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Joined At The Hip
Thanks for a great magazine, we love the focus on freeriding. My husband and I met ten years ago at Park West (now The Canyons) and I taught him how to ride. We love to carve and we ride very much alike. We have a new goofy-funny way to ride and carve together! We hope you enjoy the photo and keep up the great articles and photos! Have a good holiday!
Bob and Sue Sheen
Personally, I wouldn't be caught dead carving arm-in-arm with anybody. Looks good on you, though. And an "A" for enthusiasm. Happy holidays.–E.M.
Paradise Found
I just want to thank you: First of all, for your Steps section–it's extremely helpful to many snowboarders out there, including me. Whether you are trying to master a technique, improve, find out why you're having trouble, or learning something new, Steps is often the best place for it. About the magazine itself–man, I was tired of seeing too many magazines with nothing but halfpipes, big air, etc., and I thought about how good a magazine just for the freerider would be. Then I see your mag with "The Ultimate Freeriding Magazine" right on the cover.
I see too many boarders out there who just go up the lift, stop in front of the jumps, go off one, stop, go off another, and so on. And it's the same people I see using the wrong techniques while riding. I like to freeride and find jumps along the way. Snowboard Life is the only snowboarding magazine I want to read, period.
Chris Gunsolley
South Sioux City, Nebraska
On The DL
This last summer I was working as a temporary for the Trash Department here in Big Bear, California. One of the trucks ran over my heel, dislocated my ankle, and crushed some of the tarsal bones directly in front of the ankle. I started riding in '88 and this will be my first season in ten that I won't even set foot on the slopes, let alone ride them. I just wanted to thank you for publishing a magazine that excludes all the corporate hype that snowboarding has become a part of. Every time I open an issue of SBL I'm reminded of how much (and why) I love the sport and how I can't wait to recuperate. Thanks again, and have a great season.
Josh Talbot
Big Bear City, California
Appalled And Horrified
Just yesterday I mailed in a check for my third subscription to Snowboard Life. For the past two years I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it cover to cover, and have referred many friends to this "Ultimate Freeriding Magazine." At the end of last season, Snowboard Life asked for the readers to send in feedback on the magazine, content, and future article suggestions. I sent in a letter praising the magazine and commenting on the aspects I enjoyed most.
After getting home from work today and finding the October issue in my mailbox, I raced to find a comfortable spot in my house to read the latest from Snowboard Life. Unfortunately, I was sourly disappointed.
I am appalled to find a guide on SUVs in a snowboard magazine. Actually, I am horrified to find a guide on SUVs in my favorite magazine. This disturbs me so much that I'm sending a cancellation request to the subscription office, and to be honest, I don't even care if they refund my money. I'm numb from this disappointing experience.
I ride about 30 to 40 days a season. I love freeriding. I love the friends I've made on the mountain. I love turning new friends onto the sport. I love learning new tricks and riding bigger terrain. I love the cold weather. I love fresh snow and I love every single scratch on my riding gear. Snowboard Life has always spoken to me, and I never before felt that people out of touch with the sport published the magazine. Until now, that is.<>
The October issue contains a feature article comparing SUVs, yet coverage of the most phenomenal snow event on the planet since I've been around was shoved to the back of a FREERIDING magazine and given roughly 40 percent of a single page–like it was an afterthought. I'm referring to the world-record-breaking season at Mt. Baker (record or no record, it would take several pages to convey the experience shared by many riders last winter at Baker.) I find it insane, unbelievable, and absolutely lame that the staff of the Ultimate Freeriding Magazine would allow this to happen.
I may be the anomaly out there, but I do not find any merit in having an SUV guide–or any auto guide for that matter–in a snowboarding magazine. This kind of coverage does not speak to me and my interests in riding mountains. Think about it, Snowboard Life wanted to say more about a 40,000-dollar SUV than about Mt. Baker's grand season. I can't stop thinking about my epic days, one after the other, at Mt. Baker, Crystal Mountain, and Stevens Pass. That's where it all went down this past winter in a big way. I saw pro riders from all over the world converge on the Cascades to ride some of the most consistent and huge dumps I have ever heard of in one season. I saw riders dropping cliffs I thought were impossible. Where was Snowboard Life? Testing SUVs?
Bottom line, I subscribe to Snowboard Life to read about freeriding. I want to see pictures of riders ON big mountains, not marketing photos of big, gas-guzzling trucks. I want to share in the excitement of the epic snow days around the country, not read about cup holders. October's issue was a lame start–your magazine is now geared toward weekend warriors, my friend. Please, please save this once-fine magazine and then ask me to renew my subscription. The potential for an epic magazine is there, and the missed opportunity is a huge bummer.
I wish I wasn't ranting so hard on Snowboard Life, but I am really disappointed and it frightens me that a pattern is set for the rest of the year. For now I'll concentrate on getting in shape for this coming season and satisfy my snowboard fix with online 'zines.
Will Anderson
I was both bummed and stoked when this letter-bomb hit my desk. Bummed for obvious reasons, but equally stoked to know there are readers out there who care so much. Mr. Anderson had a lot to say, and unfortunately we had to trim his letter a bit in order to make some room for other readers' comments, but I think you still get his drift. Sorry our piece on SUVs gave you a rash–we figured not everyone would dig it–but that didn't stop us from experimenting. Chances are some of our readers actually enjoyed it. Regarding Baker, hopefully you received your second issue and got a chance to read "The Baker Tapes" before canceling you subscription. It's obvious Mt. Baker is a special place for you, and it'd be shame if you missed it. I hope you'll keep reading Snowboard Life, realizing that every article can't "speak to you," and enjoy it as a continuous source of inspiration and information. Have a great winter.–E.M.
Calling All Critics
I just wanted to write to tell you that as a two-year subscriber, I have read all of the most recent issues of your magazine, and one thing in particular still stands out whenever I read. It is that you guys allow for criticism, you invite it as a means for improvement. Not only do you ask for positive/negative feedback, but you print any kind right in the magazine so that the readers get a chance to read the things that people like and dislike about your magazine. Being able to stand up and take harsh criticism from people who don't like what you do is an admirable quality and makes me respect you all the more for reasons besides the fact that I love snowboarding, and you are Snowboard Life.
Mark Sealy
Berkeley, Californiact you all the more for reasons besides the fact that I love snowboarding, and you are Snowboard Life.
Mark Sealy
Berkeley, California


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This is actually my very first VST project. At that time, I was looking for an amp that has been modeled a lot of time in order to have comparison points. I picked a classic British amp. After some comparisons with my original model, I decided that it was sounding good enough to be send to the testers... but not as is. After all there is a lot of British amp simulators out there. So I tweaked my original model and added another channel to it. It finally ends up as HyBrit.
As the name suggests, this is an hybrid amp model based on two famous British gears. Again, the name of the channel says it all. The PLS channel is actually an hybrid of the two (tweaked) channels (Normal and Treble) of the real thing. Both channels are actually processed and the mix of the two signals can be adjusted through the PLS MIX knob. The other channel, MCJ, is also a tweaked version of the real thing. So, this amp simulator doesn't represent anything specifically but it does have the character of the British amp.
As for SoloC, HyBrit comes in 3 versions : Preamp, Head and FullStack.
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Dallas: Season 1 Photo Gallery
The new-look Dallas airs on Channel 5 on Wednesday nights from 9pm, reuniting former TV legends Larry Hagman (JR), Patrick Duffy (Bobby) and Linda Gray (Sue Ellen) and introducing new feuding Ewings into the mix (played by Jesse Metcalfe and Josh Henderson). The 10-part series also boasts other returning regulars as well as Jordana Brewster. Check out some photos…
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Hi, my name is Jane Maliouta and I am a Program Manager on the IE Team working on the Windows Search Guide.
Throughout the development cycle, we've blogged about Search in IE7. The Windows Search Guide is part of Instant Search, a new feature in IE7. The search guide page displays search providers that users can select to customize the list in the Instant Search drop down. The providers displayed in the Windows Search Guide are the most popular for each region based on 3rd party website traffic data. Over time these providers will be updated to reflect the most up-to-date popularity.
Accessing the Windows Search Guide is easy. Simply go to the drop down menu of the IE7 Instant Search and select Find More Providers:
In the latest version of the Search Guide, we've added a really cool feature called Create Your Own. You can use this feature to add custom search providers to Instant Search. Just follow 5 easy steps to install your favourite search provider, if it's not already listed on the Search Guide. Any search providers that display the search terms in the URL are supported by the feature. There is also a way for you to tweak the character encoding if you find that some of the characters do not appear correctly after the search provider has been installed. (By default, the feature uses UTF-8, so unless you know the exact character encoding of the provider, I recommend you stick with the default as its most common)
Create Your Own is present in all English guides and will be soon available in the localized versions of the Windows Search Guide as they are released.
So far, we've released the Windows Search Guide in the following localized versions: Japanese, German, Spanish, French, English–North America, English–International, and English-United Kingdom. For those of you who are waiting for the final localized versions of IE7 to be released, the available search guides also work with RC1.
The English guides have the new look and feel along with the new Create Your Own feature, as displayed above. As we continue to release localized versions of IE7, look for the new updates to the Localized Search guides to match the English ones.
If you have not yet tried Windows Search Guide, go check it out and let me know what you think.
Jane Maliouta
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April 2009, Volume 1, Issue 4
Worlds Connect @ Your Library
Featured E-Resources of the Month
Clock is Ticking
Have you submitted your completed Public Library Annual Report?
South Dakota Public Libraries Data Digest
Statewide library statistics and facts, as of 2008
Welcome to the Cornerstone Archives. Find the current newsletter at sdslcornertsone.blogspot.com.
Welcome to the Cornerstone Archives. Find the current newsletter at sdslcornertsone.blogspot.com.
In this month's issue
- National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
- Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS Award
- IMLS Save America's Treasures Program
- Lois Lenski Covey Foundation Grants
Rapid City Flood Project
Rapid City Public Library wanted to create something great for their community, in doing so they released the first of their "Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories" series.
Build Your Support Base with the 3 P's: Getting and Sustaining Funding
Robin Schrupp, Grant County Library Director since 1991, has learned to get and sustain funding for her library by applying the 3 P's: a Personal Touch, Publicity, and Persistence.
More PR Pointers
A Make-'Em-Think Donation Box from Platte
In Focus: Lee Crary
Meet South Dakota State Library's Staff: Lee Crary, School Library Coordinator, West River
- Harry Potter's World Traveling Exhibit
Apply to host this new traveling exhibit in your library!
- 2009 South Dakota Children's Book Award Winners
- Young Adult Reading Program (YARP) Teen Choice Winners
- Teen Summer Reading Project
Featured e-Resources of the Month
This year, National Library Week, April 12-18, celebrates "Worlds Connect @ Your Library." Connect to other worlds from the library or home using South Dakota State Library electronic resources.
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Mar 16, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Researchers from India's National Institute of Virology (NIV) yesterday announced that they detected a small mutation in pandemic H1N1 virus in samples from three patients, fueling speculation that it may be the same change that surfaced in two Dutch patients last fall.
Experts say if the two mutations are the same it doesn't appear to have much clinical significance, though the development is worth monitoring, because the change could theoretically enhance viral replication and virulence.
Indian researchers said the throat swab samples from the patients show a small mutation in the polymerase 2 (PB2), gene, the Times of India reported today. Dr A.C. Mishra, the NIV's director, said the virus was not resistant to oseltamivir (Tamiflu).
Dr Michael Shaw, associate director of the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Laboratory Science Influenza Division, told CIDRAP News that he doesn't have any more details on the Indian findings aside from the Times of India story. However, he said the researchers' description sounds like the E627K mutation that was first reported by a group from the Netherlands at the end of September.
The Dutch researchers found the E627K mutation in the basic polymerase 2 (PB2) protein in samples from two patients who had links to an island in northern Holland. They described their findings in a Sep 28 report on ProMed mail, an Internet-based reporting system of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. One of the patients, an adult, had a mild infection, and the other, a girl, recovered after a week of treatment with oseltamivir.
The E627K mutation in PB2 had previously been linked to increased replication and possible virulence changes in other influenza A viruses. Though the mutation has been rarely seen in avian-derived viruses, it had been associated with fatal H5N1 cases and H7N7 infections in humans, the researchers said in their ProMed mail report.
They added that the clinical and epidemiological significance of the mutation is unclear and that experimental infection of ferrets with the H1N1 virus containing the mutation did not suggest increased shedding, virulence, or transmissibility.
Shaw said nothing stood out about the Dutch patients—the mutation didn't appear to give the virus a transmission advantage. If the mutation described by the Indian researchers turns out to be the E627K in PB2 mutation, "it's an interesting observation, but probably irrelevant clinically," he said.
Virologists expect to see such mutations and remain on the lookout for clusters of such cases, Shaw said. Scientists are concerned about the mutation, because it could allow the virus to better adjust to host body temperature. However, he added that reports of two or three patients at a time, such as the Indian and Dutch reports, aren't worrisome.
Mishra told the Times of India that, although the mutation they found has been linked to increased replication and virulence changes in other influenza A viruses, they did not detect any increased virulence or replication in the isolates they studied. "The mutation is not very significant in that sense," he said.
Dr Siddharth Dalvi, a consulting microbiologist and immunologist, told the Times that protein made by the PB2 gene doesn't directly play a role in immune response, so point mutations may have little clinical impact. However, he added that the mutation could theoretically change replication.
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Mar 16 Times of India story
Sep 28, 2009, ProMed mail post


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Class of 2013 Commencement Weekend Information
May 10-12 2013
Commencement Briefing
Monday, April 15 through Friday, May 8
Check-Out Card Pick Up — Pick up your check-out card from Terri Fyffe in the Business Office in Center Hall. Each senior must return his completed forms and checkout card to the Deans' Office no later than Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Click here to read the policy regarding fulfillment of Senior Requirements. Candidates for the degree who fail to complete all of these requirements in a timely fashion will not be allowed to participate in Commencement, nor will their transcripts be released.
Commencement Weekend Schedule of Events
Friday, May 10
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. — Senior Art Exhibition in the Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center. Graduating senior art majors will display their work, including Patrick Alston, Joey Fogel, Sean Parchman, and Chase Tichenor.
Saturday, May 11
8 a.m. — Deans' Senior Breakfast in Knowling Fieldhouse, Allen Center
REQUIRED—Seniors Must Attend
Graduating seniors and members of the faculty are invited to breakfast with Deans Gary Phillips and Mike Raters '85. The starting time will be strictly observed, and dress for the breakfast is collared shirt and slacks.
9 a.m. — Commencement Rehearsal in the Pioneer Chapel
REQUIRED—Seniors Must Attend
Seniors will move directly from the Deans' Breakfast to the rehearsal. The starting time will be strictly observed.
Saturday events for families of seniors, alumni, and other visitors
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. — Senior Art Exhibition in the Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center. Graduating senior art majors will display their work, including Patrick Alston, Joey Fogel, Sean Parchman, and Chase Tichenor.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Bookstore Open
2:30 p.m. — Phi Beta Kappa Initiation in Lovell Lecture Room, Baxter Hall
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. — President's Reception at The Elston Homestead, 400 East Pike Street. Join President and Mrs. White for a celebration in honor of the Class of 2013 and their families.
Sunday, May 12
Seniors and Faculty must arrive at 10:30 am for Baccalaureate and 2 pm for Commencement. It takes 30 minutes to line up seniors by name. Be on time and quickly find your place. Seniors march in alphabetical order—led by the two Commencement speakers and followed by the men who are receiving academic honors (also in alphabetical order). At the head of the procession is the Marshal, Professor Tobey Herzog, who will direct the seating.
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. — Cap and Gown Pick Up in the Chapel Basement. Seniors obtain their caps and gowns (provided free by the college). Return caps, gowns, and hoods (received during Commencement) to the same place immediately following Commencement. If you wish to purchase a hood, place an order with the Bookstore. You may keep the tassel from your mortarboard.
10:30 a.m. — Formation of the Academic Procession for Baccalaureate on the Sidewalk East of Center Hall (In the event of rain, the procession will form in Baxter Hall.)
11 a.m. — Baccalaureate Service in the Wabash College Chapel. The Baccalaureate sermon will be given by William G. Enright, PhD, who is former Senior Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis.
12 noon — Commencement Buffet in the Knowling Fieldhouse, Allen Center. A buffet lunch will be served at a cost of $12 for graduating seniors and their families.
12 - 2:30 p.m. — Bookstore Open
1:30 p.m. — Legacy Photographs on the Sidewalk East of Center Hall. Seniors who are legacies are invited to have their picture taken with family members at no charge. High-resolution copies will be posted on the Wabash website. (In the event of rain, photos will be taken in the Student Lounge of the Allen Center, across from the Fitness Room.)
2 p.m. — Formation of the Academic Procession for Commencement on the Sidewalk East of Center Hall. (In the event of rain, the procession will form in the lobby of the Allen Athletics Center.)
2:30 p.m. — 175th Commencement Ceremony on the Wabash College Mall. (In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in Chadwick Court.)
Complimentary photographs will be taken of your son as he receives his diploma and will be mailed to parents after Commencement. The Media Center will record the event, and DVDs will be on sale in the Bookstore approximately two weeks after Commencement.
3:30 p.m. — Reception for the Class of 2013 in the Great Hall, Sparks Center. Join President and Mrs. White for a reception in honor of the Wabash College Class of 2013.
RSVPs and Questions
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MaryAnn Glueck needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 79 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
Lucky Landscape Supply LLC
We are a full service landscape supply company meaning we supply landscapers with whatever they need to get the job done. We have a variety of plant material available, and our most important feature is our customer service. We are proud to sell locally grown products (Texas). Trees, shrubs, flowers, rock, mulch.... are some of what we sell.
We are in the Houston/Katy market and sell to landscapers/ contractors. Anyone from the local Joe buying plants for his flowerbeds to a home building contractor buying tens of thousands of dollars worth of material.
Creativity! Would like to see a variety of ideas... some with Texas in mind and some more modern....
We will need this logo for everything from uniforms to business cards. Printed on the vehicles, on billboard type signage, everywhere!
So this logo is very important to our business.
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Earlier today, Donald Rumsfeld and Gen. George Casey gave a joint press conference on Iraq. I haven't seen a full transcript yet, but one of the subjects they addressed was yesterday's report on the hundreds of chemical and biological weapons that have been found in Iraq:
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, there has been a lot made on Capitol Hill about these chemical weapons that were found and may be quite old. But do you have a real concern of these weapons from Saddam's past perhaps having an impact on U.S. troops who are on the ground in Iraq right now?
RUMSFELD : Certainly. What has been announced is accurate, that there have been hundreds of canisters or weapons of various types found that either currently have sarin in them or had sarin in them, and sarin is dangerous. And it's dangerous to our forces, and it's a concern.
So obviously, to the extent we can locate these and destroy them, it is important that we do so. And they are dangerous. Anyone — I'm sure General Casey or anyone else in that country would be concerned if they got in the wrong hands.
They are weapons of mass destruction . They are harmful to human beings. And they have been found. And that had not been by Saddam Hussein, as he inaccurately alleged that he had reported all of his weapons . And they are still being found and discovered.
In From the Cold, written by a former intelligence agent, has more. He suggests that "intel bureaucrats were apparently uncomfortable with the revelation that they had been wrong on Iraqi WMD, not once, not twice, but a total of three times."
UPDATE: The reporter who asked the question of Rumsfeld emphasized that the canisters "may be quite old," as I did last night. An extremely plugged-in reader with sources on the Hill writes:
It is only partially true to say that the wmd counted in the report are old–There are NEW "things" which have NOT been uncovered before, and which MAY all be from that period, but some of it is in pristine condition.
The same reader adds, concerning the legacy media stories on the WMD report:
Someone ought to be asking about the Department of Defense official who has been downplaying this, trying to bury the story. Rumsfeld came out with a big statement about this this afternoon and still the DoD "official" keeps namelessly trying to be named president of the Bush Lied League. If you check you will see that in all the articles where they go to someone to downplay it, it is always a DoD intelligence official.
Whoever this person is should be fired not only for deliberately trying to mislead the American people but also endangering our security.
We've written about this countless times. Liberals in the press go to liberals in the federal bureaucracy, especially the intelligence agencies, for leaks and anonymous commentary. The reporters then present this "information" as though it were objective and authoritative. In fact, the liberal leakers/commentators are no more objective and no more authoritative than the liberal reporters themselves.


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Senator Mike Enzi Reflects on 9/11/01 Terrorist Attacks
Wyoming's senior U.S. Senator, Mike Enzi, issued a statement concerning the 11th anniversary of September 11, 2001. The statement was made available in a press release distributed Monday.
"Over a decade ago we stood together as Americans, we were united. American flags hung from every window, flew from every doorstep. We got to know our neighbors and looked out for complete strangers. That emphasis we placed on getting to know the people around us was something I will never forget. I truly believe if we spent more time getting to know one another, our nation would be a lot less divided and a lot more united."
"Our freedoms aren't free and we can never forget that. Generations of men and women have heeded the call to serve and defend their country, often paying the ultimate price for the nation they loved. Their sacrifices are what we should honor today."
"We dare to dream about a better tomorrow, a future that we can be proud to pass to our children and grandchildren, hoping full-well that what we leave them is better than the country we grew up in. It's our responsibility, it's our duty."


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Rukus necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 141 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
We are a Children's and Baby clothing and gear company. We are an alternative to the mainstream, no fluffy pink bunny's here! Our company is just starting up and I need a really great logo that matches what we are trying to sell.
Parents that are a little bit edgier and fun and want to dress their kids in something besides GAP or Children's place. yuck. We also are selling modern gear and decor. We want kids to reflect their parents in a good way!
Music, Skating, Snowboarding, Videogames, Dirt bikes, X-tream Sports, Hippie, Gay/Lesbian, We are trying to be different and appealing to that sort of crowd!
A Great Logo. This will be my main Logo and I need it to reflect what were trying to sell.
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Wusthof Grand Prix II 7″ Fillet Knives
Fresh from Wusthof Cutlery factory in Solingen, Germany, it's the colorful new line of Grand Prix II Fillet knives! Perfect for use in the kitchen at the dock, these knives will help you process your catch-whether it came from the fishing boat or the supermarket. Plus, they're great gifts for outdoor enthusiasts!
Featuring a 7″ flexible blade forged from a single piece of high carbon steel, these full tang knives offer seamless, hygienic-fitting synthetic handles in bright colors (just in case you drop it in a stream). These ship with a high-quality leather belt sheath, so the Grand Prix II Fillet knife can go anywhere you need it to! They're available in blue, red, green , and yellow handles. Take a look today at www.knifecenter.com!
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Stay cool and dry with the B1 Short Sleeve Baselayer. Made with Bontrager's lightest weight baselayer fabric, it's a comfortable first layer for great rides in warm temperatures.
• Profila Cool fabric powered by 37.5 technology provides exceptional moisture transfer
• Conditions-appropriate tuckable length
• Drop tail for a precise on-bike fit
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Rangers homer their way past Astros
Houston, TX – Jeff Baker hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning as the Texas Rangers used a trio of long balls to get past the Houston Astros, 4-2, in the opener of a three-game set from Minute Maid Park.
Nelson Cruz tied the score at 2-2 with a solo shot in the sixth inning before Baker led off with a homer one inning later to win it for Texas, which improved to 3-1 against the Astros this season. David Murphy also went deep in the triumph.
"They were both bombs," Rangers manager Ron Washington said of the homers. "The one David Murphy hit was a bomb. As long as they go over the fence, they call them bombs."
Robbie Ross (1-0) tossed 1 1/3 innings of relief, and Joe Nathan pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 10th save in as many tries.
Wesley Wright (0-1), who was at the center of Thursday's controversy after entering the game but not facing a batter before being lifted for another reliever, served up Baker's decisive blast.
Trevor Crowe put Houston on the board in the second inning with his first home run of the season and fourth of his career.
Texas got the run back in the top of the third. Geovany Soto walked with one out and Craig Gentry and Ian Kinsler followed with singles, loading the bases for Elvis Andrus. Dallas Keuchel, who allowed two runs over six innings in his first start of 2013, walked Andrus on four pitches to force in a run, but retired Lance Berkman and Adrian Beltre to avoid a big inning.
"Dallas was tremendous," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "He did a great job attacking the zone, sinking the ball away and was able to pitch to both sides of the plate and get a lot of ground balls and kept us right there for six innings."
Jose Altuve doubled in the bottom of the stanza, advanced to third on Jason Castro's groundout and scored on an Alexi Ogando wild pitch.
After Cruz and Baker put Texas ahead, Murphy provided the visitors with an insurance run in the top of the ninth when he lifted a Travis Blackley offering just over the fence in right field.
Game Notes
The Astros fell to 2-6 on their season-long 10 game homestand ... Houston hit 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on ... Ogando yielded two runs on five hits and four walks over 5 2/3 innings.


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Once Again, The Freedom Of Information Act Is Proving To Be Just That: An Act
from the freedom's-just-another-word-for-[REDACTED] deptOnce the word got out that a photo had been taken of Osama Bin Laden, for identification purposes, everyone and their journalistic mother filed a FOIA request to see the pictures. And as has sadly become par for the course, these requests are being stonewalled by the administration, which has apparently learned nothing from the DHS vs. "activist groups" debacle.
Sadly, this is no ordinary stonewalling. In direct violation of the FOIA terms, it looks as if these requests are being handled by Robert Gates and his staff, rather than the non-partisan FOIA employees who are supposed to be handling them, according to this official response from the Department of Defense:
The Office of the Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff FOIA Office is responding on behalf of the entire Department of Defense to all FOIA requests within the DoD for information related to the operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. Therefore, they will respond directly to you concerning the FOIA request that you sent us.The wording of this response certainly suggests that these OBL requests are being handled higher up, as non-partisan employees would be hard pressed to satisfy the requirements of their job and the administration's desire to keep the photos classified. Fortunately for them, their responsibility seems to have been relieved by an appointed member of President Obama's staff and the spectre of "threat to national security" duly summoned in order to wave off any inconvenient demands.
Of course, should this "threatening" photo ever make it out of its governmental quarantine, it will probably end up being 3/4 redacted and 1/4 thumb. Even so, would it kill these agencies to at least pretend they care about the rules that are supposed to govern their actions, much less the transparency that was promised so often over the past few years.
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I'm looking to expand on tennis partners now that I am back from my separated shoulder. I'll just be hitting around for the next month but should be more competitive soon to play actual games. I'd like to play at UCSB since I can just walk to the courts from work anytime starting around 4 or 5 and Las Positas around starting around 6 or 6:30 weekdays.
No Thursday Tennis due to Kickball.
I'm around a 3.5-4.0.
Let me know!
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Hey Jared, I'm always up for some hitting. Let me know when you feel like it.
I can play after 6h at Las Positas, just let me know one day ahead.
Hi Jared. Open to playing at Las Positas on weekdays. Have bootcamp on Mon & Wed until 6pm Work downtown so couldnt make it out to UCSB. ciao, michal
I'm up to hit at UCSB weekdays around the same time. Hit me up if you would like to coordinate something for next week. I think I'm around a 4.0.
I sent you a friend request. I can hit during lunch breaks or after work around 4 or so. I'd love to start playing again.
Let me know if you're up for it.
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Above is a quick commercial for Tokyo Disney Resort. It doesn't look very Disney! There's a reason for that: Disney roped in Japanese anime studio Madhouse to create this spot. Madhouse is known for Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
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Is Kelly the most interesting man in the world? Pause for a moment before chortling over our potential hyperbole, for Kelly has packed a lot into his 52-game tenure at Oregon, including 45 victories. He has run with the bulls in Pamplona. He has led the Ducks to three Pac-12 titles and four BCS bowl games. He has done humanitarian work in Africa. He has produced Oregon's first Rose Bowl victory in 95 years. He has visited U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Inquiries that Kelly doesn't like might get one-word answers, clichéd responses or snappy rejoinders that belittle his inquisitors. Questions that engage him, however, receive full and thoughtful treatment. Consider this response from an ESPN story on Kelly's trip to Africa, when he worked with adolescent girls who had no idea who he was.
"The real heroes are the little girls in Africa who are trying to better themselves so they can help their families," he said. "When I hear a coach say, 'We're grinding.' I'm like: You're sitting in a room with air conditioning watching videotape. That's not grinding."
Yet he arrives at the Fiesta Bowl amid swirling rumors that he's about to leave for his pick of available NFL jobs. Asked about his NFL ambitions this week, he gave a 235-word answer that essentially said "no comment."
"My heart is to win the day, and that's it," he concluded. "I know everybody wants to hear a different answer, and I know at times when I don't give you guys the answer you guys want, then I'm being evasive. I'm not being evasive. My job is to coach the University of Oregon football team, and I love doing it. And that's what I'm going to do."
As a Duck fan I love the dude. He's my all time favorite coach. (i'm lucky that both of my favorite teams have amazing head coaches at the moment). I expect him to be in the NFL next year and I expect him to succeed. If we didnt already have Pete Carroll there is nobody else i'd rather have coaching the Seahawks. The only thing that might keep him in college is the fact that he probably doesnt want to have to deal with all the media b.s. that NFL coaches have to go thru. And there's a possibility that he might want to stick it out wtih Mariota, DAT and Thomas Tyner and see if he can win a national title before he makes the move up. But i'd put it at about 90% he'll be in the NFL next season.


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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Fourteen counties in and around the Black Hills have agreed to push for legislation that gives counties the option to ban fireworks.
The Rapid City Journal reports that the Black Hills Association of County Commissioners passed a resolution that says counties with property in the National Forest, National Grassland or within the Black Hills Fire District should have the ability to ban fireworks.
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A City Cruises boat collided with the south pier of Tower Bridge this lunchtime. MPS Marine Policing Unit attended the scene and reported that two people were injured. Update 4pm: this has now risen to nine people, according to London Ambulance Service.
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Four-dozen Taunton High School students will gain exposure to future career opportunities in health care and science as part of a three-year program sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.
Four-dozen Taunton High School students will gain exposure to future career opportunities in health care and science as part of a three-year program sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.
Johnson & Johnson DePuy Synthes, Taunton Area School to Career, Bridgewater State University, Bristol Community College, Taunton High School and Morton Hospital are partnering to bring the Bridge to Employment initiative to Taunton. The program was first launched in 1992 by Johnson & Johnson.
The program focuses on higher education preparation and career exposure. It will include college visits, summer camps at Bridgewater State University and Morton Hospital, visits to the DePuy Synthes facility in Raynham and several guest speakers.
"It is a really wonderful opportunity for students to learn about many facets of the health care field," said Peta Shepherd, business outreach specialist for TASC. "Throughout it all, we will help students with life skills, study habits, money management and stress management."
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Cold, Hard Cash as a Handwashing Incentive - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
we made hand hygiene rates part of the program; employees had to achieve and sustain >96 percent compliance with hand hygiene to get their full bonus. (This is a pooled bonus plan — either everyone gets it or no one gets it.) We did much better, but still not quite good enough until we hit on a second idea: we made the hand-hygiene performance part of the hospital executives' performance bonus, even though they don't care for patients. Magically, we have attained and sustained a rate of hand hygiene >98 percent, and won a national award for quality improvement from the Children's Hospitals Corporation of America.
As they say in MBA school: you get the behaviors you incentivize. Not at all coincidentally, when we renew the incentive metrics every year when renewing our contract to staff the ER, the metrics which determine our CEO's bonus wind up in our incentive structure as well. Funny how that works.


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Canadian intellectual freedom news roundup: (If you don't think that intellectual freedom in Canada matters, why are you even reading The Post-Darwini
Surprisingly, intellectual freedom in Canada is still percolating.
The book that Pete Vere of Soo Today and Kathy "Five Feet of Fury" Shaidle are writing on the collapse of civil rights in Canada is soon to appear. Its title is The Tyranny of Nice, which means it will rip off the veils created by legacy Canadian media, including Christian media.
I will provide information on how to buy it as soon as I have same.
Meanwhile, here is a link to Vere's interview on Joe Banister's "We the People" radio show (August 16, 2008) . The idea, "We the People" sounds so American. Perhaps Americans do not live only to support the government and its current advisors and pets, as we do.
But here in Canada our government is not the only problem. Canadian Christians are a big part of the problem.
I have written a summary of the situation here in the September/October edition of SEVEN Magazine. For example,
One outcome of the commissions targeting media has been limited information from traditional sources about their activities. Critical information is now disseminated through the blogosphere and on YouTube. Most of the "Freespeechers," who lead the fight for restoring traditional law to media, are blogger journalists. Ezra Levant videotaped his interrogation and posted it on YouTube. Hundreds of thousands of people have already watched it. The commissions have responded by dropping some of the most egregious charges.Yes, it's true! Fatuous hollering for Jesus is apparently all that is required of a Christian in Canada nowadays. Not justice, not mercy, not social responsibility. Just fatuous hollering for Jesus somewhere.
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Most seasoned observers do not consider these developments simply positive. The commissions are free to resume their activities against anonymous citizens once the furor around high-profile accuseds dies. The single biggest challenge is one that astonishes American observers—the apparent indifference of most Canadian Christians to the individuals who are targeted, even though so many of them are Christians.
Unbelievably, the Canadian Church Press has been conflicted about whether to speak out about the attacks on Christian media and Christian or Jewish journalists.
And they celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2007. I would rather there not be a 100th, if they continue as they are.
I have been an associate member for many years but there is only so much cowardice I can deal with.
Catholic Insight has been charged again, as has civil rights lawyer Ezra Levant (for operating a blog about the collapse of civil rights).
Remember, Canada no longer has a normal Western world system of justice. So anyone, anywhere can decide that their rights have been violated. And for all practical purposes, defendants can be charged again and again indefinitely for the same offense. Even if the defendant who allegedly violated someone's rights manages to get cleared, with loss of life savings, the nightmare can start all over tomorrow.
Meanwhile, various state functionaries live very well indeed. And those who would get on in the world will doubtless join their numbers speedily.
Also, Deborah Gyapong has posted on the current "human rights" demand that Ontario doctors forego all conscience rights in dealing with their patients. First doctors and then everyone else, of course.
Here's The Ottawa Citizen's David Warren on this topic:
But a much more significant advance has now been proposed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, to bring the tyranny of "political correction" to bear on its own membership. As usual, the process was being advanced in the dark, away from the possibility of public discussion -- and was only pried open in the course of the last week when a large number of physicians, surgeons, and even politicians found out about it.
As I've written before, the "human rights" revolution that has been sweeping through Canada's law schools and legal establishment, depends on an Orwellian inversion of the term, "human rights." For human rights were traditionally conceived as the individual's legal and moral resort against the arbitrary power of unaccountable organizations. In the new, inverted definition, "human rights" become a device by which unaccountable organizations may crush that individual. "Human rights" have been ideologized, and collectivized. They now belong to groups, exclusively, and include principally the right not to be "offended" by the existence of an individual with a mind of his own.
The part that bothers me the most is the silence/whinging of most Christian leaders.
Honestly, they weren't always like this. (But - equally honestly - they have been like this for a long time.)
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Canada and Mexico both brought the complaint against the U.S. to the WTO. Canadian Ag Minister Gerry Ritz said that the proposed changes did not bring COOL into compliance with the WTO ruling. "Our government is extremely disappointed with the regulatory changes put forward," he said, stating that if they do not view the U.S. law as meeting WTO muster, they will seek retaliation amounting to $1 billion. "We will put together an extensive list with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade," he said, adding that it will "take a number of initiatives to reach that dollar value." The U.S. has until May 23 to bring the program into compliance. Should Canada or Mexico pursue retaliation, it won't be immediate as it would take one to two years for the law to become reality. CRP Sign-Up Approaches USDA will hold a general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program from May 20 through June 14. Bids to enroll acreage into the program would be rated on a competitive basis. Factors such as cost and the Environmental Benefits Index (EBI) will be key in determining which acres will be accepted and which ones will not. USDA's budget assumptions are that 2.8 million acres will be enrolled via this general sign-up. There are contracts on roughly 3.5 million acres that mature at the end of September. USDA Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Plan In mid-April, the administration finally released their budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2014, with several familiar recommendations to trim USDA spending. The proposal calls for the following: Crop insurance: Trim the rate of return to 12% (currently estimated at approximately 14%) and base the reimbursement for administrative and operating expenses on 2006 premiums, not the current 2010 premiums, which were some of the highest in history for the program. Producers would also see cuts—a 3% reduction in the premium subsidy on policies subsidized more than 50%, and a cut of 2% on the premium subsidy where producers elect to have policies that provide protection against price increases. Non-crop disaster help: Extend the mandatory authorization for Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program (LFP), Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), and Tree Assistance Program (TAP), to be funded out of the Commodity Credit Corporation. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP): The maximum CRP acreage level would be trimmed to 25 million acres by 2018, down from 32 million acres currently. Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP): The 2014 budget baseline assumes no funding for GRP, which is subject to reauthorization due to expiration of the 2008 farm bill. All is not lost. Not all areas face potential cuts. In 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau stopped publishing the monthly reports on Fats and Oils; Oilseed Crushings; Fats and Oils Production, Consumption and Stocks; and Consumption in the Cotton System and Stocks. Also, the Census Bureau discontinued the quarterly Flour Milling Products report. The budget proposes approximately $1.3 million in new funding to resume these reports by USDA. "These reports are the only source of critical information to support estimation requirements for USDA agencies, including NASS and the Census of Agriculture; Economic Research Service; World Agricultural Outlook Board; and the Office of the Chief Economist," according to the budget document. "The reports are also used by private industry to monitor the effect of international trade on domestic production, evaluate the relationship between company and industry performances, analyze markets and current business conditions, and plan future operations." Scores of congressional hearings are on tap to review and comment on the proposed 2014 budget. Farm–state lawmakers will definitely fight for the crop insurance program, but eventually some reductions will have to take place. However, the policy changes that are being proposed by the administration will not take place via the appropriations process, but rather be melded into the new farm bill. Back to news


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As the nation commemorates the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Friday, local history enthusiasts are focused on a little piece of history near the Crescenta Valley where thousands of individuals of Japanese Americans were held for months following the devastating attack in 1941.
What is now Verdugo Hills Golf Course was once the La Tuna Civilian Conservation Corps camp before it was converted to a detention station for thousands on their way to internment camps in Montana, North Dakota and New Mexico.
Recently released records at the National Archives and Records Center at Laguna Niguel acknowledged the existence of the camp for the first time, but local historian Lloyd Hitt has been researching the station for years.
And early next year, the Los Angeles Planning and Land Use Management Committee is expected to discuss a motion submitted by City Councilman Richard Alcaron that the site be designated a historic and cultural monument.
From the camp's opening until it closed in late 1943, roughly 2,560 people were processed, Hitt said.
Up to about 300 people could be detained at the station — a barbed-wire enclosure with lights, seven barracks, an infirmary, mess hall and office buildings, Hitt said. There, armed guards processed individuals considered "enemy aliens" who had been taken into custody by the FBI on Dec. 16, 1941 — the same day the detention camp started operating.
According to information Hitt has compiled, 75% of detainees were of Japanese descent, with Italians and Germans mostly filling out the rest of the count.
The FBI, he said, were mostly concerned about the Japanese fisherman because they felt they "knew our coast too well."
The camp's director, Merrill Scott, was personally against the forced detention, and so ran the facility with fairness in mind, Hitt said.
"He really felt bad about the whole situation," Hitt said. "He stated outright that he could send these people home on Friday night and they'd all come back there Monday morning without worrying about any of them. They were just that kind of people, the Japanese."
But with that option out of his hands, Scott set up a "democratic process" in the camp, Hitt said.
The barracks all had a designated leader and somebody was in charge of the mess hall. There was also an abundance of space for gardening.
The overwhelming majority of the camp's detainee population — 95% — was male, but some of the women who were there taught Japanese language, writing and culture, Hitt said.
Family members were allowed to visit on Sundays, but had to stand 10 feet away from the fence, according to Hitt.
By one account, there were more than 1,700 visitors at the camp on Sundays. Children who knew both English and Japanese often served as interpreters so English-speaking witnesses would know what was being said. Visitations typically lasted just about two minutes.
A Quaker minister and pacifist from Pasadena named Herbert Nicholson became a friend to many detainees, often driving family members to the weekly visits.
He also would move detainees' belongings into storage or bring them to the camp as requested. Perhaps his most somber duty was carrying the ashes of deceased detainees and taking them to any destination the survivors requested, Hitt said.
The stay at the camp was never long. Every time the population reached between 200 and 300 detainees, they were loaded into railroad cars and shipped off to an internment camp.
"The windows were blacked out. They had guards in each car," Hitt said. "And they just kept going until they got to the camp."
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There is no beard, no bow tie and no plans to franchise Phil's BBQ, which Pace created 16 years ago as "a small place serving a little bit of barbecue and having fun doing it."
"Look at what I am today. Something went wrong," joked the 52-year-old Pace.
An Ohio transplant, Pace's "barbecuedom" now includes 400 employees at three full-fledged restaurant sites on Sports Arena Boulevard in the Midway District, in Santee and San Marcos. He recently opened a smaller outlet with a more limited menu in San Diego Lindbergh Field's new airport terminal.
Phil's BBQ moved from cramped quarters in Mission Hills a few years ago to its headquarters site at 3750 Sports Arena Blvd., close to everything: the airport, freeways, motels and hotels, the beaches, SeaWorld and Petco Park and downtown San Diego.
The son of an Italian restaurateur, Pace continues to follow his father's advice, which was, "The only person you need to compete with is yourself," and "Just try and wake up every day and not make the same mistakes you made yesterday."
And one other pearl of wisdom imparted from father to son, "Do what you do best."
That's why Phil's will always be Phil's: Pace knows — and respects — his limitations.
Pace ticked off the qualities — consistency, service, cleanliness, quality — that make his or any other restaurant a cut above the rest.
"The idea is to keep the consistency going," said Pace, noting you can't do that if you grow your business too fast.
Reasonable prices are part of the successful mix, too.
"People work hard today for their money," said Pace. "They can come here and have a great meal. Not too often do people ask for seconds."
"I really enjoy what I do," he said, acknowledging that meeting and relating to customers is what he enjoys most, and that staying in business in the face of continually rising costs is always a huge challenge.
And barbeque lovers countywide have responded to Phil's philosophy of giving customers what they want and keeping it simple. They've turned out in droves daily to satisfy their craving for mesquite-grilled baby back and beef ribs, chicken and sandwiches.
Pace has also become involved in philanthropic causes. Phil's BBQ has a tailgate fundraiser every summer at Petco Park, where all proceeds are donated to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of San Diego County, which pairs children facing adversity with professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships with adults to improve their lives.
Like his restaurant, the charity tailgate event has taken on a life of its own, raising $72,000 this year by serving more than 3,000 guests. The annual $25 ticket fee includes the Phil's tailgate experience and a Padres game ticket, with all ticket sales benefiting charity.
A dog lover, Pace also supports the San Diego Humane Society and Labrador Rescuers organizations.
Phil's BBQ is also big into catering, owning 16 trucks. At Phil's, catering is made to order.
A customer can come and pick it up, have it delivered, have it cooked right there at the venue and served by restaurant staff if they wish.
Sixteen years into barbecuing in San Diego, things continue to look good for Pace and Phil's BBQ. Asked what it is about barbecue that keeps customers licking their fingers and coming back for more, Pace replied, "It's down-home. American."
Noting barbecue is "spelled many different ways," and "cooked many different ways," Pace said, "We just try to serve something that's good. We'll be in business as long as the customer still wants to eat."
For more information on Phil's BBQ, call (619) 226-6333, or visit www.philsbbq.net.


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Fox News Science, Again
Blog ››› ››› JOCELYN FONG
"Completely wrong." "Simply ignorant." "Scientifically incorrect." "Utter Nonsense." "Very odd." These are words scientists have used in the past to describe the nationally televised ramblings of weather forecaster Joe Bastardi, who Fox News hosts from time to time in an apparent effort to dismantle whatever its viewers might know about physics.
When we last saw Joe, he was breaking the news that the world's climate scientists had overlooked the first law of thermodynamics. (He was wrong.) After a thorough round of mockery in the blogosphere, we thought surely Fox would throw away Bastardi's phone number. But here he is on Fox Business this morning, declaring that carbon dioxide "literally cannot cause global warming":
BASTARDI: CO2 cannot cause global warming. I'll tell you why. It doesn't mix well with the atmosphere, for one. For two, its specific gravity is 1 1/2 times that of the rest of the atmosphere. It heats and cools much quicker. Its radiative processes are much different. So it cannot -- it literally cannot cause global warming.
Asked about Bastardi's statements, Kerry Emanuel of MIT said: "Utter rubbish. Sorry to be so direct, but that is just the case." NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt added: "Bastardi is attempting to throw out 150 years of physics." "He seems very confused," said physicist Richard Muller.
Bastardi may be hoping that when delivered confidently, terms like "specific gravity" and "radiative processes" can convince Fox's viewers that he knows what he's talking about. But don't be fooled; he is again garbling the very basics of climate science. Schmidt explained:
Bastardi doesn't understand the first thing about the greenhouse effect - it has absolutely nothing to do with the 'specific gravity' of CO2 or any other greenhouse gas, it has to do with the fact that GHGs absorb and radiate infra-red heat and in doing so warm the surface of the Earth.
If it weren't for the natural greenhouse effect, we wouldn't even be here to argue about climate change -- it keeps the planet warm enough for life to thrive. Greenhouse gases trap heat that would otherwise escape to space and leave behind a big cold rock like Mars. While water vapor is the greenhouse gas that contributes the most to the natural greenhouse effect, CO2 drives the recent changes to Earth's energy balance and temperature. As we substantially increase the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, the greenhouse effect is enhanced, causing warming. The rise in temperatures sets off several feedback processes, including increased water vapor, that boost the warming further.
According to Bastardi, because CO2 is heavier than other gases in the air, it isn't well-mixed through the atmosphere and can't cause warming. In fact, we know CO2 is well-mixed because scientists measure it from different locations. Muller said CO2 is "completely mixed in the troposphere by turbulence," adding, "I think he may be confusing CO2 with water vapor, which (because it freezes out) does not mix well." The ability of CO2 to absorb and radiate heat was observed over 150 years ago and has repeatedly been measured since.
Bastardi went on to claim that "the entire globe has cooled quite a bit." You be the judge:
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Thread: Hiking North Georgia
10-11-2013 #1
Hiking North Georgia
Hey any of you locals into hiking? Sam and I are going to be trying to get out every weekend, usually on Sunday afternoons.
Going to check with the boss but I think this is where we will be going this weekend http://www.georgiatrails.com/gt/Panther_Creek_Trail
Past trip pics to follow.N00B's click here!
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10-11-2013 #2
One of our favorites from a couple years ago
10-11-2013 #3
thats one of our go to camping spotsHands up, Don't shoot!
10-11-2013 #4
The pictures don't quite do it justice. The trail follows along the creek most if the way in. There are tons of little cascades and waterfalls along the way.
That five mile round trip kicked my ass the first time. We're trying to get me in shape lol.
10-11-2013 #5
All Federally Owned Recreation Sites are Closed
Area(s): Beasley Knob OHV Trails, Boggs Creek Recreation Area, Brasstown Bald Visitor Information Center, Cooper Creek Recreation Area, Davenport Mountain OHV Trails, DeSoto Falls Recreation Area, Dockery Lake Recreation Area, Frank Gross Recreation Area, Lake Chatuge Recreation Area, Lake Winfield Scott Campground, Lakewood Landing Boat Launch, Morganton Point Campground, Mulky Campground, Toccoa River Sandy Bottoms Recreation Area, Whissenhunt OHV Trails, Andrews Cove Campground, Anna Ruby Falls Recreation Area, Dukes Creek Falls Recreation Area, Frady Branch Equestrian and Bike Trail System, Lake Rabun Beach Recreation Area, Lake Russell Recreation Area, Locust Stake OHV Trail System - CLOSED, Low Gap Campground, Mount Yonah Trail Head, Nancytown, Nancytown Day Use Area, Nancytown Group Campground, Oakey Mountain OHV Trails and Campground, Panther Creek Recreation Area, Pear Tree Hill Group Camp, Raven Cliffs Trailhead, Sandy Bottoms Campground, Sarah's Creek Campground, Tallulah River Campground, Tate Branch Campground, Upper Chattahoochee River Campground, Warwoman Dell Recreation Area, West Fork Campground, Wildcat Creek Campground #1 Lower, Wildcat Creek Campground #2 Upper, Willis Knob Horse Campground, Bear Creek Trail, Chestnut Mountain Shooting Range, Cottonwood Patch Campground, Dry Creek Equestrian Trailhead, Hickey Gap Campground, Houston Valley OHV Trails, Jacks River Fields Campground, Keown Falls Picnic Area and Trailhead, Lake Conasauga, Lake Conasauga Overflow Campground, Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site, Sumac Creek Shooting Range, The Pocket Recreation Area, The Pocket Recreation Area Family Picnic Area, The Pocket Recreation Area Group Picnic Shelter, Cedar Creek Shooting Range, Dyar Pasture Recreation Area, Lake Sinclair Recreation Area, Miller Creek Lake Recreation Area, Ocmulgee Bluff Horse Bike and Hike Trail System, Oconee River Campground, Redlands Recreation Area, Swords Recreation Area, Town Creek OHV Trails
Date(s): Oct 1, 2013
Due to the lapse in agency funding, all federally owned recreation sites are closed, and all reservations are suspended. All offices are closed. These services will be available once funding is restored.
Law enforcement, fire suppression, and other essential services will continue without interruption.
10-11-2013 #6
Looks awesome.
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10-11-2013 #7
Are you talking about getting out of the Jeep and walking when it ain't broke?"Community Organizer lost in the wastelands of the former United States."
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10-11-2013 #9
If I had spent 50K on a pair of hiking shoes I might try it. But I wish you all the best. Be safe. Make sure you can run faster than Sam in case of bear.
10-11-2013 #10
10-12-2013 #11
Larry we hike all the time. There are several books out there that have all the Georgia hiking areas and directions and trail descriptions
10-13-2013 #12
Great pictures young man.Hey Dickhead, get out of the fast lane! Unless you're passing of course.
10-14-2013 #13
Cool pics Larry!TC
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10-15-2013 #14
We ended up hiking this one Sunday. Seven mile round trip.
.GOV shut down, parking lot closed... no problem, we'll all just park on the sides of the road :D
Last edited by gold knight; 10-15-2013 at 01:55 PM.
10-15-2013 #15
Some random people in the water for scale
Last edited by gold knight; 10-15-2013 at 01:48 PM.
10-16-2013 #16
Awesome scenery. No pics of critters though, I guess they were all furloughedBryan
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10-17-2013 #18
Very cool! I've been wanting to hike more when I'm at home up in Washington. I'm sure there's plenty of places around So-Cal but the scenery just isn't the same.
I bet the wife will probably want one of those fancy back pack things for the baby. Probably one of those fancy off road strollers too.
Meh, on second thought, I'm out, yall have a good time! Keep posting pics.2004 TJ
01-27-2014 #19
This is like 15 minutes from the house. 3 1/2 miles around the Indian Seats trail. We went the last two Sunday afternoons. With an elevation change of 1200 in the parking lot to 1680 at the top, this sucker is pretty strenuous. It's taking us 2+ hours but watching people running the trail has been very inspiring. Gonna keep going til we whip this thing.
Wife and nephew start up one of many steep grades
Nephew taking in the view
You can see clear to the blue ridge mountains from the Indian Seats


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Speaker Christine Quinn made it official and is running for mayor of one of our country's greatest cities. If elected she would be the first openly gay woman to hold this office.
Now, as for myself, I have disagreed with some of her actions in the City Council, but I did like when she said she was about keeping New York City a place for the middle class to live and grow and a place that's going to help hard-working people get into the middle class.
Well, if she does become mayor I hope she makes that happen. For that, I wish her lots of luck.
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SOURCE: GeoVax Labs, Inc.
December 18, 2012 09:00 ET
Novel Adjuvanted Vaccine Showing Excellent Early Safety Results
Novel Adjuvanted Vaccine Showing Excellent Early Safety Results
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - Dec 18, 2012) - GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTCQB: GOVX), an Atlanta-based biopharmaceutical firm developing vaccines to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, is pleased to announce full enrollment in a 48 patient Phase 1 trial testing the safety and immunogenicity of its 2nd generation adjuvanted DNA/MVA vaccine for the prevention of HIV infection. The adjuvant, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), enhances the vaccine response by recruiting and stimulating white blood cells that initiate immune responses at the site of vaccination. The Phase 1 trial (designated HVTN 094) consists of priming with a recombinant DNA vaccine followed by boosting with a recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccine, and is being conducted by the NIH-sponsored HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN).
The GeoVax use of the GM-CSF adjuvant is unique in that instead of co-inoculating with the GM-CSF protein, the GM-CSF adjuvant is encoded in the same DNA that expresses HIV non-infectious virus-like-particles. This ensures that GM-CSF is immediately present at every site where vaccine responses are being initiated and allows very low levels of GM-CSF to have a profound effect on the vaccine responses. In non-human primate studies, the co-expression of GM-CSF in simian prototypes of GeoVax's HIV vaccine achieved a 90% per exposure rate of protection against twelve serial rectal challenges with the heterologous SIVE660 virus, which translated to 70% of vaccinated animals being protected against all twelve challenges. Based on these outstanding results, the 2nd generation adjuvanted form of the GeoVax vaccine is being advanced in human trials.
"We are extremely pleased with the speed with which the HVTN clinical research sites enrolled HVTN 094 and with the impressive safety results," said Harriet Robinson, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of GeoVax. "There is no reason to anticipate that GM-CSF might prove unsafe, because it has approved uses in humans and our co-expression of GM-CSF with our vaccine results in very low levels of GM-CSF enhancing protective responses in the non-human primate model."
Robert T. McNally, Ph.D., GeoVax's President & CEO, commented, "Now that the enrollment stage of the Phase 1 trial is finished, we look forward to completion of the trial in mid-2013. With the Phase 2a trial of our first generation HIV vaccine successfully completed, we will be working with the HVTN and NIH to plan the next steps of our vaccine development."
About GeoVax
GeoVax is a biotechnology company developing human vaccines for diseases caused by HIV. Our goals include developing HIV/AIDS vaccines for global markets, overseeing the manufacture and testing of these vaccines under GMP/GLP conditions (FDA guidelines), conducting clinical trials for vaccine safety and effectiveness, and obtaining regulatory approvals to move the product forward. GeoVax's vaccines are unique in expressing virus like particles that display the trimeric membrane bound form of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein. All preventative Phase 1 human clinical trials conducted to date tested various combinations and doses of our DNA and MVA vaccines, their ability to raise anti-HIV humoral (antibody) and cellular (cytotoxic T cell) immune responses, as well as, the vaccines' safety. Successful results from a Phase 1 study supported a Phase 2a trial that was completed in the 3rd quarter of 2012.
GeoVax's 2nd generation preventive vaccine is currently in phase 1 testing and may progress to multi-stage phase 2 efficacy testing, given safety and immunogenicity are as expected. Overall, the GeoVax vaccine, in various doses and combinations, has been tested in close to 500 humans. GeoVax is also enrolling patients in a Phase 1 therapeutic trial for individuals already infected with HIV. For more information, please visit www.geovax.com.
About HIV/AIDS
HIV infection, which can lead to AIDS, is a pandemic that can affect anyone, regardless of race, gender, age, or sexual orientation. 33 million people are currently infected globally; it is estimated that there will be 2.5 million new infections this year. Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than a million people in the U.S. have contracted the virus. Every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV. Globally, HIV is the top killer among women of reproductive age. HIV is a worldwide disease with different subtypes (or clades) of the virus predominating in different regions of the world. Clade B is the predominant subtype in North America. Globally, most infections involve subtypes AG, B and C. GeoVax vaccines are currently designed to function against clade B. For more information, please visit www.geovax.com.
About the HVTN
The HVTN is the largest worldwide clinical trials network dedicated to the development and testing of preventive HIV/AIDS vaccines. The HVTN is an international collaboration that conducts all phases of clinical trials, from evaluating experimental vaccines for safety and the ability to stimulate immune responses, to testing vaccine efficacy. Support for the HVTN comes from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Network's HIV Vaccine Trial Units are located at leading research institutions in 27 cities on four continents. The Network's headquarters are at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this document are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from those included in these statements due to a variety of factors, including whether: GeoVax can develop and manufacture its vaccines with the desired characteristics in a timely manner, GeoVax's vaccines will be safe for human use, GeoVax's vaccines will effectively prevent AIDS in humans, vaccines will receive regulatory approvals necessary to be licensed and marketed, GeoVax raises required capital to complete vaccine development, there is development of competitive products that may be more effective or easier to use than GeoVax's products, GeoVax will be able to enter into favorable manufacturing and distribution agreements, and other factors, over which GeoVax has no control. GeoVax assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and does not intend to do so. More information about these factors is contained in GeoVax's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including those set forth at "Risk Factors" in GeoVax's Form 10-K.
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Katy Perry's Father Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Rant
Katy Perry's father, Keith Hudson, came under fire this week for launching a tirade against practitioners of Judaism. He is now apologizing for his remarks, calling them "hurtful and ugly." We agree. How did he explain his rant?
Hudson himself had no explanation for his potentially bigoted speech, but the pastor of the church that hosted Hudson, Paul Endrei, tried to diffuse the situation by providing some background and context to the sermon. "Even though this is wrong and it was not a right comment, he wasn't preaching about Jews, neither was he ranting against Jews," Endrei told the Huffington Post. Apparently, Hudson was preaching about God telling Abraham that he was blessed, which then launched Hudson's tangent about "being blessed so much that you would make a Jew jealous."
Endrei takes it further, saying that Hudson was actually complimenting Jewish people's prosperity by saying money is what it takes to make them envious. We're failing to see how reinforcing longstanding stereotypes can be construed as flattering. For what it's worth, Endrei also noted that he only had one complaint out of the 300 parishioners present at the sermon — to which we have to note that we don't think many Jewish people were in attendance at a Christian sermon, and that if there were, the ratio would likely be much different. In fact, Jewish human rights organization at the Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced the comments as anti-Semitic earlier this week.
This isn't the only contradiction in Hudson's sermons. While daughter Perry was raised to believe that divorce is wrong, Hudson capitalized on the publicity from the split to fill more pews at his services. Despite being a large draw, Endrei says that Hudson won't be welcome back at his Ohio church until "some time has passed."
Perry's rep was mum on the controversy surrounding Hudson's ministry, but the star made a pointed remark last week that likely reflects her views on the topic. "Concerning the gossip, I want to be clear that NO ONE speaks for me," she tweeted. "Not a blog, magazine, 'close sources' or my family."


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Teaching Associate Program for Spanish
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Teacher Associate Application Form [pdf]
General Position Description
These positions are intended to provide financial support and supervised teaching experience for outstanding graduate students. Teaching Associates are part of the instructional staff of the University who provide support for instruction or, under faculty supervision, may be assigned as the instructor of record for a course.
Required Qualifications:
- Be enrolled as a classified graduate student. (Classified status implies fulfillment of the written English requirement, completion of any preconditions and passing the classification examination in the target language.)
- Awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as, for instance, might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching or other comparable experience.
- Maintain a GPA of at least 3.3 in the subject (coursework with graduate credit).
- Make satisfactory progress toward the degree, which in the Department of World Languages and Literatures is defined as completing at least two graduate seminars applicable to the MA degree per year.
- Be enrolled in at least 3 units of coursework each semester of their TA appointment, unless they have fewer units remaining for the completion of the degree.
- Demonstrate superior language skills in the target language.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills in English.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Teaching experience, experience as a tutor or instructional aide, coursework in instructional design or education, other relevant leadership experiences.
The position of Teaching Associate shall be advertised at least bi-annually. All University policies regarding equal opportunity will be followed in recruiting and selecting applicants. Students who have served as TA's in previous semesters need only write a letter to the department chair asking for a continuation of the appointment.
Applications for Spring 2019 are due Monday, October 22, 2018 by NOON, to Kristine Adams in Clark Hall, Room 421. Please make an appointment to speak with Professsor Vanessa Marie Fernández directly.
The Following Materials Should be Included with Each Application:
- Application form with all pertinent information about the applicant
- Curriculum Vitae
- Official transcripts
- Written statement in the target language stating the reasons for requesting the appointment and describing career/professional goals and teaching philosophy.
- Names and contact information of recommenders. Please ask faculty members to submit their letters of recommendation directly to the Department.
Selection of Teaching Associates will be conducted by the Department, although final appointments are made by the Dean of Humanities and the Arts. Applicants will submit the completed application and supporting materials (vitae, transcripts, written statement) to the office of the Department of World Languages and Literatures (CL 421) prior to the published deadline. Applications will be reviewed by a four-member screening committee. After the initial screening, promising candidates may be asked to give a brief teaching demonstration.
In the Department of World Languages and Literatures, Teaching Associates are usually appointed to teach elementary language courses. Typically, these assignments take the form of one section of 1A or 1B per semester. In no case may a TA assignment exceed six WTUs of lecture or discussion sections or eight WTUs of laboratory sections. Teaching Associates are expected to serve for two semesters, but may not serve more than a total of four semesters. Teaching Associates may not be employed by the university for more than 20 hours per week in any combination of assignments as TA, GA, RA or other campus employment during regular session.
Teaching Associates are appointed at the rank of TA. In the letter of appointment, the Dean specifies the salary placement within the TA range. TAs will be paid in five monthly installments per semester, on the same disbursement schedule as regular faculty.
As part of the instructional staff of the University, Teaching Associates hold a status similar to paraprofessionals or colleagues in training, and deserve to be acknowledged appropriately in that role. However, TAs are not faculty members and do not enjoy all the prerogatives and privileges that traditionally accompany faculty status. Teaching Associates have the right to receive adequate training and supervision to perform their instructional assignments. They have the right to receive feedback from the department chair and/or the faculty supervisor on their performance as a Teaching Associate.
Teaching Associates do not have voting rights in departmental governance. As students,
not as employees, they may be granted voting privileges on certain departmental committees,
as permitted by policy. Teaching Associates are not included in a collective bargaining
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conditions and fair employment practice. They have the right to fair and equitable
treatment and due process in the review of any complaints filed by them or against
them. They have the right of access to their personnel records and the right of privacy
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If a Teaching Associate has questions about these rights, he or she should consult the TA supervisor, the department chair, the Dean, or the Office of Faculty Affairs.
- Address the needs of a student population of great diversity - in age, cultural background, ethnicity, primary language and academic preparation - through course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.
- Follow all university policies related to the responsibilities of instructional staff. For example, TAs should be familiar with the University policies governing sexual harassment, equal opportunity and nondiscrimination, accommodation of disabilities, emergency preparedness, lab safety, and the instructional obligations of faculty.
- Attend all scheduled training and orientation programs, some of which may be prior to the beginning of the semester of the appointment.
- Attend all scheduled staff meetings and participate in professional development activities assigned by the supervisor.
- Collect SOTE scores for each section taught.
- Collect additional student evaluation data as required by the TA supervisor.
- Cooperate in arranging for the required class observation visits by the TA supervisor or other faculty members.
Termination of Appointment
Eligibility in terms of grade point average, enrollment in sufficient number of units, and progress toward the degree shall be monitored each semester by the graduate adviser. Teaching Associates who fail to meet the eligibility requirements for appointment must not be reappointed by their departments.
Teaching Associates may be terminated by the Department for failing to adequately perform their assignments. Whenever possible, the department chair will give written and oral warnings regarding unsatisfactory performance prior to termination and will make every reasonable effort to assist the TA in meeting the department's expectations. However, when the safety or welfare of students is at risk or when the TA is failing to meet basic instructional obligations or is failing to adhere to relevant University policies, a TA may be reassigned or terminated at the Dean's discretion.