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Solus COMP UL- Explained and Examined
July 08, 2013, 05:01 PM »
Hey guys!
I know theres a ton of stuff out there on the development on the new comp series of the Solus', and I know its probably (ok, it totally is) pretty frustrating to keep seeing the same stuff (or way too much of it) out there but I figured I'd do one quick write up with pictures of what we've done to the kite, explain the differences and what
I feel
they've done to enhance the kites performance, as well as kind of tell you what you can expect from the new kites. For this one I'm going to focus on the UL comp version, just for starters.
SO, when the Solus UL came out with 2pt leading edges and a p100 (which was then changed to a p1x) spine the kite admittedly could feel a bit spongy at times. It was a good tricker in the right hands, but to some the feel of the kite just didn't feel quite right, and the tricks, like its standard counterpart, weren't as accessible. Well, hopefully these changes will explain what we've done and what we did that helps the kite do what it should to, with a wider variety of inputs and styles of flying.
For starters, we've moved the standoffs out a bit towards the lower spreader fitting, as well as the inner standoff in towards the center T about a 1/4 of an inch on each side. This, also done on the standard, gave the kite a bit better tunneling on the sail and directed the wind down into the sail in a more organized/efficient manner instead of not having a super set form of tunneling like the original models. With this, we've also sewed a new nose with material between the top tubes and the spine. This difference almost created a bit of a 'cup' like feel on the top of the nose and gives the kite better tunneling from the top of the nose, straight the bottom of the trailing edge where the standoffs are attached in the kite. The nose now looks a bit more like the noses you'd see on any of Shawn Tinkhams kites (viper, vendetta, venom, and things of the like) to give flyers an idea. Picture is below, along with the moved standoffs.
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With the movement of the standoffs and better tunneling in the sail, which helped keep more even pressure on the sail and improved tracking a bit, we took matters into our hands to make the tracking even better. The bridle has been moved slightly, not much, to aid in tracking with a difference in the turbo leg on the turbo bridle (which there was a lot of conversation on in the first place on the old models), and lower spreader fittings being moved down a bit towards the wingtips which then slightly shortens the lower outhaul on the kite, making the nose sit back a bit grabbing more wind in the kite (on Jons kites, as you know the lower you set the knots on the angle of attack adjustment, the more wind you're grabbing. Now its just set back a bit farther from the get go). The movement of the lower spreader fittings downward also helped move some weight lower towards the wingtips which then helped with momentum based tricks and took off any tip chatter from the 2pts in the kite originally. This helped a lot especially on the high end of the wind range for tracking and making the kite less fidgety.
Now, with that being said and starting to delve into momentum based tricks, and with the bridle and sail geometry changed the way we wanted it, how is there another way to enhance tricks? Pitch tricks? Well from the get go I knew I'd like the kite to sit back farther in a backflip (turtle) or at least have a bit faster of a trick pace in pitch maneuvers. Well, I started to look more towards framing to help with this. Weight distribution needed to be re-examined as clearly, theres a lot of kite in the Solus in terms of sail area. The first thing we did was take out the 2pt leading edges and change it to something similar. Something a bit stiffer but not much and something that will help the kite sit back in a turtle a bit. So we changed the tubes to a P100 ULE and a P90 LLE. The P100s in the top add weight to the nose along with the upper spreader to hold it down in a backflip/turtle, and the lower spreaders and tail weight hold the kite down in a fade. Also with the use of non tapered tubes, the knocks at the end of a kite need small ferrules in them to fit in the tube which adds a minute amount of weight at the tips too. The difference is here in grams-
2pt tapered tubes- 9 grams
p90 (LLE) straight tubes- 10.5 grams
p100 (ULE) straight tubes- 13 grams
So, looking at it on paper you're really not looking at much extra weight here, especially with a kite with a bigger sail area like the Solus. The low wind range is virtually unchanged, maybe without that extra .5/.75mph on the low end without working hard. The biggest difference in the weight of the tubes is at the tips of the tubes which is what made the difference. The 2pts taper towards the tips of the tubes, which would be at the nose and at the very tips of the kite if they're put together in the leading edges. The straight tubes do NOT taper at the end which puts the bulk of the weight difference in the tubes in the nose, and the tips of the new UL model. This not only very much enhances rollups and pitch maneuvers, but it also enhances rotational based tricks on the kite as the weight is on the outsides of the kite at the very ends (nose and tips), and man is the difference drastic and almost every trick is significantly easier to perform.
What does this mean the kite will feel like? Well, honestly I'll admit the kite was a bit of an acquired taste as it was, and I was ok with that for a time with it being the first kite with my name on it but after receiving multiple bits of feedback that was something I wanted to change. You're looking at a kite with a totally new feel- something with better tracking, better weight distribution and significantly less if not zero 'oversteer,' that responds to a wide variety of inputs. I've spent a few hours today doing multiple tricks (540s, JL, rotofades, rollups) with a huge variety of inputs weather its hard or soft, fast or slow, etc and it kite responds similarly to almost everything, which is a huge improvement. The kite also feels less spongy and more solid which is something that I know a lot of flyers were looking for in the UL. A few of you have reframed the kite to 3pt leading edges and I will tell you not only is this option lighter but its also utilizes the concept of better weight distribution throughout the leading edges.
Sorry for writing a lengthy post, but I figured I'd keep you guys in the loop and would clarify anything that may of come up with questions. I really
love this new version of the UL, and I hope you guys will too. Video coming very soon when I get back from Pittsburgh from auditions.
Thanks guys!
Devin Cobleigh Morrison
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Re: Solus COMP UL- Explained and Examined
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July 10, 2013, 05:26 PM »
Hi Devin
Many thanks for the comprehensive write up. It's
good to hear from the designer's perspective.
Do you plan on writing up similar information on the Comp Std?
Kevin Sanders
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July 10, 2013, 07:03 PM »
I'm thinking so, just want to make sure we can get some good video and I can get some good clearer pictures before I touch on that one. Thank you!
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July 14, 2013, 10:06 AM »
Just reframed 2 more kites and redid them into COMP UL's with all new specs and balance points (the changes as described above) to check consistency. They're all flying like a dream. Video tuesday.
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Speaking of broken records, I have not mentioned the state of the bond market today because it really hasn't changed from last week, or the week before, or the week prior to that. That we will probably finish Q1 with a new record for corporate issuance and spreads at some of the tightest ever is all we need to know. Money for nothing and bonds for free.
- On a daily timeframe, tomorrow the S&P 500 (SPX) should register a TDST Sequential Sell Setup; yesterday it completed a TD Wave 5 pattern. The last time we saw a TDST Sequential Sell Setup we also had a completed TD Wave 3, and the SPX corrected about 2% in three days, before resuming its march upward (textbook DeMark behavior). We'll see what this latest exhaustion signal brings, but the way things are going, bears may want to re-categorize a bear market as a 2% drop instead of 20% or they'll never see another bear market again. On a weekly basis, 1426 remains a DeMark objective before more meaningful resistance.
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I am in the midst of proof corrections for Criticism of Earth: On Marx, Engels and Theology, a hefty tome which is due out in March with Brill and later with Haymarket. So in yet another moment of shameless self-promotion, a section of the preface:
I have put off writing this book for too long, daunted by the endless volumes of Marx's and Engels's writings. At long last I opened the first volume of their collected works. Over the next eight months I read the whole lot, instead of the select pieces I had read until then, finishing the last volume on the evening before boarding a freighter-ship bound for New Zealand in June 2008. Vast, tiring and exhilarating, it was one of the great reading experiences I have ever had.
From the nooks and crannies of their youth, with bad poetry, love-letters, angry and worried parents, the story unwound in volume after volume. Marx soon showed up as an obsessive and brilliant writer who cared nothing for his health, even when there was a long history of unstable health on his side of the family. Engels, by contrast, obviously knew how to enjoy himself and unwind: good beer, fine wine, exquisite tobacco and women, mixed in with long-distance hiking and a love for swimming. We follow them through the obstacle course of early political journalism in the face of censorship, arrests and exile in Paris, Brussels and then London. I found myself enticed by Engels's background, one that was so similar to my own, as well as his remarkable ability with languages (I have come across French, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Devanagari or Sanskrit, as well as classical Hebrew and Greek). While Engels passed through his hawkish phase and wrote some amazing pieces on battles, campaigns, and the histories of matters such as infantry, rifles and castles, Marx buried himself in piles of economic data and wrote endless notebooks working out his breakthrough-theories. As Marx peaked and burned himself out with the monumental first volume of Capital, Engels kept the whole show together, maintaining his partnership in the firm in Manchester, sending Marx endless pound notes in the post, until at last he could retire and set up both Marx and himself in relative comfort. The formality of intellectual work and the immediacy of journalism finally make way for the intensely personal correspondence. Here, Marx's obsession with his declining health – especially the interminable reports on those famous carbuncles – shows up starkly (if before he disregarded his health now it is at the centre of his attention), as does Engels's patience and irrepressibly jovial take on life. And this is how the story closes, with Engels dutifully ensuring Marx's legacy through a mountain of editorial work on Marx's unfinished manuscripts (not always understanding them) and yet utterly enthused by the strides taken by the working-class and socialist movement.
When I began writing, I became conscious of the fact that Marx and Engels too were primarily writers. I started to gain respect for Engels as a writer. At times, he may have been too categorical and doctrinaire, not quite shining as bright as Marx, but, at other times, his texts sparkle with insight and observation. Unlike Marx's intense and obsessive prose, Engels could have a lightness of touch and way of turning a phrase that draws one in. I have read his accounts of the walk from Paris to Berne in Switzerland many times, the travel notes on Sweden and Denmark, his glorious description of the cotton-bale that passes through so many handlers and merchants (swindlers) before reaching Germany, or his letters full of comments on smoking, drinking and women, or indeed his continuous doodles, portraits and battle scenes. Only Engels could write, '… now I can shit in peace and then write to you in peace. … Damn, there's somebody sitting in the lavatory and I am bursting'.[1] No wonder he lived to a good age. His motto, written in young Jenny's notebook would have helped: 'Your favourite virtue – jollity; Motto – take it easy'.[2]
Often, Engels had to remind Marx to get some fresh air and exercise instead of sitting on a broken chair at a worn desk in order to write. For Marx was driven by a demanding muse, one that allowed him three or four hours sleep a night, rushed breaks for meals and those endless cups of coffee and reams of tobacco. There are plenty of notes in the letters about working all night, or for thirty hours straight until his eyes were too sore to go further, or Jenny taking over letter-writing since he had dropped from sheer exhaustion. No wonder he became so ill – liver, carbuncles, sores, abscesses, rheumatism, lungs (the letters are full of them) – and no wonder he recovered when on the sea at Margate where he ate well, went for long walks (up to 27 kilometres to Canterbury), swam everyday and slept. He was already sick from overwork in his 30s, was alternating between periods of enforced rest and frenetic writing in his 40s, was spent after Capital appeared at the age of 49, and he could not write anything substantial after that. He was lucky to get to 65.
The image Marx's father, Heinrich, had of his son in Berlin pretty much sums up the way Marx wrote: 'God's grief!!! Disorderliness, musty excursions into all departments of knowledge, musty brooding under a gloomy oil-lamp; running wild in a scholar's dressing-gown and with unkempt hair instead of running wild over a glass of beer'.[3] Or, in Marx's own words:
The writer does not look at all on his work as a means. It is an end in itself; it is so little a means for him himself and for others that, if need be, he sacrifices his existence to its existence. He is, in another way, like the preacher of religion who adopts the principle: 'Obey God rather than man'.[4]
The result was that Marx's texts are often rushed, dense, endless and written in that atrocious hand. Yet he could also rise from that tangle and produce extraordinarily brilliant stretches of text, such as the Eighteenth Brumaire and The Civil War in France, but it came less naturally to him. I find myself caught in between, preferring Engels as a writer over against Marx, but then taken up with Marx's sheer originality. And I must confess that I too often succumb to that demanding muse.
[1] Engels 1839ff, p. 411; Engels 1839gg, p. 354.
[2] Engels 1868k, p. 541.
[3] Marx (Heinrich) 1837, p. 688.
[4] Marx 1842i, p. 175.


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Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea
brings together over 90 works, many never before seen in the United States, to offer exciting insights into the culture of the ancient Maya. Surrounded by the sea and dependent on the life-giving power of rain and clouds, the ancient Maya created fantastic objects imbued with the symbolic power of water.
This exhibition presents four thematic sections — Water and Cosmos, Creatures of the Fiery Pool, Navigating the Cosmos, and Birth to Rebirth — that explore the different ways Maya artists represented water, from setting religious narratives in watery domains to using shells and other exotic materials acquired through coastal trade networks.
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Share the Experience: Become a Museum Docent
In preparation for the opening of the new museum expansion in 2013, the Museum is now seeking applicants for the Docent Program — and we would like to encourage transitioning classroom teachers of all disciplines and grade levels to apply.
Docents have a love of learning and communicating with groups of all ages, helping school groups and visitors connect with works of art in new and exciting ways. In the words of Joyce Bluett, who taught in the Ferguson-Florissant School District for 31 years and is about to complete her docent training, "You are the doorway that leads students to art.
What You Missed: Exploring Art Through Drama
"The Kinesthetic Museum"
, a professional development workshop at SLAM in February, explored a whole range of interactive, on-your-feet techniques to look at, relate to, and think about visual art.
In galleries across the Museum, the fantastic education staff from Metro Theater Company introduced teachers to drama and kinesthetic strategies designed to create deep and meaningful connections with works of art.
Educators collaborated, moved, and performed with memorable works from the collection, including John Martin's
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(1984-87). One teacher commented, "The whole experience of integrating visual art, movement, and music into classroom experiences was reinvigorating!"
Participants in the workshop left with a bag full of new ideas to use in their everyday curriculum ... or on their next field trip to the Museum.
A huge thanks to everyone at Metro Theater Company for making this amazing experience possible!
New Curriculum Packet
The Museum has just released a new curriculum packet on Modern Art, one of its most well-known and beloved collections. Twenty posters feature French Impressionism, German Expressionism, and early twentieth century artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Max Beckman.
A teacher's guide pairs the works for compare and contrast activities. The guide also contains a five-lesson unit on digital storytelling by Museum staff and plans for studio lessons by Museum master teacher Carla Tuetken.
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I can think of no better place in town to take children to, to explore the many cultures of the world, than the Saint Louis Art Museum. The St. Louis Poetry Center and the Art Museum, as Arts Partners with Interchange, recently worked with Ms. Julia Goodon's ESOL students at Mason Elementary in a residency entitled "Exploring Personal and Cultural Identities through Poetry". We used posters from the Art Museum's Curriculum Kits in the classroom on several occasions as sparks for writing poetry and as practice in learning to look closely at works of art.
The residency culminated in thirty of the students, grades 5 and 6, visiting the Museum and joyfully experiencing first-hand the works of art they'd come to know in the classroom. The students, from countries including Iraq, Kenya, Somalia, Nepal, Kurdistan, and Mexico, also visited works of art from their countries of origin and shared memories and experiences brought to mind by different cultural objects.
The docents who led the tours engaged the students, allowing them time to look deeply, think, and respond to individual works of art by drawing, writing, and discussion. The visit concluded with the students creating art that included personal symbols of their own design and symbols seen in the galleries. They were beaming with joy and interest and begged to stay longer. "This was the best field trip ever," echoed up and down the lines as we waited to board the bus and return to school.
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The award was created as a way of acknowledging the significant role that art educators play in the education of students. One teacher at the kindergarten through eighth-grade levels, and another educator at the high school level will be selected to receive the award.
Candidates must be nominated by a professional colleague; provide letters of recommendation from both his/ her principal and a colleague of his/ her choice; be currently employed as a full-time certified visual art teacher in the St. Louis Public Schools; and have at least three years of experience teaching visual arts in the SLPS system.
The St. Louis Public Schools Visual Art Teacher of the Year Awards reception will be held on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, from 5:00–7:00 p.m. The Awards are made possible through the Parsons Blewett Memorial Fund and donations to the St. Louis Public Schools Foundation.


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PHOENIX >> Adrian Gonzalez spun Matt Kemp around toward him in the Dodgers clubhouse Monday afternoon. The reason: To better demonstrate how he thought Canelo Alvarez could have been more effective in his fight the other night against Floyd Mayweather.
"If he just kept doing this," said Gonzalez, using his right hand to feign several punches into Kemp's left shoulder, "couldn't he have separated it, instead of the way he kept trying to go to the head?"
Use your head, A-Gone. The last thing Kemp needed at that moment was a shoulder out of socket, to go with hampered hamstring and a cranky ankle.
The Dodgers have been shadowboxing too long now in their quest to deliver the knockout punch and claim the NL West title, even though that's a feat remarkably unthinkable three months ago.
The magic number stuck at four for a third day in a row after a 2-1 loss to Arizona, secured when Kemp, called in as a pinch-hitter, struck out to end the game with the tying run on third and the go-ahead run on second.
And you really can't blame Kemp for wanting to play-fight with his teammates, who he hadn't seen in three weeks by his estimation. In their travels and travails, they've finally caught up with him as he's been committed to rest, recovery and rehab work at the team's nearby Camelback Ranch facility.
It's been noticable in how Kemp has been out more than half this season, unable to offer protection to Gonzalez in the lineup. Lately, his absence was compounded by the inability of Hanley Ramirez, Andre Ethier and, at times, Yasiel Puig to prove the back-end of a one-two punch in the middle of the lineup.
Maybe that's why the Dodgers' locker room was in a far more lighter mood before Monday's game, despite their recent inability to close the deal. This had the feeling of a family reunion.
Kemp was hugging everyone like a lost cousin. Chad Billingsley strolled through with his right arm wrapped up, careful about handing out any high-fives. Same with pitchers like Shawn Tolleson and Scott Elbert, thankful to have a locker set aside for them to dress in uniform Monday.
On the TV screen, an MLB Network analyst was trying to make his case why the Dodgers are the last team anyone would want to face in a World Series encounter.
Hardly anyone in the Dodgers' clubhouse noticed. Clayton Kershaw was busy throwing a tennis ball at Scott Van Slyke, who, despite some sore ribs, was on his knees a few feet away trying to block it like a catcher doing drills.
As the Dodgers face all NL West opponents to end the season over the last two-plus weeks, it's of some more-than-passing interest to note the team is still below .500 against the division, although much of that damage occurred during their early-season, injury-riddled struggles.
Any of this looking familiar yet?
The team's sluggish 6-8 record this month prior to Monday is hardly as fearsome as the 23-6 flurry they had on all the judges' cards during August, or even 19-6 in July.
Perhaps feeling backed into a corner he feels he can't fight his way out of, manager Don Mattingly has come off sometimes as prickly as the Arizona heat — which cooled down to 101 by game time so they could open the roof at Chase Field.
No sweat.
This is the time to take on Kirk Gibson's team, where one win equals two magic numbers deducted in the daily graphic presentation.
And where one Hyun-Jin Ryu's hanging breaking ball means a two-run homer for Diamondbacks' MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt in the first inning Monday.
Effectively, the Dodgers' division chase for the next two weeks, starting at Chase Field, seems to be more often a process of chasing down their own team medical team to get an accurate injury report every day so that Mattingly can feel he's not overpromising and under delivering.
If Mattingly's somewhat flustered state circles back to when he was on the precipice of being fired in mid-June, before The Great Transformation took place, it's because his time is often spent trying more to stay on top of a disabled-list situation that's fluid by the hour.
Kemp, for example, proved that his swing was in sync, but he wasn't officially activated Monday until moments before the Phoenix Symphony Brass Quartet tooted out the national anthem. The Dodgers had to make sure he didn't get tripped up by a trombone during his, and their, warmups.
Ethier may have more of a bounce in his limp when he ambled into the clubhouse, but he still was wearing a protective boot on his ailing left ankle, and a no-go. Same with Hanley Ramirez, good enough to get on his knees and take a series of fungo ground balls Monday from coach Tim Wallach, but not well enough in the training staff's opinion to submit himself to batting cleanup and going out to play shortstop.
Then there's Yasiel Puig. We're not sure where to start there.
If Mattingly's deadpan joke about the condition of Puig's strained hip injury Sunday morning resulted in a bunch of chirping crickets, the manager was at least able to enjoy, for the moment, having the rookie in the cleanup spot and in right field Monday.
We're not rope-a-dopes. We see plenty of fight left in this Dodgers' banged-up roster, and enough optimism that things will take care of themselves in due time, perhaps without more injuires to concern themselves with.
And just because the Dodgers couldn't clinch the NL West during an extended homestand last week, there were enough fans from Los Angeles who made the bug-on-the-windshield power drive up Interstate 10 so they could perhaps see what a division title celebration actually looked like.
Like John Castro, Pablo Partida, Memo Gonzalez and Ernie Billie, four L.A. County sheriffs who live in the Inland Empire, San Gabriel Valley and the South Bay. They got off their shift at 5 a.m. Monday, piled in the car (without sirens blaring), and stationed themselves behind the first-base dugout, dressed in full Dodger gear.
It sounded as if thousand of Angelenos had done the same, based to the roar that went up when Dbacks pitcher Trevor Cahill walked Puig with the bases loaded to force over the Dodgers' first run in the fifth inning, leading to Cahill's removal.
In turn, it sparked a feeble "Beat L.A." chant by the locals.
The four officers, by the way, say they won't be able to hang out past tonight's second game of the four-game series. Partida said he has to get back into to town to work another graveyard shift.
Of course, if there was any justice, the Dodgers would have cold-cocked the rest of the West already.
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Solange Heads to South Africa In "Losing You"
Beyonce may be supporting the hubs at Brooklyn's Barclays Center but her DJ/singer/model Solange has been jetsetting in the name of music fashion.
In celebration of the premiere of her South Africa-bred visual "Losing You," the funky fresh soul Knowles sister struck a pose in Milan for Fashion Week Spring 2013.
Peep her new video below then glide through flicks of her international steez below. (Axealia Banks makes a sneak appearance too.)
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Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will hold "Time Lost is Brain Lost - Preventing and Treating Stroke," its fourth annual National Stroke Awareness Month health fair, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the John Duke Senior Center, 1201 Hyde Park Blvd.
A free event featuring health screenings, displays, door prizes, demonstrations and refreshments, this year's event will present three speakers:
•At 11 a.m., Memorial Stroke Center Medical Director Nyathappa Anand, M.D., will speak on the topic "Time is Brain: Prevention and Treatment of Stroke."
•At 11:30 a.m., Stroke Center Clinical Coordinator Alicia Scott, N.P., will discuss "Hypertension and the Risk of Stroke."
•At noon, Nurse Practitioner Kathleen Ventry, N.P., will present "The Link Between Diabetes and Stroke."
A special feature will be complementary pharmaceutical safety reviews courtesy of Pine Pharmacy. Attendees should bring their prescription and over-the-counter medicines in their original containers for a pharmacist review to identify compliance problems, spot duplicate or outdated medicines, identify potential adverse drug interactions and answer questions.
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Quite. Scotland has both the most beautiful, mystical landscape, at least in the north west, and one of the most parasitic societies as far as the urban, repeat urban, population goes - largely dependent on the bribes of Labour and the SNP. Independence would be great if it makes them stand on their own two feet. We English would be well shot of the Scotocracy - eg Blair, Cook and Brown simultaneously running the UK government. It's all very Quebecish.
Would you settle for A portrait of Dorian Gray?Rob C
Nope; you might get rid of the looney left, but to exclude the real Scots brains from London would be suicidal.
Ah, yes. Where would we have been without Gordon Brown?Jeremy
I'd rather be rid of the raving right. You know, people like Bliar (sic) & his New <hawk, spit> Labouristas. Neo-liberal entry-ists is what they are. Come back Dave Nellist, all is forgiven.
The nice thing about Dave Nellist is that he wasn't on the make. He took only 40% of his salary (equivalent to the wage of a skilled factory worker), donating the rest to charity & the Labour movement. Nice to have someone not in it for the money & power, and we could do with more with his principles, whatever their political leanings.
You are the Master of the obvious!!!!!!!Peter
Well we wouldn't have had nearly 2% growth when Labour left office in 2010. Where did that go BTW?
On the point regarding Scottish independence:When my friends south of the border ask me which way I will vote on this subject now that I am eligible to do so, I always say that as I am a newcomer to this wonderful land, I am more than happy go with the flow, or possibly not vote at all, as I do not feel entitled to select anything other than what the indigenous people would wish for themselves - and now having discussed this very topic with quite a few of the locals, not one person has yet said to me that they would be voting for independence. This might just be a local preference of course.Dave


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The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is calculated using a base-weighted aggregate methodology; that means the level of the Index reflects the total market capitalization of all 500 component stocks relative to a particular base period. The S&P 500's base period is 1941-43. The actual total market value of the stocks in the Index during the base period has been set equal to an indexed value of 10. This is often indicated by the notation 1941-43=10.
In practice, the daily calculation of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index is computed by dividing the total market value of the 500 companies in the Index by a number called the Index Divisor. By itself, the Divisor is an arbitrary number. However, in the context of the calculation of the S&P 500 Index, it is the only link to the original base period value of the Index. The Divisor keeps the Index comparable over time and is the manipulation point for all Index Maintenance adjustments.[3]
In 2005, the Index was changed to be "float" weighted, i.e. the index weighting is determined by the amount of shares available for public trading. It works exactly the same way as the market-cap weighting, only that instead of making each component proportional to their respective market capitalization, they are made to be proportional to their public float. When Google was included in the index in March 2006, only its Class A shares, which are publicly traded, were used to determine Google's weight in the index. Only a minority of companies in the index have this sort of public float lower than their total capitalization; for most companies in the index S&P considers all shares to be part of the public float and thus the capitalization used in the index calculation equals the market capitalization for those companies.[4]
Being a market-value weighted index, changes in price for companies with higher market capitalization has a proportionally larger impact on the index. For example: In June 2008, Exxon Mobil's weight in the S&P 500 Index was roughly 4.2%. If Exxon Mobil's market capitalization increased by 10%, it would cause the S&P 500 to rise by
10%*4.2% = 0.42%
On the other hand, Apple's weight in the index, in June 2008, was 1.3%. Therefore if Apple's market capitalization increased by 10%, it would cause the index to rise by
10%*1.3% = 0.13%
In order to keep the S&P 500 Index comparable across time, the index needs to take into account corporate actions such as stock splits, share issuance, dividends and restructuring events (such as merger or spinoffs). Additionally, in order to keep the Index reflective of U.S. stocks, the constituents need to be changed from time to time.
To prevent the value of the Index from changing due to corporate actions, all corporate actions which affect the market value of the Index require a Divisor adjustment. Also, when a company is dropped and replaced by another with a different market capitalization, the divisor needs to be adjusted so that the value of the S&P 500 Index remains constant. All Divisor adjustments are made after the close of trading and after the calculation of the closing value of the S&P 500 Index.
|Type of Action
|Divisor Adjustment
|Stock Split (e.g. 2x1)
|Share Issuance
|Share Repurchase
|Special Cash Dividend
|Company Change
|Rights offering
Retail investors can place bets on the S&P 500 through several ways:
Moreover, the top 45 companies in the index constitute 50% of the index. Thus an average investor could engineer the index to a great extent by holding these companies in the right proportion.


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Christina Aguilera Joins 'The Voice' As Coach/Judge
Christina Aguilera has been confirmed as a coach/judge on NBC's upcoming singing competition series, The Voice.
The 30-year-old singer and Burlesque star joins previously announced coaches/judges Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine.
"I am so excited to be part of such a wonderful project that celebrates music and the talent behind it," Christina said in a statement (via EW). "To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms. I am so happy to be working with fellow Grammy Award winners Adam and Cee Lo as I feel there is so much we can all bring to The Voice."
The news comes after Christina's arrest for public intoxication early Tuesday morning (March 1) in West Hollywood was announced.


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altoro mutual will hold a presentation for the investment community on thursday, august 3, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. et (8:00 a.m. pt) to review second quarter 2006 financial results, which are scheduled to be released before the market opens that morning. a live webcast of the presentation will be hosted by karl fitzgerald, chairman and chief executive officer. a slide presentation will accompany the webcast and will be available on our home page at the time of the call.


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September 28. 2013 1:48AM
Hunting season: No time to be careless
"When you fire a bullet, you own it," said Grafton County Asst. Atty. Jack Bell last week.
That's good advice, particularly as New Hampshire gears up for hunting season.
Pheasant season has started. Deer season won't be far behind.
People will be in the woods. Some will be hunters, some won't.
Everyone needs to pay extra heed, and the incident to which Atty. Bell referred bears sad witness to that.
One man died two years ago in the New Hampshire woods, and last week a second man was convicted of negligent homicide and reckless conduct.
That's what a jury found, in short order. Wade S. Holmes, 50, of Lisbon was found guilty of reckless conduct because he didn't clearly identify his target, which he said he thought was a deer.
So one father, son and brother is dead and another man will spend years behind bars.
Holmes' lawyer said the victim was wearing camouflage.
"Whether he was wearing a tuxedo or a Scuba outfit doesn't matter," Atty. Bell said. "When you fire a bullet, you own it."
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Vegan in Lisbon
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Part of my family is Portuguese and I've also been to Lisbon. This was 14 years ago when I wasn't vegan but I do remember lots of chicken and fish in most of the meals. Fishing is a big thing there.ReplyDelete
You are right about the language. It's a pain to learn. I can't speak it worth a darn but if I get around it I can understand a decent amount of it. I guess thats good enough. I'm glad you found some decent food. When I go back I'll keep my eyes open for the health food stores and ethnic restaurants.
Oh my, the empanadas! How cool that you were able to find lots of goodies in spite of the traditional Portuguese meat and eggs stuff.ReplyDelete
Aww, pictures of ducklings are always welcome! I love how furry they look (instead of feathery) when they're that tiny.
Wow, what an amazing-looking trip! Glad you found some good eats!ReplyDelete
Those ducks are too cute.
Vegan empanadas, yum!ReplyDelete


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Ultimate Fighting Championship Vol. 45: Revolution DVD
The premier mixed martial arts event in the world returns to the Mohegan Sun Arena for its 10th Anniversary at UFC 45: Revolution.
In the main event, Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes defends his belt against top-ranked contender Frank Trigg in a grudge match two years in the making.
The co-main event is a battle of big punchers as UFC legend Tank Abbott takes on young brawler Cabbage Correira.
Contains special ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the UFC including legendary fighters Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrocks induction as the charter members of the new UFC Hall of Fame!
- UFC Welterweight Championship: Matt Hughes vs Frank Trigg
- Evan Tanner vs Phil Baroni
- Wesley Correira vs David Abbott
- Yves Edwards vs Nick Agallar
- Keith Rockel vs Chris Liguori
- Pedro Rizzo vs Ricco Rodriguez
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Mythic Creatures
The world is full of stories about brave heroes, magical events, and fantastic beings. For thousands of years, humans everywhere—sometimes inspired by living animals or even fossils—have brought mythic creatures to life in stories, songs, and works of art. Today these creatures, from the powerful dragon to the soaring phoenix, continue to thrill, terrify, entertain, and inspire us. We seem to catch glimpses of these creatures all around us: hiding beneath the ocean waves, running silently through the forest, and soaring among the clouds. Some symbolize danger. Others, we think, can bring us luck or joy. Together mythic creatures give shape to humankind's greatest hopes, fears, and most passionate dreams.
Water beckons us. It is soothing and seductive...but it's also capable of unleashing deadly force. The mythic creatures that inhabit the depths give form to water's essential mysteries. They arouse feelings of curiosity, hope--and bottomless fear. Like water itself, these creatures can be beautiful and enticing.
We share the land with countless living animals. Some are familiar; others seem quite bizarre. Creatures from the lands of myth can be both recognizable and strange. Sometimes they appear to have body parts from ordinary animals combined in very unusual ways.
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to fly? The smallest bird has powers we will never share. But mythic creatures of the air have even greater powers. Imagine a bird so huge it blocks out the sky, or stirs up storms with its wings.
Of all mythic creatures that rise from the water, prowl across land, or fly through the air, the dragon is the most famed. Stories of serpentlike beasts with fabulous powers inspire awe in almost every part of the world.
Mythic Creatures was co-curated by Mark A. Norell, Curator, Division of Paleontology; Laurel Kendall, Curator, Division of Anthropology; and Richard Ellis, Research Associate, Division of Paleontology.
Giant and colossal squids have the largest eyes of any living creature; each eye can be as large as a human head.
Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids was organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with The Field Museum, Chicago; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau-Ottawa; Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney; and Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta.
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Horseshoe pits aren't being moved.
When the Hannibal Parks & Recreation Department agreed this summer to purchase a lot located between the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center and Ringer Park, the intent was to relocate the park's horseshoe pits to the south side of Bear Creek and convert the park into a parking area. Several months later, however, the idea of doing away with Ringer Park has been put on hold.
According to Andy Dorian, director of the Parks Department, it didn't make financial sense to push forward with the initial plan.
"To asphalt the site we have acquired and Ringer Park would be an enormous costly, almost six figures just on the prep work," he said.
That doesn't mean additional parking won't be provided, as was promised when the Parks Department bought the roughly 135-foot by 235-foot flood-plain lot.
"We can overlay what we have right now, the site we acquired, fairly cheaply," said Dorian. "We'll use our workforce and the Street Department's workforce to do that (pave the lot that was purchased), but to develop the other side (Ringer Park) where there's got to be grading and rock brought in, it's going to cost a lot of money."
The plan is for the open lot to be paved next year. Once that is done Parks Department personnel will monitor the new parking lot's use.
"We'll see how many days the lot is being used. If we see we need more space then we'll look to do that next one," said Dorian.
One of the advantages to moving Ringer Park south of Bear Creek was that the additional space would allow more pits to be created. Dorian believes the eight-pit park can be expanded enough to allow for tournament use.
"We definitely have the room. We'll just stretch it out farther. There's tons of room in Ringer Park," he said.
Not moving the horseshoe pits to the other side of Bear Creek opens up possibilities there, according to Dorian.
"We think we can get a full-sized, regulation football field on that side where we thought about putting the horseshoe pits," he said. "We've had people come in and ask if we need all these ball fields, but it's more multipurpose. Yes, there's going to be a ball field, but there's not really going to be any outfield fencing, so it could be wide open. If you want to play flag football, or soccer, or kickball, it's open to do whatever. We'll only put the fencing up for hosting some kind of tournament or something like that."


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New Jersey Institute of Technology is leading a training consortium that is giving unemployed Americans, permanent residents and veterans the technical skills to enable them to qualify for jobs now being filled by foreign guest workers under the H-1B visa program.
Known as UpSkill, the program is funded by a four-year, $5 million grant awarded to NJIT's continuing professional education program by the U.S. Department of Labor H-1B Technical Skills Training Program.
NJIT is overseeing UpSkill in a partnership with Rutgers–Newark and community colleges in Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Morris and Hudson counties; other partners include the state Department of Labor, trade associations and employers.
Gale Spak, NJIT associate vice president for continuing and distance education, said UpSkill expects to train at least 420 unemployed New Jersey residents who already possess a technical background, but need new skills to get hired. In addition, UpSkill is partnering with AT&T, IBM and a third company, not yet designated, to provide more than 2,000 employees at those companies with the skills they need to advance their careers — thus creating vacancies that might be filled by the displaced workers UpSkill is training.
MORE: Companies need 'access to the very best', critics say H-1B reform will cost American jobs
Spak said UpSkill had trained 95 unemployed men and women in its first year, through April 2013, and some have been hired by Verizon and other companies.
To decide which courses the colleges should offer, "We went to companies and asked them what kinds of jobs their guest workers (on H-1B visas) were doing, so we would know exactly which skills are in demand," she said.
Spak said the program identified 400 courses already being offered by the colleges that meet the program's objectives. Individuals are getting advanced training in IT and the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Courses are being offered in cloud computing, new computer languages and software development for mobile devices.
"This isn't entry-level stuff," Spak said. Rather, it's designed to boost the employment opportunities of those who already have technical backgrounds.
Spak said the guest workers that employers hire through the H-1B visa program "tend to have high levels of skills. We need to bring Americans and permanent residents up to that level: this program addresses displaced workers."
She said NJIT will host an UpSkill workshop Oct. 21 at the campus center on the Newark campus for employers, recruiters and job seekers.


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The fallout from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon continues. While insurance and reinsurance companies have agreed to pay $20 billion to $50 billion in costs for the attacks, they are questioning whether to pay future coverage that includes acts of terrorism.
In response to this new terrorism anxiety, several real estate groups delivered a letter to President George W. Bush to ask for his assistance in the insurance quandary. These groups included The Real Estate Roundtable, The Real Estate Board of New York, National Multi Housing Council, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, National Apartment Association, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, International Council of Shopping Centers, Building Owners and Managers Association International and American Resort Development Association.
In the letter, the companies detailed their need for federally supported insurance coverage and asked the government to act quickly to reach a settlement of the terrorism insurance risk.
The following is the complete text of the letter sent to President Bush on Oct. 9.
As a result of the events of September 11, the real estate industry, which accounts for over a quarter of the nation's gross domestic product, will face severe economic dislocation in the coming months if insurance-related issues tied to terrorism are not addressed by the federal government immediately.
To continue to operate in the normal course of business, the industry needs insurance for risks that have traditionally been insurable, including damage associated with terrorism. The insurance industry recently testified before the House Financial Services Committee that without Federal support, they will not be able to provide terrorism coverage on a going forward basis. Further, as the nation expands its mission against terrorism, the line between terrorism and war becomes increasingly blurred from an insurance standpoint.
We understand that the Administration and Congress are considering proposals to provide government participation in addressing insurance risks for terrorism and war. With many real estate businesses facing policy cancellations and modifications on or before January 1, the Government must act now. Without Government action, our industry will likely face the prospect of breaking promises to lenders, partners and others and operating without necessary insurance coverage. Since operating a business without adequate insurance in many cases is not feasible, and is certainly unwise, real estate businesses will confront the possibility of ceasing or limiting operations until insurance once again becomes available. Without federal action, the ability to finance, buy or sell properties across the nation may be at risk.
We strongly urge the Administration and Congress to act together to reach a solution to this very significant emerging issue this year.


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Mystery in Rose City
Speculation and secrecy surround the dismissal of Rose City city secretary Veronica Jarrell Grant. According to Rose City Mayor David Bush, Grant was terminated in August of this year after approximately 18 years of service. Bush said Grant was terminated Aug. 17 and the matter was approved in the following regular City Council meeting Sept. 13.
Bush said he is not able to divulge information regarding the reason for her dismissal due to rules pertaining to "personnel" matters.
"The only thing that really happened was we parted ways," Bush said.
When asked if there was any type of investigation into anything leading up to Grant's termination, Bush said he could not discuss it if there was one ongoing. He continued by indicating everything is business as usual at City Hall.
"The only thing we are doing right now is our yearly audit," Bush said.
A call to Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Stephanie Davis revealed there is an ongoing investigation being pursued by the Texas Rangers. While Trooper Davis was not able to give specific details or release the names of any individuals involved in the investigation, she provided some information.
"I can confirm the Texas Rangers are conducting an investigation regarding the misappropriation of funds in the Rose City city government," Davis said. "The Rangers are currently reviewing all the financial documentation in Rose City."
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Rangers investigate the following matters: "major incident crime investigations, unsolved crime/serial crime investigations, public corruption investigations, officer-involved shooting investigations, and border security operations."
Questions remain regarding the sudden dismissal of Grant and the unconfirmed reports of missing or misused funds in Rose City. Until the investigation is concluded, those questions will likely remain unanswered.