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John Milne
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2001 11:30 pm
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Hi. I know nothing about the various flashes which come with Graflex,so please excuse me if these seem like stupid questions. I bought a speed graphic camera about a year ago. It came with a Heiland flash. This looks like it takes bulbs with a BIG stem. It also had a Kodak flasholder model B and some PH5 bulbs which looklike they fit it. All of the above are in ace condition, except that I look like I'm missing a few cables. Can anyone suggest which are the right bulbs for the Heiland? Are they available (I expect they are on Ebay for a patient man. The Kodak flash cable seems to end in a funny little bayonet fitting. Whatshould I be looking for after that? And ifI were to buy a big modern flash, is there one suitable, preferably that I could use with my Rolleiflex T and Mamiya 330F. I know this looks like a lot of questions in a short space and wouldlike to thank in advance anyone who troubles to reply. John Milne, Colchester Essex
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John Milne
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2001 11:32 pm
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I should haveadded, is there asource for the cablesfor the Kodak? And how about acable to connect an electronic flash to the Graflex?
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2001 12:14 am
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Wow, you really covered a lot of ground, but here is a start. The 20milsec bulbs for with the big base are #11 and 22. They are very expensive. The Heiland flash should have a shutter connection called HH Household type plug. The other end would be what is presently on your shutter. It is probably bi-post, but could be PC, or even bayonet. You then need to know if your shutter has M-X sync if you intend to use Strobe. If you intend to use flashbulbs I would use #25 or #5s but you would have to get another reflector head for your Heiland. I believe Sun makes a pretty powerful medium priced strobe that could be adapted to most any camera. Lastly the best place for sync cords is Paramont Cords. Russ
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2001 8:04 am
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Hi.. I want to add a little to Russ's comments. If you want to shoot color be sure and buy blue flashbulbs with the letter 'b' after the number or you can use a filter for color balance. I own the Heiland Flashes and the Graflite Flashes and there just doesn't seem to be too much difference in their operation. Most or all cable connections and instructions of Graflite Flash can be used with the Heiland. The following link should answer many of your questions.
Link to Graflite Instruction Manual and Graflite Brochure
At the web site click '
Graflex Directory
of Instruction Manuals' Link. Okay, eBay has a service called 'save this search' and they will notify you by email when your search item(s) are listed. Then all you have to do is sit back and wait. Good Luck, Harry
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John Milne
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2001 12:52 am
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Thanks a lot for the responses. The html page you refer to certainly seems to cover it
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Texas Ed
Joined: 02 Oct 2001
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2002 7:40 pm
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The Honeywell Strobonars intended to replace the bulb flashes for "press" cameras are an option if you have x sync. A "patient person" can find a number of 700 and 800 series Strobonars (GN 160 for the 7/800, 770/880 - unsure about the rest of these series) come up on e-Bay. I'd recommend some research on these strobes before buying.
Also, occasionally a flash such as the Sunpak 611 (GN 160) can be had at reasonable prices. Being more modern, it has more accessories readily available. Both the Strobonars and the big Sunpaks can operate on household connection sync cords (though the Sunpak has a proprietary 3 blade connection, the 3d blade is only to prevent some fool plugging it into a wall outlet. The 2 hh blades are the actual contacts and the strobe will work with a 2 blade household cord).
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SELECT element in IE7 - Windowless and Z-order
A big problem of IE6's SELECT element was that it could not perform z-index.
Here is an illustration.
When a user moved the mouse over to the "Mouse Over Here" in figure 1, this triggered the select element. Z-Index=1 should be behind and hidden by the select element (which appears as a yellow box) while Z-index = 3 should appear visible above the select element.
Instead with the legacy Windowed element you will find these two SELECT elements always placed on top of the floating DIV, even though the DIV has a higher z-index value.
Figure 1 IE6 Select Behavior (you can still see Z-Index=1 even though it should be behind Z-Index=2 layer)
Floating DIV tags (or other block elements) are a common technique used to write DHTML menus. But with this issue, web developers had to be careful not to put any SELECT element below these menus or else they would get obstructed. Although a work around with complex scripts was possible, it was inconvenient and kludgy.
This issue comes from the fact that the SELECT element in IE6 is a window based control, which always stays above the content of its parent IE window.
The Windowless Select Element
In IE7, the SELECT element has been changed into a windowless element. This means that Listbox and the inline part of Combobox are laid out and rendered directly by MSHTML. In other words, they are drawn directly within content flow. This new windowless SELECT element will follow the z-index priority in the markup. The following screen shot shows how the sample markup above will look in IE7.
Fig 2 IE7 Select Behavior (Z=Index = 1 is now hidden beneath Z-Index=2 the way it is supposed to be)
The main thing that you should take away from this posting is that the Windowless SELECT element is coming to replace the Windowed SELECT element in IE7. If your web or application developers adhered to normal HTML procedures in calling the SELECT element, then it should be fine. What worked in IE6 should work better in IE7. If you were using workarounds calling on the Windowed SELECT API, you may need to re-inspect your code to make sure that it doesn't break on IE7.
We'd love to hear any comments, feedback or experiences that you've had with the SELECT Element or even Z-Order so that we can continue to improve this great feature.
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I had the transmission off the other day because I had to apply lube to the clutch splines. I hadn't put *nearly* enough on when I replaced the clutch 2 years ago and the clutch plate was starting to hang up making downshift in particular very difficult. Lesson learned. It works a treat now.
Anyway - while I was reassembling it all I noticed that the clutch cable was frayed at the lever end (not at the handle bars).
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1) What length cable do I need for my stock K75s setup?
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3) If I find a set of C-bars, what length cable should I use then?
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By now, hopefully you and your neighbors know the town will go to the voters April 1 with a proposal to fund community improvements you've requested. I'd like to take this opportunity to answer some of the common questions about this "Community Reinvestment" proposal. If you have more questions, please don't hesitate to contact me, the mayor or any of the trustees, or the town's public information officer. We want you to have all the information you need to make your decision on this important issue.
What is the problem we're trying to solve here?
Over the last year, we've been working with the community to hear your vision for the future of Estes Park. We held a number of meetings last spring and asked for input through an online poll. The town has also taken community surveys and facilitated master planning efforts, which were also considered in this vision. From this outreach, you told us these are the three most important issues that need to be addressed, in priority order:
1. Transportation and transit improvements
2. Public trails
3. A Community Wellness Recreation Center, including Senior Services.
In addition, the fires and flood highlighted the need for improvements to our emergency response capabilities, including how we communicate during an emergency and backups for our emergency operations center.
What's being proposed?
We are proposing an investment in the community's vision with a 1% additional sales tax for 10 years. Of the collected revenue, 60% will support road improvements. Currently we spend about $435,000 a year on road maintenance. Engineering estimates show we need to invest at least $1.2 million a year for 10 years just to get all our roads up to a fair condition. This is not for new roads, just improving our existing roads – and grants are not available for this purpose.
• 25% will support the construction of a Community Wellness Recreation Center and the integration of our Senior Center. This will allow us space on Fourth Street to start addressing some needs with the Estes Park Museum. If the Community Wellness Recreation Center does not come to fruition, the funds will be used for much-needed Senior Center and Museum facilities improvements.
• 12.5% will go for new public trails in the Estes Valley, guided by the Estes Valley Trails Master Plan, in partnership with other agencies.
• 2.5% will be used for emergency response improvements, such as an AM emergency radio notification system and adding an emergency operations center to space available in the new multi-purpose event center at the Fairgrounds at Stanley Park.
These percentages will be specified in the ballot language — set in stone. Future town boards will be prohibited by law from deviating from these uses in these proportions.
Where will we end up with our taxes in comparison to other mountain and regional towns?
It will put our sales tax nearer the upper end for Colorado towns, but not the highest. Aspen, Steamboat Springs, Breckenridge and Boulder all will still have higher sales tax rates than Estes Park.
Won't higher sales tax keep people away from Estes Park, the last thing we want to do right now?
There is no empirical evidence that an increase in sales tax rate, remaining within the range of other comparable communities, has any impact on visitation. When was the last time you went on vacation and researched the sales tax rate to make your decision on where to visit? Plus, as a community, we have been through a difficult year, and this is a step toward community recovery and sustainability.
Why increase sales tax instead of property tax?
About 66 cents on every dollar of sales tax in Estes Park is paid for by visitors. This is a great deal for Estes residents! Property tax is 100% paid for by residents and can really be a burden on those on fixed income. We have the lowest municipal property tax rate of any Larimer County town. In fact, municipal property tax in Estes Park is an average of 83% less than other towns in Larimer County. Sales tax allows visitors to help pay for improvements that will enhance their visit to Estes Park, and make it more likely they will return.
This is misleading. It isn't a 1% sales tax, it is a 25% increase in the sales tax. Are you trying to hide something?
No, nothing nefarious here. It just depends on how you crunch the numbers. We are proposing raising the town portion of the sales tax from 4% to 5%. That is an increase of 1%, or 1 additional cent on every dollar purchased, or a 25% increase in the town sales tax rate. The total sales tax will increase from 7.5% to 8.5%. (The State receives 2.9% and Larimer County receives 0.6%)
Why don't you just reprioritize spending and not raise taxes?
That's a possibility. We want our citizens to understand exactly how this could affect the services they expect from the town. We prioritize the budget as it is, and we do operate a lean organization. Our first funding priorities must be the basic mandated services. The gorilla in the room is our streets. We have two choices:
• Not repair our roads and allow them to continue to deteriorate. This would be irresponsible. Our roads would continue to degrade, affecting both our local residents and our desirability as a tourist destination.
• Reduce funding for current non-traditional, non-mandated programs.
• Maintain funding for:
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• Planning and Building
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• Reducing funding for:
• Community Service Grants to non-profits (budgeted at $137,000)
• Senior Center (budgeted at $278,000)
• Museum (budgeted at $329,000)
• Support to Economic Development Corporation (budgeted at $30,000)
• Transfers to the Estes Valley Fire Protection District (budgeted at $443,000)
• Snow plowing on residential streets
• Landscaping/flowers
Once the town gets the extra 1%, it won't give it up. What assurances do we have it will really sunset or you won't use it for something else?
The ballot language will be very clear. The tax expires and goes away after 10 years. The town board does not have the ability to override that. Under the TABOR amendment to the Colorado Constitution, the only way to continue the tax would be by another election and approval of the voters. The money will be held separately and accounted for separately, with reports to the community. The percentages in the ballot language are requirements under law. The town board cannot deviate from these without another vote of the people.
Why not enact a hiring freeze and cut salaries and benefits of town employees to raise the money?
Like any business, the town competes for staff and must remain competitive if we are to attract and keep qualified employees. We spent the last year working on a new compensation and classification model. The model is strictly market-based. We compare our salaries to other local governments and companies to which we compete with for employees, and our aim is to hit the middle, at the 50th percentile, for our wages. We're not the highest and we're not the lowest – we are average. To make the community improvements on the backs of the employees would be irresponsible and a bad business decision. This would only aggravate job turnover issues and our difficulty recruiting professionals such as police officers, water quality specialists and electric lineman because of the higher cost of living in Estes Park versus other Front Range communities.
The town has maintained a relatively steady number of full- and part-time employees over the past five years, other than in 2012 when there were many vacancies that went unfilled until 2013. These employees are critical to town operations, and serve not only the town residents, but also Estes Valley residents and the millions of visitors to Estes Park each year. While some new, critical positions have been added, other vacancies have gone unfilled whenever possible to keep expenses in check. Though the number of staff is relatively steady, personnel costs have increased as their wages are just now reaching the 50th percentile of the market, and the town must also keep up with the increasing cost of benefits each year, especially health insurance, to remain a competitive employer of quality employees.
Doesn't a sales tax increase the burden on low income and fixed income residents for buying necessities, especially food?
This tax would be one penny more for every dollar spent. So a $100 grocery bill would be taxed one additional dollar, at the most, because the State of Colorado already exempts many food products from sales tax. In addition the town offers a food sales tax rebate each year around tax time in April. Qualified individuals with low income can receive a rebate on their food sales tax paid. The town considered exempting food from this sales tax, but then the community would miss the revenue at the grocery stores from visitors to the town as well. This would significantly reduce the amount of funds available to make the improvements citizens are requesting.
In conclusion, we believe there are some real issues we need to address as a community to protect and enhance our quality of life and to remain competitive as a destination. There are many other needs, but we believe this is a reasonable, conservative package to address the priority issues that the community has asked us to address and these are issues that if not addressed by your town, will not be addressed at all. Please let us know what you think by emailing me at email@example.com, or Kate Rusch at firstname.lastname@example.com, or call us at 970-577-3700.


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DIY builder Mikhail Levchenko's homemade backyard observatory once made a drunken Russian give up the sauce for good after revealing Saturn's rings to him one fateful night. Now, the telescope, which has been dormant for years, is getting a push to be restored and brought back online in time for a full solar eclipse which will be viewable from Levchenko's hometown of Barnaul in Siberia. And, of course, to cure more Russian alkies.
World War Two vet Levchenko built the scope from scratch with his bare hands in the 70s—the rickety tower, the assemblies for the 16-inch lens, everything. Since his death in 2002, neighbours have had to fend off scrap metal collectors and salvagers from wrecking the thing as it lay dormant next to Levchenko's cabbage field. Since western Siberia will be a prime viewing spot for the eclipse in August, neighbours are hoping to restore it in time. Best of luck, as anything that can pry a bottle out of an old Russian drunk's hands has got to be pretty damn impressive. [Reuters]


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A good article in the latest Socialist:
Bus passengers will not have been surprised by a recent report from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) accusing bus companies of milking public subsidies and taking advantage of the free bus passes enjoyed by the over 60s and people with disabilities.
Calvin Payne, Sheffield
Despite deregulation in the 1980s, bus companies now receive annual subsidies totalling £1.2 billion. Companies profit from successful routes while claiming public money to 'subsidise' the less profitable ones, such as those used by school children and the elderly. Public money is spent adding to the profits of some of the biggest companies in the country under the threat of service withdrawal or reduction.
These companies receive the equivalent adult fare whenever a free pass holder uses the service and have been accused of increasing fares on certain routes to take advantage of this arrangement.
The problem according to OFT is that there are not enough companies competing to run services. But whether in a monopoly situation, or with competition, private companies are still going to try to drive down wages and increase fares. In Sheffield some routes have seen fare cuts as a result of competing firms; however a couple of weeks after one firm increased fares by 20%, so did the other!
The OFT report also accuses large firms of undercutting smaller firms to drive them away, so any fare cuts are short-lived once that aim is achieved.
The Competition Commission is set to investigate the 'unfair business practices' of large bus companies. But a return to public ownership is not being considered by politicians or business friendly investigative bodies.
Amongst passengers though, that solution is still very much in mind and demanded. The cheap and good service run publicly in South Yorkshire until 1987 is still the benchmark as far as local passengers are concerned and is fondly remembered.
As well as passengers, the drivers and staff are angry at the current situation. Companies such as First and Stagecoach are attempting to freeze wages at a time of record profits and shareholder dividends. This has led to a series of strike ballots which are planned to culminate in nationwide action later this year.
If drivers and passengers can be united in one fight to restore public ownership, then fares could be cut, services maintained, and wages increased from current low levels back to their equivalent from regulated days. This task is down to campaigners and fighting union activists in the coming weeks and months.
Simon Basketter reports:
The anti-union laws are being extended by default and we are moving towards a situation where it will be virtually impossible to organise legal strikes.
At the beginning of the month the Court of Appeal ruled in a case that has significant consequences for every worker.
Judges ruled in favour of Metrobus, which had secured a legal injunction against a planned strike by Unite members in October last year. The union called off the strike in response.
This ruling had a knock-on effect on another group of workers last week.
Unite union officials called off a planned strike by bus drivers at First in South Yorkshire—not because there was any challenge to their own ballot but purely on the basis of this Court of Appeal ruling.
The judgement in favour of the employer can be referred to by judges in future cases. It sets a precedent that will make it more difficult for workers to take legal strike action.
One of the reasons the company won the injunction was because a judge found that the union had not detailed with sufficient precision the occupational grades of those taking action.
The same manoeuvre has recently been used against postal and tube workers.
The anti-union laws were designed to hamper unions' ability to resist, and to give union leaders a way of persuading their members not to strike.
All these laws should go. But instead of being repealed, they are being interpreted ever more harshly. The laws detail a thicket of obstacles that the unions have to navigate to avoid being sued during a strike.
One clause says that unions have to give the employers a list of workers who are going on strike and their workplaces.
Unions must also sort workers into their occupational categories. Such requirements are ideal for employers who want to use technicalities to halt strikes.
The Metrobus appeal case shows how these laws work.
The union argued, "Unite takes the view that the grounds on which the judge decided to grant the injunction constitute a serious impediment on its ability and that of any other trade union to call a strike."
In response Lord Justice Maurice Kay wrote, "The right to strike has never been much more than a slogan or legal metaphor."
There were two main elements to the court's decision.
Firstly, although the strike ballot had closed at noon on 1 September, Unite informed Metrobus bosses of the outcome almost 48 hours later.
In part this was due to a mix-up between Unite and Electoral Reform Services involving a missing fax.
But the court ruled that the time taken to inform the employer was too long.
The judgement reads, "Sec 231 imposes on the union a free-standing obligation to notify the employer of the outcome of the ballot as soon as reasonably practicable; that obligation must be fulfilled, regardless of whether strike action is or is not voted for."
And importantly, "Notice of strike action can only ever come after notice of the ballot result to the employer."
Secondly, the court ruled that the union did not properly explain how it arrived at its membership figures for how many bus drivers would be called out from which depots.
The three Court of Appeal judges disagreed about how the legislation applied, but they still ruled that insufficient explanation was given.
The judgement read, "Information about the numbers of employees balloted—what categories they fall into in terms of what job they do, where they work, etc, for union members who may or may not pay their union dues by deduction from salary (whereby the employer can know they are union members) – is provided to the employer, and such information must also include full explanations of how such figures are reached. The figures must also be accurate."
In effect, legal ballots become almost impossible to organise. Working out all the grades of construction workers or local government workers, for instance, would be completely unfeasible.
The only point on which the majority in the court disagreed with the original injunction was over the importance of a typing error—766 instead of 776. It ruled that this was trivial.
Furthermore, the court also ruled that the anti-union laws are compatible with the article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the right to join a trade union.
When Labour was elected in 1997 it had a policy of repealing the anti-union laws. But 12 years later it is sitting on its hands while the laws are applied ever more stringently against workers.
The anti-union laws fly in the face of the democratic decisions of thousands of workers. Unless the laws are challenged, no union could survive the level of detailed scrutiny now imposed on ballots.
But a recent spate of unofficial walkouts and occupations has shown that anti-union laws are powerless if workers defy them.
The only way to win is for unions to refuse to back down in the face of injunctions and threats and strike regardless.
The right to withdraw labour by striking is the most fundamental power that workers have. We must fight urgently to defend that right.
More and more working people are having to use more and more public services as the capitalist economy crumbles. Unemployment is in the millions, underemployment too.
Unlike the bankers and big businessmen, we can't afford to hire financial advisers and accountants to help us deal with our problems, and if we lose the roof over our heads, we're out on the street or a friend's sofa – we can't swan off to our second, third, or fourth home…
We need advice on housing and benefits, provided by local councils.
Unlike the bankers and big businessmen, we don't have yachts or our own island to retreat to when we want to relax.
We might take a walk in the park, lend some books from the library, or visit the leisure centre to use the gym or have a swim in the pool – all provided by local councils.
Across England, Tory councils are preparing to slash spending, just when working people need help the most. Instead of boosting employment, Tory councils are ready to add to the dole queues. (But this won't mean cuts in taxes – in fact, they'll have to go up to help bailout bankers!)
Rather than expell these wreckers for the chaos they are planning, the Tory leadership in parliament is watching these councils and using their examples to draw up spending cuts top implement if they form the next government.
Yesterday the shadow chancellor, George Osbourne, claimed the Tories were a "progressive" party. Lord Mandelson responded by claiming this was laughable. Truly, this was two bald men fighting over a comb…
Paul Gosling reports:
Electrification of the London to Swansea rail line is good news for public transport users in the South West and the Government's approval for Network Rail to meet the £1 billion cost is a demonstration of real commitment not just to the rail system, but also to combating climate change.
But for many people away from the main urban centres, what is needed is more than just faster journey times to London. They demand connectivity that reduces rural isolation, makes journeys faster, cheaper and easier and improves the economic prospects of smaller towns and villages.
This is where Go! Co-operative comes in, which is not only one of the newest co-ops to be established, but also the most recently established train operating company. Its prospectus for raising capital is about to be published, with the ambition of raising a quarter of a million pounds over the next two years.
Go! Co-op intends to be the fifth train operating company taking advantage of the principle of open access to rail lines that is enshrined in legislation and which is intended to increase the provision of services by sharing existing lines. This provision enables additional services to operate alongside the main rail franchises. Existing open access rail operators include Heathrow Express and Hull Trains.
However, Go! Co-op would be the first open access train provider running as a multi-stakeholder co-operative that brings together the interests of commuters, workers and the communities that would be served, via their local authorities. It is backed by some heritage railway operators.
The co-operative's business planning is already well developed, thanks to seed-corn funding supplied by Co-operatives UK and the Co-operative Group, through the Co-operative Fund, backed by practical support from the Somerset Co-operative Services.
Go! is looking at various routes, including local branch line operations and longer cross country services. Some of these involve open access services on Network Rail lines, while others would operate in partnership with heritage rail and other independent railway owners.
At this stage, it is not possible to say which routes will be pursued — detailed studies on line capacity and passenger demand are needed first, as well as more negotiation with potential partners.
The chair of Go! Co-op is well known co-operative activist, Tim Pearce — the South West regional organiser for the Co-operative Party until he retired three and a half years ago.
"Existing train services run to London," explains Mr Pearce. "Our intention is to serve other communities that don't have good connections to anywhere. Cross-country connections are important. We are looking to potential routes in the south of England on existing rail networks."
The Go! Co-op initiative has been given extra impetus by the recent publication of the Association of Train Operating Companies' (ATOC) document Connecting Communities, which supports the principle of much improved connectivity for isolated communities by making greater use of lines that, at present, run few services. "We are interested in underused and also closed lines and closed stations, but that's a lot of money," says Mr Pearce.
"We are interested in the electrification, but that is a long time ahead, at least five years. It does raise interest in the rail network and the South West is getting a fairer crack of the whip than it has in the past.
"We want to develop routes in the South, but including the North. We are hoping to develop routes from the South to the Midlands, servicing the West Midlands conurbations, developing links where they don't exist.
"We are trying to raise money from potential commuters and from councils along the rail lines. We will run it as a multi-stakeholder co-op.
"The communities that benefit will have control over the service. We envisage a scenario where the guy who pushes the trolley can be on the board. I have been very impressed by the results of [societies'] board elections where you get electricians and so on elected to the board."
Mr Pearce's involvement in the project arose from a motion put forward to Co-operative Party Conference in 2007, which called for the mutualisation of Network Rail. "We have made some progress there," says Mr Pearce. "We still hope to get a result from that and are fairly optimistic.
"We then organised a conference last year [on Network Rail mutualisation]. That was successful. It had a lot of rail people and Co-op people there. Basically the idea [for Go!] started to gel about that time and because of that conference." With that momentum established, one of the founders the project — Alex Lawrie of Somerset Co-operative Services — invited Mr Pearce to get involved.
The timetable for progress is as impressively ambitious as the project itself. The co-op has already been authorised by the Financial Services Authority to raise the funds. It is also working with the FSA to develop rules that allow for withdrawable and transferable Industrial and Provident Society share capital raised from members and outside investors. Outside investors will have enough voting power to protect their investment, but in accordance with co-operative principles the passenger and employee members between them will have effective control.
Go! believes, given the example of the major fund raising achieved by windfarm co-ops, that it can raise the necessary investment. Assuming it does so, it hopes to gain route authorisation some time next year and begin services in 2011.
Ultimately, Go! has aspirations even beyond this — its motivation is to improve connections between communities, not just to run rail services. So it would also like to be involved in running bus services that feed the rail services and perhaps operate bike hire and car clubs.
It is one of the most impressive and ambitious co-operative projects to come forward in many years. But it is also firmly grounded in a sense of realism — it deserves wide support.
The recession is deeper than we thought, the central bankers say.
No shit? Gee, these guys are at the cutting edge. I wonder how they found out – perhaps they saw the unemployment lines…
Their solution is simple – keep interest rates at a record low and erm, print more money.
How much, you ask?
Oh, say another fifty billion pounds…
Quantitative easing. It sounds clever, but that doesn't butter parsnips.
Why do I get the feeling that the only thing QE is stimulating is the profits of the banks?
Okay, so the bailed-out banks have reported losses – but things are going great for the remaining banks (their investment arms at least!)
As for the real-world stimulus mesures, like the car scrapage scheme and the reduction of value-added tax, these will not be extended.
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At the University of Arkansas, which already has the best athletic facilities top to bottom of any school in the Southeastern Conference, they are busy expanding Don Reynolds Stadium, increasing capacity from the current 72,000 to 80,000. This is part of a $300 million master plan to upgrade all the facilities over the next 30 years and keep the athletic plant the best in the SEC and at least on par with the best in the entire country. Arkansas will be the first school in the SEC with an indoor baseball training facility.
Texas A&M, whose facilities are right there with Arkansas as the best in the SEC and rank among the best in the entire nation, is spending $450 million to renovate and expand Kyle Field. When the construction is complete, expected before the 2015 season, Kyle Field will hold 102,500, making it the largest stadium in the SEC. Much of the hefty pricetag for stadium expansion will be paid by alumni and boosters, who raised a combined $740 million in 2013 for academics and athletics, and the rest by the increased revenues from the SEC thanks to its new network.
At LSU, an upper deck is being added in the south end zone that will increase Tiger Stadium capacity to more than 100,000 at a cost of $75 million.
Mississippi State is spending $30 million in improvements for Davis Wade Stadium that will include eliminating the north end zone bleachers and turning the stadium into a 61,337-seat bowl.
Ole Miss, which is also building a brand new basketball arena, is turning Vaught-Hemingway Stadium into a bowl, increasing capacity to 71,000 at a cost (for both projects) of $105 million.
Faurot Field at Missouri is increasing capacity to more than 77,000 at a cost of $72 million as part of a master plan to expand the stadium to 90,000.
Kentucky, which is spending $400 million to upgrade Rupp Arena, is downsizing Commonwealth Stadium by 6,000 seats, but the $110 million construction job will include 28 more luxury boxes and offer more and better seats for boosters in the non-luxury areas.
South Carolina has just signed a contract to build a $14.5 million indoor practice facility. For years there has been talk of adding an upper deck to the north end zone of Williams-Brice Stadium, but instead of a new upper deck more luxury boxes will be added and capacity of the 80,000-seat stadium will increase by just 2,500-4,000 seats.
Georgia, which is spending $10 million on expansion and improvements to its baseball stadium, is raising the money to build an indoor practice facility. Georgia is also expected to approve expansion of Sanford Stadium to 102,000.
Outside the SEC but close to home, Florida State just opened up a shiny new indoor practice facility, built at a cost of $15 million at a time when the Donald Tucker Center, where the Seminoles play basketball, is in serious need of $100 million in work and Doak Campbell Stadium needs upgrading to make it more fan friendly.
Meanwhile, at the University of Florida, Jeremy Foley keeps a tight lid on spending. There are no immediate plans for an indoor practice facility even though Florida will probably be the only school in the SEC without one by the time the 2015 season starts and there are no plans to expand Ben Hill Griffin Stadium beyond its current 90,000 capacity. The only major renovation project on the drawing board is one to give the decrepit Stephen C. O'Connell Center a much needed $50 million facelift, a project that hasn't begun yet because the money hasn't been raised to
Currently, Florida's athletic plant would rank no better than seventh in the Southeastern Conference and that could drop a couple of notches in the next couple of years with the widespread expansion and upgrading of facilities that is taking place throughout the league. Currently, the facilities (not just football) in the SEC would rank: (1) Arkansas; (2) Texas A&M; (3) Auburn; (4) Tennessee; (5, tie) Alabama; (5, tie) LSU; (7) FLORIDA; (8) South Carolina; (9) Georgia; (10) Missouri; (11) Kentucky; (12) Ole Miss; (13) Mississippi State and (14) Vanderbilt.
All the construction, renovation and upgrading going on around the SEC raises the following questions about the future of Florida athletics – Are the Gators about to be left behind in the arms race? Or is Foley the only athletic director maintaining a level of good common sense by taking such a conservative stance when it comes to spending the money on UF facilities?
Florida's facilities aren't bad nor are they great.
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is an icon but it lags far behind Auburn as the best place to watch a football game in the league.
The O-Dome is a dump but to its credit, it is a serious home court advantage for Billy Donovan. The new gymnastics training facility added to the O-Dome is outstanding but the swimming facilities lag far behind the rest of the league.
McKethan Stadium offers no covered seating and is no better than the seventh or eighth best ball yard in the SEC. It can't come close to comparing to Alex Box Stadium (LSU), Carolina Stadium (South Carolina), Baum Stadium (Arkansas) or Blue Bell Park (Texas A&M).
The track, soccer, tennis, golf and softball facilities are above average but none would rank among the best in the SEC. The only UF athletic facilities which rank #1 in the SEC are lacrosse and the fact that UF is one of only two SEC women's lacrosse programs (Vanderbilt is the other) might have something to do with that.
Currently, Florida's facilities are adequate. They could be better but other than the O-Dome, none of them really hinder recruiting. While improving the fan experience is always one of the catch phrases we hear when talking about upgrading the athletic facilities, reality is that facilities improvement will be driven by two things: (1) money and (2) recruiting.
Money. Florida's athletic budget is $110 million with revenues in the $120 million range. The SEC Network is expected to increase the current league per school payout from $21.5 million per year to something like $35 million. With an additional $13.5 per year in revenue Foley will have the option of expanding or improving facilities without significant increase in the debt service.
Recruiting. Foley does indeed understand that recruiting is the lifeblood of the athletic program. If he perceives that recruiting is hindered by the facilities, he will insist on upgrades, renovation and/or expansion. The moment he perceives that Florida is losing recruits to another SEC school or to FSU, he will make a move but even then, anything he does will have to make fiscal sense.
A hot topic among fans and boosters is Florida's lack of an indoor practice facility, particularly now that FSU has one. If Jeremy Foley perceives that FSU's indoor facility is giving the Seminoles a distinct recruiting advantage, then and only then will he consider adding one in Gainesville. Until then, he will answer questions about an indoor facility with questions: (1) is this a wise use of money; (2) how many practice days are actually lost due to the weather and (3) where would you build it since there are limited options on campus?
As long as the Gators aren't losing recruits to FSU, it's highly doubtful Florida will get an indoor practice facility and as long as the overall facilities don't hinder recruiting, he will maintain the same conservative approach that he has for 23 years, which means (1) money will be spent wisely for renovations, upgrades and expansion of facilities without excess extravagance and (2) there will be adequate income to cover the debt services years into the future. There will be no sweating out payments years from now because it was important to keep up with the Joneses. Foley would rather the Joneses have to sweat out how they're going to pay for things while the Gators keep the athletic department fully funded and in the black.
So while there is indeed an arms race going on with college athletics, ask yourself which approach you would rather take: (1) Plunge the University of Florida athletic department deep into debt and hope there are no changes in the revenue patterns that provide payments; or (2) continue a pay as you go approach that keeps the debt manageable and allows the athletic department to remain in the black?
The in the black approach seems to be working quite well and has for some time now.


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"A little bit like Simon Cowell": Kelly Clarkson describes her "Voice" coaching style
(LOS ANGELES) -- Kelly Clarkson rejected an offer from ABC's American Idol, the show that gave the singer her big break, in favor of being a coach on NBC's The Voice. But she says she plans to take her coaching style from Idol's most notorious judge: Simon Cowell.
Speaking to Variety, Kelly says, "I hope I'm a little bit like Simon Cowell. For the most part, I love his honesty. This is not a nice industry. People think I am going to be super nice all the time. I am nice. But I also want to keep it real."
As for why she chose The Voice over Idol, Kelly reiterates one of her past reasons, and offered a few new ones.
"At the end of the day, I don't like being separate from my husband [Brandon Blackstock]," she explains, noting that he manages Blake Shelton. "We're all there [at The Voice]," she says. "For American Idol, you have to travel."
And, she adds, "It excites me to do something different. I'm not going to lie: I'm stoked about pushing the red button."
Yet another reason she went with The Voice, though, is the fact that on that show, coaches really get to spend time with the contestants on their teams. "On Idol, you can't really have a relationship [with the contestants]," Clarkson says. "And I, as you can tell, love talking and having relationships!"
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5 legendary celebrity mustaches
Celebrating the greatest manscaping trendsetters
Mustaches have made such a comeback in Hollywood these days that you'd think male celebrities were trying to bring 1975 back.
Celebs like Johnny Depp, Prince and Robert Downey Jr. have made so-called "soup strainers" and "crumb catchers" part of their personal style for years.
But few celebrities have shown that ability to grow a truly special mustache the likes of Geraldo Rivera's distinctive, trademark, borderline sleazy mustache or Hulk Hogan's platinum horseshoe.
No, all of today's mustachioed celebrities owe a debt to those trendsetters who blazed a manscaping trail before them.
So put down that razor and join us in recognizing the five best celebrity mustaches of all time ...
No. 5: Rollie Fingers
We don't have any proof that former major league pitcher Rollie Fingers ever tied a damsel in distress to some railroad tracks while maniacally twirling his mustache, but we have our suspicions.
Fingers actually started growing his unmistakable handlebar mustache before the 1972 MLB season to win a $300 mustache-growing contest launched by Oakland Athletics' owner Charles O. Finley.
The mustache stuck past opening day -- as did similar 'staches grown by Fingers' teammates -- branding the team the "Mustache Gang." Finley even offered "Mustache Day" at the ballpark, allowing every mustached fan in for free.
Once Fingers' time was up in Oakland, he took the mustache with him on stops in San Diego and Milwaukee over his 18-year Hall of Fame career. In fact, he still sports it today, nearly four decades after it started sprouting on his upper lip.
Our next celebrity mustache isn't nearly as big as Rollie's, but it's just as impressive ...
No. 4: John Waters
Director John Waters just may be better known for his pencil-thin mustache than any film he directed or his camp personality.
Waters, whose movies include "Pink Flamingos," "Hairspray" and "Cry Baby," has said he first grew the mustache at the age of 19 as a tribute to Little Richard.
"I wanted to be the only white man in America who had one, and I still might be, really," he said in a 1998 interview.
Waters went on to say he simply shaves the area between his nose and his "mouthbrow" from the top every day and trims it from the bottom once a week. If he misses, he "just draws it on," he said.
And to think, such minimal effort for such an unforgettable look.
Sure, it might look like Waters fell asleep and somebody took a Sharpie to his lip, but how can you hate on a mustache that has its own Facebook fan page?
Our next celebrity mustaches is possibly the most famous mustache of the 1970s ...
No. 3: Burt Reynolds
The Bandit makes this list because, let's face it, any list of best mustaches without him just ain't worth its weight in mustache wax.
Any conversation about 1970s mustaches begins and ends with Reynolds. His swatch of lip hair -- seemingly in perpetual motion as he smacked an everlasting piece of gum -- could almost serve as shorthand for everything that was cool about the decade.
Now in his 70s, Reynolds -- and his mustache -- just keeps on truckin'. After glory days that saw him star in such films as "Deliverance," "White Lightning" and "Smokey and the Bandit," he hit some rough patches before making a comeback with 1997's "Boogie Nights," a role that earned him an Academy Award nomination.
You can make an argument he was robbed for not winning that Oscar, but the real loser was his mustache, which should have had a nomination all to itself.
The owner of our next celeb 'stache knows a thing or two about blue-eyed soul ...
No. 2: John Oates
Two men, six No. 1 hits, seven platinum albums … and one amazing mustache.
That would be the blue-eyed soul duo Hall & Oates of course. And while Daryl Hall captured much of the attention as the main vocalist, the real star was John Oates' mustache.
How iconic is this 'stache? So much so that casual fans who can't keep the two straight often refer to Oates simply as "the one with the mustache."
Find any picture of the duo in their prime -- a span that included such hits as "Rich Girl" and "Kiss on My List" -- and see what your eye goes first. If it isn't Oates' mustache, you're either lying or we owe you a dollar.
The caterpillar-like mustache was so amazing that it would have landed Oates the top spot on our list if he hadn't shaved it off in recent years.
Without that trademark mustache, we just don't know who you are any more Oates -- and we mean that literally.
Our top celebrity mustache was so awesome, it helped solve crimes ...
No. 1: Tom Selleck
The rest of the world might have largely turned its back on the mustache sometime after 1980, but Tom Selleck never abandoned on his lip sweater.
Throughout the 1980s we welcomed Selleck into our homes as the suave Hawaiian-shirt sporting, Ferrari-driving, Detroit Tigers-cap-wearing private eye on "Magnum, P.I."
The show was actually a haven for mustachioed masculinity between Magnum, Higgins and T.C. All of them looked at their razors and said, "That's enough."
But it's Selleck's mustache that stands out amongst the cast and all other mustachioed celebrities.
In fact, some say that Selleck's mustache holds so much power that if you look closely at a photo of the actor, his "flavor saver" seems to follow you around the room. Eerie.
Selleck's career since the late 1980s has been lackluster at best, but two decades later he'll always be Magnum to us. And for that, he can thank one awesome mustache.
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Monday 25th November 2013
I'm the King of Spain (on the right) and a past patron of WWF
It seems that if you are a trophy hunter you are required to learn some phrases by heart. Or perhaps keep them on a laminated card in your wallet and whip them out when you quickly need to make points about the benefits of hunting. You need not necessarily believe what you say, but you must practice in the mirror at least once a week to ensure an earnest-sounding delivery.
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Hunters might overstate their case, but they do work hard to present their point of view and they do have some facts right. They also have the ear(s) of many in African governments and those in the USA, the EU and the BRIC countries. They have very many sponsors on the Forbes Rich List. They are supported by many royal families. They award prizes to Ministers from African countries who support trophy hunting. When Botswana placed a moratorium on lion hunting in 2001, the Safari Club International delivered a letter to the Botswana President urging him to reverse the decision signed by former US President George Bush Snr, former Vice President Dan Quayle, and former General Norman Schwarzkopf. Big guns. When Zambia placed a moratorium on lion hunting the SCI paid for Minister Masebo to attend their convention and raised $1.5 million for lion "conservation" in a single night. Hunting organizations have specialized and well-paid lobbyists who stalk their prey in the corridors of power. Hunting organizations fund scientists and unearth economists to produce glowing reports about the benefits of hunting.
Hunters have deep pockets, big names, many connections and huge focus.
Conservation organizations, while they might represent the vast majority of people who do not see the benefit of trophy hunting, are less focused. Many are these days spending their time and money on illegal wildlife trade issues, combating poaching of commercially valuable species like elephants and rhinos, and attempting to change minds in consumer countries about buying rhino horn and ivory. Meanwhile others dally with the legalization of the same products.
These conservation organizations seek support from "celebrities" like Leonardo di Caprio, whose foundation then donates money back to WWF – so round we go again.
Some hunting organizations are shaping up. But it would seem that the majority of hunting operators are resistant to change, especially when it comes to adequately compensating communities and playing fair with disclosure about their income and how effectively they conserve versus consumptively utilize wildlife.
Edna Molewa, Minister of Environment in South Africa said recently that hunting benefited the South African economy to the tune of R6.2 billion per year – that translates to about $615 million. Another estimate put the benefit of foreign trophy hunting to South Africa at R811 million in 2012, or about $80.5 million. That leaves a shortfall of $534.5 million between the two estimates.
All is fair in love and war in terms of making claims, but let's have some realistic economic assessments. And then let's objectively evaluate what are now opposing positions of benefits of hunting versus non-consumptive tourism and most important of all the relative conservation benefits under one model or another.
It is in the interest of everyone to ensure wildlife exists for many future generations. So let's have the hunters engage in an honest and transparent debate rather than what they are instructed on the cards in their wallets. We will await your response.
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If you've bought a new Mac with Thunderbolt ports, the chances are good that you haven't had a chance to really use them yet.
After all, the super-speedy transfer speeds require Thunderbolt devices, of which there are few. But already, new cables are about to make them even faster.
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Student collapses, dies in front of Detroit high school
Student appears to have died from natural causes at Martin Luther King Jr. High School
DETROIT – A 17-year-old Detroit Public Schools student who was a senior at Martin Luther King Jr. High School passed out in front of the school Tuesday morning.
Toron Murphy was transported by EMS to Receiving Hospital where he later passed away from what appears to be natural causes.
Students say Murphy passed out in front of them.
"We was walking in the building, and he had like, he was on the ground crying trying to get up. Everybody was stopping trying to see what was wrong with him but his mama had already pulled off," said Junior Freonna Smith.
A team of counselors was dispatched to the school to help the students and faculty of King deal with the Murphy's death.
A statement from the school district reads: Our thoughts go out to the student's family, as well as the King High School community.
Students say their hearts are broken an all they know is, a friend is gone.
DPS confirms the 17-year-old died at Detroit Receiving Hospital of what is being called natural causes.
The school called the students together after he died an told them about it. Finals that were supposed to be taken were cancelled.
"I was just petrified, I was like dang I can't finish my finals," said Junior Samuel Taylor.
Murphy was a popular student, on the football team, and known for his good GPA.
"I was hurt I couldn't believe it at first till now, I still can't believe it. But it's true," said Smith.
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