass
Admission to the Ford Racing Party Zone requires a valid grandstand ticket, in addition to the Ford Racing Party Zone upgrade at an additional charge. Upgrade options are:
• $85 per person for Saturday, Oct. 9
• $125 per person for Sunday, Oct. 10
• $175 per person for Saturday, Oct. 9 & Sunday, Oct. 10
Ford Racing Party Zone upgrades do not include a grandstand ticket(s). Grandstand tickets must be purchased separately and start as low as $35.Race fans must act quickly, as the Ford Racing Party Zone fan hospitality tent offers limited seating.
To purchase tickets, visit us online at www.autoclubspeedway.com/fordracingpartyzone or by calling 800-944-RACE (7223).
About Auto Club Speedway
This October the playoffs go golden! The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup roars into the Golden State and Southern California's Auto Club Speedway. Experience a weekend full of speed beginning with NASCAR Qualifying Day (Oct. 8), followed by the NNS CampingWorld.com 300 (Oct. 9) and culminating with Southern California's "playoff" race – the Pepsi MAX 400 (Oct. 10).
Free parking, unbelievable menu items and a full weekend of entertainment, live music and fun await fans in the Speedway's DiscoverIE FanZone.
Pepsi MAX 400 tickets start at $35 and AAA members receive Show Your Card & Save discounts, including a special section with half-priced tickets for kids 12 and under. And don't forget children 12 and under can sign up for the FREE Auto Club Speedway Lefty's Kids Club membership to receive FREE admission on Friday and Saturday.
For more information or to purchase tickets call 800-944-RACE (7223) or visit www.autoclubspeedway.com.
About Ford North America Motorsports
Ford North America Motorsports, based in Dearborn, Mich., is responsible for major racing operations in North America, including NASCAR (Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, Camping World Trucks), Grand American sports car racing, NHRA drag racing, Rally America and the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup. The department also oversees the development and marketing of Ford Racing Engines and Performance Parts, the outreach programs with all Ford Clubs and Ford enthusiasts, and the marketing of the Ford Racing brand through initiatives such as Team Ford Racing. For more information regarding Ford Racing's activities, please visit www.fordracing.com.
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December 01, 2011, 06:57:34 AM »
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Background: I have served 18+ years in the US Marine Corps and was recently selected for one more promotion. I can retire with a decent pension in two years, but for pay purposes, I'm sticking it out to the 22-year mark. The next four years will definitely require me to move the family to the Mojave Desert of California, where I will leave them while while I deploy back to Afghanistan (for my fourth combat deployment). You can probably imagine that the thrill and excitement of the job don't appeal to me as much as they used to; the writing is on the wall that it will soon be time to retire. Nowadays, I find myself reading about, talking about, and researching my law school prospects. Thanks to Thane Messinger, I now understand where I am going and how I will get there.
Knowing what I do now, I'd hate to 'waste' the next four years twiddling my thumbs just waiting for that retirement date. With this in mind, I looked into a couple of MA (Distance ED) programs, which I might be able to complete prior to my USMC--LS transition. The one which stands out to me is the Legal Studies M.A. from University of Illinois, Springfield.
As an Illinois resident/veteran, all my tuition and fees for a state-funded university are waived. So, my next 120 S/H of school are essentially FREE...including LS (if I go to one of the state-funded LS in Illinois). UIUC is my target LS.
I realize that the UG GPA/LSAT are the most important admissions factors and I believe that my bases are covered there. What I am wondering is if this or any type of MA program worth the effort in the long run (such as in LS/or in the career itself); or should I be focused elsewhere? Recommendations?
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I instruct at an online accredited MSLS (MS in Legal Studies) program at a well known university. Some students do take it as a prep for law school. Most for some sort of job or career advancement. It is not the same curriculum as law school but does introduce you to the law. If you can justify the time involved it may be worth it. In theory it might enhance your job prospects and/or admission to law school. The UIS curriculum looks about right to me.
Government employees and paralegals seem to get the most out of the Masters in Legal Studies programs. In the alternative you might look at a Masters in Criminal Justice or Public Administration online program.
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December 03, 2011, 07:07:25 PM »
Good enough; thanks Jon. I definitely have the time to complete the program--and it is free!
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In your shoes, one path I'd think about would be:
1. Putting LSAT prep VERY HIGH on your priorities. Maybe spend as much as 6 months to a year prepping for it.
2. The other factor is that your grades, especially your 1L grades (plus maybe first semester of 2L grades) are going to be a huge part of your destiny. It's possible for you to learn 80-90% of your first year material on your own. Even just reading through all the E&Es would be huge. Throw in some Gilberts, etc., and you could really be on to something. Heck, if you're going to have the time to do it, why not get one of these distance JDs? Or at least complete the first year's worth. Use your military tuition reimbursement.
I think most JDs would say that if they could do it all over again, they could pull down much better grades the 2nd time. I was able to get through the entire E&E on Torts before the semester started and it was my easiest subject this semester. (Obviously no exam, yet, but we'll see when the grades come in.) Subjects where I didn't learn it all prior to start of class? Harder, much harder.
3. Your deployment? Will your family basically be at the same place prior to/after? If so, look into part-time programs within driving distance. Sometimes that's easier said than done. There are gigantic swaths of metropolitan America that do NOT have a night program for law. (Dallas comes to mind... they'd have to drive all the way to Fort Worth.) Part of the difficulty of law school is the sheer volume of material covered. If you could take, say, 2 classes at a time, that's a lot easier than taking 5. Then, when you retire, you could have, say, only 2 years of law school to go, or maybe a year and a half.
Best of luck and thank you for your service.
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Nothing to add but a heartfelt Thank You and God bless you for your service to this country. We appreciate it.
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Annual to tree
Leaves simple to pinnately to palmately compound, generally alternate; stipules free to fused, persistent to deciduous
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium free or fused to ovary, saucer- to funnel-shaped, often with bractlets alternate with sepals; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5, free; stamens (0)5many, pistils (0)1many, simple or compound; ovary superior to inferior, styles 15
Fruit: achene, follicle, drupe, pome, or blackberry- to raspberry-like
Seeds generally 15
Genera in family: 110 genera, ± 3000 species: worldwide, especially temp. Many cultivated for ornamental and fruit, especially Cotoneaster , Fragaria , Malus , Prunus , Pyracantha, Rosa , and Rubus
Reference: [Robertson 1974 J Arnold Arbor 55:303332,344401,611662]
Family description, key to genera by Barbara Ertter and Dieter H. Wilken.
Annual to shrub; odor resinous or 0
Leaves generally basal, odd-1-pinnate to 1-palmate or 1-ternate; leaflets ± toothed or lobed, terminal generally ± = lateral
Inflorescence: cyme, generally ± open; pedicels generally ± straight
Flower: hypanthium ± shallow; bractlets 5; sepals generally 5, ± triangular; petals generally 5, generally = or > sepals, generally ± widely obcordate, generally yellow; stamens generally 20; pistils generally many, styles generally jointed near tip
Fruit: achene
Species in genus: 200500 species: n temp
Etymology: (Latin: diminutive of powerful, for reputed medicinal value)
Reference: [Clausen, Keck, & Hiesey 1940 Carn Inst Wash Pub 520:26195]
P. anglica Laicharding is a waif from cultivated: stem trailing; pedicels 28 cm, slender; sepals and petals generally 4; leaflets 35.
Plant generally ± tufted from loosely branched caudex; glandular hairs often many
Stem ± erect, 590 cm, spreading-hairy
Leaves pinnate; basal 330 cm, terminal leaflet largest (0.512 cm), lateral generally 35 per side, ± obovate, toothed 1/41/2 to midvein, ± hairy
Inflorescence generally 230-flowered
Flower: hypanthium 36 mm wide; petals 310 mm, generally widely ovate, yellow to white; stamens ± 25, filaments 13.5 mm (longest opposite sepals), anthers 0.61.2 mm; styles ± 12.5 mm, attached below middle of fruit, ± fusiform and rough
Fruit ± 1 mm, smooth or ± ridged, golden to reddish brown
Chromosomes: n=7
Ecology: Common. Many habitats
Elevation: < 3800 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province (except Great Central Valley), Great Basin Floristic Province
Distribution outside California: w N.America
Often confused with Horkelia ; despite much work, subspp. remain poorly defined.
See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Stem generally 520 cm, sparsely ± glandular-hairy
Leaves: basal generally 310 cm, sheathing base generally strigose, terminal leaflet generally 515 mm; lateral leaflet teeth < 10, generally single
Inflorescence: branch angle generally ± 50°
Flower not fully opening; bractlets < 0.5 mm wide; petals 34 mm, ± = sepals, yellow; styles 1.52.5 mm
Ecology: Edges of seeps, small waterways
Elevation: 19002400 m.
Bioregional distribution: San Gabriel Mountains (Mount Islip area)
Synonyms: P. peirsonii Munz misapplied


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BEDFORD, Mass. and SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLX) and Gen-Probe Incorporated (NASDAQ: GPRO) today provided an update regarding Hologic's previously announced acquisition of Gen-Probe. Gen-Probe has scheduled a Special Meeting of Stockholders for July 31, 2012 to vote on the pending transaction with Hologic. Gen-Probe stockholders of record as of June 29, 2012 are entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. The transaction is expected to close on or about August 1, 2012.
Update on Integration:
Hologic and Gen-Probe today announced that Carl Hull, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gen-Probe, has entered into an agreement to continue his employment with the combined company for a minimum period of 15 months. Mr. Hull will serve as senior vice president and general manager of the combined company's Diagnostics business, which will include Gen-Probe's current operations, as well as Hologic's Diagnostics segment. Additional members of the Gen-Probe management team are also being offered ongoing employment arrangements with Hologic.
The companies also confirmed that integration planning efforts are well underway and continue to proceed as planned. Integration planning teams at both companies have made significant progress in identifying critical integration issues, establishing objectives and targeted synergies for each area of the combined business, and developing a timeline to achieve certain synergies, which also includes other key milestone dates and events. Hologic expects to implement critical phases of this integration process immediately following closing with additional phases continuing over the next 24 months.
"We are making great progress toward completing the acquisition of Gen-Probe, which will strengthen our growing diagnostics portfolio and advance our presence in the overall molecular diagnostics market," said Rob Cascella, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hologic. "The global outlook for diagnostics is compelling and as a combined company we expect to capitalize on the significant opportunities in the market. Hologic and Gen-Probe have a comprehensive and robust integration plan that we believe will position the combined company to deliver on the financial, operational and strategic benefits of this acquisition. I am confident the integration implementation will be efficiently executed upon the closing of the transaction and that our combined teams and product lines will create significant value for all of our stakeholders."
"As we move forward with the integration planning, I am confident that we will be able to achieve the expected benefits of this transaction," said Carl Hull, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gen-Probe. "The combined company will have an impressive new product pipeline and broader research and development capabilities, with a strong sales force and talented employees that will position Hologic for continued success in the fast-growing molecular diagnostics market. I am committed to working with Rob and our combined teams and fully expect a smooth integration."
Update on Financing:
Hologic today also announced the launch of the syndication of its new committed senior secured credit facilities to be entered into in order to provide a significant portion of the financing in connection with its acquisition of Gen-Probe. These credit facilities are expected to be in an aggregate principal amount of $3.05 billion comprised of the following sources: a $1.0 billion tranche A term loan facility; a $1.75 billion tranche B term loan facility; and a $300 million revolving credit facility.
The allocation and amount of the anticipated senior secured credit facilities may be subject to adjustment, and the funding of the commitments for this financing is contingent on the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the previously disclosed Commitment Letter for the financing, including that there not having occurred, since December 31, 2011, an Acquired Business Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Commitment Letter). The closing of each of these financing facilities is expected to take place concurrently with the completion of Hologic's acquisition of Gen-Probe.
Hologic's Preliminary Third Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results:
In connection with the commencement of syndication efforts relating to the financing, Hologic today provided preliminary fiscal third quarter 2012 financial results and its full fiscal 2012 revenue and non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share (EPS) outlook.
Based on preliminary financial data, Hologic expects the following for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year: (i) revenues of approximately $470 million as compared to $451.1 million; (ii) non-GAAP adjusted net income in the range of $90 million to $93 million as compared to $85.7 million; (iii) non-GAAP adjusted EPS in the range of $0.34 to $0.35 as compared to $0.32; and (iv) non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA of over $160 million as compared to $154.6 million (non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA is defined as non-GAAP adjusted net income plus: interest expense, net; income taxes; and depreciation and amortization, included in its non-GAAP adjusted net income).
Hologic is also reaffirming the low-end of its full year 2012 revenue guidance of $1.9 billion and its non-GAAP adjusted EPS range of $1.36 to $1.38, as previously provided. This guidance includes Hologic's current operations and does not include the results of Gen-Probe.
Principal factors impacting the Company's third quarter revenue results include a significant acceleration in the shift of orders from 2D digital mammography systems to its new Dimensions 3D breast tomosynthesis systems, as well as customer orders for Dimensions systems that were placed, but not shipped, during the third quarter of fiscal 2012. Hologic expects the majority of these orders to be installed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. The customer site readiness requirements for tomosynthesis are more extensive than for the 2D systems and therefore the accelerated shift from 2D to 3D mammography orders has contributed to an initial delay in installations. Consequently, backlog of orders was stronger at the end of the third quarter than at the end of the second quarter.
Hologic noted that sales of its Dimensions 3D breast tomosynthesis system are exceeding expectations. As a result, Hologic noted the following key items:
- Backlog and bookings for 3D mammography systems significantly increased as of June 23, 2012 as compared to March 24, 2012;
- Hologic has reached over 45% of its two-year unit goal of 500 to 700 3D systems in the U.S. and, with units already in backlog, will meet the target of 60% of this range by the end of fiscal 2012.
Hologic's fiscal third quarter non-GAAP adjusted EPS is expected to meet or exceed the guidance of $0.34 provided on April 30, 2012 as a result of favorable product mix and disciplined expense management.
The preliminary financial information presented in this news release represents estimates only, as Hologic has not completed its financial statements for its third quarter ended June 23, 2012 and its independent auditor has not commenced its review thereof. Actual results, therefore, may differ materially from those estimated. At this preliminary stage, Hologic does not have the financial data available to estimate its GAAP earnings. GAAP EPS may be affected by changes in ongoing assumptions and judgments relating to Hologic's acquired businesses and may also be affected by nonrecurring, unusual or unanticipated charges, expenses or gains (including expenses related to the Gen-Probe acquisition), all of which are excluded in the calculation of non-GAAP adjusted EPS as described in this press release. A detailed GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation will be provided in Hologic's third quarter fiscal 2012 operating results announcement on July 30, 2012. Hologic's definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures, and the reconciliations of these measures to Hologic's comparable GAAP financial measures for the third quarter of fiscal 2011, are set forth in the supplemental information attached to this press release. When analyzing Hologic's operating performance, investors should not consider these non-GAAP measures as a substitute for the comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
About Hologic:
Hologic, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women. Hologic's core business units are focused on breast health, diagnostics, GYN surgical, and skeletal health. Hologic provides a comprehensive suite of technologies with products for mammography and breast biopsy, breast magnetic resonance imaging, radiation treatment for early-stage breast cancer, cervical cancer screening, treatment for menorrhagia and uterine fibroids, osteoporosis assessment, preterm birth risk assessment, mini C-arm for extremity imaging and molecular diagnostic products including reagents for a variety of DNA and RNA analysis applications. For more information, visit www.hologic.com.
Hologic and Dimensions, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Hologic, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
About Gen-Probe:
Gen-Probe Incorporated is a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of rapid, accurate and cost-effective molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. Gen-Probe is headquartered in San Diego and employs approximately 1,400 people. For more information, go to http://www.gen-probe.com.
Gen-Probe and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Gen-Probe Incorporated and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer:
This News Release contains forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties, including statements about Hologic's and Gen-Probe's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Such statements include, without limitation, statements about the timing of the completion of Hologic's acquisition of Gen-Probe, the anticipated benefits thereof, including anticipated future integration of the two companies and the success of that integration, the expected permanent financing for the transaction, other of Hologic's and Gen-Probe's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, Hologic's guidance for its current fiscal year, and other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements may contain words such as "expect," "believe," "may," "can," "should," "will," "forecast," "anticipate," or similar expressions (including their use in the negative), and include assumptions that underlie such statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including but not limited to: the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed acquisition in a timely manner or at all; satisfaction of the conditions precedent to consummation of the proposed acquisition, including the ability to secure foreign anti-trust approvals in a timely manner or at all, and approval by Gen-Probe's stockholders; uncertainties relating to litigation, including pending and future Gen-Probe shareholder lawsuits related to the proposed acquisition; successful completion of anticipated financing arrangements; Hologic's ability to successfully and timely integrate Gen-Probe's operations, product lines, technologies and employees, and realize synergies from the proposed transaction; unknown, underestimated or undisclosed commitments or liabilities; effects of purchase accounting that may be different from expectations; the level of demand for the combined company's products; the ability of the combined company to develop, deliver and support a broad range of products, develop new products, expand its markets and/or develop new markets; and the ability of the combined company to attract, motivate and retain key employees. Moreover, the combined business may be adversely affected by future legislative, regulatory, or tax changes as well as other economic, business and/or competitive factors.
As noted above, Hologic's guidance as to the results for its current fiscal year does not reflect any revenue or earnings from pending or future acquisitions, including its pending acquisition of Gen-Probe. In addition, Hologic may not generate expected revenues and may incur expenses or charges or realize income or gains in fiscal 2012 that could cause actual results to vary from its guidance. Risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect Hologic's business and prospects, and otherwise cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, include without limitation: U.S., European and general worldwide economic conditions and related uncertainties; Hologic's reliance on third-party reimbursement policies to support the sales and market acceptance of its products, including the possible adverse impact of government regulation and changes in the availability and amount of reimbursement and uncertainties regarding the availability or amount of reimbursement for new products or product enhancements; uncertainties regarding the recently enacted or future healthcare reform legislation, including associated tax provisions, or budget reduction or other cost containment efforts; changes in guidelines, recommendations and studies published by various organizations that could affect the use of Hologic's products; uncertainties inherent in the development of new products and the enhancement of existing products, including FDA approval and/or clearance and other regulatory risks, technical risks, cost overruns and delays; the risk that products may contain undetected errors or defects or otherwise not perform as anticipated; manufacturing risks, including Hologic's reliance on a single or limited source of supply for key components, and the need to comply with especially high standards for the manufacture of many of its products; Hologic's ability to predict accurately the demand for its products, and products under development, and to develop strategies to address its markets successfully; the early stage of market development for certain of Hologic's products; risks associated with acquisitions, including without limitation, Hologic's ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, the risks that the acquired businesses may not operate as effectively and efficiently as expected even if otherwise successfully integrated, the risks that acquisitions may involve unexpected costs or unexpected liabilities, and the enhanced risks and challenges associated with Hologic's recent acquisitions in China; the risk of adverse events and product liability claims; risks related to the use and protection of intellectual property; expenses, uncertainties and potential liabilities relating to litigation, including, without limitation, commercial, intellectual property, employment and product liability litigation; technical innovations that could render products marketed or under development by Hologic obsolete; competition; the risks of conducting business internationally, including the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on those operations; financing risks, including Hologic's obligation to meet payment obligations and financial covenants under Hologic's leases; and Hologic's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel.
The risks included above are not exhaustive. Other factors that could adversely affect the combined company's business and prospects are described in the filings made by Hologic and Gen-Probe with the SEC. Hologic and Gen-Probe expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements presented herein to reflect any change in expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.
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Non-GAAP adjusted net income
Non-GAAP adjusted net income
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(1) Non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share was calculated based on 265,167 weighted average diluted shares outstanding.
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Republican Jeff Flake wins US Senate seat in Ariz.Posted: Updated:
PHOENIX (AP) -- GOP Rep. Jeff Flake overpowered former Surgeon General Richard Carmona on Tuesday to capture an open Senate seat after a vicious campaign that became one of the nation's biggest-spending races and ended up being closer than Republicans originally expected in conservative Arizona.
The race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Jon Kyl was marked by attacks on Flake's views on immigration and federal spending and by about $15 million in spending from outside groups in October alone.
In his victory speech, Flake emphasized that the country will have to reduce its debt.
"Not every vote I cast will be popular," he told a raucous crowd of supporters, many of whom stood on chairs to see him speak. "But I can guarantee you that every vote I cast, every decision I make, will be made knowing what's at stake and knowing that this state has to have a brighter future."
Carmona said his campaign was driven by people who wanted to see Arizona take a more moderate, sensible direction.
"You did it because you were tired of seeing Arizona focus on birther bills instead of education," he said to loud applause.
Final results of an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press and television networks found that Flake drew wide support from white voters, while Carmona won high marks among Hispanics.
The survey also showed votes among independents were nearly evenly split among the two candidates.
Voters who named the economy as the top issue facing the country didn't necessarily prefer one candidate over the other, but those who said health care weighs heavily on their minds favored Carmona. Liberals and moderates sided with Carmona while Flake scored well among conservatives.
Flake, a six-term Republican congressman, is best known for his fierce opposition to "earmarks" - special requests for federal dollars for local pet projects such as roads and bridges. He said his opposition is a move away from patronage and a move toward basing funding for projects on merit.
Democrats recruited Carmona to run for Kyl's seat after it became clear that then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wouldn't campaign because of head injuries she suffered during the January 2011 shooting rampage in Tucson.
The race for the post became more competitive after Flake emerged from a bruising primary against a wealthy businessman, outside groups threw millions of dollars into the race and voters learned more about Carmona, who entered the race as an unknown to many Arizona voters.
Carmona touted his resume - a career as a medical doctor, military service in Vietnam and law enforcement experience - and accused Flake of hurting economic development in Arizona through his opposition to earmarks for roads, public-works and water projects.
Flake portrayed Carmona as a hand-picked rubber stamp for Obama and has run an ad in which Carmona's former boss said the former surgeon general has problems controlling his anger and dealing with women.
Carmona countered by rolling out an ad in which a retired sheriff's captain who was his supervisor when he was a SWAT team member said he treated everyone with respect.
Arizona's last Democratic senator was Dennis DeConcini, who retired in 1995. Carmona switched his party registration from independent to Democratic late last year.
The exit poll survey of 1,634 Arizona voters was conducted for AP and the television networks by Edison Research. This includes results from interviews conducted as voters left a random sample of 10 precincts statewide Tuesday, as well as 1,050 who voted early or absentee and were interviewed by landline or cellular telephone from Oct. 29 through Nov. 4.
Results for the full sample were subject to sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points; it is higher for subgroups.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina's ailing President Cristina Fernandez is now lame-duck leader with no clear successor, confronting economic storms and new rivals who are aiming to lure away the allies that give her Front for Victory just enough votes to control Congress.
Sunday's congressional vote demolished any chance for her to seek re-election by amending the constitution, and opponents already are maneuvering for a chance to replace her in the 2015 presidential vote, ending a decade-long political era dominated by Fernandez and her late husband, Nestor Kirchner.
Former Cabinet chief Sergio Massa was the big winner in the mid-term elections. He broke with Fernandez just before this year's campaigns and trounced the candidate she hand-picked to lead her slate for the Chamber of Deputies from the province of Buenos Aires, which is key to winning any presidential election.
While Massa's new Renewal Front won only 19 of the 257 seats in the lower house, he and other opponents will be able to deny the government the majority it needs to pass laws if they can persuade just a few more Fernandez loyalists in each chamber to switch sides. Only months ago, Fernandez's loyalists dreamed of the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution.
"We're going to work with all those leaders who want to be part of the construction of the future," Massa said Monday as he and other politicians analyzed the results in radio and TV interviews.
While Fernandez still controls Congress, the ruling party and its allies got just 33 percent of the vote nationwide against a fractured opposition.
Since half of the Chamber of Deputies and a third of the Senate were up for grabs Sunday, that means the government can probably count on 132 votes in the lower chamber, four more than the all-important majority it needs to dominate the agenda. Provisional results suggest it may have 38 votes in the Senate, where the magic number is 37.
Analysts aren't sure how she'll respond. Reach out and build consensus to confront Argentina's challenges, or intensify her heavy-handed style of governing?
"There are two possible scenarios after these elections," Ignacio Fidanza, director of lapoliticaonline.com, told The Associated Press. "One is that the current model becomes more radical, which means not making the economic adjustments it should."
Another is that "a more rational sector takes hold, one that says, 'This road will end badly, and necessary corrections must be made,'" he said.
One of the president's most trusted deputies in Congress, Carlos Kunkel, insisted on the first option Monday. If people are disenchanted, it only means that the government must intensify its transformation of the country, and not back down now, he said: "In the next two years we're going to press down a bit on the accelerator."
Argentina's economic challenges are no longer distant. The country could face a cash crunch, with international reserves falling from more than $50 billion to just $34 billion. The dollars that flow into the central bank thanks to commodities exports are no longer enough to cover imports of oil and gas.
The government is expanding Argentina's peso supply to cover the fiscal deficit and keep subsidizing electricity, natural gas and public transportation, but this feeds inflation, which analysts predict will be more than 20 percent in 2014. Meanwhile, currency controls are stifling the investment needed for significant new growth, and billions of dollars in bond payments must be made in the coming year.
Crime and inflation are the top concerns of Argentines in polls, but the government hasn't published national crime statistics since 2008, and its economic data has been suspect since 2007, when the methodology of the national statistics office was changed under Kirchner's orders.
With the specter of re-election gone, analysts say power will inevitably shift to would-be successors. And with Fernandez in seclusion, ordered by her doctors to avoid stress while recovering from skull surgery, some spoke Monday as if her mandate was already over.
"Now is the time for other people" to take charge, said Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, who had children dress in "Macri 2015" T-shirts Sunday night after his center-right party gained ground.
Daniel Scioli, a Fernandez loyalist who governs Buenos Aires province, said the end-of-an-era talk underestimates what the government can still do. "A lot of water will flow under the bridge" between now and 2015, he said.
Associated Press Writer Almudena Calatrava contributed to this story.


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Mosquito Wotsit
The idea of paying £200 to watch U2 and Coldplay is a strange one to me. But I'll get me a Mozzie Scarer Offer. It's probably tosh but worth a punt at £6.
Way better value than a Glastophant ticket
With Beyonce's bouncy appearance at Glastonbury just days away, the festival season is well and truly underway and unless you sell wellies, you're probably praying for sunny skies. It can't hurt to be prepared for the worst, though. So as you don those prosthetic horse-heads and gallop off for another weekend of hedonism, we …
The idea of paying £200 to watch U2 and Coldplay is a strange one to me. But I'll get me a Mozzie Scarer Offer. It's probably tosh but worth a punt at £6.
Way better value than a Glastophant ticket
Bought one of these and used it in Bangalore a couple of years back and it DID work. I know because we forgot to turn it on one night.
I bought a Sonic mosquito repeller in about 2004. It came from a reputable company too.
It was completely useless, and when I got back to UK (from India) I heard that they had been taken off the market, and there was even talk of Trade Description Act prosecutions.
Save your money.
It worked in sri lanka.
"We've all had stuff nicked at festivals": no.
And bringing cameras & ipads? I vaguely remember a lot of parties with a lot of weirdness happening --- and none of it would have happened if there were cameras around. I think this generation will grow up with a boring past; and definitely a boring idea of fun ("sitting stoned in a muddy field for £250").
... I also used one in Bangalore recently. The high-pitched hum was audible to me, but it did seem to be effective so I lived with the temporary tinnitus... which if you are at a festival, you probably have anyway!!
The best mosquito replant is actually a moisturiser called "Skin So Soft" made by avon.
So good the military buys it.
But, shhh, its a secret.
i would never take anything of any real value to a festival! looting is very common. Tent, beer, food, toiletries and some clean cloths. i would never take an iphone or ipad to a festival.... if you are playing on an ipad at a festival you are one boring person! :D
The only gadgets i would use off that list is the waterproof bags, the intruder alarm 2 keep peskie kids out of my beer tent! and that totally awesome tracking thing! i would attach the bug in the bottem of my crate of beer and if it gets rob'd track em down and get my beer back. WIN!
Beer because that all you really need at a festival!
I'd rather go to a festival where your stuff doesn't get nicked. And, yes, they do exist.
Don't take any more than you need and don't take anything you wouldn't mind losing.
Also, throw all your stuff around the tent so it looks like someone's already been through it all and so there aren't any handy bags full of your stuff for a pikey to quickly take and rummage through later.
Thankfully never had anything nicked at a festy - perhaps the above advice worked or I was just lucky...
I would suggest basic med kit, plasters and painkillers.
And what most forget, towels.
The other is wee bags (which I personally think should have been in the article), nothing worse pissed in the middle of the night, having to get dressed and stumbling over everyone else's guide ropes to fall over and wet yourself.
Tent, sleeping bag, beer, money, small torch. Sorted.
Clean clothes? At a festival? How posh are you?
Otherwise I've dragged the solar-powered portashower for nothing! That, and the fitness machine that powers the LAN.
I hereby patent the thermoelectric water-pipe and phone charger.
No need for MP3s, you'll be hearing music in your brain afterwards!
That sleeping bag looked very much like something else when I saw the photo...
Motorola TLKR T8
....I once brought a set to Glasto a few years back...
No, you TOOK a set.
I can't help it - it's an illness
Yes it is an illness, because you are talking nonesense. Most grammar nazis do.
I think you find that is "non-essence", as in: besides the point / w*nking in the margin.
The alarm would be set of by every hippy who stumbled past.
If you need a heated sleeping bag then you must have accidentally gone to bed at night. In which case, why not stay at home with your giant slipper and a nice cup of cocoa and listen to the highlights on Radio 2?
And anybody who takes their own speakers to a festival needs to be dragged out by their short hairs and strung up from the security fence as a warning to others.
With the possible exception of the waterproof bags (99p for a roll of twenty posh bin bags from your local supermarket), all of this stuff is about as festival-friendly as a mohair cardigan and stilleto heels.
No wonder Glastonbury has gone all U2 if this is an indication of the state of today's festival goer.
The infra-red sensor on that Doberman is a run-of-the-mill motion detector which works by sensing rapid changes in IR heat not light and won't 'see' through the tent fabric. All those films/tv shows where someone uses an IR heat camera to look through walls/windows are complete bunk, you can only tell if the wall is warm not what's behind it and windows reflect heat like a mirror reflects light.
Ah. Fair enough. The first (Gadget Show) review of it that popped up in google talks about "beams" so I assumed it was active rather than passive. I'm still a bit 'meh' about it given that the standard scally tent-robbing method always used to be slashing a hole in the back end of the tent where people typically store their bags. If a PIR is facing the entrance then it wouldn't spot that at all.
Tents: they're not safes.
No matter how it works a tent alarm would be of limitted use. Who's going to do anything about an alarm going off in a field full of tents? Most people will be over at the stages and the camp site will probably be in semi darkness.
Who does anything about a car alarm going off in a car park?
Or do you want it to go off every time someone walks past your (semi-transparent!) tent!?!
A lot of thieving goes on late late at night - as long as it wakes you and the tents around you up (They'd probably be grateful as they would either have just been or be next on the list) then it sounds like a good idea to me.
As for taking phones, we bought cheap Nokia's especially. Tenner each, battery lasts forever, don't care if they got lost. Easy.
Agree that anyone who takes speakers needs a kick in the arse.
I noticed the number of these gadgets relying on RF of some kind. How many channels do they support?
I'm just wondering who's tent you might end up finding, if enough people brought them.
Definitely worth the walkies, though. My sets take AA, so easy to "recharge" without mains power. Even if others are on your channels, you don't normally use them for long conversations. over. out.
Take a bloody camper van. And not one of those dodgy VW's; a proper one, with a dunny and shower.
Camper than what exactly?
Got my own loo and shower, and it has a locking door.
Or you could just stay at home and moan about the youth of today.
The best security at Glasto is to go as a group of about 15. Arrive late Wednesday. Find a nice patch towards the top corner of a field (but not so close you get the pissers) and set up your tents in a circle all linked together with cris-cross guy ropes and only one entrance. Set up a pole in the middle with a flashing L.E.D. Get a particularly motherly aunt to come along, who'll mostly stay with the tents, reading, knitting, chatting to similar women (or guys even).
Don't even think about moving off until late Monday afternoon.
Worked for us in 2000 and we had a fantastic stress-free time with no worries, no losses, and no getting lost.
Just saying.
Had some nob try to drag away my tent. With me and a fencing hatchet still inside. FAIL.
Good pair of boots. A small £10 morrisons dome tent (it has done a few glastonburys and donnightons in its time). small snugpak sleeping bags, inflatable sleeping mat, clothes inc "go home to civilisation" clothes. Fags in bags, beer, thats about it. Fuck the phone, you're supposed to be enjoying yourself. And an ipad? Seriously?
Dont take anything you dont mind losing.
All these anti-theft methods seem a bit OTT to me - the best way of making sure your stuff doesn't get nicked is to leave it at home. Last fest I went to, I took my old camera phone (K550i, still got a 10+ day battery life so no charging required), sleeping bag, stove, torch, beer and instant noodles (easy to carry since they hardly weigh anything). Sure I'd be unhappy if someone nicked my £14 case of lager, but not as pissed as I'd be if they took my smartphone, iPad or £50 tent locating device.
I had 4 1/2 acid tabs, no tent, no sleeping bag and it hissed down.
go without a tent
I once saw a bunch of hefty long hairs catch a perp robbing property from tents, strip the guy naked and gaffer tape him to a tree outside a popular heavy metal festivals police command post, pausing only to tie a placard round the idiots neck detailing his crimes...... Back on topic, a fire alarm function would be ideal too, having just returned from Le Mans where an accidentally overturned barbecue in the site next to ours caused the loss of a race goers car (a rather nice Audi until the fire), tent and contents, not to mention a caravan accidentally torched on the Sunday night..
Being as I have been mugged at Glastonbury by a bunch of scousers, whilst hundreds looked gormlessly on, I don't think a piddly electronic alarm will do any good, as no-one will give a shit.
What to take: money, drugs, spare pair of pants. That's it. Anything else is a waste of time.
You are there for music, not to keep your iPad charged and somewhere safe.
We need proper festival gadgets, like the ideal trolly to carry your crap to and from the car.
A lightweight tent that goes up and down easy (preferably with a bit of space to sit in during the morning when you wake up and wait for the rain to stop).
Cheap, small, lightweight radios that last a long time on batteries (music before the show starts/after you get back to the tent for an all night party)
Decent wellies and waterproofs that will last a weekend without somewhere to dry them out.
The only electrics you need at a proper festival are your phone to find your mates when you get lost and a charger as smartphones don't hold their charge all weekend (T in the Park have lockers with car style sockets to charge up from)
Why the blue blistering blazes would you want to listen to MP3s at a music festival?
The walkie talkie might be good if the batteries lasted 5 days, otherwise its clutter.
To find yer tent molish a unique flag and stick it on a long pole. Paint the tent with coloured waterproofer. One red tent in a field of beige ones is easy to find.
If you leave yer bits at home, they won't get nicked.
Wellies, some sleeping gear, condoms, and perhaps coffee (though people mostly buy that now) . There are 362 days a year to play with yer ipud.
I never bring anything I don't want to risk getting stolen. Events, public campgrounds, the beach, there's always someone with sticky fingers looking for a quick score.
That said, the external battery pack is very handy for long weekends away from other power sources. I've got a New Trent version; 5000mAh will charge an iPhone about 2.5x (but only 30% or so of an iPad). Takes a long time to charge itself, but charges devices fast enough.
The other great thing is the waterproof camera. I've got a Panasonic TS2. Nearly same specs as the Olympus (but the TS2 has been out for two years). Awesome camera. I thought it was great at the beach and on the water (with a floatie attached), but surprisingly I get much more use of it in winter. No worries about keeping it in an outer pocket of the jacket, getting wet and cold, fumbling and dropping it into the snow, getting it soaked on a wet ice climb... fantastic camera. I'm sure the Olympus is just as good, too bad Canon doesn't make one that doesn't look like a kid's toy.
With only 20 or so bands, the PMR frequencies get full at any big festival.
There is a trick to it though. Get a foreign PMR/CB (US or Aussie for Brits) that uses different frequencies. This is of course illegal. As are many things you might do at festivals.
+1 on this tip.
It's a very convenient way of claiming "your" part of the spectrum without getting into two-way radio tech and allocations.
... or didn't you mean "20 bands" on a stage but rather 20 frequency bands?
Just asking because that would be bollocks then. (:
PMR446 offers 8 channels == 8 independent frequencies == 8 different conversations at the same time within the same area.
Just back from Glasto, used the TeckNet Dual-Port iEP380 5000mAh
This kept my Orange San Francisco topped up for 5 days.
At £21 and very similar design, I'd say it was a better choice
Whilst it's a great idea, it's a touch pricey at 60 quid. Happily, for about 42 quid amazon will punt you a similar device called a Trent iCruiser with a whopping 11,00 mAh capacity, or you can get a 6,600 mAh Arcadia ACD66 device for 35 quid, but if you promise t write and honest (not necessarily good) review within three weeks of receiving it, you can get one for about £25 (via the seller called Naphos). Got an Arcadia just in time for Beatherder and frankly it's looking like a good investment.
The only decent idea here is a windup/solar generator. The rest are useless tat. Biggest problem at glastonbury? Heat and lack of shade. Give me a gadget that can fix that, and I'll be happier than a hippie at the leftfield stage.


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