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How important are Genetics
Most people assume that every pro bb has great genetics but is that true. I guess my question is how much can diet, excercise, supplement and steroids take you if you have bad genetics. My mother is 110lbs@5'4" father 165lbs@5'10" Even my grand parents on both sides of the family are in very lean condition and small. I don't even have a single cousin or uncle with a good physique all are skinny as hell and one of my uncles is a beer belly heavy weight. Does this mean I could never be a pro body builder ? or can the help of a diet, steroids and supplementation help me to achieve my goals. Regardless to the answer I will try .. .. .. Never satisfied with my body, always gaining...Since starting about 3years ago I have went from 121lbs to 185lbs...@5'7"
ANy feedback...
05-25-2004, 02:54 PM #2Originally Posted by Russ616
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i think genetics help out alot, its almost like ppl with great genetics get a "head start". when they put the effort and hardwork as say a hardgainer, they just look unbelievable.
i think even hard gainers with consistent training(alot of years), diet, juice, and hgh, can look unbelievable to a limit. just like ronny coleman, he was big and awesome looking before his GH days, and once he hit that, he was a monster that no could match up to.just my opinion though.i say personally im in the middle when it comes to genetics..
05-25-2004, 03:15 PM #4Originally Posted by sepjuice
i have bad bad genetics, tall and skinny, but when i finally start putting on good size i think i will look alright. so far i have put on 40lbs, 15lbs 1st cycle, plan on doing another this year sometime
I have bad genetics too. Started lifting afew years ago at 6'2" , 180lbs. With diet , gear , supplimentation , and exercise I am now holding 215lbs off cycle and steadily gaining when on. You can do it bro....Its just harder for us.....Tattoo
Look up some very early pics of Flex Wheeler...that dude was sooooooooo skinny! I say skinnier guys have an edge over chubby guys because the joints and rib cage are compact and give a more symetrical appearance. Ill see if I can find one of his early pics.
Everyone can build muscle, no questions about that, but not everyone can have
symetry and even looking muscle throughout thier whole body, that where genetics come into play IMO. I was 6'2 150, I never thought i could gain weight but once i got a diet, training and rest in check i magaged to jump up to 210 and my moms 5'6 115 and my dads 6' 130. I think geetics has a bit to do with it, but its not going to decide weather you will be a BBer or not.
Everyone can build muscle, no questions about that, but not everyone can have
symetry and even looking muscle throughout thier whole body, that where genetics come into play IMO. I was 6'2 150, I never thought i could gain weight but once i got a diet, training and rest in check i magaged to jump up to 210 and my moms 5'6 115 and my dads 6' 130. I think geetics has a bit to do with it, but its not going to decide weather you will be a BBer or not.
Everyone can build muscle, no questions about that, but not everyone can have
symetry and even looking muscle throughout thier whole body, that where genetics come into play IMO. I was 6'2 150, I never thought i could gain weight but once i got a diet, training and rest in check i magaged to jump up to 210 and my moms 5'6 115 and my dads 6' 130. I think geetics has a bit to do with it, but its not going to decide weather you will be a BBer or not.
Woah!!, sorrey about the three post, something wrong with my comp..
I think how good of a BBer you are depends on genetics. Massive muscles can make you a body builder, but bad genetics will keep you from placing.
Goodluck with your journey.
a lot of people dont have the frame to hold a lot of size, my brother gets asked the question all the time, and he has never used aas, we both have good genetics, and even if when we didnt train, we still had some,siz and def, genetics has alot do do with it, but like jay cutler said, mass is only a shot away
Good genetics can get you a pro card but great genetics will get you the sandow
I think u can take u as far as u want to go! Stick that needle in ur ass and give em hell bro!! If u train harder, eat better, and use the juice u should surpass the guys with good genetics. While they may have a better stepping stone, if u r truly dedicated....u will make it! Those guys with good genetics will get cockey and screw up more than u...because u want it more and r more focused. I'll be looking to see you in comp...in first!!
OK there Jonnytour.... hows the roid availability in Ontario?? Maybe you should get out of the local why and start training serious Jon. Not everyone needs to stick a needle in their ass to get the gains they want.. Sometimes it just takes hardwork and dedication.. something u sould try. I agree with u about wanting it, n Russ sounds like you do.. so do it as naturally as possible and you will feel better about yourself
hey need more...rn't u looking into starting the juice at the age of 20??...have u lifted any weights?....i'm just sayin that all the pro's use...and if they have good genetics than anybody who wants that kind of mass is gonna have to use too...Russ U want it?...U need it? U've used before. Now just focus and work hard...U'll get there.
05-26-2004, 02:55 PM #18Originally Posted by needmorestrength
I take offense that ppl say that all PRO's use roids dude.. I dont think thats totally tru!! yea I'm thinking about it.. but only because I've been at it serious for 3 years.. I'll still wait a yr or two though... But yea honestly.. nothing beats hard work, persistance, diet and a good training schedual!! get it... but do it first naturally then once you've reached your goal.. go buck anything else is just extra
05-26-2004, 03:00 PM #20Originally Posted by needmorestrength
Genetics are a major key. Remember those guys in high school with bi's and a six pack that never touched a weight. I was a very skinny kid and had to fight for every pound at 38 I don't have that probelm anymore (LOL).
I was 6' 165lbs as a senior and at one of the wrestling matches the opponent at my weight came over and asked who was wrestling 165 I said me and he laughed at me to my face( he didn't know I could bench over 300lbs) I body slammed him got a penalty point and promptly pinned him. As he said looks can be decieving, and he apologized. Oh the glory days!
Is it just me or does it seem like black guys have the best genetics? They just seem to be naturally lean and muscular. Not a diss or a racist stereotype, even though it may be a stereotype based on race. If anything it is a compliment, but we all know who has the biggest ****............... the Irish!!!!!!
I am Irish if no one knew.
I tell you what genetic trait I think makes the best BBer.....TENACITY! It takes something deep inside to be able to push yourself to the max every training session and have the fortitude to eat right...ALL the time, not just when on a cycle. The rest is just gravy.
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As a Master of Science Genetics --> Genetics are key!
If you have bad genetics you can never be a PRO-bodybuilder...
(Not saying you can't be huge! --> Just not "Freaky" enough to make it to the World-PROS!)
Fenotype = Genotype + Enviroment
The more we process info from HUGO the more we realize Enviroment plays a much less significant role then we thought!
That's why we prefer not to prescribe medicine when there's no need for it
--> Nothing can ever come even close to the bodies own Homeostasis (perfect balance), if adding something you always "disturb" something else!
Even after 3000 years of medicine we still don't know 0,001% about how the body works! --> That's why there are so much disease we can't cure yet and so many mutations of them (co-evolution of pathogens as described by Darwin)...
If you are small in size doesn't necessarily means you have bad genetics (e.g. everyone has a certain ratio of slow to fast musclefibers which can not be altered) but if it can be proven that you have bad genetics for musclebuilding (because maybe they are good genetics for something else ) then take all the medicines/supplements/gear you want and train and diet as much as your body can stand but you will never reach a point other then that the body permits you
(steroids for instance shift that limit by a small factor but what most people think that you couldn't reach that point naturally without gear is nonsense, you can always reach that maximum although maybe requiring 24/7 training and dedication but still --> steroids just make you come to that MAX much faster, but still there's only so much {muscle}mass a body can hold without resorting to unconventional help like growth factors!)
I'm really going to laugh if anybody doesn't agree with me since that would be real hypocritical
(my study teaches me that nothing can make up for genetics)
for it would probably be the same guys who always scream loudest that dieting without proper diet and cardio (so just diet-aids/gear) or juicing without proper training and diet doesn't work
(P.S. One more time being skinny doesn't mean you have bead genetics for muscle building --> To establish that knowledge you should take numerous tests, although in most cases it probably would be so seeing the old theories of endomorphs, mesomorphs and octomorphs --> Meaning gaining wouldn't be impossible but just harder then people with better genetic make-up, compare it with fat people eating and trying to lose weight opposed to skinny people)
05-26-2004, 06:19 PM #26Originally Posted by kingofmasters
I will disagree with one statement though. Fibertype switching is certainly possible. calcineurin-NFAT signaling has been shown to be responsible for fiber type switching. AAS has been shown to promote this effect. (I'll try to dig up the AAS and fiber type switching study). It's simple alternative splicing.
Good post in general though
05-26-2004, 06:46 PM #27Originally Posted by einstein1905
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Flex Weeler was 140lbs at 19 years old before getting on, he had been training for like 5 years too.
05-26-2004, 06:50 PM #29Originally Posted by Steroids101
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Flex was a very good pro bodybuilder, who just so happened to be skinny even though he had trained for a long time. The original poster complains that his genetics are too skinny to be a profesional bodybuilder. yeah I don't see how thats relevant at all.
Even if it wasn't, your such a nice guy to point it out.
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My knowledge of how genetics works comes from the ex-fiance, a female bb who competed around the midwest and made at run at national level before a devastating car wreck.
She said genetics, i.e., bone structure, muscle shape, was the difference between looking great and a trophy.
Think about it like this, some people have abs with nice clean lines, like you see in anatomy chart. But we know this is not always the case. There are plenty of bodybuilders with ripped abs, but they look funky because the lines are not clean and distinct.
Insertion points, joint size, etc. all play a role and are the difference between looking great and taking home the trophy at the higher levels.
Just my and my ex's opinion.
05-27-2004, 06:19 AM #32Originally Posted by Russ616
Genetics are a huge issue.You guys have all talked to the guy at the gym that will
gain forty pounds of muscle in two months naturally,(Ive had this happen more than once)and they tell you that they are gonna start taking these things called protein shakes they see in the cooler,or they ask how much I eat and just laugh.Seriously Ive seen guys on the worst diets with the worst training look like semi-pro bodybuilders.
You cant tell me that genetics does not play a big if not the biggest part in growth............IMO
05-27-2004, 06:38 AM #34Originally Posted by Lozgod
without putting forthmuch effort in bodybuilding.Iam friends with this
brother that I work out with occosionally(on his bench day)he does
flat bench press everyday,**** you not.He will do different
workouts everyday but they always start with flat bench
I try to tell him he's not giving him self time to heal but he just grows
and grows and that's like telling me I don't know what Iam talking about.
He has never done any powerlifts,no legs ever, says that walking on them is enough.Dosent eat any protein, supplements, or anything and is nasty big
genetics suck..............
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Without ITFA, Wyden said, "access to information would no longer be tax-free. Access to online communication would no longer be tax-free. Access to the global marketplace so crucial to America's economic future would no longer be tax-free. The cost to consumers could easily be hundreds of dollars a year per household. Now is the time to make this law permanent.
Thune added in the statement that the Internet is the "lifeblood for successful 21st century innovators and entrepreneurs," so "we should be celebrating their success, not taxing the tools they use to achieve it."
The bill would permanently ban Internet taxation and would encourage "more American innovators and entrepreneurs to use broadband to develop the next big thing, while keeping the Internet open and accessible to consumers across the country," Thune said.
Thune said he and Wyden "look forward to working with [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell to bring this bill to the Senate floor."
Thune and Wyden's Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act is supported by 38 other senators.
ITFA will remain in effect until Oct. 1 unless it is renewed or replaced.
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Every year we go to my husband's grandparent's house for Christmas dinner. 90% of the things that she cooks are AWESOME. Everything savory that she makes is pure gold. Then dessert comes and the 'zuppa inglese' that she has prepares is FLORESCENT pink, studded with slivered amaretto infused almonds, and reeking of cheap Liquore di Amarena and Rum. Its supposed to be kind of like a tiramisu only instead of coffee its liquore and intead of chocolate its boozy cherries. Sounds good, right? Usually, it is. But hers will make you fail a breathalizer test after the first bite. Its TERRIBLE. After the first time I learned my lesson and went straight to coffee.
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Council reviews possible street closure for Midland Christian (+ proposed map)
Published 6:00 pm, Monday, January 25, 2010
Midland City Council will wait until March to vote on the possible closure of a city street for a private school's expansion.
Council members heard 3 1/2 hours of sometimes impassioned debate at a Tuesday public hearing on the proposed expansion of Midland Christian School and then voted to decide on March 9 if Culver Drive should be closed to enable the project. (LINK: Midland Christian Street Closure Map)
Meanwhile, District 3 Councilman John James, who represents northwest central Midland, and Councilmen Jerry Morales and Scott Dufford prevailed with their suggestion to have City Transportation Manager Gary Saunders analyze area traffic patterns and for representatives of the opposing groups to confer about their differences.
James said citizens' sentiment must be considered with a third of the 382 property owners within 1,000 feet of the project having registered their objections.
At issue is the sealing off of Culver between Sinclair and Gulf avenues, which school officials said is necessary to ensure students' safety and construct a new two-story junior high and high school building. But neighbors argued that would disrupt the normal traffic flow and make it harder for them to reach their destinations.
Assistant Fire Marshal David Hickman had warned Mayor Wes Perry that attendance of more than 75 people was violating the City Hall fire code as the 11 a.m. hearing approached.
Perry moved the proceeding two blocks southeast to the Midland Center, where City Secretary Kaylah McCord counted 42 speakers before talk wound down to council perceptions of Midland Christian's plan to move pre-kindergarteners into the current junior high building and convert the present high school into the cafeteria and commons area.
MCS Superintendent Eddie Lee and board member Alan Brown opened the hearing by showing drawings by Lubbock architect Stephen Faulk.
Noting they had not derived a budget or timeline because city approval had not been obtained, Lee, Brown and Faulk said they have moved eight of the 11 homes the private school had bought on the west side of Culver to make room for a 400-space parking lot.
Some 120 people listened as Lee reported no intention for Midland Christian to increase its K-12 enrollment of 1,148 but said the pre-K building and cafeteria need to be replaced and traffic congestion relieved.
"This is a major safety issue," he said.
Lee said the project will take about two years to finish if it is undertaken.
Discounting contentions, the parking lot could be built while the building is postponed, Brown said. But he also said the school board "is not going to use a Bandaid when a long-term solution is required."
Marilyn Weaver said she has lived nearby since the school was small and it has now grown to include a football stadium.
"That was when it was a puppy," said Weaver. "Now it is a Great Dane or a Saint Bernard in the middle of an established residential area."
Paul Cooper stated his support of the street closure to reduce traffic and improve safety, while Rheta Page said Culver "is not just a street for Midland Christian, it's our neighborhood."
"Since they built the stadium, we have Friday night lights and (fast food restaurant) trash to pick up," she said.
Backing the plan, Tim Warpula said he has four students at the school and citizens could take alternate routes on Hughes Street, Northrup Drive, Sinclair or Gulf to reach Neely Avenue, Ward Street or Golf Course Road.
Mark Dettman said it is in opposition to conservative governmental philosophy for a private entity to take over a public street.
Tanner Dobbs, a 16-year-old MCS student, confirmed traffic and crosswalks are dangerous and said it is unreasonable to expect young drivers to parallel park. He said having a single-file exit for vehicles in the new parking lot would be good.
In related action, the council vacated .38 of an acre and .055 of an acre in Northrup rights of way and .024 of an acre in north-south alley right of way north of the school.


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De Blasio Proposes NYC Tax Surcharge on Wealthy for Schools
New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a probable Democratic candidate for mayor next year, proposed a tax increase on residents earning more than $500,000 a year to pay for extended school hours.
De Blasio, 51, elected in 2009 to the watchdog post, told the Association for a Better New York today that the surcharge would raise $532 million for all-day prekindergarten classes and extended hours in middle schools. He said the city needed to boost education funding to keep pace with emerging nations such as China and India.
"Some of you might say this is an interesting place to come and make this proposal," de Blasio said as he addressed the group of business executives in Manhattan. "This is a room full of people who know what smart, strategic investment looks like, and this is the kind we need."
The issue of expanding early education arose in negotiations this year between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city council. Both sides agreed to restore about $150 million for child care that the mayor had cut from the 2013 budget. On Sept. 24, Bloomberg announced the city would add 4,000 full-day pre-K seats for the 2013-2014 school year.
De Blasio's proposal received support from some child- advocacy groups and rejection from Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a group of more than 100 chief executives.
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Of the 68,000 4-year-olds in the city, only 20,000 attend full-day pre-K, with another 38,000 enrolled in three-hour programs, de Blasio said. Ten thousand students that age get no pre-K education, the public advocate said.
"We have to get all 68,000 served if we want to lay a foundation for our future," de Blasio said.
De Blasio's plan would impose "yet another tax on high earners before we know how Washington will handle the federal fiscal crisis, specifically the threatened elimination of state and federal tax deductibility and the tax increase that is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1," Wylde said in an e- mail. "Hopefully there will be some more realistic ideas for funding our education needs."
Stephanie Gendell, a spokeswoman for the Citizens Committee for Children, described it as a "bold, expansive plan to ensure quality," and said her members would applaud de Blasio for it.
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The surcharge would run for five years, de Blasio said. Residents with more than $500,000 in income would pay a tax rate of 4.3 percent, up from 3.876 percent. Someone earning $750,000 a year would pay an additional $1,060; a $1 million earner would see a $2,120 increase; and those making $2 million would pay $6,360 more.
The tax would affect about 1 percent, or 44,200, of city taxpayers, with an average income of $2.7 million, de Blasio's office said. To close budget deficits, the city imposed a surcharge on incomes above $150,000 per household from 2003 to 2005 and increased property taxes 18.5 percent.
If approved by the City Council and state legislature, the surcharge would provide $291 million for pre-K; $190 million for extended middle-school classes and $50 million for leased space and other expenses, de Blasio said.
Other potential candidates for mayor include council Speaker Christine Quinn; former Comptroller William Thompson, the 2009 Democratic nominee; Comptroller John Liu; and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. Liu's office cited a June proposal in which the comptroller called for higher tax rates on the city's wealthiest 1 percent, with reductions for the rest.
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The proposal, Liu said then, "is intended to promote shared prosperity so that the benefits of economic recovery are spread to the 99% more evenly than they were the last time around." Liu said the measure would raise $250 million to $1 billion in revenue.
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"He wants to drive everybody out of the city, but that's OK; he's a good guy," Bloomberg said of de Blasio's proposal during a Brooklyn news conference today. "Every part of the city you'd like to have more. The Department of Education is who I'll rely on to decide what we need."
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- An example of surplus goods are items you do not need and have no use for.
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- a quantity or amount over and above what is needed or used; something left over; excess
- the excess of the assets of a business over its liabilities for a given period
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Origin of surplusMiddle English from Old French from sur-, above (see sur-) + Classical Latin plus, more (see plus)
- forming a surplus; excess; extra
- designating or of commodities (specif., certain excess farm products) bought, stored, distributed, etc. by the government under the Federal price-support program
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Origin of surplusMiddle English an excess, surplus from Old French an excess from Medieval Latin superplūs Latin super- super- Latin plūs more ; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.
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Elective passions subsided, MPs settled into their new offices, has managed to offer a few frankly clownish initiatives like replacement of the soft chairs in the conference room on hard, and it is time to examine what awaits us now in the guise of the Parliament in the next six years. Rather, what can we expect from the updated lower chamber.
Just say "nothing good" and that's to finish the analysis, of course, a very barbaric, but true. I, however, will try to take a close look not so much on the new inhabitants of the Okhotny Ryad, how much of the current Duma as a whole. Why is it necessary power, what goals set by the Kremlin.
Let's go through the list: the legitimacy of the elections — in the first place. It was necessary to enlist the support of society now, when the Ukrainian wave sleep and no "spies" it will not raise. Do not forget that on the nose presidential elections.
And, secondly, to the right and the opportunity to take money from us under the slogan: "Crisis, but you hold fast."
Third: control the Parliament, but to update it with new faces, bright with single-seat districts, able to create the appearance of debate.
So those are three goals, each of which is very far from the needs of the country. We need a reform dialogue with the world and resuscitation of the economy. None of this Duma is not capable of.
The purpose of the first: the legitimacy for which the CEC has thrown Ella Pamfilova, canceled elections in Barvikha and even brought a few criminal cases (which will end, most likely, does). The whole idea of the Kremlin with the legitimacy of the people said a record low turnout. The people clearly showed the state that does not believe in him (note, not him, it has long been clear, and it is in him that it is all able to do something right). However, the government did not disappoint and in the best traditions of Shura Balaganov cheated. Remember how at the end of the "Golden calf" Shura, already wealthy, the habit of pulling a wallet from his pocket and gets? That "fair elections", who inflicted a crushing blow to the reputation of the government, was the wallet. It was not possible to steal, not to draw 62,2%, not to spend money in black accounts, not to bring buses of forced laborers and to rein in the national regions with their "electoral anomaly" (read utter contempt some out there counting the votes, but simply the announcement of a Grand under 100%, numbers). All of this would be possible — but impossible. Because habits Shura Balaganov become instinct. And one of Ella Pamfilova's not enough to stop it.
So people in the government do not believe, and it is their disbelief was fully justified. Hence the conclusion: the problem of legitimacy of such an election decided exactly the opposite. All the opinion polls of the government (the Duma and the government) don't trust three quarters of the population of the country. But the dissatisfaction with the election results say more than half of Russians, they are even ignored.
However, the absence of protests, similar performances of 2011, is easily explained. People believe that with this government not to do nothing. So, the first goal is to enlist the support of society — not achieved. We are in a classical situation "the people are silent": to shout in support of no one here be free, but the heavy silence that everyone until then will continue to interpret in their favor, is more than enough. What ends silence — recall?
Now the second goal formulated by the Prime Minister in his excellent aphorism "no money". The right to take money from us the state does not have — see, as they say, paragraph 1. But the opportunity got. We are back to the Shura Balaganov. The right to carry the wallet on him, no, but the possibilities are rife.
The methods will be different: for example, another "anti-sanctions". Suppose, for example, over Syria, should us something else to successfully bomb, the West will impose an embargo on the purchase of our oil — and it is here that the government and hit in all heavy, from the ban on foreign drugs to the inflation tax. While this is only estimations: to raise the excise tax, to impose a fee for leaving the country — a lot of variants. Guess here will undertake, the thoughts of the Kremlin sages go whimsical ways, West to us Magnitsky list, and we have him — the massacre of the innocents in the form of "law of scoundrels" (aka Dima Yakovlev).
In General (minute practical advice) saving for a rainy day may soon need.
But the third goal is achieved. 146%. All members completely under control: there will not be even and a pair of "renegades", which goes against the party line (the same one). In this case the Parliament passed the most odious personality — "geoparty", prosecutors with the Royal icons and other Shapoklyak. They will not be difficult to show foreign colleagues the true face of Russian parliamentarism.
It is only at best be a Shura Balaganov, and at worst — you do not want to think.
In fact, the model of behavior for the members have been ready: every day the Ministry of foreign Affairs, the military, the press Secretary of the President and others like them tell us about the "hysterical Russophobia", "blackmail and forgery", "incredible cynicism" and other disgusting qualities of their foreign colleagues. If such language they used in everyday life, it would already have a reputation for tram boors, but this is politics.
Would not worry too much over this, but such rhetoric blurs the boundaries of the norm, and the distance from words to action is reduced. First you say that over "the boundaries of strategic patience" in relation to the hysterical Russophobes, then they supply in Syria, With 300 to show exactly where these boundaries ended, and in the end, "slow missiles float away into the distance," as sung in a dark nursery rhyme.
So even the most clownish and the most forced, buffoon Duma, designed to entertain the king with his obscene antics can be dangerous. Will.
Here it would be appropriate, in the spirit of inveterate political scientists, to analyze the appointment of the speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, to reason, and why he was thrown into the Parliament to look at the sharply reduced share of the other three, in addition to the EP factions, but it does not make sense.
Who cares how many gears in a clock, tied to a box of dynamite? What will probably happen: explode a bomb or sapper cut the red wiring.
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Pentagon Official Warns of Israeli Attack on IranSenior Pentagon officials are concerned that Israel could carry out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of the year, an action that would have enormous security and economic repercussions for the United States and the rest of the world. ...
US 'won't allow' Iran to shut key Gulf oil routeThe commander of the US navy's Fifth Fleet warned on Monday that the United States will not allow Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf sea lane through which much of the world's oil is supplied.
"They will not close it... They will not be allowed to close it," Vice-Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff told a press conference in Bahrain, where the Fifth Fleet is based. ...
Keep an Eye on Khuzestan In light of Seymour Hersh's latest article, "Preparing the Battlefield," about stepped-up US involvement in Iran, here's post I wrote over 2 years ago on the topic: Keep an Eye on Khuzestan
Keep an eye on Khuzestan. That's the South-Western Iranian province, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf, that currently has a modest but growing independence movement. It was also the site of the recent bombings that Iran is blaming on UK influence. Within the US intelligence community, at least, it is widely believed that the best option for dealing with Iran is through fomenting internal unrest of some sort. ...
Bush is trying to impose a classic colonial status on IraqUS efforts to force Iraqis to swallow permanent vassal status and give up control of their oil echoes British imperial history---... four of the western world's largest oil corporations are due to sign contracts for the renewed exploitation of Iraq's vast reserves. Initially, these are to be two-year deals to boost production in Iraq's largest oilfields. But not only did the four energy giants - BP, Exxon Mobil, Shell and Total - write their own contracts with the Iraqi government, an unheard-of practice: they have also reportedly secured rights of first refusal on the far more lucrative 30-year production contracts expected once a new US-sponsored oil law is passed, allowing a wholesale western takeover. ...
'Oh Happy Day' It's getting harder and harder to remain deluded. With each day comes new facts to drag our heads out of the sand.
Two weeks ago, The Times reported that four Western oil giants were on the verge of signing no-bid contracts that would return them to Iraq, the third-most bountiful petroleum playground on the planet. The deals, expected to be finalized in the next 30 days, were the kind of news that big oil lives for.
Giddy executives singing "Oh Happy Day" could be heard in the corporate offices of Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP, which had been shut out of Iraq for three and a half decades. ...
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Pipeline opens new front in Afghan warAfghanistan and three of its neighbouring countries have agreed to build a $7.6-billion (U.S.) pipeline that would deliver natural gas from Turkmenistan to energy-starved Pakistan and India - a project running right through the volatile Kandahar province - raising questions about what role Canadian Forces may play in defending the project.
To prepare for proposed construction in 2010, the Afghan government has reportedly given assurances it will clear the route of land mines, and make the path free of Taliban influence.
The commander of the US navy's Fifth Fleet warned on Monday that the United States will not allow Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz.
How could the U.S. effectively keep Iran from skuttling a couple of ships right in the middle of the Straight? Sinking a ship does not exactly take a clever military.
Granted, Iran is no match for U.S. firepower and that such an impediment would be temporary, but it would be long enough to send the markets reeling. And nevermind if Iran decides to try to defend the impediment by missle attack.
How could the U.S. effectively keep Iran from skuttling a couple of ships right in the middle of the Straight?
Precisely! One gets the impression that there are some people in Pentagon (... and White House!) who believe that either Israel or the U.S. can bomb Iran, fly home, ... and it will be "Mission Accomplished"! Fools, ...
Anyway, ... get ready for life at $300 a barrel. You won't be able to eat, travel or live as you do now. The age of planty for you is over...
If they mess this up we should give them something very special. I think a one way ticket to Iran would be fair.
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New Canaan bucks trend, test scores higher
Published 1:12 pm, Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Tuesday's release of the 2013 Connecticut Mastery Test results showed New Canaan's scores about where they were last year and well above the state averages, which fell across the board.
"We were very pleased," New Canaan Superintendent Mary Kolek said. "If you look from elementary to high school, many of (the results) are the strongest or among the strongest we've gotten in the past several years."
Among New Canaan eighth-graders, 96.6 percent tested at or above goal in reading, the fourth highest of five levels on the CMT rubric. Last year, that number was 93.1. Students fared slightly worse in writing, however, where 92.7 percent of eighth-graders tested at goal, down from 96 percent last year.
From Bridgeport to Milford, Stratford to Trumbull, the percentage of elementary and middle school students meeting the state's reading and math goal were generally down.
Statewide, results showed declines in the third- through eighth-grade results in reading, math, writing and science -- all the subjects tested. Only 61.6 percent of third-graders statewide reached the goal set for them in reading, and just 56.9 percent met the goal in math. By eighth grade, 65.7 percent of students statewide met the goal in math and 78.9 percent met the reading goal. In both cases, the percentages were lower than they had been in 2012.
Sophomores who took the Connecticut Academic Placement Test, meanwhile, showed modest improvement over the class that came before them in reading, math and science, although only 48.5 percent -- fewer than half -- reached the goal in reading, compared to 47.5 percent in 2012. In math, 52.6 percent met the goal in 2013, compared to 49.3 percent in 2012.
In New Canaan, CAPT scores increased in math and science and about the same in reading and writing.
In math, 86.1 percent met goal in 2013, up from 83.8 percent the previous year. In science, 83.6 percent met goal, up from 78.9 in 2012.
Though better than last year, the results are not quite on the level as those from five years ago. In 2008, 90.2 percent and 85.8 percent of New Canaan sophomores scored goal on the CAPT test in math and science, respectively.
While she noted that it was too early to explain the results, which will take analysis and certainly derive from several factors, Kolek said at first glance she thought the work the district has done with teachers was a primary reason for the results.
"We do a lot of professional development," she said. "We spend a lot of time with our teachers working on improving. Even very strong results can be improved. Our new teacher evaluation plan focused on teachers analyzing student performance. I don't think there's ever one reason, but I think the emphasis we've placed on strong teachers has a lot to do with the overall strength of the system."
Statewide, the CMT was taken by about 242,600 students while about 42,000 students took CAPT. This is the last year all districts will take these tests. Next year, some districts will switch over to the new tests, which align with a new state curriculum test.
The results come despite ongoing efforts by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to improve student achievement and narrow the nation's worst achievement gap. That gap lessened in some areas but actually grew in others, according to results.
Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor blamed the decline -- particularly in the early grades -- on the shift to the new Common Core State Standards curriculum, which is already underway in many districts.
Third-graders in New Canaan faced no such issue, though elements of Common Core curriculum have been steadily introduced here in recent years. In each of math, reading and writing, students improved over last year, with 91.2 percent of students meeting goal in reading, in contrast to 89.6 percent last year.
Andrew Doba, a Malloy spokesman, said the governor has been clear from the beginning that the task of improving public schools will take time.
"While there is certainly more work to do, we are seeing signs of improvement, particularly when it comes to the Commissioner's Network schools. Working with administrators and teachers, this is a challenge that we can and will tackle together," said Doba.
Last year, the state began working with a handful of schools with the lowest test scores, called the Commissioner's Network. All four, including Curiale School in Bridgeport, have shown improvement, Pryor said.
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Introduction: Heart and lung transplantation might be followed by a complicated post-operative course with prolonged intensive medical care (ICU) and unclear outcome. Otherwise several patients stayed short-term on ICU. Therefore the aim of the retrospective study is a comparison of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between patients with prolonged and short ICU stay.
Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of 74 patients operated on heart or lung transplantation between 1988 and 2008 was performed. Patients with 5 days or less and with 14 days or more on ICU, which are still alive, were included and analyzed by questionnaires (SF-36). 42 patients took part. Rate of return was 56%.
Results: Patients with prolonged and short ICU stay were almost equivalent in age (56+/-13.2y vs. 52.5+/-11.3y), gender (87% male vs. 68.4%, 13% female vs. 31.6%), proportion of thoracic transplantation (lung transplantation 73.9% vs. 78.9%, heart transplantation 26.1% vs. 21.1%) and follow up period (55.2+/-46.4 months vs. 44.6+/-16.6 months). Mean ICU stay (34+/-21.2 days vs. 3.5+/-1.3 days, p=0) and ventilation time (227.8+/-57.9 hours vs. 30.6+/-17 hours, p=0.04) were significant different. Recipients with prolonged ICU stay showed a significant reduced mental HRQOL (50.8+/-9.8 vs. 55.9+/-5.9, p=0.05), the physical HRQOL of the two groups were almost equivalent (prolonged ICU 45.7+/-13.1 vs. short ICU 46.9+/-11.4). In the follow up there was no significant difference of heart (ejection fraction: prolonged ICU 55.8%+/-8 vs. short ICU 63%+/-4) and lung function (forced expiratory volume in 1 second: prolonged ICU 76.6%+/-22 vs. short ICU 89.3%+/-23.8).
Conclusion: Prolonged ICU stay after heart or lung transplantation affects negatively the mental HRQOL, but physical HRQOL and constitution is almost equivalent.


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KETCHIKAN - A barge carrying about 800,000 gallons of fuel nearly ran aground on the south end of an island near Ketchikan, the Coast Guard said.
The near accident occurred Monday when a tug pulling the barge lost power near the south end of Pennock Island, and the barge floated very close to the island.
It appeared that no fuel spilled, said Mark Dilenge, chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Ketchikan. The tug regained power within a half hour and was able to regain control of the barge.
Lt. j.g. Brierley Ostrander of the Coast Guard in Juneau said the service has ordered a survey to determine whether the barge was damaged.
The tug, the Pacific Patriot, is operated by Sea Coast Transportation out of Seattle. Dave Godel, regulatory director with Sea Coast, said he believed the barge never hit ground, although a dive survey Monday did show some indentation in the hull.
The tug soon regained power, he said, and circled back to get the barge. There were no spills and nobody was hurt, he said.
"We will do a full investigation on this," Godel said.
He said the barge typically runs an Inside Passage schedule, making deliveries to Southeast towns. It was coming from Annette Island and was headed for Petersburg when the incident occurred.
Airport environmental impact statement meeting scheduled
JUNEAU - The Federal Aviation Administration will hold a public information meeting at 5 p.m. on May 14 for review of the final environmental impact statement and evaluation on proposed developments at the Juneau International Airport.
The meeting will include a presentation and open house. The presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. and focus on key changes between the draft and the final impact statements, as well as the FAA's preferred alternatives for the airport.
Prior to and following the presentation, the FAA project manager and members of the consultant team who prepared the statement will be available to answer questions about it.
The environmental impact statement examines alternatives and impacts associated with the need for improved safety and operational efficiency at the airport, and projected future increases in aviation demand.
Projects under consideration include the runway safety area, a snow removal equipment and maintenance facility, an approach lighting system for Runway 26, development of apron areas for aircraft and helicopter parking and aviation-related businesses, and implementation of wildlife hazard management actions.
The public may submit written comments during the meeting. Comments also may be submitted online at www.jnu-eis.org by following the link to the Public Comment Form or via regular mail. Written comments via regular mail should be sent to SWCA Environmental Consultants ATTN: Juneau Airport EIS 257 East 200 South, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111. Comments must be received no later than June 11.
Mother begins trial for murder of sons
ANCHORAGE - A murder trial has begun for an Anchorage woman accused of killing her three teenage sons over 11 hours one school day in 2004.
Cynthia Lord, 45, told police in a videotaped confession aired in court Monday that she shot her oldest son in the back of the head as he played video games.
As her judge-only trial began Monday, defense attorney Fred Dewey said Lord was tortured by delusions, unable to tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
"She thought her children were being turned into clones or robots," he said.
During her confession, Lord told police she loved her family and planned for months to shoot her sons. She said she tried to drug them to sleep by mixing her medication into their drinks and said she drank beer to give her courage for the killings.
Assistant district attorney Sharon Marshall said she intends to ask Superior Court Judge Philip Volland to find Lord guilty of three counts of first-degree murder. Dewey said Lord is not guilty by reason of insanity.
Lord admitted shooting Christopher, 19; Michael, 18; and Joseph, 16, on March 16, 2004.
Under Alaska's insanity law, not knowing the difference between right and wrong isn't enough. A killer essentially has to believe the victim isn't a human being. Drawing the line between very mentally ill and legally insane, however, is still a judicial judgment call.
Dewey said Lord once shot at an imaginary spy in her apartment. She meets the criteria for legal insanity, he said.
"If Cynthia Lord is not the definition of not guilty by reason of insanity in this state, there is no definition of insanity in this state," he said.
Man found guilty in tourist's death
FAIRBANKS - A Fairbanks man was found guilty of manslaughter in the traffic death of a Maryland tourist.
Byron Frank Geisinger also was convicted Monday of drunken driving, assault and failure to render aid in connection with the Sept. 9 death of physicist Yong-Ki Kim of Germantown, Md.
Geisinger, 46, was accused of slamming his pickup truck into the back of the Kim family's rented sedan. Kim, 74, was sightseeing along Chena Hot Springs Road with his wife and son when the accident occurred.
"We miss him very much, as does the international scientific community," Kim's family said in a statement released Monday. "Unfortunately, what happened to our family could have happened to anyone. We sincerely hope that the people of Fairbanks will take steps to ensure that this does not happen to anyone else's family."
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I like this guy in my school and well, I'm in band and so is he and at camp he seemed to like me. He looked at me all the time, attempted to talk to me, and even checked me out, but nothing happened. Lately, he has an online blog thing and I talked to him once, but since then nothing. Now, he's talking to my friend M, and I think he likes her and stuff, and I don't know how to move on. He's asking her to go to his party and he's complimenting her, and I guess I'm old news. How can I move on without being hurt over something that never was? And what was with his behavior at camp? Help!
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Nikki- Bhabi, kya hua-why are u like this? Did something happen to u? Are u alright?
Riddhima- Yeah Nikki I am good……..u tell me how are u doing and how's the baby?
Nikki- tell me the truth bhabi, did viren do something to you……….she touches riddhima's hand and she says bhabi, u are having fever…..why did u come to see me now in this condition?
Riddhima- Nikki, I am ok, little bit fever-that's it…I need some help from you both……..please promise me that you will do without asking any questions----tears start forming in her eyes and how much ever she controls, she is not able to forget whatever happened? As soon as she saw nikki, she got reminded of armaan……….and his words.
Nikki- Bhabi, why are u crying? Please tell me what happened? Abhi comes near her and says nikki, don't get excited……….let riddhima speak………u calm down……..starts patting her back………
Riddhima- Abhi, I need something from u……….can I ask u
Abhi- Anything u ask riddhima, I will do it and whatever u have done for me and nikki, I know I cannot repay that.
Riddhima- Abhi, u know armaan has transferred 50 % of the armaan's property under my name and the power of attorney stuff………..she starts crying…….how hard it has become for her to explain---can you please help me transfer everything back to his name again…………
Nikki- Bhabi, what are u saying, bhayya ne kuch kaha aap se………ok now it makes sense……u didn't sign the contract papers and bhayya was mad at u right bhabi……..u know armaan bhayya doesn't think before he speaks……….bhabi don't misunderstand him……….i will explain him what viren tried to do with us…………
Riddhima doesn't want to say anything to anyone from now on------------so she changes the tpoic----Nikki, its not that……….u remember… viren made me sign some papers in front of u guys yesterday……..i don't know what is in those papers and I don't want him to do anything with Armaan's property……..so abhi can u please help me
Abhi- u are right riddhima, he might have planned something evil again………let me speak with the lawyer right away.
Riddhima- small request abhi, don't say anything to armaan right now, I don't want to make him tensed about this….
Abhi- Ok riddhima, I will ask my personal lawyer to do it and I will ask him to prepare the docs right away
Riddhima- Abhi, I want to sign them as soon as possible. Please kuch karo abhi………………
Nikki- Bhabi, don't worry, we will take care of it ok……..dont cry bhabi……….and tell me who slapped you…
Riddhima- No one slapped me nikki, she is not looking into her eyes directly and nikki guessed that armaan has hit her and something big must have happened…..i have to talk to bhayya as soon as possible…..
Nikki- Bhabi, does armaan bhayya or mom know that u are coming here or do they know that I am admitted in the hospital because of viren
Riddhima- No nikki, u said not to tell anyone………….i didn't say it to anyone………….don't worry…….no one know that u are here.
Nikki- bhabi, u look weak……….take some rest………lie down for a while………abhi will take care of the papers in the mean time.
Riddhima just lies down on the couch which was there besides nikki's bed and she dozes off soon as she is so damn tired and she was driving continuously from 2 hours.
Nikki- Abhi, can u send aalekh while u are going out. Aalekh is abhi and Armaan's friend and he is a doctor in the clinic in which nikki was admitted.
Abhi- sure nikki……are u ok……….
Nikki- not for me……..i want him to check bhabi………….she has high temperature
Abhi leaves the room to find aalekh and nikki closely observes riddhima- she is not only weak but her eyes were saying something else…………what must have happened yesterday? Did viren do something again or did armaan bhayya said something to bhabi……why is bhabi not saying anything to me………what happened
Aalekh comes inside and see riddhima lying on the couch and goes to niki and asks her…….kya baat hai……..bhabhi is here………
Nikki- Aalekh, I want u to check bhabi, she is having high temperature
Aalekh- sure nikki, he goes near riddhima and catches her wrist to check her pulse…………as soon as he does that riddhima gets up suddenly and starts breathing heavily and she starts crying…………Both aalekh and nikki are shocked to see her like that and nikki gets down from her bed, comes close to riddhima and asks bhabi- are u ok, bhabi say something…………what happened and riddhima was in a shock still and now she is scared of everyone in her life……..she just looks the surroundings and realize that she is in the hospital and she stops crying……….I am sorry nikki, was thinking of something and got scared. Nikki was damn sure that something has happened for sure…………….
Aalekh: Bhabi, can I check u please
Riddhima: I am ok aalekh, she doesn't want to get tested here………she doesn't want anyone to know that she is pregnant……..i am fine aalekh, nothing happened to me
Aalekh: Bhabi, u are a doctor, common, u are having high temperature..let me check please bhabi
Riddhima doesn't know what to do now and nikki is watching her……..so she says ok
Aalekh checks her and gives her an injection-he was about to collect the blood sample from her, riddhima says aalekh-it's ok, there is no need of that……Nikki comes close to riddhima and asks her what happened bhabi, why are u behaving strangely……are u scared of someone or something……..bhabi please say something……..trust me…….Riddhima says nothing Nikki, u are worrying unnecessarily, what would happen to me……..nothing…….absolutely nothing…………..
Nikki has decided to talk to armaan as soon as possible………..she signals aalekh to leave……..abhi comes inside with the lawyer and the papers----She signs all the documents and thanks abhi and nikki for all their help. Nikki says bhabi don't say thanks and all…………this is nothing infront of whatever u have done for us………Riddhima decides to leave as soon as possible----she was about to get up……….nikki asks her to sit for sometime……..and says abhi will drop you…………you are not well bhabi…………….Riddhima says I am ok nikki…I will manage………..i need to go to Sanjeevani immediately and leaves.
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The overhead cameras you see at a traffic signal are solely for detecting the presence of vehicles in order to provide the best distribution of green time based on traffic demand. They are cost-effective replacements for in-ground induction loops that are cut into the pavement.
The cameras are not focused on you the driver, but instead on your vehicle as it moves towards the intersection. As your vehicle enters defined areas or "zones" within the camera's field of view, the camera's processor detects a change in the "zone". An output is sent to the traffic signal's controller (the computerized "brain" housed in a nearby metallic cabinet controlling the intersection's timing) that says a vehicle is requesting green time for its direction.
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A higher mounting position allows for a better angle and wider view, which in turn generally allows for 1 camera to cover all lanes in a particular direction. Lower mounting heights (at signal indications' height) would not provide an effective image. MoDOT generally looks at mounting heights of around 30', which is at least 10' above the height of the signal indications.
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There is no constant surveillance or archiving of these images. The camera view is a fixed focus, fixed location image (there is no zooming or moving the cameras once they are installed). The image is analyzed by the camera processor ONLY for the simple presence of vehicles within defined areas or "zones". The resolution of the image by these cameras is NOT good enough to read license plates or distinguish any facial features, as shown in a typical snapshot here:
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The red rectangles are the "zones" drawn via processor software to target the areas to detect vehicles.
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Will I get a ticket if I run the red light or speed through the intersection?
These particular cameras are in no way tied to any law enforcement system. They are solely for detecting the presence of vehicles within their view. They are not capable of producing an image detailed enough to read license plates or facial features.
However, the city of Arnold, the first city in Missouri, has enacted a local ordinance to allow for red light running camera law enforcement. An entirely separate camera system would be installed for this purpose, as the enforcement cameras are much more detailed in their resolution. These intersections have yet to be determined on MoDOT's system, however, when they are determined and installed, they will be prominently signed to differentiate from the two different camera systems.
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Is my privacy being violated?
No. First of all, the cameras are focused on public property and are not aimed onto private property. Secondly, the cameras and their processor are incapable of displaying or sorting through an image which yields any distinguishing features or identification.
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How long are the videos kept?
There is no recording of these cameras. The video is analyzed by the processor in real-time, with no storage whatsoever of the image stream.
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Absolutely not. The cameras are incapable of producing an image which renders any specific identification of the vehicle or driver. The camera processor's only function is to determine if a vehicle is within the predetermined "zones". It has no surveillance capability.
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Why go through the extra expense of installing cameras?
Cameras are now the most cost-effective way of performing vehicle detection. Previously, the primary method of vehicle detection was done by cutting the pavement a few inches and installing a wire "loop" just below the surface. This "loop" is charged with a small electric current originating from the traffic signal control cabinet. As a metal object (i.e. vehicle) travels through the electric current's field, the change in the inductance from the metallic object triggers an output that a vehicle is within the "loop". The signal controller responds to this output with orderly green time.
These in-ground loops have both near-term and long-term costs. The labor for a work crew to saw-cut pavement while shutting down that lane of traffic, and the cost of material (wire, conduit, loop processors) are immediate costs. In the long run, additional costs pile up. The saw cutting of the pavement weakens its strength, resulting in shorter service life and more maintenance costs for pavement repair. When in-ground loops fail, the entire loop must be recut into the pavement again, so the labor and traffic disruption costs are renewed.
Video detection cameras, like most electronics, have seen their costs steadily drop since the technology was first introduced. Camera processors, like all computers, have increased their capability as prices drop. Installation is done above the surface of the road, and usually away from the flow of traffic. The pavement remains undisturbed and is capable of lasting longer. When cameras or processors fail, they are simply and quickly replaced without a great disturbance in traffic flow.
Comparing the overall costs of the in-ground loops vs. the overhead cameras today gives the cameras the edge. It is an efficient use of taxpayer money for the job they perform.
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The Vancouver Canucks, the NHL affiliate of the Manitoba Moose, announced they have assigned forward Marc Chouinard to the Moose.
Chouinard, 29, has appeared in 42 games thus far this year with the Canucks where he collected two goals and two assists for four points and 10 penalty minutes before being placed on waivers on Feb. 26th. In six seasons in the NHL, the Charlesbourg, PQ native has appeared in 320 career NHL games with Anaheim, Minnesota, and Vancouver. In that time, he has 37 goals and 41 assists for 78 points and 123 penalty minutes. In 15 career NHL playoff games, Chouinard has scored one goal and six penalty minutes.
Chouinard has also appeared in 179 career games in the AHL with the former Cincinnnati Mighty Ducks. In that span, Chouinard collected 35 goals and 35 assists for 70 points and 57 penalty minutes.
Chouinard was originally drafted by the Winnipeg Jets with their second round choice, 32nd overall, in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.
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