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Tancredo Turns Attention To The Front-Runner Hickenlooper In CO-GOV
The TPM Poll Average for the race shows Hickenlooper (46.1%) well ahead of Tancredo (34.7%) (Maes is it 14.5%), but Tancredo has been on the rise for weeks.
Tancredo has insisted all along that he believes he can win. And he's been attracting support and endorsements from Republicans and even some Tea Partiers who previously supported Maes. So with nothing more to gain from hurting Maes, Tancredo is going after Hickenlooper.
After a debate in late September, where Tancredo and Maes traded barbs, Hickenlooper told the Colorado Springs Gazette that he "felt like a third wheel." By last week, though, the Denver Post reported that Tancredo spent the last 45 seconds of his time at a debate attacking Hickenlooper on illegal immigration.
Tancredo's campaign released an ad that stars Marten Kudlis, whose son was killed when an illegal immigrant crashed his car into a Baskin Robbins. Kudlis says "sanctuary city policies" allowed the man to remain in the country after prior arrests, and then accuses Hickenlooper, the mayor of Denver, of supporting those policies. (Another Tancredo ad attacking Hickenlooper reuses footage from a Republican Governors Association ad from the primary -- ironic considering Tancredo is now running as an American Constitution Party candidate.)
And this past weekend, the Denver Post reported that Tancredo was going as far as announcing a pair of a appointments he would make if he won the race -- even though Hickenlooper still boasts a big lead in the polls and a huge war chest. Tancredo's running to win, and he wants to make sure people know it.


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In February, doctors removed my kidney and I learned that I had cancer. I might not be eager to disclose that to strangers — except that others may already have done that for me. One company claims to offer more than 60,000 mailing lists, including lists of people who have bought items for dealing with cancer and kidney disease and plenty of other ailments. Incontinent? Constipated? Your secret may also be out.
Other lists raise safety concerns. You can buy the home addresses of police officers. A list of high schoolers is said to include "puberty-infested" students. Even a list of domestic violence shelters is available.
Some lists raise discrimination questions. Those who want to market only to particular groups — Christians or Asians, say — can buy lists confined to such individuals.
While the National Security Agency's surveillance has elicited a lot of attention recently, it at least theoretically does so to benefit us all. In contrast, companies peddle information on consumers to pursue their own selfish interests.
The industry defends these practices on the ground that they enable websites to offer their services for free. But when we buy something, we are told a price and can decide whether we are willing to pay it.
Learning what most data brokers know about us and whom they sell it to — said to be the price for free websites — is often difficult or impossible. While companies may provide privacy policies, companies that do not want consumers to realize what they disclose to others have an incentive to write their policies in a way to make it unlikely that consumers will wade through them, and many do.
Some information is already protected by federal law. For example, medical professionals are limited in what they can say about patients. But information obtained from some sources, including patients who buy products or conduct searches on the Web without realizing that information about them is being harvested, is often not covered by law. The result is that medical information that consumers believe confidential is readily available for purchase.
Lawmakers should adopt several measures to address these issues. Congress should create a single website that consumers can visit to opt out of the collection of information on their transactions.
The options should be detailed enough so that consumers who want merchants to know of their interests in some things can indicate that, while still blocking sale of other information.
Merchants that collect information about consumers should be obliged to respect consumer choices, just as telemarketers must honor the "do-not-call" list. Merchants should be able to sell information about sensitive subjects, like illnesses, only if consumers affirmatively grant permission to do so.
Privacy policies should be standardized, brief, written in plain English and link to the opt-out website. If the result is fewer free websites, at least that will reflect what consumers want, rather than what businesses have decided for them. I may now be cancer-free, but until Congress acts, I am also privacy-free.
Jeff Sovern is a law professor at St. John's University School of Law in New York City and co-coordinator of the Consumer Law and Policy Blog at www.clpblog.org (firstname.lastname@example.com).

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"It's been a very nice experience for me to be her caretaker and I've been doing it the last 6 years. It progresses, it doesn't get easier, but I think it's very important thing," said Merrill Cook a former Utah Congressman
Cook whose full time job was being involved with politics is now a full time caretaker for his wife Camille who is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease. Showing his support for the disease, Cook admits there are challenges that come along with being a caretaker, but it's worth it.
"Even though she's in this condition she doesn't know what's happening or who people are she still loves the sunsets, she loves the smell of those flowers, she loves walking in the back yard with me," said Cook.
The former Congressman's wife Camille isn't alone in her battle. According to the Alzheimer's Association more than 5 million Americans are living with the disease. "We know there is about 28,000 in the state, the challenge is most people don't go and get diagnosed," said Ronnie Daniel the executive director for the Alzheimer's Association;
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At the beginning I didn't planned to watch this anime because the description of the series and the pic in the chart didn't catch my attention but, when I joined the fansub in which I'm actually at, I have to translate this because it was the only anime that they couldn't translate due to the lack of translators, so I give Yakumo a try.
Story (7/10)
In the first episodes I feel like I was watching a mix between Ghost Whisperer and a detective series, looking a bit episodic but, as the story progresses, the protagonists starts to get involved in something bigger than solving random cases. They have done a really good work in the development of the story, making the watcher get hooked on the series, waiting anxiously for the next episode so, while the premises weren't exactly original, they used them at it's full potential making a really good story.
Animation (8/10)
They do a good job with the animation, it suits really well with the atmosphere. It's switches between a dark and haunting atmosphere and a happy atmosphere when it's necessary. Also the design of the character is really good but I see a minor flaw in the design of Yakumo's eyes. Yakumo has almond-shaped eyes but, when they show the pictures of Yakumo when he was a baby, he has big round eyes.
Except that detail they do a really good job
Sound (7/10)
The opening and ending of the series suits perfectly with it. The opening is quite haunting (and personally I liked it) and the ending is simply beatiful. The voice acting was fine and it fits the characters. The background music/noise helps to make the viewer feel like he was in the shoes of the character (they aren't spectacular or anything like that, but at least helps with the mood).
Characters (7/10)
The characters are well done. The protagonist is an university student who has the ability to speak with the spirits of the dead and spends all the time sleeping or tricking people with card tricks but, once in a while, he'll take a spirit associated police case that has piqued his interest. Also there is Haruka Ozawa, a female university student who constantly asks Yakumo for help (and Yakumo finds her annoying) but, they start to get on well and develop feelings to each other. Apart from the main protagonists we have another characters like Detective Gotou and his workmate, which often are used as a comic relief or Isshin, which normally appears in serious situations. Also there is Nao, who is Isshin's daughter and Yakumo's cousin, which at least wold make the viewer say "awww, it's so cute~" or make them faint because of a cuteness overload. I give it a 7 instead of a higher mark because having a harsh, antisocial guy with a cheerful girl is quite a cliche.
Overall (7/10)
To sum up, this is a good mystery series that is worth watching. It's not eprfect, but it's intriguing and entertaining enough to watch all the episodes in a row without noticing it so, if you plan to watch it, do it without doubt.
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Washington Nationals rookie outfielder Bryce Harper is not only making waves with his talent, now he may be starting a fashion trend as well.
Harper now-infamously responded, "That's a clown question, bro" when a Canadian reporter asked him what his favorite beer is after a Nationals-Toronto Blue Jays game. Of course, the reporter failed to realize that Harper is a Mormon, a religion that prohibits drinking alcohol.
Now he is taking full advantage of the exposure. Under Armour, a Baltimore-based apparel company, will start selling T-shirts featuring the "That's a clown question, bro" phrase, according to The Baltimore Sun. According to a recent United States trademark filing, Harper applied for the word mark, "THAT'S A CLOWN QUESTION, BRO" assigned to "wearing apparel, namely, shirts, T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, pants, shorts, hats, visors, gloves, shoes."


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Idris Elba: I'm not sexy Andrei Harmsworth for Metro 3 Feb 2013 He's tipped to be the first black Bond but Idris Elba just doesn't see why the ladies fall at his feet.
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Chasing The Saturdays goes down a treat Metro TV Reporter for Metro.co.uk 3 Feb 2013 Chasing The Saturdays has gone down well with UK fans after premiering here for the first time.
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Is it me, blonde cougar? Etan Smallman 3 Feb 2013 A group of young men is looking for a blonde bombshell. Nothing new there, you might say – but this time the boys have a reason to be hopeful.
Police 'stole IDs of dead children' Metro Reporter for Metro.co.uk 3 Feb 2013 Undercover police officers working for Britain's largest force have been accused of stealing the identities of dead children to use for fake IDs.
Beyonce tour details 'leaked' by Live Nation Metro Music Reporter for Metro.co.uk 3 Feb 2013 A poster image revealing details of Beyonce's expected world tour has been leaked by Live Nation.
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text: Man indicted in slaying of Kelley's Mens Shop employee By Staff reports July 27, 2012 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A grand jury has indicted a Kanawha County man for murder in the slaying of Sheila "Kathy" Goble, who was missing for two years before authorities found her remains buried in the man's backyard.Charles Eugene March, 60, Goble's former co-worker at Kelley's Mens Shop in Charleston, faces charges of first-degree murder and concealment of a deceased human body.Goble, 62, was last seen at the department store on April 24, 2010. After her remains were found this April, March allegedly told Kanawha County sheriff's deputies that he strangled her and buried her in his back yard, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.In a separate case, John Edward Hudson was charged with first-degree murder and grand larceny for allegedly shooting and killing a Winifrede woman. Hudson allegedly told deputies that he shot Michelle Gillispie, 27, with a pistol and left her home on Short Road in Winifrede Hollow without calling for help. Before he left, Hudson, 38, stole Gillispie's car and several items from her house, according to police.A longtime Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher was also indicted on sexual abuse charges Friday.Joseph Coen Jr., 52, faces charges of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian and person in a position of trust and third-degree sexual abuse.Authorities say Coen went into the bedroom of a 16-year-old girl and fondled her as she slept.An indictment is not a finding of guilt; it just means that a grand jury believes enough evidence of a crime exists to warrant a jury trial.


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(Nanowerk News) Garage Technology Ventures, a leading seed and early stage venture capital fund, is partnering with global corporate investors to launch a new investment program in the U.S. The partnership is initially focused on technologies of strategic interest to corporate partners in the areas of materials science, energy technologies, advanced chemistry, and clean technologies. As the program expands, the scope will include software, IT, communications, mobile, and other sectors. | |
Garage is reaching out to entrepreneurs, investors, universities and research labs to source new technology companies for investment. Under the partnership, Garage and its corporate partners will invest $500,000 to $5 million in promising opportunities that range from seed and early stage startups to growth and late stage companies that can scale to global businesses. Interested companies can submit their executive summaries to summary(at)garage(dot)com. | |
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Corporate investors see the need to participate more aggressively in the new venture ecosystem, said Bill Reichert, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures. At the same time, global strategic investors can bring a lot more than just money to an emerging technology company, if the relationship is managed correctly. The result is a win-win for entrepreneurs and for corporations. | |
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Garage Technology Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley and focused on finding brilliant entrepreneurs with path-breaking technologies that have the potential to have a substantial global impact. Over the past 14 years, Garage has funded over 150 emerging technology companies, including many companies that have become leaders in their sectors, such as Pandora Media, Motley Fool, LeftHand Networks, Tripwire, Coremetrics, Simply Hired, CaseStack, and WhiteHat Security. |
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text: FIRST Champion Robots (and the Students Who Built Them)Kyle VanHemert4/20/10 12:20pmFiled to: RobotsfirstDeanKamenkamenRoboticsFrc2010Students9EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Last Saturday, Atlanta's Georgia Dome was packed with students cheering on the FIRST Robotics Competition national championship. We covered the final matches via live feed, but these up-close photos truly capture the event's electric atmosphere. Even on the live stream, the excitement at the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship on Saturday was palpable. But these photos really give a sense of the action, both robot and human, that went down over the weekend during the supercharged soccer/robo-gymnastics matches. The competition is an annual event organized by Dean Kamen's FIRST, a group that promotes science and technology to young people around the world. Saturday's event was a brilliant display of America's future top engineers showing the incredible work they're already capable of. Advertisement Advertisement To find out more about how you can join a FIRST team or get one started at a school near you, head over to the group's website.Reply9 repliesLeave a reply


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It's November here in Vancouver. Most days have been grey and rainy, but some look like this:
By the end of summer, I am usually tired of grilled food and salads, and ready for some heartier dishes. Here's what I've been cooking:Paula Deen's cinnamon rolls, first spotted here. I go easy on the sugar/butter filling because I like them to be a bit lighter. The coffee shop down the street makes theirs with mini blueberries. I tried a second batch that way and they were delicious.
These pancetta, white bean and chard pot pies may be the best things I have eaten this Fall. Creamy, salty, crunchy, bacony goodness. They're pretty rich, so I halved the dough recipe and drained some of the pancetta fat. I made them once with bacon and once with pancetta. Both were divine.
These meatballs were another Saveur winner.
This soup was hearty and healthy. I added a can of white beans, as some of the comments suggested.
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5 out of 5 stars Tummy Tuck
Full TT with muscle repair, you don't have to be the perfect weight for surgery you can lose after.
He spends a lot of time with you and answers all questions. 4 post op follow up calls too, by him, not the nurse.
5 out of 5 stars Tummy Tuck
The 2 Week Count Down! Can't Wait! - Rockville, MD
Dr. T Rockville, MD is the most amazing Dr. He made me feel 100% comfortable and confident his staff is great they treated me kind and with so much respect. I would recommend him to anyone!
5 out of 5 stars Tummy Tuck
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Dr Tattelbaum was great, I just wasn't impressed with the administrative staff. The operating room nurse and anesthetist were great too
5 out of 5 stars Tummy Tuck
5 Weeks Postop - Full Tummy Tuck with Lipo to Flanks and Back - Rockville, MD
Dr. T and his staff are very courteous and professional. He explained the TT process in full, more than any of my other consultations.
5 out of 5 stars Tummy Tuck
10 weeks post op- can anyone sleep on their tummy yet? I can't!!! Lol!
So far I'm pleased! Dr. Tattlebaum is professional and makes you feel very comfortable. Very pleased in my choice of him. I found him to be very calming and comforting and for me that is so important. Dr. Tattlebaum is a skilled surgeon and explains the risks the benefits and having realistic expectations. I would use Dr. T again and highly recommend him for a tummy tuck!
5 out of 5 stars Tummy Tuck
Bye Bye Baby Bag! - Washington DC, DC
After meeting with 3 other plastic surgeons, I knew Dr. T was the best surgeon for me. From day one, Dr. T has given me realistic expectations prior to and after surgery.
5 out of 5 stars Breast Augmentation
5'8, 120lbs, 34AA - 450cc HP to C/D after breastfeeding (Photo Update)
Found Dr. Tattelbaum from online research of top PS doctors in the area. Went to a consult and just loved his manner. He has always seemed very kind, upfront, and honest...but very understanding and willing to listen. I just really liked him - and felt in my heart he was who I wanted to do this surgery with. So far I have no regrets - I'm still in very early recovery- but I feel very taken care of - and have never felt, despite all my back and forth between sizes, questions, etc. - that I was a bother to him in any way. He was always willing to see me, answer the same questions over and over, listen to my worries, give me honest feedback...and his staff were always very helpful. Calls me personally -checks up - just get the feeling he is a good person in general - and I"m pretty good at reading people.
5 out of 5 stars Mommy Makeover
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I originally had a consult with another very well-known PS in the area. But then I met a girl at my gym who I admired her body (especially knowing she had kids) and after I got to talking to her she revealed that she had a MM. I asked for her PS information and she told me about Dr. T. I did a ton of research on him and realized that he was the best. I couldn't find one bad review, one bad picture, nothing. Everything I found about him has been nothing but impeccable so I made an appt to consult with him. I first met with Eve (his physician assistant-I think thats her title) and she was great. Very sweet. Then I met with Dr. T and I knew right away he was a great pick. He was very informative from the beginning and took me very seriously. I had met with another PS before him who I felt didn't really take me seriously (maybe bc I'm young? Maybe bc I wasn't your "typical" TT patient with tons of skin? I don't know) But we tried on sizers, talked about the entire procedure etc... I think my first consult with him was over an hour maybe an hour and a half. He told me what he thought would be best and that I wouldn't need lipo (which I was happy about. I didn't want that) Then we went into his office and looked at before and after pics (which I had already seen online and was very happy with the results). We had very similar ideas on how the incision should look. I wanted a straight, rounded-like incision. I didn't want a square or boxy or jagged incision. He said he hated those types of incisions. From what I read about him and from what he said, he sounded very much like a perfectionist. Since I was still nursing my 18 month old he suggested waiting a few months for my milk to dry up (this was in Oct). I stopped nursing immediately and started taking a medication that he prescribed to help dry me up. Then I scheduled my surgery for Dec 6th. I wanted one last consult with him bc I was going back and forth on size implants and also I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page with expectations etc... Pei, his secretary (?), was very accommodating and squeezed me in before I had to make my final payment. Lets not forget about Pei. She's awesome too. Very responsive. Calls you back within minutes of leaving a message or emails you back within minutes of emailing her. She was basically my own personal counselor. Ha! She never seemed bothered and was always so sweet in calming my fears. He has great staff :) So anyway, this is why I picked him. He's the best and will prepare you for the worst case scenario in every procedure.I trusted him and so did my husband. I will write more in my blog.
5 out of 5 stars Breast Augmentation
Smooth Experience - Rockville, MD
I chose Dr. Tattelbaum through pouring ove various surgeons on the internet. I was impressed by his credentials and education. Upon meeting him ( he was the first and last consultation I had) I knew that I wanted him to be my surgeon. Dr. Tattelbaum and his entire staff were amazing. From my consultation to my last check-up, they were friendly and very comforting. I recently moved and had liposuction in my new town. The doctor I went to asked if I had any previous surgery done. I told him yes in Maryland. When I metioned Dr. Tattelbaum, he was so impressed and said he had actually studied his work and attended seminars to learn from Dr. Tattelbaum. He said I was a lucky girl and Dr. Tattelbaum is a master at is craft. He truly is! :)
5 out of 5 stars Breast Implant Revision
Switching from 420 Cc Saline to 800 Cc HP Silicones - Rockville, MD
This is my third surgery with him, his results speak for them self!
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49 U.S. Code § 41745 - Community and regional choice programs
§ 41745.
Community and regional choice programs
(a) Alternate Essential Air Service Pilot Program.—
The Secretary of Transportation shall establish an alternate essential air service pilot program in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(2)Assistance to eligible places.—
In carrying out the program, the Secretary, instead of paying compensation to an air carrier to provide essential air service to an eligible place, may provide assistance directly to a unit of local government having jurisdiction over the eligible place or a State within the boundaries of which the eligible place is located.
(3)Use of assistance.—A unit of local government or State receiving assistance for an eligible place under the program may use the assistance for any of the following purposes:
To provide assistance to air carriers that will use smaller equipment to provide the service and to consider increasing the frequency of service using such smaller equipment if the Secretary determines that passenger safety would not be compromised by the use of such smaller equipment and if the State or unit of local government waives the minimum service requirements under section 41732(b).
To provide assistance to an air carrier to provide on-demand air taxi service to and from the eligible place.
To provide assistance to a person to provide scheduled or on-demand surface transportation to and from the eligible place and an airport in another place.
In combination with other units of local government in the same region, to provide transportation services to and from all the eligible places in that region at an airport or other transportation center that can serve all the eligible places in that region.
(b) Community Flexibility Pilot Program.—
(1)In general.—
The Secretary shall establish a pilot program for not more than 10 eligible places or consortia of units of local government.
Under the program, the sponsor of an airport serving an eligible place may elect to forego any essential air service for which compensation is being provided under this subchapter for a 10-year period in exchange for a grant from the Secretary equal in value to twice the compensation paid to provide such service in the most recent 12-month period.
(c)Fractionally Owned Aircraft.—
After the effective date of the rule referred to in subsection (a)(3)(E), only those operating rules that relate to an aircraft that is fractionally owned apply when an aircraft described in subsection (a)(3)(E) is used to provide transportation described in subsection (a)(3)(E).
(d) Applications.—
(e)Participation Requirements.—
An eligible place for which compensation or assistance is provided under this section in a fiscal year shall not be eligible in that fiscal year for the essential air service that it would otherwise be entitled to under this subchapter.
(f)Subsequent Participation.—
A unit of local government participating in the program under this subsection (a) in a fiscal year shall not be prohibited from participating in the basic essential air service program under this subchapter in a subsequent fiscal year if such unit is otherwise eligible to participate in such program.
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Section applicable only to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 2003, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–176, set out as an Effective Date of 2003 Amendment note under section 106 of this title.
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Two games at home for the Clemson Tigers and two victories over smaller, underpowered schools in North Texas and Presbyterian College. For many Tigers fans seeing that the running game continue on without CJ Spiller and the passing game flourish the way it has been, makes them very happy with the looming thought of "when will the Tigers mess this up?!?"
For those that don't like Clemson Tigers (i.e. South Carolina Gamecocks fans) they say that time will come this Saturday when the Clemson Tigers visit the Auburn Tigers. This is going to be the first real test for the Clemson Tigers this season. After going 15 for 26 for 284 yards and throwing for 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, Clemson's sophomore quarterback, Kyle Parker hopes to lead the high powered offensive Tigers to another victory.
One thing that can be said about this young Tigers team is that they are hungry and are willing to do what it takes to get the job done, but as it has been pointed out by many other analysts, they are not facing the kind of caliber that they will be facing against on the 18th. The Auburn Tigers are coming off a close victory over SEC rival, Mississippi State and what mistakes they made then, Coach Gene Chizik is going to make sure that his Tigers stick to what they do best and that is to make sure that his team, which is 9th in FBS in rushing, continue to run the ball like they have so far this season.
It is very early in the season to say that the Clemson Tigers are poised for something special, especially with the number of freshmen and sophomores on this team; they may not get the victory, but you can rest assure that Coach Dabo Swinney will have his troops ready to play hard in what will most likely be hostile territory.
As a country boy that grew up in the upstate of South Carolina, I have been privy to hearing about Clemson football for all of my life. Even today now that I live in Washington, DC, and have worked for a popular sports shows, I still hear about Clemson Football. I know that come Saturday night at 7PM a lot of questions will be answered. Which pride of Tigers will reign supreme?
Prediction: Auburn 35 – Clemson 28
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Captain Daniel Leary with his friend–and spy–Officer Adele Mundy are sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a sector where commerce is king and business is carried out by extortion and gunfights. With anarchy and rebellion in the air, a rogue intelligence officer plots the war that will destroy civilization and enlists the help of a brute whom even torturers couldn't stomach. And, of course, it's up to Leary and Mundy to put a stop to the madness.
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"Another great book"
First let me say this is another very enjoyable book in the RCN series but if you are looking to check the series out you'd be better off with an earlier book.
If you have enjoyed the series to this point you will enjoy this book as well. Nothing new gets added in here which might usually cause me to lower the story rating but I just found it too enjoyable.
As has been the case for most of the series Leary gets sent to another world with a simple mission which then leads into another more twisted and complex mission etc. For me I read this book at the right time so really liked it but the plot needs to start moving along. While we got a bit more of the politics in the universe it is too much more of the same.
Victor Bevine does a great job as always. At this point I could not imagine these books being read by anyone else.
So while I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who has enjoyed the series so far, it really is just more of the same.
"great book great reader"
Drake's RCN series is a favorite of mine, and Mr. Bevine does an excellent job with the pacing and characters, relying on voice characteristics to identify players rather than attempting a terrible falsetto.
An excellent read, and an excellent listen.
A 50-something who loves sci-fi, cozy mysteries, thrillers, an occasional romance, and any genre if it is a good story. And especially if it makes me laugh! No vampires or zombies though - these are NOT sci-fi!
"RCN forever!"
Just the latest in the adventures of Daniel Leary and Adele Mundy. He is always cheerful and optimistic, and she is....well...a good friend to Daniel. Today she would be called a high-functioning autistic. I am always amazed at how they can turn around what seems to be an impossible situation. If you like military sci-fi with a fun, fast moving story, you will love this series!
"Audio Frontiers bombs again."
Another fine book by David Drake brought down to insignificance by the colorless, flat delivery of Victor Bevine. I had thought that I might have become immune to the mind numbing performances of Mr. Bevine by book 9 in the series, but it just isn't in the cards.
The story is, however, first class. If at all possible, read the book first. Then, if you absolutely must, listen to the audio version.


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Structural vector-autoregressive models are potentially very useful tools for guiding both macro- and microeconomic policy. In this paper, we present a recently developed method for exploiting non-Gaussianity in the data for estimating such models, with the aim of capturing the causal structure underlying the data, and show how the method can be applied to both microeconomic data (processes of firm growth and firm performance) as well as macroeconomic data (effects of monetary policy).
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Although I support the general principle of Holy Stewardship, two things come to mind. First, Christ gave but one commandment to us during his time on earth, to "Love one another as I have loved you". If we were all to follow this most basic principle of love, everything else would fall into place, including the loving care of our planet (you would no sooner crap in your neighbors yard as your own). Second, Man has dwelled on this planet for somewhere between 3,000 and 10,000 years, depending on which side of the evolution argument you stand on, and we all surely agree that the planet is a lot older than that. Mans recent rush to rape and pillage the earth has gone on for a couple of hundred years, and in the long run mother earth will shake our race off of her like a bad case of fleas (if God doesn't do it first!) Our degradation of this beautiful place serves only to poison ourselves, the planet will survive. We need to focus on the long term care and loving concern for the liveliehood of the individual and do away with the corporate greed that pervades this world. It is the single biggest threat to person and planet. We as a nation (and world) are not worthy of our complaining so long as we live in apathy to the ways of the world. Focusing on the ways of God rather than the pursuits of man will put an end to all our problems.
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Which prop is best for the DLE 30, Xoar or Vess, or in general terms which one do people consider to be the best performer.
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Which prop is best for the DLE 30, Xoar or Vess, or in general terms which one do people consider to be the best performer.
Geoff, you could try a 7.4x7.5 carbon prop it will scream its nuts off!!!
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Which prop is best for the DLE 30, Xoar or Vess, or in general terms which one do people consider to be the best performer.
I use a MA 18x10 wood on mine in a MX2 and can not fault it. I have tried others from Turnigy, Master Airscrew, Bolly Carbon, JXF wood. The MA wood seams to be the best for RPM and thrust.
Remember, Always look after the ORGANIC part of the model
I have two DLE 30's. I've tried many differant props also. I keep coming back to the Menz 18x8 for best rpms & thrust. I have a way of actually checking the pull thrust accurately.
Just my two cents worth.....
The best prop is the one that gets the plane to fly the way you want. What works for me, may not be at all what you like. Try a number of props until you find the one that works for you.
Xoar is a "sport" prop that tends a load up the motor a bit more than Vess in general. I've been using more Vess props lately for 3D flying. The "A" pitch is about 8-9, which is what I use for 3D. If you want to rev up the motor in a warbird application where is speed is the goal, try the apc 15.75x13 3-blade prop. The motor will be screaming at 7800 with that prop and I was going well over 100mph in a CMP Hellcat 72" ws warbird. I'm not a fan of MA in general. They flex too much. You can see it standing on the side and rev up the motor. My 2 cents.
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xoar 19x8 for 3d - havent tried a vess though
Xoar 18x3DA or 19x3DA
I just like the feel of these props for 3D
Hi well I done some testing on this issue , and after using a xoar 18x8 tested a graupner gsonic 18x8 on my goldwings mx2 and found a huge change, prop was balanced from factory, and the tracking is perfect not distorsion at all under load, rpm 7700 xoar 8500 with the gsonic, in the air incredible reponse and power,going crazy from prop hung up!, but you have to take care on the down lines will over rev, also tested a gsonic 18x10 and still very good 8000 rpm 8kg static trhust! more like it it pulls up nice from hover, but it goes to fast on harriers and knife edge almost using 2 clicks on the throtlle, and these engines on the low range is were they coughs some times, also noticed this prop cured the going rich engine when inverted still going a bit but it seems the higer load consumes the excess of fuel! so it sounds perfect amost no 4 stroking.
I think the best will be a gsonic 19x8 but I think they dont make them, shame because to me they performs better than the rest,they are quite light,they sounds and looks great, and still taking some abuse when landing in the rough!.to me wood looks nice, but they are less efficient you lose revs and thrust, and I broke many just loading the plane in my car some times just catching a tip in the carpet, also once I was testing the engine before going up and sucked a little stone, and one blade cracked right up to the boss xoar one.
Have to try a 19x8, but dont know wich brand will be similar and a reasonable price, gsonics are quite cheap.
any advice will be appreciated
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LOS ANGELES Aug 21 Walt Disney Co on Wednesday will begin laying off about 175 people in its Disney/ABC television group, about 2 percent of the unit's workforce, to adjust to changes in technology and viewing habits, a person familiar with the decision said.
The layoffs in the Disney/ABC Television Group, which does not include the ESPN cable sports operations, came after a company-wide review to explore cutbacks in jobs Disney no longer needs, either because of improvements in technology or redundancies following a string of major acquisitions in the past few years. Reuters first reported on the internal review in January.
The new layoffs will occur across the group, which includes the ABC broadcast network as well as the Disney and ABC Family cable channels, the source said. Most of the cuts will come in technical operations, such as broadcast engineering, and at eight ABC-owned stations across the United States.
An ABC statement did not confirm the numbers of job cuts but said the unit, which employs about 7,600 people, had reviewed its businesses and decided to restructure.
"As technological advances continue to alter the competitive landscape and viewer habits, it's incumbent upon us to stay ahead of the curve," an ABC spokesman said in the statement.
Other jobs may become available as Disney focuses on new technologies such as its Watch ABC app, which offers live streaming of the network's programming on mobile devices, the source said.
The company employed a similar restructuring strategy in 2010 at ABC News that strengthened that unit, the source said. The news division cut 400 jobs at the time, allowing it to shift focus and hire new people with different skills in growth areas.
This year, Disney in April cut 150 jobs at its movie studio, 150 at its newly acquired Lucasfilm unit, and an undisclosed number in its consumer products division, sources told Reuters. Its ESPN sports network began eliminating 300 to 400 jobs in May, but a source said at the time that those cutbacks were unrelated to the broader review.
Disney reported $1.85 billion in net income for the quarter that ended in June, a 1 percent gain from a year earlier. Operating income at media networks, the company's largest unit which includes cable channels and ABC, rose 8 percent.
Cable channels accounted for a 12 percent gain in quarterly operating income. At the ABC broadcast unit, operating income declined 21 percent due to higher prime time programming costs, lower program sales and decreased advertising revenue, the company said.
ABC's prime time ratings for the season that ended in May ranked fourth among the broadcast networks for 18- to 49-year-olds, the key group for advertisers, and second in total viewers, according to Nielsen.
Disney shares have climbed 23 percent this year as the company has posted strong overall results overall lifted by media networks and theme parks. On Wednesday, Disney shares fell 0.3 percent to $61.61 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.


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What do I need to do to start participating in BioSense 2.0?
The first step in participating is completing a Data Use Agreement (DUA) with ASTHO. Under cooperative agreement with CDC, ASTHO hosts the BioSense 2.0 environment and facilitates the BioSense 2.0 Governance. Please contact Scott Gordon (email@example.com) at ASTHO to obtain a DUA to begin the process. How much will the new system cost my state or locality? Jurisdictions may join BioSense 2.0 at no cost. Staff time will be necessary for the initial setup of BioSense 2.0 for tasks such as signing data use agreements and working with entities that will provide data to the system (e.g., hospitals, ambulatory care providers, etc.). My jurisdiction has signed a DUA. What are the next steps to participating? BioSense 2.0 is committed to working directly with local and state health departments to expand the syndromic surveillance practice. The BioSense Program is happy to work with jurisdictions whether they exclusively utilize BioSense 2.0 or another system. Our technical team will take the direction from the state or local health department. If the state wants to utilize a vendor, the technical support team will work with the vendor and jurisdiction in unison. If the jurisdiction wants to direct hospitals to send data to their secure locker for data storage in the cloud exclusively, our technical support team will work to initiate or re-initiate feeds in that manner. The BioSense 2.0 system is agnostic to the origin of the feeds, as long as it is designated by the jurisdiction who has signed a Data Use Agreement (DUA) to participate. Once the jurisdiction has signed the DUA, the BioSense 2.0 team will set up an introductory technical call, which outlines the types of data and the transmission mechanisms we offer (see table below). Once the jurisdiction informs us what their choices are, we work directly with the jurisdiction system, Health Information Exchange (HIE), hospitals, vendor, etc. to set up a connection from the site (including a previous system) to the BioSense 2.0 cloud environment, where the data goes directly into the jurisdiction's private and secure locker space. Once connected, jurisdictions will have the ability to use analysis tools offered in the cloud, as well as participate in our sharing environment to communicate with other participating jurisdictions. They can also continue to do analysis on their data at their local servers using analysis tools they have developed or purchased at the jurisdiction level. The data is always theirs to own, and we will work with them the same way regardless of where the data originates from a jurisdiction server, vendor based system, hospital, HIE, etc.
More information on the process can be found in the Onboarding Section. What are some of the features that make the BioSense 2.0 application's data visualization capabilities different from other systems?
What user types are available in the BioSense 2.0 application?
What happens if BioSense 2.0 makes a mistake and you issue a false alert?
The BioSense 2.0 application is intended primarily as a situational awareness tool. While the system will allow for automated, customized alerting based on user designated criteria, these alerts will serve as an entry point into the system for expert analysts. Analysts can then use BioSense 2.0 tools to examine the data with varying methodologies, create reports, and gain an overall situational awareness picture. Who can help us with problems implementing and participating in BioSense 2.0? Please send all questions, concerns, and suggestions to email@example.com, and a team member will respond to your inquiry. |
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"Fair Catch", my new coming-of-age romance, is set in the imaginary city of Riverside. So, where is it?
Place is usually quite important in fiction. A good sense of place, good descriptions, make a book feel real. Riverside is mostly Midwestern, but it is not a renamed actual place. It's a combination of real and imaginary geography.
Much of the novel takes place outdoors -- bike trails, parks, football stadiums, the fields around the town. Some of the locations are based on real places and some are entirely made up. I didn't want to be limited too much by having to stick to the details of a real town, in case I needed to create a setting to meet the demands of the plot, and also details of real places can change over time, which could be confusing to readers expecting the spot they knew. I didn't want a reader to get too hung up on my accuracies or inaccuracies, either, because I'm sure I would have made some errors if I'd tried to hew to every detail of a real place. But alert readers will notice that my Riverside is heavily influence by two college towns I have visited many times: Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Lawrence, Kansas.
However, Austin, Texas, where one of the characters eventually goes to college, is real, of course, and to write that place, I relied on my memories of visiting there, as well as a friend who was in graduate school at the time the book was first being drafted. She was helpful with details about the restaurants, the strip, etc. I chose to create a university there instead of placing my protagonists at University of Texas, for the same reasons I made Riverside up instead of trying to accurately depict, in every detail Lawrence, Stillwater, Fayetteville or Joplin.
I hope my fictional town seems real enough to give the characters a plausible backdrop, but not so real that it's distracting. Unlike a book set in Paris, New York, Boston, or some other legendary and famous real place, the setting here doesn't have to be an additional character in the story! It just has to seem familiar and grounding, like home.


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CBS Announces Renewals Of 18 Primetime Shows Next SeasonCombined with two previously announced renewals, the network has now picked up 20 returning series for 2014-2015.
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Jeff Smith's buffy style fly
I've been experimenting with ways to make the Jeff Smith style 'Buffy' type fly without using the ezbody spreader. Ezbody's become hard to locate and I was never good at getting the front profile 'slim' enough to minimize the wind resistance through the air.
My latest attempts have been built aound making the spreader by doing a high/low tie of seafiber about 1/2" to 1/4" back from the eye. I also tie in a modest bunch of pink kinky fibre with some flash to provide some internal color contrast. Once the 'spreader' is built I coat it lightly with softex and set it aside until it cures. Once it's dry, then I tie in the body first using white kinky fibre keeping it sparse. Add some pink angel hair for a gill, yellow unique hair for a wing and then a combination of flash and colored kinky fibre ( this one has a blue underwing with blue/green flash blended on top. ) Add the eyes and then coat the head back to behind the eyes with softex. For size reference, this is a 6/0 Teimco hook. When 'tank-tested' the fly keeps it's height profile very well because of the stability of the spreader.... For those that are looking for a way to build large profile flies with out a massive amount of body materials you might want to give this a try |
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A Miraculous Walk
Walking is an every day task most people take for granted. For Officer Campbell, it's a privilege he worked hard to earn.
"Couldn't even sit up in bed a couple of years ago. Now I walked a mile," says Campbell.
But he didn't walk it alone.
"To see the people come out and support us, when one of us is injured, it lets us know that they appreciate what we do," says Scurry County Deputy Jeanette Pritchard.
Hundreds of people gathered to walk, run and celebrate the determination of one man.
"For him to come out and actually try to walk the 5k, it's just a blessing," says Pritchard.
It's a blessing that students against violence everywhere have recognized and were there to support.
"There's a great need for everyone to see that there is some form of non-violence in the world," says Blair McCowen.
It was violence that caused the pain, but love that brought these people together.
"It really just does warm our hearts because law enforcement, you're not in it to get rich, you're in it to serve your community," says Scurry County Deputy Jeanette Pritchard.
And even though serving his community put his own life in danger, two years later, he's back to his beloved job.
"He's doing clerical work at the police station and that in itself is a miracle," say Pritchard.
A miracle worth walking for.
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In it, but not of it. TPM DC
Michele Bachmann's Church: The Pope Is The Anti-Christ
From the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod's "Doctrinal Statement on the Antichrist" cited by Green and linked here:
Since Scripture teaches that the Antichrist would be revealed and gives the marks by which the Antichrist is to be recognized, and since this prophecy has been clearly fulfilled in the history and development of the Roman Papacy, it is Scripture which reveals that the Papacy is the Antichrist.
This is not the first time this has come up, Green notes. Here's Bachmann responding to a similar story in a 2006 debate:
Pat Kessler, WCCO (debate moderator): We'll start with Senator Bachmann. Religion and politics that has crept into this campaign over and over again. The Minneapolis-based Star Tribune reports today, Senator, that the church you belong to is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, which, it says, regards the Roman Catholic pope as the Anti-Christ. Is this true, do you share the views of your church, and why should any Catholic in the Sixth District vote for you if it is true?Bachmann: Well that's a false statement that was made, and I spoke with my pastor earlier today about that as well, and he was absolutely appalled that someone would put that out. It's abhorrent, it's religious bigotry. I love Catholics, I'm a Christian, and my church does not believe that the Pope is the Anti-Christ, that's absolutely false.
A spokesperson for the synod told Green that Bachmann is no longer a member of Salem Evangelical, having taken "the unusual step of formally requesting that release in writing" more than a year ago.
Read the whole story -- including the history of the synod and other Lutherans' take on it -- here.


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Sir Ganga Ram
Sir Ganga Ram earned millions most of which he gave to charity. In the words of Sir Malcolm Hailey, the then Governor of Punjab, "he won like a hero and and gave like a Saint". He was a great engineer and a great philanthropist.
Raja Jwala Prasad
Sir Lakshmi Pati Misra
Sir Lakshmi Pati Misra (1911) possessed many virtues apart from sound engineering skills. A keen sportsman and a brilliant conversationalist he served the Indian Railways with great distinction for 34 years and rose to the highest rank of Chief Commissioner. His association with his alma mater was intimate and full of affection.
Shri K.N. Agarwala
He died of a heart attack in 1947 just a few months before the very independence and development of the nation for which he worked throughout his life.
Dr. Khosla changed the look of the University and gave it a reputation to live up to and a role to play in resurgent India. He was the first engineer to hold the exalted office of Governor of Orissa (1962-68). He donated most of his consultancy income to institute the Khosla Research Awards.
Dr. Ghananand Pande
Dr. Ghananand Pande (1925). Joined Indian Railways; achieved distinction as General Manager, Mokameh Bridge over Ganga; retired as Chairman, Railway Board, 1956. Chairman, Hindustan Steels, 1957-60, when public sector steel industry was established. As Chairman, Baby Car project, 1960-61, recommended manufacture of small cars. Vice Chancellor, Roorkee University, 1961-66.
Dr. Jai Krishna
Sri. Ved Mitra Manglik
Prominent among those who passed out in the 1940's was Mr Ved Mitra Manglik (1940), who rose to become Chief Engineer, Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department. During his career he developed a focus on the planning and construction of large dams and major water resources projects in U.P. In the mid 1960's he prepared the integrated master plan for hydroelectric development of the Ganga River and its tributaries and certain Yamuna River projects. He was greatly admired for his unassailable integrity and courage. He was a man of many talents. As an inspiring and compassionate leader, he completed and commissioned the Ramganga Dam, a major irrigation project that had turned sick, in a record time of two years. He was also renowned for his deep interest in and knowledge of nature and plants, and for his passion and expertise in gardening. Once, during a conference for Senior Officers he was asked by the Minister, Irrigation Department, for the secret of his extraordinary effectiveness, and he replied, "I hold an iron rod in my hand but my heart is soft as a rose petal."
Dr. Anand Swarup Arya
Dr. S.K. Khanna
During the so-called prestigious decade of 1920's the Institution produced many eminent engineers which included Kunwar Sain (1922), who contributed to the planning of projects concerning Rajasthan Canal and Mekong Valley Development in Thailand; A.C. Mitra (1923), who contributed to the development of irrigation and power systems of Yamuna and Ganga and later became the Engineer-in-Chief of the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department; K.N. Kathpalia (1924), who was the Member-Secretary, Fortescue Committee on Thomason College, associated with the drafting of the Roorkee University Act 1948, later became Pro Vice Chancellor of the Roorkee University (1957-61), acted as Vice Chancellor (1959-61); P.L. Verma (1924), who planned and constructed Chandigarh; L.P. Bhargava (1925), who designed and erected improved gates for weirs; Karnail Singh (1927), who constructed the Assam Rail Link in 1947, built Chittranjan locomotive works and became Chairman, Railway Board; Yadav Mohan (1928), who was responsible for the planning and design of Rihand dam and for the construction of the most difficult part of the Rajasthan Canal; H.P. Sinha (1928), who prepared the project for the Trans-Asian Highway from Bangkok to Istanbul; and D.C. Baijal (1929), who rose to be Chairman, Railway Board and Chairman Bharat Heavy Electricals. This decade also provided two future Vice-Chancellors of the University - G. Pande (1925) and M.R. Chopra (1929).
Dr. G. Pande lent luster to three high offices he held in succession - Chairman, Railway Board; Chairman, Hindustan Steel; and Vice-Chancellor, University of Roorkee (1961-66). During his regime the prestige of Indian Railways reached its peak; it was also during his tenure that the three public sector steel plants at Bhilal, Rourkela and Durgapur were set up and commissioned. Dr. M.R. Chopra, after successfully completing the gigantic Bhakra Dam Project as its General Manager, became Chairman, Central Water and Power Commission, and later Vice-Chancellor of the University (1966-71). Dr. G. Pande and Dr. M.R. Chopra, with their administrative acumen, made the University one of the foremost centres of engineering education - healthy within and reputed outside.
The most illustrious of the decade of 1930's, Dr. Jai Krishna (1935) joined the teaching staff of the college in 1939 and was Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1971 to 1977. He earned worldwide recognition as an eminent engineer-scientist, as Founder and Director of the School of Research and Training in Earthquake Engineering and as recipient of several prestigious awards and honours.
Prominent among those who passed out in the 1940's was Mr Ved Mitra Manglik (1940), who rose to become Chief Engineer, Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department. During his career he developed a focus on the planning and construction of large dams and major water resources projects in U.P. In the mid 1960's he prepared the integrated master plan for hydroelectric development of the Ganga River and its tributaries and certain Yamuna River projects. He was greatly admired for his unassailable integrity and courage. He was a man of many talents. As an inspiring and compassionate leader, he completed and commissioned the Ramganga Dam, a major irrigation project that had turned sick, in a record time of two years. He was also renowned for his deep interest in and knowledge of nature and plants, and for his passion and expertise in gardening. Once, during a conference for Senior Officers he was asked by the Minister, Irrigation Department, for the secret of his extraordinary effectiveness, and he replied, "I hold an iron rod in my hand but my heart is soft as a rose petal."; Dr. O.P. Jain (1944), a structural design engineer par excellence who, after a long and distinguished service at the University, served as Director,I.I.T., Delhi (1978-83); Mr. Dinesh Mohan (1943) who became Director, C.B.R.I Roorkee, at a relatively young age and rendered highly meritorious service to the lnstitute; Dr. Bharat Singh (1945), a renowned expert on Irrigation and Dams who was Vice-Chancellor of the University (1982-86); Mr. Desh Raj Singha (1946) started his career as Assistant Engineer in the U.P. Irrigation Department and rose upto the position of Engineer-in-Chief; Dr. Jagdish Narain (1948), a distinguished soil scientist who was Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1977 to 1982.
Prominent among those who passed out in decade of 1950s are Mr. R.K. Jain (1951) held position of increasing responsibility and rose to the position of Chairman, Railway Board; Dr. Digvijay Singh (1956), started his career as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at University of Roorkee and rose to the prestigious position of Vice Chancellor of the University of Roorkee. He was the Director of Central Road Research Institute, Vice Chairman, All Indian Council of Technical Education; Mr. Krishan Kumar Jain (1957), who started his professional career in USA as a Bridge Engineer in Akron, Ohio. In 1974, Mr. Jain moved to Naples, Florida and started his own Structural Consulting firm of Kris Jain & Assoc.; Mr. J.N. Lamba (1957) held positions of increasing responsibility and rose to the position of General Manager in the Indian Railways; Mr. Ashok Bhatnagar (1957) served as an Assistant Engineer with U.P.P.W.D. and rose to the position of Chairman, Railway Board and Principal Secretary to Govt. of India. He is the only Thomasonian to have attained this distinction (Principal Secretary) through the I.A.S. and Allied services Examination, and only the second Thomasonian amongst the post 1947 batches in the last 60 years; Mr. Narendra Kumar Mittal (1957) started his career as an Apprentice engineer in UPPWD and rose upto the position of Managing Director, U.P. Construction Corporation; Dr. Satish Chandra (1957) was Director of the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee; Mr. Harihar Saran Agarwal (1957) started his career with the Irrigation Department in 1957 and rose upto the level of Additional Member, Railway Board. He was also involved with the computerization of reservations and freight operations information on the railways; Mr. Ravindra Kumar (1957) started his career as Assistant Engineer and rose upto the level of Managing Director, UP State Bridge Corporation; Mr. Narendra Sahai Bisaria (1957) started his career as Lecturer in Civil Engineering at University of Roorkee and rose upto the level of Director in the Central Water Commission, the apex Civil Engineeing organization of the country; Mr. Om Prakash Kulshreshtha (1957) started his career as Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at University of Roorkee, he joined UNESCO as Senior Adviser in Electrical Engineering for the Development of the Ceylon College of Technology in Sri Lanka; Mr. Shailendra Kumar Hajela (1957) started his career as Lecturer at University of Roorkee and after a brief stint, he was sponsored by the Govt. of India for research leading to Ph.D. at the Technical University in LLmenau. He was awarded by the University of Roorkee in 1957, the Gold Medal for the Best Engineering Project design in Electrical Engineering and the Thomason prize for being the most distinguished student; Mr. Devi Krishna Gupta (1957) was the Member of Telecom Commission, Department of Telecom; Mr. Jagat Prakash Garg (1957) started his career from the Indian Telecommunication Service (ITS) in 1960 and rose upto the level of Senior Deputy Director General, Telecom Communication of India in the rank of Additional Secretary to Government of India; Dr. Shyam Bahadur (1957) started his career as Lecturer at University of Roorkee and rose upto University Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, low State University, USA. He was a Member of Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi. Rackham Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Mr. Har Narain (1957) retired as Director in Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal; Dr. Rajinder Kumar Suri (1957) began his professional career as Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department at University of Roorkee was the Chief Works Executive, Fedders Lloyd. In 1973, he was selected to take over as Director of CMERI, Durgapur, a CSIR organization. Instead he joined Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), New Delhi to establish BHEL's research program on New and Renewable Energy Sources; Mr. B.C. Srivastava (1957) started his career from the UP Irrigation Department. Later he joined the University of Roorkee as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department. He worked as General Manager, Delhi State Industries Development Corporation (DSIDC), Executive Director of the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC). During 1984 he joined World Bank and later moved over to United Nations. He served different in countries at a stretch for over ten years. Initially he was Chief Technical Advisor but finally retired as Director, International Labour Organization in a diplomatic rank but remained an honorary Consultant to the UN and the WB, thereafter.
Prominent among those who passed out in decade of 1960s are Mr. V.K. Agnihotri (1960) who was Member Engineering, in the Railway Board; Dr Vijay Kumar (1961) Member(Technology) Telecom. Commission and ex-officio Secretary to Govt. of India who was instrumental in liberalisation of Telecom Services , Manufacture of Telecom Equipment and rapid growth of Telecom in the country; Mr. Subodh Bhargava (1962) started his career with Balmer Lawrie & Co., Calcutta and rose to the level of Group Chairman and Chief Executive in the Eicher Group of Companies. He is the past President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers and the Vice President of the Tractor Manufacturers Association; Mr. Pradip Baijal (1963) served MP State in various capacities. He was Special/Additional/Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power. He was holding the position of Secretary, Ministry of Disinvestment, Govt. of India. He served as the Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India; Mr. Arvind Sharma (1963) was the Member, Electrical, Railway Board; Mr. Ashok Soota (1963) was the President of Wipro Infotech, served on the Prime Minister's Task Force for IY Industry and on the Advisory Council for the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva. Mr. Soota was name Electronics Man of the year in 1992 by the Electronic Component Industries Association, IT Man of the year in 1994 by Data quest and IT Man of the Year in 1997 by the Computerworld Magazine; Mr. R.K. Singh (1966) joined Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) and rose upto the level of Chairman, Railway Board; Mr. B.K. Chaturvedi (1969) was the President & Executive Director, Hindustan Motors Limited.
Prominent among those whose passed out in decade of 1970 are Mrs. Vinita Gupta (1973) Chairperson, Quick Eagle Networks Inc. USA.
No narration relating to this University can be complete without mentioning the name of Lt General Sir Harold Williams, K.B.E., C.B., who was associated with it for over 50 years. Professor of Civil Engineering (1936-38) and member of the Senate (1949-55), he took deep interest in the progress of the Institution. Lt. General Williams was Engineer-in-Chief, Indian Army from 1948-55 and Director, C.B.R.I., Roorkee from 1955-62. He adopted India as his home and loved Roorkee in particular. "Roorkee was his Shantiniketan, his Sevagram and finally his Samadhi. He lies buried at the old Anglo Indian cemetery, across the Ganges Canal. The Bengal Sappers, his old regiment, mounts a guard of honour at his grave every year on the 17th of October, which is the anniversary of his death, which occured at Mussoorie, in 1971.
After the establishment of the University the number of students graduating increased progressively due to enhanced intake in existing branches and addition of new branches. Thus a veritable stream of highly talented young people has since come out of this august institution. They have occupied, and continue to occupy , key positions in Industry, Government and Education, both in India and abroad, thereby bringing fresh laurels to the alma mater.