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Utah Power & Light Company
List of Deals
- 1948 issuance and sale of $8,000,000 first mortgage bonds 3 1/8% series due 1978 and $3,000,000 8 1/2% sinking fund debentures due 1978
Utah Power & Light Company was organized on September 6, 1912, as a subsidiary of a large holding company, Electric Bond and Share Company (EBASCO) of New York, to consolidate dozens of large and small electric power companies in Utah and surrounding states. Holding companies were increasingly popular in the United States beginning in the early twentieth century and reached their peak in the 1920s. They were particularly prevalent with the utility industry. By 1929 a group of sixteen generated over 80 percent of all electric energy in the country, and three systems accounted for over 45 percent.
Following its formation, Utah Power set out to acquire other electric companies and unify them into one large integrated "super power system" rather than operate them as separate, independent entities. Within four years it had purchased twenty-seven utility companies and eventually absorbed more than 130. By 1922, on its tenth anniversary, Utah Power had made considerable progress towards its goal. It served 205 communities in four states, had 83,000 customers, and operated forty generating plants with an installed capacity of 224,000 kilowatts. Four newly built or expanded plants on the Bear River provided half of that capacity. Each of the forty plants was connected through a system of high-voltage transmission lines with a new main distribution center in Salt Lake City. Many other new substations were built during this period, and distribution lines were upgraded and extended. Bear Lake was developed as a storage reservoir, with twenty-three miles of inlet and outlet channels that carried the entire flow of the Bear River in and out of the lake, and a pumping station, capable of delivering 3,000 acre-feet of water per day, was built at the north end.
The 1920s were financially stable times for Utah Power. Gross revenues between 1923 and 1927 ranged from $10.1 million in 1923 to $11.4 million in 1925, $10.6 million in 1927, and $10.8 million in 1928.
In March 1925 Electric Bond and Share Company liquidated Utah Securities Corporation. Utah Securities was a holding company owned by Electric Bond and Share Company, and it was through this subsidiary that Electric Bond controlled Utah Power. After the liquidation, Utah Power became a subsidiary of a new Electric Bond and Share subsidiary, Electric & Power Light Corporation.
In 1930 Utah Power sold $4 million of first mortgage five percent gold bonds, the proceeds of which were used to reimburse the company for expenditures made for additions to property.
Utah Power earned $1.36 million on operating revenues of $11.8 million in 1936.
Utah Power underwent a reorganization plan in 1944 at the encouragement of the S.E.C., whereby Utah Power recapitalized with one class of common stock, which was sold to the public. Utah also acquired and cancelled the shares held by Electric & Power Light. The effect was that Utah was no longer under the control of Electric Power & Light.

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AMIR Khan was delighted with his cool and calculated performance as he returned to winning ways against outclassed Carlos Molina after two devastating defeats.
Bolton native Khan knew nothing less than victory would do after losing against Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia in the last 12 months.
There was no such upset at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, though, as the former unified light-welterweight world champion produced a measured, mature performance to break down unfancied Molina and prompt his corner to pull him out after the 10th round.
Khan's 26-3 (18KOs) record bore the scars of a turbulent year which the fighter himself admitted was the worst of his professional life. Molina, meanwhile, was unbeaten - with 17 wins and a draw - but also untested, having campaigned mainly at the lower lightweight division.
The form book suggested the apparently light-punching Californian was the perfect opponent in this 12-round fight for the vulnerable Khan, who still bristles at suggestions his punch resistance is weak.
After being given a largely hostile welcome by the largely Latin American crowd, Khan stayed true to his pre-fight vow that he would be more patient.
He moved forward in measured bursts, landing shots before coming out of the way and breaking his outclassed opponent down.
"I thought I stuck to my gameplan and was keeping faith in my jab," he said. "Carlos took some really good shots but was still coming forward, so I thought to myself 'I'd better stick to this gameplan'.
"Virgil Hunter, my new coach, is a great trainer and I'm getting better at boxing, being a complete fighter. He's teaching me things, like speed, patience, picking the right shots and when to throw them.
"Sometimes I'm too brave for my own good but now I know it is better to stick to a gameplan."
Khan added: "I'm my own biggest critic after a loss and I always ask 'what did I do wrong, why did I make those mistakes?'
"In the Garcia fight he caught me with a good shot but I'll fight Danny Garcia again anytime, anywhere."
Molina was quick to hold his hands up and give credit to the better man.
"I don't know what happened," he said. "I wanted to pull the trigger but for some reason I couldn't get my hands to go.
"I had a lack of precision. He was fast with his jab and I was hesitant, trying to get in because he has a long reach.
"I didn't use my jab and I lost my undefeated record. I felt like I connected two or three times but not from the right distance to reconnect after I wobbled him.
"I'm going to go back, work hard and get back into the ring."
Khan was patient throughout, refusing to stand and trade for extended periods.
Instead he landed trademark lightning-fast combinations before utilising his footwork to get out of harm's way.
Even Molina was arguably still in with a puncher's chance but after another round of one-way traffic in the 10th, the American was spared further futile punishment and the win was Khan's.
*Sheffield's Liam Cameron recorded a first roound TKO over Paul Morby at the Octagon Centre, last night. See Monday's Star.


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Buick Rendezvous
Mobility Is Ideally Suited For Persons With Disabilities
Buick Rendezvous has proven popular for uniquely combining the versatility of a minivan, the capability of an SUV and the ride and comfort of a luxury sedan. With its Rendezvous Mobility offering, Buick makes its successful crossover vehicle available to millions of Americans with disabilities.
"There are 54 million Americans with disabilities many leading very active lives who need vehicles that are engineered or adapted to meet their special needs. Whether its a parent, a child or a spouse with a disability, Rendezvous enables families to maintain that active lifestyle," said Elliott Benson, assistant brand manager, marketing for GM Mobility.
In developing this special Rendezvous version, General Motors worked with upfitter View Point Mobility, in Kalamazoo, Mich., to create the first crossover vehicle capable of being converted for wheelchair access.
All adaptations to the Rendezvous Mobility were designed to make entering and exiting the vehicle more convenient for persons with disabilities, as well as to make transporting passengers more secure. To facilitate vehicle entry and exit, Rendezvous Mobility features a kneeling rear suspension that minimizes the ramp angle, a hydraulic rear-entry wheelchair ramp and a power-operated liftgate. To more conveniently transport passengers, the floor in the second and third rows has been lowered, quad seats are mounted in the second row, providing an open center architecture, and a folding, two-person bench seat is incorporated into the third row.
"What makes Buick Rendezvous an ideal vehicle for mobility upfitters is its versatility and its array of standard and optional security and confidence features," Benson added.
Providing a wealth of assistance with just the push of a button is OnStar, while the EyeCue head-up windshield display presents critical vehicle-operation information in the driver's line of vision, minimizing the time necessary to refocus sight between the road and the instrument panel. Rendezvous Mobility also features Rear Parking Assist, which uses four ultrasonic sensors to warn the driver of obstacles in the blind spot immediately behind the rear bumper. The sensors alert the driver by a chime and warning lights if the car nears an obstacle while backing at low speeds.
"At General Motors, we have a history of displaying vehicles at SEMA that have been modified to meet the needs of people with disabilities. The Buick Rendezvous with the View Point Mobility conversion is just one example of GMs commitment to creating personal transportation solutions that can be easily adapted to meet the diverse needs of people with disabilities," Benson concluded.
Vehicle Highlights
* Driver and front-passenger dual-stage air bags
* Driver and front-passenger side air bags
* Safety-cage construction
* Four-wheel disc ABS
* OnStar
* EyeCue head-up windshield display (optional)
* Driver information center
* Steering wheel mounted audio controls
* SLA independent rear suspension
* Automatic rear level control
* Battery rundown protection
* Ultrasonic Rear Park Assist
* Traction control (FWD)
* Lowered-floor in 2nd and 3rd row "center aisle" area
* Hydraulic rear entry wheelchair ramp
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The mineral wealth of the Yukon Territory has long been known, but the combination of an Arctic climate with remoteness from markets has minimized the economic exploitation of such resources and the development of modern settlement. Instead, the territory remains among the few frontiers on the North American continent, a sparsely populated and largely unspoiled wilderness.
The territory lies within the mountainous cordilleran region of western North America. The more settled areas lie in a large central plateau surrounded by mountains and drained by the Yukon River system flowing northwestward into Alaska. Some of the surrounding mountains are spectacular, especially the St. Elias Mountains in the southwest, which have some of the highest peaks in North America, including Mount Logan at 19,524 feet (5,951 metres).
The northern stretches of flat and poorly drained tundra have widespread permafrost, a permanently frozen ground that makes construction of most kinds difficult. Although temperatures vary, sometimes reaching summer highs of 95° F (35° C) and winter lows below −60° F (−51° C), the monthly average readings are not unlike those found in some Canadian cities farther east and south. Summers are short but the days are long, especially in the northern part of the territory lying above the Arctic Circle. Precipitation is light, averaging only 10 inches (250 millimetres) annually at Whitehorse.
Vegetation is sparse in many regions because of the dry, cool climate and poor soils, but some of the southern valleys are heavily forested. Animal life, on the other hand, abounds in the Yukon. Large game animals and smaller fur-bearing mammals are native to the area, as are waterfowl and other common North American birds. Common species of fish include the arctic grayling, lake trout, and northern pike. Much of the territory remains unspoiled wilderness, but the impact of people on the environment is apparent. Near the settlements, reliance on wood for fuel has destroyed timber, and in more remote places forest fires caused by humans have often gone uncontrolled. In addition, surface mining has scarred the landscape near Dawson and Whitehorse.
The city of Dawson and some older Indian villages such as Old Crow, situated well above the Arctic Circle, are set in locations of great natural beauty and retain a picturesque appearance. More modern centres of mining and transportation, such as Whitehorse, Watson Lake, and Mayo, resemble towns of like size elsewhere in western North America. On the fringes of some of these, rude settlements provide shelter for people forced from their more remote habitations by the decline of trapping as an economically viable activity and attracted by the social services available in the more urban areas. Some two-thirds of the total population of the Yukon live in Whitehorse.
About one-fifth of the people are native American Indians; most belong to the Athabascan language family, of which the Gwich'in (Kutchin) group is the largest. Although registered Indians in the territory are a federal responsibility, there are few occupied Indian reservations. In 1973 the Canadian government recognized the validity of Indian territorial claims based on past treaties, thereby rendering the first official recognition of such rights. The rest of the population comprises people of European descent or of mixed Indian and European stock.
Health and welfare services have been greatly improved in recent decades, contributing to a decline in the total mortality rate. A high infant mortality remains a serious problem, but fertility rates are above the Canadian average, giving the territory a high rate of natural increase in population. The ability of the economy to absorb this increase has become a matter of increasing concern.
Few people continue to make their living by hunting, fishing, or trapping, and, except for some isolated groups, most of the people are now dependent upon wage employment. Wages and salaries are unusually high in most occupations. Since nearly all food, fuel, building materials, and manufactured goods are imported over considerable distances, the cost of living is also high. Marked differences in living standards exist between those who find employment in mining, transportation, and public service and those who lack the education required for such employment.
Since the late 19th century, mining has been the Yukon's most important industry, although market fluctuations can cause sharp variations in production. The extensive and varied mineral resources include large deposits of combined silver-lead and lead-zinc ores and of copper, coal, iron, and some petroleum and natural gas. Commercial production of silver-lead-zinc and of copper concentrates has been accomplished, but the economic feasibility of developing other known mineral deposits is not established.
Forest resources are limited, but commercial logging is carried out in some southern areas. Small sawmills produce some of the lumber required for local building, for mining timbers, and for fuel, although imported fuel oil is replacing both wood and locally mined coal as the principal fuel. Farming is possible, but climate and soil conditions make it so unprofitable that virtually no settlement is undertaken for agricultural purposes. Trapping is still important despite its decline, and fox, beaver, wolf, and lynx are caught for their pelts.
Tourism is a rapidly expanding industry and is now a mainstay of the territorial economy. In addition, both federal and territorial governments play an important role in the economy. Since the end of World War II, government has assumed major responsibility for building roads, airfields, and electric power facilities, as well as for providing incentives to private companies interested in developing resources in the area. Exploration for oil and gas began in the 1950s. Commercially significant gas reserves were discovered in the 1960s, and there was subsequently extensive exploration throughout the territory for petroleum resources.
Modern transportation facilities link the Yukon to the outside world. Scheduled jet air services operate between Whitehorse and Edmonton, Alta., and Vancouver, B.C. Until the White Pass and Yukon railway closed in 1982, it carried freight and passengers between Whitehorse and Skagway, Alaska, from which point ocean services to other west coast ports were available. The Alaska Highway connects the territory to the North American highway system and serves as the backbone for a limited network of roads within the territory. In the late 1970s an important highway link was provided between a point on the Klondike Highway near Dawson to Inuvik in the Mackenzie delta (the Dempster Highway). Helicopters and light aircraft are the normal means of travel to more remote areas. The Whitehorse airport is the most important in the Yukon.
With the exception of natural resources, which remain a federal responsibility, most administrative and legislative matters normally under the jurisdiction of Canadian provinces are dealt with by the territorial administration. An appointed resident commissioner oversees the interests of the federal government, but the day-to-day governmental operations are the responsibility of the Executive Council. The council is composed of five members selected from the Legislative Assembly (Yukon Council): the elected leader (or the government leader) of the majority party in the Legislative Assembly, and four others nominated by the government leader and appointed by the commissioner. Each member of the Executive Council acts as a Cabinet minister responsible for a specific department of the territorial government. The members of the Legislative Assembly are elected to four-year terms, and the membership of the assembly may be expanded to 25 representatives. Residents of the territory are represented in the federal Parliament by one member of the House of Commons.
Educational, health, and welfare services are administered by the territorial government with financial assistance from the federal government. Primary and secondary education are provided by a territorial school system, and Yukon College, with its main campus at Whitehorse and a network of community branches, provides two years of university-level courses and a number of vocational and adult-education programs. Comprehensive medical and hospital services are provided on the same publicly financed basis as elsewhere in Canada, with the major hospital facilities located in Whitehorse and a system of nursing stations serving more remote centres. Police services are provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Cultural life is dominated by modern media. Satellite communication has made North American television available throughout the territory. Publicly operated radio stations serve the region, and Whitehorse and some communities have local newspapers. There has been a revival of interest in native cultural activities. Promotions keep alive the romanticized image of the Klondike gold-rush era as embodied in the poems of the English-born writer Robert Service, who lived in the Yukon, and more recent writers. Reminders of the gold-rush days are preserved in museums and displays in Whitehorse and Dawson. Some historical sites, notably the Palace Grand Theatre in Dawson, have been restored.


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SI piece details A-Rod saga
Magazine hits newsstands, provides backdrop to story
By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
A good number of baseball fans believed -- or at least hoped -- that Alex Rodriguez was clean, that he might one day become the all-time home run leader the honest way. That much can't happen anymore. Sports Illustrated has released its print story on Rodriguez, a compilation of everything that has hit the internet over the past five days.
The feature is an extended piece that follows the original Saturday SI.com article that led to A-Rod's Monday admission on ESPN to the use of performance enhancers. Co-authors Selena Roberts and David Epstein discuss the four independent sources who confirmed that Rodriguez's name was among a list of 104 players who failed a steroid test in 2003. They also discuss how three players contend that the chief operating officer of the players union, Gene Orza, alerted Rodriguez to an upcoming steroid test in 2004.
In the newest Sports Illustrated piece, Roberts and Epstein describe the scene at a University of Miami gym, where Roberts approached Rodriguez last week seeking comment on the steroid allegations. Rodriguez dismissed her before he knew her intentions, figuring perhaps she would ask about Joe Torre or Derek Jeter. But she did not. She asked about steroids.
"Rodriguez's green eyes widen, and he looks away," the article states. "He processes the question and says, 'You'll have to talk to the union,' as he begins to fiddle with a plate. He is asked if the positive result could be a mistake, if maybe he took a tainted supplement, if the information is wrong. He says nothing. Is there any explanation, anything further he wants to say? 'I'm not saying anything,' he replies and turns toward a barbell.
"One more question comes his way: Three major league players told SI that Orza tipped Rodriguez about an upcoming drug test in early September 2004. Rodriguez is asked if that is true, but he does not respond. He looks at the trainer and orders him to 'get someone. [The reporter] is not supposed to be in here.' "
Orza denied the magazine's charges earlier this week in The New York Times. "It makes juicier stuff to suggest there were tip-offs," Orza told the Times on Monday. "But there weren't. I don't care about the press coverage. It's irrelevant."
The union said, in a statement released on Saturday, that "there was no improper tipping of players in 2004 about the timing of the drug tests."
But SI contends that Orza shielded players by alerting them to drug tests in advance. One Major Leaguer told the magazine that Orza informed him of a test on Sept. 24, 2004, saying, "so make sure there's nothing in your system."
If, as the Mitchell Report noted and as Sports Illustrated reported, Orza tipped players in 2004, that would have been post the anonymous survey testing period and into the penalty phase years for drug testing in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Any player, Rodriguez included, would have been subject to suspension if he tested positive. In Monday's interview with ESPN, Rodriguez was asked by interviewer Peter Gammons if the time period for his taking banned substances "was 2001, 2002 and 2003?" Rodriguez responded by saying "That's pretty accurate, yes."
The magazine also stated that the union was resistant to steroid testing, writing that "Orza openly mocked baseball's crackdown on steroids, saying, 'I have no doubt that [steroids] are not worse than cigarettes.' According to the 2007 Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball, Orza stalled MLB in its attempts to test players for "reasonable cause" and declined to speak with Mitchell Report investigators. In September 2004, according to the Mitchell Report, Orza violated an agreement with MLB and tipped off a player (not named in the report) to an upcoming, supposedly random, drug test."
The article discussed what this all might mean for Rodriguez, the Yankees and for baseball.
"The Yankees news this spring was supposed to ride on CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett -- nearly half a billion dollars' worth of talent the team added in the offseason in an attempt to woo fans to its new, luxury-appointed stadium," the authors wrote in their piece. "But Rodriguez will consume the discussion."
Rodriguez now says he took banned substances as a member of the Texas Rangers from 2001-2003, three of the most prolific power-hitting years of his career. "I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve," was the way he put it, and the image of him admitting his mistakes on ESPN, white dress shirt tucked underneath a blue sweater, is one that seems likely to stick with fans for some time to come.
There are questions over whether this will mar his Hall of Fame candidacy, much in the same way that steroid suspicion has done so for Mark McGwire, and may do so for Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds in the future.
There are questions over the 103 other players who reportedly also tested positive during the 2003 survey, but whose identities remain a secret. And there are questions over how it will affect A-Rod this season, as he still has nine years remaining on a $275 million contract.
At that moment, it's doubtful that Rodriguez realized how close he was to the brink of a firestorm, the type that has consumed baseball over the past five days. He has since had to apologize and answer questions, then endure the scrutiny of his answers. He has had to listen to Hall of Famers and teammates both vilify and defend him. The Players Association has had to answer questions. The Yankees have had to, too. And with the start of Spring Training only two days away, things might become worse for A-Rod before they grow better.
He still has to face the militant New York media and a season's worth of fans, both at home and on the road.
So perhaps the allegations are complete for now. But that doesn't mean that Rodriguez has survived. His penance is still to come, in whatever form it might take.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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+Sarasota Parking Operations relocates back to City Hall
City officials say the move will make it more convenient for people to pay tickets and take care of parking business.
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Sustainable Air Travel Takes Off
Last Thursday, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 642 completed the seven hour and 17 minute flight from New York's JFK Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol using sustainable biofuels. Flight KL642, operated by a Boeing 777-200, will fly every Thursday fueled by recycled cooking oil as part of the Dutch carrier's goal to have one percent of its flights operate on biofuels by 2015.
For five years, KLM has experimented with various forms of biofuels in order to try to reduce its carbon footprint. First was the attempt to fuel 12 Fokker-50 planes with algae-based biofuel. Bio-kerosene was an experiment a year later, and as many as 200 short hop flights are now powered by a 50-50 blend of kerosene and recycled cooking oil.
The flight on March 8, however, was an exciting development for clean energy within the aviation industry because sustainable biofuel powered that 777-200 across the Atlantic.
The now-weekly flight, possible thanks to the deep-frying of french fries and falafels, was the result of over a year of cooperation between KLM, Schiphol Group, Delta Air Lines and the Port Authority. SkyNRG, which KLM co-founded with ARGOS (North Sea Petroleum) and Spring Associates, distributed the fuel–which the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels recently approved as the first 100 percent-certified renewable jet fuel. KLM's managers insisted biofuels were only an option if the product did not interfere with biodiversity, local development or any food supplies.
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Tony Mitchell will return to North Texas, ending speculation that he might enter the draft in response to the departure of former coach Johnny Jones.
Jones, who coached North Texas for the past 11 seasons, recently agreed to take over the top job at LSU.
Mitchell, a 6-foot-8 forward, has decided to return with the goal of working on his perimeter skills.


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'7,000 years' of couch potatoes
Couch potatoes have a history that stretches back 7,000 years to when humans first picked up the plough, a study has shown.
It seems that almost as soon as farming was invented, people started to become less active and more puny.
As new innovation and technology contributed to an easier life over the ensuing millennia, humans became further removed from their athletic ancestors.
Scientists tracked the weakening of the human race by studying bones from grave sites across central Europe.
The earliest skeletons examined dated back to around 5,300 BC and the most recent to 850 AD, a time span of 6,150 years.
They show that after the emergence of agriculture, the leg bones of people living along the fertile Danube river valley became progressively less strong.
Men were most affected by the change, which suggested a reduction in mobility and loading.
In other words, they were covering less distance on foot and carrying out lighter physical tasks.
"My results suggest that, following the transition to agriculture in central Europe, males were more affected than females by cultural and technological changes that reduced the need for long-distance travel or heavy physical work," said lead researcher Alison Macintosh, from the department of archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge University.
"This also means that, as people began to specialise in tasks other than just farming and food production, such as metalworking, fewer people were regularly doing tasks that were very strenuous on their legs."
To put the decline in perspective, a comparison was made with previous results from an assessment of the bone strength of Cambridge University undergraduates.
It showed that the earliest male farmers, dating back around 7,300 years, had legs on a par with those of student cross-country runners today.
But within just over 3,000 years, average mobility had dropped to the level of students rated as "sedentary". After this point, the downward spiral towards less activity appeared to slow.
Archaeological evidence shows that intensification of agriculture was accompanied by greater production and complexity of metal goods, technological innovation, and the extension of trade and exchange networks.
At the same time, the bones of both men and women were altered.
Ms Macintosh used a portable 3D laser surface scanner to study the femurs, or thigh bones, and tibiae, or shin bones, of skeletons from Germany, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic and Serbia.
She found that male tibiae became less rigid and the bones of both men and women became less strengthened to loads in one direction more than another.
"Both sexes exhibited a decline in anteroposterior, or front-to-back, strengthening of the femur and tibia through time, while the ability of male tibiae to resist bending, twisting, and compression declined as well," said Ms Macintosh, who presented her findings at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Calgary, Canada.
Evidence of declining mobility in women was less consistent than for men. This suggested they were "multi-tasking" or at least undertaking fewer tasks requiring significant lower limb loading.
Iron Age women from between 1,450 and 850 BC bucked the general trend and appeared to have the strongest thigh bones of all the females examined, said Ms Macintosh.
One explanation could be that the Iron Age sample included skeletons from the Hungarian Scythians, known for their Amazonian female warriors who participated in combat.
Ms Macintosh pointed out that if the strength seen in the thigh bones of Iron Age women was due to high mobility, it should be seen in their shin bones as well - but it was not.
"It could be something other than mobility that is driving this Iron Age female bone strength, possibly a difference in body size or genetics," she said.
She concluded: "In central Europe, adaptations in human leg bones spanning this time-frame show that it was initially men who were performing the majority of high-mobility tasks, probably associated with tending crops and livestock.
"But with task specialisation, as more and more people began doing a wider variety of crafts and behaviours, fewer people needed to be highly mobile, and with technological innovation, physically strenuous tasks were likely made easier.
"The overall result is a reduction in mobility of the population as a whole, accompanied by a reduction in the strength of the lower limb bones."
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Money is the fuel that runs our civilization. Both profit and not-for-profit local organizations need funds to exist, and it's always gratifying to see them working together for a good cause.
'Power Community'
Pacific Gas & Electric Company will distribute "Power Your Community" grants to 18 organizations in Contra Costa and Alameda counties this month, all thanks to nominations by supportive PG&E employees.
This is the second year of PG&E's Power Your Community program, which invites the utility's employees to apply for grants of $2,500 or $1,000 on behalf of schools or community organizations they support and want to give a fundraising boost to a favorite cause. In total, PG&E is distributing $100,000 across 91 organizations throughout Northern and Central California.
The employees' relationship with the organization can be anything from founder to former neighbor. This year, selected employees include a mountain climber, self-defense instructor, PTA volunteer, and a chorus singer — all seeking to give a fundraising boost to a favorite cause.
Receiving Power Your Community grants of $1,000:
PG&E chose the organizations based on their connection to the company's three community investment priorities — education, environmental stewardship and community vitality.
"The relationships between the employees and the organizations make these grants particularly personal and special," said Ezra Garrett, vice president of community relations and chief sustainability officer at PG&E. "And the dollars are supporting causes that improve the quality of life for our communities."
For more information, visit www.pge.com/community.
Rossmoor scholarship
The Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing scholarships for graduates of Acalanes, College Park, Las Lomas, Northgate and Ygnacio Valley high schools and Diablo Valley College so that students with exceptional grade-point averages and financial challenges can attend an accredited advanced institution, college or university of their choice.
The 2012 fund drive began in September, noted Trustee Mariann Kessler. Donations can be sent to: Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 2056, Walnut Creek, CA 94595, or contact Trustee Pat Waddell at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 925 945-6004.
CAPA support
The Concord Associates for the Performing Arts (CAPA), a new nonprofit umbrella fundraising organization, donated $500 to the California Symphony to support a free summer pops concert in downtown Concord.
"We are proud to contribute to this much-loved annual event," says CAPA president Kelly McGinnis. "For many families, this pops concert is one of the few opportunities they have to attend a professional symphony performance and expose their children to classical music."
Traditionally held on a Saturday night in September, this year's concert was incorporated into the city's Thursday Night Music and Market series in Todos Santos Plaza.
The concert was in jeopardy of being canceled after Concord lost its Redevelopment Agency, which had funded the program. Moving the concert from Saturday to Thursday reduced the costs associated with producing the event.
"The California Symphony feels this concert is of utmost importance to continue in Concord as it is a great opportunity for us to offer a professional symphony concert that is accessible to all," said symphony operations and education director Elaina Birnbaum.
For more information about CAPA, contact Kelly McGinnis at 925-285-1749.
The California Symphony Ball's "Roman Holiday" will be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 27, at Diablo Country Club, 1700 Club House Road in Diablo. Join them for an elegant evening of dining, dancing, silent and live auctions for the benefit of the symphony and honoring the dedicated teaching artists of Sound Minds. Master of Ceremonies will be Dan Ashley, ABC7 news anchor.
The symphony will perform "A Toast to the Holidays" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, at the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive in Walnut Creek. Michael Butterman will conduct favorite holiday selections featuring soprano Sarah Jane McMahon.
To purchase tickets or learn more about the California Symphony, visit www.californiasymphony.org or call 925-280-2490.
Colorful geography
The Martinez Rotary Club has given the students at St. Catherine's School in Martinez cause for celebration, said Nancy Hobert in a news release. Members of the Rotary Club painted a huge, colorful map of the United States on the school's playground. Martinez Rotarians completed similar maps at four other schools in Martinez, and plans on providing them at John Swett and Hidden Valley Elementary campuses in the near future.
Pollution prevention
During National Pollution Prevention Week, the third week in September, Concord companies were honored with Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Pollution Prevention Awards. "These businesses do more than just comply with water quality regulations," said sanitary district general manager Ann Farrell. "They promote recycling and waste minimization; use equipment, practices and procedures that prevent pollutants from entering the sewer or storm drains; educate employees and customers about water quality issues; and proactively protect the environment."
Companies honored included BW PROformance, D&H Enterprises, Randy's Mobile and Systron Donner Inertial.
Since initiating its Pollution Prevention Awards program in 1992, the district has recognized 97 local businesses for their exceptional efforts to keep pollutants out of waterways.
"Good Neighbors" is compiled by Faith Barnidge. Send club and organization news, Scouting items, notices of awards and other submissions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: "Winter Tennis Proves Valuable and Exciting" What do you folks think? Do any of your kids play winter tennis? Enjoy it more or less than outdoors and do you notice the differences described in the article? I know my child has to play indoors do to weather and that court fees just for practicing are kind of pricey, but I think she really enjoys it. Although to be fair she just started playing and doesn't know much else.


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Daily Slice gives a quick snapshot each weekday of a different slice or pie that the folks at the Serious Eats empire have enjoyed lately.
If you've ever been stuck in the rage-inducing stop-and-go traffic along northern Jersey's Route 22, I feel for you. I've been there, stuck with the glorious scenery of big box stores and chain fast food. But there's an oasis beyond the Raymours, Flanigans, and Paneras: Springfield's Saporito Pizza.
Behind the spotlessly clean counter, a display case of pies straight from the ovens showcases more options than the new Barneys shoe department. And despite the worthy contenders—portobello! chicken pesto! bruschetta!—I'm making a strong case for the cheeseless Campagnola.
It's really a pizzeria version of pan con tomate, the tapas menu standard that translates to "bread with tomato" and truly consists of nothing more than a slice of toasted or grilled bread that's rubbed with a fresh garlic clove, then with the cut side of a tomato so the fleshy juiciness smears itself onto the crust. Drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt, pan con tomato is a paean to the simplicity of good ingredients.
Saporito knows good ingredients. The tomatoes, though clearly from a can and not from some hydroponic roof garden soaring over the neighboring Chipotle and TGI Friday's, are fresh-packed, chunky, and gloriously red instead of over-simmered into a sticky burgundy puree. Hints of fresh garlic and just enough salt mean you don't have to bring any shakers of powder to the table. (Well... I did reach for one shaker. Yes, the slice benefited from a healthy dusting of Parmesan. I couldn't leave well enough alone.)
The pan-baked crust has a healthy rise, walking the fine line between a slick upper layer of nearly uncooked doughiness—those of you who like to sneak bites of raw pie dough when rolling out your holiday crusts know what I'm talking about, eh?—and a crispy-edged exterior.
The Campagnola satisfied for a lunch slice, though every pizza in the case looked temptingly well-made, leaving Saporito ripe with opportunities for future Daily Slices. And since the joint is "conveniently located in the center isle of Route 22," as its website states, I won't have to endure too much road rage getting in or out of the parking lot. I really hate New Jersey traffic, but I'll put up with it for good pizza.
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The walls are coming down at two county-owned buildings on East Second Avenue.
La Plata County is demolishing the buildings across from the Courthouse but hasnt quite figured out what will take their place, said Al Thye, general services director.
The county bought the buildings, one of which was a historic house, a few years ago with future plans to create parking and more space for county offices. The county will need extra space in the Courthouse if planned federal court functions end up moving in.
The county has been trying for more than a year to persuade the federal government to expand court services in Durango. Earlier this year, the La Plata County commissioners submitted a proposal to lease 12,000 square feet in the Courthouse building to make room for expanded federal court services.
Currently, the federal government operates a courtroom and related services in a federal building in Bodo Industrial Park. But the court sites fate is unclear after a March announcement that Durango was one of 60 sites across the country being considered for closure.
As it stands, there are no immediate plans to build any kind of structure on the now-cleared East Second Avenue lot, Thye said. The county is in the process of conducting a facilities master plan that will help determine what should replace the demolished buildings. That plan will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners sometime this summer, he said.
The county also owns the building on the southwest corner of East Second Avenue and 11th Street and recently purchased the Vectra Bank building across the street for $2.7 million. There arent plans to demolish either building, but the county will remodel the Vectra Bank building this fall, Thye said.
The current $250,000 demolition project is scheduled to be mostly complete by next week, he said.


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(1) "Personal property" means money, negotiable instruments, chooses in action, interest, debts or demands due to the escheated estate, stocks, bonds, deposits, machinery, farm crops, live stock, fixtures, and every other kind of tangible or intangible property and the assertions thereon, up until the time of the commencement of the action for escheat. It does not mean real property or the property in the custody of any court in this Territory, nor any property covered by sections 28.1601 to 28.1615.
(2) The terms "owners", beneficial owner", "person", "person having custody or possession", "person having any interest", person entitled to", or any word, term phrase of similar import, mean and includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships, joint stock companies, fiduciaries of any nature, as well as individuals.
(3) "Treasurer" means the Treasurer of American Samoa.History: 1988, PL 20-64.


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Wells activated from 60-day disabled list
By Joe McIntyre / MLB.com
Wells had been out since May 21 with a broken right thumb. In 38 games before being placed on the DL, Wells was batting .244 with six home runs and 12 RBIs. In seven rehab games at Triple-A Salt Lake, the 33-year-old was 8-for-26 with two home runs, a double and three RBIs.
Wells' spot with the Angels is much different than when he left the team, however. After he was placed on the DL, the Angels called up outfielder Mike Trout, who has since become an All-Star, Rookie of the Year and MVP candidate. He's an immovable part of the Angels now.
Wells is making $21 million a year until 2014 to be a bench player, something he obviously didn't consider when he came to Anaheim. Though his role on the team will be relegated to the bench, with starts in the outfield and as the designated hitter spread throughout, Wells has accepted it.
It wasn't easy at first, but he said he knows it's what's best for the team at the moment.
"It'll be different, but just as anything in this game goes along, you make adjustments," Wells said. "This will just be another case of that. I'm going through something different later on in my career."
Before Wells left the team, the Angels were 18-25 and eight games behind the Rangers for first place in the American League West. Since then, they are 36-20 and five games back in the division.
There are always players coming up, such as Trout and fellow outfielder Mark Trumbo, that are going to become the next best thing, Wells said. But whether he'd be better off with another team and getting more playing time, isn't for him to decide, and he hasn't brought it up with coaches or management, either.
"I think about everything, on and off the field," Wells said. "But they haven't talked to me about it. I'm usually not the person that's going to cause trouble in any situation. I put myself in this situation."
Angels place Aybar on 15-day disabled list
ANAHEIM -- The Angels did what they had initially hoped they wouldn't have to do on Friday, placing Erick Aybar on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured right big toe and calling up Andrew Romine from Triple-A Salt Lake.
Aybar fouled a ball off his right big toe on July 21, and the Angels had hoped it would heal quickly enough to avoid a trip to the DL. Aybar finished the at-bat, but was taken out of the game in the next half-inning. After a week of tests and deliberation, the Angels decided the DL was the best option.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Aybar had been feeling better, but apparently he wasn't healing as quickly as they had hoped.
In 91 games this season, the shortstop is batting .257 with four home runs and 28 RBIs. Since June 11, he's batting .322, including all four homers.
To replace Aybar, Romine was called up for the third time this season. He was most recently called up on June 18 and went 4-for-6 with an RBI before being sent down on July 17 to make room for Garrett Richards' return to the rotation.
In 65 games with Salt Lake this season, Romine was batting .288 with three home runs and 29 RBIs.
Joe McIntyre is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I know this topic was covered to some extent by Oldsod and Newscoop a few days ago but I seem to have a similar problem in as much as I dont know if I should be accepting or denying access.
I get the following,
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I deny all these one at a time because I have no idea what it refers to but it goes on and on, each time a differect port.
Help and advice regarding this would be much appreciated.
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I have a NEC VERSA 6050mx laptop with two removable drives (10x CDROM and a 3.5 floppy drive), running Windows 95.
When I have the CDROM drive in the ?VERSA bay2? the system will not suspend or shut down and the drive will not AutoPlay, Is this a hardware fault? Or are the drivers not confided right?


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Ay Up V4 Adventure Lights
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Product DescriptionTwo twin Lightsets, see here for light shell colour gallery, Two Half EPIC Batteries, one Epic Battery one Headband Kit, complete set of Mounts including the Gecko system, Dual charger, 12V car adaptor, 110 /240V AC adaptor, one 1.2 metre extension lead, neoprene battery pouches with neoprene battery lock down straps, cable ties and a pair of Saxons, all this packed inside the new Ay Pod.
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Ay Up V4 Adventure Lights Pro Review
I have been enjoying the Ay Up V4 Adventure lighting system, which has excellent batteries, innovative lights and great mounting systems. Its entities are lightweight, compact, easy to use, and the kit comes with just about every accessory required, all packed into a nice plastic pod. The helmet system is a breeze to use, and the trick twin lights can be adjusted independently giving one a variety of usages. Continue reading →
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Date Reviewed: January 13, 2012
Strengths: Absolutely Reliable and Bombproof. Easy set up and easy to transfer between different bikes. Batteries last longer than anything else I have used. Kit comes with accessories to use camping, climbing and other outdoor sports.
Weaknesses: Not a single one. These guys know their products and build a great product. Some claim that the price is a weakness but when you can use them as headlamps and with other sports/ uses they are a bargain.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $375.00
Purchased At: Direct from Ay-Up
Similar Products Used: Nite Rider/ all of them
Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Tallboy Carbon, stans wheels, Race Face, Fox shocks, Selle Italia seat, Chris King, 1x9 Sram drivetrain (built myself) Geax Saguaro tires
Date Reviewed: December 7, 2011
Bottom Line:
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Date Reviewed: November 14, 2011
Strengths: Lightweight, durability, size, design, waterproof, battery life, accessories.
Weaknesses: Expensive
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $500.00
Purchased At: Ay Up web site
Similar Products Used: Night Sun, NiteRider, Cateye, Fenix
Bike Setup: Lynskey Pro29SL, Formula R1, Crank Brothers 11 Ti pedals, Reba XX fork, Easton EC90XC wheels etc.
Date Reviewed: November 3, 2011
Strengths: AMAZING beam, wide,intermediate, narrow, all throw a wicked pattern. EXTREMELY light-weight.Packing is 5-Star, charging 2 batteries at once. Hold a great charge, mounts are solid. Dozens of colors to choose from. MANY kits to choose.
Weaknesses: Price $$$$$ (but worth it)
There is no tail-light mount. You have to use your other handle bar mount but it work fine.
Bottom Line:
You can light up a stop sign over 200 yds away...Honestly you can ride as fast at night as you can in the day! Only 4 chilis cause at $500 its a bit expensive for ANY bike "enthusiast"...Worth it, yes...Just expensive.
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Price Paid: $450.00
Purchased At: Ay-up website
Similar Products Used: Cygo, NiteRider
Bike Setup: Trek Ex-8, Avalance 140mm Shock, Stans-No tubes, X-9 group.
Roadie- Cervelo r3-SL w/ SRAM Red, Reynolds carbon Tublars
Date Reviewed: November 2, 2011
Strengths: Low weight, minimalist system, bright light, many mounting options, look and fell, custom colors, NOT made in China
Weaknesses: No battery indicator
Bottom Line:
I got the new 2011 (40 % brighter) model and it works perfectly. I am sure you can find system with better LUX but then much heavier. I just did a local "Night rider cup" including alot of fast unknown singletrack. During lap 2 I almost forgot it was not daylight.
I mounted the Epic battery on the back of my Giro Atmos helmet and it did not feel heavy at all.
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Price Paid: $460.00
Purchased At: ayup-lights.com
Similar Products Used: Sigma
Bike Setup: Scott Genius RC10, XTR, Mavic Crossmax SLR
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2011
Strengths: Light, Bright, Great Support
Weaknesses: Have had battery issues and charger issues.. but company replaced.. no ?'s ask...
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $560.00
Purchased At: www.ayup-lights.com
Similar Products Used: NightRider
Bike Setup: Tomac Type X, Merida Single Speed
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2010
Strengths: Bright, lightweight, individually adjustable beam direction, and longer than advertised burn times. Being able to charge 2 batteries at the same time is great.
Weaknesses: The 6-hour "Epic" battery is a bit heavy when mounted on the helmet for rides lasting 2+ hours. Put it in your pack and this problem is solved.
The special case is cool, but re-packing it is a bit of a hassle.
Bottom Line:
The batteries are light and compact, but the 6-hour "Epic" battery is a bit heavy for long rides when mounted on the helmet. So, I throw that battery in my pack for anything lasting 2+ hours. The only problem with putting the battery in your pack is that you can't easily get to the power/on/off switch, which is located on the battery. The 3-hour "Mini-Epic" battery is fine when mounted on the helmet. Both batteries have given longer than advertised burn times. The batteries charge quickly, too. I encountered a little rain during the 24-hour solo, but it didn't bother the lights at all.
The headband is a nice addition and I've used it for trail running.
Some folks complain about the zip-tie mounting system, but it holds well and is easy to install and remove.
Much better than my old NiteRider (HID) and JetLite lights.
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Price Paid: $300.00
Similar Products Used: NiteRider, Jet Lites
Bike Setup: Titus X
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2010
Strengths: Excellent light, easy to use and install, very light and a well finished product. How the mtbr review could list cable tie mounting as a weakness for the handlebar mount gives you an idea how how hard they had to look for a weakness.
Weaknesses: None come to mind
Bottom Line:
At least 5 friends have also purchased the same product in different beam widths.
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Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At: AYUP Online
Similar Products Used: nIL
Bike Setup: AUYP Narrow on Helmet and Intermediate beam on bars.
09 Stumpy Elite, 1x9, Nukeproof 760 flats and Nukeproof seat, Joplin 4 seatpost.
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2010
Strengths: Light Weight, Long Battery Life, Most aspects very well designed, Bright but not too bright for road use, comes complete with lots of mounting options, Fast shipping from Brisbane arrived in three days
Weaknesses: The bike mount could be a little better for my needs. I'd like the handle bar attachment to be more than just cable ties. I'd also prefer that the light snap into the mount ( like the helmet mount ) instead of being held in by a rubber strap. That said, the mount is designed for quick release and that is appealing to some folks. The case that comes with the lights makes a great shipping container, but is too compact to easily use for storage, not quite bright enough for extream downhill use
Bottom Line:
Simple, robust, and well designed. Hope to report better info. after a years worth of use.
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Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At: AY UP Online Store
Similar Products Used: NiteRider Minewt 400, Light & Motion Seca 700, CygoLight MityCross 350, and Busch & Muller Big Bang
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2010
Strengths: Very light, bright, quality finish, long battery life and color choices
Weaknesses: Price
Bottom Line:
Well worth it if you can afford it!
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $450.00
Purchased At: AYUP Website
Similar Products Used: Niterider MiNewt USB Plus, Topeak
Bike Setup: Scott Spark 10 and Pivot Mach 5
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You have to be very careful with Boxsters, especially the early ones, as they have a potentially fatal engine defect---intermediate main shaft bearing failure. Always take any used Boxster to a Porsche specialist, where, if they know what they are doing, they'll remove the oil filter and cut it in half and look for signs of bearing degeneration. If you don't, you may be in line for a $12,000 engine...or...if you catch it in time, a $4000 retro-fit for the bearing.
hambonecampana Posts: 7What are everyone's thoughts on the Audi TT? I automatically shy away from Audi's because I worked at an Audi Dealership a while back, and they always seemed to have problems. You got to know customers pretty well as they seemed to be in so often.
EYOW! Thanks for that bit of info. Is there a point where they resolved that problem? I was looking for 2000 or newer. Is there more in a Boxster or other forum etc? How about the 911?
This video explains the problem.
While there were some attempts at rectifying this issue, you can't be entirely safe until the redesigned 987 in the year 2009 I believe.
Not every Boxster will do this of course, but god help you if you don't have any potential purchase thoroughly checked out.
Thanks. You can be sure any potential purchase will be checked out. I assume even if good at purchase, it could happen at any time unless it was just a certain series of bearings that were bad. I can't imagine any responsible manufacturer allowing a fatal problem like this to continue in production without an upgrade to deal with it. I guess the safest thing is to stay with Japan, and I hate to say that, but they earned it. We have an 03 Toyota Avalon that just turned 100k and still drives like new, but with a suspension upgrade by choice at 50k (See 04 and earlier forum), and just read where a guy just turned 200k with his. Kept it because it was the best of any car he has owned.
Maybe the Z3 wasn't a bad choice after all. I will say that the 1.9 seems to be a sweet engine, and sounds like an engine.
BTW, it seems that your Spell Check isn't working.
what's misspelled? :confuse:
I corrected misspellings myself as I knew they were there when I clicked on spellcheck. It said No spelling errors found, so I fixed myself.
I recently wrecked my Jeep and now have a chance to buy a 2000 BMW Z3. It has the power top and a optional hard top and rack. The car truly is mint. Only 30,000 miles from individual who found it to be not a practical car for them so it sat in a garage. My problem is the only other cars i find like this within 500 miles usually have close or over 100,000 miles or more. I would have to pay $3000- $4000 over current book value for this car. $13,000- $14,000 is what I think I can buy it for. Forget practical, Would you pay the "over price".
Any input would help. Thanks, John
lhs2miler Posts: 3I'd say yes, but it's a tough call. 3 years ago I got a 1999 BMW Z3 Coupe for $16k with 12k miles on it. It's had some work to do from sitting around so long, but otherwise very pleased. Though I think the coupe is worth more for the uniquness factor. I think 13,000 is reasonable, realizing it'll still have some work down the road.
I bought it. Drove it. I'm in love with it. I'm used to all out American muscle. I have a 1970 Z/28, too nice to drive. A 1969 big block Camaro convertible, too Wild to drive . A 1995 Trans Am. OK to drive. But this Beamer just seems to shout " class " to everyone who sees it. Fun to drive. A different kind of power.
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I bought it. Drove it. I'm in love with it. I'm used to all out American muscle. I have a 1970 Z/28, too nice to drive. A 1969 big block Camaro convertible, too Wild to drive . A 1995 Trans Am. OK to drive. But this Beamer just seems to shout " class " to everyone who sees it. Fun to drive. A different kind of power.
So, a year and a half later, do you still have it? Still like it? Has it been expensive to maintain? I have a chance to pick up a 2000 for ~$12K and it has 35K miles on it. Thanks!


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I blame the Italian Beef thread. When you've been married 19 years, the crockpot and pressure cooker you received for wedding presents get to be woefully antiquated. Actually, the crockpot crapped out years ago and I'm making due with a $19 PITA from Wallgreens.
They don't make the spare parts for my monstrosity of a pressure cooker that was outdated in the early 90s when I got it.
Does anyone have any experience with the Breville Fast Slow Cooker?
It seems too good to be true. Consumer Reports doesn't have anything on their site and wow, neither does Amazon.
I apologize for not asking about KitchenAid, but I have both the mixer and the food processor and love them. Ooh! I have a hand blender too. Forgot about that one.
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hi all,
i don't hv a wide information about "Polymorphism in Object Oriented Programming" , what is the advantage of it??
hi all,
i don't hv a wide information about "Polymorphism in Object Oriented Programming" , what is the advantage of it??
You have the Internet. The Internet currently has google and wikipedia. How could you not find lots of details on this subject? STW.
Being able to know stuff about and use code that you don't know the implementation details about. That's the basic idea behind polymorphism. Applying it to OOP in C++, you're dealing with pure virtual functions and the base types and the like.
hahaha okz Thankz Again,
But Google hv not gives the answer in form of PROGRAMMER.
i mean , a good programmer known the good answer of it.
it adds a lot more structure to the software design and allows to view the cooperation inside the software in a more abstract manner
Polymorphism lets you design a single interface (from a programming perspective, not a user interface) which is used to access different types of objects.
The advantage is being able to generalise your approach to designing classes, using methods/functions which behave differently, yet all have a single point of call.
in C++ polymorphism is enabled using a Base class pointer, which refers to any derived-class object. Using the base class pointer, you may invoke a method/function which will automagically determine the derived class type, and run the appropriate method.
In real-world terms, its somewhat analogous to driving a 4-wheeled motorised vehicle (If you know how to drive..) - the interface for any 4-wheeled motor vehicle is going to be the same regardless of what kind of 4-wheeled motor vehicle you're sat in (Clutch, Brake, Accelerator in the same place, steering wheel, gear stick, indicators etc). However, if you, the user of a motor vehicle, go from driving a car, to driving a van, you'll be driving under a completely different context. Although, from the driver's (the user's) perspective, its exactly the same, because all the controls do the same thing.
Polymorphism is expressed in C++ code using virtual functions. A program which expressed the Vehicle relationship described above might look something like this -
This on its own may seem a little useless (The example is rather contrived) But the potential benefits are when you want to hold a collection of different Derived class objects together using the same container, all objects which exhibit different behaviour. Typically C++ doesn't let you store different types of objects in a container - but you can use the base pointer (In this case, the Vehicle* ) as a basic reference point for all your different derived objects (Cars, Busses, etc) and store these reference points (the pointers) instead.Code:#include <iostream> //Here is the "interface" class (an abstract base class) class Vehicle { public: //Here are the interface methods (virtual functions) virtual void Accelerate() = 0 ; virtual void Brake() = 0 ; }; //A Car is-a Vehicle - it uses the Vehicle interface class Car : public Vehicle { public: //Car-specific behaviour void Accelerate() { std::cout << "Car Accelerating\n"; } void Brake() { std::cout << "Car Braking\n"; } }; //A Bus is-a Vehicle - it uses the Vehicle interface class Bus : public Vehicle { public: //Bus-specific behaviour void Accelerate() { std::cout << "Bus Accelerating\n"; } void Brake() { std::cout << "Bus Braking\n"; } }; int main() { //Begin with a driver driving a car. Vehicle* Drivers_Interface = new Car; //Run the car-specific behaviour through the common driver's interface Drivers_Interface->Accelerate(); Drivers_Interface->Brake(); delete Drivers_Interface; //Now move on to driving a bus Drivers_Interface = new Bus; //Run the bus-specific behaviour through the same interface as before Drivers_Interface->Accelerate(); Drivers_Interface->Brake(); delete Drivers_Interface; }
Using the base class pointer (Vehicle*), you have control over each object individually without needing to know its actual type - all you need to know about is the interface (the methods available in the Vehicle base class)
One way you may express a collection of Vehicle objects might look like this -Which displays the same output as the first program, but there's no obvious link in the for-loop from the method calls to what the outcome of each call may be (You, as the user of the Vehicle* vector have no idea what "kinds" of concrete vehicle objects you're storing).Code:#include <vector> int main() { std::vector<Vehicle*> my_vehicles; my_vehicles.push_back( new Car ); my_vehicles.push_back( new Bus ); for( int i(0); i!=my_vehicles.size(); ++i) { my_vehicles.at(i)->Accelerate(); my_vehicles.at(i)->Brake(); } }
I strongly suggest looking up polymorphism in your favourite book/tutorial/resource, since its a fairly large topic. This is really the tip of the iceberg.
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The entire CNN panel, including Candy Crowley, reporter Poppy Harlow and legal analyst Paul Callan focused on what a tragedy this was for the boys and what a shame it was that their lives had been ruined--as if the rape was some sort of unfortunate accident and they hadn't committed a very serious, very invasive and very life-altering for the survivor, crime.
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Looking for discussion about the big game.
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Jeremy Lins emergence from utter obscurity has the New York Knicks gaining confidence and victories.
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers are rarely lacking in either of those categories.
A budding fan favorite among the faithful at Madison Square Garden, Lin faces possibly his toughest test yet Friday night as the Knicks attempt to defeat Bryant and the Lakers at home for the first time in more than five years.
New York (11-15) was one of the NBAs biggest disappointments during a woeful 2-11 stretch Jan. 12-Feb. 3, but Lin has provided a much-needed spark since then.
The second-year point guard, who played only sparingly prior to the last three games, is averaging 25.3 points and 8.3 assists during the Knicks three-game winning streak.
Lins opportunity has come amid the absence of Knicks stars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire. Anthony is out with a strained right groin, while Stoudemire isnt expected back from grieving the death of his brother until Tuesday at Toronto.
In the meantime, Lins sudden production and popularity has the Knicks selling shirts with Linsanity emblazoned across the front.
He lived up to the hype again Wednesday, scoring 23 points while shooting 9 of 14 from the floor and adding 10 assists in a 107-93 win at Washington.
Like I said after the last game, I wouldnt have imagined this, said Lin, who went undrafted out of Harvard in 2010 and played his rookie season with Golden State, averaging 2.6 points in 29 games as a reserve.
Lin may be reviving both the Knicks season and embattled coach Mike DAntonis job security.
I think its for real, DAntoni said of Lins surge. The things that are real are his vision, which wont change; his speed, which wont change; his knowledge of the game, which wont change. I think it can only get better.
He just does everything easy and the rest of the guys around him are playing the way we want to play.
Lin and the Knicks, who are looking to match their season-high four game winning streak from Jan. 6-11, are in for a major test against the Lakers (15-11).
The Knicks have lost nine in a row to Los Angeles, including four straight at MSG. They fell 99-82 in Los Angeles on Dec. 29, when Lin scored two points in 1:40 of playing time.
Bryant, the league leader with 29.2 points per game, has averaged 33.4 points during the Lakers nine-game winning streak in this series. Hes averaging an incredible 40.0 points in his last four visits to New York, including a 33-point effort in a 113-96 victory last Feb. 11.
Teammate Pau Gasol had 25 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks Thursday as the Lakers won 88-87 in overtime at Boston. One of the blocks came at the final buzzer to secure the victory.
Ive been in situations before in my career where you freeze catch yourself looking at the ball and end up losing the game, Gasol said.
Gasol is averaging 26.8 points and 9.0 rebounds in his last four road games against the Knicks.


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By Thomas Hutton
Offering a Bible literacy class is something many school leaders want to embrace, but in some quarters of the country, it is a controversy few want to touch. If recent trends are any indication, more school boards will need to take a hard look at this question in the future.
Over the last three years, school boards in several states have been approached by citizens who want districts to offer Bible literacy as an elective high school course. Since the Bible Literacy Project published a new textbook, The Bible and Its Influence, in September 2005, state legislatures in Georgia and Texas have approved measures allowing the classes to be offered.
Last year, Time magazine published a favorable cover story on "The Case for Teaching the Bible." That was followed last October by the Alabama state board of education's decision to add The Bible and Its Influence to its list of state-approved textbooks.
Meanwhile, the adoption of another nationally promoted Bible curriculum was the focus of a lawsuit brought in May 2007 against Texas' Ector County Independent School District. The lawsuit claimed that the curriculum supported by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (NCBCPS) promotes viewpoints favored by evangelical Christian groups. In March, the school board agreed to settle the lawsuit and have a committee of educators select a new curriculum for the 2008-09 school year.
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Chinese Need a Thai-Style Revolution
Just over a year ago the U.S. State Department issued a press release on its website that sought to debunk alleged "conspiracy theories" and help people identify misinformation. One of those "urban myths" was the illegal trade in the sale of organs. There is no truth to the rumor that the State Department was able to accurately verify the existence of the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.
The practice of the despotic Communist Chinese government coordinating a policy whereby political dissidents, peaceful religious practitioners and the homeless are rounded up, kept in prisons, and butchered upon the whim of a rich westerner requiring a new kidney has been known for years.
A new undercover BBC report only further confirms this ghoulish affront to human dignity and goes further in revealing that organs are particularly plentiful during the holiday season - because there are more public executions from which victim's organs are harvested.
The State Department classifies the existence of an illegal trade that murders people for their organs as "unfounded fears."
I demand the State Department retract its ridiculous denial of the existence of the illegal organ trade and remove every page which trashes truth activists as urban myth progenitors. You should do the same by e mailing them. The real protagonist of urban myths is the State Department itself - well versed in its role as government apologist in chief, and central in the promulgation of another "urban myth," the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
China is hailed as a world role model by the UN and pontificating scumbags in business suits graciously applaud its economic success while the country's communist tyrants craft policies of brutally enforced sterilization, relocation and abortion. And when Chinese dissidents in the US attempt to blow the whistle on these Mengele-style practices, they are vilified by the American media, the so-called watchdogs of the "land of the free."
More like land of the cowards, home of the slaves.
While Americans get fat and obsess about Paris Hilton's DUI, their government openly writes legislation authorizing the sexual molestation and torture of children.
Meanwhile, infuriated Chinese peasant farmers in the south revolt against the brutal PLA armed with nothing more than spades and garden forks.
Shame on America - we thought the entrenched legacy established by the founding fathers would never be displaced in the eyes of history but the past two generations of U.S. citizens are doing their level best to ensure the country will be defined by its populace of gutless sheep who have about as much backbone as a dead jellyfish.
But don't expect China to be kicked out of the UN - that oh so benevolent organization is too busy giving "cultural diversity" awards to brutal dictators who like to boil innocent people alive.
Chinese dissidents need to rise up, organize and form a united front against their mass murdering hereditary dictatorship government or sell their own children into slavery for generations to come. They need to enact a Thai-style coup and politically decapitate their oppressors even at the risk of a 21st century Tiananmen Square.
The tree of liberty needs to be occasionally watered by the blood of patriots. I challenge the Chinese people to throw off the illusory chains these human worms have shackled upon you and be remembered in eternity for standing up for what matters.
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The Portland Timbers announced late Thursday that the club has re-signed three players while exercising contract options on eight players from its 2012 roster.
Portland signed goalkeeper Jake Gleeson, defender Ryan Kawulok and midfielder Rodney Wallace to new contracts while picking up the options on goalkeeper Joe Bendik; defenders Futty Danso and Chris Taylor; midfielders Eric Alexander, Kalif Alhassan and Sal Zizzo; and forwards Bright Dike and Brent Richards.
The Timbers also announced that they have declined the contract option for defender Steven Smith.
"There are difficult decisions to make regarding the roster every off-season. Steven is a quality player and we sincerely thank him for all of his contributions to the club last season and we wish him all the best," said Gavin Wilkinson, Timbers general manager.
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NHS workers to stage pay protest
NHS workers will today deliver a giant envelope to the Health Department to mark the start of a ballot for strikes in a bitter row over pay.
Members of Unison will stage the protest at the department's head office in London, as ballot papers are sent to 350,000 union members in England.
Unite and the GMB are balloting their health members across England, Wales and Northern Ireland after the coalition controversially decided not to accept a recommended 1% pay rise.
The ballot results are due at the end of September, threatening industrial action in October.
Council workers are due to strike on October 14 in a separate row over pay, while the TUC is staging a national demonstration on October 18 to highlight the impact of the Government's spending cuts.
Unions estimate that the 1.3 million workers in the NHS have seen their pay fall by up to 15% in real terms since the coalition came to power in May 2010.
The Unison members, including nurses, paramedics, therapists, cooks, cleaners, healthcare assistants and admin staff, are being asked to vote in favour of industrial action.
The union said the Government's decision not to accept the review body's recommendation would mean that 60% of NHS staff, including 70% of nurses, will not receive a pay rise this year.
A Department of Health spokesman said: " Since May 2010, there are 13,500 more clinical staff caring for patients and we want to protect these increases. We cannot afford a general pay rise on top of incremental pay increases without risking frontline jobs.
"We are disappointed that unions are balloting for industrial action. There is still time for the unions to put patients first and accept our offer to come back to the negotiating table."


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Keeping Stallions' Genital Microflora in Check
- Apr 16, 2014
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Aurich said the increase in external bacteria—despite the handlers following the hygienic measures put forth in the European guidelines—could be explained by repetitive coverings during the breeding season.
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The amount of genital microflora (bacteria) residing on a stallion's penis and surrounding areas can fluctuate during a breeding season. However, using proper and sterile management techniques can help ensure microflora increases do not affect semen quality or put the mare at risk for reduced fertility or disease, European researchers learned.
When owners manage breeding stock used in artificial insemination (AI) programs according to the European guidelines, only harmless bacteria should survive and flourish during the breeding season, said Christine Aurich, DVM, PhD, head of the Graf Lehndorff Institute for Equine Science in Neustadt, Germany.
The European guidelines for a sterile environment in AI breeding programs recommend:
- Using a sterile artificial vagina for collection;
- Handlers wash their hands between handling different stallions;
- Housing stallions away from other horses and isolating them from other horses in collection settings; and
- Preventing the stallions' genitalia from coming in contact with a mare's genitalia.
Furthermore, European guidelines do not call for washing the stallion's external genitalia, unlike the guidelines many American breeding centers follow, Aurich said.
"Washing is not painful, and many stallions do tolerate this without problems," she said. "However, washing may severely disturb the physiologic microflora on the external genitalia. Balanced growth of 'good' bacteria on the penile surface is important to inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria. If this balance gets disturbed, harmful bacteria may overgrow the good bacteria, infect the stallion, or come into the semen during collection. (The bacteria) can impair semen quality during storage or cause endometritis in a mare after AI."
Aurich and her fellow researchers, including Stephanie Pasing, PhD, also of the Graf Lehndorff Institute, performed a pioneering study on the evolution of stallions' microflora status during a breeding season. Every four weeks, from February to August, the team evaluated microflora from 16 stallions' urethral openings, urethral fossas, penile sheaths, and semen. All of the stallions were collected at the same stud farm in Neustadt.
The team found that 'good' bacterial populations increased over time in the majority of the stallions, and the greatest increases were found on the external genitalia, rather than in the urethral fossa or semen, Aurich said. What's more, pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria were rarely seen, and the stallions' semen quality remained consistent from the beginning of the season to the end, she relayed.
Aurich said the increase in external bacteria—despite the handlers following the hygienic measures put forth in the European guidelines—could be explained by repetitive coverings during the breeding season.
"Semen collection (and also natural cover) presents a certain stress to the penile surface," she explained. "The mechanical stress (contact between surface of the penis and the artificial vagina together with the stallion's vigorous thrusting) causes microlesions of the penile surface. There are tiny injuries all over the surface that can hardly be seen. Combined with the reaction of the organism to heal these lesions, they can disturb the balance of the microflora," leading to bacterial overgrowth.
The increased workload breeding center personnel experience during peak season could also lead to "less than perfect handling" with less hygienic measures, she added. While not ideal, handlers might go faster than usual and spend less time cleaning up when many stallions must be collected in a single day than they would on days fewer stallions are collected.
The researchers also used this study to test a new analysis technique for examining microflora. Aurich said they found the technique—called MALDI-TOF-MS (matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry)—to be both low-cost and more efficient than traditional analysis methods.
"It's a great method," she said. "Unfortunately, it's not available in many laboratories yet … but hopefully this will change in due course."
The study, "Development of the genital microflora in stallions used for artificial insemination throughout the breeding season," was published in Animal Reproduction Science.
About the Author
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
Christa Lesté-Lasserre is a freelance writer based in France. A native of Dallas, Texas, Lesté-Lasserre grew up riding Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, and Shetland Ponies. She holds a master's degree in English, specializing in creative writing, from the University of Mississippi in Oxford and earned a bachelor's in journalism and creative writing with a minor in sciences from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She currently keeps her two Trakehners at home near Paris. Follow Lesté-Lasserre on Twitter @christalestelas.
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