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gcc plug-in: Error: Object file not found on expected location C:\Documents and Settings\Eric\AVRStudio\Test01\Test01.elfMake sure your makefile specifies the output .elf file as Test01.elf
while(1) { //control();//use this for your code while(!button_pressed()); delay_ms(100); if(light==1) { light = 0; LED_off(); delay_ms(100); uartSendByte(2,255); delay_ms(100); uartSendByte(2,0); delay_ms(100); uartSendByte(2,80); } else { light = 1; LED_on(); delay_ms(100); uartSendByte(2,255); delay_ms(100); uartSendByte(2,0); delay_ms(100); uartSendByte(2,40); } delay_cycles(100);//an optional small delay to prevent crazy oscillations }
uartSetBaudRate(2, 9600); // set UARTH speed
I set the baud rate for UART2 by modifying the line early in the Axon.c source:Code: [Select]uartSetBaudRate(2, 9600); // set UARTH speedIs that all that needs to be changed for baud? (9600 is what my MiniSSC is set to, of course)
Doing some testing with rprintf... If I initialize uart1 and then uart2, only the later one works (i.e. the feedback being sent to hyperterminal doesn't go to uart1) Is there a way around this other than re-initializing rprintf each time i change which output I'll send?
rprintfInit(uart0SendByte);//use UART0rprintf("SoR Rulez");
i had to manually set the "Connect using" to the correct port. It was using the bluetooth serial port on my computer. (I think this must have defaulted correctly for you, as the "CP210x USB etc" was the only COM port in your Device Manager)
Underneath that, clicked Configure, and I had to set the Baud rate there, too. (Despite the settings being correct in Device Manager since yesterday)
By the way: I had to take the whole power switch assembly apart and play with a multimeter for 20mins before feeling stupid and realizing how the circuitry is laid out in it... I bet I won't be the last. Although my thoughts were prejudiced by the way I wanted to connect the whole thing: using both of the female wires.
In step five of part 1 ( http://www.societyofrobots.com/axon/axon_getting_started_software.shtml ), I am instructed to copy paste the contents of Axon.c into AVR Studio....There isn't anywhere to paste such, and my screen matches the screenshot in the previous step to which Admin refers. Mistake in the tutorial?
So the 38400 baud you told me was because it is what you have used in the Axon/Blackfin code you wrote. So it could have been any baud rate really for the Blackfin.


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If you're bored and looking for a semi-productive way to kill time, head over to the site 'How Secure is my Password?,' where you can spend a few quality minutes test-driving new, ultra-impermeable passwords. We have no idea how accurate or scientific this is, but it looks as if it's been created by a repentant ex-hacker. After typing in any random word or combination of characters, the tool will automatically tell you how long it would take a desktop PC to crack your code. It'll also tell you if your password happens to be among the top 500 most common, which means it can apparently be cracked in less than a second. (The dubious top 500 list, as we found out, includes '123456,' 'baseball,' and a whole slew of various expletives, but 'Switched' is conspicuously absent.)
Interestingly enough, the security of your password seems to be directly determined by the number of characters. 'Alberteinstein,' for example, would take a computer just as long to crack (204,000 years) as any other 14-letter combination. Just add a '1' to the end of 'Alberteinstein,' though, and the estimate jumps up to 700 million years. We banged out a series of random keys, and, after a few attempts, got one random combination that would reportedly take a PC "154 nonillion years" to break -- or, about as long as it would take you to remember it. [From: TheNextWeb]
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text: G300 Deutsch: Mittelstufe I (3 cr.) Prerequisite: G250 or G106 with a minimum grade of C-. This course is designed to prepare students for subsequent 300-level work in German language, literature, and culture, and a variety of texts from these areas will be read. In their oral and written responses to the readings, it is expected that students will demonstrate a growing awareness of–and sensitivity to–German culture and express their ideas in a manner consistent with advanced language work. Each student should own a good German-English / English-German dictionary as well as a standard reference grammar. Texts: Wells, Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik Süskind, Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer A course reader to be available at Mr. Copy (10th and Dunn)


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Presidential Range > Mount Adams > Climber's Log
Mount Adams Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007
|Awesome week hike over presedentials
|Posted Nov 15, 2007 11:16 pm
|Made it
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|Made the summit in horrible weather. Thick fog & about 150' visibility.
|Posted Oct 26, 2007 3:31 pm
|Greyknob Cabin
Date Climbed: Jun 25, 1996
|Hiked up from Greyknob Cabin, where I'd spent time with some old friends. A great time!
|Posted Oct 15, 2007 12:03 am
|Bark Eater
|winter ascent
Date Climbed: Jan 8, 1979
|Camped in the Great Gulf for several nights. It never got above 0F the entire trip. Great views from the top, also freezing!
|Posted Sep 19, 2007 12:53 pm
|2nd Stop on the Presi Traverse
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2002
|First time on Adams was while doing the Presidential Traverse. It was a beautiful clear day with a great group of friends.
|Posted Aug 10, 2007 7:07 pm
|King Ravine
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007
|Up King Ravine, which proved to be a really fun trail. We took sometime to play around in the Subway.
First day of July and we still had sleet at the top.
|Posted Jul 29, 2007 1:31 pm
|Presidential Traverse
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2007
|Sixth, and unfortunately final, peak on a South to North Presidential Traverse, didn't have time to get Madison. Summited around 2:30, tried to make it down Airline and back to the hiker shuttle by 4:20. Needless to say, we didn't make it. Long day.
|Posted Jul 23, 2007 11:55 am
|chugach mtn boy
|via King Ravine
Date Climbed: Dec 1, 1978
|While we were up, the car froze solid at the trailhead.
|Posted Jun 28, 2007 3:01 am
|Traverse from Jefferson
Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2007
|Did the long (2.5mi) traverse over from Jefferson in rainy, foggy weather and a visibility of 20 feet or so. We basically followed the route from cairn to cairn until we reached the summit of Adams, which we had all to ourselves. It was a LONG, hard traverse over talus back to Jefferson and down the Caps Ridge!
|Posted Jun 10, 2007 3:33 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 1975
|scary storm (as all tstorms are above timber)....hair still stands on end just thinking about it
|Posted Jan 21, 2007 4:24 am
|Route Climbed: Gulfside Trail / Airline
Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2006
|Over from Madison on Northern Presi Traverse
|Posted Nov 28, 2006 5:42 am
|Mount Adams
Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2006
|Cold and foggy with absolutely no view from the top. My first presidential, hopefully there will be many more.
|Posted Nov 12, 2006 11:07 pm
|The day after
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2002
|Very windy day.
|Posted Oct 11, 2006 8:41 pm
|No Wind!
Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2006
|Went up Adams via the Airline Route. Outside of the rime ice on last leg, this was a perfect day and a perfect trip. After Adams I did Madison as well.
|Posted Oct 7, 2006 3:33 am
|Amazing day
Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2002
|Great hike. A bit windy but not too cold. The clouds rolled in at dusk and mixed with the sunset, giving us a red orange light show.
|Posted Oct 1, 2006 11:17 pm
|Presi Traverse
Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2006
|hiked as part of the presi traverse.. tough, but its now one of my favs
|Posted Sep 21, 2006 4:15 am
|Up the Airline
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2006
|Went up the Airline trail. I liked it a lot. A bit windy at the top, but nothing too crazy. Great views.
|Posted Sep 15, 2006 4:00 pm
|Pres Traverse
|I've climbed Adams a couple times doing the pres traverse (twice in summer, once in winter), never climbed it by itself. Would love to spend more time on this one.
|Posted Sep 14, 2006 9:28 pm
|Brian Jenkins
|Via Gulfside to Airline
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006
|After losing Flanders on Jefferson, I hiked up this one to do a loop looking for him. No visibility and high winds with rain. It stunk. Found my way down the backside and went to Madison Hut and then started backtracking on Gulfside where we finally found each other. Eighth peak on a south to north Presidential Traverse.
|Posted Sep 12, 2006 6:03 pm
|Airline maybe?
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2006
|120 miles of visibility...only the second day this year! In talking to locals they said that many of them had been in the area multiple times and NEVER had a day like that. Part of a pseudo traverse. This was our last mountain before basically running down to the Madison Hut for dinner at 6! Probably one of the more imposing summits looking at it from the distance.
|Posted Aug 13, 2006 8:26 pm


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Moebs Study Urges CUs to Go Toe-to-Toe With Payday Lenders
If you're going to overdraw your checking account by $100 or less, your most cost-effective bet is to borrow money from a payday lender, not to use an overdraft service or let your check bounce.
That's the conclusion drawn from a recent study, "The Best & Worst Places for Overdrawing," conducted by Lake Bluff, Ill.-based research firm Moebs Services. The study, which surveyed 1,240 banks, 1,292 credit unions and 832 major retailers. including Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Walgreens and Safeway, reveals the most costly way to overdraw a checking account is through a bank or credit union that does not offer an overdraft service. In this case, the institution will charge a median nonsufficient funds fee of $28 and the retailer that received the bad check will charge a median price of $30, bringing the total damage to $58.
Large banks with $50 billion or more in assets charge a median overdraft price of $34 per check, and community banks and credit unions charge $25, Moebs said. But the median charge for a small loan of $100 or less is just $17.50 from payday lenders, which Moebs Services CEO Mike Moebs said. He added although payday lenders carry a stigma, they are used more often than one might think. Of the 34 million checking account users that rely on short-term finance, 19 million people, most of whom have a credit score of less than 600, use payday lenders while 15 million rely on overdrafts.
"The payday lender is the one driving the overdraft market, and very few in the credit union management market know that," Moebs said.
In order to compete with payday lenders, Moebs recommends credit unions offer low-priced overdraft services and target members with low credit scores.
"If a credit union truly wanted to serve its entire potential membership, why not act like a payday lender?" Moebs said. "Credit unions should go after the members who choose not to open a checking account because they're afraid they will overdraw. If I were a credit union, I would get heavily into the overdraft business, go after the people with low FICO scores and lower my overdraft price."
One credit union that understands the benefits of overdraft services is the $300 million City County CU of Fort Lauderdale based in Margate, Fla. Chris Oldag, executive vice president and chief operating officer, said approximately 70% of the CU's membership uses its overdraft service. He pointed out that without overdraft coverage, members could spur a detrimental chain of events due to a returned check for a mortgage payment, auto payment or rent, for example.
A returned check [could break a relationship with the provider of a regular service, like a day care or a landlord," Oldag said. "Think of the cascading events that could occur if your returned rent check causes your landlord's house payment check to bounce. Overdrafts are a welcomed service."
The study also found that 20.5% of banks and credit unions no longer provide overdraft services, and 40% of national retailers don't accept checks. Half of the consumers who overdraw their checking accounts do so by $40 or less, and 34 million consumers, or about 26% of consumer checking accounts, do this 10 or more times per year, Moebs said.
Moebs also examined regional overdraft fee differences. The firm determined that the least expensive place to overdraw a checking account is San Francisco, with a median price of $22.50. The most expensive location is Miami, with a median price of $30.95.


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Les Remparts optent pour Fabrice Herzog, un ailier droit
— Remparts de Québec (@quebec_remparts) July 3, 2013
One of the Leafs' latest draft picks, Swiss winger Fabrice Herzog, has been selected by the Quebec Remparts in the first round, 42nd overall of the CHL Import Draft.
Herzog, a 5th round pick of the Leafs in Sunday's NHL Entry Draft, scored 28 goals and 45 points in 32 games with EV Zug's U20 club this past season. He added two goals and two assists in 20 games with the Men's team.
Following the NHL Draft, Leafs GM Dave Nonis implied that Herzog may come to North American to continue his hockey career as early as this coming season.
In Quebec, Herzog would join a talented forward group stocked with several 2013 draft picks, including Adam Erne (Tampa Bay), Nick Sorensen (Anaheim), and Anthony Duclair (New York Rangers).


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The Stars wanted to announce to the public today that no matter what kind of weather we have on Tuesday, the game will be played.
The Canucks are in town and are staying a short drive from the American Airlines Center, so their availability is not an issue. In addition, the Stars will find a way to get their players there.
If the weather is really bad, the Stars will have an announcement regarding tickets, but as of right now, everything is status quo, and the game will be played no matter what.


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Credit Union Savings Rates Better Than Community Banks: By a Sliver
Credit unions offer better savings rates than community banks, according to a new study by the personal finance site GoBankingRates.com.
The study, which compared more than 5,000 savings account rates from credit unions and community banks across the U.S., noted that CUs offer an average .20% APY savings account rate, while local banks provide an average of .18% APY, said Casey Bond, managing editor for GoBankingRates.com.
Bond said savings account interest rates used in the study were based on credit union's online published rates on May 31, 2013 and a deposit amount of $10,000.
To provide depositors a benchmark for comparing the best savings account rates, GoBankingRates.com also compiled the top 10 highest savings rates from both local banks and credit unions, according to its database.
Those rankings list two credit unions - the $70 million, 6,400-member Pioneer Muslim CU in Sugar Land, Texas and the $8 million, 465-member Rutherford Postal District CU in Rutherford, N.J., as having the best rates at 2.52 APY.
The complete study is available online.


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ONC is giving $285,000 to DirectTrust, a trade association that is creating a security and trust framework for directed exchanges of information. The office also provided $205,000 to the EHR/HIE Interoperability Work Group (IWG), led by the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYec), which is developing plug-and-play interoperability for both directed exchange and query-based exchange. A directed exchange setup enables secure point-to-point electronic exchanges of clinical data between care providers. Query-based exchange capability lets providers find or request data from other providers.
DirectTrust's participation in the ONC cooperative will focus on the continued development of a national accreditation program for health information service providers (HISPs), certificate authorities, and registration authorities that act as trusted agents for users of directed exchange. DirectTrust has created such a program in conjunction with the Electronic Health Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). Since it debuted in February, a dozen HISPs and certificate authorities have applied for recognition, said David Kibbe, MD, president and CEO of DirectTrust, at a press conference held to announce the ONC awards.
[ Why is it taking so long? Read National Health Information Exchange: Why The Delay? ]
ONC's agreement with IWG calls for this group -- which includes 19 states, 20 EHR vendors and 22 health information exchange (HIE) vendors -- to continue its efforts to build interoperability while also addressing issues such as patient matching and querying provider directories.
IWG already is working with an ONC spinoff, the eHealth Exchange (formerly the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange), through a partnership with Healtheway, which manages that national exchange. The partners have selected the Certification Commission on Health IT (CCHIT) to test and certify EHR and HIE software and eHealth Exchange participants for the ability to interoperate without customized interfaces.
Although the amounts that ONC awarded to the two organizations are not large, their official recognition shows the government's support for them. It also gives ONC sway in directing the activities of the organizations and aligning them with ONC's goals in the area of HIE governance.
Last year, ONC issued a request for information that included suggestions on a governance structure for the NwHIN Exchange. After being rebuffed by industry stakeholders, ONC backed off and decided that rather than creating a new governance structure, it would allow the industry to continue working out its own approaches to HIE governance.
At the press conference, Claudia Williams, director of HIE initiatives for ONC, said that, under the Exemplar HIE Governance Program, ONC would let the grant recipients implement the work themselves. But the organizations will collaborate with ONC on determining the scope and direction of the work, and the agency will also connect their efforts with other ongoing initiatives at ONC, she added.
Williams noted that the Meaningful Use stage 2 rules require providers to exchange patient information across organizational and vendor boundaries. To do this, they are expected to use the Direct secure messaging protocol, which must be imbedded in EHRs for them to be certified for Meaningful Use, starting next year.
The HISPs provide the technical means to transmit these messages, as well as the security and trust framework for ensuring that messages are correctly routed and that senders and receivers can identify each other. But up to now, HISPs have found it difficult to communicate with each other, because they lack agreements that embody this security and trust framework.
Kibbe said that the point of accreditation by EHNAC was to eliminate the need for every HISP to contract with other HISPs to create conditions of trust and guarantee certain standards of performance. "Accreditation enables parties to take a test and receive recognition and a seal of approval," he said, thereby making it more efficient and less costly for HISPs to do business with each other.
Asked how IWG would tackle the problem of provider directories, David Whitlinger, executive director of NYeC, replied that the collaborative would have to sort through various strategies for collecting and distributing Direct addresses. Among the possible approaches: a federated model that would allow participants to view addresses in local directories, or a mastery directory approach in which they'd be collected in one place and distributed locally.
Regulatory requirements dominate, our research shows. The challenge is to innovate with technology, not just dot the i's and cross the t's. Also in the new, all-digital The Right Health IT Priorities? issue of InformationWeek Healthcare: Real change takes much more than technology. (Free registration required.)


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This month's issue features a variety of themes from different sectors of the helicopter industry—new airframes and updates on existing models from the Paris Air Show (see Rotorcraft Report); offshore ("Training Profile: Bristow Academy," and "Inside FlightSafety Lafayette,"); firefighting ("Dousing the Flames," and "Around the World: Australia Preps for Fire Season,"); and military updates including an interview with three Sikorsky presidents (Sikorsky's Comet,"), transfer of the BA609 tiltrotor to full AgustaWestland control and a visit with a major helicopter manufacturer ("All Change for the Better at Boeing,").
But one topic that filters through all these subjects—and the primary theme of this month's issue—is training. In addition to the Bristow Academy cover story, there's an article that focuses on IS-BAO for helicopters ("Should the Rotary World Invest in IS-BAO?"), a Helicopter Safety & Training column and a Training News section, as well as a visit to FlightSafety Lafayette mentioned in this month's Offshore Notebook. On top of regularly occurring feature articles and news briefs on training, we include a training-focused issue every other month in Rotor & Wing. At least once or twice a year we expand our coverage to dedicate much of an issue to training, and this is one of them (some other recent examples include the March 2010 and June 2010 editions).
But why is it necessary to focus on training on such a frequent basis? Because of the importance of keeping it fresh in the minds of all those involved in a helicopter organization. As many have pointed out in the pages of this magazine, training is the responsibility of everyone involved in an operation—including management and ownership—and not just the pilots or crew who fly the aircraft.
When I was young, my dad—who is very good at building and fixing things, both in the handyman, fixer-upper sense but also with electronics from his career as a computer network engineer—always stressed the value of not only putting in the hard work required to complete a task, but the importance of doing things right—starting with gathering "all the research" before making a decision, and paying attention to the sometimes-monotonous tasks that make up a bigger project.
"Work hard now or you'll have to work harder later," he says. But it isn't just his words that struck a chord, but his actions in showing me how to approach continual learning and be persistent in completing all the little things required to get a larger goal done. This advice applies well to training in the helicopter world, in that the approach needs to be judicious, relentless and recurrent.
Do your homework, pay attention to all the small details and take training seriously—whether sitting down at the simulator, running through a checklist, reading through a manual or any other task—and it will significantly increase your chances of avoiding mishaps and accidents. This is especially true in the helicopter world, where having to "work harder later," could potentially lead to a string of events that results in a damaged aircraft, injuries or worse. For many people, this approach to training is second-nature and just a refresher, but I've included a few training quotes from around the web that seem to fit into this discussion. Murphy's Law ensures that accidents will continue to happen, and for that reason, no one should feel they are ever "fully trained" on a particular subject, because there's always more to learn and ways to sharpen your skills. What are some of the unique "tricks of the trade" that your helicopter operation uses to approach training? Send me a note at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll include it in a future issue. Don't forget to check out our expanded Paris Air Show coverage on the web and on our social media channels: www.facebook.com/rotorandwing and twitter.com/rotorandwing
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." –Aristotle
"It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained." –Elizabeth II
"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'" –Muhammad Ali
"Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities—that's training or instruction—but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed." –Thomas Moore
"Training and education are two different things. Training gives you a skill set to perform a specific task. Education provides you with academic theory for problem-solving issues." –Master Sgt. Juan Lopez, USMC


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Elk Mountains > Buckskin BM > Climber's Log
Buckskin BM Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Accidentally climbed
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2012
|I hiked with my friend Kent with the goal to reach Buckskin Pass, and got there with plenty of time to spare and then explored the areas north and ended up on this beautiful easy peak. I saw around 10 mountain goats in the meadows, and lots of wildflowers.
|Posted Jun 20, 2017 7:46 am
|Great views
Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2014
|Loop hike with Pt 13,039. Great glissading opportunities here, too.
|Posted Jun 8, 2014 12:12 pm
|mid day hike
|Nice hike to Buckskin pass and then on grassy slopes up. Great views.
|Posted Sep 14, 2013 11:01 am
|Liba Kopeckova
|fun hike
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2013
|Nice hike from the Maroon Lake to Buckskin Pass, and then easy hike to the top. Great views along the way. With Duchess and my son (my brother stayed in at the pass).
I ran Imogene Pass run (from Ouray to Telluride) the day before, so felt sore.
|Posted Sep 9, 2013 12:50 am
|From Buckskin Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2012
|Super duper wicked cool views.
|Posted Aug 31, 2012 6:23 pm
|Buckskin BM via Willow Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2012
|Left Maroon Lake lot at 5:45am. Reached the Buckskin Pass/Willow Pass fork in 1.5 hours. Hiked to Willow Pass and from there west up the ridge toward Buckskin BM. This is the best part of the hike and brings you to the ridge that runs N/S up to Buckskin BM. The section from Willow Pass up to the N/S ridge is an easy scramble; there's some loose rock but the route is clear and it looks worse than it is. I was happy to be ascending rather than descending this section, however. Once on the N/S ridge, it's an easy walk up to the summit. It took 3 hours from Maroon Lake to the summit. Views are great. From the summit, I walked south to Buckskin Pass over tundra and out on the trail.
|Posted Jul 23, 2012 11:05 am
|Fall Snow
Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2011
|Solo climb of Buckskin BM and PT 13039 via Buckskin Pass/Maroon Lake. Snowy fall conditions up high, but that just added to the ambiance for the photos!
|Posted Oct 9, 2011 8:07 pm
|Not Quite
Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2011
|We got about half way up the gulch, but had spent so much time taking pictures of the Bells that weather was rolling in. Crazy beautiful and a good way to get away from the crowds.
|Posted Oct 2, 2011 10:47 pm
|A perfect day in the Elks
Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2011
|Took my sunrise pictures at Maroon Lake of the Bells showing off their fluorescent yellow aspens, then headed up towards Willow Pass. Minnehaha Gulch is beautiful! Decided to summit from the top of Willow Pass, which is doable but the rock is loose; won't take that path again. Took the standard route back down. The view from the summit W towards Snowmass Lake and Mountain will make you drool. The other views aint bad either. Would love to come back here again in summer when the flowers are in bloom.
(Climbed again w. friends 7-13-2012, sweet!)
|Posted Oct 1, 2011 3:33 am
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2010
|Watched sunrise from the summit... brrrrr. Efforts to summit early in order to avoid I-70 traffic on the way home were unsuccessful :(
|Posted Sep 7, 2010 4:46 pm
|Great Hike
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2009
|I intended to combine this peak with several other 13ers around Willow Basin during an overnight trip. Conditions were perfect the first day, so I took the opportunity to climb Buckskin. Unfortunately, that night it stormed hard and the snow made it difficult to climb anything the next day. I uploaded several new photos to the Buckskin album. Hope you enjoy!
|Posted Sep 19, 2009 2:11 am
|Sensory Overload!
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009
|This was the most beautiful hike I have ever been on! From start to finish, the scenery was just amazing!
We attempted to summit via the saddle from the Willow Lake Trail but it was blocked by snow, even this late into August. We hiked down to the Buckskin Pass/Willow Pass junction and summitted via Buckskin Pass - and went up the easy tundra slog from that pass. I had the summit all to myself - even on a Sunday!
|Posted Aug 18, 2009 11:02 pm
|South ridge from 13039
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009
|This is a cool, overlooked 13er with both a rugged and docile personality. Sweet views to be had on this one. Check out UN 13039 to the south.
|Posted Jul 21, 2009 7:03 pm
|Route Climbed: 'South Ridge' / Buckskin Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009
|Me and my dear friend Jeff backpacked to the N.Maroon Peak trail junction..arriving at midnight..slept 6 hours and hiked up to the summit. It's often more magnificent (to me) to be in the presence of the 14ers vs. being on them, just my opinion! 13ers have a lot to offer the climber!
|Posted Jul 15, 2009 11:42 pm
|Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: October 1, 2005
|Great view on top!
|Posted Oct 21, 2005 1:32 pm
|Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: October 1, 2005
|What an enjoyable day! A hike up into the Maroon Bells-Snowmass wilderness with perfect weather and autumn foliage! Once we left the photographers down at the lakes, we didn't see anyone for the rest of the morning except a group of climbers going up Point 12,942. The views from the top were great, Snowmass, Capitol, Pyramid, and of course the Bells. On the way down we started to see more and more people. From Crater Lake on down the trail was full of tourists. If we hadn't had to be back down in Aspen by a certain time, we would have taken the loop route back to the trailhead.
|Posted Oct 4, 2005 1:13 pm
|Route Climbed: From Buckskin Pass Date Climbed: July 2001
|As one of my first larger summits, this climb helped me fall in love with the mountains. The climb from the pass is a walk up the tundra with amazing views of 6 surrounding 14ers and countless other peaks.
Though a hike, it's a farily long and parts are fairly steep. Like Kane, I would love to return to Buckskin for the views, and try his route the next time I return.
I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in the Maroon-Snowmass Wilderness as a non-technical ascent.
|Posted Feb 16, 2005 12:03 am
|Route Climbed: Aug-20? 2004 Date Climbed: South Ridge
|If you want views, this mountain may be the best one around the Maroon Lake area. Such an easy hike for such a fantastic reward. Loved this mountain and will return someday.
|Posted Oct 14, 2004 6:56 pm


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As a producer from Denmark, producing a documentary about Robots in Japan and the US, I will be travelling with Professor Henrik Hautop Lund to the US from Oct.2 – 8 and I am looking for at least 3 different places where we can go in the film to experience impressive provoking robots. It should be places that develop robots, military robots or humanoid robots that he can actually interact with and which will look good on screen - where he can chat with the interesting and hopefully colourful scientists about the making and so on. Are there places, e.g. Universities, exhibitions, events in this period that you can think of where he should go. Let me hear from you
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"When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.
For as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost. When I'm feeling most ghost-like, it is your remembering me that helps remind me that I actually exist. When I'm feeling sad, it's my consolation. When I'm feeling happy, it's part of why I feel that way.
If you forget me, one of the ways I remember who I am will be gone. If you forget, part of who I am will be gone. "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well. "
"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives."
"To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, Hey, can you give me a hand? You can say, Sorry, got these sacks. - Deep Thoughts (Saturday Night Live)"
"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed."
"Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass."


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CARSON, Calif. – Any chance to unwind from what has been a tense scramble to qualify for the MLS Cup playoffs is welcome at this point of the season. As such, the two-time defending MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy definitely are relishing their chance to get away from that grind on Friday at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes.
More than 100 players are expected to turn out for Friday's charity golf tournament, which is put on by the LA Galaxy Foundation at the fabled South Bay course. The first tournament of its kind since 2009, the day also features a silent auction and awards banquet, is expected to raise more than $75,000 for the Galaxy Foundation
"It's always fun to do something with the team outside of soccer," midfielder Michael Stephens said. "Whether it's a night out or this, it will be a good time.
"We're looking forward to it."
Added head coach Bruce Arena, "It will be fun. It's a little bit of a frustrating golf course to go out on your off days, but the guys will have a good time."
At least it will give the players a chance to see who is the best player on the team, although everyone would be hard-pressed to top goalkeeper Brian Perk. The former UCLA star, who plays to a three handicap/index, showed off his skills earlier this year, winning a long-drive competition at the PGA Tour's Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club.
"There's a reason why I choose him as my (golf) partner every time," Stephens said. "I like to keep my money in my pocket. He's a beast. He can drive just about 350; that can give you a pretty good advantage on the par fours and the par fives.
"He looks the part, too. He's on top of his wardrobe. That's half the battle."
Midfielder Laurent Courtois admitted he doesn't play much but is looking forward to Friday's outing anyway.
"I'll drive the cart," he said with a laugh. "I'm going to try, have a little bit of fun. I've heard it's a fantastic area; I'm going to enjoy the day."
The general consensus among the players was the day for golf comes at a perfect time.
"We need something like this," said Jack McBean, who said he usually shoots in the high 80s or low 90s ("I'm not terrible," he said). "To have some fun and let loose is going to be good."
Added Perk, "We're late in the season. The guys aren't worn down, but their bodies definitely are tired. I think the break will serve us well going into the most important stretch of our season."
Perk, asked if he purposefully will try not to shoot a lower score than his coach, perhaps as a way to earn a bit more playing time, only grinned.
"I'm going to beat Bruce for sure," he said. "That's a done deal."


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Tissue Engineering at Clarkson University Science Cafe February 2
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"Tissue Engineering: The Key to Eternal Life?" is the topic of a discussion by Clarkson University Professor of Biophysics Gabor Forgacs at the next Science Cafe at La Casbah, 6 Elm Street in Potsdam, on Wednesday, February 2, at 7:15 p.m.
In the not-too-distant future, you will simply walk into a specialized clinic, shed your dysfunctional kidney, or liver, and walk out with a made-to-measure new one. Sounds like fiction? Maybe so, but maybe not.
Join Forgacs as he explains and discusses this new exciting technology, and judge for yourself whether it is truly just around the corner.
Science Cafes bring together engineers, scientists and townspeople in a relaxed, informal setting, such as coffeehouses and pubs. The speaker makes a short presentation about a topic in his or her field, and then opens up the floor to discussion.
Find out more about Clarkson's Science Cafe at http://www.clarkson.edu/sciencecafe.
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Braves again load up with pitching
Atlanta takes 17 hurlers among 22 first-day draft picks
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
ATLANTA -- Going into this year's First-Year Player Draft, there were many people indicating there wasn't a very deep talent pool. But it was certainly vast enough for Braves director of scouting Roy Clark to emerge from the first day with a big smile. It was business as usual for Clark and his staff during the draft's first day. By the time selections had concluded Tuesday, they'd selected 22 players, and 17 of them were pitchers. "People say it was a bad year," Clark said. "Not for the Atlanta Braves. I'm very, very proud of our scouts. Now we've got to get them signed. It doesn't count until you get them signed." Like they've had a tradition of selecting a plethora of pitchers, the Braves have also prided themselves on being able to sign a large majority of their early selections. Clark feels good about the chances of signing each of the players they took in the first 14 rounds. Their top priority is signing Cody Johnson, an outfielder that they selected with their first pick, the draft's 24th selection. Baseball America had indicated the 17-year-old out of A. Crawford Mosley High School in Lynn Haven, Fla., has a hole in his left-handed swing. But the Braves simply saw power. After working him out a few weeks ago, Braves Hall of Fame scout Paul Snyder told Johnson, "I'm not walking out there to get those balls. You're getting in your car and going to get them." "I probably saw him 75 to 100 at-bats with [a wooden bat] against the best competition," Clark said. "Just trust us. I think we know what we're looking at. We're pretty good." The Braves' continued success over the past 15 seasons is a credit to the fruitful Minor League system that Clark and his staff continue to stock. Because of the free-agent departures of Rafael Furcal and Kyle Farnsworth, the Braves had six of the draft's first 72 selections and seven of the first 100. Other than Johnson, the only other position player they took during that span was Robert Fontaine, a talented shortstop from Daytona Beach Community College. "The position players with the system that we have, they have to get their at-bats," Clark said. "I think we are more selective with position players because you have to keep pounding the pitching." Because there wasn't a wide array of talent available, the Braves broke their recent tradition of taking some of Georgia's top high school players. But they still found some local talent from Russell County High School, which is located near Tim Hudson's hometown of Phenix City, Ala. The small town sits on the Georgia border. With their second pick, a sandwich pick, they took right-handed pitcher Cory Rasmus, who helped Russell County win a mythical national championship last year. His high school teammate, third baseman Adam Coe, was taken with the Braves' 11th selection.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has approved a loan guarantee of $25 million to Myriant Corporation to help construct a bio-based production facility in Lake Providence, La.
"This project will support the President's "all-of-the-above" energy strategy and create job opportunities for American workers," said Vilsack. "The facility will bring opportunity to an area of Louisiana that has been battered by hurricanes, and has lacked new development. It will also expand a market for farmers."
The facility will make succinic acid, which is used primarily as a sweetener within the food and beverage industry. Currently it is made from butane, using petrochemicals, but the new plant will convert grain sorghum, an actual food source and a sustainable resource source, into succinic acid and ammonium sulfate. It is expected to produce 15,000 tons per year of succinic acid and 18,000 tons per year of ammonium sulfate.
Myriant is the first bio-based chemical company to receive funding under USDA Rural Development's Business and Industry Guarantee program, which supports local rural businesses and helps create or retain jobs. This funding is an example of the many ways that USDA is helping revitalize rural economies to create opportunities for growth and prosperity, support innovative technologies, identify new markets for agricultural producers, and better utilize our nation's natural resources.
The Obama Administration is working to promote domestic production of renewable energy to create jobs, reduce dependence on foreign oil, combat global warming, and build stronger rural economy. USDA is working to develop the national bio-based products industry producing energy and goods from non-food sources in every region of the country.
The Myriant facility also received $44 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and an additional $10 million from the Louisiana State Department of Transportation for infrastructure improvements.
USDA, through its Rural Development mission area, administers and manages housing, business and community infrastructure programs through a national network of state and local offices. Rural Development has an active portfolio of more than $170 billion in loans and loan guarantees. These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America.
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The fourth-grade students having a conversation in Amanda Simon's class boast a vocabulary well beyond their years: trans fats, lycopene, lutein, micronutrients — hardly typical grade-school fodder. But, these students sound right at home as they carefully analyze food labels to compare caloric and fat content and nutritional value as "nutrition detectives" in Simon's wellness class.
"Basically, I talk to kids and teach them how to be savvy consumers, know what's in their food and read labels to determine the ingredients," she says. "We go through a lot of hands-on investigations, looking at labels and learning the difference between a good, nutritious choice and one without the nutrients they need."
Simon piloted the program last year as a way to teach her students the importance of understanding nutrition at a young age. She says the idea stems from personal experience: Diabetes, heart disease and other health issues run in her family, and she was determined to make a change.
"Three years ago, I changed my life and the way we eat as a family," she says. "I thought I ate well, and I thought I understood nutrition, but I didn't understand the science of it. I had to look so hard to find that, and I thought, 'Why is that, and how can I get that information to kids in a way they can understand?'"
This year, she earned a $500 grant through Gulf Coast Gives to buy food and ingredients to use in lessons throughout the year. Students compare food labels and learn to make healthy snacks and meals. Simon says her goal is not to dictate what they eat, but to give them the skills to make their own informed decisions.
"It's fantastic to teach the kids," she says. "I like listening to them talk when they don't know I'm listening. I can hear them at snack time comparing each other's food labels, and I probably get two to three emails every week from parents thanking me. A lot of them say their child is actually teaching them."
Simon says she's constantly encouraged by her students' enthusiasm, and she hopes they'll use the lessons they learn for years to come.
"I think it's probably one of most important things kids can learn," she says. "I've seen it change my life, and it's changing the lives of my fourth-graders."
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look how wet the dough is !
On the contrary, I'd guess that's a 65% dough. Highly hydrated dough will have that sheen and taffy-like consistency after its initial rise. There is no oil nor water here. The reason there is not more dough sticking to his hands is his masterful handling. Whoever this badass dude is, I'd like to meet him.
i think thats marco (pizzanapoletana), cause theres a video o him doing the same thing.... , but the dough is not that wet... maybe some oil on the hands, or even water ??
It may well be 65%, however I don't think one could say for sure it had an initial rise...I'd personally guess not...but that's just me. Dough of that hydration should have a fairly 'taffy like consistency' (assuming it's well developed) straight after mixing.
Sc, I have seen a sheen like that on dough coming straight out of a bosch mixer.
I'd bet you money that's not the case.I've never seen anyone dump or spray oil on top of already mixed dough. It would turn into a slimy half-mixed mess the moment it was handled. Also note, his hands do not glisten with residual oil and nor does the counter. In fact the dough adheres quite firmly to the counter when he pulls the strands in the air - if oiled it would not.I know its hard to believe but highly-hydrated, properly mixed dough does look and handle like that.
I will say that dough does not look like and in fact cannot be true Neapolitan dough which necessarily excludes the use of oil in or on the dough.


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March 23, 2006
Grade inflation-2: Possible benign causes for grade increases
Before jumping to the conclusion that a rise in average grades must imply inflation (see my previous posting on this topic), we should be aware of the dangers that exist when we are dealing with averages. For example, suppose we consider a hypothetical institution that has just two departments A and B. Historically, students taking courses in A have had average grades of 2.5 while those in B have had 3.0. Even if there is no change at all in the abilities or effort of the students and no change in what the faculty teach or the way that faculty assess and grade, so that the average grades in each department remain unchanged, it is still possible for the average grades of the institution to rise, simply because the fraction of students taking courses in B has become larger.
There is evidence that this shifting around in the courses taken by students is just what is happening. Those who are convinced that grade inflation exists and that it is evil, tend to interpret this phenomenon as game playing by students, that they are manipulating the system, choosing courses on the basis of how easy it is to get high grades rather than by interest or challenge.
For example, the ERIC report says "In Grade Inflation: A Crisis in College Education (2003), professor Valen E. Johnson concludes that disparities in grading affect the way students complete course evaluation forms and result in inequitable faculty evaluations. . . Students are currently able to manipulate their grade point averages through the judicious choice of their classes rather than through moderating their efforts. Academic standards have been diminished and this diminution can be halted, he argues, only if more principled student grading practices are adopted and if faculty evaluations become more closely linked to student achievement."
This looks bad and the author obviously wants to make it look bad, as can be seen from his choice of the word 'manipulate' to describe the students' actions and the way he implies that faculty are becoming more unprincipled in their grading practices. But there is no evidence for the evil motivations attributed to such students and faculty. In fact, one can look at the phenomenon in a different way. It is undoubtedly true that students now have many more choices than they did in the past. There are more majors and more electives. When you offer more choices, students are more likely to choose courses they are interested in and thus are more likely to do better in them.
Furthermore, even if students are choosing courses partly based on their expectation of the grade they will receive in it, we should not be too harsh in our judgments. After all, we have created a system in which grades seem to be the basis for almost everything: admission to colleges and graduate schools, honors, scholarships, and financial aid. As I said, grades have become the currency of higher education. Is it any wonder that students factor in grades when making their choices? If a student tries to balance courses they really want to take with those that know they can get a high grade in order to be able to maintain the GPA they need to retain their scholarships, why is this to be condemned? This seems to me to be a sensible strategy. After all, faculty do that kind of thing all the time. When faculty learn that the NIH or NSF is shifting its grants funding emphasis to some new research area, many will shift their research programs accordingly. We do not pour scorn on them for this, telling them that they should choose research topics purely based on their interests. Instead, we commend them for being forward thinking.
It certainly would be wonderful if students chose courses purely on the basis of their interest or usefulness or challenge and not on grade expectations, but to put students in the current grade-focused environment and expect them to ignore grades altogether when making their course selection is to be hypocritical and send mixed messages.
What about the idea that faculty grading standards have declined and that part of the reason is that they are giving easy grades in order to get good evaluations? This is a very popular piece of folklore on college campuses. But this question has also been studied and the data simply do not support it. It does seem to be true that students tend to get higher grades in the courses in the courses they rate higher. But to infer a causal relationship, that if a faculty member gives higher grades they will get better evaluations, is wrong.
People who have studied this find that if a student likes a course and a professor (and thus gives good evaluations), then they will tend to work harder at that course and do better (and thus get higher grades) thus bringing about the grades-evaluations correlation that we see. But what tends to determine how much a student likes a course and professor seems to depend on whether they student feels like she or he is actually leaning interesting and useful stuff. Students, like anybody else, don't like to feel they are wasting their time and money and do not enjoy being with a professor who does not care for them or respect them.
Remember that these studies report on general trends. It is quite likely that there exist individual professors who give high grades in a misguided attempt to bribe student to give good evaluations, and that there exist students willing to be so bribed. But such people are not the norm.
To be continued. . .
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Meanwhile, there are Americans who have already have decided which country the US should invade next in the global war on terror, even if they haven't the faintest idea where that country is on the globe or why it should be invaded. Even Sri Lanka gets a shot at this particularly dubious honor.
Here's an idea for a reality show, along the lines of American Idol. It will be called Who's next?. The contestants will be the heads of states of each country and this time their goal will be to get voted off because the last remaining country gets bombed and invaded by the US. The judges could be Dick Cheney (to provide the sarcastic put-downs a la Simon Cowell. Sample: "You think we're going to waste our smart bombs on your dumb country?"), Donald Rumsfeld, and Condoleeza Rice.
Fox television, my contract is ready and I'm waiting for your call.
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Going back to school to teach high school physics, this topic gets covered a lot in our education classes. NCLB wants schools to show progess and looks only at grades for the results. What's to stop me from just giving everyone an A? Besides the obvious ethical quandary of course.
I love the idea for the show. And of course it would be Fox to do it first.


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NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch contributed "Science Teachers in the Trenches of the Climate Wars" to the opinion section of the website of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (March 13, 2017).
European Perceptions of Climate Change, the March 2017 report of a public opinion survey conducted in June 2016 in France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom, offers (PDF) information about the attitudes toward the reality of, the causes behind, and the scientific consensus about climate change in those countries.
The editorial in the March 8, 2017, issue of the prestigious scientific journal Nature calls on researchers to defend the integrity of science education — and cites NCSE.
Louisiana's state board of elementary and secondary education voted to adopt a new set of state science standards on March 8, 2017, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate (March 8, 2017) — but not without a nod in the general direction of creationism.
Arkansas's House Bill 2050 (PDF), filed as a shell bill on March 6, 2017 — the last day on which bills may be filed in the 2017 regular session — would, if enacted, "allow public schools to teach creationism and intelligent design as theories alongside the theory of evolution," according to THV 11 (March 6, 2017).
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Cirque du Soleil Goes Back To Basics with 'Kooza'
LONDON– Cirque du Soleil is circus with glitz and glamour. But with "Kooza" (a show which premiered in Europe last week), the Montreal-based entertainment company is bringing back the classical elements of circus.
"It's not about the beauty of the production but about seeing people achieve the impossible. The pace of the show is incredible and it is acrobatics at the highest level. It is a feel-good show," says Michael G, Smith, artistic director of the show in charge of managing 52 artists from 20 different nationalities.


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In addition to duties found in 10.0101 et seq. ASCA the commission shall have the following jurisdiction and authority:
(1) To review and approve a comprehensive general plan for the future development of the territory and to make a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature following public hearings;
(2) to initiate a review of the provisions of the zoning law and to make a report of its findings and recommendations based on the comprehensive general plan;
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When Bridges isn't too prominent, Seventh Son feels like an easily distracted dungeonmaster's D&D campaign. Tom and Gregory spend most of the film banishing Malkin's expensive-looking but forgettable CGI monster allies, including a shapeshifting man-bear and a giant, blind troll called a "boggart," and then exchanging tough-guy quips that would only sound cool if they were improvised while rolling a twelve-sided die. Gregory snaps, "You fight me as a dragon, not as a man. Have you no honor?" That line is lousy, but Bridges's heinous performance -- he speaks as if he has a mouthful of chewing tobacco he refuses to spit out -- proves that trying too hard can be so much worse than not trying hard enough. And what could anyone have done with wispy dialogue like "When you deal with dark, dark gets in you"?
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Yesterday, in part I of this blog, we covered the 3 specific crash tests that are performed on European vehicles in their New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) – frontal offset, side impact, and side impact pole test. Today, we're going to dig a little deeper and examine the child occupant components of the Euro NCAP.
Learning how other parts of the world are tackling the complex issues of child occupant protection can help give us some perspective on the shortcomings of our own NCAP program. And, possibly, give us some ideas on how to move our program forward. For more details on the US NCAP program check out our previous "Responding to the Tribune Article" blog.
From the Euro NCAP website:
Euro NCAP has carried out a child occupant safety assessment since its very first test in 1997 to ensure that manufacturers take responsibility for the children traveling in their vehicles. In November 2003, Euro NCAP introduced a child occupant protection rating to provide clearer information for consumers about the results of these tests. As part of this assessment, Euro NCAP uses 18 month old and 3 year old sized dummies in the frontal and side impact tests. As well as studying the results from the impact tests, Euro NCAP verifies the clarity of instructions and seat installation in the vehicle to ensure that the child seat can be fitted safely and securely.


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Two women gain friendship through Memory Matters
A new friendship blossomed between Silvia Unglesby and Linda McCloskey after meeting at Memory Matters. Every Tuesday, McCloskey picks up her friend, leaving their Sun City homes to help Alzheimer's patients.
Memory Matters is a nonprofit organization dedicated to relieving caregivers of the added responsibilities that come with their family member who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia. The organization was founded in 1997, celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. With a daughter working in geriatrics, Unglesby was curious about the field. Living in James Island, she then volunteered with a program similar to Memory Matters.
"Alzheimer's is a scary word so I wanted to see what my daughter was involved with," Unglesby said. "After the first day, she asked me how it was and I said it's still scary but I'm going back tomorrow."
When she moved to Sun City, she searched for a new place to continue helping those affected by Alzheimer's. Since 2004, Unglesby has dedicated one day out of the week to Memory Matters.
From helping with refreshments to engaging with the patients in music, art or games, Unglesby enjoys the interaction.
McCloskey experienced the duties of being a caretaker firsthand as her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. After 10 years in McCloskey's care, her mother died.
"After some time, I was ready to give back as a caregiver in some way. I knew how wonderful it was to give relief to the caregivers and thought Memory Matters was the perfect place to volunteer," she said.
When she began volunteering in 2006, the organization was meeting at local churches before it finally received its own building in 2008.
The program engages participants in both mental and physical stimulation through music, drama, art, yoga, exercise and mentally stimulating games. It also breaks down barriers of social isolation by providing camaraderie.
"It's a failure free zone," McCloskey said. "It's so wonderful to see smiles and laughing through the different activities."
Unglesby said many of the patients often think they are volunteers.
"They'll want to help clean up after we have refreshments so we let them," she said. "If they want to take a nap, they can. We just try to initiate conversation and keep the conversations light."
With a group ranging from 17 to 30 participants, Tuesdays at Memory Matters are busy yet enjoyable for the two volunteers. The women have become close friends as they help others.
"Since I don't have a car, Linda offered that we ride together. She picks me up and I treat her to Starbucks," Unglesby said. "I said she had to pick either coffee or gas, she chose the first."
Through their willingness to volunteer, McCloskey and Unglesby developed a passion for geriatrics and specifically the mission of Memory Matters.
To become a Memory Matters volunteer, contact program director Melissa Dalton at 842-6688 or email@example.com.


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LAKEWOOD, NJ -- Jersey Jack Pinball Inc. said it has entered into an equity partnership with an investment firm identified only as JDA. The up-and-coming pinball machine manufacturer said the partnership will provide means to fund multiple game platforms, allow it to expand into related technologies and markets, and attract "deeper management" resources. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Jersey Jack Pinball's announcement provided little detail about its new partner other than that "JDA has a proven track record of success and generated over $40 million for their shareholders in their last transaction," and that the firm's principals are pinball enthusiasts who own more than 40 machines, including Jersey Jack's The Wizard of Oz.
"We are very excited to combine the strengths of these two dynamic organizations," said Jack Guarnieri, who founded the pinball company in 2011. "The expanded talent, experience and financial strength that this brings will enhance the future products we are able to build and add to the enjoyment of our player base."
Reaction to the news from the pinball community has been mixed, but many fans see the deal as a necessity. (See comments at Pinside.com). At the end of 2009, Stern Pinball Inc. brought in a group of investors led by David J. Peterson, a founder and managing director of Hagerty Peterson & Co. LLC (Barrington, IL). | SEE STORY
PHOTO: Jessie Trueblood (l.), an Indiana-based pinball retailer, catches up with Jack Guarnieri, founder of
Jersey Jack Pinball, at IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando, FL.
Jersey Jack Pinball began shipping the Wizard of Oz flipper game, now in full production, in the second quarter of 2013. At the end of last year, the factory had shipped more than 700 games. Much of the funding for Wizard of Oz development was provided by down payments for preorders. Its next title, The Hobbit, is scheduled to ship at the end of this year.
The Wizard of Oz line consists of various models, including the 75th Anniversary game, the Emerald City edition and a "standard" machine. The latter is targeted at coin machine operators, who represent the smallest number of buyers. The 1,000-unit production run of the Emerald City edition is expected to end soon. The 75th Anniversary model, which pays homage to MGM's 1939 Technicolor classic, recently entered production; about 1,500 units are planned. Once 3,000 WoZ pinball machines are sold, Jersey Jack Pinball can likely say it's a $20 million company.
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A Jewish wedding in a vineyard set in California, yes please…..With all of the hype about the Royal Wedding today, we feel like every bride is a princess. The way they glow on their wedding day. The way they see their prince waiting to spend the rest of their lives together. Its truly amazing and we are happy to share these moving moments with you as you plan your own wedding. Laura Parker sent us the beautiful Jewish wedding from sunny California at a vineyard via Two Bright Lights! Ashley and Roger's wedding was a gorgeous celebration and we are thrilled to share it with you. We were able to catch up with Ashley and ask her a few questions…
How did you and your husband meet?
Roger and I were "officially" introduced about 6 or 7 years ago through family of his that i was mutual friends of…
How long have you been together?
we have been together about 5 years now..
How did he propose?
He was stationed in San Diego and my mom myself and my nephew went down to visit him for what i thought was a vacation.. (my mom knew the whole time that he was going to ask me) we were down there of r a week over our anniversary.. We wanted to have an "us" night so he took me to this awesome restaurant in la Jolla over looking the ocean.. i actually didn't want to go since he was being kind of a jerk the whole day (we went to the San Diego zoo with my mom and nephew before dinner).. At dinner he was really fidgety and had gone through a lot of wine.. After dinner we were going to go for a walk on the beach but the tide had come in and brought with it a dieing animal.. so we decided to walk around up on the bluff.. the beautiful sunset that we saw at dinner quickly disappeared behind some ugly clouds ( apparently everything that he had planned to be romantic pretty much failed).. I had bought him a card for our anniversary which he quickly dismissed.. i was super upset because he opened it and immediately put it away.. He then gave me his present.. i was in total shock because he had made a scrapbook of our 3 years together.. it was so sweet and when i got to the last page it had said OUR ENGAGEMENT at the top of the page.. It didn't really click until i looked up from the book and saw that he was down on one knee and asking me to be his wife!! of course the restaurant that was up on this bluff was full and you could see everyone starring out the window.. of course i said YES and the restaurant was cheering!!
What sold you on your wedding venue?
i had done sooooooo much shopping around with my mom and some of the service that we had received was undesirable.. there was another venue that i fell in love with but they treated me and my party terribly.. they had mentioned their sister site and if i had seen that yet.. my mom and i went with my aunt since roger was still in San Diego.. after we were offered a glass of champagne and 2 hours later i knew that i had found the right place.. it was absolutely gorgeous and the way that i was treated finally made me feel like a bride.
Your dress is gorgeous, where did you get it and how did you know it was "the one"?
It is a sottero and midgley gown.. and i knew that it was the one because i had tried on A LOT of dresses and everyone says you will know.. it will just hit you.. after i saw it on the manikin i said that i needed to try that one on!! i wasn't into lace.. nor was i into chiffon.. but the way it was laying on the manikin it just spoke to me.. when i put it on i just didn't want to take it off.. i had not had that yet and i got really excited about it.. the other bride that was trying on gowns next to me said that i was glowing..
We love his shoes….tell us more about those?
He he.. it was actually a joke.. we said that we wanted to get each other a gift but we really weren't wanting to go over the top.. he is one of those laid back kind of guys and when i went to finalize the tux order i saw them in the window and i knew that i had to get them for him..
How did you choose your wedding color palette?
We were driving to dinner one night and i had asked him what he was thinking he would like.. Of course he could have cared less.. the only thing he said was no pink!! He had just gotten a rose tattoo in red and i asked what he thought of red and black.. and just like that we had our colors.
Could you talk about the Huppah a little (its beautiful!)?
The Huppah is also known as the marriage canopy.. It has a few representations.. It is supposed to be open on all sides to welcome in all friends and family and the stranger.. the four posts are to represent the four post of a strong home and the cloth that covers the top is usually a piece of cloth that is handed down through the family that is to be used in the home as well as a memory of the day… i knew that we were going to be out doors so i wanted it to blend into the atmosphere.. so that's why i had the wood and the hydrangeas .. and i wanted it to flow so i choose chiffon ( i also did not have a cloth that i wanted to use) and who wouldn't want bling tucked in there to add a little sparkle..
What song did you dance to for your first dance as husband and wife?
We choose From this Moment by Shania Twain and Brian Adams
What was your "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue"?
My something old was 2 things.. I was getting married in the ring that my grandmother did to my grandfather that was passed to my mother.. who passed that down to me.. I also was wearing a Pearl ring that was my grandmothers.. that also doubled as my something borrowed..
something new was my dress, jewelry and shoes
something blue i had a garter and an I DO under my shoes
Do you have any advice for brides that are in the planning process?
to just remember that this is about you and the man that you are saying that you want to spend the rest of your life with.. something will go wrong no matter how you plan every detail and the drama is something that is unavoidable but when you walk down the aisle and see him standing at the end waiting for you it will all melt away..
What was your favorite part of your big day?
its kinda funny but when i saw everyone stand and look at me i couldnt take my eyes off of him!! the look that he gave me was something that i will never forget!!
Thank you again, Laura for sharing this wedding with us! Be sure to check out her site for more awesome wedding images. Thank you Ashley for taking the time to answer our questions. We wish you and Roger a lifetime full of love and laughter and may each day be better than the last!
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NHL lockout-idled stars continue to find temporary employment, with Montreal Canadiens center Scott Gomez among three who are hitching on with the East Coast Hockey League. In Alaska.
The ECHL, essentially the Double-A level of North American professional hockey, stretches from Atlantic to Pacific. Given the opportunity, the league is welcoming NHL players until the lockout is over.
To that end, NHL officials and leaders of the NHL Players' Association met a second consecutive day Saturday in New York in search of an accord on a collective bargaining agreement. The union deal expired Sept. 15, and commissioner Gary Bettman ordered a lockout that has scotched all exhibition games and could soon cut into the 2012-13 NHL schedule.
While players flocking to Europe, others find options closer to home. So it is with Gomez, who this week signed a professional tryout contract with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL.
Gomez is from Alaska, and he joins NHL brethren Nate Thompson and Joey Crabb in coming to terms with what is essentially their home team. Thompson and Crabb also are Alaskans.
Players also took to the ECHL during the 2004-05 NHL season, which was wiped out when Bettman and team owners locked out players.
There is fear the current NHL lockout could be lengthy.
Gomez was named ECHL most valuable player during his 2004-05 stint with the Aces, who enjoyed an increase in attendance with NHL players on their roster.
Gomez, Thompson and Crabb joined their new teammates for practice Friday, Anchorage TV station KTVA reported on its website.
Earlier in the week, the ECHL's Ontario Reign added NHL veteran Paul Mara. The league announced training camp rosters on Friday.


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I'm not all that excited to see this requiring PPI. It's really just a much better-tested hack rather than a solution, and IIRC (cpandeps is down) it pulls in half the world in dependencies. What happens if you want to get Method::Signatures, or something like it, into core? Default values are nice, but are they worth the complexity?
When it goes into core it doesn't go in as a module, it goes in as syntax. No fucking around with PPI, the Perl parser gets patched.
And trust me, PPI is the least terrifying dependency Method::Signatures uses. Its deps are shallow and mundane. It's battle tested (Perl::Critic has been knocking it around for a long time), easy to figure out what the hell its doing and it does what it says on the tin.
Really, you should have seen what I was trying to do with Text::Balanced. That was a swamp and it didn't e
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In the story I am writing, the first potion the first-years brew in class is a simple thickening solution, which merely increases the consistency of any liquid to which it is added.
I am trying to think of ingredients and proportions that would be used in such a potion, but I know next to nothing about this sort of thing. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to make the simple thickening potion I described?
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Social Justice Sexuality Project: 2010 National Survey, including Puerto Rico (ICPSR 34363)
Principal Investigator(s): Battle, Juan, City University of New York. Graduate Center; Pastrana, Antonio Jay, City University of New York. John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Daniels, Jessie, City University of New York. Hunter College
The Social Justice Sexuality Project (SJS) is one of the largest national surveys of Black, Latina/o, Asian and Pacific Islander, and multiracial lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. With over 5,000 respondents, the final sample includes respondents from all 50 states; Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico; in rural and suburban areas, in addition to large urban areas; and from a variety of ages, racial/ethnic identities, sexual orientations, and gender identities. The purpose of the SJS Project is to document and celebrate the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people of color. All too often, when we think about LGBT people of color, it's from a perspective of pathology. In contrast, the SJS Project is designed and dedicated to describing a more dynamic experience. It's a knowledge-based study that investigates the sociopolitical experiences of this population around five themes: racial and sexual identity; spirituality and religion; mental and physical health; family formations and dynamics; civic and community engagement. Demographic variables include: race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, education, religion, household, income, height, weight, location, birthplace, and political affiliation.
Additional information about the SJS Project can be found on the Social Justice Sexuality Project Web site.
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Battle, Juan, Antonio Jay Pastrana, and Jessie Daniels. Social Justice Sexuality Project: 2010 National Survey, including Puerto Rico. ICPSR34363-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-08-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34363.v1
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Subject Terms: African Americans, Asian Americans, Black community, civil union, community involvement, cultural diversity, ethnic groups, ethnicity, gays and lesbians, gender identity, Hispanic or Latino Americans, homosexual relationships, homosexuality, prejudice, sexual preference, social identity, social justice, social support
Smallest Geographic Unit: county
Geographic Coverage: Puerto Rico, United States
- 2010-01--2010-12
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Universe: Black, Latina/o, Asian and Pacific Islander, and multiracial lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
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Study Purpose: The purpose of the SJS Project is to document and celebrate the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people of color. All too often, when we think about LGBT people of color, it's from a perspective of pathology. in contrast, the SJS Project is designed and dedicated to describing a more dynamic experience.
Study Design: The SJS researchers tested and re-tested the survey before use in the field in 2010 (January-December). The original, 105-item survey, administered to approximately 5,000 people. The research team also administered a supplement to approximately 600 people at the GMHC House of Latex Ball (August, 2010). This version of the survey included 10 additional items about the House and Ball community, about mobile technology, and about contact with police. Questions that appear only in the supplement are indicated by the letter "G" before the question number. Both surveys were approved by the CUNY-Graduate Center Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the ethnical use with human subjects. The sample for the study was generated through a variety of strategies, including: venue-based sampling at strategic events, snowball sampling, respondent-driven sampling, and the Internet (20 percent).
Sample: Convenient sampling. Used the census data to map out where people of color, and LGBT people lived and went there to survey the desired population.
Mode of Data Collection: mail questionnaire, on-site questionnaire, web-based survey
Description of Variables: Many variables include questions looking at the respondents' opinion about various topics and experiences, with particular focus on LGBT communities and people of color. Demographic variables include: race/ethnicity, gender identity, relationship status, age, location, religious affiliation, employment status, height, weight
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OCEAN CITY – The fate of the Route 50 Bridge came into question on Tuesday as State Highway Administrators revealed a new bridge would be needed in the not so distant future.
Jamaica Kennon of the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) presented several ideas for a new bridge to the Mayor and City Council with some severely altering the downtown and potentially displacing residents and businesses.
Kennon called the bridge "functionally obsolete" due to its narrow roadway and the lack of shoulder on the bridge, which deems it "inadequate to handle the traffic that it carries." The current span was built in 1942 and spans 2,295 feet with a draw span of 140 feet and a height of 15 feet.
The 15-foot clearance causes traffic to stop repeatedly throughout the summer months to accommodate the maritime traffic. This fact was a large driving factor in the proposed ideas for a new bridge.
Several of the proposals, each with different layouts, designs and prices, included keeping the existing bridge to be used by pedestrians bikers and fishermen, who currently all share the same five-foot sidewalk. A new bridge would be constructed with all options offering higher clearance to reduce the amount of traffic stoppages for the drawbridge to open and close.
Mayor Rick Meehan said that though the bridge might be considered historical, the problems that it causes far outweigh nostalgia.
"It's historically been a problem," said Meehan. "I didn't anticipate that we were going to leave the whole bridge up in its entirety. I can see leaving parts of it, but if you leave it in there in its entirety, you are still going to have to open the old drawbridge up and down every time there's a boat that needs to pass underneath."
Based on the study, SHA is recommending alternative 4, which was the most expensive at approximately $400 million and had the largest amount of impact to properties and residents with 45 property displacements and 25 resident displacements. Kennon urged that if in fact the alternative 4 was decided upon and green lighted, most of the properties that would be impacted were either for sale or vacant.
Alternative 4 features a fixed span bridge that would have a 45-foot clearance that would eliminate the need for a drawbridge with an increased 5-percent grade as opposed to the current 4-percent grade, but would cause the largest amount of impact as ramps would need to be constructed to access Baltimore and Philadelphia avenues and would eliminate parking on 5th Street and current traffic patterns on 1st and 2nd streets, according to Scott Holcomb of Gannett Fleming company, which comprised the study for the SHA
"The good thing is that there is no money available for this project right now, said Councilman Jim Hall. "Alternative 4 wrecks downtown and puts a giant cloverleaf highway grid in the middle of downtown."
The report at Tuesday's meeting only sought to get Mayor and City Council's feedback. SHA will be back in February to further discuss the issue and the properties that could potentially be affected.


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BERLIN – More than 400 athletes from across the region competed in the 10th Annual Osprey Sprint Triathlon at Public Landing Saturday, Oct. 3 to benefit the Maryland Coastal Bays Foundation.
The $75 entrance fee and generous local sponsorships helped raise more than $43,000, which will be used for restoration, monitoring and education in the coastal bays watershed. Despite the cloudy and threatening weather, hundreds of spectators gathered to cheer on racers during the half-mile swim in Chincoteague Bay, the 15.2-mile bike course and the 3.1-mile run on the roads surrounding the rural countryside of southern Worcester County.
This year's winners in the male category were 42-year-old Kent Buckson of Rehoboth Beach, who finished first with a time of 1:10:01. Patrick Serfass, 31 of Washington, DC finished second 1:10:28 , followed by Steve Meininger, 40, of Clarksville, Md with a time of 1:11:14.
In the women's category, Krista Schultz, 31, finished first with a time of 1:20:26, followed by second place winner Rebecca Durivage-jac, 25, of Baltimore, with a time of 1:26:16. Melissa Denault of Berlin, 42, took third place, crossing the finish line with a time of 1:28:12.
The youngest competitors were Vivian Killian, 11, of Kensington, Md., who finished with a time of 2:33:21, Jason Wuertz, 12, of Chesapeake, Va., who finished at 2:12:11, and Joshua Wuertz, 13, also of Chesapeake, Va., who crossed the finish line with a time of 2:22:46.
The oldest competitors were 70-year-old John Mulflur of Easton, who came in at 1:48:04; 73-year-old Robert Healy of Stevensville, Md. who finished at 1:48:37; Joe Marhoefer, 73, of Reston, Va., who crossed the finish line at 2:00:33; and Huston Bud Schlosser, 77, of Dover, Pa., who finished with a time of 2:54:30.


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I'm running the following query to gather a list of duplicates based on 2 fields....lnktxt and cattxt:
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It is displaying fine, and in PHPMyAdmin when I check the boxes to delete the individual records, it is not releasing the P1.lnktxt and the SQL server is erroring out. Is there a better method to gather and display a list of duplicates?
I don't want them to be automatically deleted, I would like to review the records first and select which one to delete.


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1. I would think a lot better. I take it you are going to have the oven outside?2. It's not in a stainless steel enclosure? It's just the masonry and nothing else? Can you send a pic?3. I think that may be the oven that they have at Pulcinella in Calgary: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,17647.msg171145.html#msg171145 They didn't really know how to use it, but it appeared to have pretty even heat.CL
I can tell from the modified arch in the pic at your link that it is an Ambrogi - the big 60+" inside diameter model. I looked at one of those models and passed on it because it was almost 5000lbs and was in a difficult place to move it from. That is what put me on the lookout for another one in a smaller size.I'll post pics later with my GF's camera - but I've had a problem in the past trying to post pics. Any tips? I always get a too large of file notice. Stainless enclosure, but uninsulated.
And - it is going to be inside!
BSO, I would like to point out, that the oven when previously installed was never used at correct temps. There was a layer of soot on that dome that took hours to burn off, while doing so there was qiute a bit of smoke. I doubt that until the oven dries out and comes to full temp, and gets its chimney installed that it will draw correctly. -Marc
I guess I misunderstood your initial question. What does the hooded front entrance add that you don't already have?CL
I've built a couple of Pompeii style ovens (hemispherical) and which had an inner arch and an outer arch - the smoke vent was right outside the inner arch - as it is with this Ambrogi, the outer arch keeps the smoke from blowing around so easily. My Pompeii burns like a furnace and the only time smokes comes out the front is on startup and only for a very short time - minimal at that. The Ambrogi smokes out the front from any wind blowing around - if there is no wind, then it draws. It isn't setup with a tight fit on the chimney, but it is going to have to be drawing without smoking before I can use it inside.
It will draw better with a longer chimney which I'm guessing you will need for inside the house?Mine is 9' of 10" ID insulated pipe straight up and it sucks like a vacuum cleaner.CL
I checked out your Acunto oven and it looks like an amazing oven - how low is dome and what is the diameter?


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Executive Retirements at CTCE FCU Prompt Promotions
Two longtime executives of the $80 million, 14,000-member CTCE Federal Credit Union in Reading, Pa., are retiring this month and three other employees who are familiar faces to CTCE members are being promoted to fill the key positions left vacant by the retirements.
CEO Glenn Potteiger and Jerry Winchester, chief financial officer and controller, who have each served CTCE members for 24 years, both retired this week.
The credit union's new CEO is Cordy Kemmerer, who has worked at CTCE for 30 years. Other promotions include Patricia Shermot, who will be taking over as COO, and Kevin Wigoda, who will take the reins as CFO.
Dieter Czerny, chair of CTCE's Board of Directors, said he is confident in the new leadership, which has a total of 57 years of combined experience at CTCE, and he congratulated the departing management for their service and commitment to the credit union industry.
"We wish them well in their future endeavors and we have full confidence in the new leadership team," Czemy stated in a press release announcing the staff changes.