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Sunday, February 7, 2010
NASA Budget Cuts Are A Good Thing
I'm afraid you've lost me here. America's technological prowess and innovating spirit are chief among her assets- but those blessings don't come to us from her government programs. They are a result of her enterprising people and private businesses.
NASA will waste millions of tax payer dollars to send a robot to Mars to see if it has water. While that may be interesting to NASA scientists, it hardly creates value for the American people- especially when the robot breaks. Your tax payer dollars at work.
Private investors on the other hand, like Mike Markkula will find two hippies in a garage in California putting together desktop computers for a small business they started called Apple. Mike invested $250,000 of his money in their vision and these two hippies, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak ended up revolutionizing how we view information, creating billions of dollars of value for Americans, and untold thousands of jobs. That's technological progress.
Meanwhile, private startups funded with private money are even conquering the frontiers of space, promising to deliver commercial space flights for the recreation of wealthy customers. As with the private development of any new technology throughout history, wealthy patrons will pioneer its use with their abundance of surplus wealth, funding the discovery of cheaper methods, allowing the technology to become more widely available. This happened with the plane, the car, the computer, and the television.
We don't need NASA or any other government program to help us succeed. Small business, not big government is the fountainhead of American prosperity. The only thing we need the government to do is to stay the hell out of our way. I agree with you whole-heartedly that Mr. Obama's policies are detrimental to our country's development, but not because of this one exception to his usual rule of expanding government.
Instead, it is his runaway spending, unchecked expansion of executive power, and effort to socialize every major industry in the country that is destroying American greatness. Why then should we complain that he will grant us one exception and dismantle our socialized space industry and pave the way for private expansion into the void? I wish he'd take that attitude about all of America's state-run and regulated industries.
Thanks for hearing me out,
Wes Messamore,
Editor of HumbleLibertarian.com
12 comments:
You know, I'm really trying to make the complete mindshift towards libertarianism, or something close to it, and your site has been helping a lot, but I have to admit that two of the hardest things for me to give up are NASA and National Parks. I'm a nerd so I'm very entranced by basic research, even if it's basic research with no possibility of a financial return.ReplyDelete
And as far as parks, I've visited many
national parks, and also private parks like Meteor Crater. At Meteor Crater, you can't go "hike the rim" without hiring one of their off-duty tour guides to take you. If all the parks and open space were privately owned, I'm afraid they'd all be like this -- their liability insurance would require them to keep all patrons supervised so they could keep their rates as low as possible. But sometimes being at risk of death (changing weather, no cell phone coverage, difficult terrain) is what makes being in the outdoors enjoyable and rewarding.
I don't want to have to sign a 10-page release form every time I want to go hiking the way I have to now to go skydiving! [and yes, I realize I've just given you the perfect setup to ask why I don't demand government-supplied skydiving as well....]
But seriously, in the libertarian world, what becomes of missions to impact asteroids, large hadron colliders, and Arches National Park?
Hey I totally feel the same way you do. For instance, my four years at a public high school were positively wonderful. I wouldn't trade them for anything. I learned a ton and grew a lot in that public school. I also love driving on the government-created interstate highway system- like, really love it.ReplyDelete
But I can do without these things when I remember their existence is morally outrageous. I won't have my pleasures at someone else's expense. While my school experience was great, landowners in Nashville were made- by threat of force- to pay for it.
And other children haven't had good experiences in our public school system. In addition to the ones who are unable to read or find America on a map, sexual abuse of students in public schools is reaching horrendous proportions (though it's never reported).
And our highways were likewise built with money looted from people by threat of force (if they didn't pay their income tax, they got hauled to jail). And for all my good experiences and pure joy when I sail down I-40, it crushes my heart to consider the literally millions of people who have died on government roads in the last century, a situation that would not have been tolerated from or ever arisen in a privately-run transportation industry.
As for all those fun things like hadron colliders and space exploration- wealthy capitalists will always fund the ideas of enterprising innovators and curious scientists. In fact, imagine the kind of unprecedented, explosive wealth and prosperity of a truly unregulated, open market. Imagine the kind of Golden Age that would be?
The Apple iPod would never have been invented in Soviet Russia- and even if it did, who would be able to afford it (or a loaf of bread for that matter)? That's one of the main beauties of a free society- it's not just enlightened, it's fun.
PS: You only need to sign a 10-page release because of frivolous lawsuits, which are a result of poor government policy. Pass a "loser pays" bill for civil suits, and that should clear things up.
- AnonymousMay 21, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Space exploration is not simply a fun idea. It's vital to our survival as a species. Currently, NASA is the only agency we have in government that does any good for the American taxpayers. To say otherwise is to ignore all of the technological innovations brought to us by the program. Seriously, if you are in doubt of this google it.ReplyDelete
NASA is a valuable program. Space exploration is a vital step for humanity. We have to start thinking about exploring the stars and colonizing other worlds. We don't get there by handing all of it over to the private sector, which is currently years behind that evil government program you speak of.
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2010 at 1:26 PM
NASA is a force of nature unlike anything else. It is ESSENTIAL to this country as a whole. It inspires more children to open their minds to the realm of science than any other institution in the world. No child ever grown up thinking, " I want to be an NSF researcher!" or "I'm going to work for the USGS!" NASA builds dreams, and creates and stimulates young minds. Kids that don't have exposure to something as large and amazing as NASA will never have their minds opened to the realm of what Technology can truly create. Right now in the current budget NASA is one half of one percent of the federal budget. Yet when you ask people who complain about how much money is being spent in space, when you ask them how much they thing NASA is getting, they'll give you a number five or 10 times that size. When you tell them it's only half a penny they'll say, "Oh, I didn't know that." It pays for the space shuttle, the space station, all the NASA centers, NASA headquarters, all the science, the Hubble Space Telescope, all of the rovers. So NASA has a visibility that's far beyond its budget. That says that, whatever NASA is doing, it's doing good.ReplyDelete
NASA developed prototype electric cars, low-emission gas turbines, wind turbines, and
solar-powered villages, to name a few of the major energy projects. Advancements in aviation, thermal and fluid mechanics that allow planes today to function on a level never thought possible. NASA was influential in developing the integrated circuit which fueled the development of several well-known American tech companies. Without NASA, companies such as Intel Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated would have never gotten off the ground. Companies like Intel Corporation have gone on to make considerable contributions to the advancement of computer technology. X-Ray's, MRI's, CAT, and a bevy of other medical technologies. Freeze dried food, MREs, Cordless tools, water purification systems, Solar collectors, fire fighter technology, fusion reactors. Need I go on??
Oh, and that Cell phone you use on a daily basis, would not exist were it not for NASA. Your ignorance is revolting.
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 12:51 AM
Previous Anonymous took the words out of my mouth...ReplyDelete
The 2029 mission to Europa has a good chance of finding alien life in the oceans beneath its ice. There not a drop of profit to be made in doing this--but I can't see how anyone could yawn at it/consider their stock portfolio more interesting and _not_ be a complete sociopath. The naivete of Right Wing Libertardism never ceases to amaze me.
Under your ideology, nothing is worth doing that wouldn't reap results/profit within one's own lifetime--there's no way around this accusation, so don't try to slither out of it. Then consider the VAST amount of tasks and challenges facing humanity that fall into this category.
What yields more innovation? Pursuit of Knowledge to attain knowledge, or pursuit of Knowledge to attain Profit? I've yet to meet a Right Wing Libertarian with the brass ones to answer (They all just change the subject in a manner not unlike the slimy politicians they purport to want to replace.)
- AnonymousAugust 9, 2011 at 4:46 AM
A group of people with a monopoly of force need to make everyone pay for space exploration against their will? That doesn't seem right. Feel free to donate as much money as you wan't to science, but don't make others pay for what they don't want. It seems easy enough to grasp this concept to me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 6:37 AM
Yeah, keep pukin' up that anti-taxation straw man and ignore the real issues.ReplyDelete
No one cares about the horrible, terrible, UNBEARABLE taxation hardship you have to suffer. That second summer home that you can no longer afford...that sports car...oh your _rights_ are so oppressed!
Poor _baby_. Now go get yer friggin' shinebox.
- AnonymousOctober 18, 2011 at 5:33 PM
Why does the military get like 600 billion a year (not including counterterrorism spending, or war funding), and yet people act like NASA's 20 billion a year is the real outrage?ReplyDelete
Some amount of military spending is necessary for national defense to be sure (such as maintaining a nuclear arsenal), but why the need for the rest of the military spending? Think about it: if America ever goes to war with another country that has a serious chance of taking over America or conquering it, that kind of serious full-scale war will basically be 100% nuclear.
Protip: cut the bulk of the military spending not particularly relevant to national security (the part of it that don't involve missile technologies, military science research, and nuclear weapons) - the savings can then be used to increase NASA's budget while at the same time reducing the deficit or whatever.
Everyone wins! The deficit goes down, government spending goes WAY down, yet worthwhile science programs that ACTUALLY BENEFIT mankind continue to provide their benefits.
- Matthew MorenoJuly 9, 2012 at 5:04 AM
Sorry to stir up old debate, but I think that you ignore the point of research institutions like NASA.ReplyDelete
There is a reason it took NASA to get us to the moon: it was costly and really didn't have an economic reasoning. To that point, many of you are right. Our government took our hard-earned tax dollars and spent them on something that had no economic point.
But what you overlook is the value that came about from the innovation that it took to get us to the moon. Just in case you didn't know, it's really, really expensive to send things into orbit. So NASA spent a whole lot of money learning how to make things lighter, and more compact.
You know what else? It's really hard to communicate in space, and breath in space, and stay warm in space. NASA had to create new technology to solve all of these problems, and these innovations spurred economic development in other related sectors, like the communications industry, or the insulation industry.
Well that's all fine and dandy, you say. The private sector could have done it without our government getting involved.
And that attitude would be wrong. We knew nothing about space, or how our technology would work there, or whether we could survive in space. Hell, we didn't even know whether our hearts would keep beating in zero gravity. And i think that we can all agree that business don't really make decisions where there is a lot of uncertainty. If there isn't a reason to believe there will be a return on profits, companies are likely to hold off until someone else tests the waters first.
And that's where the government can come in: It can help pool the resources of many into projects like Apollo-11. And once we know all about that projects - the dangers, benefits, etc. - private industry will better be able to gauge whether it is a good idea to get involved.
If you want an example, look at our Low Earth Orbit (LEO). NASA was the first entity to launch a satellite that stayed in orbit, and after we learned all about launching things into orbit - and the best ways to keep them there - private enterprise took over and launched their own satellites.
So yes, I believe in a small, efficient government. I think that it's main responsibility is to protect our rights and liberties, and to make sure that no one can take them away from us. But is it really that unreasonable to think that it also has the ability to spur economic innovation, and that it should use that ability to keep our nation on the fore-front of the economic world?
The reason America isn't number one anymore is because we stopped innovating. We stopped dreaming. And it's with dreams - like walking on the moon - that innovation comes. Our government should use it's unique position to help us fulfill those dreams, and we can reap the benefits of the innovations in technology required to make those dreams become realities.
- AnonymousJuly 3, 2015 at 4:20 PM
Space travel is a waste of time, anyway. The only reason to go out there is resources, and it's too expensive now, and we should send fucking robots when we do, since they're obviously better adapted to living in an airless radiation zone.ReplyDelete
Space travel is travelogue wank for bored nerds; the only commercial future human space travel has is luxury, there is literally no reason to send humans out there, and little enough reason to ever go there.
If you are looking for resources _space is the worst possible place_. Especially since we have a planet composed of carbon, uranium and all sorts of other valuable commodities; 'overpopulation' is an eschatological fantasy invented by people ignorant of geometry and economics.


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Oscar organizers have yet to make a decision about next year's schedule, but the motion picture academy and broadcaster ABC avoided the Winter Games in 2006 and 2010 by pushing the show to March, after originally moving up the telecast to late February from March in 2004. This was partly in response to the awards fatigue factor, given all the ceremonies now populating the period. In earlier decades, the Oscars , pretty much the only show in town , were held in March and even as late as April.
"They don't have a lot of wiggle room," said Brad Adgate, research director for media-buying company Horizon Media. "I would suspect next year's Oscars will be held in March. The Academy Awards have never been held in January. They're always the final show during awards season, and obviously the most prestigious and highest rated."
The Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild of America have already announced that they're moving up their 2014 ceremonies to Martin Luther King weekend on Jan. 18 and 19 respectively to avoid the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and the Super Bowl at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., which is set for Feb. 2.
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Veteran journalist Gerald Posner concedes that he lifted from the Miami Herald.
Veteran journalist Gerald Posner acknowledged today that he copied five sentences from a Miami Herald article this week for a piece he wrote for the Daily Beast. The Daily Beast appended an editor's note to the beginning of Posner's piece today, explaining that the copying was "inadvertent" and that the Daily Beast has deleted the copied passages.
Here are the relevant sentences from the Feb. 2 Miami Herald story by Julie Brown, which was about a local murder and estate battle:
The Novacks, who wed in 1991, had a tumultuous marriage. In 2002, Narcy Novack and two others tied Novack Jr. to a chair, threatened to kill him and removed money from his safe, according to the police report.
"If I can't have you, no one else will," she told him, according to a divorce petition he filed and later dropped.
At the time, Narcy Novack told police the incident was part of a sex game.
She also showed them pornographic pictures of women with artificial limbs, claiming her husband had a fetish for them.
Here are the sentences that have been redacted from Posner's Feb. 2 Daily Beastpiece:
There is little doubt the Novacks had a volatile relationship. In 2002, 11 years into their marriage, Narcy and two others tied Ben Jr. to a chair, threatened to kill him and took money from his safe, according to the police report filed at the time.
"If I can't have you, no one else will," she told him, according to a divorce petition Ben Jr. filed and then dropped.
Narcy told police investigators at the time that the entire episode was part of a sex game. And she also showed them porno snapshots of women with artificial limbs having sex, claiming her husband had a fetish for them.
(Here's a cached version of the original Posner article.)
When asked whether what Posner did was plagiarism, Daily BeastExecutive Editor Edward Felsenthal didn't dodge. Reading aloud from the definition of plagiarism on Dictionary.com—"the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work"—he agreed that that's what Posner did. "Yeah, you'd have to say it's plagiarism," he said. "I do believe it was inadvertent."
Posner, theDaily Beast's chief investigative reporter, didn't make any excuses, either. And he made no effort to escape the P-word, which writers caught stealing copy usually do.
Stating that he was "horrified" at what he did, Posner agreed that it constitutes plagiarism. But he couldn't figure out how he did it.
He said he had no memory of having seen the Herald story, describing himself as "absolutely sure" he did not see it before sending his own story to Beast editors. But that memory must be wrong, he said, because the similarities between the two pieces are too great, and the Herald's storywas posted before he e-mailed his to his editors at 2:03 a.m. on Feb. 2.
"I must have had the Miami Herald there and copied." He regards the subtle differences between his copy and the Herald's as evidence of him "doing the rewrite" of what he thought was his copy.
Posner is no stranger to the story he plagiarized, having covered elements of it for his 2009 book Miami Babylon: Crime Wealth and Power—A Dispatch From the Beach. He has continued to gather material on it for the book's upcoming paperback edition. Citing primary documents in his possession and his own original reporting, he said that he didn't have to plagiarize the Herald to write his Beaststory.
But, again, he's not making excuses. He also refused to soft-pedal in any way what he did because it was inadvertent, as many plagiarists do. "The act is the act," he said.
Posner said he's always been tough on plagiarists and has long believed that people who get caught taking other people's copy should say this: "I am humbled by it, and it will not happen again."
"There is no excuse," he said, repeatedly expressing his regret. "I take full responsibility."
According to Felsenthal, Posner will continue to write for the Beast.
"I'm convinced this was an unintentional aberration in an extraordinary career breaking news and doing top quality journalism with high ethical standards," Felsenthal said.
Addendum, Feb. 6: A sixth sentence lifted from the Herald article by Posner has been called to my attention:
"Because her husband left her his estate, she is now free to sell his assets, including their home, his boat and his massive collection of Batman memorabilia." —Miami Herald
"Because her husband left her his estate, Narcy is now free to sell his assets, including their home, his yacht, and his massive collection of Batman memorabilia." —The Daily Beast
Addendum, Feb. 6: The seventh sentence lifted by Posner from the Herald:
"Neither Abad nor her mother attended Monday's hearing in Fort Lauderdale." —Miami Herald
"Neither Abad nor her mother attended Monday's hearing in Fort Lauderdale." —The Daily Beast
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October 10-16 is Build Your Business with Business Cards Week. Business cards are one the most inexpensive ways to promote your business. But, if you go cheap it can also hurt your business. Let's take this time to review what is on your business card and the quality of the card. Go ahead pull out your business card and let's take a look at it. My seven tips below will help you maximize your business card so you get the biggest bang for your buck and present you and your business in a positive manner.
Seven Tips to Building Your Business with Your Business Card
1. Use quality card stock. Do NOT ever attempt to print your cards at home. Cheaply made cards will destroy your reputation. They look cheap and you do not want your business to be regarded as cheap or substandard. There are many resources available to you online and offline that will print your cards for next to nothing. Do not accept the free version. Prepare to upgrade to heavy card stock.
2. Glossy or Matte. Glossy business cards are pretty but the recipient cannot write on the card. Matte cards can be purchased in regular or heavy card stock and allow for writing a note or appointment on the card. You will need to consider how you or the recipient will be using your card.
3. Use the back of the card. Do not let the back of the card remain empty. Think of it as prime real estate. Use the back of the card to promote your services, offer a customer loyalty program, or include details for the next appointment. It does not cost a great deal of money to use the back of the card. Many places will print the back in black ink for free. Think of the back of the card as free advertising space.
4. Font. Make sure everyone can read your card. Cutesy fonts are often hard for people to read. Use a font that is large enough for everyone to read. I have several cards sitting on my desk that I can't read. Before printing your cards have the proof evaluated by people of all ages to include those that do and do not wear glasses.
5. Color. You will want to use your brand colors on your card. Do not use one color for your website and another for marketing materials and then another color for your business card. People want to see consistency. People respond to consistency. When they know your brand and can easily identify with it they are more apt to see you as a real business owner and not a fly by night contractor. When choosing a color make sure others can read it. Black business cards seem to be the rage but I for one have a hard time reading them. I can actually feel my eyes trying to focus. When a black card is combined with a cutesy font it is a nightmare to read. You may think it is easy to read because you know what it says. Solicit feedback from others before having thousands of cards printed.
6. Logo or Photo. Are you your brand? It is OK to use a photo on your business card. Again, make sure it is appropriate and can be seen. If you have a logo you will want to use it on your card. I have seen people put their logo on one side of the card and their picture on the other. People resonate with people. Look at various business cards for examples.
7. Information. Include the basic information on your card i.e. Business name, your name, credentials, physical address, phone number, website and if possible your email address. Do not make people hunt for your information so that they can send you a thank you note or follow up letter or email. Make it easy for the person to contact you or do business with you. When there is no physical address people question the legitimacy of your business.
My seven tips for business card success will help you in growing your business. When people can read your business card and resonate with you and your brand you will begin building long lasting client relationships.


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Welker says toughest part is leaving buddy BradyUnion Leader wire services
March 14. 2013 10:37PM
Say goodbye to Tom Brady's favorite receiver.
Free agent Wes Welker, who led the Patriots with 118 receptions for 1,354 yards last season, finalized a two-year contract with the Denver Broncos worth $12 million on Thursday. The deal includes $150,000 in incentives in per season year if Welker catches 90 passes.
Welker, 31, was introduced in Denver on Thursday and said a departure from three-time Super Bowl champion Brady was the most difficult part of his decision.
"Yeah, that was definitely probably the hardest part, leaving Tom," said Welker, who made an average of 112 receptions during six seasons with New England. "He's a great competitor, a great player, a great friend across the board. I wish the best to him."
New England was prepared to lose Welker, who was offered $10 million over two seasons, according to reports. The Patriots already had agreed in principle to a five-year, $31 million contract with St. Louis Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Patriots also signed former Seattle Seahawks running back and return specialist Leon Washington, a seven-year veteran who was recently cut by Seattle.
Welker bolsters the aerial attack in Denver, which now features three wideouts that racked up more than 1,000 yards in 2012. Welker, Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker will provide ample targets for four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning. Welker made certain to thank Patriots fans at the beginning of his press conference.
"I'd definitely like to thank New England for the six years there and all the trust and everything they put in me and the opportunities I got," Welker said. "But I'm looking forward to being a Denver Bronco and really trying to help this team win."


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Although your primary care physician (PCP) is trained to handle a wide range of health conditions, a kidney doctor has been trained as an expert in kidney function and diseases of the kidney.
If you've recently been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), you'll want to find a kidney doctor as soon as possible. A nephrologist can run diagnostic tests to determine the current stage of your kidneys and prescribe the best treatment course for your stage of CKD.
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Two video landmarks in theremin history - this DVD presents both the instructional video "Mastering the Theremin" featuring world-renowned thereminist, Lydia Kavina, and "Clara Rockmore - World's Greatest Theremin Virtuosa".
"Mastering the Theremin" covers basic theremin techniques in 6 lessons - and includes exercises designed by Clara Rockmore. Kavina also performs three of her original compositions for theremin. This is the main resource you need for learning to play theremin or for improving your technique.Moog Music & Little Big Films, NC, 1995. 45:01 minutes.
"Clara Rockmore" contains performances by Clara Rockmore as well as a discussion of the fascinating instrument. Newly enhanced, including an introduction by Bob Moog. This is a must-have for theremin enthusiasts.
Produced by Bob Moog and Moog Music, Inc., NC, 1998. 58:08 minutes.
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Price: $34.95
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Bristow Elementary School Installs a Vernal Pond on their Campus
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Bristow Elementary's Energy Team's goal is to get students out of the classroom to have real-life experiences with scientific material through discovery learning, while saving energy by using outdoor resources. It is becoming a reality! We are excited about our newest educational addition...a vernal pond. "By November 5th the pond was already holding water! As the pond continues to fill, our team is working diligently to 'ready' the outdoor learning area, which we have named the 'disconnected classroom'," said Melissa. "We have 30 stumps placed near the pond for student seating as they observe the pond. There is an uprooted tree placed near the pond along with rocks and branches to attract wildlife".
Recently, the Energy Team was awarded a grant of $3,500 from SCA Personal Care to beautify our disconnected classroom! With the grant, we plan to build an environmentally friendly shelter for students to observe and record observations, install bird houses with a camera inside one house to record birds and babies; install bat houses and a variety of Kentucky native plants, along with a butterfly garden and rock garden. Our projected completion for this project is early Spring....and it all started with a vernal pond!", said Melissa.
On October 18th, the pond was installed with the expertise of Wildlife Biologist, Tom Biebighauser, coordinating assistance from Trish Sowell with the Center for Environmental Education and Sustainability at WKU, and the excavator operator Ken White from Scott and Ritter, Inc., along with a $2,000 grant funded from Sheltowee Environmental Education Coalitions Wetland Restoration Program (SEEC).
Tom explains, "Vernal ponds are seasonal wetlands that are usually quite small and are covered by shallow water during the wetter part of the year. Climatic changes associated with each season cause dramatic changes in the appearance of and the flora and fauna associated with vernal ponds. Common animals seen at vernal ponds include toads and frogs, salamanders and dragon flies. A variety of bird life is attracted to the pools which are used as a seasonal source of food and water. In many areas, vernal ponds are disappearing due to sprawl patterns of growth, and efforts are being made to protect and restore them, as their disappearance marks the loss of important habitat for associated plants and animals"
For more information and pictures about the vernal pond go to: http://www.wku.edu/cees/bristow_elementary_vernal_pond.php
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Out of the Woodwork: Pride for Sale
I wanted my profit margin high but my ego was knocked low.
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Like most woodworkers I dreamed of transforming my talent into a profitable career where I could pursue my passion and make a decent living at the same time. But like many of us, I became so intimately involved in my craft that I failed to take criticism very well. Call it ego if you will, but I think that products of my blood, sweat and tears deserve respect. Unfortunately for the business side, this often can hamper sales.
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Unless you've been living under a rock, if you're a parent you've probably heard the newest decree from Marissa Mayer -- the young CEO of Yahoo, who was hired when she was five months pregnant and notably took only a two-week maternity leave after popping out her baby, undoubtedly while being fanned by a her doula, a waiting nanny in tow.
Her decree, uttered with all the certainty that an empress can have from her ivory citadel, was that no longer could Yahoo employees work remotely (aka from home, or anywhere else that's not the office) anymore.
"Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home," says the memo from the human resources department, and reprinted by Kara Swisher on allthingsd.com. "We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together."
Credit: Fortune Live Media.
This proclamation assumes that Marissa Mayer is living in the real world today (which she is not); that Yahoo is a relevant company (it is not), and confirms that Yahoo, a technology company follows a construct of the working world straight out of the Mad Men era. Way to join the 21st century Yahoo. Not.
All of this is just plain wrong, not just for women but for PARENTS.
The statistics are clear that working remotely works to boost both morale and productivity. Google has made changes to their family leave policy, increasing the time spent out of the office, and the results were a lower attrition rate of new parents.
According to the 2012 National Study of Employers, "between 2005 to 2012, employers have increased their provision of options that allow employees to better manage the times and places in which they work. These include flex time (from 66% to 77%); flex place (from 34% to 63%); choices in managing time (from 78% to 93%); and daily time off when important needs arise (from 77% to 87%)."
And a study recently published by Stanford, says that if you work from home at least some of the time you are most likely a more productive worker. During the 9-month study of call center workers for a travel agency in China, they found:
▪ A 12 percent increase in productivity for the at-home workers. Of that increase, 8.5 percent came from working more hours (due to shorter breaks and fewer sick days) and 3.5 percent came from more performance per minute. The researchers speculate this was due to quieter working conditions.
▪ No negative spill-overs to the control group stuck in the office even though they had communicated that they wanted to work from home.
▪ A 50 percent decrease in attrition among the work-from-home group.
▪ Substantially higher work satisfaction as measured by a survey among the home group.
They also noticed employees who were already more productive tended to choose working from home while less-productive employees chose to stay in the office.
Marissa Mayer needs to wake up smell the coffee. Hey, doesn't she report to a board, made up of presumably, um, parents? Board members, your employee is running amok. Put a stop to it, or you will "Yahoo" yourself off the face of any kind of business dealings now and in the future.
As for me, the only nasty spam I've gotten in my in-box has been from Yahoo, and since I don't work there, nor do I hope to, I'm going to treat this concept the way I do any form of spam…
Trash it.
What are your thoughts about this situation?
Estelle Sobel Erasmus is an award-winning journalist who is on the Board of Directors of the national non-profit Mothers & More, a support, education and advocacy organization for mothers which emphasizes the value of a mother's work whether paid or unpaid. She chronicles her transformative journey through motherhood and marriage on her blog Musings on Motherhood and Midlife
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SOURCE: ATLAB Pharma SAS
February 15, 2013 06:39 ET
NANTES, FRANCE--(Marketwire - Feb 15, 2013) - ATLAB Pharma SAS announces that positive results of a phase II study of ATL101 (Lutetium-177 anti-PSMA antibody) on 47 patients with progressive metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) has been presented at the ASCO 2013 Genitourinary cancer meeting (Orlando FL, USA, 14-16 February 2013).
Dr. Scott Tagawa presented the results and survival update of the Phase II clinical trial performed at Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, aimed at investigating the antitumor activity and safety profile of ATL101.
ATL101 was administered as a single intravenous injection at 2 radioactivity dose levels, 65 or 70 mCi/m², in 2 planned consecutive cohorts (1 and 2) enrolling 15 and 17 mCRPC patients respectively. Subsequently, a third expansion cohort (3) of 15 patients was added at the 70mCi/m² dose. All patients had failed up to 4 hormonal therapies and 55% had also failed at least one docetaxel containing chemotherapy regimen.
The results suggested a statistically significant relationship between injected dose and antitumor activity. The percentage of patients achieving PSA decline over 30% (30% PSA decline) increased from 13 % in Cohort (1) to 47 % in Cohort (2). The expansion Cohort 3 confirmed the rates of 30% PSA decline at 47% of patients. A treatment effect on the circulating tumor cells (CTC) count was also observed.
Moreover, median overall survival (OS) significantly increased with the injected dose of radioactivity from 11.9 months in cohort (1) to 21.8 months in cohorts 2 and 3. The treatment was well tolerated with predictable, transient, and manageable dose-related changes in blood cell counts. Patients experienced no serious symptomatic side effects.
Assessment of the CTC counts and PSMA antibody imaging are suggested to be useful companion biomarkers.
Pr. Jean-François Chatal, ATLAB's Head of Medical Affairs said: "These results confirm the safety and the antitumor activity of ATL101 in mCRPC. ATL101 shows a steep dose effect on antitumor activity as expected from its radiotherapy mode of action and a potential in prolonging the life of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. This justifies further validation by randomized trials".
Tagawa, ST at al. Phase II trial of 177lutetium radiolabeled anti-PSMA antibody J591 (177Lu-J591) for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (metCRPC): Survival update and expansion cohort with biomarkers. http://gucasym.asco.org/content/107376-134
About prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men with a median survival in metastatic castrate-resistant (mCRPC) disease of 12-24 months.
Prostate cancer is a radiosensitive disease. While localized prostate cancers are commonly treated by radiation, the ability to target radiation to prostate cancer sites elsewhere in the body has been limited until now.
About ATL101
ATL101 is a new targeted radiotherapy drug candidate for treating prostate cancer. ATL101 has shown tolerability profile in a phase I including 35 patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). ATL101 combines the humanized J591 monoclonal antibody targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) plus the Lutetium-177 radioisotope creating the first tumor-specific delivery system able to target radiation to radio-sensitive prostate cancer cells wherever they are in the body.
PSMA is the single most well-validated prostate cancer-specific cell membrane antigen known. It is present at high levels in 95% of prostate cancers, and it is rapidly internalized leading to accumulation of significant amounts of isotopes that can be linked to the J591 antibody. Humanized J591 monoclonal antibody has shown the ability, in several hundred patients studied to date, to exclusively target prostate cancer cells wherever they are in the body without targeting normal cells.
Lutetium-177 is a radioisotope that, once internalized into the cell, is irreversibly sequestered within the targeted tumor cell. It emits radiation over a millimetre range that is ideal for eradication of the small volume lesions commonly found in the bone marrow and lymph nodes of prostate cancer patients.
Clinical trials with ATL101
ATL101 is actively studied at Weill-Cornell Medical College/New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Phase I trials evaluating fractionated administration (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT00538668) and combination with docetaxel (NCT00916123). In addition, a randomized, multi-centre Phase II trial of ATL-101 in patients who have relapsed following surgery and/or radiation therapy and hormonal therapy but who do not yet have demonstrable metastatic disease is ongoing at several clinical sites in the USA (NCT00859781).
About ATLAB Pharma
ATLAB Pharma SAS is a privately-owned biotechnology company headquartered in Nantes, France. ATLAB is developing a pipeline of innovative antibody-based anti-cancer drugs including Lutetium-177 beta-emitting radiopharmaceuticals and Astatine-211 alpha-emitting radiopharmaceuticals.
ATLAB Pharma at ASCO GU 2013: http://hugin.info/156036/R/1678585/547926.pdf
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Nebraska power workers returning from Sandy duty
Nebraska power workers returning from Sandy duty
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Utility workers who were sent east to help restore power lost during Superstorm Sandy have returned home to Nebraska or are headed that way.
Nebraska Public Power District says 16 of its line technicians had ended their work in New Jersey, where they'd been sent after restoring power in parts of West Virginia. NPPD spokesman Mark Becker says they're expected back in Nebraska on Wednesday.
Omaha Public Power District spokeswoman Paula Lukowski says its seven workers were scheduled to return to Omaha on Wednesday as well. They'd been working in New York.
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Write Great Blog Posts
Blogs are a very important complements to business websites. They provide an easy medium for frequent content updates and carry out a informal dialogue with your audiences. The online success of a blog depends on the quality of posts that you make and the content that you write for it. Thus, more than anything else, you should ensure that your blog posts are interesting and offer some value to the readers. This way, you can increase your readership and keep your readers coming back.
Here are some handy tips to make your posts interesting.
Keep the style Conversational
Formal styles are not for blog posts. While writing for your blog, make sure you maintain a conversational writing style by using personal pronouns like 'I' and 'you' etc. The main idea is to make the readers feel that you are talking to them rather than narrating something. This is the first and foremost thing to remember while writing blog posts.
Offer Contradictions
Affirming to all the facts and figures can make your posts boring. It might seem that you are blatantly repeating what is already discovered and present. Rather, try to contradict things like you do in real life. This will not only make your posts interesting but also prompt readers to leave comments and offer their opinion.
Connect with your Audience Emotionally
The best way to connect to your audiences is though emotions. The tone of your blog posts should exhibit your enthusiasm and passion for the concerned topic. When you connect with your audience on an emotional level, they trust you as a credible voice about the topic and keep coming back to your blog.
Write Short Sentences
Use short crisp sentences that convey your message clearly and concisely. Long sentences may confuse the readers and make them lose interest in the contents.
Avoid Complex Vocabulary
If you are good at language or are an expert technologist, you may be tempted to use sophisticated words and complex technical jargon in your posts. However, remember that your audiences may not be well versed and would not understand the complex terminology's that your decide to use.
Use an Informal Style
Though the rules of English grammar may not allow sentences to begin with 'And', 'Because' etc., a blog is where you can break all rules. You need to write something just the way you speak. The trick is to make the visitors feel that you are actually talking to them. Information disseminated in this form is much more influencing than regular articles!
Include Humor
Nothing wins accolades and breaks the ice like humor does. So go ahead and introduce a touch of humor in your blog posts. It will appeal more to the users and can emphasize the point that you are trying to make. Also, users will understand and remember it better.
Be Interactive
Just like you maintain a conversational tone in your blog posts, you can ask questions in order to get the readers involved. You can do this by asking them questions. It makes readers feel like they are a part of the conversation than just merely listening to a one-person narrative.
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The National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police has decided to move the civil protection level from emergency phase back to alert phase for the eruption north of Vatnajökull glacier, which began at midnight and ended at around 04:00. The decision was taken in collaboration with the District Commissioners in Húsavík and Seyðisfjörður.
A statement from the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management reads:
"This decision is based on scientific evaluation of the situation. There is still significant seismic activity in the area and travelers are encouraged to follow news and www.safetravel.is for continued updates.
Restrictions on roads and areas in Jökulsárgljúfur canyon up to Dettifoss waterfall from the west-side, road 862, are still in effect, as well as other closures in the highlands north of Vatnajökull glacier.
At 10:00 UTC, the Icelandic Met Office changed the Aviation Colour Code for Bárðarbunga to 'orange,' signifying that significant emission of ash into the atmosphere is unlikely. The aviation colour-code for the Askja volcano remains at 'yellow'."


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Blaire Sorenson (Clancy group) wins Toni Morrison Graduate Mentoring Award
Blaire Sorenson, M.S./Ph.D. student in the Clancy group, studying solution processing of novel solar cell materials was awarded Cornell's Toni Morrison Award for Graduate Mentorship.
This award recognizes a GSMU Mentor or OADI Graduate Assistant who has made an outstanding contribution to their proteges and OADI and to the university community.
"This individual has gone beyond her role to promote diversity, scholarship and professional development. Additionally, she has successfully balanced her own educational goals and desire to help underrepresented students succeed." OADI is Cornell's Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is a Cornell alumna (M.S. '55).


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Small lot of QEII souvenir issues and Coronation related sets. Consists of "Once Upon a Time" booklet with 5 coins; "A Gracious Accession" Golden Jubilee Vol 1, booklet of stamps; 5 different First Day Covers; Coronation Postcard; Queen Elizabeth II, booklet of stamps; Sixtieth Birthday, souvenir booklet; "The Royal Tour of Canada" 1951, book; The Queen's Silver Jubilee 1977 (stamps); and White Ace album pages with 1953 collection of British Commonwealth Coronation issues (cat value US$173.75). Lovely lot. The 1951 Royal Visit book is lavishly illustrated and evocative. Estimate


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One of our favourite PC games of all time is Rollercoaster Tycoon. Not only did we spend countless hours trying to appease small computer peeps in trying to provide them theme park thrills, but it also helped create an enormously lucrative genre in gaming - the Tycoon game.
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 is great too, but the best has to be the third in the franchise. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 is still as relevant today as it was when it came out eight years ago, and although there's no sign of RCT4, you can still get 3 and the expansion packs on Steam, which we'd highly recommend. If you're not a PC gamer, we'd also recommend the new iOS app by the same developer, Frontier, that goes by the name of...
Coaster Crazy
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- iTunes
Coaster Crazy owes much to Rollercoaster Tycoon, not least that it is, in part, a rollercoaster building game with a modicum of resource management. However, it is much more and much less than that too.
It differs from RCT by being more of an elaborate puzzle game rather than sandbox, and therefore strips down plenty of the micromanagement in preference for focusing on coaster building itself. The game is split into locations, continentally and then within each region.
Each level requires a rollercoaster to be built, and each of those ask for certain criteria to be met. If you are successful, you receive a bundle of cash and a pay packet that's constantly replenishing. If not, you have to tweak away until you crack it.
Once you - and, more importantly, your virtual guests - are happy with your efforts, you can buy up a new plot of land (level) and build a new creation, meeting the harder objectives along the way.
The money earned not only allows you to buy lots of land to build on, but also items to use when doing so. Loops, inversions, scenery and more can help you reach your set goals, but also cost hard-earned wonga. Thankfully, it's plentiful in supply when you've finished several of the levels, so that's not a worry.
You will need to be patient, however, because unless you are willing to part with real money, you have to wait real time, Tiny Towers-style, for land purchases to be completed. Continents can even take 11 hours or so, Cash and gems (which help pay for speeding up the game or other more premium features) can be bought, but we are happy to advise that we've played a considerable amount of the free game without spilling a single bean of our own real-world moolah.
There are some really nice touches to Coaster Crazy. The graphics, for a start, are stunning. The in-game characters have just that, character, and the smoothness at which it runs, even on an iPad 2, is very impressive.
The bits and bobs you get to build rollercoasters with are great for experiment. And Frontier even provides a moon level that allows you to go completely nuts with what you've earned so far, in order to create the most elaborate rides.
You can also go back to former coasters in order to tweak them once you've completed a level, which could award you even more cash, so there's playability even when you've swept through the entire game.
Coaster Crazy is a great, addictive game that provides excellent casual gaming thrills while making us yearn for a new Rollercoaster Tycoon. Come on Frontier, get a wriggle on.


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AICPA to IRS: Delay Upcoming Basis Reporting Deadlines
March 31, 2014
Members of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and their clients experienced significant confusion as a result of the implementation of cost basis reporting for stocks and mutual funds during the 2013 filing season, Jeffrey A. Porter, chair of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee, wrote to the IRS in a March 4, 2014 comment letter. He proposed that three future basis reporting requirement deadlines in final regulations, Treasury Decision (T.D.) 9616, be further delayed by one year each.
The proposed extensions are:
• Move the reporting for initial tracking of cost basis for options and debt instruments from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2015;
• Move the reporting for transfer reporting from January 1, 2015 to January 1, 2016; and,
• Move the reporting for complex debt instruments from January 1, 2017 to January 1, 2018.
"In many instances," Porter wrote, "our members found the Forms 1099-B to contain inaccurate, incomplete or inconsistently reported information by various third party reporting entities. The number of corrected Forms 1099-B was arguably greater than in prior years and many more original Forms 1099-B were received post February 15th."
"We believe the delay in expanding basis reporting may allow additional time for these issues relating to basis reporting for stock and mutual funds to come to a resolution," he wrote.
"Adding additional complexity by expanding those securities requiring basis reporting may strain the ability of third party reporting entities, software developers and tax preparers to provide complete and accurate data to both the IRS and taxpayers," Porter stated.
The AICPA believes the proposed delays in reporting are necessary to reduce compliance burdens for individual taxpayers and to provide additional time for third party reporting entities to change their programming and processes to comply with the regulations.


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And the heat goes on ... and onBy NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Union Leader Correspondent
July 17. 2013 8:27PM
Another day, another scorcher. More hot weather is on tap for the remainder of the week, causing towns to open cooling centers and cancel activities to keep residents out of the heat.
In Milford, the Wadleigh Memorial Library has been designated a cooling center by the town, according to Jodie Gaffney of the Milford Fire Department.
"The library has air conditioning so people can cool down if they need to," she said.
Nicole Banks, director of Milford's recreation department, said the town pool is very popular this year.
Though none of the recreation programs in Milford have been changed due to the weather, Banks said staffers are "making sure our program participants attend class with water and that they drink lots of water and apply sunblock."
In Manchester, summer activities have been canceled due to the heat. In Berlin, Recreation Programmer Terry Letarte said the town's field hockey program is being postponed until next week until there are cooler temperatures.
"We decided it's best to play it safe," said Letarte. "We're still holding baseball in the morning, but today we ended our game after only four innings because it was so hot. I think the parents were grateful."
The city's playground program is still running because the playground is in the shade, but a directive went out to staff this week giving them the go-ahead to cancel if the heat became too much.
"We told them it's OK to shut down if they need to, but they've been sticking it out," Letarte said.
At the Salem Boys and Girls Club, Chief Professional Officer Michael Centor said he and the staff have been keeping an eye on temperatures and reducing the amount of time kids are spending outside.
"Luckily we have a wonderful facility that's air conditioned so we're cutting the amount of time the kids spend on the playground and then bringing them into the gym," Centor said. "We're also making sure that we have extra water on hand so kids stay hydrated."
Peterborough Fire Chief Joseph Lennox said that the town has places where folks can cool off but no official cooling centers have been advertised, and there also hasn't been any demand thus far.
The pool and the town beach are open until 8 p.m., and I think that's helping a lot," said Lennox.
There have been a few cases of heat-related illnesses such as heat stroke and dehydration, officials said.
"We've seen some dehydration, an increase in sunburns and an increase in asthma because of the humidity," said Dr. Polina Sayess at Immediate Care of Southern New Hampshire in Nashua. "But overall it's not been as bad as one would expect. I think the public does a pretty good job of taking preventative care."
Nancy Notis, spokesman for Parkland Medical Center in Derry and Portsmouth Regional Hospital said there have been several cases of heat-related visits in the past few days, but "nothing severe, and nothing significant."
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Safari Ltd. has received Prehistoric Times magazine's 2013 Dinosaur of the Year award for its Wild Safari Gyrposaurus. Prehistoric Times magazine caters to both retail stores and individual dinosaur enthusiasts. The magazine is celebrating its 20th year in distribution. The staff and the retailers that were canvassed gave strong support for the Gyrposaurus.
Safari Ltd.'s Wild Life dinosaur collection features high-quality figures with a great amount of detail and accuracy. The company is a third-generation, educational toy company whose mission is to teach children the importance of nature and its conservation through the joy of play.


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With Thurmond coming back to the team this week. What do you suppose are the odds that he unseats Tru as our nickleback. I think Thurmond is ideal for the spot though his injuries have kept him down. To me the Tru's best days are behind him and he's been ok this year, but clearly he's the weakest link in the secondary.
Who would you prefer?
I hope Thurmond can bring that spot to a higher level.


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A case concerning intentional housing discrimination based on race was added to the Supreme Court's list on Monday. The issue under scrutiny is whether or not people must prove they were victims of racial discrimination in order to win federal lawsuits.
With highly anticipated decisions on affirmative action and voting rights imminent, the justices added a case to their calendar for the fall that involves the Fair Housing Act, which bars discrimination on the basis of race, among other categories, in residential property sales and rentals. The issue in the case is whether it is enough to show that a practice has a disproportionate effect on a group or whether there must be proof of intent to discriminate.
The outcome also could affect other laws, including one that prohibits discrimination in lending and is enforced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
African-American and Hispanic residents of a neighborhood pegged for demolition and redevelopment in Mount Holly, N.J., sued to block the project, saying it targeted a predominantly minority area.
Unlike other anti-discrimination laws, the housing act does not explicitly cover disparate impact claims.
The housing law prohibits discrimination in all sorts of transactions involving real estate and applies to banks and mortgage companies as well as governments, like the one involved in this case.
The Obama administration tried to ward off high court review by telling the justices that the Housing and Urban Development Department has recently adopted a new regulation to deal with the sorts of claims at issue in the case and that no federal appeals court has yet addressed the new rule. The administration also said that 11 federal appeals courts have held that the law does allow for claims based on the results of a project or practice, not just intentional discrimination.
The court originally agreed to take up the issue in 2011 in a case from St. Paul, Minn., questioning whether the city's enforcement of its housing code in low-cost rentals disproportionately occupied by African-Americans violated the fair housing law. But Justice Department lawyer Thomas Perez, now nominated to serve as Labor secretary, prevailed on St. Paul to withdraw its appeal because the outcome could have harmed the department's approach to housing discrimination cases.
Republicans have criticized Perez for his role in a deal between the department and St. Paul that also kept the federal government out of two whistleblower lawsuits against the city that could have returned millions of dollars in damages to the federal government.
In Mount Holly, the township has been trying since 2002 to clear the Mount Holly Gardens neighborhood, described by the municipality as "problematic" for many years because of high crime, poor maintenance and overcrowding. Blacks and Hispanics made up three-quarters of the area in the 2000 census. In all, Mount Holly is about 60 percent white.
The residents and former residents who sued claimed that much higher percentages of Mount Holly's black and Hispanic households would be affected by the redevelopment than would white households. Conversely, a far larger share of white residents would be able to afford the new housing, the plaintiffs said.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia agreed that the residents had made enough of a claim to go to trial on the disparate impact of the township's plan. But the court also found that there was insufficient evidence of intentional discrimination.
The case, Township of Mount Holly v. Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, 11-1507, will be argued in the fall.
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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Train (vehicle)
In Grand Theft Auto 1, Grand Theft Auto 2, Grand Theft Auto III, and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, a Train refers to rail-based transportation that allows the player to travel all over the games' respectable sections of a city.
When introduced, their purpose is largely as an alternate means of reaching from one of point of the city to another, avoiding the need to travel by car and navigate along streets and traffic to reach the same location. The convenience of riding a train is offset by their sporadic coverage in the city, which often features only a handful of railway stations along each line.
For GTA 1, Trains are designed as passenger based vehicles that allow players and NPCs to move between various underground and elevated stations scattered all over the city. The trains consist of a single locomotive pulling three passenger cars; players simply enter or exit a passenger coach the same way their do with any road vehicle, but can only do so when the Train has come to a stop at the station. From this point on, players may continuously ride the train until they alight at a station.
A minor quirk in the PC version of GTA 1 is the ability to hijack Trains. In order to do this, players must first be within a Train's passenger coach. By simultaneously pressing the Ctrl and Enter keys, the player gains control of the locomotive, allowing them to control the train's speed as well as their direction along the tracks (forwards or backwards). However, the player must be wary of another Train along the track, as Trains are very sensitive to crashes; a simple collision can destroy both trains in an explosion, killing the player inside. Likewise, Trains can be damaged if they collide with any vehicle along the line, or sustain damage from gunfire, ultimately leading to them blowing up.
Trains are only available in Liberty City and Vice City, as San Andreas is presumed to originally be intended by developers to feature Trams instead; the feature was dropped in the final version of the game. Trains in Liberty City are blue, while trains in Vice City are red.
Train routes
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For GTA 2, Trains are cosmetically redone in the tone of the game's retro-futuristic setting, while retaining much of their core characteristics of its previous renditions in GTA 1; however, players can no longer hijack trains, although they remain equally destructible.
In GTA 2, the variety of train cars were expanded, consisting of up to four different models:
- The locomotive;
- The passenger coach;
- Freight cars; and
- A flatcar.
In each district of Anywhere City, the Trains that appear in the city's various train lines may come with different combination of train sets, either serving to carry passengers, or carry passengers and freight, to which point the locomotive will appear with the aforementioned freight cars, flatbed car, or both. The player can only access a Train via any of its passenger coaches, so the freight-based cars are of little use.
Trains in GTA 2 also travel much faster, and adopt at-grade, elevated or underground lines to travel around the city. Their frequency of arrivals at station is also better than in GTA 1.
The presence of Trains was removed from the PlayStation port of the game, probably due to hardware limitations.
A Train in the Industrial District pulling all forms of train cars in GTA 2.
Ray Larabie's early design of the boxcar.
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GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories
In GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, the games' rendition of Liberty City features two train lines which rolling stock consists of two-to-three car electric trains that unusually only utilize one track, despite the lines featuring two. The three-car train only appears on the Portland El, but the last car is always off the platform when the train stops, rendering it useless. While the train travels from one station to another, the journey is played out in cutscene form and views cannot be changed by the player.
The Trains, resembling those of the New York City Subway R68, are designed as standard subway trains complete with visible driver's cabs (with no driver) and an interior decorated with seating and advertising. Unlike Trains in previous games, the Liberty City Trains are indestructible; neither can the player commandeer the trains, limiting the player to riding them.
If a pedestrian walks into the train, they will be killed immediately, even when the train is completely stopped at the station. In GTA Liberty City Stories, any vehicle that comes into contact with the Train will explode on impact; an exception would the PCJ-600, which is glitched with a randomly delayed explosion and teleportation of its occupant to the nearest train track after exploding.
A design goof renders the trains on the PC version of GTA III with three bogies (trucks) on each car, the extra item being erroneously placed in the middle of each car.
- Only the station portion of the train tracks in GTA 1 and GTA 2 can be ventured by anyone, but that too can pose a threat to both the player and NPCs. Because the tracks are electrified, anyone who steps on the tracks for too long will be electrocuted for a few seconds, leading to death (exploits exist that allow players to run along the tracks without dying). It is thus important for the player to exercise caution when traversing the tracks. This feature is absent in train tracks in GTA III thereafter.
- The GTA III Subway was meant to appear in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, but cut during development. This is evidenced by the handling files, with possibly no replacement.
See also
- Train, listing other forms of trains in the GTA series.


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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News comes from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 14, 1905:
All the people here who could get away went to Newport today to see the military parade. Some of the stores are closed and the schools had a half holiday.
From the Newport Daily News, September 15, 1905:
Steamer Conanicut last night, on her evening trips, took a number of people to Newport to witness the carnival parade. And on her 11 o'clock trip brought more than 400 people.
From the Newport Daily News, September 15, 1905:
Jamestown had its first automobile accident this morning, and that someone was not killed was fortunate.
From Newport Daily News, September 19, 1905:
Mr. A.S. Murray, who was seriously injured in yesterday's automobile accident, is doing as well as could be expected.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 12, 1930:
A carrier pigeon stopped at the Bay View Hotel Wednesday evening, when a message saying "spent the night at Bay View Hotel in Jamestown, Sept. 19," was attached to his ring. He disappeared for a short time, and upon his return was joined by his mate — also a carrier, and are still at the Bay View.
From the Newport Daily News, September 13, 1930:
The east shore at Potter's Point was the mecca for many of the residents of the island last evening, this being the most advantageous situation to witness the searchlight display.
From the Newport Daily News, September 15, 1930:
The Beavertail and Dumpling shores were lined with automobiles Saturday afternoon, and many of the hills at the Dumplings were chosen as sites from which to watch the return to Newport of the craft of all descriptions which preceded and followed the (America Cup) races. The sight was one of the most beautiful ever witnessed from these shores. Many entertained over the weekend, and after the sun came out, in the afternoon took the ferry for Newport to see the yachts in the harbor. It was found to be necessary to resume double service on the ferries to accommodate those wishing to go to Newport and Steamer Jamestown was put on the line in the afternoon.
From the Newport Daily News, September 17, 1930:
T. Remington Wright is building a miniature golf course on his grounds at Mackerel cove.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News. September 12, 1955:
The sixth annual Jamestown 4-H Club garden show, sponsored by the Jamestown Garden Club, was held yesterday afternoon.
From the Newport Daily News, September 13, 1955:
The Jamestown Town Council last night voted to call a special financial town meeting to consider disposal of the Carr School, which has been turned over to the town by the School Committee. . . . The Council voted to seek bids before its next meeting for revaluation of Jamestown real estate.
From the Newport Daily News, September 17, 1955:
The Jamestown Bridge Commission last night approved a budget of $113,124 for 1956, an increase of $19,438 over last year's figure of $93,686. The increase reflects a $4,500 wage increase of employees and $15,000 in maintenance. . . . Charles L. Hull, manager, reported the gross revenue for the first 14 days of September was 57 per cent higher than for the same period last year. He explained that Hurricane Carol which struck last year on August 31, was responsible for the below normal drop in revenue for September, 1954.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 15, 1980:
The Town Council will hold a joint meeting with the Planning Board tonight at 8 in the Town Hall to devise a consolidated position on the bridge road through Jamestown from the proposed new Jamestown Bridge and Newport Bridge toll plaza.
From the Newport Daily News, September 16, 1980:
The Town Council Monday night asked Town Engineer Richard Z. Zimmerman to prepare a specific package on the town water situation. He will organize material gathered by a three-man committee earlier this year to be submitted to hydrologists for bids for a Jamestown water study. . . . The need for a water study grew from continued growth and construction in Jamestown. During the joint meeting of the Council and Planning Board, John T. Heelan, planning chairman, said subdivisions have increased from originally 10 house lots to 90 condominium units.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, September 13, 1990:
Officers of the Jamestown Shores Association at Monday night's Town Council meeting said that their group, made up of 300 families, supported the state Department of Transportation's revised design plans for the new cross-island highway.
Results from the primary elections in Jamestown Tuesday reflected the final tally statewide in the party races for gubernatorial nominations. In the Democratic primary for governor, Jamestown voters gave the edge to Bruce Sundlun over opponents Francis Flaherty and Joseph Paolino. Locally, Sundlun received 451 votes, Flaherty 196 votes, and Paolino 126 votes. In the Republican primary for governor, incumbent Edward DiPrete easily outdistanced challenger Steve White. Locally, DiPrete received 105 votes, while White received 28.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, September 14, 1995:
The Town Council has enacted a water emergency ordinance and asked the town administrator to start buying water from North Kingstown as soon as possible. In effect as of midnight Monday, Sept. 11, the emergency ordinance bans all outdoor residential and commercial water uses and prohibits restaurants from serving water unless customers ask for it.
Few businesses are as well known as McQuade's market on Clarke Street. . . . McQuade's has been at the intersection of Clarke Street and Southwest Avenue for 13 years. The McQuade family oversees a chain of three stores. In addition to Jamestown, there are stores in Westerly and Mystic, Conn.


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Grad school scholarships for international students are often available to new students based on criteria such as academic success, community involvement, references from instructors/employers or financial need. The amount varies widely depending on the award and the source, but grad funding can range from between $4,000 and $50,000 per year.
Sources of scholarships for international students applying to grad schools in the province are:
Some grad schools have specific international student awards for master's and doctoral degree programs. These range in value from around $4,000 to $8,500 each year, for a certain maximum number of terms. Other schools may have partial tuition scholarships for international students, which equalize the amount of tuition paid by international students and the low tuition fees paid by Canadian students.
Examples of Canadian federal government scholarship options for international students are:
Most international graduate students with a record of academic excellence will receive funding of some kind. Some grad schools even guarantee minimum annual funding for all doctoral students, including international students. At other schools, all grad students--master's or doctoral--in certain programs (like engineering) are guaranteed funding. Graduate programs in all provinces also offer stipends, teaching assistantships or research assistantships to outstanding international students. Programs will consider you for such awards or positions when making admissions decisions.
Grad schools in the province may also have agreements with individual countries, which means grad schools here in Canada agree to host graduate students who have financial support from their home governments. Some of these include:
- China: China Scholarship Council
- Chile: Equal Opportunities Fund
- Kazakhstan: Bolshak Scholars Program
- Mexico: CONACYT Scholarships


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Team Facts & News
From 1986 to 2013, the United States Teams have brought home: 49 Gold Medals, 35 Silver Medals, 29 Bronze Medals, and 11 Honorable Mentions. — AAPT.ORG
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2013 U.S. Physics Team
Each year, AAPT and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) sponsor a competition for high school students to represent the United States at the 2013 International Physics Olympiad Competition. The mission of the U.S. Physics Team Program is to promote and demonstrate academic excellence through preparation for and participation in the International Physics Olympiad.


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Dominick M. Dimacale 8/30/2012 9:32:14 AMCool image!
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JO ANN CLEVELAND 8/30/2012 2:15:38 PMYou are sooo lucky to have so many kids to "shoot"..this is another sweet image, the lighting is awesome too Kyaw Kyaw!
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Kyaw Kyaw Winn 9/30/2012 12:57:39 AMThanks you so much all my friend.This is the winter scene of my native. small village from the countryside of Myanmar.Everybody welcome
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Usman M. Bajwa 10/5/2012 2:38:20 AMGreat light and comp, Kyaw. Big CONGRATZ on the Top Gold!
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In the evening, the boy are paying together with the little bicycle.
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