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It is finally fall. I started my morning by eating breakfast while watching the leaves fall from the trees; it's almost so much it looks like rain. After I finished eating, I grabbed my broom and tried to sweep off the front porch but before I could even walk back into the house the pathway was covered with leaves again. The air is so crisp I could have stayed out there all morning, brushing leaves away. I have my recipe for chili sitting in the kitchen and I'm excited to have it with some apple cider this week. It's a beautiful time of year.
I probably don't need to remind you that this is also Physical Therapy Month. I am celebrating by starting to plan attending the APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in February. I am not an APTA member and I haven't ever attended the CSM before, but since it is being hosted in Chicago this year it is close enough and something I definitely want to experience. Some of the course descriptions sound very interesting; there are too many to choose from! I have to do a little more investigating how the conference works, such as if I can just go to whichever courses interest me or if there is a more structured sign-up to be at the courses.
At the Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association state meeting in April 2012, I will be presenting with three other clinicians regarding acute-care practice in a critical illness setting. We have been meeting monthly to organize the material and prepare for a four-hour course. There is so much information to explain and a lot of thought goes into deciding the most effective way to present it. I'm hoping that by attending the CSM in February, I will be more confident for my own public-speaking opportunity just two months later!
I remember one of my clinical instructors was planning to attend the CSM while I was her student. She was so excited to go. She explained to me how the CSM is her annual time to reconnect with old classmates, focus on new material and learn new research she would implement at work throughout the rest of the year. CSM was also time for her to travel and spend some needed adult time alone without her children. Now, CSM isn't that to me, but it was fun to see what the APTA events mean to other people.
I'm sure your presentation will be excellent! I look forward to reading about your experience.
I think it ultimately comes down to that- I feel like the APTA does send a message that members "must fit our paradigm" instead of finding ways to help the members, although I don't have any substantial evidence to support that feeling. Think of the countless ways other unions survey the needs of their members, whereas the APTA sort of floats along without much input.
Lisa, Thanks for your candid response.
A conundrum, does the APTA not meet our needs and therefore we don't join, or does the APTA not meet our needs because we don't join?
It is interesting that nearly 90% of the physios in the UK belong to the CSP (Chartered Society of Physiotherapists) including myself. It could be because one is automatically a member of their trade union then. It could just be part of the culture. I find that they actually represent the bulk of my views and lobby lawmakers here in a way that I support.
The ethos of the APTA still seems to be "you must fit our paradigm" rather than the organization working to fit the needs of the practicing professionals.
Happy Physical Therapy Month! (We don't have that over here)
Cheers, Dean
Ohhh the dreaded APTA debate! I have thought about blogging about the subject, but people tend to be very opinionated about either being a member or not, so I just try to stay out of it.
Initially, my decision was completely financial. I was a new grad learning how to budget money for my overwhelming loan payments and I just could not justify the money for seemingly little in return. The APTA website at that time was difficult to use (upgraded since then) and I didn't see any majoy benefits to being a member.
Now, I work in a setting where very few of my coworkers are members. Maybe 1 or 2 out of 20-30 therapists. Membership does not impact my annual performance review and does not appear to be a priority. I use other websites to catch up on my research. I have friends in other careers- accounting, for example, and it is standard practice for employers in that field to pay for their membership to the national association. Not the case in physical therapy.
So I haven't made the plung to become a member again, although I understand the APTAs mission better now than I did when I graduated from school. Maybe I will change my position after attending the CSM!
I'm curious as to your rationale for not being a member of the APTA. You seem to fit the bill of exactly the type of person they would want as a member. What influenced your choices?
PS: I'm sure you'll be fantastic with your presentation!


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From what I remember, I found that if you're doing batch updates, using JDBC
batch updates improves performance greatly with Derby. Using
PreparedStatements alone was much slower than other DBMSs such as MySQL or
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Van Couvering" < email@example.com>
To: "Derby Discussion" <email@example.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: Thread on Derby on The Server Side
> Thanks, Sunitha, for looking into this! It would be *great* if you
> posted this to the server side in response to the "Derby is slow"
> judgement out there. If for whatever reason you are uncomfortable
> doing this, let me know, and I'll be happy to do it with your OK.
> These seem to be the two most common mistakes: assuming a database is
> transactional when it's not really (doesn't sync to disk) and not
> preparing statements. We ran into this at Sun as well with a group doing
> performance tests of Derby.
> We should have a "cheat sheet" for things people should look at when
> doing internal benchmarking of Derby and make sure it's front and center
> on our web site...
> David
> Sunitha Kambhampati wrote:
>> I took a quick look at the benchmark at polepos that is mentioned in
>> the thread on theserverside , specially the bahrain test. This test
>> uses Statements instead of PreparedStatement for the select queries.
>> ( see BahrainJdbc.java where select queries are like "select * from
>> bahrain where LicenseID=" + i
>> One important performance tip is to use PreparedStatement with
>> dynamic markers instead of Statements. This can show considerable
>> improvements.
>> If you use Statement with literal values as in the case above, that
>> will involve derby having to compile a query plan for each of the
>> statements which affects performance. Using PreparedStatement with
>> dynamic markers ('?') avoids unnecessary compilation cost , and thus
>> faster.
>> So for example - if you are executing the query above(in 1st para)
>> with different LicenseID values, using a Statement will involve
>> compilation cost for each statement executed. But in case of
>> PreparedStatement, the query would be ' select * from bahrain where
>> LicenseID=?" and the statement is compiled only the first time or when
>> the optimizer thinks the plan is stale.
>> Check out the tuning manual for more details :-
>> http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/tuning/ctunperf18705.html
>> http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/tuning/ctundepth29804.html#ctundepth29804
>> ---------
>> Also I think, sometimes default behaviors of databases are different
>> and this can lead to different performance out of the box - some key
>> factors such as the default isolation level, I/O syncs on a commit or
>> not. When I looked at the docs for HSQLDB and Pointbase last, I saw
>> that by default they dont force a sync call to the disk on a commit.
>> Sunitha.
>> ps: There are some more differences documented in Derby-110 comments,
>> and also in Dan's blog entry.
>> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?roll=-6&blog=397
>>> Daniel Noll wrote:
>>>> David Van Couvering wrote:
>>>>> Note there are suggestions Derby is slow. If anyone wants to chime
>>>>> in on some of this, that would be great. We don't want the "word"
>>>>> to get out that Derby is slow if it's based on poorly designed
>>>>> benchmarks or misconceptions...
>>>>> http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=35729
>>>> Derby does have an inexplicable 8-12 second wait when creating or
>>>> opening a database where HSQLDB has no noticeable wait, which
>>>> doesn't hurt on a server but on a desktop client it's a bit of a
>>>> problem. It really makes our unit tests grind too, since we use a
>>>> fresh database for each test case.
>>>> But that being said, at runtime (which is normally what matters) we
>>>> haven't encountered any noticeable slowdown using Derby over HSQLDB.
>>>> Maybe someone has some quantitative figures though, instead of these
>>>> qualitative experiences.
>>>> Daniel

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Two men arrested for mocking gruesome murder of soldier on Twitter
TWO men have been arrested for making alleged offensive comments on Twitter about the murder of a British soldier.
Complaints were made to police about remarks that appeared on the social networking website, which were of a racist or anti-religious nature.
A 23-year-old and a 22-year-old, both from Bristol, were held under the Public Order Act on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred.
Detective Inspector Ed Yaxley said: "On Wednesday evening, we were contacted by people concerned about comments made on social media accounts.
"We began inquiries into the comments and at around 3.20am two men, aged 23 and 22, were detained at two addresses in Bristol.
"The men were arrested under the Public Order Act on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred. Our inquiries into these comments continue.
"These comments were directed against a section of our community. Comments such as these are completely unacceptable and only cause more harm to our community in Bristol.
"People should stop and think about what they say on social media before making statements as the consequences could be serious."
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Obama's values… thanks to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright
|Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the Black Value System, written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee, chaired by the late Vallmer Jordan in 1981.
Dr. Manford Byrd, our brother in Christ, withstood the ravage of being denied his earned ascension to the number one position in the Chicago School System. His dedication to the pursuit of excellence, despite systematic denials, has inspired the congregation of Trinity United Church of Christ. Prayerfully, we have called upon the wisdom of all past generations of suffering Blacks for guidance in fashioning an instrument of Black self-determination, the Black Value System.
Beginning in 1982, an annual Black Value System – Educational Scholarship in the name of Dr. Byrd was instituted. The first recipient of the Dr. Manford Byrd Award, which is given annually to the man or woman who best exemplifies the Black Value System, was our brother, Dr. Manford Byrd.
These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered. They consist of the following concepts:


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Sensitilization program in Hetauda
Nepal is a disaster prone country due to its steep terrain, a rugged and fragile geomorphic
condition, high peaks and slopes, volatile tectonic processes, variable climatic condition, very
rural topography and other factors such as increasing population, poor economic condition,
unplanned settlement, low literacy rate etc. Earthquake, floods, landslides, lightning often
occur causing enormous physical damages and losses of human lives. Nepal is ranked 11th in
terms of risk from earthquake according to global report on disaster risk as per 2003.
Earthquake Risk Reduction and Recovery Preparedness (ERRRP) program initiated by UNDP/BCPR (Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery) with the support of government of Japan is a regional project. This being a National Implementation (NIM) project of UNDP, the implementation responsibility of the project will be with the Government of Nepal. Therefore, UNDP/ERRRP project, has, therefore been continuously strengthening the Earthquake Risk Reduction Management capacity of its selected municipalities of 5 development regions of Nepal since June 2008. It includes capacity building through training, sensitize people and giving awareness as well as establishing linkages with partners at different levels to maximize efforts to be prepared for and respond to disasters more effectively. The main goal is to reduce the impact of potential earthquakes on seismically vulnerable communities in Nepal.
Accordingly, with the joint effort of UNDP/ERRRP project and Hetauda Municipality had organised the half day sensitization program on earthquake risk reduction and preparedness for community members and municipal officials on September 26, 2008 at Motel Avocado in Hetauda Municipality. The objective of the sensitization programme was to sensitize all the community members and municipal officials of the municipality on Earthquake Risk Reduction and Preparedness. In this programme, causes and effects of earthquake, how to get prepared before earthquake, preparedness planning and issues of NBC implementation process and the strategies to be adopted by the municipality for effective earthquake risk reduction were covered by the experts in the relevant fields.
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next weekend is my comeback tri.
compared to the first time, i hope i can say that i have improved on my swim and bike, but not with the run. it has always been a tough balancing act to do all 3 events while maintaining decent times for each leg too.
being a newbie last year, there was not much pressure because there was no basis for comparison yet. there was no record of prior performance. unlike last year also, there were side bets between first time triathlon enthusiasts (me and neil) and an ironman veteran (commish), but this year, it is more personal.
they say that triathlon is a one-man event. you do everything on your own. if you lose, you lose by yourself, but when you win (in what ever way you can think of) you celebrate with your friends and teammates.
this one would be against myself. my previous time when i was literally a newbie.
i think that is more challenging.
can the sneaky newbie take advantage again of his older (supposedly more trained) self?
let the fun begin! :)
you can place your side bets now! :)


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Annapurna is significant in that it was the first 8000-meter peak ever climbed. The 1950 first ascent via the North Face was immortalized in Maurice Herzog's book "Annapurna", the sine qua non of mountaineering literature. It took 20 years for another team to succeed on the mountain. The 1970 ascent of the South Face of Annapurna by Chris Bonington's team was a landmark in the history of mountaineering. This is a mountain that is among the most familiar of mountains, yet one that is very rarely climbed.
Annapurna is a series of peaks in the Himalaya, a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world and one of the 14 "eight-thousanders". It is located east of a great gorge cut through the Himalaya by the Kali Gandaki river, which separates it from the Dhaulagiri massif. Annapurna is a Sanskrit name which is translated as Goddess of the Harvests.


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AAM President Ford W. Bell has been invited to testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on May 12, 2010. This subcommittee oversees funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Department of Education and many other important federal agencies and programs.
If you have received an IMLS grant, now is a perfect time to let your Representative know how important that grant is to your museum and how you used the grant funds.
Personalize our IMLS letter template or find contact information for your legislators
"IMLS grants play an important role in helping museums serve their communities, but each year only a small fraction of highly-rated grant applications are funded," said AAM President Ford W. Bell. "I look forward to reminding Members of Congress that museums are essential in their communities—as partners in education, as economic engines, and as keepers of our national heritage—and urging them to support a significant funding increase for IMLS."


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In 2008 Julian Dyer, 46, faced a conundrum. He was catering a large event, feeding 300 diners per hour. The dishes needed to taste and look good, and be easy to cook and keep warm until staff took them out. His solution was to cook the meals in ceramic pots. 'Ceramic keeps things at an even temperature,' he said. 'I thought it would be the best way of presenting something that worked with the environment.' He was overwhelmed with guests asking where the pots came from, and an idea was planted.
Dyer, a former stockbroker who left finance in 1993 to pursue cooking, had spent the previous few years catering events for thousands of people, but it 'clicked that maybe I should be doing something in retail'. He decided to develop a range of dishes in pots and recruited a friend and fellow chef, Adam Penney, to help. 'I thought the restaurant skills we had learnt to cook for large numbers could be put into wonderful individual pots.'
At first the pair focused on savoury products such as cottage pie and lasagne, but a lack of facilities (they were working in a tiny kitchen) and the higher risks involved in working with meat soon convinced them to concentrate on desserts instead.
'It is a lot better than having a silver-foil apple crumble that you turn out on to a plate and throw the foil away' (LOUISA SERVICE)
Using high-quality ingredients such as Madagascan vanilla and Devon cream, they developed four classic British desserts: a citrus posset ('we put the lemon and the lime juice in at the last second – it gives an amazing flavour because we're not cooking out all the juice'), an apple crumble, and a sticky toffee pudding and a chocolate and orange pot, both of which won Great Taste awards last year.
The ceramic pots are central to the products' attraction. 'It is a lot better than having a silver-foil apple crumble that you have to turn out on to a plate and throwing [the foil] away,' Dyer says. He studied ceramics at A-level, and wanted to include certain pastel colours. He found a family-run firm in Valencia, Spain, which would make them, but 'it was hard to get the right colours. The number of times they sent them back and I said, "No, that's not what I ordered."' Eventually he worked out how to use white clay, instead of earthenware, to create the shades.
The early days were difficult: money was tight, and perfecting the pots was a struggle. 'I started doing a product that was too big,' Dyer said. 'Then I made them too small. At that point I was thinking, "Can I carry this on?" '
A breakthrough came in 2011 when Selfridges began stocking the puddings. Later that year Waitrose started selling them. Other stockists now include Booths and Whole Foods.
The company has grown rapidly. In 2012 Pots & Co was making about 1,500 desserts a week. In May last year they moved to a bigger kitchen, in north London, and the week I visited, at the end of last year, more than 10,000 pots were being produced by hand by 12 staff. By summer Dyer plans to be making 40,000 a week, including three new flavours: passion-fruit and blood-orange cheesecake, salted-caramel and chocolate, and baked mocha cheesecake.
It can take 40 attempts to perfect a recipe. 'Our first day here we didn't set the lemon possets, so we made 400, 500 that all went in the bin,' he says. 'It happened with the chocolate pot, too, when we overcooked it. The challenge is moving up the levels. When you're making 10, it's fine. When you're making 100, it's OK. When you're going from 100 to thousands and they all have to be of that quality, it's hard.'
Customers tell him they recycle the pots, breaking them up to put under flowerbeds or making desserts in them. 'My daughter went to school the other day for a thing where they had to bring in spices,' he says. 'Two of the kids brought their spices in my pots.'
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Enjoy the live impressions of the VW L1, the most fuel-efficient car in the world, from the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Now the idea of the one-liter car has been resurrected. VW's biggest news at the Frankfurt auto show was the L1 concept, a prototype that "is close to production" and "will be developed," the company says. Three ingredients were needed to make it happen: a supremely efficient powertrain, great aerodynamics, and lightweight engineering.
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text: If you're thinking, "Wasn't Bill Maher just here?" you are correct. But there has been an election since his summer appearance, Sarah Palin is lobbying for everyone to befriend the North Koreans and a bunch of entertainers have gone in and been released from jail. Come on, that's too much material for the political commentator and host of HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" to pass up. He gives his cynical take on these current events on the stand-up stage. 8 p.m. Friday at Star Plaza Theatre, 8001 Delaware Place, Merrillville, Ind.; $115; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com


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TWO GAINSBOROUGH teens have appeared in court charged with assault.
Rhys John Cole, 19, from Riseholme Road and Wade Peter Daniel Malone, 18, from Riby Close appeared at Lincoln Magistrates Court last week where they denied assaulting a male on 26th August.
Both were bailed until 14th February when he must reappear before Magistrates in Lincoln for committal to Crown Court.


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"This is now officially the world's largest anti-disco rally! Now listen—we took all the disco records you brought tonight, we got 'em in a giant box, and we're gonna blow 'em up reeeeeeal goooood." — Chicago DJ Steve Dahl during Disco Demolition Night which took place on July 12, 1979
It may be hard to believe given its presence on radio stations even today, but not everyone caught disco fever in the late 1970s. Like a lot of trends, it began to suffer from being too much of a good thing as it permeated every facet of pop culture. There were disco-themed movies, disco-themed TV sitcoms, and disco-themed albums by artists who had no business dabbling in the musical genre (The Ethel Merman Disco Album, anyone?) Fashion was influenced by disco. There was even an electronic Milton Bradley game called the Dizzy Dolphins Disco Game.
It didn't help that rock and roll performers were dabbling in disco: Rod Stewart recorded "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?", Paul McCartney experimented with "Goodnight Tonight" and The Rolling Stones had a big hit with "Miss You." (Keith Richards admitted that he and Mick Jagger frequented disco clubs and were fans of the sound.) But most rock and roll fans were less than enamored with the musical crossover. At the 1979 GRAMMY Awards, many rockers lost out to disco performers, sparking rumors that rock and roll was in serious trouble and about to fade away for good. Thirty-five years ago this month, a Chicago DJ named Steve Dahl wrangled their angst to his advantage in what would become a disco inferno for real: Disco Demolition Night.
It's important to note that not every rock fan was a disco-hater. Online forums on disco's demise reveal that some people pretended to hate it to avoid friction (and teasing) from their friends. Others grinned and bared it because the discotheques were where the single ladies hung out. But a lot of music historians believe that the backlash against disco was at least partially motivated by racism and homophobia, as many disco songs became adopted anthems for the gay community, and were written and/or sung by African-Americans.
Dahl had a personal reason to loathe disco. In 1978, his radio station changed its format from rock to disco and fired him (though some sources claim that Dahl quit). He then went to work at a rival rock station where he was vocal about his falling out with his former employer. Soon, he attracted a legion of listeners and fans that he nicknamed "The Insane Coho Lips." The slogan for his fan club became the aptly-chosen "Disco Sucks."
"That's where it really started," Dahl would say in an interview years later. "While I was still on [WDAI], I would be talking about how ridiculous it was to have a 24-hour disco station. Like who's going to dance to a 20-minute Donna Summer song in the car? Back then, disco was more of a cultural thing than it is today. It seemed like [disco] was trying to take the place of rock and roll, which is why I found it kind of irritating."
Dahl also recorded a novelty song mocking the musical genre called "Do You Think I'm Disco?" (a parody of Rod Stewart's hit) about a disco dancer named Tony who eventually converts to rock and roll and melts down his gold jewelry to make a Led Zeppelin belt buckle. The song poked fun at fans of the disco culture and the men who frequented disco clubs with their chest hair-baring open shirts and perfect hair and the "cold" women they hit on.
Dahl then organized several immature and smaller scale anti-disco rallies for his Coho minions. At one such event, Dahl's followers hurled marshmallows at a promotional van for a newly-opened teen disco at a local mall, and even chased the vehicle into a nearby park. At least one incident ended in fisticuffs as police were called to disperse the crowds. When disco artist Van McCoy died suddenly on July 6, 1979, Dahl mocked his death by destroying his hit record, "The Hustle," on the air.
These antics were child's play compared to what would become known as Disco Demolition Night. The anti-disco demonstration was to take place at Comiskey Park in Chicago on the evening of July 12, 1979 between a doubleheader game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. The White Sox agreed to Dahl's demonstration because ticket sales were dragging that year and they wanted to fill seats. Attendees could get in for just under a dollar if they brought along a disco record they wished to see destroyed. The plan was to blow up the pile of vinyl on the middle of the field in between the two games, and the event received heavy promotion on Dahl's sponsoring radio station, 97.9 WLUP-FM.
The park's capacity was just under 44,500 seats. Dahl and WLUP expected approximately 20,000 people to attend (for contrast, the previous night's attendance had been a mere 15,520), and extra security was hired. What happened next has become a study in how a crowd can quickly get out of control.
The event's promoters couldn't have predicted that nearly triple the estimated amount of attendees would descend upon the stadium the night of July 12, 1979. Those who didn't have a ticket for admission did what anyone would do in the days before heavy security: they jumped the turnstiles, climbed over fences and took advantage of windows left open.
Even before the actual demolition event, the crowd got high and worked up. Large banners declaring that disco sucked were hung from the seating decks. The sweet smell of marijuana drifted into the stadium. Firecrackers, lighters and empty liquor bottles got tossed onto the field. The players were warned to keep their helmets on at all times. Mike Veeck, son of the park's owner Bill Veeck and one of the event's supporters, declared, "This is the Woodstock they never had."
The first game ended at 8:15 PM. Less than a half hour later, Dahl took to the field wearing a helmet and army fatigues. He hopped into a Jeep and did a lap around the field, as his worked up Cohos showered him with beer and firecrackers. The box of collected disco records was in the middle of the field, rigged with explosives.
Some attendees, fearing that events were about to escalate, tried to leave early with little luck. Stadium security padlocked gates in an effort to keep the intruders out.
Dahl detonated the records, leaving a damaging hole in the middle of the outfield. That's when all mayhem broke loose, as thousands of disco-despising attendees stormed the field. The batting cage was ripped apart, and bats were stolen (one of the thieves that night was the late actor Michael Clarke Duncan.) Grass was ripped up and a bonfire started as the crowd ignored Veeck's instructions to return to their seats. Chicago police were called in wearing full riot gear to get the situation under control. Though there were no deaths from the event, several people were injured and 39 people were arrested for disorderly conduct.
The field was deemed unplayable, even after an hour of debris clean up. The second baseball game had to be cancelled due to the deplorable condition of the field.
Local news stations covered the event. Dahl himself comes across as halfway funny and likeable when discussing why he dislikes disco so much in a pre-event interview:
The following day, Dahl downplayed the turn the event took, saying, "I think for the most part everything went wonderful." His DJ career remained intact but Mike Veeck, as one of the event's promoters, suffered repercussions and resigned the following year, and was unable to get another job in baseball for many years.
Columnists writing about the incident heavily believed that homophobia and racism were the motivating factors behind the Cohos' intentions. But it's important to point out that Dahl himself has never said anything about disco that could be considered offensive in that respect. "The worst thing is people calling Disco Demolition homophobic or racist," he said years later in an interview. "It just wasn't…we weren't thinking like that." Even Harry Wayne Casey, singer for KC and the Sunshine Band, felt that Dahl was just behaving like an idiot, and meant no harm to anyone.
There is another way of looking at the event that took place in Comiskey Park that night. It was indicative of a time when music mattered, especially to youth, and when the public had more sway over the type of music that was being beamed across the airwaves in America.
Nonetheless, Disco Demolition Night proved itself to be the imminent first nail in disco's coffin at that moment in music history. By the early 1980s, American radio stations had turned to playing New Wave, punk rock, reggae, dance-pop, and….good old fashioned rock and roll. But disco has never truly died. Its rippling effects can still be heard in music by Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue and countless others. Flip through your local radio stations and you're bound to find an oldies or easy listening station that still plays Donna Summer. Dahl's event may have put a crack in disco's mirror ball, but it still spins on.


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Ask a Law Question, Get an Answer ASAP!
Thank you for your question
My name is Clare
I shall do my best to help you but I need some further information first.
In what way was the Mortgage invalid and are you in a position to return the funds?
Please ignore the site pop ups they are deeply annoying
Could you be more precise about the specific ways in which you believe there have been breaches of the various statutes as at present it is a little confused and it is important that i can follow the thread (and yes I have done a great deal of residential conveyancing)
However you also need to be aware that if you are claiming that the deeds are invalid you also need to have plans in place to repay the monies received (without interest of course)
The case that is referred to in that article does not say in fact relate to the dating of the deed later.
It also confirms that there is an Equitable Mortgage in existence in that case and does not make the point you think about the Power of Attorney.
I appreciate that I have only skim read it and may have missed what you saw - can you guide me to the paragraph in the Judgement that you are referring to
I am sorry for the delay - I have been checking all the details - it is fascinating reading and I wished to be certain that I had a good grip on it
I can understand how the approach that this gentleman has taken in presenting the appalling way that he was treated looks as if it has wider implications.
However as ever the devil is in the details
In fact the reason why his mortgage deed was not valid (although an equitable mortgage IS confirmed) is nothing to do with when the witness signed or when the date was added - all of which were in fact said NOT to be relevant - it was about the fact the TRustees were treated as a corporation and not as individuals as they should have been
This does not have any relevance to your position
I am afraid that the rest has no legal validity - this is not a gift that creates mythical money - that is the same as saying that paper money is not valid as it is a "promise to pay the bearer" which of course is now simply pretty wording and not legally enforceable.
By all means fight the Receivers - but if you do it based on this case law you will fail because yours is NOT a family trust.
I am sorry - and I have looked into all the details in the hope it could work - but much of the arguments he puts forward on these sites are NOT the ones that won the case in court


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"I`ve taken so much criticism on my life that has just been completely unjustified, you know, a fabrication of the hardcore left," King said. "I`d want to see whatever evidence that is before I comment on it."
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ANCHORAGE - Anders Gillis had a premonition that something bad was going to happen as he strapped on his roller skis for a training session.
Thinking it might be a day he would fall, he dug around in his car, pulled out a helmet despite the warm temperatures in Fairbanks and said a prayer.
"It was almost like the Lord was trying to tell me something," he said Wednesday. "I said, 'Jesus, I pray that you'll protect me today.' "
Five minutes into his training session, he was fighting for his life.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks skier was attacked by an adult pit bull that knocked him down, bit him in the arm and buttocks and tried to drag him off. Gillis, 19, is 6-foot-4 and 175 pounds.
Last Friday, he planned to roller ski a bike path along Farmers Loop. The busy rural road starts at the university and arcs north over Fairbanks to the east side of the city.
He double-poled to a house where he had seen the pit bull before, always on a chain, but nearly choking itself trying to get off.
He heard a noise, looked left and saw the dog off the chain, bearing down on him.
"This dog just blind-sided me and hit me to the concrete," Gillis said.
Roller skis are short skis with wheels. Athletes wear ski boots that attach to skis with bindings.
Gillis thought the dog would knock him off the tippy roller skis, he said, but he did not expect the attack that followed. The helmet may have saved him.
"If I had gotten knocked out, it would have been all over," he said.
As Gillis screamed for help, the dog locked on to his right arm and dragged him.
Just one car was in the roadway, but the driver made a U-turn and came to his assistance, honking the horn.
The dog released his arm and Gillis tried to scramble up.
"I thought it was going to grab my neck," he said. Instead, it bit him just below the neck as he got to his feet.
The dog attacked again, biting and locking on to his left buttocks. He went down again and the dog dragged him.
"I could only use my left hand," Gillis said. "I was swinging my ski pole at it."
A woman appeared from the house and called the dog. It ran off and she put it into the house. Gillis yelled at her, "What are you thinking? Why do you have a dog like that?"
The attack lasted 20 to 25 seconds. Gillis has skid marks on his body, and an X-ray indicated the dog's teeth had hit his bone.
The dog's owner has signed paperwork for the dog to be destroyed.
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The City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning (Lead Agency) will be preparing an environmental impact report (EIR) for the Mobility Element Update (proposed project). The EIR is a technical document that analyzes the environmental impacts of the project, identifies ways to lessen those impacts and clarifies environmental issues and choices. It is used to inform the public of the potential effects to the environment, and also as a resource for decision-making bodies such as the city's planning commission that will decide whether to approve or deny the project, or to demand that extra efforts be made to mitigate negative side effects of the project. As part of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process, we are requesting your comments about what should be analyzed in the EIR.
As outlined in the Notice of Preparation (NOP), the EIR will address the following issues: air quality, acquisitions and displacement, land use and planning, noise and vibration, safety and security, and traffic and parking.
The EIR for the Mobility Element Update will address all modes of circulation on the City's street network; the primary tasks include the following:
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Effective vaccine procurement requires a solid understanding of procurement mechanisms and systems, vaccine market dynamics, and the elements of vaccine pricing:
Vaccine pricing is becoming increasingly complex and multidimensional at a global level and in certain country contexts. Contracts now include elements such as assured volumes, upfront payment, multiyear contracts, bundling of products, discounts and rebates, etc. These conditions make it more difficult to identify the actual price of a vaccine and to disaggregate all price components.
The WHO Vaccine Product, Price and Procurement (V3P) project has been designed to facilitate the appropriate comparison of price information and to provide countries with accurate, reliable and useful data on vaccine product, price and procurement. The project has developed an information mechanism in the public domain that provides reliable, accurate and un-biased information on vaccine price components, allowing for increased price transparency in procurement processes and more informed decision making for the implementation of vaccine introductions.
Vaccine procurement describes the process of acquiring vaccines domestically or internationally, using specific procurement procedures and/or mechanisms.
The objective of vaccine procurement is to receive products of assured quality at affordable prices in a timely manner, making it possible to optimize immunization programme performance and reduce mortality and morbidity caused by vaccine preventable diseases.
Vaccine procurement is a highly specialized field that differs from the procurement of other drugs and pharmaceuticals. First, vaccines are administered to healthy children and commonly provided free from the government, making vaccine quality and safety a paramount concern. Second, there are relatively few vaccine manufacturers and suppliers. Currently, only 25 manufacturers export significant quantities of vaccines prequalified by WHO. Third, vaccine production requires a long lead-time. Assuming production capacity is available, it takes between 6 to 24 months from the time demand is confirmed and the vaccine is delivered.
Different procurement mechanisms can affect the price and timely access to vaccines. Countries that procure their vaccines directly from suppliers have complete autonomy over the vaccine selection, pricing, and delivery process. Alternatively, countries that choose to delegate vaccine procurement to mechanisms such as the PAHO Revolving Fund (for countries and territories in the Americas) or UNICEF Supply Division, benefit from the advantages of large procurement pools. Another option is to collaborate with other countries to build a regional procurement process. This page describes direct-country procurement and pooled-procurement options and provides links to resources and training tools on vaccine procurement.
The vaccine market involves a number of manufacturers located in both developing and industrialized countries, supplying an increasingly diverse array of vaccine products. While sales to high-income countries generate the largest revenues from vaccines, sales to middle- and lower-income countries represent the largest volume of vaccines sold. This page provides an overview of the vaccine market and links to additional resources related to specific vaccine markets.
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ST. GEORGE, Utah--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Michael Isom, CEO of Vault AIS, a Utah-based wealth strategies company, announces that he will be competing in the UTV World Championship, a Best In The Desert race, April 13-15 in Laughlin, Nevada. In the passenger seat, as his co-pilot, will be Isom's friend and client Zack Cooper.
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Isom and Cooper will be racing with nearly 300 other drivers on the rugged, 16-mile track. Competing in the Pro Unlimited UTV class, the duo will traverse the course a total of 10 times.
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UnitedHealth is once again hiking the quarterly dividend it gives shareholders by more than 30 percent, with the latest increase tripling the initial value of a payout the nation's largest health insurer debuted in 2010.
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Beautiful 3000 sq. ft. custom renovated home by Wilmington's finest builder and top decorator (magazine published). Located 22 ft. from the beach access (about 15 ft from the curb), one house back from the ocean on a quiet family street. This house is perfectly situated a few blocks south of Johnny Mercer's Pier and a few blocks north of the "Downtown" beach area with Robert's Deli---so it is in walking distance of many area attractions. The home was designed as the perfect family getaway, featuring expansive wrap-around porches w/hammocks, rocking chairs, cushions and outdoor tables. There is an amazing gourmet kitchen, stocked with every imaginable gadget and cooking accessory, which features stainless-steel countertops, sub-zero refrigerator, gas range with warming drawer and dishwasher.
On the ground floor is a brand new spacious and luxurious bathroom with huge soaking tub, just steps away from the game room and ground floor Queen Bedroom. The game room features a phoos-ball table, wet bar and kitchenette---all set up like a separate apartment for privacy, but connected to the upstairs by an inner stairwell---so it can be a secluded retreat from the rest of the house, yet still connected. Also on the ground floor, a colorful 'jungle room' is a great area set up for the kids, next to the game room and it has a TV/VCR combo with dozens of Disney videos for the kids and has two rattan-style daybeds/lounges. All Bedrooms in the house feature comfortable premium mattresses.
The House has 3 dining areas (inside/outside), large open floor plan and a living room with comfortable sofas and large Samsung Flatscreen Smart TV. There are beautifully refinished pine floors throughout. Softly painted wood paneling adds to the authentic character. The house is surrounded by lush tropical landscaping in a privately walled garden that features an outdoor shower out back and a secluded under-porch hang-out spot with lounge chairs outside of the game room.
On the top floor, the master suite is softly inviting, with an angled-ocean view and it has a tv-armoire. The large master bathroom is tiled with coral stone and features a Kohler deep-soaking tub, large shower and double sink vanity.
The kitchen is a cook's dream--furnished with a gas range with warming-drawer, microwave, Sub-Zero refrigerator with inner ice-maker, stainless-steel appliances, every imaginable gadget and even an oyster/crab pot. Bon Appetit! Additional dining options al-fresco: an outdoor table for four directly adjacent to the main dining room, overlooking the dunes, and dining for 6 or more on the screened back porch---quiet, shady and private.
We have a wonderful group of families who visit us year-after-year, but we are delighted to welcome new guests. Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach have year-round events and the warm climate draws people in all seasons. Some of the more popular mid and off-season 2017 events:
NC Holiday Flotilla (November)
Festival of Trees (December)
Old Wilmington by Candlelight Tour (Dec.)
East Coast Shag Classic (January)
Wilmington Wine and Chocolate Festival (Jan)
Annual NC Jazz Festival (February)
Cape Fear Beer Festival (March)
Quintiles WBE Marathon (March)
NC Azalea Festival (April)
Rims the River (April ) (Antique Car Show)
Easter (April)
Seaside Soccer Classic (May at UNCW)
Memorial Day (end of May)
Many groups come for long golf, shopping or fishing weekends. Wrightsville Beach is one of the premier yachting communities on the East Coast, and charter fishing is a huge draw. Some of our guests charter Captain Robbie Wolfe's 'Whipsaw'--a 42' Custom Carolina Sportfisher with twin diesels, three fighting chairs and enjoy Full, 3/4 or half day trips to area 'secret' hot fishing spots. Whatever your interest, the Richards Cottage is perfectly suited for groups of 11 or under. Please call us with any questions or if you need assistance in vacation ideas.
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We have family ties to the area and love the natural beauty of the beach but convenience of a lovely historic city nearby.
The home is a classic cottage. We purposefully renovated it to have all the modern conveniences but have kept the charm of a family beach vacation retreat. We decided to keep as much of the outdoor porch space as possible to allow a truly organic beach vacation. There is nothing like enjoying the balmy beach breezes from the front porch hammock on a lazy afternoon.
A great time had by all---our family vacation was wonderful and this property's location is amazing. Our son was graduating from UNC Wilmington, so we decided to make a week of it. The house has lots of bedrooms, bathrooms and is set up perfectly for everyone to relax. It had beach umbrellas, beach chairs, boogie-boards and other stuff so that we could all get the most out of our holiday without having to bring all that stuff with us. We loved the porches and hammock! The kitchen is great and there was plenty of parking. Had a great week and hope to go back!
We came to the beautiful Richards cottage for an anniversary reunion and couldn't have been happier with the accommodations. The cottage is cozy and very comfortable. It slept our entire group of 10 with ease.
The beach access is steps from the front door and easy to get to. The cottage is outfitted with comfy chairs for the beach and toys for almost all age groups. The beach is great for a leisurely stroll or a vigorous power walk. A walk along the beach even produced a viewing of dolphins. The beach is serene and great for fishing. The nearby pier has supplies to make the fishing experience fun and productive.
After a day at the beach, it was great to come home to relax with a bubble bath--with two bathrooms having beautifully large soaking tubs. The downstairs suite even has a fuze table for entertainment. There are plenty of children's movies and books for all genres available. The cottage had many decks to choose from when entertaining our party. The hammock was a special hit with young and old alike.
Staying at the Richards Cottage was a great experience. As you can see from the pictures, the house is nicely decorated which gives it a cozy and comfortable feel. The living space is conducive to a bigger group because there are two sitting areas...one with a TV and another with seating for 4 or 5 and a game table. Also, there are two dining tables (one off the kitchen and one on the screened porch ). The front porch was a favorite spot for our group. With palm trees all around, a wonderful hammock and comfortable rockers, the porch was a hard spot to leave! The kitchen is also the best we've encountered after 15 years of beach rentals. Top end appliances (i.e a great blender, a quiet dishwasher and a big frig with ice maker) and lots of great bowls and utensils made dinner prep so much easier than in years past. Also, there were many staples (i.e. sugar, spices, oil, ect) already at the house when we arrived. Of course we had to replace a few of the items during our stay but it was nice to start the week with a few of the essentials. Our group found the bedrooms on the 1st and 2nd floors comfortable. However, the basement bedroom was not a hit with our group.
If you have any fishermen in your group, we recommend Captain Jot. If you google Captain Jot in Wrightsville Beach you will easily find it. He's a really nice guy and definitely knows the hot spots for fishing. Our guys caught enough fish to feed our group for two nights!!
Also, the ladies in our group rented stand up paddle boards from the Aussie Island Surf Shop (1 North Lumina...on the corner across from Wings). The guys at the shop helped us across the street with our boards and gave us a quick lesson before we started paddling. The cost was only $15 for 1 1/2 hours....which we thought was a bargain!! Also, If anyone in your group wants to learn to skim board, the surf shop connected us with a skim board instructor ($15 for an hour and he came right to the beach in front of the house).
You will love this house, it's location, and all the fun things to do at Wrightsville Beach.
Fine Gardens, Deep Sea/Charter Fishing, Fine Wine Shops/Gourmet Shopping, Art Galleries, Public Library, Dancing, Night Clubs, N.C. Azalea Festival (April), Riverfest (October), Cucalorus Film Festival, Coastal Classic Celebrity Golf Tournament (May at Landfall Country Club). Beach to the Battleship Triathlon, Annual Holiday Flotilla (Thanksgiving Weekend). Wilmington Historic Candlelight Tour (December). Soundside water access at end of street for neighborhood residents with sandy beach. Little Chapel on the Boardwalk (Methodist) located at the end of the street.
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hello everybody,
my labmate ordered a ki67 and the product sheet mentioned for flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry. Can i use the same antibody for immunostaining of my cells that i seeded in cover glass?
Will in all probability work, but to be on the safe side, you can test your antibody with some coverglass-grown cells before you start your real experiment.


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Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, which was renovated recently to allow the facility to build the new generation 200 model, has now become more power and water efficient thanks to a $1-billion overhaul.
Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant was first set up in 1953, building jet engines and was acquired by the US automaker from Volkswagen in the 1980s. Now, for example the plant has Chrysler's first new paint shop in 13 years. Here, the biggest energy users are the spray booths – because they require for example several million cubic feet of air per minute.
But, Chrysler's ultra-efficient paint process sees the use of recirculated air instead of fresh air, with robots – 68 of them spray a waterborne base coat of paint and a clear coat before precision robots spray powder through the three stage paint process.
"Whatever the over-spray is, we reclaim it, and then we clean it up and use it again," said Faiz Yono, supervisor of Chrysler's energy group.
Now, the paint-shop and body shop at the plant are 22% more energy efficient before the construction and renovations, with savings of $1.1 million annually on the power and water bill. For the 2015 Chrysler 200 paint process, 97% of the used powder hits the car, with the remaining 3% collected and reused.


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The half marathon starts in Leenane and finishes 13.1 miles away in Maam Cross. Expect some great scenery, a great atmosphere at the start area and two tough hills!
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Instrumental students whose first language is English must demonstrate knowledge of the grammar of one non-English language equivalent to two semesters at the college level with a grade of C or higher in each.
Voice students must demonstrate knowledge of French, German, and Italian grammar equivalent to two semesters at the college level with a grade of C or higher in each, and proficiency in diction in each language by examination or by passing an IU School of Music diction course. Students must take all three diction exams in their first semester of enrollment; with Voice Department permission, they may take specific exams for a second time in their second semester of enrollment. For any exam not passed, students must pass the appropriate IU School of Music diction course with a grade of C or higher.
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|Synth Site: Hammond Suzuki: XM series: User reviews Add review
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|Dasher a professional user from USA writes:
Played B3 for years, won't carry one any more. I had a hard time deciding between the XM1 and the Voce V3. The V3, to my ear, had vastly superior accuracy, but had lots of technical problems (Dave Amels and I spend a number of hours trying to resolve some of these without a solution.) But the Hammond, while it sounds really good, has two real problems for a pro user - the controller omits percussion short/long and loud/soft, those are only available as programmed-in patches; and the scond problem - the drawbars connect via a 9-pin miniDin (a Mac printer cable!) which is totally unsuitable for 5-night a week removal-reinsertion. For the studio or home user, it's a great box! The Lesie is as good as you're going to get from a dual-point source (it will plug into a real one...)
|Rating: 5 out of 5 posted Wednesday-Aug-05-1998 at 23:40
|Mark Greenwood a part time user from England writes:
Well, all I can say is that the night after I bought it, I was playing along on the XM-1 to some old jazz-funk tapes, and my flatmate couldn't tell if it was me or the tape. I love it. I love the build quality, the look, and ooooooh, the sound of it. Never played a real B3, but surely it can't be better than this?
|Rating: 5 out of 5 posted Wednesday-Aug-05-1998 at 23:40
|Jesper Bo Hansen a part time user from Næstved , DENMARK writes:
Listening to a Hammond gives me an eargasm!
I like the sound and I like the touch!!!
|Rating: 5 out of 5 posted Wednesday-Aug-05-1998 at 23:40
|Geert-Jan van den Brand a hobbyist user from The Netherlands writes:
I'm a stage-artist for nine years. All the time I used my Yamaha B200. Listening to
my favourites: Deep Purple, Santana I dreamt of playing my own real Hammond.
Let's say this module is second best, but it's preferred above carrying the real
When I get the chance (proffessional and two/three roadies!!) I'd consider to play it.
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Is it not totally obvious that rgw is the wittiest person here?
Isn't it true that everyone on these fun threads seems so nice??
Baby's Breath, is that Dino from The Flintstones as your avatar?!
Did you like Wilma or Betty's pet more?
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Did Barney and Betty even have a pet?
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Ultimate Fighter 8 alumnus Krzysztof Soszynski has only fought once in 2011 but if he has his way it won't be the only time he steps foot in the Octagon before the end of the year. Hampered with a series of nagging injuries, "The Polish Experiment" has been stuck on the sidelines and won't be physically good to go for another few months. On the bright side, the timing might just work out perfectly as far as he's concerned.
"(UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva and I have been chatting it up a little bit and we've been talking a little bit about the Toronto card on December 10th, so now I'm just kind of waiting to hear on that from him and see what the opponent is and if that's the card they want me to fight at," Soszynski explained in an interview with Fighters.
The event the 34-year old Canadian is referring to is UFC 140 and the promotion's return to the city known for having the largest turnout for a MMA show in North American history (UFC 129).
As long as he doesn't have anymore health-related setbacks it appears Soszynski may indeed get his wish though he won't be assuming such will be the case, at least when considering the setbacks he's faced over the last year.
"After my fight in Germany in November last year, I had both my knees scoped and I also had my nose done – I had a deviated septum in my nose, so I had all those surgeries done," the 26-11-1 competitor began when asked about what he's been dealing with. "I guess I came back a little too early because I pulled another cartilage and had a bunch of debris in my left knee after this past last fight against Mike Massenzio in Vancouver at UFC 131, so I had to get another scope again…it's my seventh one on my knees."
In terms of his immediate future, Soszynski kept it simple, saying, "Just taking some time off right now to recover, rehabilitate, and hopefully we'll never have to go through this again."


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In November 2002, the Leonid meteor shower will return and may possibly be a spectacular event. In previous years Leonids have produced large numbers of meteors, however the number that will be seen is affected by several factors.
On any given night you should expect to see 5 to 10 meteors per hour (under ideal sky conditions), however a good fraction of those meteors are very dim (they look like tiny flickers of light). Even if your view of the Leonids is not ideal, you may still find an increase in the number of meteors (and if you miss this opportunity, there will not be another opportunity to view the Leonids for another 33 years).
The best way to observe meteors is by eye without optical aid. You can observe with binoculars, this increases the number of dim objects you can see, but it also reduces your field of view. In addition it is also possible to observe meteors with an ordinary FM radio (this can be done during daylight, at night, if it is cloudy or if it is clear).
When reporting observations of a meteor shower, people talk of ZHR which is the number of meteors an experienced observer should expect under good observing conditions.
On November 17/18 at Hudson Mills Metropark (near Dexter Michigan), we had a turn out of several hundred people. The number of meteors observed was small. (Later reports suggest the peak particle density occurred at 0200 GMT when the radiant was below the horizon. While we had a reasonable horizon with only a few trees in the distance, there was a lot of light pollution in the direction of the radiant which obscured many of the dim meteors which otherwise might have been observed). One group present at Hudson Mills Metropark reported a total of about 70 meteors over the course of the evening.
I would not be willing to translate that into a ZHR under the circumstances. Most of these meteors were not Leonids (many were Taurids and others were sporatic). It is clearly less than one would expect during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower (which occurs on or around August 11 every year) and cannot be described as a meteor storm.
Observers in the middle east described a ZHR of approximately 5000.
There were numerous reports of a group of objects passing across the sky on the evening of November 16th (about 7 PM Eastern Time). There were observations all across the Midwest United States. Press reports suggested this was connected with the Leonid meteor shower, however this is not likely. These objects were almost certainly space debris that burned up in the earth's atmosphere.
In the year 2000, we were clouded out at Hudson Mills.
In 2001, it was clear at sunset, but heavy fog settled in, preventing observations from most of Michigan. However a few Michigan locations were not fogged out; many North American observers saw over 1000 meteors per hour. See 2001 - A Leonid Odyssey (November 20, 2001).
Photographs from the 2001 event are available (these are photographs of people, not meteors).
It was completely overcast in 2002 in Southeast Michigan, and no meteors were observed.


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"Marco Borsato" (born on December 21, 1966 in Alkmaar), the Netherlands, is one of the most famous Dutch singers. Marco Borsato previously performed in Italian, but wasn't recognized by the mainstream public until he switched to Dutch.
Marco Borsato
Marco was born in the Wilhelmina Hospital in Alkmaar as the son of Roberto Borsato and Mary de Graaf. The family moved to Italy, where the father started up a restaurant in Garda. Marco spent a significant amount of time in Italy and speaks fluent Italian. The family is composed of another son Armando, and a daughter Sylvana.
Marco debuted as a singer after he won the Dutch Soundmixshow program on April 7, 1990 with his rehearsal of the song ''At This Moment'' by Billy Vera.
Marco Borsato is an ambassador of the Dutch NGO War Child, which helps children in (post)conflict areas to cope with their war experiences.
* 1996 - 2005 Won a TMF Award ten times for best Dutch singer
* 1997 Two Edison's (Best Singer, Best Single of the Year)
* 1999 Golden Harp (with John Ewbank)
* 2000 Hitkrant Award, for the song ''Binnen'' ("''Inside''")
* 2000 Honorary Award for Best Album (''Luid en duidelijk'' ("''Loud and Clear''")) ...
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I've been reading a lot about the history of the 15th and 16th century in the Mediterranean lately, so permit a fanciful political comparison for a moment. Imagine a large, lumbering ship at sea. It is majestic and powerful, tall as a skyscraper, a city on the waves, carrying vast stores within. Once it reaches top speed, it is almost impossible to stop its progress. There are problems, though. The size of this ship makes it easy for anyone to spot on the open water; it requires an enormous amount of maintenance and defense to survive even a brief journey with a strong breeze behind it, and its goliath frame prevents an ability to turn or change directions without great effort. For all its grandeur, it makes for an excellent slow-moving target, while smaller craft can bend the waves to their will without attracting notice.
Throughout the 2008 campaign, the Obama team proved itself exceptional at applying tried-and-true political lessons to utilize new and innovative tools. It's not so much that they had groundbreaking ideas about politics - it's that they were applying old ideas about grassroots, branding, and voter motivation in groundbreaking ways, fueled by a simply massive amount of money.
If there's one thing that has surprised me about the past three months, it's been President Obama's decision to avoid the innovative tactics that led him to political success. Instead of adopting a similar approach to legislative battles in Washington, it's as if they threw out the sleek new playbook and went back to the wishbone offense as soon as they got to the Oval Office.
I don't understand the decision. With powerful majorities on both sides of the Hill, now would be the time to see if innovative approaches to passing legislation can work - especially in the case of health care insurance reform.
Consider: what if instead of making one massive bill, and sinking his effort into it, Obama should have split his reforms into a package of multiple legislative pieces. Instead of one large ship, send a dozen agile small ones to break the lines - with a list of standalone bills that include a public option, an individual mandate, medical malpractice reform, new insurance regulations, and a litany of other points along the ideological range. The effect of such a tactic would be to divide the opposition: with a properly constructed package, the Chamber of Commerce would support half of the legislation offered, and other business interests would be able to support even more.
Call it an act of asymmetric legislation: using Obama's prominence and ability to sell a package of ideas to the American people, without uniting them together in a form so complex and so certain to contain weaknesses that it exposes the entire legislation to critical attacks. It avoids the demanding wheeling-and-dealing of amendments that increases proportionally to a bill's size, it satisfies the left flank by providing up-or-down votes on their issues, and it gives the Blue Dogs cover by allowing them to have pro-reform votes that won't force them to lose their job.
Rather than uniting his diverse opponents on the matter by presenting the vast, slow-moving target and trying to run the line at breakneck speed, I believe Obama would be able to achieve a great deal more in bending health care in America in his preferred direction if he had deployed this multiple bills tactic. Obama's still far more popular than the Republicans in Congress, and his speech last night gave an overall impression of frustration that he's been unable to fully utilize his post-election popularity to achieve his ends. The sheer size of this piece of legislation has given its opponents multiple aspects to lock onto and assault, from individual mandate taxes, to government funded abortion, to death panels, to deficits.
Obama's hardly alone in making this mistake: the decision to go "comprehensive" was almost assuredly what destroyed President Bush's immigration bill, and half a dozen other similar endeavors come to mind.
Why do presidents and their staffers still think in the same terms as FDR? Legislation is crafted differently now, and constituents respond differently and with greater speed than ever before. In a situation where this bill had been presented not as sweeping change, but as several key gradual reforms, I believe that Obama could have passed a great deal of it with only minor personal backlashes. The lightning rod parts of the package would be rejected - and would have inspired some angry response, yes - but he'd still have gotten 60% of what he wanted, if not more. As it stands, last night's speech seems to open the door for backtracking on much more than that.
A more innovative approach may have allowed President Obama to achieve more while expending less political capital. The one big ship strategy packs everything together, and it's harder to avoid the rocks even when you see them coming - and god help the captain if he starts catching the smaller ships in his wake.
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The horns of eland are about 2 ft (0.6 m) long, with one or two tight spirals. Eland have five or six white stripes on their bodies and white markings on their legs as well. The young are reddish brown, while older males are a bluish gray. Other distinctive markings include a crest running along their spines, a tuft of hair on the tail (like a cow tail), and a large loose flap of skin below the neck (the dewlap). This adds to the eland's bulky appearance.
Eland are not fast runners, but they can trot at a speed of 13 mph (21 kph) for long periods and can easily jump over a 6 ft (2 m) fence. They are gregarious, living in loosely structured herds where bonding is only evident between mothers and their calves. The size of herds can be as large as 500 with subgroups made up of eland of the same gender and age. Their home range areas can encompass more than 150 sq mi (389 sq km) and they travel over greater distances throughout the year.
Female eland reach maturity at three years, males at four or five years. Males continue to grow even after maturity. Eland mate every other year. The gestation period lasts about nine months, resulting in a single calf. The newborn calf lies concealed in the grass or undergrowth for about a month and is visited for nursing by its mother twice a day. After this, the calf joins other young calves, forming a nursery group, watched over by female eland who protect the young from predators.


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