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WyvernRH wrote:Kid_Carbine wrote:This headlight bracket mounting point is so widely seen on British bikes from the 30's through to the 60's [& probably beyond in both directions] that I had at one time formed the opinion that they might have been a legal requirement over there.
<snip>I know that if I should ever be fortunate enough to secure a top end Hobbs, Bates, Hetchins or other truly classic frame the first thing to go will be any of these ghastly brazed-on additions that the Brits seem to think are so necessary, quote]
Erm, yes the lamp braket was a legal requirement for a long time, plus your racing bike was often your commuting bike in those days. I will warn you that if you do ever aquire a top quality 40s/50s Brit frame and mutilate it by removing the lamp bracket and mudguard eyes I will have no hesitation in dobbing you in to the VCC in the UK who will no doubt send over a highly efficient hit man to persuade you of your folly
No, the lamp bracket braze on was never a legal requirement in the UK. The UK had/has legal requirements in relation to lighting/reflectors/white patches on mudguards/bells etc but never regarding braze ons.
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531db wrote:[quote="WyvernRHErm, yes the lamp braket was a legal requirement for a long time, plus your racing bike was often your commuting bike in those days.
No, the lamp bracket braze on was never a legal requirement in the UK. The UK had/has legal requirements in relation to lighting/reflectors/white patches on mudguards/bells etc but never regarding braze ons.[/quote]
Yup, totally correct, that was sloppy and hasty phrasing. What I should have said was to be out and about legally after lighting up time you need a front light affixed to the bicycle and thus a lamp bracket of some sort. Some fitted in the headset stack, some attached to the handlebar clamp bolt and some clamped to the r/h fork blade where the much discussed braze-on fits. There were also some really dodgy lamp mounts that clipped over the handlebars that wobbled, slipped, scratched everything and were generally useless.
Now with the crappy lamps then available (Ever Ready electric or carbide)the best place to put a lamp to get maximum light spread and see where you are going is low down near the road surface ie the fork blade. (this is the opposite of the 'to be seen by others' position which is high up) The clamp on the fork brackets were deadly as they had a habit of loosening on rough surfaces and swinging into the front wheel, also marked the paint and metal. The other types were either permanant or hard to remove heavy bits of steel bolted to the frame or fittings. If you had the fork braze on you had the light in the right position and could easily remove the lamp bracket with one bolt when you got to the time trial and all that was left was a relatively light braze-on.
Remember, you normally cycled to the meeting with your tubs on the carriers, the meetings started VERY early in the morning and therefore it was dark when you left home.
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That is a Beast of a trailer for sure! Does it have brakes on one or both axles?
I have wondered about using bedliner paint on top of the normal paint job for the front parts of the trailer, including fronts of fenders. Mine take a beating from stuff that is kicked up from my truck.
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Let's assume for a moment that a professional dog groomer wouldn't mind being scratched, bitten, or outright mauled by your dog, who will dependably freak out at the sight of a nail trimmer or clipper. Let's assume for another moment that your dog groomer has to use restraints, muzzles, and other implements with which to control your maniacal hound.
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Bathing: True, few dogs enjoy being scrubbed to a sweet smelling sheen, but if your dog understands the sit, down, and stay commands, your bathroom might be saved from a tsunami of dog hair, dirty water, and soap bubbles. Puppy training should include plenty of bath time, so she grows accustomed to this shower of affection.
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In Ohio, manufactured and mobile homes are subject to one of three different possible property tax treatments: the manufactured home tax using a depreciation schedule; the manufactured home tax that is like the real property tax; or the real property tax. Table PD-2 pertains to the first two methods of taxation: i.e., manufactured homes that are taxed either under a depreciation schedule or like the real property tax (ORC 4503.06).
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Adamia plans to conduct research in Ireland and Northern Ireland on issues of nationalism and unionism. In the spring, he will arrange an exhibition of his photos and films, which he will combine with relevant texts. The exhibit will be open to public.
Odenheimer will conduct and co-moderate five informal meetings between former special-units teams of the Israeli army and young Arab-Israeli leaders, and will blog about the experience. The project is "catered towards the kind of people who likely would never otherwise go to a coexistence event," he says.
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#1 Groin Searches are Abhorrent to Muslims - Gitmo07-21-2013, 01:42 AM
Gitmo Inmate Searches Banned Because Groin Searches are Abhorrent to Muslims
Things that arent abhorrent to Muslims include underwear bombs, smuggling weapons and stabbing guards. Also terrorizing a country to the extent that passengers are groped in airports.
Theres a pattern with rulings such as these. If the judge had determined that groin searches are a general civil liberties violation that would be one thing. But this is a special privilege and entitlement for Muslims.
It would abhorrent to just about everyone. So why grant Muslims special privileges in this regard? Does having a recognized cultural and religious aversion to a universally abhorred procedure really provide special rights to be exempted from it?
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the military to stop touching the groins of detainees at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, when they are moved from their cells to speak with lawyers. >>>
But fortunately Americans dont have a cultural or religious aversion to being murdered by terrorists.
Colonel Bogdan introduced the new procedures in May, after a raid in which guards forced protesting detainees into lockdown in their individual cells. After the raid, officials said they found improvised weapons.
And what about the American Ambassador who was sodomized before he was killed? Was that not abhorrent to Muslims? We don't care for it either, but that doesn't stop the TSA... after 3000 Americans were killed by these thugs. Popularized by the first Mooslim President (worshipped in all 57 states according to American Pravda).
Liberalism is just communism sold by the drink.
Meanwhile as you read this the TSA is still feeling up children.
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I don't mean to be a pain, but isn't the point of Guantanamo to have these prisoners outside the reach of federal judges and the ACLU?
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The Man Who Wasn't There
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Tell it to the media execs: A large part of the Ethan and Joel Coen's success lies in their refusal to embrace formulas. The Coen Brothers' unmistakable style—delightful or confusing—is instantly recognizable as unique. Lush black-and-white film noir The Man Who Wasn't There is another step forward for them.
Billy Bob Thornton plays Ed, a quiet chain-smoking barber caught in the glaring headlights of life. His 1940s Americana existence consists mainly of the barbershop, a cold marriage to Doris (Coen regular Frances McDormand), and interior monologues captured by voice-over narration. He's approached by a get-rich quick dry-cleaning scheme and decides to try a little extortion on his wife's fulsome boss, with whom she's been having an affair. Murder, misattributed guilt, a hyperactive lawyer (Tony Shalhoub) and a teenage temptress (Ghost World's Scarlet Johansson) soon careen into Ed's formerly uneventful life.
The Man Who Wasn't There lives in the Coen Brothers' parallel universe of off-kilter characters, unique pacing, and—particularly in this film—lovely cinematography. Sure, it's painstakingly brainy and a little hermetic, but the one-two punch of Coen direction and Coen dialogue give everything a delightful grounding.


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Changing up the hardware in your kitchen or bath is a great way to achieve a whole new look with relative ease. Shopping for hardware at a big-box store, however, can be a mind-numbing experience; after ten minutes wandering those endless aisles, everything starts to look exactly the same. But at Bauerware, a cabinet hardware showroom in the Castro, hardware shopping rises to a whole new level of fun.
Founded by San Francisco-based kitchen and bath designer Lou Ann Bauer, the showroom is a veritable wonderland of knobs and pulls, with a selection that ranges from high-quality versions of classic beauties to whimsical options like carved animal heads and vintage fifties-era plastic knobs.
Bauerware is a fairly small shop, but it's packed to the gills, with floor-to-ceiling shelves of galvanized steel drawers displaying their wares. Hardware fixtures of all kinds are available here—door knockers, coat hooks, towel bars—but knobs and pulls are their specialty. I don't think it's exaggerating to say there are choices to suit any possible style or purpose. Hand-carved baby's head knob for your changing table? Check. Glazed ceramic Chinoiserie pull for your Zen bathroom? Check. Knob in the shape of your dog's breed for the drawer where you keep his treats? Check.
If you're looking for cheap hardware, Bauerware is not the place, and the only downside of shopping here is that most of the selection is on the high end, which increases the likelihood, of course, of falling in love with something you can't afford. Still, they do have some nice low-budget options; it's worth browsing their online shop to check out the range. Their website even offers some helpful tips for hardware shopping.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Evan Patak and the U.S. Men's Volleyball team lost it first set of the 2007 World University Games Saturday but shook it off and went on to defeat Japan 3-1 in Pool C play at Assumption University.
Scores of the match went 25-20, 19-25, 25-23, 26-24 in favor of the U.S., which is now 3-0 at the WUG after blanking both Germany and Sweden.
"I thought that we were okay in game one, we made a lot of errors to start game two, and gave them a pretty good margin and comfort level," said U.S. head coach Alan Knipe. "Then in game three, we faced the first real gut-it-out fight that really showed we want to play well, we want to win these matches and we're going to lay it out. And, in game four, it could have gone either way all the way to the end. I thought our guys did a great job of keeping their composure, waiting for their opportunity, and when they got it, they made the plays down the stretch."
In the third set, the lead changed hands nine times. Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) recorded two aces late in the set to give the U.S. a two-point lead at 23-21.
"I'm really happy with the fact that we've been tested now," said Knipe. "We lost a set, and we went overtime in a set in points, 26-24, and we had to come from behind. These are all good things for us to build on as we go through the tournament."
Patak led the team in scoring for the third consecutive match, collecting 16 today for a total of 47 points in the Games.
Four other players also posted double digits in scoring: Robert Tarr (Long Beach State) with 15 points from 15 kills; David Smith (UC Irvine) with 12 - 11 kills and one block; Andrew Hein (Pepperdine) with 11 and Paul Lotman (Long Beach State) with 10, including two aces.
Patak and Hein also shared the team high in blocks with three apiece.
The U.S. continues play in Pool C Sunday vs. Poland at the IMPACT Convention Center. The team wraps up pool play on Monday against Chinese Taipei, also at IMPACT.
The 2007 Summer World University Games run from August 8-18. Team USA consists of 144 athletes - 68 women and 76 men. Overall, more than 140 countries will be participating, and nearly 8,000 athletes will compete. The World University Games or Universiade, which include both summer and winter versions, are held every two years for student-athletes between the ages of 17 and 28. Eligible athletes must be registered for a full course of study at a university or have obtained their degrees within a year of the Games. The World University Games, sponsored by FISU, the International University Sport Federation, bring together top collegiate athletes from around the world for 11 days of competition in a multi-sport Olympic-style event. The U.S. entered the Summer World University Games for the first time in 1965 and hosted the 1993 Games in Buffalo, N.Y.


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Hi, DQ here. Dagon posted a comment to another entry so interesting I thought I'd post a new entry on it. In response to my question as to what he would do, Dagon said:
[C]omplete independence from middle-east oil; a consistent foreign policy which advocates human rights everywhere and not just where it's financially or politically expedient; a cessation of the subsizing of american companies which employ slave labor abroad in places like indonesia and malaysia; reppelation of the policy of preemption; and a mandate to secure our infrastructure via port security, border stability and immigration reform.
Let's take these one at a time:
Complete independence from middle-east oil — I doubt there is a reader of this blog, on the left or the right, who would disagree with this as an end goal. Dagon doesn't suggest a single method of accomplishing this (in a later post he does suggest ethanol, though he doesn't say where he thinks we'd get enough of it to power a truly large number of vehicles), but it set me to wondering why we don't set this as a serious goal. Rather than each side picking their favorite energy alternatives, why not do everything? Why not nuclear and solar? Wind and geothermal and shale and off-shore drilling and ethanol and hybrids and hydroelectric and coal and anything else we can think of to increase our energy supply? [Note: we should also work to reduce demand, but increasing supply is more practical and can be done with very little sacrifice.] Let's do it!
[A] consistent foreign policy which advocates human rights everywhere and not just where it's financially or politically expedient — it's hard to imagine anyone disagreeing with this statement, either. The question is not whether we advocate human rights everywhere (we already do) but what tactics will best assure this outcome. For example, Dagon takes America to task for supporting the current regime in Saudi Arabia. I largely agreee, though I'm open to the suggestion that any conceivable alternative government in that country would be even worse than the current one. But this discussion is about means, not ends. It's not about who supports human right (we all do) but about how we get there from here. Let's remember that the next time we are tempted to start throwing stones at each other.
[A] cessation of the subsizing of american companies which employ slave labor abroad in places like indonesia and malaysia — Here again, one would be hard pressed to find a single soul who supports the use of slave labor. The problem here is in the definition of slave labor. Also, one needs to be careful not to impose an American view on the laborers. If an American company builds a plant and hires people for 50 cents an hour who would otherwise be starving to death, both the American company and that worker benefit, even if the wage is woefully low by American standards. By the way, this is one my father, one of the most conservative peopel I know, would agree with Dagon completely on, but as a way of protecting American jobs at high wages by eliminating the cheaper foreign competition.
[R]eppelation of the policy of preemption — Don't know what to make of this one. It looks like Dagon is saying we must be reactive, not pro-active, that we must always let the other guy have the first shot. I disagree, but I'm open to discussion if I've not got Dagon's idea right. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the point entirely.
[A]nd a mandate to secure our infrastructure via port security, border stability and immigration reform — Again, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who would disagree with any of these ends, and Dagon doesn't suggest any means for accomplishing them. Everyone wants secure borders, a secure infrastructure, port security and immigration reform. The question, as usual, is what means we use to accomplish these worthy ends.
Overall, I'm struck by how completely, or nearly so, Dagon's ends are unobjectionable. Yet he presents them as if they are somehow controversial. Let's have a dialogue that begins by recognizing that we agree on the above ends and discusses what means we use to get there. Seems to me that will be far more constructive than questioning each other's commitment to obviously proper ends.


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The Human Genome Project provided information vital to a broad spectrum of research underlying human biology and medicine. As a next step, large-scale study of the variation of genetic information between individual humans will provide insight into the effect that natural variation in genome structure has on human health and susceptibility to disease.
Information about human variation has been used to construct a haplotype map of the human genome, HapMap, which will speed the ability to map genetic variantsassociated with disease, drug response, and other medically important phenotypes to an unprecedented degree.
However, we still do not completely understand the "normal" range of human variation present in populations to provide a basis for understanding the variations that result in disease.
The sequence-based Survey of Human Structural Variation aims to characterize common structural variants that are larger than 5 kb, such as multi-base insertions/deletions, inversions, translocations, and duplications. The approach entails sequencing the ends of fosmids and BACs from multiple individuals. This strategy can be efficiently scaled with current technology and is complementary to efforts to obtain human structural variation information by other technologies.
The initial implementation plan for this initiative calls for sequencing ~0.4X coverage in fosmid ends from up to 21 individuals, and BAC ends for a few additional individuals. End sequence will be compared to the reference sequence. Clones that are discrepant with the reference will be fully sequenced. In addition ~5 Mb worth of regions will be selected and fully sequenced from 48 individuals, in order to provide a standard for studies of structural variation. Clones that identify structural variants will be retained and provided as a community resource. In the longer term, the structural variants will be genotyped for integration into the HapMap.
However, this large multi-year initiative must remain flexible enough to take into account new information and analyses. In addition, new sequencing technologies may offer significant advantages towards pursuing the overall aims., NHGRI has thus assembled a steering group to help implement and guide this initiative (See: Group Rosters). The steering group is charged with monitoring progress, analyzing the data to ensure that the goals are being met, suggesting mid-course modifications where they are scientifically justified, selecting the regions for full sequencing, and consulting with NHGRI about which clone resources should be maintained for distribution.
A white paper (See: Human Genome Structural Variation ) provides a full project description.
As with all NHGRI initiatives and projects, data are made available immediately through the NCBI Trace Archive. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Samples are available through the Coriell Institute.
Table: Fosmid libraries used for the structural variation survey.
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Ceremony held to name and launch operations of remotely operated vehicleUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology recently held a ceremony to name and launch operations on a new remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that will extend its vertical reach to 6,000 meters, or over 3 miles, in depth for ocean exploration in the state and throughout the Pacific Basin. The Lu'ukai, meaning "sea diver," will complement the capabilities of the existing fleet of UH-manned, remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles.
After several successful shore-based tests, a traditional Hawaiian blessing and naming ceremony took place on Friday, October 18, 2013, at the UH Marine Center. Kahu Kekoa of Kamehameha Schools invoked the mana of all people present to tie the name Lu'ukai to the vehicle. Now, the Lu'ukai is going on her maiden voyage on the R/V Kilo Moana for further testing before being opened up for scientific use. Follow Lu'ukai's adventures on twitter @LuukaiROV or follow along on Facebook (Friends of HURL, https://www.facebook.com/hurlsubs).
DOER (Deep Ocean Exploration and Research) Marine designed and constructed the Lu'ukai for maximum maneuverability and mission flexibility. It will support operations at the ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO) and provide submersible capability for research on the two large UH research vessels, the R/V Ka'imikai-O-Kanaloa and R/V Kilo Moana. Equipped with manipulator arms, lights, sonar, and high definition still and video cameras, the ROV has the ability to collect specimens; characterize substrates on the seafloor; capture video and still images of activities and surveys; monitor water column properties; install, connect and test seafloor equipment; and perform other specialized tasks.
"This new capability for deep ocean exploration has been made possible through the scientists and engineers at HURL and throughout SOEST, working together with DOER Marine, to make the Lu'ukai a reality," said Sandy Shor, Associate Dean for Research at SOEST. "It's been exciting to see how they have addressed the science requirements and the engineering challenges. It's truly been a team effort."
The Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), which already maintains two deep-diving manned submersibles, the Pisces IV and Pisces V, will play a large role, along with other SOEST personnel, in maintaining and operating the Lu'ukai. SOEST researchers will embark on the ROV's first scientific mission on December 2, 2013, to add new capabilities to SOEST's Aloha Cabled Observatory.
For more information on the Lu'ukai, visit http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/UMC/cms/h6000-rov/.
For more information about the Aloha Cabled Observatory, visit http:// http://aco-ssds.soest.hawaii.edu/.


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I would think that the rigors of the first year of law school would put even more strain on the already daunting first year of marriage. Of course, it all depends on your relationship and the kind of people you and your SO are/will be.Best of luck!
I'll be married in June and am starting law school in August. My SO is starting med school though, so I don't expect eitehr of us to have any free time. The upside to that is at least I won't be distracted or feel abd that i'm studying all the time. p.s. planning a wedding is the biggest pain ever, i don't see how you the posters above are planning a wedding during their first year!
I got married last June, and my husband is probably moving far away with me so that I can go to GW. He's really supportive and I think it will be great to get some exposure to a new city and explore it together. I plan on treating law school like a 9-5 job, maybe even 8-6pm so that when I get home, we have time to have dinner and watch TV together.


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DUNLAP — On Jan. 15, the Dunlap Community Unit District 323 School Board members sat passively and listened to residents speak out against teacher layoffs and program cuts proposed to close a $2.1 million budget deficit.
At a special board meeting Monday, the community will hear from the board.
"We listened to the concerns and ideas from the people, and I trust that (Superintendent Jay Marino) has come up with some modifications to the proposal based on the feedback," board President Amy Fairfield Doering said Friday. "Now we have to come to consensus. That's the work that needs to be done at the table."
The budget deficit mitigation plan — teacher layoffs, program reductions in fine arts and physical education classes, increased student fees and a freeze on administrative salaries, among other items — could be policy as early as Monday evening. The agenda reports only that the proposal will be "reviewed" by the board on Monday. The announcement of the meeting on the district's website states that "there will be no board action taken in regards to the budget."
That's because "board action" is not required to implement most of the provisions of the plan to close the deficit.
"We consider 'board action' (to be) a formal roll call vote on action items," Marino wrote in an email conversation Friday.
The proposal could become policy with a more informal gathering of consensus of four of the seven board members.
"At some point in time (at the meeting), I'll 'ask the question' of the board and go around the table with something like 'are you in support of the revised budget deficit mitigation proposal,'" Marino wrote Friday in response to questions. "If I have four board members who are, then I've been given direction. If there are 'yes, but …,' then we'll continue discussions until I have four or more board members that are in support."
The only board action required would be the subsequent laying off of teachers dictated by the action of the deficit mitigation plan. That would come with the approval of a reduction in force (RIF) list that is tied to specific jobs in the district. That vote would likely occur in March or April.
Monday's meeting is at 6:30 p.m. in the Ridgeview Elementary School commons.
The board also is expected to ratify a new three-year teacher contract, approved Sunday by the teachers. The contract gives teachers the equivalent of 2.6 percent raises, on average, each year of the contract.
The public will be allowed to comment after the board has finished its discussion for the evening, but not engage board members in two-way dialogue. If consensus is not reached on the deficit plan, a second meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Banner Elementary School commons.
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Dunlap School Board will review plan, but without taking a roll call vote
DUNLAP — On Jan. 15, the Dunlap Community Unit District 323 School Board members sat passively and listened to residents speak out against teacher layoffs and program cuts proposed to close a $2.1 million budget deficit.


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County Undivided Local Government Revenue Assistance
Funds: Amounts Distributed within Counties by County Budget
Commissions by Subdivision or Subdivision Class, Calendar
Year 2006
Table LG-8 shows the total amount of money distributed within
each county from its County Undivided Local Government
Revenue Assistance Fund (CULGRAF) during 2006, by subdivision
class. The total amount distributed was $94.6 million. The
total for all municipalities for 2006 was $46.3 million, the
township total was $11.1 million, and the counties retained
$35.6 million. The amount received by each individual city
and village from the CULGRAF is shown in Table LG-9. The
total distributed to cities was $40.8 million while $5.5
million was distributed to villages.
Figures shown in Tables LG-8 and 9 are derived from surveys
filed by county auditors with the Ohio Department of
Taxation. Four counties did not submit calendar
year 2006 data for this report; previous year's information
was used in place.
Each of Ohio's 88 counties has a CULGRAF. The county receives
money for this fund from the portion of the state local
government revenue assistance fund allocated to the county
from state income, sales, use, public utility, kilowatt hour,
and corporate franchise taxes. Beginning in July 2001,
however, the "percentage of revenue" funding mechanism and
the fund allocation formula to counties were suspended. In
calendar year 2006, each CULGRAF received the same amount it
received in calendar year 2005. All of the money
received by a county for its CULGRAF is distributed within
the county to eligible subdivisions: municipalities,
townships, park districts, and county government itself.
Monthly distributions to subdivisions of CULGRAF monies are
based on percentage shares determined by the County Budget
Commission. Those percentage shares may be arrived at
according to the "statutory" method, which is designed to
yield a distribution reflecting the respective "needs" of the
various governmental units. This method calls for a review of
each subdivision's proposed expenditure requests and a review
of its various revenue sources, according to specific
statutory guidelines. In most counties, budget commissions
apportion under "alternative" methods which include factors
other than, or in addition to, "needs." In 2006,
however, the "alternative" and "statutory" methods were
temporarily superseded by the percentage shares used during
the prior year (HB66, 126th General Assembly).
For additional data concerning amounts allocated from the
State Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund to each county
for budget commission distribution, see Table LG-6.


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Daniel Crain, former U.S. Army specialist
"If you are a veteran looking for a degree in engineering, science or mathematics," he said, "Clarkson offers you the opportunity to get a world-class education."
The 28-year-old physics Ph.D. candidate said he is grateful to Clarkson for participating in the Yellow Ribbon program. "This allows me to go to a good private institution at a low financial cost."
Crain said he has gained valuable academic and research experience. "As a researcher, I feel that I have learned skills that I can use for the rest of my life. As a teaching assistant, I have been able to gain valuable experience teaching introductory courses in physics. "
While in the Army, Crain was stationed at Fort Drum, NY, Camp Sears in Uijongbu, South Korea, and at Camp Anaconda in Iraq. Officially, he was a 35H Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment support systems specialist. "My primary duties were to maintain and repair electronic and physical test equipment," he said.
Originally from Cincinnati, OH, Crain currently lives in a small town called Sandy Creek in Oswego County where he also attended SUNY Oswego for his BS in Physics. Both are not far from Fort Drum.
"Clarkson appealed to me because of the quality and type of research that I could do here," he said. "I was interested in doing research that could lead to a job in the future." His primary area of interest is lithium-ion batteries, which are used in many consumer electronics and are being considered for use in electric vehicles. Crain has also been involved in research into the electrochemistry of chemical mechanical planarization, which is used in the production of microprocessors.
By the end of the year, Crain's research group will have moved on to studying silicon and dye-sensitized solar cells, but he hopes to continue researching lithium-ion batteries. "As for my long term goals, I hope to finish my PhD by 2012 and from there I hope to get a job as a researcher in industry."
Clarkson has been a positive experience for Crain. "I like the research that I am able to do as well as the friends you make along the way," he said. "I will remember my friends and fellow researchers."


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KALAMAZOO -- Kalamazoo police say a 34-year-old man wasn't armed when an officer fatally shot him in a hotel lobby.
Chief Jeff Hadley says Jacob Grassley failed to obey orders by officers who caught him Thursday night at the Best Western Hospitality Inn. He was being pursued as part of a domestic assault investigation.
Hadley says his department is conducting an internal investigation of the shooting. He says a woman had told police that she believed Grassley had taken three weapons from her Kalamazoo home.
Grassley wasn't facing any charges in the Kalamazoo area. But the police chief says there were two warrants for his arrest in Bowling Green, Ohio.


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"Bob" Jack Ackerman, Sr., 84, passed away peacefully at the Tidewell Bradenton Hospice House on Oct. 11, 2013.
"Bob" Jack Ackerman, Sr., 84, passed away peacefully at the Tidewell Bradenton Hospice House on Oct. 11, 2013.
He was born in Ft. Madison, Iowa, on May 13, 1929, to Velma Mellinger and Jack Ackerman.
Bob's passions were basketball, raising racing pigeons since he was 10 years old, training dogs and horses. He won many trophies competing in western horse shows.
He raised and trained 65 birds to race up to 500 miles and won numerous awards while competing in the American Racing Pigeon Union.
He coached women's basketball, volleyball and softball. Bob was the winning coach for Spoon River College 1988 women's basketball. He was interviewed by Joe Ginger, local TV newsman and close friend, numerous times. In 1990, he received a patent for a basketball rebounder he invented. He was 2X National Free Throw champion by sinking 396 consecutive baskets.
At 57, Bob was All American Long Jump in the 12th Annual Senior Olympics in Sanford, Fla., capturing the decathlon title, five gold, two silver and one bronze medal, receiving an invitation to compete in Russia for the United States. He also won top position in 12 events at the World's Veterans Games in Oregon.
He retired from International Harvester in Canton. In 2001, the Ackermans moved to Bradenton, Fla.
Bob is survived by his wife of 61 years, Colleen Ackerman; his son, Bob Jack Ackerman, Jr. (Ann) of Illinois; his daughter, Tonya Pracht (Roger) of California; and four grandchildren, Shauna Reed of California, Terra Pracht and Nick Ackerman of Hawaii and Bob Jack Ackerman III of Illinois.
Bob was preceded by his daughter, Tina Reid, and his four sisters, Lorraine Reed, GeorgiAnna Bobinott, Virginia Ackerman and his twin sister Betty Sims.
The family is grateful to Tidewell Bradenton Hospice House for the wonderful care Bob and his family received. His family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials in Bob's memory may be made to Tidewell Bradenton Hospice House, 2504 34th Ave. W, Bradenton, FL 34205.