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I think that Nelson Pass is one of the classiest people period. The fact the he actively supports people with limited resources just makes me that much more proud to own his statement pieces.....I wish there were these sorts of companies catering to DIY when I was young and had hardly any resources.....
Burning Amp Sizzles in San Francisco
It was no accident that residential architect Mark Cronander, aka Variac, scheduled the Sixth Burning Amp DIY Fest for October 28, on the same weekend that the AES Convention (Audio Engineering Society) took place in San Francisco. Not only did Cronander attract a fair number of new folks who came into town for the convention, but he also scored, as a speaker, class-D amplification expert Bruno Putzeys of Belgium's Hypex Electronics.
Burning Amp drew close to 200 people to talks by Putzeys, Nelson Pass of Pass Labs (a universally admired champion of the DIY movement), and audio engineer and publisher Jan Didden of Linear Audio. Occupying an entire floor of Building C at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center, which abuts San Francisco Bay, it also offered a host of active DIY displays in its five exhibit rooms, including systems from Pass and speaker expert Siegfried Linkwitz, and some down home barbeque.
"My neighbor at Sea Ranch, Jerry Immel, who composed the music for Dallas, built the speakers," Pass told me in his room. The speakers, which had Lowther PM6 drivers with field-coil magnets, open-baffled, slot-loaded Eminence Definimax 15 woofers, and, as best I can make out from my notes, a B5 crossover, were driven by DIY Turbo and SIT2 First Watt amplifiers.
"Any amplifier that can output ½ watt can drive the top end, and anyone who has brought their own amplifiers can hook them up later this afternoon," Pass told me. "That way," he quipped, "everybody's gonna think the system sounds great."
Among the admirers of Pass and Immel's system was Dusty Vawter of Channel Islands Audio. "I've always been a Nelson Pass fan," he said. "It's great that he supports the DIY forum, and has helped see the community expand with so much enthusiasm. DIY has turned into a career for me."
Across the hall, Sydney Ma (Syyme) of Castro Valley, who works as a technician at a luxury car dealership, showed off a bi-amp system that included his own preamp and open-baffle speakers. "I spent $40 for the 15" woofer!" he proclaimed. "You can't go wrong." Next to him, Stefan Georgiev, an Application Engineer for a semi-conductor company, displayed the first fruits of his fledgling business, Acoustic Wavefront, which specializes in "art oil on canvas designer level sound quality improvement devices."
Jon Lindor of Slough House, CA (pop. 150), who maintains the radio system for the Sacramento Sherriff's Department, demmed his first hand-built 60W "Wire Hell" MOSFET push-pull amp. Built from a circuit he found online, the amp included surplus parts, Radio Shack boards, and transformers he found at a medical supply company. "I love analog meters," he proclaimed. "My main reason for coming was to meet Nelson Pass. Rather than come empty-handed, I built this." Anyone wondering what "Wire Hell" referred to needed only take a deep breath and look inside.
Burning Amp regular Siegfried Linkwitz of Linkwitz Labs demmed his latest speaker experiment. Dubbed the LX 521 because Linkwitz had "a key midrange breakthrough" on May 21, its very attractive open-baffle housing is called "Form Follows Function FE," and was inspired by Bauhaus.
"I wanted to build a speaker that has a good dipole radiation pattern with less deviation than before," Linkwitz said. "I wasn't initially concerned with looks, but I think it turned out okay." The cabinet's red hue was to match that of the Golden Gate Bridge, which could be seen out the huge room's side windows.
Linkwitz, who sells his construction plans online, noted, "I've found that there's an honor code in the DIY community, of which I'm very proud. People recognize the value they get for little outlay; they don't illegally sell or trade plans." Not too long ago, after members of the DIY community informed him that a company in England was ripping off plans for his Orion loudspeaker, he put them on his online blacklist, and word spread like wildfire. It didn't take long for the company to cease and desist.
Linear Systems, which manufactures many of the discrete JFETs popular amongst DIYers, helped make possible the snazzy red Burning Amp T-shirts for sale. Vying for attention with the free cheese and crackers on the other side of the guest speaker room, the shirts helped frame Cronander as he introduced Nelson Pass, "whom I think you all know. Burning Amp wouldn't be what it is without Nelson."
Pass' well-illustrated talk, "Amplifier Design in the Post-Modern Era," explored the design of his recent F6 amplifier, and the importance of the 2nd order harmonic in tuning an amp's sound. One of his best lines: "There are lots of nice parts out there, and they may sound better, but they're not cheap, and DIYers are cheap. Besides, if it sounds good with cheap parts, then your design gets all the credit."
Because of limited time, I skipped the other talks and returned to the exhibits. KoHo, who otherwise does AV editing and sound recording at Cable 26 in San Francisco, showed his big Zen Acousta Field Coil Driver loudspeaker. Claiming a sensitivity of 103dB, it was driven by his own electronics, which used a friend's custom-made transformers.
Bryan Levin of Sercona Audio in Santa Clara broke into a big smile. "My photo in Stereophile two years ago helped launch my business," he said. Levin must be doing something right. No less a personage than digital expert Demian Martin (Monster/Constellation/Auraliti) has been drawing on Levin's expertise with computer remote controls to perfect the user interface on the new Auraliti L-1000 music server. "He's a whiz with networking," said Martin.
Bill Mennuti, a food scientist at General Mills (as in "I make Cheerios"), showed the same Metronome enclosure speakers that he brought to Burning Amp I six years earlier. Although he acknowledged that the room acoustics were less than ideal, he said, "We get the venue we can get and make the best of it. Here we have plenty of room, and if we make noise, no one complains."
Across the way, software engineer Ti Kan of Sunnyvale, who publishes his designs at amb.org and sells circuit boards and parts, was playing kit-built Audio Artistry CBT36 loudspeakers designed by Don Keele. With MDF cabinets handsomely painted at a bodyshop, he used electronics from Benchmark, Behringer, and Hafler, and cabling both handmade and by Monster Cable to achieve some of the best sound at the show.
I caught up with Cronander, chief organizer of all six Burning Amps, near show's end. "We're heartened by all the new people in their '20s who have come," he said. "We again held our annual Amp Camp at the Brock Family farm in Sonoma County. Nelson donated components, and the average age of attendees was 25. People feel that making something themselves has greater value than buying it pre-made."
Nice writeup, Jason.
I'm sorry that I missed the event. I love the down-home vibe of the BA gigs, even in the presence of so many audio heroes. Class-D amp genius (and nice guy) Bruno Pultzis is a great add to Nelson, Siegfried, et. al.
But I am particularly bummed to have missed the Don Keele speakers (again). I have been trying to get a pair for a BAAS event, but it appears that I'd have to build them myself. Which I may do....
Hey Jason,
Thanks for the write up. Couldn't make it to the meet this year, your coverage is the next best thing!
I got into this hobby (audiophilia) when I was 12 years old and my neighbor who was in his early fifties with a daughter my age gave me his home-built HiFi because stereo was just coming (1957) and he wasn't about to buy more amplifiers and speakers just to have an extra channel. Over the years I have had home-built systems and I have had prototypes from manufacturers because they would often leave the last engineering prototype with me as they went into production or decided to not take the product to production.
While I have focused on speakers, it is great to see that Nelson Pass continues to support this hobby and seed it with parts and information as well. Burning Tree is on my bucket list and I hope to be able to have something unque and enlightenihng to bring as well.


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If Triana's friend Kim (the aspiring villainess who fell in with preppies and then went to rehab) ever returns to The Venture Bros. as a preppy-goth supervillain, she could easily outfit her henchmen and henchladies in these styles from designer Thom Browne, where embroidered pants and rugby helmets meet spiked hoods and breathing tubes.
Browne admits that his designs come straight from science fiction, with the occasional football movie thrown in. Road Warrior, Rocky Horror, Blade Runner, The Longest Yard, Despicable Me, and The Incredibles were all inspirations for his 2012 collection. The result would be perfect for the supervillain who just traded in her Lilly Pulitzer for a spandex catsuit and a pair of lab goggles.
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Marla is out of the stirrups, back in the saddle and hoping to reclaim her National Downhill and Single speed World Championship titles without a single postpartum excuse! In fact, Streb placed third in the National Downhill Championship only a couple months after giving birth to new baby, LUNA chicklet, "Nico." She then promptly broke a couple of ribs two weeks later, if for nothing else, than to prove that kid or no kid, she's as much of a highball as ever. In her downtime, Streb plugs away promoting her latest book,
The Road Century Book
, as well as Marla Streb's
Singletrack Jungle
, a mountain bike park design company set amid the jungles of Costa Rica. In '08 she will again ride for Luna and Red Bull at events like the Sea Otter Classic and Whistler Crankworx, while coaching advanced skills in between races.


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Sienna Miller paid homage to both the age of punk and her British roots in Burberry at Monday's Met Gala at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The actress took the punk theme quite literally with a white-hot gown topped with a gold-studdeded cropped leather jacket.
Sienna's wavy, slightly bedhead-like hair was elevated to a more 'done' place with a spiked headband that matched her ear cuff.
Overall, I'm a big fan of Sienna's look, though I do wish it were a bit more punk-glam for the major annual gala.
Do you think Sienna had the best punk style of the night?
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text: ALBANY - An air of anticipation hung over the media, local officials and CNSE personnel gathered in the rotunda of the NanoFab South on the campus of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Wednesday. There was an announcement to be made, but it (turned out) not to be another expansion of the College's rapidly growing facilities or a new corporate partnership. Instead, CNSE announced that the Children's Museum of Science and Technology, better known as CMOST, a hands-on learning environment in the Rensselaer Technology Park, would become part of the college. "There's only one rule, you're not allowed to swim in the aquarium," said Paul Fahey, chair of the CMOST board of directors, to scattered laughter. "Other than that, it's completely hands-on." The integration is part of CNSE's efforts to use the region's growing nanotechnology sector to drive educational initiatives, said Alain E. Kaloyeros, senior vice-president and CEO of CNSE. In line with this aim, $5 million worth of funding will be directed towards the museum over the next five years to support existing hands-on activities, new programming and interactive displays with a focus on nanotechnology-based activities. Kaloyeros expressed interest in helping transform CMOST into a flagship science museum. "Over the next two or three years, we expect the site where the museum is now will remain, but we are hoping to be able to build a major hub (at CNSE), which would probably become the main hub of operations," said Kaloyeros. "The one in Rensselaer would stay as is, but there would probably be several more nodes, if you will." First established in the basement of the Rensselaer County Historical Society by the Junior League of Troy 60 years ago, CMOST has grown in size since its founding, and popularity in the last couple of years. The museum hosted approximately 81,000 visitors last year -- 60,000 of them children -- up from 65,000 the year prior. "With the emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education we are all hearing about constantly, what better place to start STEM education than with little kids?" asked Deborah Onslow, CEO of CMOST. Onslow stepped into the position of interim CEO last summer, and will be staying on in that position as part of the agreement, but without the "interim." She was most recently interim executive director of the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy. Along with Onslow, the agreement maintains the current staff of five full-time and nine part-time employees as well as the current members of the board of directors. As part of the integration, several new faces joined the CMOST board of trustees including: Mary K. Bayly Skevington, chair of the board of directors of Girls, Inc. of the Greater Capital Region; Robert Blackman, vice-president of Realty USA; Sandra Fox, vice-president of technology operations at CHA; and Richard E. Leckerling, partner of Whiteman, Osterman and Hanna and CEO of Nfrastructure. In addition to the CNSE investment, two new members of the CMOST board of directors made donations to the institution. Tom Birdsley, CEO of EYP, made a "generous donation," said Kaloyeros, and Rick Whitney, CEO of M+W U.S. Inc., contributed $100,000. Kaloyeros emphasized that this measure was to improve an already superb institution, not to save a fiscally strained nonprofit: "This is not stepping in to save the Titanic." Ian Benjamin can be contacted at 270-1287.


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Plain Mailboxes in Mountain Lion Mail
Plain mailboxes in OS X Mountain Lion are just like folders in the Finder; you create them and name them, and they're empty until you put something in them. They even look like folders in Mail's mailbox pane. You use mailboxes to organize any messages you want to save.
Here are several ways to create a plain mailbox:
Choose Mailbox→New Mailbox.
Click the little + sign at the bottom of the mailbox pane on the left side of the viewer window.
Click the Action menu at the bottom of the mailbox pane (the one that looks like a gear), and choose New Mailbox.
Right-click or Control-click in the mailbox pane and choose New Mailbox from the contextual menu.
Whichever way you choose, the next thing that happens is that a sheet drops down with a Location pop-up menu and a field for you to type the name you want to give this mailbox. Choose On My Mac from the Location menu, and name the mailbox anything you like. Click OK, and the mailbox is created in the mailbox pane.
You can create submailboxes (mailboxes inside other mailboxes) to further subdivide your messages. To do so, click a mailbox to select it before you create a new mailbox.
You can also drag and drop a mailbox from the top level of the list (such as Drafts, Junk, and Other Dumb Mail) onto another mailbox (such as Books or any of its three submailboxes) to make them submailboxes. If you drag a mailbox into a submailbox, it becomes a sub-submailbox. And so on.
To delete a mailbox, click it to select it and then
Choose Mailbox→Delete Mailbox.
Right-click or Control-click the mailbox, and choose Delete Mailbox.
Click the Action menu at the bottom of the mailbox pane (the one that looks like a gear), and choose Delete Mailbox.


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You can protect your home now from the next hurricane to hit Florida. (NAPS)
by Jonathan Rodriguez
(NAPSI)—No state is more prone to hurricanes than Florida—for Floridians, it's
not "if" but "when" the next hurricane will strike.
Then, once the storm passes through, the real work of recovery begins. In the
wake of Hurricane Irma, it's more important than ever for homeowners to
know their options as they rebuild, strengthen and upgrade their homes.
It is possible to learn from past disasters and take steps to protect your
home from future storms, but learning the hard way can be incredibly costly.
It takes only one storm surge or a 150-mph wind gust to demolish a home.
Property owners may avoid these terrible experiences if they know how to
prepare for extreme weather. And, keep in mind, it's
not just hurricanes that can cause real damage. Powerful winds, for example,
can damage roof shingles and drive debris through doors and windows. It doesn't
matter if the wind is caused by a hurricane, a tornado or a severe thunderstorm;
the result is the same.
The most common anti-hurricane measures include installing storm shutters
or upgrading to impact-resistant windows and doors, designed to improve a
home's odds of surviving hurricane season unscathed. However, many
lesser-known projects can bring just as much benefit, if not more.
Under-the-radar improvements such as storm-ready roofing and tie-down
systems, hurricane-ready shingles, seawall installation and gable-end bracing
can increase the odds of withstanding hurricane season.
These upgrades could help you rest easier knowing your home is protected
from the harshest weather. The cost of making these improvements, however,
can be high.
Fortunately for many Floridians, there are financing options available
that can make improvements less costly.
PACE—or property assessed clean energy—financing is a way to
help Floridians create a storm-resistant home with no up-front costs. Instead
of taking out a bank loan, homeowners can leverage their home equity to pay
for their eligible retrofit, then repay the amount
over time on their property tax bill. Eligibility is based on the homeowners'
equity in their home (among other factors) and not on their credit score,
proof of employment, income or financial statements.
Ideally, the improvements financed through PACE will lower—and
perhaps even eliminate—the cost of post-storm repairs. The
storm-proofing features installed with PACE financing could pay for
themselves throughout the years.
Named one of the top 20 "world-changing" ideas by Scientific
American magazine, PACE financing also creates jobs, promotes economic
development and protects the environment in communities in which it's
been approved by state and local governments.
Learn More
To find out whether your storm preparedness or energy efficiency project
is eligible for PACE , contact YgreneWorks
at (855) 901-3999 or firstname.lastname@example.com,
or visit www.ygreneworks.com.
• Mr. Rodriguez is CEO of
American Storm Protection Corporation.
On the Net:North American Precis Syndicate, Inc.(NAPSI)


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I want to do the same in LaTeX. Which I am actually quite familiar with. Which method would you recommend to get the same layout using LaTeX? I really want to use this layout.


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For more than a decade, Asia's economies have been on the move — and so have its people. The scale of migration from rural to urban areas and across international borders is historically unprecedented, and 21st century Asia is its focal point.
In Asia's developing countries, the power and potential of remittances — the money that migrant workers send home to their families (many of whom live in poor and remote areas) — is immense. Currently, more than 60 million migrant workers from the Asia-Pacific region account for more than half of all remittance flows to developing countries, sending home about US$260 billion last year.
China, India and the Philippines are the three largest recipients of remittances, while Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam are also in the top 10. The money is often a lifeline: It is estimated that 10 percent of Asian families depend on payments from abroad to obtain their food, clothing and shelter.
However, while remittances to developing countries are five times higher than official development assistance, the enormous potential returns for society have not been realized — and can be secured only if the flow of money can be channeled into effective rural and agricultural development, particularly in fragile states and post-conflict countries. Doing so would contribute significantly to creating jobs, enhancing food security and fostering stability in countries emerging from strife.
In order to establish such channels, we must scale up key initiatives, identify new opportunities and map out the road ahead. The fourth Global Forum on Remittances, which ran from Monday to Thursday in Bangkok, planned do just that. Convened by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Bank, the forum was set to bring together policymakers, private-sector players and civil-society leaders to chart a course for leveraging the development impact of remittances sent home each year in Asia and around the world.
At IFAD, our starting point is always the 3 billion people who live in the rural areas of developing countries. We work to create conditions in which poor rural women and men can grow and sell more food, increase their incomes and determine the direction of their own lives. We believe that diasporas and the global donor community can leverage the flow of migrant investment if they form partnerships with national governments for long-term development of the rural communities that are so often the beginning of the migration chain.
More than 215 million people around the world live outside of the countries they call home. However, most families that rely on remittances operate outside of the world's financial system as well. Despite the global prevalence of electronic money transfers, most migrant workers are excluded from the convenience of modern banking services, dependent on costly cash transfers that often require rural recipients to travel significant distances.
As a result, migrant workers are forced to initiate more than 1 billion separate transactions worldwide each year. That means more than 1 billion trips for rural women and men to collect their money. Adding up the cost of the transfer, travel and time, remittances are far too expensive for people living in poverty.
IFAD has been working in more than 40 countries to ensure that rural families can have easy access to remittances and are better able to use them as savings or investments that go back into their communities. The amount of money at stake is staggering: It is estimated that over the next five years, more than US$2.5 trillion will be sent in remittances to developing countries, with almost 40 percent — coming in the form of payments of US$50, US$100 or US$500 at a time — destined for rural areas. While the majority of family remittances will always be used to meet immediate needs, IFAD's experience shows that rural families would seize opportunities to save and invest, even small amounts, if they had better options.


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If Amoeba Music were a theme park I'm pretty sure the Electronica section would be our version of Tomorrowland. I mean, for a section so chock full of retro-futuristic realness and fad-tastic appeal it shouldn't really come as a surprise that this year's best mix of backyard barbecue/SoCal beach-walk roller-skating/AM Gold yacht-rockin' jammers is currently filed under the Groove Armada bin card, humbly packaged not unlike any other CD/LP bearing the Late Night Tales standard. That's right, UK-based compilation master-curators have issued this flawless assortment of deep cuts and legit hits from the 70's and 80's Soft Rock heyday, assembled by one Tom Findlay of the aforementioned Groove Armada, under the title Music for Pleasure. The fact that the word "guilty" didn't find it's way between 'for' and 'pleasure' in the title is perhaps saying something about how these songs have come to be appreciated and accepted as a now relatively shameless sonic indulgence (unlike, say, endless deep house mixes for Burning Man survivalists which, for me, summon full-body dry heaves).
Featuring artists like Todd Rundgren, Electric Light Orchestra, Gerry Rafferty, Sugardaddy, The Doobie Brothers, Ambrosia, Robert Palmer, Boz Scaggs and so, so many more this is surely the cheapest ticket to the Indian Summer sunset vibe-ride in your mind. Put it on, turn it up, and feel your cares fade clean away, for, what a fool believes...he sees and no wise man has the power to reason away what seems to be, etc.


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Twenty-four true, wide-ranging tales of crime, history, human behavior, illness, and ethics, told from the personal perspective of the author, an eminent physician-lawyer who uses the stories to illustrate the principles of human genetics and to discuss the broader issues.
About the author: Philip R. Reilly earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, studied human genetics at the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and graduated from Yale Medical School in 1981. He did his medical residency at Boston City Hospital. He earned board certification in internal medicine and clinical genetics. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Human Genetics, and he is a Founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. He twice served as President of the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. During the 1990s, Reilly was the Executive Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Mental Retardation in Waltham, Massachusetts, a nonprofit that worked on understanding childhood and adult neurological disorders. Dr. Reilly has held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School and Brandeis University. Since 2009 he has worked as a venture partner at Third Rock Ventures in Boston where he focuses on helping to start companies to develop innovative therapies for orphan genetic diseases. Over the years he has published six books and many articles about the impact of advances in genetics. Reilly frequently works with patient groups who are concerned with rare genetic disorders.
History: Using DNA to Understand the Past
Justice: The DNA Revolution in the Courts
Behavior: Do Genes Make Us the Way We Are?
Plants and Animals: Genetic Engineering and Nature
Diseases: The Genetic Revolution in Medicine
Dilemmas: Genetic Technologies and Individual Choice
"Reilly uses Abraham Lincoln's DNA to teach the science's basics. . . . But Reilly's pace is always fast, and his descriptive powers are a joy. . . . In the end, Reilly argues that learning how genes work may be the easy part. Understanding and living with the consequences may be the harder part."
USA Today
"The technical complexity of genetics, one of the obstacles to public understanding, is a veil that can be penetrated by good writing: for example, by interesting stories about people and practical uses of genetics. In this spirit, Philip Reilly contributes 24 lovely essays about diverse uses of genetic technologies in Abraham Lincoln's DNA. . . . designed well for use in teaching or public speaking."
American Scientist
"The 21st century has begun with an overwhelming outpouring of advances in molecular biology and genetics, and the medical profession has only started to wrestle with the many social and moral questions posed by the startling progress in these fields. Indeed, as Philip Reilly suggests in this straightforward and readable collection of intertwined essays, society as a whole must confront these questions. For laypeople and professionals alike who yearn for a better understanding of genetically engineered crops, DNA fingerprinting, cloning, or gene therapy, here is a valuable addition to a small but critical literature that will frame our public discourse as we decide how to use the burgeoning knowledge of the genome."
The New England Journal of Medicine
"This enjoyable and readable book consists of 24 essays, four under each of 6 subjects that cover an impressive range of genetic topics, all currently of headline-making importance. The book is written to be accessible to the layperson but it contains much to illuminate undergraduate lectures and most students will learn a great deal from it. It will appeal to a varied readership and it is strongly recommended. . . . The author's first hand experience of ethical and public policy issues means that the book is full of fascinating examples gleaned from his exposure to genetic controversy."
Genetical Research
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SKILLMAN, N.J. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its national and regional rankings for Division II women's tennis recently, with Georgia College (16-9) taking No. 16 in the country.
The Bobcats are ranked fourth among Peach Belt Conference (PBC) schools, behind No. 4 Armstrong Atlantic, No. 8 Columbus State University and No. 12 Clayton State University.
In the region, GC is positioned fourth, again with the same three teams ahead of the Bobcats.
The Bobcat doubles team of Kayla Barksdale (Augusta, Ga.) and Bertille Lion (Lyon, France) earned the No. 24 spot in the national rankings, taking No. 6 in the region. The Bobcat pair finished the 2011 season 15-7 with a 6-5 conference mark, also earning an All-PBC Second Team slot.
Lion took the No. 14 slot in the region rankings in singles action. Also Second Team All-PBC, Lion was 11-12 in first singles, with a 7-5 PBC mark.
The Bobcats advanced to the NCAA Tournament this season, making 17-straight appearances in that regional tourney.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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About the Author
Elisabeth Barrett lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and spends her days teaching, editing, writing sexy contemporary romance, and enjoying time with her sometimes-bearded husband and three spirited children. She is constantly perfecting her home-work-writing juggling act, but in her free time she loves to hike open-space preserves, grow orchids, bake sweet things her husband won't eat, and sing in grand choruses. For more about Elisabeth, please visit her website.


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My race ready JConcepts E-Revo....
momomotorsports - Slash - PE Slash 4x4
My Race Ready Revo.
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typing 1st amendment gets you 60% helping ppl 0%
some pics from germany... :-)
and some of my other shortcourse trucks....
greetz from germany
klick http://www.hardcore-bash-crew.de and have some fun!
MiniRCTeams E-revo VXL
Please subscribe us at youtube, we will soon release the best mini revo movie so far!
Here is my mini Slash on the track. First run out of the box.
Last edited by JatoBoy666; 08-23-2009 at 02:56 AM.
Jato, Slash, baby Slash, T-Maxx, and now Summit!
just a few updates since my last gallery post...
- hopper adjustable wheelie bar, i think it is fantastic!!!
- homemade shock socks, i made them out of black rashie (rash vest) material. (licra or spandex, the stuff bathers and made of)
- five 2200mah 2s (4 new ones and 1 from another car (the shrink wrap rubbed threw so i wrapped it in electrical tape))
- tunigy accucell-6 charger, great charger...
- black dyed chassis and rockers.
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e-revo, ME-revo, micro-t, slash, DX3S
Here is my Mini running a Futaba 2.4 system and a prographics shell purchased from Liqrsicc. It is a bright dayglo orange and with th included rims I am pretty sure that I will never lose sight of it at the track or dragstrip!
After putting on the window and light stickers I couldn't bring myself to deface it any more by adding more stickers to it.
Thanks for parting with this shell Liqrsicc, you were right the pictures didn't do it justice!
Here is one with the new Dirt Hawgs mounted to the rims. They are about a quarter of an inch larger than stock so I will have to figure out what that will do to my gearing. I also had to trim the rims down some so they wouldn't rub on the knuckles.
Here is a pic of the Revo with the only other mini compitition on site at the moment. He also has a 18t that is waiting for a servo and motor to get it running. After that maybe there will be a little more action going on here.
Here is a good example of the "moondust" that we have over here it is a very fine powder that gets into everything!
The mods I had to do to keep temps down while running in the 110+ temps
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"Obedience alone gives the right to command."
Pretty much stock except a duratrax heat sink and some 70wt shock oil. I know the holes in the body for airflow are pretty ugly but its just a bashing body and it serves its purpose.
I broke the body mount doing flips at the skatepark so i rigged it untill i get some replacement parts:
Also broke the front a arm at the skatepark and used super glue and thread to repair it till i get some new parts:
Closer view:
Got Li-Po?
Here's mine
Waiting for a Jconcepts Truth body for the Mini Slash.
Here is mine with my 1/10 slash
And the Baja Revo:
take it home in a bucket
Added some new bling waiting for alum rockers & bearings should be in Thursday
anyone want to DRAG
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As fast as U can, & then a bit faster!
4tec wheels thrown on for giggles.
2 ERBEs, Merv,Pede vxl & xl5, mmm/neu rustler
Finally got my JC body back from the painter and super happy with it .
Edited for image size. Please keep all images at or below 640 x 480 pixels. -cooleo
Last edited by cooleocool; 12-22-2009 at 07:07 PM.
Here are our two MERVs. Did the bug for mine, and my son used the 1/18 Rockstar body. A little cutting and velcro, but they hold up pretty good.
Here's one of my experiment bodies for the slash. I had to make it shorter to fit the wheels right. A bit messy. I'm looking for a good rally car body, i think the little slash would work great for that.
Last edited by Elevator; 09-15-2009 at 02:15 AM.
My newest edition on super stars along with my revo on super stars wrapped with anacodas, and some of the other things I blew money on!!!
Last edited by cch1978; 09-15-2009 at 07:54 PM.
This is my mini Slash in Action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7BRlUg4QHQ
Greetz from germany
Ok let's see if this works!
Just picked up a JC Concepts Illusion body.
BlindMan Racing
Rusty - MERV - Pede 4x4-Alias
SPC Lipo Power
my baja
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LAME VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xpboLtNVfE I'll post more vids when I get some actually good video clips and change my stripped rear diff.
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Here it is , what do you guys think ? It is green too blue color changing paint but it just looks green in the pics ....
At WARN 80% and climbing !
Here is my new ME Revo that I got for an early Bday present. Brought it home and painted a lid for it. Enjoy.
Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing "RIGHT"
Here is the newest addition to my family, I figured that since I have one Slash and have already ordered the Slash 4X4 I should go ahead and get all of them. I hope that it is as fun as my Revo and full sized Slash. Well Batteries are charged and the light sets are on and waiting for us to tear up the track. Will let you all know what I think about it later.
Please keep images to 640x480 or smaller.
Last edited by carraig042; 10-27-2009 at 06:37 PM.
"Obedience alone gives the right to command."
I am racing on carpet with my Slash conversion and love it.
Needs some more detailing (the body)..but so far, so good
EMBE/ Savage X
x2 BL slash
Ultra lx1e
Here are some photo's after my first run with it.
Man this Car is AWESOME!!!!
Porkchop Racing
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Never Check a Part Again
When a new die comes into a stamping plant it typically goes through a tryout process. During this phase the primary responsibility of the stamper is to constantly measure parts and establish process parameters that ultimately help control the process. You establish process capability and continually evaluate and track process-control parameters.
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The caveat, of course, can either be a broken die, a die that requires an engineering change, a customer-requested part alteration or dimensional check, or a process that ventures out of control. In these instances the stamper must physically place parts in a checking fixture and take the necessary measurements.
Lacking such situations, however, and during regular production, stampers should work to define their process-control parameters and manage them within the control limits established early in the game.
Connecting the Virtual and Real World
Consider the typical process flow of stamping-die creation (Fig. 1). Die construction typically occurs in a die shop that also performs die tryout to ensure that part quality matches the needs of the assembly operation. This is the critical step in the process, when the parameters necessary to produce the part can be observed, defined and documented for use in the stamping plant. The end game in the die shop: Determine process parameters that will enable the stamping plant to repeatedly produce the agreed-to part.
Die shops use tryout presses to simulate production-press conditions and parameters. However they do not simulate part transfer between presses, nor do they simulate the front-of-line and end-of-line conditions in the actual production presses. This can cause variability that must be debugged in the stamping plant.
Prior to and during die design, several activities occur, including:
• Defining the blank parameters;
• Defining the production press where the dies will run;
• Formability analysis; and
• Processing the dies.
An additional factor during the design phase is computing the compensation needed for factors such as twist and springback.
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After completing the die-design stage, the die-build process shifts from the virtual world to the real world. Then the die shop must validate that the completed dies produce parts that reflect their design intent. In the virtual world, we make best guesses to determine the factors that will determine the ability of the parts to meet dimensional requirements. In the real world, adjustments must be made to compensate for any dimensional deviation from design intent. And, we must validate, during assembly, that geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) requirements are met.
Defining the Definable
So, what are the parameters that must be defined during die construction or design that must then be validated in the stamping plant (Fig. 2), to ensure the production of parts that meet the requirements of the assembly plant?
1) Blanks typically are defined during the design phase prior to simulating formability, which determines the ability of the part to be produced without excessive thinning. Here we also define the press conditions under which the job will run, to gain historical experience. During tryout in the die shop, we verify several significant factors including material specifications (n- and r-value), blank size and shape, and the lubricant and wash characteristics. When introducing a new die in a stamping plant for tryout other significant factors come into play, such as blank location on the pallet/blank gaging, cleanliness, edge and surface condition, flatness, packaging and stacking. Defining the requirements for each of these parameters plays a significant role in optimizing process control.
Note: Defining blank requirements is the least controllable parameter, since stampers typically source blanks from a vendor, where different heats of rolled steel often are used to make the blanks. This can result in blanks with significantly different properties. Thus, stampers would be wise to source blanks from a single vendor and strive to ensure consistent n- and r-values.
2) Front-of-line parameters typically are controllable within the stamping plant. We're talking about destacking, the presence of lubrication or washing compounds, and the material conditions noted above including surface and edge condition.
3) Die parameters of note: nitrogen pressure, draw-die gagging, draw-die bottoming and in-die lubricant-sprayer settings. The greatest variability to the process comes from the draw-die gauge setting—when not set correctly, this can allow the blank to shift and therefore affect the panel dimensions, as will running the dies off-bottom.
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4) The critical parameters to control at the press are tonnage, shut height (which influences die bottoming), press speed, counterbalance setup and the NC/pneumatic cushion.
5) At the end of the press line, stamped-panel quality may be significantly affected by the condition and operation of the conveyors, lift assist, end effectors, storage racks, turntables and fork trucks. In particular, take care in designing the lift assists, conveyors and racks to ensure robustness so as to not introduce variability into the parts.
6) Last but not least, validation requires dimensional checks—until sufficient process control has been established. This includes checking parts each time a die enters the press for tryout and production. These dimensional checks—typically three stamped panels per run—become the basis for establishing process controls, and provide the ability for the stamping plant to, eventually, stop inspecting parts dimensionally.
The first step at the stamping plant is to establish that the panels represent those produced at the die shop. This includes establishing and/or replicating all of the press and die parameters discussed above, as provided by the die shop. Significant issues can arise from the part-transfer automation used; panels must be evaluated after each operation to ensure that the process of transferring the blank and panel through various die operations does not cause additional distortion. The first step: Establish the formability of the panel in the draw die in the production press, replicating results from the die-verification cell, followed by ensuring panel distortion is not occurring during transfer.
Of significance here is that the material supplied to the assembly customer, as well as review of the data during the build process in the assembly plant, may result in die changes, some of which go beyond the panels produced in the die shop. To establish process control, the stamper and die shop must fully understand this feedback and make timely adjustments to address any arising issues. Also significant: Dies typically are not surface-hardened, to allow the stamping plant to make adjustments. Therefore, care should be taken to harden die surfaces as early as possible, through chroming, nitriding, etc., to minimize die wear.
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
Panels produced in the stamping plant typically include GD&T, based on past experience or the expectations of the design engineer, which provides the upper and lower specification limits at interface points. This also may be based on some level of simulation to determine the requirements. This data is used to determine the true nominal dimensions of the panel (Fig. 3) and the upper and lower control limits, based on the parameters used for the process-control elements. This can be done with the use of statistical methods based on three or more runs of three parts.
Three or more runs can be defined as data collected after the dies were moved out of the press and removed from the bolster. However, care must be taken to ensure that the variation within each subgroup is not significant, along with variation between subgroups. Calculating the upper and lower control limits without running tests for the variation described above will result in significantly greater shift in nominal and/or the control limits, causing problems down the road.
You're Happy—How About the Customer?
Once you've established process capability and the true means and upper and lower control limits of a stamped panel, the next step is to ensure that the customer (internal or external assembly operation) is satisfied with the newly established means and the upper and lower control limits.
Note: This should have been an ongoing process as material was submitted to the assembly line during the various builds, along with the three-part analysis. The assembly operation then decides if any of the requested tolerance adjustments cause a build issue. Any dimensional issues in an assembly or subassembly attributed to the stamping requires that the die process be improved to bring the nominal closer to the assembly requirements, along with the upper and lower control limits.
Once the die work is completed, a fresh batch of data must be submitted to ensure that the process capability is established to the requirements of the assembly plant. Once the assembly plant is satisfied with the mean shifts and the tolerance adjustments, process capabilities are deemed established; from here on out the stamping plant can monitor established process parameters for each of the steps, and run the dies confident in the established process-control process. No more part measuring.
Monitor and ReactOngoing, the stamping plant should develop a plan to collect process-control data—which can be automated in the controls—along with triggers to notify engineers should process parameters wander beyond control limits. And, develop a reaction plan should process control be lost. MF
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Hari, Very well written and easy to follow. Simplifing the process through a logical approach would certainly save time and money.


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1851 - Our Historical Roots On the feast of the Epiphany, 1851, 24-year-old Sr. Theresa Hackelmeier arrived at a log cabin in Oldenburg, Indiana, having ignored the social conventions of her day in order to travel alone from her convent home in Vienna, Austria, when her companion turned back. In response to the request of Fr. Francis Joseph Rudolf of Vincennes, she had come to found an American religious congregation at Oldenburg that would teach the German-speaking children of southeastern Indiana.
1936 - The Beginning Originally known as St. Francis Normal, the school became a four-year, state-approved institution which merged with Immaculate Conception Junior College to form Marian College. In November 1936, the Sisters of St. Francis purchased the former James Allison estate, "Riverdale," as a site for Marian College.
1937 - Marian College Is Born In 1937, the college moved to Indianapolis under the direction of Mother M. Clarissa Dillhoff, after securing a state charter and purchasing the Riverdale estate in 1936. Allison Mansion became the new location of Marian College. The building housed the library, administrative offices, classrooms, and sleeping quarters for the Sisters with a full time enrollment of 24 students.
Official dedication ceremonies took place on Wednesday, September 8, 1937. Bishop Joseph E. Ritter celebrated mass in the college chapel and delivered the sermon. On Wednesday, September 15, 1937 students and faculty assembled in the chapel for a mass celebrated by Father John J. Doyle; the mass marked the official opening of Marian College. In recent years, September 8 – 15 has been recognized as Founders' Week.
1948 - Expansion, Co-Education, And Accreditation Success brought a need for expansion and, in 1948, the college began an expansion program that included the addition of Clare Hall, the Gymnasium, and Marian Hall. In 1954, as Marian Hall was completed, the school became the first co-educational Catholic college in Indiana. Two years later the North Central Association accredited Marian College.
1976 - Accreditation For Teachers And Nurses The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education formally accepted all teacher education programs of the college in 1976. The Indiana State Board of Nursing approved the associate level nursing curriculum in 1977 and the baccalaureate program in 1987. The National League of Nursing has accredited both programs - the associate in 1986 and the baccalaureate in 1992.
2000 - Marian's College's Adult Programs With a long history of serving both non-traditional and traditional students, launching a degree program for adults was a natural extension of Marian College's educational mission. Marian's Adult Programs (MAP) offers bachelor and associate degrees in business.
2001 - Leadership For A New Millennium On November 2, 2001, Daniel J. Elsener was inaugurated as Marian College's eighth president.
2009 - Marian College Becomes Marian University On July 1, 2009, Marian College became Marian University. Over the past several years, the college grew and progressed through expansions of the academic curriculum; enhancing the faith dimension on campus; creating a more vibrant campus life, with the addition of a football team and marching band; and adding and renovating buildings. The new name better reflects what the institution is becoming: a great Catholic university.
2010 - Marian University Announces College of Osteopathic Medicine On January 15, 2010, Marian University announced plans to begin a college of osteopathic medicine; the first osteopathic medical school in Indiana; and the first medical school in Indiana in 110 years.
2013 - The College of Osteopathic Medicine Enrolls Inaugural ClassIn May 2017, Marian University graduated its first class of doctors.
Marian University is owned and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, a community of Franciscan religious that celebrated 150 years of faith, leadership, and education in Indiana on September 15, 2001.


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CBOT markets were stronger overnight but failed to hold onto their early gains. Volume during the day session was rather low and the lack of fundamental news was evident. We did see a sale of soybeans to "unknown" but it was already priced into the market. Poor soybean export inspections were noted for soybeans while corn and wheat were slightly better than expected. March corn closed 6 ¾ cents lower at $7.24, January soybeans up ¼ of a cent at $14.96 ¼, and March wheat 6 cents lower at $8.08.
Weather in South America still looks mostly favorable with the exception of a few dry sections of Brazil. It has been soybean demand driving price lately and it appears the funds have recommitted to long soybeans. Looking at Friday's commitment of traders report we saw 8,971 new longs and 7,643 less shorts for a net change of +16,614 contracts of beans. While they are adding to their long soybean positions they are liquidating a large portion of their corn longs. Between Wednesday December 5th and Tuesday December 11th, the managed money liquidated 37,398 of their long holdings and increased shorts by 16,074 contracts for a net change of -53,472 combined futures and options! This is very evident when looking at how much soybean prices have gained on corn during this timeframe (see chart).
January Soybeans-March Corn Ratio
Precipitation is expected to improve in the next 10 days in the US. A large system will impact much of Kansas and sections of Oklahoma and Texas bringing up to 6" of snow. With normal precipitation expected wheat markets are continuing their technical move lower. Today is the first day March wheat has settled below its 200 day moving average since June 19th 2012.
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Idaho potato prices have dipped near or slightly below the cost of production, but the market appears to have bottomed out and may be poised for an upswing, according to University of Idaho Extension economist Paul Patterson.
Patterson suspects the size profile of the 2013 spud crop — which contained a larger percentage of potatoes over 14 ounces but a 2.5 percent decline in 4- to 6-ounce tubers — contributed to price declines. He believes more crop than normal had to move through fresh sheds to fill consumer bags with small-sized tubers in demand for Thanksgiving. The glut of larger spuds likely led to increased packing of consumer cartons, which were aggressively shipped to free floor space.
Prices paid to growers have dropped steadily since peaking at $15.70 in August, prompting growers to kill vines early and flood the market in their efforts to cash in. USDA estimated the average price paid to Idaho potato growers in October was $8 per hundredweight. Prices continued eroding through November. Patterson calculates production costs, factoring in storage through October, ranged from $7.79 per hundredweight in eastern Idaho to $8.08 per hundredweight in southwest Idaho.
During the second week of October, the retail price for potato cartons ranged from $19-$24. Carton prices dropped to $17-$17.50 by the third week of November. Consumer bag prices, however, rose during that same period from $9-$12 per hundredweight to $13.75-$16.50 per hundredweight.
Patterson said Russet Norkotah prices have begun to turn around, and he's hopeful Burbanks will follow. He said there's often pent-up demand around Christmas, when spud consumption increases and packing sheds close for the holidays.
"The market appears to be stable and does appear to be starting to move up," Patterson said.
Kevin Stanger, senior vice president of sales with Wada Farms in eastern Idaho, agrees prices are currently close to production costs, but he's not worried about the carton market and believes prices will pick up as supply dwindles in the spring and summer. Stanger said movement of potatoes was slightly ahead of the projected shipping schedule as of early November.
"I think the market is staying flat. In March and April it may pick up," Stanger said.
In past years, processors have forced upward pressure on fresh prices by purchasing potatoes on the open market at the peak of fresh demand. Stanger anticipates they'll get ample supply from contract grower overages and shouldn't need to purchase on the open market this year.
Based on increasing yield trends, Patterson suggests 315,000 acres — roughly 2,000 acres fewer than the 2013 planted acreage — should be the top end of Idaho's crop. He said soft grain prices and the prospects of strengthening 2013 potato crop prices could make spuds an enticing option.
Ritchey Toevs, an Aberdeen grower and an Idaho Potato Commission board member, believes water constraints could limited spud acreage and added "at $5.75 per bushel, I can still contract soft white wheat above break-even. We're not in a position where cereals aren't competitive today."


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The first of its kind, the IDEXX milk-based test optimizes reproductive efficiency and helps milk recording laboratories expand their services
At the recent World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, IDEXX announced the launch of the IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test, the first milk-based test for detecting pregnancy as a means of optimizing reproductive efficiency in dairy herds. The ELISA-format test detects pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) to determine pregnancy status while minimizing animal handling. With a high level of sensitivity and specificity from ?35 days postbreeding and > 60 days postcalving, producers can work with dairy herd improvement (DHI) organizations to get early, accurate confirmation of open cows in less than 3.5 hours.
"Expanding the use of DHI milk samples to include confirmation of pregnancy is a simple, cost-effective way for producers to increase the efficiency of their total operation," says Olivier te Boekhorst, VP General Manager, IDEXX Livestock and Poultry Diagnostics. "At the same time, the IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test also helps recording laboratories make their herd health management programs more attractive to their customers."
The IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test seamlessly integrates into existing lab-based work flows. "We're excited to provide milk laboratories with a new revenue stream that adds value for their customers, shortening calving intervals to increase milk production and giving veterinarians the information and time they need to initiate proactive, preventive medicine," says Hannah Pearse, Marketing Manager, IDEXX Dairy.
The IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test was developed in collaboration with leading milk laboratories in North America, Europe and New Zealand and is currently available. For more information about the test, please contact your IDEXX sales representative, your local distributor or visit www.idexx.com/reproduction.
About IDEXX Livestock and Poultry Diagnostics
For more than 25 years, IDEXX Livestock and Poultry Diagnostics has focused on improving the health of the world's food animals. Personnel around the globe work closely with customers, key opinion leaders, regulatory officials and agency heads to set up diagnostic testing programs. Rigorous quality control includes ISO certification and approvals from the USDA and international regulatory agencies that ensure quality, repeatability and reliability of test results. A global distribution network, an intimate knowledge of local conditions and languages and a seasoned, experienced staff make IDEXX uniquely qualified to provide laboratories, veterinarians and producers with diagnostic tests and technologies they can trust. The IDEXX portfolio addresses more than 50 pathologies affecting bovine, small ruminant, porcine, poultry and equine species.
About IDEXX Laboratories
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is a leader in pet healthcare innovation, serving practicing veterinarians around the world with a broad range of diagnostic and information technology-based products and services. IDEXX products enhance the ability of veterinarians to provide advanced medical care, improve staff efficiency and to build more economically successful practices. IDEXX is also a worldwide leader in providing livestock and poultry diagnostic tests and tests for the quality and safety of water and milk. Headquartered in Maine, IDEXX Laboratories employs more than 5,000 people and offers products to customers in over 100 countries.


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Tuesday, February 4
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Join us for a special scotch tasting event as guest speaker & The Balvenie Brand Ambassador, Jonathan Wingo, guides us through four tastings of The Balvenie's single malt scotches paired with an assortment of chocolate desserts.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Real GEICO Customer Tony Dane SUES GEICO And WINS!
Like a story straight out of Hollywood, a Las Vegas businessman takes on behemoth GEICO Insurance Company and wins.
In 2007, following lunch with a friend, Tony Dane found his car missing when he returned to the parking lot where he parked his car. Dane promptly filed a claim with his insurance company, GEICO.
Forty days later Dane's car was recovered with significant damage. GEICO's solution to repairing Dane's car was to offer him an engine from a junk yard. When Dane rejected the junk yard engine and demanded GEICO properly repair his car, they denied his claim stating Dane stole his own car.
"GEICO put me through a living hell," stated Dane in testimony. "First they deny my claim, and then they have an investigator try to intimidate me. When that didn't work they tried to use the power of the Nevada Attorney Generals office. They were willing to throw me in jail to save $12,000 that is how GEICO operates."
As the sole custodial parent of his children, Dane feared for their future. Dane decided to take action. He hired an Attorney, who was also a friend, and sued GEICO.
However, after representing Dane for years against GEICO, his Attorney took ill and could not continue. "I was left without an Attorney and was in way over my head," Dane said as he reminisced after the conclusion of Monday's trial.
Dane decided to pursue the case as his own Attorney.
Last week in a Las Vegas courtroom Dane squared off against GEICO in a modern day version of David and Goliath. During the six day trial, Dane took on GEICO Attorney Jack Angaran , Senior Investigator Jud Beardsley and Claims Handler Greg Balmer.
Using GEICO's own letters and the Nevada Unfair Insurance Practices Act, Dane laid out a case asserting that GEICO significantly increased his costs and denied his claim based on his supposed poor financial circumstances at the time of the claim. The jury of three men and five women sided with Dane handing him a victory in his lawsuit against GEICO in a 6-2 decision. Dane later stated that if he was a more knowledgeable on the legal process he could have convinced the remaining two.
Dane said that even though he won the lawsuit the case isn't over. He hired Attorney David Mann to handle the "bad faith" part of the claim.
When asked why he is willing to take up the fight, Dane, a devoted Christian, says, "God put me in this position for a reason; the reason is not to run away and allow this corporation to take advantage of the poor."
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Bill Kristol's big plans
In the weeks since Election Day — as Mitt Romney faded into obscurity, John Boehner lost control of the House GOP and tea partiers turned on one another — Bill Kristol has been busy charting the future of the Republican Party.
Kristol was among the first conservatives to break with GOP orthodoxy on raising taxes, and he and his allies advanced their hawkish neoconservative foreign policy by pushing the controversy that sank Susan Rice's potential nomination for secretary of state.
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And Kristol is just getting started.
One Kristol-linked group, the Emergency Committee for Israel, has already aired ads targeting former Sen. Chuck Hagel, who is Obama's nominee for defense secretary and is planning a "substantial" paid-media campaign opposing the nomination. Kristol believes Hagel is both a " bitter opponent of Israel" and "very weak on Iran."
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It won't end with Hagel, either. Another Kristol-linked group, the Center for American Freedom, has signaled its intent to go after other prospective Obama nominees.
Plus, Kristol and his allies have been talking about starting a "reformist" organization to recraft Republican fiscal policies and champion a rising generation of Republicans, such as Kristol favorites Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan. The hypothetical group, modeled on the defunct Democratic Leadership Council, would join an expanding network of media platforms and nimble nonprofits for Kristol and mark an ambitious expansion into domestic policy.
There are plenty of reasons to question Kristol's bona fides for leading a Republican revival. He's indelibly linked to a couple of the most damaging recent black marks on the GOP brand — Sarah Palin's selection as the 2008 vice presidential nominee and the push for war in Iraq. Establishment critics regard him as a professional gadfly with a spotty odds-making record, while some in the GOP's populist, tea party wing see him as personifying a self-serving establishment.
But Kristol also has an enduring ability to drive the debate. He helped recenter Republican foreign policy around neoconservative ideas over the past two decades and was widely credited with helping the GOP recover from Bill Clinton's 1992 victory by shaping the opposition agenda that led to its historic midterm landslide two years later.
"The experience of having been through a big defeat before may make me more comfortable not relitigating what happened in the last election or the last fight, and I'm probably a little more radicalized now in terms of being open to fresh thinking," Kristol, 60, said last week during an interview in his office at the Weekly Standard, the influential magazine he founded and edits.


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Last year was awash with sun-soaked melodies, surf guitars and cooed love letters as from Dum Dum Girls to Wavves to The Drums, a swell of Yank bands dreamed misty-eyed of time when the hardest thing Brian Wilson had ingested was an undercooked Pop Tart and The Shangri-Las were kicking dirt at The Supremes' beehives.
West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood released their debut, Astro Coast, as the summer love-in with pop's golden era had just begun. Meeting at a party in Miami two years ago, lead singer JP (dubbed 'The Mastermind' by the rest of the band) recruited Tyler Schwarz, Thomas Fekete and Brian Black to flesh out a couple of songs he'd written. After trying to record unsuccessfully in a studio, Astro Coast was, impressively, recorded largely by JP in his dorm room during his freshman year at the University of Florida.
Taking the Beach Boys' rich, pure harmonies and wiping a dirty sneaker stain over their freshly pressed slacks with somne Black Francis-esque riffs, Astro Coast is an enjoyable tussle between light-hearted pop and grunge guitars. Opener 'Floating Vibes' takes you in a warm embrace of mellow melodies, fuzzy reverb and crisp handclaps, before 'Swim' slaps you across the face with the blood curdling anthemic screams of "quit hanging over me!" set to no holds-barred-power-chords.
'Take It Easy''s rapid off-beats and near falsetto vox sugests Vampire Weekend vacationing on the West Coast, whilst 'Fast Jabroni' omits the exuberance of an impromptu road trip with no speed limits as a two chord stomp and strings race through to a climactic end. 'Neighbourhood Riffs' instrumental continues the momentum doing what it says on the tin building into a frenzy of - duh - riffs, with Black's playful Novoselic-esque bass is the constant in the unravelling jangled madness.
But, there's always something to ease pace on the record, to help you to catch your breath and appreciate what's going. Stand-out track 'Harmonix' lacerates the valves of your heart as the gently plucked opening chords meet a lonesome drum beat that plunges into a well of echoed reverb. Closer 'Catholic Pagans' talks of whiskey shakes and Russian brides to stuttering reverb, meandering chord progressions and angelic choral harmonies. But not all the breaks are welcomed; 'Slow Jabroni' is a slightly ill-fitting six minutes of fugged out blues that fractures into a completely different and better song after four minutes – the only real misstep of the record.
Talking to the band just before the release of Astro Coast in a lightly blossoming park on a cold spring evening outside the Garage, it was clear that unlike some contemporaries, Surfer Blood aren't nostalgically re-imagining the awkwardness of growing-up, they're still very deep in it.
Over 'Twin Peaks's playful riffs and talked overdubs reminiscent of Weezer's 'Undone (Sweater Song)', JP recounts the teenage sexual frustration and the disintegration of a relationship pleading: "close contact on the couch was fine, tell me where to draw the line". 'Anchorage's' mournful guitars and sombre vocals express the crushing isolation of being stuck in a small-town as JP laments: "don't wanna spin my wheels/ I don't got no wheels to spin". Like Avi Buffalo, JP has a knack of retelling those awkward teen moments without coming off overly nauseatingly twee (like, say, Best Coast's Bethany).
Despite everything other than the drums being recorded in JP's dorm, the record shimmers with production gloss whilst still retaining an endearing lo-fi edge. 'Catholic Pagans' scaling looped harmonies are as flawless as Mike Love's and 'Harmonix' carefully layers different textures of sound without one overwhelming the other.
Astro Coast is a welcome reminder of the youthful vigour and playfulness of early Pavement and Weezer, imbibing the Sixties rule-book of good pop without coming off as a bad pastiche.
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Picturesque Cedar Key, on Florida's Gulf Coast, was once a thriving port city and railroad connection. The museum exhibits depict its colorful history and feature seashells and artifacts collected by St. Clair Whitman, the founder of the first museum.
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By the use of locally supported basis functions for spherical spline interpolation the applicability of this approximation method is spread out since the resulting interpolation matrix is sparse and thus efficient solvers can be used. In this paper we study locally supported kernels in detail. Investigations on the Legendre coefficients allow a characterization of the underlying Hilbert space structure. We show now spherical spline interpolation with polynomial precision can be managed with locally supported kernels, thus giving the possibility to combine approximation techniques based on spherical harmonic expansions with those based on locally supported kernels.
Recently, Xu and Cheney (1992) have proved that if all the Legendre coefficients of a zonal function defined on a sphere are positive then the function is strictly positive definite. It will be shown in this paper, that even if finitely many of the Legendre coefficients are zero, the strict positive definiteness can be assured. The results are based on approximation properties of singular integrals, and provide also a completely different proof of the results ofXu and Cheney.
A: New Wavelet Methods for Approximating Harmonic Functions; B: Satellite Gradiometry - from Mathematical and Numerical Point of View (1995)
Some new approximation methods are described for harmonic functions corresponding to boundary values on the (unit) sphere. Starting from the usual Fourier (orthogonal) series approach, we propose here nonorthogonal expansions, i.e. series expansions in terms of overcomplete systems consisting of localizing functions. In detail, we are concerned with the so-called Gabor, Toeplitz, and wavelet expansions. Essential tools are modulations, rotations, and dilations of a mother wavelet. The Abel-Poisson kernel turns out to be the appropriate mother wavelet in approximation of harmonic functions from potential values on a spherical boundary.
Spline functions that approximate data given on the sphere are developed in a weighted Sobolev space setting. The flexibility of the weights makes possible the choice of the approximating function in a way which emphasizes attributes desirable for the particular application area. Examples show that certain choices of the weight sequences yield known methods. A convergence theorem containing explicit constants yields a usable error bound. Our survey ends with the discussion of spherical splines in geodetically relevant pseudodifferential equations.


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Nicholas Ivie, a U.S. Border Patrol agent stationed in Arizona, was tragically killed recently while on duty.
Billy Sanders, who worked with Ivie at the Naco station, turned to online fundraising to help Ivie's wife and two daughters. His Web page on GoFundMe raised nearly $30,000 in a few weeks and is well on its way to a $100,000 goal.
Raising money online, or crowdfunding, is the new model for everything from music albums to video game consoles.
Last year, crowdfunding platforms helped artists, entrepreneurs and companies raise about $1.5 billion. Fundraising sites will probably double that number by the end of this year.
Some crowdfunding campaigns make headlines periodically by raising jaw-dropping amounts of money. For example, OUYA, an Android-powered gaming console, recently raised more than $2 million its first day on Kickstarter and $8.6 million overall.
Thanks to crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe, however, it's easy for regular folks to ask for help funding mission trips or covering unexpected medical and funeral expenses.
You can create a free personal donation website at GoFundMe in just a few minutes. You can raise funds for just about anything — a creative project, a small business startup or a honeymoon trip.
It's a great place to bring in money for sports teams, schools, charities and volunteers. The site even raised $46,000 to provide shoes for America's tallest man!
Many people use GoFundMe to help friends and family members cover the cost of medical, veterinary and funeral expenses. One woman, for example, raised more than $134,000 for her brother's cancer treatment. The donation page for a wounded survivor of the Aurora, Colo., shooting reached $140,000 in a day and is now approaching $200,000.
So how do you get started? First, you create a free donation page. This is an opportunity to tell your story.
Put some thought into explaining why you need the money and how much it means to you. You can easily share this page through email and social media to quickly spread the word.
GoFundMe has you set a fundraising goal, but unlike other sites you're under no obligation or time limit to meet the goal. Donations are transferred to you as they come in. Fundraisers aren't expected to give away freebies to backers.
GoFundMe does deduct a 5 percent fee from each donation you receive (4.25 percent for certified charities and nonprofits).
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To guard against fraud, GoFundMe won't add a donation page to the search directory until it's reviewed and several conditions are met.
You must connect an authentic Facebook account to the GoFundMe donation page. Facebook accounts that have a low number of friends and no photos will be rejected.
Donation pages are also required to have a photo or video of you or your group — clip art, logos and other graphics aren't allowed.
Finally, your page must raise $100 in online contributions before it can be publicly listed.
If you want to make donations, give money only to individuals you know and trust. Pages from nonprofit groups display a Certified Charity banner.
ChipIn is another site that helps you raise money for personal causes. It requires you to have a PayPal account.
ChipIn creates widgets that you can plug into your social media pages and, if you're a blogger, WordPress and TypePad.
You specify your fundraising purpose, a funding goal and a deadline. Viewers click the widget to donate. ChipIn does not charge fees, but money is collected through PayPal, which may charge processing fees.
Of course, you can create your own PayPal donation link. But a ChipIn widget draws more attention. It also provides details about how you will use donations.
Donors Choose is a specialty crowdfunding site just for teachers and parents who want to help them.
Teachers can request supplies for a specific project or extracurricular activity. Once the goal is met, the site delivers the materials directly to the teacher's school. Books and tablets are popular requests.
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The first official image from Darren Aronofsky's Noah has gone online. The biblical epic stars Russell Crowe as the eponymous flood-avoider, and the impressive cast also includes Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Durand Martin Csokas, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Arnar Dan, and Mark Margolis. Aronofsky previously tweeted a picture of the arc under construction, and this first image from the film doesn't hold any major surprises. However, while the hair, make-up, and the costume are what you'd expect for the character, it would be a mistake to think that Aronofsky has a run-of-the-mill biblical epic in store. Aronofsky takes big chances, and that's why he's one of the best directors working today.
Hit the jump to check out the full image. Noah opens on March 28, 2014. [Update: We've updated the article with the full high-resolution image.]
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Hello, there! Well, we are entering the third term of the trimester and it's time for us to find out how much we have achieved during our time together. Our final project is an interesting assessment exercise... Where we will working different skills like writing, speaking, listening and reading. We'll practice:
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- How to work in groups to collaborate, cooperate, share, teach and learn together.
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Original Trinity Hymnal, #146
Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates!
Behold, the King of glory waits;
The King of kings is drawing near,
The Saviour of the world is here.
Life and salvation he doth bring,
Wherefore rejoice and gladly sing:
We praise thee, Father, now,
Creator, wise art thou!
A Helper just he comes to thee,
His chariot is humility,
His kingly crown is holiness,
His scepter, pity in distress.
The end of all our woe he brings;
Wherefore the earth is glad and sings:
We praise thee, Saviour, now,
Mighty in deed art thou!
O blest the land, the city blest,
Where Christ the Ruler is confessed!
O happy hearts and happy homes
To whom this King in triumph comes!
The cloudless sun of joy he is,
Who bringeth pure delight and bliss.
We praise thee, Spirit, now,
Our Comforter art thou!.
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