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hi, my name is sarah. i am 18 years old and i live in adelaide, australia. currently i am studying a cultural tourism degree at flinders university. i also work full time at a cinema, which i adore. i love movies, and i have many favourites. i have been called a starwars nerd. and a harry potter nerd. and a pokemon nerd. most describe me as silly, sometimes funny, lovable and honest. i hope one day to travel the world, being a cultural student, that is one of my passions, seeing how others live. dont tell me your from the usa, or i will quiz you for hours on end, because it is number one on my list of places to visit. i love rugby union, but i dont support the wallabies, i support the new zealand all blacks. confusing i know, but the short story is, my parents are from new zealand. so rugby is what i know and breathe. i also feel i was born at the wrong time. i would have been quite happy to have been an 80's teen.
cachet is a name i found on a website of "cool names to name your dog" apparently its a name of some perfume. although i have yet to come across a perfume called "cachet" (i collect perfume) but anyway, cachet means "an official seal, on a letter or document" or "a seal of quality or prestige" i am hoping that this name rubs off on the fan fic i will eventually write, because i want it to be as good as some of the writing i have read on this site. however i also heard that cachet is some form of seal for prescription drugs, so maybe not.
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Team culture needs overhaul: reports
NO SWIMMER would again be singled out in a way that the likes of James Magnussen were perceived to have been prior to the London Olympic Games, national coach Leigh Nugent declared after the release of two damning reports into swimming on Tuesday.
The Swimming Australia-commissioned Bluestone review of the sport's leadership and culture found there had been a misuse of prescription drugs, incidents of drunkenness and breaching curfews, deceit and bullying.
In highlighting a ''toxic'' culture the report said there was a perception among team members that swimming officials were ''only interested in presenting the 'big boys and girls', the celebrity swimmers, to the media'' pointing to the team's main pre-Games press conference when 25 minutes of a 30-minute conference was spent talking about 100-metre freestyle world champion Magnussen or the chances of the 4 x 100 metres men's freestyle relay team, of which he was the mainstay.
''The glorification of a few was seen somewhere between embarrassing and irritating to the other team members and added to a growing notion that the rest of the athletes were not really valued,'' the report said.
Nugent agreed on Tuesday that the way swimmers such as Magnussen, who was heavily criticised for his behaviour following his poor relay swim on the opening night, would change. He said while swimmers will still be ranked, and receive support, based on their performances, the future was ''about [being] one team''.
''I think everyone in our team and in fact our national program needs to be treated in a similar way,'' Nugent said.
The report also said Australian swimming's worst Olympics in two decades was undermined by a lack of moral authority and discipline which manifested in a ''schoolyard clamour for attention and influence''.
''Situations were left to bleed,'' the report said. ''… Swimmers described these Games as the lonely Olympics and the individual Olympics.''
Team member Kenrick Monk said he was not surprised that the team atmosphere at the London Games was labelled ''toxic'' and spoke of a lack of solidarity before and during the Games. He said it took a heavy toll on less-experienced athletes, who found themselves isolated on the biggest stage.
''It's not surprising that 'toxic' is getting used. There was a lot of faults and basically, a lot of things went wrong. A lot of things are getting fixed and it's opened a lot of eyes to people about what happened on the team,'' said Monk, who found himself in hot water before London by posing in a US gun shop with teammate Nick D'Arcy.
''Even leading into the staging camp [in Manchester], you could see a few things weren't happening and weren't the way they used to be. And then things got a lot worse. It's all on the report what's gone wrong. It's nearly the whole truth.''
Barclay Nettlefold, who replaced David Urquhart as Swimming Australia's president after London, said the governing body would establish an integrity panel to investigate the incidents, including claims some swimmers devised an initiation ritual involving the use of sleeping drug Stilnox. It would identify the culprits and within an expected 30 days hand down penalties, with the options including letters of warning, fines or bans from the national team.
''We don't know specifically what people were involved in certain behaviour that incurred during the journey of the London Olympics,'' Nettlefold said.
''Under the new regime we won't deliberate long. The integrity panel will be established immediately and within next 30 days we want full resolution to this so we can focus on the task at hand and that's getting ready for our trials for the world titles.''
A review commissioned by the Australian Sports Commission also released on Tuesday was critical of the way the Swimming Australia management and board operated in the lead-up to the Olympics and produced 35 recommendations to improve its governance. Kevin Neil and Urquhart both resigned as chief executive and president respectively after London.
Nettlefold said they were ''a long way down the track in regards to these recommendations''.
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Posted 17 May 2004 - 08:59 PM
I did however get Jakes signature the next day and so did my girls. They are very happy about this.
Just to let evertone know while I was there most item were selling like hot cakes.
Jedi Mickey Plush Arrived on Saturday afternoon and by Sunday Late Morning was soldout. I don't know if that is totally true, but thats what I was told. Seems like the Jumbo pin soldout on Friday, thanks to my brother who went on Friday I got one. Coins were selling pretty good Sunday they still had a few. That Weeks pin limited to 750 pcs from what I saw soldout Sunday Morning also. The logo pin was selling fast also. What really surprised me was the Coin set which was taking in a heft price was selling fast.
If anybody has any question about items that were available and I could help just post it here.
Posted 17 May 2004 - 10:02 PM
Thanks for the report...I'm going to move this post to the trip reports. Did you take any pictures? I'd love to see them.
Also, any neat gifts out there that struck your eye? How were lines for non-SWW attractios?
Posted 18 May 2004 - 06:56 AM
cyberdude said:
As for the stuff selling out on those days, that's pretty accurate. I worked it Sunday afternoon.
QuickGold said:
Non existant
Posted 18 May 2004 - 11:18 AM
QuickGold said:
Thanks for the report...I'm going to move this post to the trip reports. Did you take any pictures? I'd love to see them.
Also, any neat gifts out there that struck your eye? How were lines for non-SWW attractios?
First I'd like to say hello and this is not my first post here, but it seems that my username and password I couldn't remember.
The kids took a few pictures, but nothing of any real interest. I will make it a point to take pictures this weekend.
As for the gifts out there I was there mostly for the Star Wars stuff. I really like the neat design that Randy did this year. The Logo Pin in my opinion is the best as it has Mickey and Minie raised on the pin.
The Lines were pretty good about a 5min wait on most rides or shows. The one that was very long were Tower of Terror and Rock and roll coaster. those had a wait time of 45 to 60 minute.
Posted 18 May 2004 - 11:23 AM
DisneyPrincess said:
As for the stuff selling out on those days, that's pretty accurate. I worked it Sunday afternoon.
QuickGold said:
Non existant
Hey DisneyPrincess,
As for the item Jedi Mickey Plush, I just found out that they only put out a few and would be selling more next weekend. They look really cool. A couple of my friends ask if I could get 1 or 2 for them so I hope they have them up there when I go. I'll only be up there for Saturday this weekend only and I hope I could get this weekends coin plus maybe a coin set.
Posted 18 May 2004 - 12:32 PM
cyberdude said:
I take it you're a local? Or just enjoy flying down to Florida?
Posted 18 May 2004 - 03:52 PM
QuickGold said:
Flying nope, I do that for the out of state conventions for star wars or toys. I love toys... I live about 200 plus miles away or 4hours away.
Posted 26 May 2004 - 07:15 PM
Weekly pins(2 each week) were limited to 1000, coins to 750 individually(4 different).
Posted 27 May 2004 - 10:40 AM
DarthShader said:
Hey DarthShader,
Thanks for the info. I was there this past Saturday and they had quit a few there on the shelves, so there shouldn't be a problem getting any for anyone. however there was a limit of 2 per person. As for the Limited Edition, it's quit possible that its is limited to 3000 pcs, just not marked on the item. The Logo Pin is limited to 7500+, but it's not marked or label anywhere on the item, so I'll keep my mind opened about this. I just think they are staggering the distribution over the weeks.
Posted 31 May 2004 - 03:55 PM


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- Very high competitiveness quality
- Development of high added value sectors (chemicals, pharmaceuticals, finance)
- Large FDI inflows thanks to the advantageous tax regime, political stability and an excellent business climate
- Leading exporter of capital in Asia through the Temasek and Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) sovereign funds
- Economy dependent on exports
- Shortages of skilled labour
- Ageing population
- Vulnerability to slowdown in the Chinese economy
The Singaporean economy is suffering from weak global trade
After slowing down in 2016, the Singaporean economy should level out in 2017. The economy, which is heavily reliant on international trade, is suffering from weak global demand. On top of this, the slowing and the restructuring of the Chinese economy will continue to impact on Singapore, with the city-state exposed to struggling sectors: oil and gas, semi-conductor and transport. Industrial output is thus likely to continue feeling the effects of reduced exports. The services sector however should continue to bolster activity despite reduced retail sales because of lower tourist numbers and the expansion of e-commerce.
Domestic demand will however help mitigate the external shocks. Despite a high level of debt, household consumption is expected to remain strong. Unemployment, despite a slight increase, should remain low and social transfers are expected to continue progressing. In addition, growth is likely to feel the benefits of inward foreign investments and the implementation of major infrastructure projects, such as the high-speed rail link between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
Inflation is expected to get back to moderate levels following the deflation recorded for 2015 and 2016. There was a significant slowing in price rises because of the sharp fall in transport related costs. The government also imposed macro-prudential measures aimed at curbing property and transport costs, the main elements in the price index. In 2017, the price index should return to the plus side, mainly as a result of a slow rise in oil prices which will increase transport costs. In this context, monetary policy is expected to continue to be targeted towards stabilising the Singapore dollar and could, in order to boost activity, allow a very slight depreciation in order to provide a boost for exports.
Resilient financial situation
The budget situation for Singapore will remain very sound. In 2017, with increasing revenues from the Temasek sovereign fund, the country will maintain its budget surplus even though the government is putting in place a large number of measures aimed at supporting investment in new technologies and infrastructures and improving social protection. In addition, whilst the public debt is at a high level, it will continue to be sustainable because it is mostly national. On top of this, debt is not being used to finance the public deficit but to develop a local government bond market. Finally, the level of public debt will remain below the value of the assets held by the two sovereign funds (Temasek and GIC).
In 2017, the current account balance will remain in surplus but is expected to contract as a result of a decline in exports. In this context, currency reserves will remain high (7.5 months' imports) and continue to provide the country with the ability to withstand sudden capital outflows.
Singaporean banks are exposed to the slowdown in the Chinese economy through their trade finance operations. The exposure in terms of China now accounts for 25% of outstandings and the banks are also exposed to the oil and gas sector. A further deterioration in credit risk in China would pose a threat to the quality of the assets and could undermine investor confidence. Although the banks are exposed to property risk, the management of the risks associated with granting mortgage loans has been cautious and complies with the regulatory requirements. Nevertheless, the Singaporean banking system could prove to be exposed if the economic situation worsens. The rapid expansion of credit together with very high property prices effectively makes the sector vulnerable to higher interest rates. The banking sector nevertheless is likely to remain resilient: non-performing loans represented 1% of assets in 2015 and the banking system is well capitalised and regulated.
The ruling party confirms its domination ahead of the 2017 presidential election
In the September 2015 parliamentary elections, the People's Action Party (PAP), the ruling party since independence in 1965, won almost 70% of the votes, compared with 60% in the May 2011 elections. It therefore further strengthened its domination of political life credited with the active policies of the government in the crisis and the maintenance of social stability. The next presidential elections will be held in mid-2017 and should see the victory of an ethnic Malay candidate. A Constitutional reform approved on 9 November 2016 lays down that a presidential election will be reserved for candidates of ethnic origins if these have not been represented by a President in the five preceding terms of office.
The country also has the best governance in Asia, thanks to an effective legal system for debt collection.
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Officials from the centers asked the state Department of Human Services to remove the provision from its plan to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income workers using federal Medicaid dollars. Lawmakers approved the "private option" as an alternative to expanding Medicaid's enrollment, but the plan still must win federal approval.
At a public hearing on the waiver DHS plans to submit to carry out the insurance expansion, the centers objected to a provision that would change the way reimbursement rates are calculated. Under the proposal, federally qualified health centers and rural health centers would be reimbursed at rates negotiated with insurance carriers participating in the program.
The change would mean a loss of money for the centers and potentially lead to cuts, several officials said at the hearing.
"If I lose these funds, the model of care I provide could be in jeopardy," said Sandra Brown, CEO of Jefferson Comprehensive Care System Inc.
Carol Raines, CEO of Boston Mountain Rural Health Center, said the loss of money could lead to layoffs at her facilities.
"Worst-case scenario, we could end up closing sites," Raines said.
Under the private option law, Arkansas would accept the federal money allocated for Medicaid expansion under the federal health care overhaul but would use it to buy private insurance for about 250,000 eligible low-income residents. Those individuals who earn up to 138 percent of the poverty line — or $15,415 per year — would purchase subsidized private insurance through the state's insurance exchange.
The waiver drafted by DHS mostly mirrors the private option measure that Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law in April.
Andy Allison, the state Medicaid director, said the provision on reimbursements was part of informal discussions as the private option plan was being drafted but isn't in the law.
"The reason the waiver is proposed is to maintain consistency with the theme and the dominant perception of the private option as Medicaid funding, but private coverage," Allison said. "The waivers that you see are intended to enable the purchase of private coverage, and that means really not applying Medicaid specific rules to the (insurance companies) or just to private option participants in the exchange."
The hearing, which drew about five dozen people, was the first of three the state plans to hold before submitting its waiver Aug. 2. DHS plans to hold another hearing July 8 in Fort Smith, and Allison said a third was planned but a time and location have not been set yet.


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Saga set for £3bn stock market move
Saga, the over 50s insurance group, fired the starting gun on a stock market flotation today in the biggest public offer of shares since the Royal Mail.
The private equity owned company, which has more than two million customers, is expected to be valued at around £3 billion including debt in the listing.
Members of the public will be able to apply for a minimum of £1,000 of shares in the company, although customers and staff will be given priority and will also be entitled to one free share for every 20 they acquire.
Saga has already canvassed its customers and found that around 700,000 would be interested in buying shares in the company.
The move will be the biggest shares sell-off since the controversial sale of Royal Mail last October, when more than 700,000 people applied for shares in a flotation that initially valued the delivery firm at £3.3 billion.
The flotation will also represent a big pay day for an estimated 6,000 current and former employees of Saga and its sister business the AA. They own about 13% of the business, alongside private equity firms including Charterhouse.
Saga, which started as an out-of-season holiday provider in 1950, now offers services ranging from cruises and holidays, home and motor insurance, savings and share dealing through to the UK's best-selling Saga Magazine.
Executive chairman Andrew Goodsell said: " What began 60 years ago in a small hotel in Folkestone is today one of Britain's most trusted and respected companies. This is in huge part due to the hard work and dedication of our employees.
"Our customers are at the heart of our brand and I am delighted that they will have an opportunity to become shareholders in the company and to be part of the next stage of our journey."
Proceeds of around £550 million will be used to reduce debt to around £700 million, while existing shareholders will sell a proportion of their holdings.


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Shumpert is without a doubt a top 10 perimeter defender, my list is:
1.Tony Allen
2.Loul Deng
3.Lebron James
4.Andre Iguodala
5.Ronnie Brewer
6.Avery Bradley
7.Rajon Rondo
8.Dwyane Wade
9.Mario Chalmers
10.Iman Shumpert
Car-Mother F*ckin-Melo ANTHONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My user name says it all. WHAT A GAME. **** YEAH! Let's hope the Bucks don't pull out a miracle against OKC
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That was one of the best performances I've seen from a Knick in a long time. Big time plays under big time pressure. Incredible.
Yeah baby what a win!!!!!!!!!!
Huge win!
We were dead, we were ****ing dead with 8 down late in the fourth. Melo had a night where he couldn't miss. Is the 08/09 Melo from Denver finally back?
Let'S hope so!
Shump is a beast not onyl on defense but overall, what a great pick and what a good SG.
Chandler beasting like always, but I think Woodson was piss poor today. He played Smith WAY WaY WAY too much. Smith was terrible I mean horrible and he almost cost us the game. And then he went with Novak in overtime?! Come on Woody you can do better than this. Jeffries should have played in OT.
Great win, especially after going down by 8 so late in the game.
Rose is not clutch it seems, just like Lechoke. He had 2 free throws and 2 shots to kill us, missed all 4 - wow.
He did the same **** against Miami last season, missing 2 free throws in the final seconds and then the potential game winner aswell.
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SANDY, Utah – The Real Salt Lake Reserves (4-3-3, 15 points) scored two goals in the final six minutes to beat the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves (3-1-3, 12 points) 3-2 in MLS Reserve League action at America First Field in Sandy, Utah on Tuesday morning.
MF Sebastian Velasquez played a key role in the Claret-and-Cobalt's comeback win, bringing RSL within 2-1 with a cracking goal in the 64th minute before assisting on guest player MF John Paul Piñeda's game-winner in the 89th after FW Benji Lopez equalized in the 84th.
Vancouver got on the board early, taking the lead in the sixth minute through DF Kevin Cobby. FW Kekuta Manneh served a corner in from the left side and Cobby met it at the back post, beating his marker and heading into the top-right corner from the top of the six.
RSL had a good look in the 13th minute. FW Olmes Garcia made a good run through the middle of the field, finding MF Joao Plata on the left side before collecting Plata's return ball in the left side of the area. Garcia immediately looked for goal, dragging a 15-yard left-footer just wide of the right post.
Vancouver nearly doubled its advantage in the 29th minute. FW Erik Hurtado picked up a through ball in the left side of the area, getting into the box for a 1-v-1 with RSL GK Lalo Fernandez before pushing his 12-yard effort wide of the far post.
Whitecaps FC made it 2-0 in the 55th. FW Tommy Heinemann flicked a long ball down the right wing to Manneh, who collected and quickly scampered into the box for a 1-v-1 with Fernandez. The RSL 'keeper came well off his line to challenge Manneh, getting both hands on the ball before it caromed off both players and toward goal. Manneh took advantage of the good bounce, running onto the ball and passing it into the open net from the left side to give the 'Caps a 2-0 lead.
Velasquez halved RSL's deficit in the 64th minute. The tricky playmaker made a long run down the right side, eventually cutting in on his favored left foot before rifling his shot into the top-left corner from the top of the box for a fantastic goal.
RSL continued pushing after Velasquez's goal, nearly scoring in the 66th, 67th, 69th and 81st minutes before eventually equalizing through Lopez in the 84th. Piñeda started the play, hitting a shot from the left side that was blocked by a Vancouver player directly to an open Lopez just inside the box. The RSL-Arizona Academy product made no mistake with his chance, half-volleying his 15-yard shot into the lower-left corner from the right side of the area with his first touch.
The Claret-and-Cobalt found the winner in the 89th, with Piñeda slotting home to give the RSL Reserves all three points. Velasquez created the chance, slipping the guest player into the right side of the area for a 1-v-1 with Vancouver GK David Ousted. Piñeda calmly buried the opportunity, taking a touch before curling the ball into the top-right corner from 15 yards out.
First-place Real Salt Lake will return to action this Saturday, when they'll host second-place Sporting Kansas City at 8:00 p.m. MT at Rio Tinto Stadium. Tickets for the match – which will be followed by a postgame fireworks show in celebration of Pioneer Day – can be purchased at the Rio Tinto Stadium box office, online at www.RealSaltLake.com/Tickets or over the phone at 801-727-2700.
The RSL Reserves next play on Aug. 31, when they'll take on the Portland Timbers Reserves at 11:00 a.m. MT at America First Field in Sandy.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake Reserves 0 3 3
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves 1 1 2
Scoring Summary:
VAN – Kevin Cobby (Kekuta Manneh) – 6'
VAN – Kekuta Manneh (Tommy Heinemann) – 55'
RSL – Sebastian Velasquez – 64'
RSL – Benji Lopez – 84'
RSL – John Paul Piñeda (Sebastian Velasquez) – 89'
Misconduct Summary:
VAN – Kekuta Manneh (Yellow; Foul) – 2'
VAN – Aminu Abdallah (Yellow; Persistent Infringement) – 55'
Match Stats:
Fouls: RSL 9-9 VAN
Shots: RSL 15-8 VAN
Shots on Goal: RSL 5-4 VAN
Saves: RSL 2-2 VAN
Corners: RSL 4-5 VAN
Offside: RSL 0-1 VAN
Real Salt Lake Reserves (4-1-2-1-2) – Lalo Fernandez; Lovel Palmer (John Paul Piñeda**, 46'), Aaron Maund, Chris Wingert (C), Jordan Allen* (Jon Zabasajja*, 77'); Enzo Martinez; Cole Grossman, Khari Stephenson (David Viana**, 64'); Joao Plata (Sebastian Velasquez, 46'); Olmes Garcia (Benji Lopez, 46'), Devon Sandoval
Substitutes Not Used: Gaston Siboldi (GK)
*RSL-AZ Academy Product; **Guest Player
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves (4-3-3) – David Ousted; Greg Klazura, Colin Falvey, Kevin Cobby, Emmanuel Adjety; Bryce Alderson, Matt Watson, Aminu Abdallah (Alejandro Sucre, 86'); Erik Hurtado, Tommy Heinemann (Josh Patterson, 79'), Kekuta Manneh
Substitutes Not Used: Simon Thomas (GK), Darren Mattocks
Referee: Mitch Lillywhite
Referee's Assistants: Brad Jensen, Brad Lynn
4th Official: Alex Krelow


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I have a KFHD 7" happily running under Hashcode's CM10.0. I'd like to update to kitkat.
For that, it seems I need to upgrade my recovery from TWRP 2.4 to 2.7. ( If the rom should install under TWRP 2.4, let me know, cause I got an error when I tried. )
So, after messing a bit with my drivers, I got ADB to work fine.
However, I need fastboot to update recovery. My Kindle can go into fastboot, no problem.
But windows just won't recognise it. "Fastboot devices" always show no devices connected.
I tried with various drivers ( including those from QEMU thread ) on 2 differents computers.
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Re: Ian MacLaren's "Progressive Pitch" column defending a coach's right to do his job unencumbered by political correctness (Journal, 03/14). I find it ironic that MacLaren's own progressive politics are largely responsible for the politically correct thought and speech that has woven itself into our society, resulting in consequences such as the effective neutering of "hard-nosed" coaching. Mr. MacLaren will find little sympathy here for his newfound regret of the insidious restrictions placed upon freedom of expression wrought by his own political allies.
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Roberta Favis, professor emeritus of art history at Stetson University, will discuss "The Ponce de Leon Studios: Artists and Salons in Florida's Gilded Age" at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Flagler College's Flagler Room.
Favis also serves as curator of the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, an important legacy of artworks by American Modernist Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938). She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in art history from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. in art history from Bryn Mawr College.
Favis is the author of "Oscar Bluemner: A Daughter's Legacy" and "Martin Johnson Heade in Florida" as well as numerous catalog essays and articles on American art from the 19th to the 21st century.
The free lecture will take place in the Flagler Room at Flagler College, 74 King St.
The Favis lecture is being held in conjunction with "Planning and Painting in Paradise: The Art and Architecture of the Hotel Ponce de Leon," an exhibition to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Hotel Ponce de Leon being held at the College's Crisp-Ellert Art Museum until Feb. 22.
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Local moms can barely get their little ones to slow down and strip down to bathing suits. The kids are locked on to the splash pad in the middle of some of the busiest businesses at the Shops at Highland Village.
As soon as moms give the greenlight, the children scamper into the jets of water shooting from the simple concrete pad. Boys play tag from jet to jet, occasionally stopping at an idle spot, poised to thrust themselves into the cool, arching bar of water that will shoot into the air at any minute. Lulu Briggle, a tiny tot clapping her hands through the water, occasionally picks up a pink rubber dinosaur, either to bath him in the geyser or place his toothy, open mouth over the spray.
If she can stir up enough interest — about $100,000 of interest by Sept. 17, to be exact — Amber Briggle, Lulu's mom and Denton resident, will have done everything in her power to bring a free splash pad to Denton.
"We were on vacation in Boulder, in Colorado, and the kids were playing in a splash pad. I was sitting there drinking wine and just kind of said, 'We need one of these in Denton, and I'm going to make it happen,'" said Briggle, who juggles parenting Lulu and her big sister, Gracie, with her husband and college professor, Adam. Amber Briggle also owns and operates a massage therapy in Denton.
Briggle serves on the Citizen Community Development Advisory Board and harnessed her network through the board and among her friends to launch a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo.com, an online crowd-sourcing site. Unlike Kickstarter.com, which poses all-or-nothing campaigns, Indigogo.com allows fundraisers to keep what they've raised after paying a percentage to the site.
Briggle started plotting her strategy as soon as she got back from vacation. The first step was a letter to the Denton Parks & Recreation Department.
Briggle said she was thrilled when Emerson Vorel, director of the parks department, responded saying a splash pad was something the department had been interested in building.
Vorel said splash pads have been popping up in cities of all sizes across the country.
"It's a wonderful amenity in the parks," he said. "In the Texas heat, if you have a splash pad, there's an opportunity for the kids and the adults to be outside and be in the water."
Vorel said a splash pad showed up on what he calls the parks department staff's "wish list" for 2014, and that residents have asked for one before.
"We didn't get to the splash pad, because we had many more projects than money to pay for them, of course," he said. "But just because we didn't get to it doesn't mean we don't still want one."
For families with children in Denton, summers present unique challenges, Briggle said.
"It's hot. We have kids," she said. "We're off to the park first thing in the morning, and the civic center pool is pretty busy with camps and just the people who want to cool off. But by noon, it's really hot."
Briggle said that she often waits to take her children to the pool until 3 p.m., when ozone levels in the air tend to drop and the sun is on its way down.
"As much as I love the pool, the staff is pretty much made up of teenagers who lifeguard. So when school starts back up, they're gone," Briggle said.
Local moms said the civic center pool is convenient and well-maintained. All of the moms at the Highland Village shopping center sang the praises of Water Works Park, the city's park with giant slides, wading pools and lazy river. But the pool and water park aren't accessible to all moms in the city, they pointed out.
Heidi Thaden-Pierce has six children.
"They've invested in Water Works Park, and it's great. It's wonderful. But it's $80 to take a family to Water Works Park one time with six children," Thaden-Pierce said. "You know, for smaller families, it's still a lot. Maybe more than you can afford for as much as you'd like to take your children."
Thaden-Pierce said she and her children visit the Denton parks about six days a week. But the triple-digit days of summer — and the many days when the highs reach the upper 90s — make the park impractical from noon and until dusk. The dangers aren't just sunburn, heat exhaustion or heat stroke, she said.
"My son [Bennett] went down the slide one day when we were in the park and he came off of it screaming," she said. "Blisters were coming up on his hands. The slide burned him. We didn't think we needed to worry about a plastic slide, but that's how hot it was."
Anyah Martinez, a Denton mother of three, agreed.
"My husband works full time and makes a fine living," she said. "But we live on the opposite side of town from the water park. I can afford it, but it would be so nice to have something like this in Fred Moore Park."
Fred Moore Park is located close to downtown in Southeast Denton — close to the A-Train and central city bus station.
Vorel said Briggle is the first resident he knows of who has proposed a community drive to cover the cost of a splash pad.
Spalsh pads don't come cheap, either. Vorel said a simple project — a small plot of concrete with a circle of water jets — would likely cost about $200,000. A city can spend more for a larger pad with more features, such as aerial buckets that fill with water and then tip over, small water slides and overhead sprays. More elaborate pads have interactive features, such as basins that children can fill and tip over, or jets that shoot water through swiveling heads. Others have water canons.
Vorel broke down the costs of a simple splash pad:
The city would have to install a new tap at the splash pad area, because the city wouldn't be able to "tie in" to an existing water system, such as a sprinkler system. A new tap would be one of the more expensive portions of the project.
The water would have to be tied into sanitary sewer for filtration and cleaning.
Water would be re-circulated back to the pad, and then kept in underground storage when the water jets are idle.
Installation and maintenance of the pumps that move water to jets during operation.
Vorel pinpointed one cost savings of a splash pad: Because a splash pad doesn't include standing water, no lifeguards are needed. Moms of toddlers liked that, too.
"The pool can be a lot of work," Thaden-Pierce said. "You have to pack up to get there, and then once you're there, if you've got a couple of kids, you've got some who can swim and, in my case, some who don't yet."
For Briggle, the real gift of the proposed splash pad project would be that it would be free.
"That can make such a big difference for families," she said.
There are additional costs, but first, Vorel said that the fundraiser and proposal would have to be passed by the Denton Parks Foundation. The foundation would ultimately hold any money raised through the Indiegogo.com fundraiser.
The foundation accepts and disperses sponsorships for a number of community initiatives and projects — including Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center and Wiggly Field dog park, among others.
Vorel said he expects the foundation to pass the proposal, but the board was to meet Wednesday afternoon, after this article went to press.
Neither Vorel nor Briggle said they could anticipate when the proposed splash pad might be started.
"If we had the funding — all of the funding — we'd have to go through the planning and design, then bid it out and then it's got to go for council approvals," Vorel said. "Is it realistic to think this would be built by next summer? Probably not. It's still a significant amount of money to come up with, and it has to go through the process."
In the meantime, Briggle and other volunteers plan to push the fundraiser as far as they can.
"I really want this to be a community project," she said. "A free splash pad would benefit so many people."
To donate to the fundraiser, visit http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/denton-community-splash-park.
LUCINDA BREEDING can be reached at 940-566-6877.
How to help buy a splash pad
If you donate to the Indiegogo.com fundraising campaign to bring a free splash pad to Denton, here's what you can get:
$20 – gift certificate for a free ice cream cone at Beth Marie's
$35 – one of three first edition books signed by local author Colin Winnette; Supply is limited
$50 – two hours of babysitting provided by a local licensed childcare owner
$75 – a $50 discount on tuition at Hilltop Montessori School in Denton
$100 – A guest DJ spot for one hour at DentonRadio.com; A one-hour Massage from Soma Massage Therapy
$150 – unlimited sessions over a two-week period at Denton Taekwondo Academy; An engraved brick in honor of a person or organization at the splash pad
$250 – a 2014 Season Family Pass to Denton Civic Center Pool; A "Drink & Think" political discussion hosted by Denton City Councilman Kevin Roden for you and seven of your friends; a free general pest treatment from Natural Pest Solutions if you live within the company's treatment area
$300 –One individual all-access pass to the Denton Parks & Recreation recreation center pass; good for 12 months; A free spot for you and nine of your friends on the Ghosts of Denton tour, or credit for a basic birthday package for up to 20 attendees at Lone Star Lanes skating rink in Denton
$450 – a 2014 season family pass to Water Works Park
$500 – a family pass to the Denton natatorium, good for one year; a private house show concert from Paul Slavens
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Supra SC 450 Review
I was able to go out on the new Supra SC 450 the a few weeks ago now and not only wakeboard but wakesurf behind it. This is my review of the 2014 SC 450. For photos please go too http://www.flickr.com/photos/suprabo...7634779008737/ since their photos are better than mine in so many ways.
First look/Outside
The first thing that comes to mind is it looks like a pug. You know the dog with the squished noise. Stocky boat with a squished bow. Also space craft comes to mind. From the outside you will notice how much free board the boat has and the small bow. The tower is the same as the SA so not much change in that. For the back of the boat it has been well thought out with a good step up or down between the swim platform and the sundeck. This step also gives a good seat to put on the wakeboard or to help someone new put on the wakeboard. This step also has some storage in it. It is long but not wide or deep so the best thing would be tools or the plug. Nothing else could really go in these compartments. There are two cup holders also on this step/seat that help you get in the boat well it is on the trailer. The swim platform has a ladder to help you get in and out of the boat well in the water. With the swim platform sitting on the water I do not see a use for the ladder but could come in use for little kids. There is the normal two pop up cleats on the boat. One at the back and one at the windshield on both sides. It would be nice to see a third one on each side and evenly spread out so you have some options to add bumpers and tie points. The gas tank has a fill on both sides so you do not have to worry about what pump you go too. For the trailer it has a big swim away tong at about 3 feet. Also there is too many Supras on the trailer. Need to remove one per side.
The inside
After getting in the boat you notice a similar layout to the SA. You have to step down into the boat because of how high the free board is. From the first look there does not look like as much seating room as my 08 OBV. After you get people into the boat you realize this is not the case and everyone has room to move around and get their gear. The snap out carpet is a great addition. Once you pull the carpet out you will notice a hatch. This hatch allows you to pull out the whole main floor to get access to the gas tank and to run wires or anything else. It is quick access and easy to pull and put back in. There is also a drain plug in the center of the boat just like the SA so no more having to jack up the boat to get all the water out. From the dash you notice a clean layout with the Vision system but it is missing the key. Well it is not missing a key but the key is now on the right side of the wheel. Something to get use to but keeps the key out of the way from kids and drunks.The heated and powered seat is nice since each driver can have their own setup. One thing I also noticed is how much leg room the driver now has. I was able to fit under the dash no problem with the sub installed. The sub is also pushed back to allow access to all the wires without having to move it out of the way. On the left side you will notice a big storage area. A person could take a nice nap inside there. The seat flips up to get access. When you look at the under seat storage you will notice that there is a drop down between the back compartments and under seat storage. This gives you more room to store stuff. The SC still has the two hinged seats in the back that can cause ware marks on the seats next to them there the metal touches the vinyl. The bow felt a bit small at first. To lay out I needed to sit at an angle. Up in the bow you can flip up both seat backs to get more storage in front of the driver and get access to the main storage on the left side. There is already cargo nets installed so help with storage that is a nice forward thinking. Now for your center back seat above the V drive. There is a little bit of storage under this seat. Not big enough to put a life vest in to warm up, not a cooler for cool drinks. Guess it can warm up my board shorts and skin if my boat crew does not mind. Nice to see they added something here but not sure what it would be used for yet. The rear storage is nice and deep since the SC is using hard tanks. It would be perfect for some rectangle 1100lbs sacs. There is also a cargo net on the side wall. The last thing I have on the inside is they added a removable jump seat. It attaches between the driver and the bow. It can lay flat like on the sunspots or create another full seat. It is two pins to release it out and very well designed expect now that you have it released out where do you put it? It has no spot to store it in the boat so it is in the boat setup or in the truck. The tower is nice and has a great height. The Bimini top is easy for one person to put out and put away. There were 4 tower speakers on the boat but they looked out of place on this boat. The size of the tower speakers was unimpressive and looked wrong on the boat. We were not able to test them out since the stereo was not working so they could have a great sound.
The drive
After getting being the wheel you notice how much power you have. It is a very nice drive and very responsive. When turning around to pick up a wakesurfer it handles the wave without an issue. The bow might look squished but breaks the wave like an ice breaker. This also comes in with choppy water in the boat plows right through it without an issue and allows you to keep wakesurf with whitecaps on the lake. I am a person that likes to sit above the windshield to have a full view of the lake. When surfing goofy the left side bow is high and I had to stand up to get a full view. Nothing that 2 to 4 inches of still plates under the drivers seat cannot fix. Getting use to the vision system does not take long but not quick enough to pull Shane at wakeboard speeds when he was trying to surf. He might have been thinking twice about letting me drive for him well I was trying to figure out how to turn cruse back on.
The wake for wakeboard
Without the ballast filled up the wake for wakeboarding cleans right up. No real having to move anyone in the boat to get clean wake on both sides. We filled the system up thinking we were only filling the hard tanks but ended up also filling up the bow sac. This was still a clean wake and not even close to what I am use too. It was a nice pop and good ramp. The water was a little choppy so we really did not play with the wakeboard wake.
The wakesurf wake
After Mike and me wakeboarded we filled up one side and the bow and the wake was easy to clean up. Not a lot of work was needed to create the best wakesurf wake I have seen. Now with saying that I have not been behind Mikes 2013 MoJo. I am not a big wakesurfer in that I have never been able to free rope it but was able to on my second time up behind this SC. For a better wakesurf review you need to look at the other Mikes review.
Trailing the boat.
I was the one in the drivers seat at the end of the day. This meant I was the one to drive it onto the trailer. Since this is a bigger boat then my OBV it is different. The boat sits onto of the trailer wheel fenders so it will take some getting use too on depth of the trailer. Also you will not be able to hook or unhook the boat bow eye from inside the boat.
The design is much needed in the Supra line and very well thought out. I was thinking that it would be busy in the boat with people but ended up not tripping over people as we moved around gear. Three people are still able to fit in the bow. There is some wasted space in the boat like at the drivers feet but for a person over 6 feet this is not wasted space at all. Other than that the use of space is good. The haul design allows for a good wakeboard and wakesurf wake. Like everything there is always room for improvement but this is a well put together boat.2008 Outback V - Sold but never forgotten.
Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." -Napoleon Hill
Nice write up Mike.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator X for Pilots: Chapter 13 -- Weather
Chapter 13: Weather
Weather Theory and DataOne of FSX's cool advances over previous flight simulator versions is the weather, especially the realistic way FSX shows clouds. Weather has always been an issue for real-world pilots, so in this chapter we discuss some weather challenges and show you how to deal with them.
Weather HazardsThe most hazardous weather phenomena that a pilot without an instrument rating will face are high winds, turbulence, low visibility, and clouds. Thunderstorms are certainly even more dangerous, but they're really just a nasty combination of all of the preceding. And ice can bring down a plane quickly, but because you can't fly in clouds without an instrument rating, ice can really occur only in freezing rain or flying through wet snowfall, an occurrence that you escape by turning around -- immediately. When planning a flight, then, you have to completely avoid thunderstorms and freezing rain. If freezing rain is predicted in the area, don't even drive to the virtual airport! If thunderstorms are predicted but they will be scattered, you might be able to fly around them. (Stay at least 20 miles from a thunderstorm; even in FSX you can tell where the thunderstorms are -- the lightning strikes and thunder give them away.) On the other hand, if freezing rain is not forecast and thunderstorms are avoidable or nonexistent, you need to look at the forecasts for winds, turbulence, low visibility, and clouds to decide whether the weather will still prevent your flight. (See "Cloud Reports" at right.)
High Winds and TurbulenceYou've already had a chance to fly in some windy conditions, so you know a bit about what to expect. Away from the ground, the biggest effect of wind is to change your course (ground track) or speed, and usually both. Near the ground, however, the problem is the transition from ground to air and back. Some winds are so strong -- or from the wrong direction -- that you can't take off or land at a particular airport. It's helpful to be able to predict winds so you know whether you can fly at all. As mentioned in earlier chapters, wind is just the movement of large bodies of air, but something has to push or pull them: that something is high- and low-pressure areas (see Figure 13-1). (The air pressure is the barometric pressure you hear in a weather report and is why you need to set the altimeter in your plane for the local altimeter setting.) The stronger the pressure difference between the high- and low-pressure areas, the faster the wind. Air flows from high pressure to low pressure but alas not in a straight line. Due to the earth spinning, an effect called the Coriolis force makes winds move clockwise around a high-pressure area and counterclockwise around a low-pressure area in the northern hemisphere. (It's exactly the opposite for those of you living in the southern hemisphere.) Picture a big hurricane spiral you've seen on satellite photos; hurricanes are areas of very low pressure, and the winds (and clouds and rain and everything!) spiral strongly around the low pressure. The FSX weather chart shows high- and low-pressure areas but doesn't show how strong those areas are. Real-world charts do show the strength, and from them, weather forecasters can predict wind speeds. The FSX weather chart does show the winds at various places (see Figure 13-2); it's not a prediction for future winds, but at least it tells you what is going on right now. If you're planning a flight and you check the winds at your departure and destination airports and compare the winds to the available runways, you can decide whether you'll be able to safely take off and land. Strong winds cause turbulence, which is when the airplane passes from air moving in one direction into air moving in a different direction. Near the ground, even a light wind less than 10 knots can cause a few bumps if it passes over trees or buildings near an airport. Strong winds can make ground turbulence so bad you can't safely fly. When the wind changes direction or speed over a short distance, it's called wind shear. That's really what turbulence is, on a small scale. On a big scale, like near thunderstorms, wind shear can be air moving upward fast, and then, a short distance away, it's moving down fast. You go from climbing so quickly you couldn't descend if you wanted to, to suddenly descending so quickly that even a full-power Vy climb won't stop you from being pushed into the ground. Wind shear as you're landing or taking off can prevent you from making a good landing. For instance, assume that you're maintaining a nice 65-knot approach speed into a headwind of 15 knots (meaning your ground speed is actually 50 knots). If the wind suddenly shears to a 5-knot tailwind, that's a net change in the wind of 20 knots. Your speed through the air momentarily becomes 45 knots -- 65 minus 20 -- and the plane pitches down to get back to your trimmed airspeed of 65 knots. If you're close to the ground, that pitch-down might put you right into the ground. (See "Accident Report: Wind-Shear" above right.)
Low Visibility and CloudsThe term low visibility can mean many things. In the western United States, some pilots consider it low visibility when you can't see more than 10 miles, because usually you can see 50 miles or more. On the East Coast, 10 miles is the best visibility you could see all summer, when 5 miles is more common in the haze. Pretty much everyone considers visibility less than five miles to be marginal. In fact, aviation meteorologists call this marginal VFR. Visibility can drop because of haze, smoke, fog, smog, mist, rain, snow, blowing sand, or even volcanic eruptions. A pilot must have at least 3 miles of visibility (in most cases) to legally fly under visual flight rules (VFR), as shown in Figure 13-3. Less visibility than that, and you need an instrument rating. But 3 miles isn't much. Imagine you're flying along in your Cessna 172, and you can see all of 3 miles away -- and things at that distance are pretty hard to make out. At 90 knots, it's only two minutes between the time you could first see the object -- assuming you were lucky enough to be looking in that direction already -- and when you would hit it. If another airplane is coming toward you, you have less than one minute to spot it (hard to do), decide exactly which direction it's going (also hard), and then choose an evasive maneuver when you can't see very far in any direction. More dangerous than a midair collision due to low visibility is losing control of your airplane or running into something on the ground -- a hill/mountain or building/tower. As you learned in the previous chapter on night flying, when you can't see very well out your windows, you're essentially flying on instruments, even if you're not instrument rated. Low-visibility flight is just like that, only worse. If you can see only 3 to 5 miles, you really can't see the horizon. It's very hard to tell how far you are above the ground, and roads and other lines on the ground suddenly distract you into thinking you can tell where the horizon is. When a pilot hits something on the ground and it wasn't because they lost control of the aircraft, it's called controlled flight into terrain. In other words, the pilot was flying normally and just didn't see the obstacle coming. Low visibility is a sneaky weather hazard for pilots. Airport weather reports state the visibility at that time and place, but visibility can change drastically over a short distance and brief time. That means pilots have to make judgments about visibility as they fly along and decide to turn back when the visibility gets too low for safe flight -- even if there is the legal limit of 3 miles of visibility. One of the more dangerous hazards that could be hiding behind an area of low visibility is an area of really low visibility ... a cloud (see Figure 13-4). As long as the temperature is well above freezing and there is no ice in the cloud, the airplane doesn't know the difference between flying in good visibility and flying in a cloud. Of course, you know the difference, and many pilots lose control of their airplane when they get into a cloud. The trick, as before, is to double-check your instruments to make sure you stay upright, do a slow turn, and fly back the way you came, out of the cloud. As a general weather phenomena, clouds behave a bit differently than areas of low visibility. Most of the time clouds start at a specific altitude above the ground, determined by the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. In aviation the term ceiling describes the lowest layer of a cloud deck if the clouds are dense enough that you can't safely fly up through breaks in them. You can fly under clouds if they are far enough above the ground. For most areas you fly, you must stay at least 500 feet below the bottoms of the clouds. You also need to stay 500 to 1,000 feet (depending on population density) above the surface and any human-made objects on it. The net effect of this is that it is legal to fly in most places with a ceiling of 1,500 feet above ground level. But flying only 1,000 feet above the ground leaves you with few options in case of an emergency, and most pilots prefer to fly 2,000 to 3,000 feet above the ground at a minimum. Lower than that, and you might be accused of scud running, that is, flying low under the scud of a low cloud layer. Ah, but why not see how dangerous scud running is for yourself, in a way that is safer than you can do in real life? You'll take the Cub scud running later in this chapter. (See "Accident Report: Scud Running" above right.)
Weather Controls and EffectsIn FSX you can really control the weather. You can make it much better than reality (CAVU -- clear above, visibility unlimited) or challenge yourself with weather much worse than reality. Or, for a change, how about reality? Yup, with FSX you can download the latest real-time weather and have it simulated in the game. For the flights in this chapter, we control the weather, but we also introduce weather control to you so you can start modifying flights in the future.
FSX Weather ControlsWhen you choose World > Weather, you have some really basic, intuitive options for controlling the weather (see Figure 13-5). If you don't want to get into the nitty-gritty details of creating weather, use the weather themes, and pick whatever kind of day you want. Be careful, though; some options such as Fogged In and Stormy Weather are not for a VFR pilot like you. Depending on what is happening out your window, the Real-World Weather option might not be very exciting, if you're used to cranking up the weather challenges. In the real world, there aren't always storms in any one place and certainly not on command. But one feature we really like about using real-world weather is the diversity: you'd never take the time to change the weather at each individual airport in FSX, but by downloading real-world weather -- especially with 15-minute updates -- you'll see changes in winds, clouds, visibility, and so on, as you move through the FSX world.
Note: Which Way the Wind? If you adjust the wind direction in the Weather Options settings and then listen to the wind report on ATIS or ASOS at your airport, you might find a difference in wind direction. This is because meteorologists (and FSX Weather Options) report wind in its true direction, but the winds you hear over the aviation radio are reported in magnetic direction. In Minnesota, this is only a few degrees difference, so you might not even notice. But on the northwest coast of the United States, where you do your instrument training in the next part of this book, the difference is 20 degrees. So if you intended to set the winds to come from 310 degrees so there would be no crosswind on Runway 31 in Seattle, you might be surprised when there actually is a crosswind.
User-defined weather (the Customize button) is where you can make more specific changes to the weather -- either globally or on an airport-by-airport basis (see Figure 13-6). (Actually, those local changes are done on weather stations, because some airports don't have their own weather station, and other places have a weather station but no airport.) Again, you're allowed to set either general conditions (types of clouds, amount of precipitation, and so on), or by clicking Advanced Weather, you can fine-tune the exact heights and thicknesses of clouds, wind speed, and direction to 1 knot and 1 degree, and so on, as shown in Figure 13-7 (below right).
Weather ReportsIf you choose to manually create detailed weather scenarios, you'll know what to expect during your flight. But if you choose real-world weather or if you choose one of the broad weather themes, you won't know exactly what the winds are doing, where the cloud bases start, and so forth. As you learned in Chapter 4, you can listen to the weather report on your aircraft radio. By selecting the AWOS or ATIS frequency at your airport -- or one nearby, if the current airport doesn't have one -- you can hear all the weather details. This is the most realistic way within FSX to get the weather. But if you're downloading real-world weather, you have more options. On many Web sites, you can find the current and forecast aviation weather (see "Real-World Aviation Weather Reports" at right). In fact, it is same weather data that FSX automatically downloads and inserts into the game. The one big advantage that real-world weather reporting gives you is the forecast -- an idea of what will happen in the future. For instance, if you're planning a flight from one airport to the next but the forecast shows a line of thunderstorms moving toward your destination, you could choose to fly the other way in FSX. FSX does not model the exact placement of every thunderstorm cell (so don't use those cool Doppler radar charts from the TV station to dodge thunderstorms), but when a real-world storm hits an airport and changes the weather report at that airport, it is reflected in FSX the next time FSX downloads the airport's weather. (See "Real-World Aviation Weather Reports" at right.)
PerformanceAs you learned in the chapters on cross-country flying, weather affects your flying in several ways: the winds might try to blow you off course or affect your ground speed, the height and thickness of the clouds affect how high you can fly, and so on. After you've set up the weather in FSX, whether on your own or by downloading real-world weather, you can start planning your flight based on that weather. The automated flight planner in FSX takes winds aloft into account, so if the wind is anything other than calm at your cruise altitude, the navigation log adjusts for your predicted ground speed (see Figure 13-8). However, the flight planner does not show you what heading to fly at to compensate for any crosswind; the heading listed in the navigation log is really just the ground track (course) you want to follow. You need to adjust the heading yourself to stay on course.
The Joy of Scud RunningThis is your opportunity to try a relatively dangerous flight in the safety of FSX. You're going from the Anoka County airport (KANE), Minn., to Lake Elmo (21D), about 20 miles southeast (see Figure 13-9). But it's not a nice day out: the clouds are low, it's a bit bumpy, and it's snowing. In fact, the forecast is for visibility at the bare minimum for VFR flying: 3 miles. Navigation is a challenge because you can't fly high (due to clouds) and you can't see far (due to snow). And, to make it a real challenge, you're going to take the Cub and not use the GPS! Instead, you're going to follow roads and freeways. (Remember IFR -- "I Follow Roads" -- rather than the official instrument flight rules.) The advantage of the Cub for something like this is that it is easy to fly it slow, which is good when you can't see far in front of you; also, if you get lost or caught by weather, you can put the plane down in a field somewhere and wait out the weather.
Load the flight Chap_13_Scud_Cub from the book's Web site, and check the ATIS weather report at KANE (see Figure 13-10). When you're ready to taxi, tell the controller you'll be making an east departure. After takeoff, start climbing, but don't go any higher than 500 feet below the ceiling you heard in the ATIS. (For example, if the ceiling is 1,500 feet -- which means 1,500 feet above the airport elevation of 912 feet -- you can fly no higher than 1,000 feet above the ground, which is 1,900 feet MSL).
As you leave the airport and go east, you're looking for a divided highway that runs north and south (see Figure 13-11).
Follow the highway south until it intersects another divided highway going northwest to southeast; follow it southeast, which is slightly to the left of your current heading (see Figure 13-12).
After you turn southeast to follow this second highway, you need to spot the TV towers as soon as you can. There is one on the right of your path, and it is more than 600 feet tall. Three towers almost 1,500 feet tall (2400 MSL) are also on your left, which is probably higher than you're flying (see Figure 13-13). (These towers will appear only if you have scenery complexity higher than Very Sparse.)
A few miles after you pass the tall towers, you pass a couple of lakes on your left. Then the road splits again, this time going south, and a half mile beyond that, a road heads north. But you continue due east (see Figure 13-14).
After about 5 miles, this highway you're following turns sharply south, and another divided highway crosses it going straight east; follow this new highway east (see Figure 13-15).
This is where it gets tricky: you're going to go east along this highway about 5 miles, but there isn't an obvious landmark at 5 miles. You're going 70 to 80 mph, so it should take you about 4 minutes. Start a timer if it'll help you remember. When it's about 3 minutes, start looking off to your right; the airport is 2 miles south of the highway. If you still haven't seen it after 4 minutes, you'll need to assume it's there, so turn south anyway (see Figure 13-16).
Make a radio call to the other traffic at the airport, letting them know you're two miles north. Within just a minute or two, you are right near the airport. Look everywhere, left and right, because you don't know exactly whether you passed it going east. Let's hope there are some flashing lights to help you find the runways (see Figure 13-17).
When you're at the airport, circle to check the wind sock and then set up for a normal landing (see Figure 13-18). Don't brake too hard in case there is snow or ice on the runway. As you can see, it is a real challenge to navigate in nearly whiteout conditions. FSX doesn't simulate some weather conditions you find in the real world; for example, on a flight like this, it is likely the visibility would go below 3 miles and the clouds would drop below 1000 AGL sometimes, making it both illegal and unsafe. Can you spot the TV tower in time? Can you see the cloud before you're in it? If you do turn back, can you find the airport before it, too, is lost in snow or fog? Sometimes, the safest thing to do is land in a field; it's hard to swallow that ego pill, but it's better than dying. When you're done with your virtual hot chocolate at Lake Elmo, you can head back to Anoka County or move on to the next flight.
Scud Run in Cessna 172 with G1000Try the flight to Lake Elmo again, but this time with the Cessna 172 and its Garmin G1000 system. It should be easier, right? Maybe. You can use the FSX flight planner to draw a direct course from KANE to 21D, and it installs that flight plan right into your GPS system. The problem is that you might not want to fly the direct course; will you pass too close to those TV towers? The way to tell is to use the excerpt of a sectional chart included on the Web site called Anoka Co. to Lake Elmo Sectional. Print the chart, and draw a straight line from airport to airport. Check carefully to see whether those towers -- or any others -- are near the path. Here is where the real Garmin 1000 has a leg up on FSX: a real Garmin 1000 has obstacles such as towers and buildings marked on the MFD map, but the FSX MFD does not. Flying a direct course from airport to airport isn't always the safest way to go, especially when you're down low. The flight from the Web site is called Chap_13_Scud_Cessna (see Figure 13-19). Load it, and choose the flight planner to create a flight from KANE to 21D. You can go directly there, or on the Flight Planner > Edit tab, you can drag the course line slightly north to create an intermediate waypoint away from those tall towers -- like 7MN5, the White Bear Lake seaplane base. (It's best not to actually land on White Bear Lake this early in the season; the lake hasn't frozen yet.) When you're in the air, turn on course, and head for Lake Elmo. Remember to stay below the clouds. Just because you have a powerful navigation system and flight instruments doesn't mean you can go in the clouds yet; you need an instrument rating to do that. The danger in using a plane with the capabilities of the Garmin 1000 is that you might spend so much time looking inside the cockpit when instead, given the visibility outside, you need to spend even more of your time trying to spot towers, airplanes, and so on. As before, try to take quick glances at the instruments and return to looking outside. Flights in low visibility also are a really good time to use the autopilot. Unless there is a malfunction or severe turbulence, the autopilot does not lose control of the airplane in a cloud. By selecting heading or navigation mode and altitude hold, the plane keeps itself upright, and you can concentrate outside to make sure you don't hit anything. Have a safe flight!
Key Points for Real Flying and FSX Built-InsThe following are some key points for real-world flying from this chapter:
- Understand weather hazards;
- Use weather reports and forecasts to plan aircraft performance; and
- Navigate in low visibility using pilotage and GPS.
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May 15, 2009
What Could They Be Filming From New Gaping Hole in Bella's House?
Yesterday Lainey suggested that there may have been some Bella Bedroom filming going on, and when Twilight-Gossip went to check Bella's House out, they found this big 'ol hole and camera equipment. Inneresting. Thanks, Michelle!
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My guess is that they are going to show from Bella's perspective, her looking through the window, being depressed about Edward leaving her...what do you guys think?ReplyDelete
I think it is when Jacob jumps inside the night he can't tell her the truth but make her think about it...ReplyDelete
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Man pleads not guilty to assaulting neighbor
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BENNINGTON -- A Pleasant Street man is being held for lack of $5,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegedly entering a neighbor's home uninvited, punching a woman, and making threats.
James Davenport, 53, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of unlawful trespass, aggravated assault, and simple assault. He was arraigned in Rutland but his case is being processed in Bennington County Superior Court Criminal Division. Court records listed his address as being in Sheldon, but police said he was living on Pleasant Street when they responded to an incident allegedly involving him on Tuesday.
According to an affidavit by Bennington Police Sgt. Michael Plusch, on Tuesday shortly before 7 p.m. he and other officers responded to Pleasant Street for a dispute between neighbors. Plusch wrote that he spoken to Latisha Burdick who said she was eating dinner with her family when Davenport entered their apartment uninvited, yelling about selling a television so he could purchase crack cocaine. Davenport began making threats, she told police, and did not leave when asked. Burdick said she, her husband Joseph Burdick, and Chalissa Shakir were able to escort Davenport outside as he threatened to shoot her with a gun.
At that point Latisha Burdick said that Davenport punched her in the face and then tried to hit her with a broken shovel, but her husband was able to intervene.
Plusch wrote that Joseph Burdick agreed with his wife's account, and he spoke to a passerby, Cody Robitille, who said he saw a male hit a woman in the face. He said he was not able to find Shakir.
Davenport was found by police on the porch of his own apartment holding a pipe and shouting threats. Davenport accused Burdick of being a drug dealer and said his plan had been to buy drugs from her and turn her in to police. He admitted to hitting her, police said. According to the affidavit, Davenport's blood-alcohol content was .134 percent when he submitted a breath sample at 9 p.m.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Jason Garrison scored at 2:18 of overtime and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Tuesday.
Garrison's shot from the point through traffic beat Cory Schneider in the goaltender's first game against his former team.
Daniel Sedin, with a goal and an assist, and Alexander Edler scored for Vancouver (3-1-0), which got 21 saves from Roberto Luongo who earned his 350th career win.
Jaromir Jagr and Patrik Elias each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey (0-1-3), which was playing its second game in as many nights.
Schneider, who finished with 29 saves, posted a 17-9-4 record with five shutouts, a 2.11 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage for Vancouver last season after supplanting Luongo as the starter.
The 27-year-old appeared to be the Canucks' goaltender of the future until he was traded to New Jersey at June's draft after Vancouver was unable to move Luongo and his 12 year, $64 million contract.
Schneider is now sharing the crease in New Jersey with 41-year-old Martin Brodeur, who allowed four goals on 27 shots in Monday's loss to Edmonton.
Tied 2-2 after two periods, the teams didn't generate much in the third until the midway mark when Luongo was forced to make saves off both Elias and Jagr.
Coming off a 5-4 shootout loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, New Jersey seemed content to lock down the neutral zone to get the game to overtime.
Leading 1-0 after the first, Schneider made big stops on David Booth and Kevin Bieksa before the Devils doubled their lead at 7:25 on a strange play. New Jersey defenseman Anton Volchenkov threw the puck into the Canucks corner, but it took a deflection off the referee and fell to Elias, who fired a shot past Luongo that went in off Vancouver right wing Dale Weise.
The Canucks responded at 8:51 on a shot from Sedin that deflected off Volchenkov's skate and past Schneider. Vancouver then tied it up at 13:47 on Edler's first of the season.
With Devils left wing Ryane Clowe hobbling to the bench, the Canucks defenseman found a seam and tucked a shot under Schneider's bar off a pass from Sedin.
The Devils goaltender regrouped and stopped Jannik Hansen on a breakaway with under five minutes to go to send the game to overtime.
New Jersey opened the scoring Tuesday with 68 seconds left in the first when Elias slid a cross-ice pass to Jagr, who one-time a shot past Luongo.
With all of the pre-game hype focusing Schneider's return to the scene of a goaltending soap opera that polarized fans in the city for more than a year, both he and Luongo stole the show early.
Luongo made a stop on Jagr from in close just under two minutes into the game and followed that up with a toe save on Travis Zajac. He then stopped Steve Bernier late in the period.
Not to be outdone by his former teammate, Schneider made a big stop on Canucks captain Henrik Sedin in the slot and robbed Brad Richardson with a toe save off the rush before Jagr snapped the 0-0 tie late in the first.


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Pros of Geothermal Heating and Cooling Systems
Do you want a heating and cooling system that keeps your home toasty warm in the winter and cool in the summer? Do you dream of a heating and cooling system that saves up to 50 percent on your utility bills? Do you want to decrease your carbon footprint? A Geothermal heating and cooling system can do all of this. In fact, thousands of homeowners across the country are reaping the benefits that an advanced HVAC offers. Continue reading to learn more about the numerous benefits that this type of system offers.
Lower Energy Costs
A geoexchange unit typically saves you up to 50 percent as compared to an oil or gas furnace or a heat pump system. A typical 2000 square foot home can be cooled or heated using a geoexchange unit for as little as a dollar a day. Additionally, geoexchange units can supplement a home's conventional water heater, which can save you as much as 30 percent of your water heating costs.
Geothermal systems only use a small amount of electricity to transfer heat to your home using the thermal heat from the ground. On average, this type of unit will produce four units of energy for every electrical unit needed to power the system. Even the best heating and cooling systems deliver less than one unit of energy for every unit of energy consumed. Homeowners typically receive a 30 to 70 percent savings compared to traditional systems. You can determine how much savings you will reap from a geothermal heating and cooling system by using the savings calculator.
Geothermal Systems are Environmentally Friendly
Geothermal systems are listed as the most cost effective, environmentally friendly heating and cooling system by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Installing a geothermal system is equivalent to removing two cars from the road or planting 750 trees.
Positive Cash flow
Geothermal systems cost more to install than a conventional system due to its buried loop system. Some homeowners consider the installation costs of this system to be too expensive. However, they fail to see the whole savings picture. Geothermal systems will net you lower utility bills and annual maintenance costs. The initial cost of a geothermal system can be financed through low interest financing options. The savings received from a geothermal system will easily cover the cost of this payment and give you extra money in your pocket. Within three to five years, the unit will have paid for itself in the savings your reap.
Free Hot Water Generation
An added bonus of a geothermal system is the ability to produce some or all of the hot water you need at a much higher efficiency than a traditional water heater. When a geothermal system is properly installed, a simple connection will allow the system to deliver hot water to be stored in your hot water tank. Additionally, the heat that is removed from your home when the cooling cycle is run can be deposited into the water heater rather than the ground, providing you with free hot water.
Life Span of the System
Ordinary heating and cooling systems require routine maintenance of the furnace, air conditions and water heater. When a geothermal system is properly installed, little maintenance except for periodic inspection and filter changes are required. Because the geothermal unit is located indoors and out of the weather, the life expectancy of the equipment is prolonged. Most units will last more than 20 years when properly maintained.
Clean and Safe System
Geothermal heating and cooling systems do not use fossil fuels like propane or natural gas, which means no combustion is needed. You will not need to worry about carbon monoxide, fumes, flames or odors with this system.
Installing the system is quite easy and there are numerous companies that can help you. Just ensure they have all the right training and safety gear to do so. Check to see if they're wearing work clothes such as these from FROutlet and you'll get an idea whether they're suitable or not.
Geothermal system eliminate hot or cold blasts of air like a conventional system. It also helps to dehumidify the air during the warmer months, resulting in a cool, comfortable home.
Responsible Energy Investments Could Solve Retirement Funding Crisis
Retiring baby-boomers are facing a retirement cliff, at the same time as mother nature unleashes her fury with devastating storms tied to the impact of global warming. There could be a unique solution to the challenges associated with climate change – investments in clean energy from retirement funds.
Financial savings play a very important role in everyone's life and one must start planning for it as soon as possible. It's shocking how quickly seniors can burn through their nest egg – leaving many wondering, "How long your retirement savings will last?"
Let's take a closer look at how seniors can take baby steps on the path to retiring with dignity, while helping to clean up our environment.
Tip #1: Focus & Determination
Like in other work, it is very important to focus and be determined. If retirement is around the corner, then make sure to start putting some money away for retirement. No one can ever achieve anything without dedication and focus – whether it's saving the planet, or saving for retirement.
Tip #2: Minimize Spending
One of the most important things that you need to do is to minimize your expenditures. Reducing consumption is good for the planet too!
Tip #3: Visualize Your Goal
You can achieve more if you have a clearly defined goal in life. This about how your money can be used to better the planet – imagine cleaner air, water and a healthier environment to leave to your grandchildren.
Investing in Clean Energy
One of the hottest and most popular industries for investment today is the energy market – the trading of energy commodities. Clean energy commodities are traded alongside dirty energy supplies. You might be surprised to learn that clean energy is becoming much more competitive.
With green biz becoming more popular, it is quickly becoming a powerful tool for diversified retirement investing.
The Future of Green Biz
As far as the future is concerned, energy businesses are going to continue getting bigger and better. There are many leading energy companies in the market that already have very high stock prices, yet people are continuing to investing in them.
Green initiatives are impacting every industry. Go Green campaigns are a PR staple of every modern brand. For the energy-sector in the US, solar energy investments are considered to be the most accessible form of clean energy investment. Though investing in any energy business comes with some risks, the demand for energy isn't going anywhere.
In conclusion, if you want to start saving for your retirement, then clean energy stocks and commodity trading are some of the best options for wallets and the planet. Investing in clean energy products, like solar power, is a more long-term investment. It's quite stable and comes with a significant profit margin. And it's amazing for the planet!
What Should We Make of The Clean Growth Strategy?
It was hardly surprising the Clean Growth Strategy (CGS) was much anticipated by industry and environmentalists. After all, its publication was pushed back a couple of times. But with the document now in the public domain, and the Government having run a consultation on its content, what ultimately should we make of what's perhaps one of the most important publications to come out of the Department for Business, Energy and the Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the past 12 months?
The starting point, inevitably, is to decide what the document is and isn't. It is, certainly, a lengthy and considered direction-setter – not just for the Government, but for business and industry, and indeed for consumers. While much of the content was favourably received in terms of highlighting ways to ensure clean growth, critics – not unjustifiably – suggested it was long on pages but short on detailed and finite policy commitments, accompanied by clear timeframes for action.
A Strategy, Instead of a Plan
But should we really be surprised? The answer, in all honesty, is probably not really. BEIS ministers had made no secret of the fact they would be publishing a 'strategy' as opposed to a 'plan,' and that gave every indication the CGS would set a direction of travel and be largely aspirational. The Government had consulted on its content, and will likely respond to the consultation during the course of 2018. And that's when we might see more defined policy commitments and timeframes from action.
The second criticism one might level at the CGS is that indicated the use of 'flexibilities' to achieve targets set in the carbon budgets – essentially using past results to offset more recent failings to keep pace with emissions targets. Claire Perry has since appeared in front of the BEIS Select Committee and insisted she would be personally disappointed if the UK used flexibilities to fill the shortfall in meeting the fourth and fifth carbon budgets, but this is difficult ground for the Government. The Committee on Climate Change was critical of the proposed use of efficiencies, which would somewhat undermine ministers' good intentions and commitment to clean growth – particularly set against November's Budget, in which the Chancellor maintained the current carbon price floor (potentially giving a reprieve to coal) and introduced tax changes favourable to North Sea oil producers.
A 12 Month Green Energy Initiative with Real Teeth
But, there is much to appreciate and commend about the CGS. It fits into a 12-month narrative for BEIS ministers, in which they have clearly shown a commitment to clean growth, improving energy efficiency and cutting carbon emissions. Those 12 months have seen the launch of the Industrial Strategy – firstly in Green Paper form, which led to the launch of the Faraday Challenge, and then a White Paper in which clean growth was considered a 'grand challenge' for government. Throughout these publications – and indeed again with the CGS – the Government has shown itself to be an advocate of smart systems and demand response, including the development of battery technology.
Electrical Storage Development at Center of Broader Green Energy Push
While the Faraday Challenge is primarily focused on the development of batteries to support the proliferation of electric vehicles (which will support cuts to carbon emissions), it will also drive down technology costs, supporting the deployment of small and utility-scale storage that will fully harness the capability of renewables. Solar and wind made record contributions to UK electricity generation in 2017, and the development of storage capacity will help both reduce consumer costs and support decarbonisation.
The other thing the CGS showed us it that the Government is happy to be a disrupter in the energy market. The headline from the publication was the plans for legislation to empower Ofgem to cap the costs of Standard Variable Tariffs. This had been an aspiration of ministers for months, and there's little doubt that driving down costs for consumers will be a trend within BEIS policy throughout 2018.
But the Government also seems happy to support disruption in the renewables market, as evidenced by the commitment (in the CGS) to more than half a billion pounds of investment in Pot 2 of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) – where the focus will be on emerging rather than established technologies.
This inevitably prompted ire from some within the industry, particularly proponents of solar, which is making an increasing contribution to the UK's energy mix. But, again, we shouldn't really be surprised. Since the subsidy cuts of 2015, ministers have given no indication or cause to think there will be public money afforded to solar development. Including solar within the CfD auction would have been a seismic shift in policy. And while ministers' insistence in subsidy-free solar as the way forward has been shown to be based on a single project, we should expect that as costs continue to be driven down and solar makes record contributions to electricity generation, investment will follow – and there will ultimately be more subsidy-free solar farms, albeit perhaps not in 2018.
Meanwhile, by promoting emerging technologies like remote island wind, the Government appears to be favouring diversification and that it has a range of resources available to meet consumer demand. Perhaps more prescient than the decision to exclude established renewables from the CfD auction is the subsequent confirmation in the budget that Pot 2 of CfDs will be the last commitment of public money to renewable energy before 2025.
In short, we should view the CGS as a step in the right direction, albeit one the Government should be elaborating on in its consultation response. Its publication, coupled with the advancement this year of the Industrial Strategy indicates ministers are committed to the clean growth agenda. The question is now how the aspirations set out in the CGS – including the development of demand response capacity for the grid, and improving the energy efficiency of commercial and residential premises – will be realised.
It's a step in the right direction. But, inevitably, there's much more work to do.
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