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They're big. They're bulky. They're nearly indestructible. Now they're just part of car history after the GM bankruptcy left this brand for dead.
Still, they are the monstrous vehicles you hate to get stuck behind and wish you were driving. The Hummer brand held an interesting place in the American auto market – a military vehicle for the discerning nouveau riche. These behemoths flash status like none other, with bright colors and huge chrome grilles.
The HI, or Humvee, was originally a military production vehicle designed for high endurance in extreme environments. The original manufacturer, AM General, first released a civilian H1 in 1992. Since then, the Hummer has gained serious status, and the brand name was purchased by General Motors in 1998. While AM General continues to make the H2 and H3 for consumer use, the H1 has returned to exclusive military status.
Sites worth visiting
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Hummer on Wikipedia
The Hummer page on Wikipedia has your standard fare: a discussion of each model and a brief history. They also cover some of the widespread environmental criticism the brand has received for being a rugged off-road vehicle that rarely sees any dirt.
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Hummer at Autoblog
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Hummer Guy
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Dashboard News - Hummer
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Community Sites
Hummer Forums
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The Hummer Network
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Recent News
Hummer Hurts More Than the Environment
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A Hummer That Gets 60 MPG
A Kansas man with some serious skill at alternative fuel conversions is laboring to make a Hummer that gets 60 miles to the gallon, and with 600 horsepower. Jonathan Goodwin has been making alternative fuel engines for celebrities after having his drivetrain beat a Lamborghini on the drag strip.
Hummer H3T Confirmed
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This was my first visit to the large Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, that contains microfilmed records from around the world as well as many genealogy books and other resources.
I had prepared beforehand, in Evernote, a list of microfilms and books to explore. These were sortable by the "tags" which allowed me to choose records for one person or family at a time. I also added a tag "Important" in case I had to make choices.
I had three days in the library. I knew as the trip grew closer that I would concentrate on several real questions. I printed those notes and put them in a paper binder – sometimes it's easier to rely on paper when you will need to walk around the library or be at a microfilm reader. I did access Evernote on my iphone but ended up NOT bringing the laptop to the library. Next time, everything needs to be on a clipboard or ipad, for portability. The library doesn't want you leaving valuables around, which is understandable.
Research in the library
I like the kind of microfilm reader that lets you download each page to your own flash drive. At home, this can be enlarged and manipulated better than printed paper or photos. So I started at a regular reader, but planned to utilize the computer-reader whenever I found something. Because the library was unusually quiet during my stay, I managed to use the computer microfilm reader most of the time.
These are the specific problems I decided to explore, and how it went.
- Lanphere/Lanphear family, ca. 1770-1920 Film 3005 Item 13
- The Lanphere and related families genealogy by Edward Everett Lanphere, Book 929.273 L288L
- The Bates family in America by Edward E. Lanphere Fiche 6046981
- Record of the Lanphere family of Rhode Island, Manuscript (pedigree chart) Ped Chart no. 251
- Probate records index, 1798-1990 [Westerly, Rhode Island] 16 mm film 1892412 & 3
- Westerly Land Evidence records, 1661-1903
Bible records from Connecticut, index cards, He-Ly, film 2879
What I learned: I like to review lesser-known work on the Lampheres. Unfortunately, I didn't find much work that would be helpful to me at all. One amusing moment was when I sought out the "Pedigree Chart" files, looking for chart number 251 on the Lampheres of Rhode Island.
While there were some intriguing charts in there, the Lamphere chart was, I quickly recognized, pages from Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.
First cha-ching moment: The Westerly deeds were far more helpful. Prior to his death, Daniel Lamphere mortgaged his property to his son Russell, my gggg-granfather. Russell never lived on the property, but he was heavily involved in the subsequent dealings. It took the family about 10 legal transactions, over the next 10 years, to finally dispose of the property. Each transaction was more helpful than the last; listing all heirs by name, mentioning brothers, fathers, wives, widows, current locations, and neighbors. Tantalizingly, some of the neighbors were named "Tefft" which is the surname sometimes ascribed to Daniel's wife Nancy. I even found names of some Lamphere connections that blog readers have mentioned to me. I'm getting back to them.
These 35 pages of Westerly Deeds will need some careful analysis to determine the facts, but I am hoping those facts will be very helpful. I should probably mention that I had travelled to Westerly Town Hall previously to look at these, but not all volumes were available that day. The nice thing about microfilm is that ALL volumes should have been microfilmed, and be available.
Darling/Aldrich property in Wrentham, Massachusetts
- Norfolk County Probate films for guardianship and probate
- Probate records, 1746-1916 [Cumberland, Rhode Island]
What I learned: I found the probate records for Asa Aldrich and I finally realized that his controversial will had produced legal records in TWO states, since Cumberland, Rhode Island and western Wrentham, Massachusetts are adjacent to each other and family members lived on each side of the border. So I saved all those records. I also found guardianship and probate records for Elias Darling, grandfather of Ellis Aldrich Darling, which answered some questions about his life.
The parents of Lucy Arnold
- Smithfield, Rhode Island Deeds 1731-1874 Grantor index film 959536, Grantee index film 959543
- Lincoln Probate records, 1733-1917 (Lincoln, Rhode Island) Thomas Arnold d. Aug, 1817 film 959529
Microfilm of records in James Arnold's family notes – town notes collection at the Knight Memorial Library, Providence, Rhode Island film 1839290 Item 4
What I learned: I have a continuing question in my mind about why the famed Rhode Island genealogist, James Arnold, didn't leave a volume behind about the Arnolds. I once saw an ad that claimed he was researching such a work. I knew some of his papers are housed in the archives at a local Providence library branch. I was happy with the chance to easily see some of them on microfilm, and they were interesting, but didn't relate to the Arnolds. Oh well.
The Arnold book [Benson, Richard H. The Arnold Family of Smithfield, Rhode Island. Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2009] has helped me tentatively identify Lucy Arnold. I would like to learn as much as possible to help me confirm that. Unfortunately, I still have not found a probate record for her father. But in the many, many deeds I found for her father, there is a great deal of information, still to be completely analyzed.
Second cha-ching moment: One set of clues involves the identity of Lucy's mother, who is possibly a Smith. I found several deeds relating to a certain Smith couple (a physician and his wife) and the last one, interestingly, says that the woman is now a widow, old and inform, and is transacting some kind of real estate deal with Thomas Arnold. I'm hoping that deed will help me find further clues that actually prove who Thomas' wife, Rachel, is. It would be nice to prove something that wasn't known in the NEHGS publication! I am also hoping that something about these deeds helps me determine my more immediate question about proving a link between Lucy and these parents that goes beyond name and town.
Marriage of Mercy Ballou/Nathan Aldrich and birth of her daughter Nancy Ann Aldrich
- Vital records, 1734-1858 [Cumberland, Rhode Island] film 955486
- Marriages, v. 1-3 (1746-1895) film 955487
- his and her fathers' property, Plan of the Town of Cumberland (Map) film 955497
- Richard Ballou will, Cumberland Probate records, 1746-1916 Probate records Vol. 6-10 1784-1815 Film 955491
What I learned: The abstract of Richard Ballou's will, that I've seen, was correct. He does not name his heirs by name, just groups them as "my heirs." So that gave me no clues about the later life of my ggggg-grandmother Mercy Ballou. There was nothing in here that helped, and the map was badly photographed, so was no better than my own imperfect photos of an old Cumberland property map I made at the Rhode Island Historical Society.
My reaction overall
- I should really be using these films more, through rental at my local Family History Center (now called FamilySearch Centers). I copied a number of index pages for my family names to help me order microfilm in the future, if needed.
- They have a crazy amount of microfilm there.
- I should keep more careful track of books and microfilms as they are released on the web at FamilySearch.org.
- As I kept seeing so many people sitting for hours at the computers, I wondered at so many going to the trouble to visit just to use free access to various genealogy web sites. Then I tried, on a whim, looking for records of my gg-grandmother Catherine Young, born in Surrey, England. An 1841 British Census record came up, from a site I have never paid for, and then I really got it. It's nice not having your search limited by subscriptions. No one wants to subscribe to everything.
- All the records I found need to be carefully abstracted and analyzed. For instance, I need to eliminate deeds that refer to others with the same name.
- Three days at the FHL is worth several months of what I'm doing at home. As more materials are moved to the web, that is bound to change.
Thanks to Randy Seaver for making me aware of the Family History At A Glance – Family History Library Research booklet, which was helpful. I would also suggest people refer to the FHL website to plan a visit.
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Morning Five: 12.31.10 EditionPosted by jstevrtc on December 31st, 2010
Before we embark on this final edition of the M5 for 2010, we'd like to wish all of you a happy, healthy and safe New Year's and a fantastic 2011. Thanks for making us a part, no matter how large or small, of your regimen of college basketball enjoyment. And by all means, be careful out there tonight. Now, to the Five…
Seth Davis is trying to follow up on a tasty 7-3 week with his latest batch of weekend game predictions, and if his score projections are any indication, we're all going to be diving into the new year with some exciting basketball games. You've got to give credit where it's due, here — 19-11 so far is a respectable tally. We have one question, though: when is Courtside going to show up on our televisions again? Soon, we hope. You know, because Seth probably isn't busy enough.
Another Davis — this time, Ken, from NBC Sports — minces no words when it comes to his opinion on who he'd hire if he were running a program and had to choose between Rick Pitino and John Calipari. That query is the first of his latest mailbag, and we really wish there were a comments section so we could read the volleys that would surely have occured between Kentucky and Louisville fans. When you click the link, though, check out the subtitle (right below the title, obviously) that they tried to slip by us. You really think so, Ken?
Something about Jelan Kendrick to Ole Miss just feels right to us. Kendrick was dismissed from Memphis quicker than Ricky Ponting in the Ashes (our demos show that we have a few readers from England, for some reason), but eventual opponents of the Rebels would do well to remember that this kid was also the third-ranked shooting guard prospect (or second-ranked small forward, depending on who you asked) in last year's high school senior class. He's also Mississippi's first-ever McDonalds All-American. Adam Zagoria brings you up to speed.
This was a nice display of friendship and sportsmanship, and yet…why does this make us uncomfortable? After that hard-fought Vanderbilt vs Marquette game from Wednesday night in which Vandy dealt the Warriors with quite a(nother) heartbreaking loss, the head coaches from each team — Kevin Stallings and Buzz Williams, respectively — sat up on the post-game dais together, exchanged compliments, patted each other on the back, so on. We're aware that the two are good friends. It's just all this friendliness between opponents on game day…fine, maybe we're just Philistines.
We're big San Diego State fans around these parts, but we'd like to issue a challenge. See, according to this piece at KPBS.org, the Aztecs' final non-conference game of the year (which takes place today at 1 pm PT) isn't sold out yet, with over 2,000 seats left open in a 12,000-seat arena. Yeah, we know, it's agaisnt Occidental College. We know they're Division III. But come on, SDSU. You're undefeated, but don't get too cocky. Respect every opponent. Your team wants you there. If you're reading this as it posts, you've still got a few hours to make this right.


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The knee injury that bounced Rashad Evans out of UFC 170 last week will keep "Suga" sidelined for the majority of 2014. According to a statement posted on the Blackzilians website yesterday, the former UFC light-heavyweight champ will undergo knee surgery this week in Los Angeles with Dr. Ronald Kvitne (who you may remember from Cat Zingano's video blogs). Evans is expected to be out of active training for six months.
"I am deeply disappointed to be missing the action at UFC 170, but I am, as always, incredibly grateful for the support of my family, friends, management, the UFC, and most of all my fans during this minor setback," Evans stated. "Thank you for your continued messages of support. I'll be back stronger than ever!"
"Minor setback"? Props to Rashad for keeping such a positive attitude, because we'd be punching a hole through every wall in the house if this happened to us. Evans has had a history of poorly-timed injuries, from the previous knee injury that robbed him of a title shot against Mauricio Rua in early 2011, to the thumb injury that postponed his title fight with Jon Jones later that year.
For a 34-year-old athlete with over a decade of professional competition under his belt, a six-month timeout seems like a major setback — especially with Evans on the verge of title contention once again. Damn. Get well soon, dude.


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With the possible exception of the 2012 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings, the Pittsburgh Penguins have the strongest outlook, both for the (2012-)2013 season and beyond. The main reasons are obvious – Crosby is signed long term, Malkin and Letang through 2013-2014 and James Neal through the 2015-2016 season. After failing in the Sutter and Parise sweepstakes, and a couple offseason moves to be discussed shortly, GM Ray Shero even has some cap room to play with.
The Staal Trade
Just before the draft, the Pens dealt fan favorite Jordan Staal to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Brandon Sutter, defensive prospect Brian Dumoulin and the Canes' 8th overall pick which the Pens used on Portland Winterhawks defenseman Derrick Pouliot. Staal, whose contract would have been up July 2013, reportedly turned down a 10-year $60M deal. This made it very unlikely that the Pens could hold on to him at a reasonable cap hit given the other big contracts they have on the books or will have two to three seasons down the road. Based on that, I think the timing of the trade was perfect for the Penguins and the return quite good.
Let's take a quick look at what the Pens lost and gained with this blockbuster.
Jordan Staal was Pittburgh's tough-minutes center and a possession monster. Here's the Pens' forward usage by opponent TOI last season, courtesy of Eric T.:
You can see that Staal faced the oppositions' best forwards, those that played the most minutes. He did not face the best defensemen, probably because the opponents would try to match up their best D pairings against the Malkin or Crosby line. Going by Corsi QoC or Corsi Rel QoC, Staal faced by far the toughest opposition. He also started in the defensive zone more than half the time, which is saying something on a team that dominated possession. Despite having among the toughest minutes in the league, he had a double-digit Corsi rate.
In Carolina, Brandon Sutter played slightly tougher minutes. He was also facing the oppositions' best and started in the defensive-zone more often. This is largely due to the Hurricanes being a bad possession team, and his teammates were certainly not as good as Jordan Staal's last year in Pittsburgh. His results, while not terrible, also weren't particularly good. His zone-start adjusted Corsi rate was -6.2/60. For comparison, Jordan Staal's zone-start adjusted Corsi rate was +12.4/60. Long term I think it was a good if necessary trade for the Pens but it's pretty clear that next year the third line is going to take a big hit.
Now that I've covered the third line, let's look at the top of the rotation. Most years the Sidney Crosby contract extension (12 years at a superstitious $8.7M per) would be the biggest story. The extension and Staal trade certainly make it seem like Shero and the Penguins are confident in Crosby's health going forward. What should we expect out of Crosby, and Malkin for that matter?
Let's start with scoring. Here's a graph plotting their shots per game at all strengths over the last 6 seasons:
Malkin's trend really jumps out. Whether it's the popular media narrative of increasing his offseason work ethic, getting accustomed to North American play, better linemates, stepping up in Crosby's absence or just that he's coming into his prime, Malkin has improved steadily. It is fair to say that his production two seasons ago (15 goals, 37 points in 43 games) was more of a fluke than last year's Hart trophy performance (50 goals, 109 points in 75 games). Both his personal and on-ice shooting percentages were a little above his career average, so we should probably expect a small drop. If he can avoid major injury and the NHL a lockout, something like 45 goals and 60 assists seems like a reasonable prediction.
As for Crosby, you have to keep in mind that he only played about a quarter of the 2011-2012 season so his stats, including shot rate, are subject to a lot of random luck. Shooting percentage is a great example of that: he personally shot at a career low percentage while his teammates were burying just about everything when he was on the ice. His on-ice shooting percentage at 5-on-5 was higher than his own shooting percentage both 5-on-5 and 5-on-4! This caused his weird statline of 29 assists but only 8 goals. It's harder to predict what his output will be, but I see no reason to expect a drop from his career scoring rate which, over 75 games, would give him 39 goals and 67 assists.
In terms of underlying numbers, Crosby and Malkin have gone from being top young players to dominant possession players. This chart, plotting their 5-on-5 Corsi rates each of the last 5 seasons, speaks for itself.
Perhaps to clear room for a potential Suter and/or Parise signing, Pittsburgh traded shut-down defender Zbynek Michálek to Phoenix. There is media talk that Shero might try to trade for a top defenseman once the smoke clears on the CBA, but the Penguins are deep in defensive prospects that is' possible they will promote from within.
Matt Niskanen recently signed a two-year extension and could certainly take top-four minutes. Young Simon Despres played sheltered minutes in 18 games last year and seems likely to be ready for a consistent bottom-pairing role this year. There are good 5-6 guys that played in Wilkes-Barre or their junior/college teams last year who could potentially step in and play a similar role to Despres's last season, filling out the bottom pair. High scoring Portland Winterhawks defender Joe Morrow might be ready for a cup of coffee or two in the show for instance.
Suter certainly would have improved the squad (as he will the Wild and would have the other 28 teams he didn't sign for) but the Penguins returning most of their defensemen is a good thing. I'm sure some will disagree, but the Penguins have one of the best defense corps in the NHL. Separating out forwards and defensemen is always a challenge, but here are some arguments that the Penguins' blue line is a strength of the team.
First off, there's shot suppression. The last three seasons the Penguins have been very good at it. Obviously part of that is the system and the forwards, but a lot is the blueliners as well. The Pens have been in the top 10 in shot rate against at 5-on-5 and in the top five at 4-on-5 each of the last three seasons:
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It's worth noting that Staal missed 40 games in 2010-2011 and 20 in 2011-2012 so they were among the best teams in shot suppression even when they were lacking one of the league's best defensive forwards for many games.
Let's now turn to possession stats. As mentioned, it's tough to separate out the forwards, and Pittsburgh has had the luxury of some elite ones. To deal with that let's just look at time when none of Crosby, Malkin and Staal were on the ice last year: the Pens took 1,522 Corsi events at even strength with those three off the ice and gave up only 1,411 (+111). The fourth liners, plus third when Crosby was out, outplayed their opponents to a significant degree.
The 2010-2011 season was eye-opening as well. Crosby missed 41 games, Staal 40 and Malkin 39 games but the Penguins remained a good team in possession. They were 5th in score-close Fenwick, though merely a solid 10th going by Eric T.'s score-adjusted Fenwick. Some of the role players on that team were and are very underrated (Tyler Kennedy) and others stepped up, but you can't have your top forward lines get decimated by injury like that and still maintain strong possession numbers without having very good blueliners.
The Penguins defense consists of Letang plus a deep group that is solid if not spectacular. It's easy to remember big errors some may still be trying to forget (a few Paul Martin shifts in) the Flyers series, but when you take everything into account I think it's clear that Pittsburgh is more than adequate defensively.
There is one other thing that has made many Pens fans think a good D is bad…
Now that I've talked up the forwards and defensemen, let me end by discussing the one area where the team isn't excellent-to-elite: goaltending.
Last June, Shero traded for Tomas Vokoun's negotiation rights and then used them to sign him to a two-year deal. What should we expect out of him and Marc-Andre Fleury?
It's pretty easy to predict what the Penguins will get out of their incumbent starter. Fleury will probably play at the same level he has for most of his career and be a below-average starter. Chase put some numbers to that, arguing against the absurd notion that Fleury warranted Vezina talk last season. Some fans claim that Fleury's consistency is a virtue which not only begs the question but isn't true, as Eric T. showed.
Vokoun was a great signing but is a bit of a gamble and his results are harder to predict. Unlike Fleury, he has been an above-average-to-elite goaltender throughout his career. There is a lot of potential upside there. The downside is that he's 36 years old and had injury problems last season in Washington. Goalies are lasting longer these days, but injuries aren't a good sign at Vokoun's age and he certainly wouldn't be the first to have his play drop off significantly at 35+.
Last year his stats took a drop from his stellar numbers of previous years, though it should be noted that they were still better than Fleury's:
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|Tomas Vokoun
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Barring injury or a further drop in form, there should be little doubt that Vokoun is a better goaltender than Marc-Andre Fleury. It will be interesting to see what Bylsma does, particularly if Vokoun is outplaying the younger guy, whom I expect to be the starter at the beginning of the season.
Even if Vokoun's level drops and he is only able to play 20 games, the Pens will be better in goal than last year.
The Penguins have had the worst injury luck in the league over the last couple seasons, but have nevertheless ramained one of the best teams in the East. When healthy, the lineup is up there with the Kings as one of the two best in the league. Pittsburgh is, and should be, the favorite to win the East. The defense is solid, they will have two elite lines and a decent shutdown line. Their goaltending potentially could go from below average to very good if Vokoun comes through, stays healthy and wins the starting job.
Even with the Staal trade, Crosby playing close to a full season and the improvement in goaltending means the Pens have a good chance to improve on last year's record, which was third best in the NHL.


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Wayland professor publishes articles, writes institute materials
Dr. Carolyn Ratcliffe, assistant professor of religion at Wayland Baptist University, has recently completed writing for two separate entities.
An article on the Shema, the passage from Deuteronomy 6 quoted by Jesus in the New Testament as the greatest commandment, was included in the Fall 2001 issue of Biblical Illustrator. The magazine is published by Lifeway Christian Resources, an arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, and coordinates with their quarterly Sunday School literature.
"The Shema is sort of the confession of faith for the Jewish community and a command to pass on the faith from generation to generation," explained Ratcliffe.
She also recently completed writing the curriculum for the Old Testament course in the Lay Institute of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The institute seeks to educate laypersons of Texas churches in a more academic setting by providing courses on Biblical study. Ratcliffe has also served as a trainer for local mentors, who serve as facilitators for the courses in small groups around the state.
A member of Wayland's religion faculty for the past three years full-time (and for seven years prior as an adjunct instructor), Ratcliffe has written regularly for the Illustrator as an expert in Old Testament, Hebrew and the interbiblical period. She had an article in the Winter 2000-01 issue on "Messianic Expectations in Intertestamental Judaism" and is working on an article for future publication on Michal, the wife of David.


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Zirkel Wireless brings rural Colorado broadband, communications concerns to Washington, D.C.
Steamboat Springs — Two representatives from Steamboat's Zirkel Wireless headed to Washington, D.C., this week to give legislators a window into the state of broadband and telecommunications from the view of Northwest Colorado.
Sean Heskett, owner and chief technology officer of Zirkel Wireless, and Jared Alpe, senior field technician, traveled as part of a larger delegation of Wireless Internet Service Providers Association members.
The association is a trade organization with more than 700 members that represents companies such as Zirkel Wireless, which uses fixed wireless technology to provide broadband Internet to Routt County users.
Heskett and Alpe joined other business owners and representatives of the association in sitting down with legislative aides to lay out the regulatory and government issues in their industry.
Heskett said Friday that there were three main issues covered in the meetings and a fourth he raised that pertained to Routt County specifically.
Two of the main topics concerned channels of spectrum being opened for unlicensed use.
Heskett said the U.S. is reaching a pivotal point in its development of TV-band white space, or frequencies that aren't used by TV broadcasting.
Some of the upper frequencies, he said, that were freed up by the switch away from analog TV were auctioned off to large telecommunications companies. But lower frequencies that still are in use for TV purposes might not be fully utilized, according to Heskett.
Broadband Internet could be a secondary use for those frequencies, he said, but instability in regulations has discouraged hardware development and unlicensed uses could be further expanded.
"The rest of the world is opening up TV white space spectrum for these unlicensed uses whereas the U.S. is trying to auction it off," Heskett said.
While this will provide a "sugar rush" of cash for the Treasury, he said, it allows large firms to lock up the spectrum and limits the horizon for innovation. Heskett used WiFi as an example of what's possible when spectrum is opened up for new uses not then imagined.
Heskett said the meetings also addressed the Connect America Fund, which collects money from telephone and broadband connections to fund reaching more Americans with broadband access, specifically in underserved rural areas.
Because Zirkel Wireless does not offer traditional telephone service — Voice over Internet Protocol communications can be used over its broadband connections — it is not eligible for the funds even though its customers will be assessed the fees, according to Heskett.
"What we don't want to see is unsubsidized dollars versus subsidized dollars," he said about the potential for a firm such as CenturyLink to use the funds to compete directly with Zirkel Wireless.
Heskett said that Zirkel Wireless welcomes competition but that he doesn't want to see public funds used to overbuild against small businesses.
An issue that Heskett brought up that is pertinent locally is the inability to perform fire mitigation around tower sites on U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management sites.
The site already is designated for a tower and the development is done, he said, so the towers that carry emergency services, government and law enforcement communication and broadcast signals should be afforded protection.
Heskett said he stressed the importance of Internet connectivity to a growing segment of Routt County's economy in location-neutral businesses.
While there was no specific legislation up for debate that the wireless Internet representatives were in Washington to address, Heskett said, the purpose was to pop up on the radar of legislators, open up the channels of communication and potentially be a resource in the future.
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Moffat County School District's Yampa Building may sell for price of single-family home
The probable selling price of the beloved historic Yampa Building is a mystery no longer.


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Author Notes: This is based on the simple preparation of the Italian trattoria dish of the same name. I like to use the stack and wrap method, as I call it, just to give the veal a little more time to absorb the flavors I want to pair with it. In this case the thyme and lemon. Maybe the hardest part about this is waiting for the grill to heat but I have never found that to be too trying as long as a nice chilled bottle of rose from Provence is on hand. This is a direct heat method of grilling where the hotter the grill the better. I really like to serve this dish with a whole head of roasted garlic for each diner so they can smear it onto the chop if desired. - thirschfeld —thirschfeld
Food52 Review: This recipe treats veal chops with the respect they deserve, highlighting rather than overpowering their tender flesh and gentle, less-beefy-than-beef meatiness. Thirschfeld employs a nifty technique of stacking the chops to flavor them with layers of lemon zest, garlic and whole thyme sprigs sandwiched between them; while the chops are absorbing all these great flavors, you roast whole heads of garlic to serve on the side and whip up a simple vinaigrette. Then it's just a few short minutes on a hot grill (we recommend you stop at medium rare), and dinner is served. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 4
veal chops, about an 1 1/2 inches thick
bunch fresh thyme
garlic cloves, minced
zest of two lemons
tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
tablespoon fresh lemon juice
teaspoon Banyuls vinegar or good balsamic vinegar
teaspoons thyme, minced
kosher salt and fresh ground white pepper
heads of garlic
tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- Place a large piece of plastic wrap on a flat surface.
- Spread 4 to 5 sprigs of thyme out to match the size of the veal chop. Sprinkle on some chopped garlic and lemon zest.
- Season each side of the 4 chops evenly with kosher salt. Place one chop on top of the herb mixture and top it with thyme, garlic and lemon on top . Place a chop on top. Repeat until the chops are stacked and you topped it with the thyme, garlic and lemon mixture. You want all sides covered.
- Pull the plastic wrap up and over and wrap the chops tightly. Place them on a tray to catch any possible drips and put them in the fridge for no less than 6 and no longer than 12 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Chop the top 1/4 off each head of garlic and smear with unsalted butter and season it with salt and pepper. Place the heads in a small casserole and cover with foil. Bake them for 1 3/4 hours for an 8 clove head maybe less for smaller heads. Remove from the oven and let them sit. Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, Banyuls and minced thyme in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper and set the dressing aside.
- When you are ready heat your grill to the highest temperature you can. While it is heating remove the chops from the fridge, unwrap them and scrape off all the thyme, garlic and zest. Season the chops with pepper and leave them out to warm while the grill is heating.
- When the grill is hot cook the chops until medium rare or medium. Near the end of the grilling time place the garlic on a tray and place it on the grill to warm it up. Place the chops on a platter or plates and top them with the dressing and garnish with thyme. Place a head of roasted garlic next to each chop and serve.
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It's amazing how the deficit got so big, the Bush tax cuts take up a huge portion of our recent debt and of course Bush's wars.
Let's call this an open thread, what are you all doing this weekend. Anything fun? I have my 30 year High School reunion. Yeee haaa!


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Crochet Giveaway #11 - Closed
This will be giveaway #11. I will be giving away 4 Crochet World and 2 Crochet Fantasy magazines. The giveaway will run from today June 30, 2009 through July 11, 2009. I will draw the winner the following day. Everyone from any country is welcome to enter.
What are you working on now? I am currently working on my square baby afghan and a flower afghan. Now that I have more time, I am going to start a thread, join as you go project.
Please do not post your personal mailing address in the comment section. That can be e-mailed privately if you are the winner.
- The giveaway is open everyone around the world.
- In the comment section you can leave a name, nickname or some way that I will be able to contact.
- If you have previously won, I am going to ask that you wait 2 months to participate so everyone has a chance.


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Rob & Matthew's Lake Nokomis Tudor Bungalow
Name: Rob & Matthew
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
We have lived in our house for the past 3 years. Its tucked into a very quiet neighborhood in Minneapolis on the northeast side of Lake Nokomis. We knew within a minute of entering this modest 1200sq ft 1933 Tudor that we wanted it. It had a beautiful original fireplace and a front staircase that is very unusual for this basic bungalow style floor plan.
One problem we did face upon moving in was that every room was painted a different bright color. By neutralizing all the color with earth tones, the rooms seem bigger and flow freely into one another making the space seem bigger.
Our personal style is a mix. I love a collected look and items with a history. We have lots of mid-century pieces, furniture from grandparents, as well as antiques. Our dining table is a great junk find. Mixed with chairs my grandmother got from her mother as a wedding gift, the table was $25 from the Salvation Army. Its amazing what a little high gloss paint and some casters can do for a cast off piece. It's one of my favorite possessions.
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10mm bicones are now available by the each.
Swarovski has announced a new style, the brilliant XILION cut, that will be replacing the 5301 Bicone style. This new 5328 Bicone offers more sparkle and bling as the cut has more facets adding reflective surfaces to the bead without changing the shape. All bicones 3mm to 10mm will eventually be switched over to the 5328 cut as we go along. We will send you whichever style we currently have in stock unless you specifically request 5328, and then we may have to order it in to fill your order which may take some additional time.We appreciate your patience with us as we make this transition.


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Yesterday for Amanuensis Monday, I gave details of a Memorandum concerning my ancestor Joseph Read. Today's Tombstone Tuesday is about Joseph's father, Robert Read (1740 – 1799). Robert is one of the sons of my 6 x great grandfather Cozens Read and is who I am descended from.
Robert Read married Mary Lee (1740 – 1828) in 1767 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK and they had eight children. Robert was a Tallow Chandler (I expect he did very well with this occupation as everyone needed candles to see by once it got dark) and he also owned the Cross Keys Tavern in Market Square, Aylesbury. (You can see a pic of this here on my blog).
As you will see the inscription can barely be seen. This is another of my Read ancestor's tombstones on the wall in the Lady Chapel of St. Mary's, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. (In other Tombstone Tuesdays I have shown the stone for Robert's daughter Catherine James and also the stone for her husband, James James).
A few years before I took this photograph another "new" cousin had kindly sent me the inscription and from this you will see just how much has now become lost over time!
To the memory of
Robert Read
Late of this Town
who died the 2nd August 1799
Mary his wife
who died March 20th 1828
Aged 89 years
I think it is very sad that most of this inscription is all but disappeared, but at least I know what was on the stone and those details are noted in various places as well as on this blog now.


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Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick said Wednesday he'd miss six to eight weeks after surgery on his left hand.
That means he'd be out until the playoffs, if the Cowboys got there.
"I just want to come back and help my team anyway that I can," Scandrick said, via Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com.
Scandrick said he also had a bone bruise and sprained ligaments in his wrist.
With five weeks of regular season left, it's an optimistic move on the Cowboys' part to keep him up, and with a 5-6 record, one that probably won't matter in the least.


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As we reported in March, coal currently accounts for less than 40% of US electricity production. But now new research from IHS CERA reveals that coal use in the US has dropped to the lowest level since 1949, as the nation switches to natural gas and cleaner, cheaper alternatives. This year, US utilities firms are forecast to burn 808 million tons of coal, a 13% decline from last year and the fewest tons since 1992. Amazingly, this is the lowest level of coal-produced electricity since the government began collecting this data in 1949, but what's even more impressive is the speed at which it is happening. Four years ago, the amount of electricity that came from coal was 50% and by 2020, it is expected to account for just 30% of the country's power supply.
So what is taking over from coal? Unfortunately, solar and wind energy aren't the only energy sources that are replacing coal — natural gas is picking up a lot of the slack. Utilities have been embracing natural gas due to its low costs and large reserves. Overall, natural gas will be used to produce 29% of the country's electricity this year, which is a 9% increase from four years ago. Nuclear power makes up 20% while renewable sources make up the rest (11%).
All of this has impacted on the US coal industry as natural gas is seen as the cheaper, more environmentally friendly alternative. Unfortunately despite the coal industries best efforts, the facts (and public opinion) are going against them. This includes the statistic that coal-burning plants produce more than 90 times as much sulfur dioxide, five times as much nitrogen oxide and twice as much carbon dioxide as those that run on natural gas.
The EPA has also made it more difficult for new coal plants to be built by issuing new guidelines in March that would limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants as early as 2013. These new rules will mean that no new coal plants will be built unless they develop a cost-effective way to capture carbon dioxide. Give yourself a pat on the back, USA! By reducing the level of coal being burned, you are making a cleaner, greener country. Now to reduce the levels of natural gas being used…
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Health law brouhaha pits Feinstein versus Pelosi
Washington -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a key architect of the Affordable Care Act, is trying to restrain nervous Democrats from backing a measure that could knock the foundations from under the law - even as erstwhile Democratic allies Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and former President Bill Clinton endorse similar changes.
The changes would allow millions of people who bought health policies on the individual market, including 1 million people in California, to keep their plans even if those plans fail to meet minimum coverage standards under the new law. Insurance companies' mass cancellations of such policies since the law took effect Oct. 1 have been a public relations nightmare for President Obama, who promised repeatedly over the years that no Americans who liked their current plans would be forced to change them under his signature law.
On Tuesday, Feinstein signed onto a bill by Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat up for re-election next year, that would allow those who already hold such policies to keep them indefinitely. The Senate bill is less dangerous to the law than the one confronting Pelosi in the House, by Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., which would allow insurance companies to continue to sell the old policies to new enrollees.
The House bill is scheduled to come to the floor for a vote Friday. On Wednesday, Pelosi, D-San Francisco, sought to quell unrest at a meeting of House Democrats freshly back from their districts. They demanded that the White House not only fix the troubled website for the federal health insurance exchange, but also deliver some way to allow the old policies to continue.
Anxious members want "an administrative fix by Friday," said a House Democratic aide. "We need one that is credible."
Threat to law
That's a tall order. Experts said that even more than the website meltdown, halting the cancellations of old policies would undermine the structural integrity of the entire law.
Many of the canceled policies cover healthy people, whose premiums are necessary to make the Affordable Care Act work. Allowing those people to remain outside the insurance market exchanges that are at the heart of the new law will funnel a sicker, costlier population to the exchanges, said Edwin Park, vice president for health policy at the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
That would lead to price spikes in the exchanges next year. Over time, the sicker insurance pool and higher prices would "threaten the long-term viability" of the exchanges by further discouraging healthy people from signing up, Park said.
In addition, the Affordable Care Act's backers say allowing policies to ignore the law's minimum coverage standards would eviscerate its most popular reforms by creating a separate market outside the rules. Those reforms include banning denial of coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, prohibiting charging higher rates for women and sick people, and eliminating caps on lifetime benefits that can expose people to catastrophic medical expenses.
Pelosi tries to hold line
The changes could also deepen the public confusion already sowed by the website failures, discouraging the enrollment of healthy young people needed to make the exchanges work. Under the law, anyone who doesn't sign up for a plan will be charged a fee, but those fees are much lower than the insurance premiums.
Pelosi, who was instrumental in pushing the Affordable Care Act through the House in 2010 as speaker, is telling Democrats to hold firm and ride out the turmoil.
"The American people want to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, not undermine it," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said. "The Upton bill makes matters worse by creating a new insurance market that will discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions while causing insurance premiums to spike for everyone else."
Pelosi has been quick to note that the policy cancellations affect just 5 percent of the health insurance market - those people who buy individual policies directly on the market, rather than getting coverage through their employer or the large federal health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
The administration released figures Wednesday showing that just 106,185 people have enrolled in the exchanges and selected a plan through October - just a fifth of the goal by that date. Officials also told Congress that it would be difficult to fix the website by the end of this month as promised.
Health insurance consultant Robert Laszewski said the low number of enrollees shows the program "is in very serious jeopardy of collapsing. ... The Obama administration doesn't have a hill to climb; it has Mount McKinley to climb."
Feinstein's safe seat
Feinstein's defection stung Democrats. Having handily won re-election in 2012, Feinstein is immune to the political pressure faced by the red-state Democrats on the ballot next year - including Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Pryor of Arkansas - who are also co-sponsoring Landrieu's bill.
Feinstein said she was reacting to upset constituents, and called the fixes "simple" and "common sense." Her endorsement was followed Wednesday by one from another blue-state Democrat, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley.
Clinton told an interviewer Tuesday that Obama "should honor the commitment the federal government made to these people and let them keep what they got." He added, "The big lesson is that we're better off with this law than without it."
"With all due respect to former President Clinton, he said exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time," said Jim Manley, a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Wait it out
Manley called the fix that Feinstein is backing "unworkable."
Democrats "have got to keep their heads down and grind it out and wait for the program to start working like it should be by the end of the month," Manley said. "I understand that Sen. Feinstein has a lot of upset constituents, but the fact of the matter is that the principles behind this bill are still solid."
GOP political strategist Ford O'Connell surmised that Feinstein is trying to pressure the administration to come up with a fix, given that failure could topple the Democratic majority in the Senate, and with it, every Democratic committee chairmanship, including Feinstein's. She heads the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
"As a realist, she understands that Republicans are going to take control of the Senate if Democrats are sitting there doing nothing," O'Connell said.
As for Clinton, O'Connell said the former president is "trying to create a firewall for Hillary," his wife and the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
Carolyn Lochhead is The San Francisco Chronicle's Washington correspondent. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Monday, 11 February 2013
Some Adverts from Old Hyde
A photo showing Brookes and Sons which is mentioned on the page above.
Brookes is the shop with the green sign next to the tram !
The top page supplied by Susan.
Many thanks for sharing !
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I remember Brooke's the ironmongers with much affection. My dad, who was a joiner in GX, used to send me down for various bits and pieces - hinges, nails and screws (which they weighed out on a pair of scales with weights and a brass pan. They sold everything you could possibly think of - from a gas mantle to a tin bath, it was like an Aladdin's cave. The Brooke Surgery, now built on its site, is, of course, named in honour of the shop.
Looking at the lovely postcard of this lower part of Market Street reminded me of another shop situated near to Brooke's on the corner of Port Street I think, opposite corner to where Barclay's Bank now is. It was called Robbins and sold furniture and luggage and probably many more things. Does anyone remember this?
- Monday, 11 February, 2013
- Chris Han said...
The thing that caught my eye in the Brooke and Son ad is the telephone number, "Hyde 18"!
A two digit line number, seems so odd to see nowadays.
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- JohnT said...
Yes, it was Robbins. I believe they used to live in the end cottage where what is now called Gerrards Hollow, off Cheetham Fold Road, off Apethorn Lane. They used to have a wooden garage at the bottom of the hill where they used to garage the maroon delivery van. Morton Merrick worked at Robbins and he lived at no 44 Apethorn Lane.
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Hi Susan, like you and many Hyde people, I also remember Brooke's ironmongers with such affection, if you couldn't get what you wanted there, then you couldn't get it anywhere! And yes Susan, I also can vaguely remember the Robbins shop on the corner, though I must admit I had forgotten the name of the shop, but they did sell quite a few items, I remember buying a pyrex dish with a lovely rose design on the sides, (it was for my bottom drawer) This was 1965/66 and I used to buy a little bit of something every Friday when I got my wages, usually wandering around Hyde market for Tea towels, towels etc, just little bits to put away for my new home after I got married, but I couldn't resist splashing out on this lovely pyrex dish from that corner shop, and I still have the dish today!
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How lovely that people remember Robbins. Thank you, John and Trish, for sharing your memories. The mention of Morton Merrick rings bells and I'm not sure why, except that I knew a girl at Astley, Jennifer Merrick, who also lived on Apethorn in the first house of the pair of semis almost opposite the old farm. Could they be related?
Trish, it's a long time since I've heard of a "bottom drawer". I started collecting stuff for one about a year before I got married in 1965, and like you I scoured Hyde Market for bits and pieces. I never had a Pyrex dish from Robbins though, but I did have a vinegar bottle from the market - and I still have it!
- Tuesday, 12 February, 2013
- JohnT said...
Yes Susan, Morton and Jennifer Merrick were definitely related they were father and daughter. She had a younger sister called Heather.
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Yes, now I remember. What a lot of water has gone under the bridge since those days. Thanks so much John for piecing things together.
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My Dad had the butchers shop in Hyde market for many years ..Eric Richards....i have an old photo of the shop from early days i will try to put on your great site , its so good to see all these old shops ect , and the old 125 bus ,i used to catch every day to go to work at Manchester town hall, my that was such a long time ago ,,happy days , thanks so much , keep up the great work ,
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WALTHAM, Mass. -- A pair of Brandeis seniors will represent the Judges at the 2012 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships this weekend at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. On the men's side, Chris Brown of North Chelmsford, Mass., will compete in the mile run, while Kate Warwick of Boxborough, Mass., will be running in the 5,000-meters. Both will be seeded third in their respective events.
Brown will be competing in his fourth career NCAA championship but his first in 2011-12, having reached three-straight Division III Cross Country meets from 2008 through 2010 as part of a Brandeis team entry. Brown's best time of the season, came on Feb. 10 at the Boston University Valentine's Invitational, when he ran 4:05.98. That time was the second-fastest in school history in the mile run and is believed to be one of the 10 fastest in Division III indoor track and field history. Brown also claimed the University Athletic Association title in the event this season. The preliminary heats for the men's mile will be held on Friday, March 9 at 5 p.m. Central/6 Eastern, with the finals Saturday at 3:30 p.m Central/4:30 Eastern.
Warwick is making her second NCAA championship appearance of 2011-12, having qualified as an individual for the 2011 Division III Cross Country meet, where she finished 48th overall, 13 spots and about 12 seconds out of All-America status. Warwick's best time of the season in the 5,000-meters also came at the BU Valentine's Day Invitational, when she ran a time of 17:03.44. The time is the fourth-best of the season in Division III, but one of the competitors ranked ahead of her is unable to compete. Warwick also claimed a UAA title in the 3,000-meter run this season. The women's 5,000-meter run is the final individual event of the meet, taking place at 5:35 p.m. Central/6:35 Eastern.
For more information on the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships, including a full list of qualifiers and schedule of events, please visit Grinnell College's web site at http://www.grinnell.edu/athletics/mtrack/mtrk12ncaa


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Ahead of her first nude ocean swimming race, 43-year-old Sydney mother Jo Davison was a little nervous.
She had every reason to be. Australian ocean swimmers have plenty to worry about, from avoiding stinging bluebottle jellyfish and the flailing limbs of other swimmers to the sharks known to inhabit Sydney Harbor.
And of course, the issue of achieving all of that while wearing nothing.
"This is very confronting for all of us," Davison said ahead of plunging into the calm waters of Cobblers' Beach, one of more than 650 people who stripped naked to take part in last month's inaugural Sydney Skinny.
However, like many who anxiously took to the lapping waves, she emerged shortly afterwards having completed the 900m dash with her Coogee Cougars, a group of women who regularly run together for fitness, saying she felt great.
"It feels quite liberating," she said, as she wrapped herself in a sarong.
"This is something we would never normally do ... It's something that is outside your comfort zone. So, before, we felt very nervous, very anxious, and now that we have done it, we all feel great. It's a one-off," Davison added.
Davison said for her group of women it was a celebration of their bodies.
"Fortunately, we have here together a group of women whose bodies do us very proud — we've had children, we run together, we train together, we're fit, we're healthy and I think it's time we gave our body thanks for the good bits, the indifferent bits," she said. "But above all, it's a celebration of us all together."
This is just the spirit that event organizer Nigel Marsh had in mind when he had the idea to launch a nude swim which also raised money for the National Park in which is it set.
The event is not for naturists, and it is not a spectator sport, he insists.
"It's a joyous community celebration where you are pushed slightly outside your comfort zone, and you're made to feel better about yourself and the world around you," Marsh said.
"It's all ticketed, there are no spectators, no-one is going to see you. The worse that can happen is that one person sees your bare arse for one second. If you think the world is going to stop spinning because that happens, you need to get a reality check," he added. "This is about acceptance, and all the good things in life and spreading the joy."
Marsh says he wants to make the world a better place "one swim at a time" and hopes the Sydney event becomes an annual one that celebrates the spectacular beauty of the city.
A guitarist plays music for those disrobing and plunging into the water, some wearing flippers and one woman wearing nothing but a fake flower garland around her waist.
"It feels like a party," Dunstan Bertschinger said.
For more experienced ocean swimmers, such as Duncan Adams, who in 2010 swam the English Channel, the Sydney Skinny is just the latest example of the explosion of ocean swimming in Australia.
"When I first started ocean swimming in 2002, there would have been 10 or 11 events across New South Wales. There 20 or 30 every week now," he said.
At Cobblers' Beach, swimmers emerging from the water and gratefully taking the sarongs offered by volunteers at the water's edge, praised the event.
"You just feel free and it was lovely," Jeanette Adams said. "There are so many people doing it with you ... It was great. Everybody just loses their inhibitions. Lot's of fun."
"I felt free, I felt exhilarated, it's beautiful," fellow participant Rod Stanley-Jones said. "Everyone should do it. It's only once a year, so come on down next year."


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Croatia, currently the only EU member from this group, shows the most promise, not least because it now has to comply with binding renewable-energy targets. But bans on wind farm development on its coast and islands rules out the areas with the best wind resources.
Cumulative capacity stood at 227MW at the end of 2013, with 86MW added during the year. Developer Akuo Energy is working on the 42MW Ogorje wind farm, which is expected to start construction later this year, with finance provided by and Austria's Erste Bank and a subsidiary of French bank Societe Generale.
Montenegro and Serbia
Akuo Energy is also developing Montenegro's first wind farm, the 72MW Krnovo project, which is set to start construction this year.
Serbia recently passed a new energy law, which sets out a good framework for renewables development, but investors are unhappy with the model of power purchase agreement for wind, so progress has been slow. But work has started on the country's first wind project, the 102MW Plandiste wind farm in north-east Serbia.
Bosnia and Macedonia
Germany's KfW development bank is providing a EUR72 million loan for the construction of the first wind farm in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 44MW Mesihovina project is scheduled for commissioning by the end of 2015.
Closer to fruition is the 37MW Bogdanci project, set to become the first wind farm in the Former Yuoslav Republic of Macedonia.
But the government's decision to set the total installed capacity eligible for feed-in-tariffs from wind power at just 100MW by the end of the decade leaves little room for wind power growth.


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Galchenyuk, Gibson help U.S. win bronze in shootoutNHL.com @NHLdotcom
Alex Galchenyuk and John Gibson showed Sunday that the international future for the United States in ice hockey is bright and helped their nation bring home a bronze medal at the 2013 IIHF World Championship in the process.
Galchenyuk kept the U.S. alive in the third round of a shootout and scored the decisive goal on their next attempt, and Gibson was brilliant throughout in a 3-2 victory over Finland at Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
Both players are just 19 years old. Galchenyuk recently completed his rookie season with the Montreal Canadiens after he was selected with the third pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, while Gibson, a second-round pick of the Anaheim Ducks in 2011, led the U.S. to gold at the World Junior Championship earlier this year, earning MVP honors in the process.
The medal was the first won by the Americans at the Worlds since they took home bronze in 2004. Switzerland, which beat the U.S. in the semifinals on Saturday, plays Sweden for the gold later Sunday.
"We're a young team and we have a few guys who don't have any pro experience coming into this," defenseman Matt Carle told the IIHF website. "We got better as the tournament went along and got into a good position in our group. This is a good consolation."
Extra time was needed in this one after Lauri Korpikoski scored twice in a span of 3:22 midway through the third period to rally Finland.
His goals wiped out a lead the U.S. built in the first thanks to a goal and an assist each from Craig Smith and team captain Paul Stastny.
"It's tough. They wanted it, we wanted it," Finland defenseman Ossi Vaananen said. "We had a bad start, and there's no excuse for that. We tried to be ready. It's a challenge, though, for a game like this. But the USA was ready for the first period."
Gibson made 36 saves through 60 minutes of regulation and a 10-minute overtime, but Janne Pesonen beat him in the second round of the shootout.
Finland goalie Antti Raanta had already stopped T.J. Oshie after Smith lost the puck off his stick on the United States' first attempt.
Another save or miss would have meant bronze for Finland, but instead Galchenyuk calmly walked in and beat Raanta to keep the U.S. alive. Korpikoski had a chance to win it for Finland, but missed the net with his shot.
After three rounds, the shooting order changed and Finland was up again to start the fourth round. This time, Mikael Granlund, who set up both of Korpikoski's goals, missed the net with his attempt.
IIHF rules allow teams to use the same shooter after three rounds, so it was Galchenyuk again for the Americans and he made it 2-for-2, starting the celebration as his teammates spilled off the bench.


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Helicopters presumably are hovering over Kevin Love at this moment, "Goodfellas"-style, anticipating some sort of cut-and-run, Bronco-chase reaction to the Minnesota Timberwolves' re-signing Wednesday of center Nikola Pekovic.
Pekovic, you should know, reportedly received a deal worth $60 million over five years. Which, rather famously, is one more year than the extension to which the Wolves signed Love in January 2012. Since-fired exec David Kahn was adamant in not using the designated-player mechanism available to a player coming off his rookie deal to bump Love's deal (four years, $61 million) to five years. The All-Star power forward took that as a slight, on top of a pure business setback.
Instantly, the opt-out that Love did get built into the extension after the 2014-15 season was seen throughout the NBA as his escape hatch from an unhappy work situation. It's a perception that continued right through the spring after Love made some comments in a Yahoo! story suggesting he was less than a happy Wolves camper.
So when Flip Saunders, Kahn's replacement, talked with reporters Wednesday about the Pekovic signing, he was asked about the potential that Love might feel neglected anew, what with the big man next to him – who trails Love in All-Star selections, 2-0, and in Olympic gold, 1-0 – getting a guarantee until the summer of 2018.
"We talked about a lot of things," Saunders said of his recent conversations with Love. "What I've been impressed about Kevin Love, more than anything, Kevin wants to win. As we talked about Pek, he just said, 'You have to do what you have to do.'
"I think he really understands and he believes that I don't have a certain way I'm going to do things. I don't know what's been done in the past – I really don't care. So as he said, we're just moving forward, both on the basketball court and every other thing."
The Wolves do have that to explain any inconsistency in negotiating tactics. Kahn was Kahn, with whom Love did not click for a variety of reasons, and he's gone now. As a restricted free agent, Pekovic didn't have much leverage but then, coming off his rookie deal, neither did Love.
Also, there's nothing to prevent Love and the Wolves locking the double-double machine in for five seasons with his next extension. Nothing either now, frankly, from the Wolves — with owner Glen Taylor's needed blessing, of course — using the designated-player slot on Ricky Rubio so that all their main guys are together for the long term.
It might also help sell Love that his agent, Jeff Schwartz, happens to be Pekovic's guy too. It wouldn't be cool if Schwartz, in a couple of years, were to turn around and point to the Pekovic deal as a reason for Love's opt-out exit.
"This signing of Pek," Saunders said, "will in no way hinder anything having to do with Ricky down the road or with Kevin Love. … This league has proven you have to have, quote-unquote, three star-type players. Three players at their respective positions who are going to be considered probably in the top five in the league."
As for Love, who is expected to return with a vengeance this fall to delete bad mojo of his 2012-13 lost to a twice-broken hand, Saunders said his inside-outside threat is hitting the offseason hard.
"He's looking to come in at about the same weight as he did when he had his big breakout year," Saunders said, saying Love is at 242 now. "He's doing a lot of cross training. Yoga every day. Some other training, weights. … Shooting. I don't think he's over-wearing one part of his body out. He's got a great attitude, he's been very involved with both me in conversation and with our organization. I feel extremely confident that he's showing some leadership."
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What are the routine tests before surgery?
Certain tests are done prior to surgery: these tests provide your bariatric surgeon with important medical information about your health status. Consultation with a with a psychologist/psychiatrist, primary care physician, cardiologist, pulmonologist, gastroenterologist, or an endocrinologist are a few examples.
What is the purpose of all these tests? An accurate assessment of your health is needed before surgery. The best way to avoid complications is to never have them in the first place. If you are diabetic, special steps must be taken to control your blood sugar. Because surgery increases cardiac stress, your heart will be thoroughly evaluated. These tests will determine if you have liver malfunction, breathing difficulties, excess fluid in the tissues, abnormalities of the salts or minerals in body fluids, or abnormal blood fat levels.
Why do I have to have a GI Evaluation? Patients who have significant gastrointestinal symptoms such as upper abdominal pain, heartburn, belching sour fluid, etc., may have underlying problems such as a hiatal hernia, gastroesophageal reflux or peptic ulcer. For example, many patients have symptoms of reflux,, which could predispose them to cancer of the esophagus. It is important to identify these changes so a suitable surveillance or treatment program can be planned.
Why do I have to have a Sleep Study? The sleep study detects a tendency for abnormal stopping of breathing, usually associated with airway blockage when the muscles relax during sleep. It is important to have a clear picture of what to expect with a patients airway prior to undergoing bariatric surgery.
Why do I have to have a Psychiatric Evaluation? A psychiatric or behavioral evaluation is needed to evaluate your understanding and knowledge of the risks and complications associated with weight loss surgery and your ability to follow the basic recovery plan. The evaluation also helps the patient to identify support systems presently in place to make the very important lifestyle changes that are necessary for both short term and long-term weight loss.
What impact do my medical problems have on the decision for surgery, and how do the medical problems affect risk? Medical problems, such as serious heart or lung problems, can increase the risk of any surgery. On the other hand, if they are problems that are related to the patient's weight, they also increase the need for surgery. Severe medical problems may not dissuade the surgeon from recommending surgery if it is otherwise appropriate, but those conditions will make a patient's risk higher than average. Consultation and or clearance from a specialists maybe requested.
If I want to undergo one of the bariatric surgeries, how long do I have to wait?
Many factors are involved once a patient has decided to proceed with bariatric surgery. The first step is to confirm bariatric surgery is a covered benefit under your specific insurance plan. The next step is a consultation with the bariatric surgeons program. Surgery may occur within 2 to 6 months as this will depend upon the individual's readiness for lifestyle changes and the individual's insurance company's criteria.
What can I do before the appointment to speed up the process of getting ready for surgery?
Select a primary care physician if you don't already have one, and establish a relationship with him or her. Work with your physician to ensure that your routine health maintenance testing is current. For example, women may have a pap smear, and if over 40 years of age, a breast exam. And for men, this may include a prostate specific antigen test (PSA).
Make a list of all the diets you have tried (a diet history) and bring it to your doctor.
Bring any pertinent medical data to your appointment with the surgeon - this would include reports of special tests (echocardiogram, sleep study, etc.)
Bring a list of your medications with dose and schedule.
Stop smoking. Surgical patients who use tobacco products are at a higher surgical risk.


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Would you have to cons up a new list that holds a vectors contents, then use APPLY? Or could you do something that uses the vector directly.
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The best story ever about guns, cars and walking appeared in the Los Angeles papers this week.
On New Years' Day 2011, a 21 year old man, name of Dennis Vilchis
found himself in Hawthorne, trying to cross the street near the
the intersection of Prairie Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard.
He reckoned he had the right of way, the driver of a car felt differently.
So naturally enough Dennis pulled out a handgun and brandished it. Brandishing is one of the things people do with handguns. And to give him some credit he appears to have intended nothing more than a good brandishing, because he then put the gun back in his pants pocket.
At which point the gun went off and he shot himself in the leg and ended up in hospital in a serious condition.
The punchline of the story, as it was told in the LA Times, was that "Detectives are reviewing the incident for possible criminal charges."
It would be a terrible shame if Dennis found himself in jail and had to explain to fellow inmates what he did to get himself locked up.


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Question: I am a single woman, and none of my single friends has the money to take a vacation. And my married friends want to travel with their spouses. Yet everything I see is geared for two. I don't want to have a stranger as my roommate at a resort, on a cruise or on a singles trip. Do you have any suggestions so I don't have to pay the huge premium to have my own room?
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Answer: This is an age-old problem for single and older women who want to travel but don't want to get stuck with a big bill, with a whack-job roommate or with being the odd woman out.
People who are paired up aren't always welcoming to solo travelers, said Mary Ann Zimmerman, who runs SWT Tours (www.poshnosh.com) specializing in trips for women older than 50. "Traveling as a person alone is difficult," she said. "When there are men and women and they are couples, you are not invited to join them. It's just a fact of travel."
The good news is that there are more opportunities for women who want to travel, whether it's solo or with a group.
The solo traveler, for instance, will now find single cabins on cruises (Norwegian for ocean cruises and Viking for river cruises, among others). Traditionally, cruises are based on double occupancy; if you want a cabin to yourself, you'll pay for two even if no one is with you. Sometimes cruise lines will reduce or drop the surcharge; one of the easiest ways to learn about this is to have a travel agent who specializes in cruises keep your needs on his or her radar. Cruise lines are less eager (many of them, anyway) to help you find a roommate.
In that case, you may want to consider (besides scoping out people in groups you belong to, such as church or book clubs) travel matching services (Travel-Buddies.com, Travelchums.com, among others), whether it's for a cruise or some other kind of travel.
To make sure the person is a match, you must do some spadework ahead of time.
Marybeth Bond, who runs GutsyTraveler.com and whose book, "Gutsy Women: Stories, Advice, Inspiration," is now in its fourth edition, scopes out possible roommates and uses what she calls a "roommate checklist." She shared some of the questions: Do you smoke? Do you snore? Are you a night person or morning person? If you read at night are you willing to use a flashlight? Describe your morning mood.
"Call and talk to that person," she said. "And take earplugs just in case."
Bond is firm about certain issues. "I don't lend any of my things," she tells her roomies. And she makes it clear that "Just because we're roommates…don't be offended if we don't have every meal together." She recommends making it known that both parties need "alone time," whether it's to decompress or to make a call to a loved one back home.
If you're paired up by the tour company, keep in mind that you don't necessarily have to be friends, said Phyllis Stoller, whose company is the Women's Travel Group (www.thewomenstravelgroup.com). "It's a business arrangement," she said. "It's not an arranged friendship. It's a sharing of real estate."
Sound too hard-edged for you? If you've ever been saddled with a bad roommate, it's not. Treating your paired-up trip as though it's strictly business gives you leeway to raise difficult issues by using the feedback techniques you use in the workaday world. And that means not saying, "Touch my perfume again and I'll shove that bottle up your nostrils," but saying, instead, "I want to be clear again that I don't mind sharing the space, but I prefer not to share personal items. Tell me if there's an issue with that."
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