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Singapore is a little island country of only 683 km² in Southeast Asia and was a British colony for a long time. After the independence, Singapore has grown to one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Especially on the main island people enjoy high standards of living, but Singapore also contains more than 60 smaller islands. Located just about 100 km north of the equator, the island group has a tropical and humid climate with little seasonal change. The average temperature ranges from 23 to 28 degrees the whole year round. The top attraction of Singapore is the capital with the identical name.
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I am very thankful to all the people who helped with my wish…Thanks for the memory!
She snaps down the shutter when she sees Nebraska's majestic sandhill cranes and has a rare opportunity to capture the sharptail grouse's mating dance on film.
Andrea captures a flock of birds during her professional photo shoot
Andrea captures an elk during a photo shoot in Nebraska
Andrea takes photos of wildlife with National Geographic photographer Joel Satore
Andrea takes photos of animals in Nebraska
Andrea takes photos of wildlife during her wish experience
Seventeen-year-old Andrea - diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma during her junior year of high school – spends her time taking pictures for her school's yearbook and newspaper. While dealing with her life-threatening medical conditions, Andrea dreams of becoming a photographer for National Geographic®.
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore jumped at the chance to help share the power of a wish® and take Andrea - diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma during her junior year of high school – flies to Nebraska for a dream photo shoot. In the past, Sartore had clients who paid thousands of dollars for the chance to participate in a shoot like this, but Andrea and her family are guests.
Thanks to the Make-A-Wish® team and its donors and sponsors wanting to give this wish kid some hope, Andrea is off to Nebraska with her new photography supplies.
Andrea and Joel put on their camouflage and crawl out before dawn to capture the Sandhill cranes during a cold morning in Nebraska. They crouch in a tiny 4-by-8 photo blind in the grasslands to shield themselves from the birds' view. Andrea had her camera lens ready with the perfect shot capturing the birds and their mating dance.
Away from the viewfinder, Andrea and her family relax at a Nebraska cattle ranch known for its beautiful trail rides. There she snaps publication-worthy shots of pigs, horses, turkeys and elk. She even gets to borrow Joel's $6,000 camera and $15,000 lens.
Andrea and Joel then share a "small world" moment beyond their love of photography. Joel's grandfather spent his entire career working for a car dealership owned by one of Andrea's relatives.
"Joel Sartore … taught me a lot about photography and a little about life. I am very thankful to all the people who helped with my wish," Andrea says in a thank you letter after her trip. "Thanks for the memory!"
Being diagnosed with cancer was certainly not fun, but I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.
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This story about Andrea getting her wish to be a National Geographic photographer is very inspirational. My own son was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and was granted a wonderful treehouse by you. How can we get a story to you to publish about his treehouse? Thank you for being there for all of these kids and families.
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I am so happy for Andrea! This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Unlike some wishes, she will be able to keep using the experience for the rest of her life. Those are some pretty amazing pictures!
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I myself really like taking pictures myself. It's fun and I would like to meet Andrea because she sounds really nice and fun to be around. :D
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Jorge shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese, after being promoted to general at the South Mesa Club.
Sgt. Daniel Mullis pins an expert badge on Jorge.
Jorge shows Officer Benjamin Maple, kennel master at the K-9 kennels, the challenge coins he's recieved throughout his tour.
Jorge watches assault vehicles from the shore during a demonstration in his honor.
Jorge poses with his family after eating lunch at the 24 Area chow hall.
Jorge sits on top of an assault vehicle as 1st Lt. Nishan Campbell looks on.
Jorge poses with Stephanie McCormick, CEO at the Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire.
Capt. Benjamin Guardenier shows Jorge the ins and outs of a Cobra helicopter.
Jorge runs off an assault vehicle after taking a ride.
Wishes impact every single person that is a part of them.
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Four brothers march toward the gates of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. At home, they play soldier and act out pretend drills. But today they are joining the ranks of real Marines – Jorge's wish.
Jorge was diagnosed with retinoblastoma - a rare cancer of the eye. His condition has critically weakened his eyesight. It's unlikely that he'd be able to enlist one day.
But Make-A-Wish® and the personnel at Camp Pendleton will give him the chance to experience life as a Marine. The military is just "in his blood" his mother, Carmen, said. Today is an experience that will help him throughout the hardships of his medical condition.
With his brothers alongside in Marine t-shirts, Jorge stands in a full camouflage uniform and greets Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese - commanding general of Marine Corps Installations -West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
Gen. Coglianese swears Jorge in as general for the day and teaches him how to march and salute, like a Marine.
He's timid at first, but soon takes charge. Both Marines and his family obey his barked orders during simulation activities.
Jorge rides in assault vehicles. He takes a Marine Corps boxing lesson and flies a helicopter simulator.
He's just a brave little guy, full of life and energy," said Sgt. Daniel Mullis, a formal marksmanship training course instructor.
With each activity, Jorge stands taller and smiles wider.
Make-A-Wish Orange County and Inland Empire chief executive officer Stephanie McCormick witnessed the uplifting effect Jorge's wish had on everyone that day from the brigadier general to the Marine who welcomed Jorge to Camp Pendleton.
"Wishes impact every single person that is a part of them," McCormick said.
Reporting and photography contributed by Camp Pendleton Public Affairs.
He's just a brave little guy, full of life and energy.
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Make A Wish is an amazing group of people who really do make wishes come true and give those who have lost hope another chance to believe!!!!!!!!!!! I know firsthand how wonderful Make A Wish is because of them my son was able to do something he probably would never have gotten to do. Thank you again everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ben wrote in to share his latest labor of love, a homebrew VoIP-capable web server running on a… wait a minute, on a PIC? He admits that he isn't the first to attempt this, but the VoIP routing bit is pretty exceptional.
His system is based around the PIC18F26K20 microcontroller. To cram everything into 4MB of storage and 4k of RAM, the entire system is written in assembler. The example TCP/IP stack provided by Microchip wasn't up to his standards, so he went and wrote his own. Here are some of the features:
- Homemade TCP/IP stack
- supports 4 concurrent HTTP connections
- various timeouts to keep the board "in line"
- ~220kBps maximum transfer rate
- 4MB onboard storage, programmed via TFTP
- Custom lightweight file system (can open files by name!)
- PIC18F26K20 microcontroller clocked at 64MHz
- HTTP, Telnet, and TFTP servers
- audio input/output, 8-bit @ 8kHz sampling
- very basic VoIP capability with phonebook and automatic address resolution
- an alarm clock with separate settings for each day of the week
Project documentation appears to be served by the device itself, which is pretty cool, however there is a tiny capacity problem since it can only handle 4 concurrent HTTP connections. Anyone know of a mirror?
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Part of ESA's proud family
Ten years in development and a one-year launch postponement is a long time, and certainly long enough to start a family...
In Rosetta's case, one brother has already left home, and younger sister is soon to be born.
When Rosetta lifted off on 2 March 2004, no one watching could have done so without feeling just a little tension.
Rosetta cost around one thousand million Euros and was at its most vulnerable in those minutes and hours following launch.
This is not the most costly space mission ever launched, but a thousand million Euros is still a lot of money. That is why, in 1996, the challenge was set to develop a mission to re-use the Rosetta technology and expertise to send the most cost-efficient spacecraft to Mars, all in the shortest time possible.
Rosetta's brother, Mars Express, was conceived on 30 March 1999. The contract was signed and in February of the following year, construction began. The spacecraft launched in June 2003 and is now in orbit around Mars, collecting fantastic scientific data.
The success of Mars Express benefited a lot from the development work ESA and its industrial partners performed on Rosetta. However, Rosetta's year-long delay did cause a few uncertain moments for Mars Express.
Rosetta should have been the first flight of the critical 'core units' of this type of spacecraft. When it was delayed, the Mars Express team had no rehearsals for learning how to fly Mars Express and had to gain their own experience.
They had to learn everything they needed to know about the way Mars Express handled during the six short months between launch and the critical orbit insertion. In the event, the orbit insertion was perfect.
In March 2001, ESA began to develop a second spin-off mission, Rosetta's sister, Venus Express. The go-ahead was given in November 2002 and the mission will launch in 2005. Venus Express may become the record holder for speed from contract to launch.
Mars Express and Venus Express started out as exceptions but it is likely that in the future we will see more large missions with sophisticated technology giving birth to smaller ones.
Indeed, when BepiColombo launches to Mercury around 2012, ESA plan to spin off another mission to re-use that technology. Solar Orbiter will be Bepi-Colombo's younger brother and will take the closest ever look at the Sun.
With this approach, ESA Science plan to squeeze every possible drop of science from every single Euro spent.


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Silas Redd transferring to USC
The most anticipated watch in the college football world for the past week was finally settled with a 395-word statement sent via text message at 5:33 p.m. on Tuesday: Penn State running back Silas Redd will be transferring to USC.
"We have weighed the pros and cons of staying at Penn State and leaving Penn State, attending USC and not attending USC, and I can honestly say that, ultimately, this decision is about so much more than football," Redd said in the message. "I continue to have aspirations for my life, and as my family and I considered the bigger picture -- both on and off the field -- it became clearer to me that USC will be the best fit for my academic, athletic, and personal needs over the next two years. I look forward to future successes, and to the continued support of everyone around me."
Redd, a Norwalk resident, rushed for 1,241 yards and seven touchdowns last season.
Redd, a junior, went out to visit the USC campus on Saturday, and watched a conditioning practice Monday morning before flying back home later that evening. He met with coach Bill O'Brien on the Penn State campus Tuesday afternoon before making his announcement.
In a statement released by the university, USC athletic director Pat Haden said, "At USC, we've seen both sides of this issue, having lost a number of players to transfer due to our NCAA sanctions in 2010. But Lane Kiffin and his coaches would not be doing their job if they did not try to improve our team every single day. There is a specific need here for a player like Silas Redd, so Lane and our coaches recruited him within the guidelines set up in this instance by the NCAA."
The NCAA is allowing current Penn State players to transfer with immediate eligibility in the wake of sanctions put on the school following the scandal involving former coach Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted last month of sexually assaulting 10 boys.
The NCAA came down hard on the Penn State football program, with punishments that included a $60-million fine, a four-year ban on postseason games and the loss of 10 scholarships each of the next four years.
Redd met last Thursday at the Norwalk home of Danny Gouin, his high school coach at King, with an entourage of seven members from USC, including head coach Lane Kiffin, recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron, running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu and several other position coaches, Gouin said.
Gouin said Redd was accompanied by his parents, Silas Sr. and Yvonne.
The 5-foot-10, 200-pound Redd immediately bolsters a USC team considered a national championship contender but that has little depth at running back. The top returning player at the position is Curtis McNeal, who ran for 1,005 yards while sharing the starting spot a year ago. McNeal's 6.9 average a carry was the best by a Trojan since 2005.
USC has 19 starters back from a team that finished 10-2 a year ago and No. 6 in the AP poll. It has a Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Matt Barkley, who set a Pac-12 record with 39 touchdown passes last season.
Redd would also be reunited with a former Pop Warner teammate, USC reserve quarterback Max Wittek, who lived in Norwalk until the 9th grade.
Redd ironically will be joining a program that is just coming off of a two-year postseason ban for a number of rules violations, which centered in part on former Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush.
Because of those sanctions, USC currently is not allowed to have more than 75 scholarship players. To accommodate Redd, a spot might open up because of a possible academically ineligible player, according to published reports.
O'Brien, who was named the Penn State coach on Jan. 6, has been trying hard to keep the program together since the NCAA penalties were announced.
The Nittany Lions lost their first player on Monday when Tim Buckley, a safety, transferred to North Carolina State.
Redd is one of two Penn State players from Fairfield County who have been among the most coveted by other schools. Khairi Fortt, the former Stamford High School star, visited California over the weekend, setting up the potential that he could end up playing in the same conference against his childhood friend and workout partner.
"I know Silas made the best decision for his future life and I have to do the best for myself," Fortt said in a telephone interview from Penn State Tuesday night. "I'm sort of in the same situation. I am going to sit down with my family and go over all the options."
Gouin has acted as an adviser to the Redd family through the process, estimating he has spoken to or met with the family 10 to 15 times a day.
"It has been a very difficult situation for him," Gouin said. "The whole thing. Everything that has gone on since November. For him to leave his friends for really the last two and a half to three years, that would be difficult for anyone. But as I told him, you have to do what is best for you."
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Not a whole lot is known about Maj. Gen. Anthony Jackson's brief tenure with the California Department of Parks and Recreation, but we can say one thing with a fair degree of certainty: the man has standards when it comes to food.
A public records request for information about Pescadero Marsh, where nearly two decades of fish die-offs have generated controversy, turned up an offbeat detail about Jackson's visit to the wetland back in May 2013. While arranging the fact-gathering trip to the San Mateo County estuary, Jay Chamberlin, the Sacramento-based head of State Parks' Natural Resources Division, shared a critical piece of information with his staff about the man they all referred to as "the General."
"One caveat: The General does NOT do sack lunches," Chamberlin emailed the leaders of the San Mateo Coast sector. "So hopefully we can schedule in a dash into Pescadero to grab some sandwiches, etc." Continue Reading


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I am always looking for ways to "spice up" plain ol' chicken breasts and this recipe became one of my top favorites! Whenever we go to Outback Steakhouse, my husband always gets a big steak and I always order their Alice Springs Chicken.
Then when I found this recipe, I decided to put it to the test to see if it tastes anything like the restaurant's chicken . I dare say that it was almost better and it's easy to make. So if you need a meal that will impress your dinner guests, look no further because here it is!
Alice Springs is a city in Australia, hence the name of this chicken from Outback Steakhouse. This is a favorite dish for many Outback Steakhouse fans, and definitely a Six Sisters' FAVORITE!
Tips for making Alice Spring Rolls:
- Cook the bacon prior to putting the Alice Springs chicken in the oven. Need a quicker option? Buy precooked bacon at the store.
- You can make this dish with pre-cooked chicken, you will not need to cook as long since your chicken is already cooked. You will want to be sure everything is heated through and the cheese is melted
- Not enough time to let your sauce set overnight? No worries, it will still taste delicious!
Other Ways You can Make Alice Spring Rolls
- Sauté the chicken in bacon grease.
- Yellow mustard? Dijon mustard? Whatever you have on hand makes a great honey mustard.
- Don't like mushrooms? Try grilled or caramelized onions. Jalapeno or banana peppers add a
great kick
- Experiment with the cheeses. Try a pepper jack or habanero blend.
- Turkey bacon and light mayo help cut the calories with the same great taste.
- Need some crunch? Add onion straws on top.
- Tastes great served over rice.
- Leftovers? Shred the chicken and use for quesadillas or to top your salad
Great sides dishes that go with Outback Steakhouse Alice Springs Chicken
- Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
- Blue Cheese Wedge Salad Recipe
- Fresh Berry Salad
- Baked Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
- Parmesan Lemon Asparagus
Every recipe has a beautiful mouth-watering photo and has been picky-eater approved. The directions are simple, easy to follow, and do not require any strange ingredients.
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Serves: 4
Spice up your plain ol' chicken recipe with this Alice Springs Chicken Copycat
45 minPrep Time
35 minCook Time
1 hr, 20 Total Time
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (1/2 inch thick)
- 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 6 strips bacon (cut in half)
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 1/3 cup honey
- 2 Tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1/2 Tablespoon dried onion flakes
- 1 Tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 2 cups shredded Colby Jack cheese
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoons yellow mustard
- 1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 Tablespoon dried onion flakes
- 1/2 Tablespoon lemon juice
- Sprinkle and rub the chicken breasts with seasoning salt.
- Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp.
- In small bowl, mix the mustard, honey, mayonnaise, and dried onion flakes to
- make honey mustard.
- Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Place chicken in skillet and saute for 3
- to 5 minutes per side, or until browned.
- Move chicken to an 11 x 7 inch or 9 x 9 inch pan.
- Apply the honey mustard to each breast, then top with mushrooms, cooked bacon, and
- shredded cheese.
- Bake in a 350° oven for 20-25 minutes or until cheese is melted and chicken is
- cooked through.
- Serve with honey mustard dipping sauce.
- Mix the mayo, yellow mustard, Dijon mustard, honey, onion flakes, and lemon
- juice together in a bowl.
- Cover and chill in refrigerator.
- Serve with chicken.
**When my mom makes this, she makes tops each individual chicken breast with sauce, bacon, mushrooms, and cheese so it looks pretty . . . I made mine "casserole style" and just spread out the sauce, bacon, mushrooms, and cheese all over the place. Either way, it tastes the same. 🙂


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|A classification scheme for the difficulty of trails for mountainbiking
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|Status: approved
|Tools for this tag
- 1 Rationale
- 2 Applies to
- 3 How to Map it - Usage, Tags and Values
- 4 Example Rendering of the mtb:scale using Garmin Mapsource
- 5 See Also
Provide a classification scheme for mapping the difficulty of trails suitable for mountain-biking. Since for a mountainbike going downhill has a different difficulty than going uphill those have to be, if not flat, tagged separately.
This is one subset of several Proposals brought in concerning Mountainbike
Applies to
How to Map it - Usage, Tags and Values
The main key to be used is mtb:scale=0 to 6. This shall be used for classifying the level of difficulty of using a trail that is more or less level (no inclination) or is used for riding down. Additionally one can tag mtb:scale:uphill=0 to 5 to specify the difficulty of a way cycling uphill (it is best used with incline key, to express the direction of the way).
If a finer separation is needed than provided by the 7 classes, "+" or "-" can be added to the value. E.g. mtb:scale=1+ for ways on the upper difficulty of "1", but not yet "2".
mtb:scale applies primarily to ways. The difficulty should be based on the general difficulty over a longer stretch of a way, there can be a few places where the difficulty is higher. Those places should be classified on a point of the way.
Crux spots or very difficult single places
In order to highlight spots on a way, that feature a difficulty that is clearly more difficult than the way in general (e.g. one full grade more difficulty), on can highlight them by placing a node on the way with the difficulty to clear that node (do not highlight every switchback of a way however). If you put a point with mtb:scale=1-6 (0 makes no sense) outside of the way, then this shows a place that is more difficult, but can be circumvented.
The main tagging scale.
|Maximum gradient
|STS equivalent
|Example Picture
|Gravel or packed earth. No particular difficulties. Mostly forest and meadow paths (highway=path). Sections with steps, rocks, or roots are not expected. Wide curves, easy to moderate slope. No special skills are needed to ride this.
For very easy ways you can use mtb:scale=0- for harder ones (but not yet mtb:scale=1) mtb:scale=0+
|Smaller obstacles like roots and small stones. Erosion damage may increase difficulty. Soil may be loose in places. Tight turns, but no hairpin turns. Riding requires care and attention, but no special skill. Obstacles can be ridden over.
|Obstacles such as large rocks and stones. Soil is often loose. Steps are expected. Wider hairpin turns, steepness of up to 70%. Requires some advanced riding skills.
|Many sections with large obstacles such as boulders and large roots. Many hairpin and off-balance turns. Slippery surface and talus sections may be found. The surface may be very slippery. Constant concentration and very good skills needed.
|Very steep and difficult, with sections having large boulders and roots. Frequent loose debris. Very steep sections with very tight hairpin turns and high steps that will cause the chainring to hit the ground. Some trials techniques will be necessary.
|Very steep and difficult with big boulder fields and debris, and landslides. Speed must be carried for counter-ascents. If at all only short passages are available for accelerating and braking. Fallen trees may make very steep passages even more difficult. Very few Mountainbikers can actually ride at this level.
|Classify ways with 6 that are not rideable at all for a mtbiker. E.g. Chains or stemples (metal rungs) on a via ferrata or simply unsecured alpine pathes that are not even partly rideable for the very best mtbikers (using trial techniques). Steepness is often >45°.
If used for single points, then this highlights exceptionally difficult spots. Often spotting is impossible and falling may be lethal.
In the case you want to be more specific about the difficulty for going uphill. Please don't forget to also use the Key:incline on such ways so that routing software can make the way oneway. Especially for mtb:scale:uphill=4 and mtb:scale:uphill=5.
|Average incline
|Maximum incline
|Graveled or hardened earth. Good Grip. Usually a highway=track. Even unskilled mountainbikers can ride up here easily. Cars with good tire clearance can go down or up without problems.
|Graveled or hardened earth. Good Grip so wheelspin (also when standing) does not happen when taking care. Steep forest track or easy to ride footpath.
|Some loose objects may lay on the trail but are avoidable
|Mostly stable, unsurfaced, partly washed out, steady pedalling and balance needed. With good technique and reasonable fitness this should be still doable however.
|Fistsize loose rocks, roots or rocky underground
|Variable Surface, tight corners, small steps, surface is rocks, earth or gras. Very good balance and steady, round pedalling needed. Without very good skills mtbikers have to push their bike uphill
|Fistsize loose rocks, roots and branches or rocky surface
|Way is very steep, or in bad condition for pedalling uphill. Steps, trees, roots and tight corners are present and even good and strong mountainbikers will have to push or carry their bike for parts of the way
|Big loose rocks, big branches across the trail, rocky or loose surface
|Way is too steep and/or difficult to ride uphill. We need this level for signalling to other mtbikers that on this part they have to push and carry the bike.
Notes to Usage of the scales
- "Equivalent to STS" means equivalency to the german Singletrail-Skala v1.4 as found here [1]; upon which this scale is based.
You may also find a more in-depth description of the scale on that page, with more photos (just click on S0 to S5 in the upper bar to get more detailed descriptions and pictures for each level).
- The example photos of the STS scales are from http://www.singletrail-skala.de/ and may be reused under cc-by-sa-2 or cc-by-sa-3.
- If you click on the STS Equivalency links, you are linked to the respective difficulty grades on www.singletrail-skala.de. There are more pictures for each scale to give a better visual impression about each grade.
- Note mtb:scale only applies to the technical difficulty of mountain biking on a trail. It says nothing regarding the legal situation. For trails where cycling/mountain biking is explicitly forbidden add bicycle=no. For trails there mountain biking/cycling is implicitly forbidden there is no key yet.
Usage examples
If only one condition is met, the respecting scale should be used. E.g.
- a way with gradient 50% has to be tagged mtb:scale=2 or higher. Additional to signal to everyone that this way is steep mtb:scale:uphill=5 is needed.
- a way with loose surface possible, small roots and stones that goes flat is still mtb:scale=1 and not lower mtb:scale=0. mtb:scale:uphill is not needed.
- a way with loose surface possible, small roots and stones that goes at an average incline of 25% is mtb:scale=1 and mtb:scale:uphill=3. This is a good example for a way that is quite easy to go down, but very difficult to go up.
Example Rendering of the mtb:scale using Garmin Mapsource
See Also
- Approved_features/mtb:scale
- Mountain biking - General page on how to tag ways appropriate for mountain biking.
- sac_scale=* - a classification scheme for hiking trails


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You have to give it to Sony Ericsson, they really want you to know that they care about updating their Android phones. The company has been bombarding us with new information about its Ice Cream Sandwich rollout ever since Google dropped the source code a few weeks ago — from giving us a detailed description of how the updating process works to even releasing an alpha ROM based on Ice Cream Sandwich.
Today, the device manufacturer has dropped yet another piece of information related to Android 4.0. The company has narrowed down its update schedule from "in the future" to "between March and May". More specifically, Sony Ericsson will split its ICS rollout into two groups, with the first group receiving the update around late March or early April. The devices included in the first group are:
- Xperia Arc S
- Xperia Neo V
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Then between the end of April and beginning of May, the following devices will receive the update:
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Sony Ericsson has also said that not all devices of the same model will receive the update at the same time. Since the actual OTA update to the device is up to the carriers, and we all know how fast those are. The update will be available via 3G and WiFi — says Sony Ericsson — and also via a tethered option. Lastly, the company has promised to keep its users up to date on the progress they make by uploading videos of the new version as they work on it. So keep an eye out for those in the near future.
Even though March is still a few months away, all you Xperia owners out there are now lucky enough to know exactly when your ICS update will arrive. Which is more than we can say about most Android users out there.
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Last year 18 percent of houses had smart technology in them. Realtrends.com speculates that will grow to near 30 percent by the end of 2016. According to Realtrends.com, "Research shows that the demand for smart homes is growing, and some 33 percent of agents say homes with smart technology sell faster than those without." A smart thermostat is just a starting point, but one that can save you money and can be super convenient.
Many people may already have programmable stats but they are often difficult to set and are not necessarily efficient. Often you set them up and they run whether you are home or not. The newer smart thermostats will adjust the temperature when they sense you are present and they can "learn" your habits. For example: if you tend to turn your room temperature down while before going to bed, it will learn the time and temperature that it should make these adjustments. These smart thermostats will also kick into standby mode when they sense you are away and optimize themselves to know how long it takes your particular system to reach temperature.
Will it save you money?
The folks at Nest researched consumers energy bills in two independent studies before and after installing the new smart Thermostat and their research showed that homeowners saved on average 10-12% on heating and 15% on cooling after the install. Ecobee claims their US customers saved an average 23% based on an analysis conducted in October of 2013. Obviously the more even the outdoor climate is, the less the savings will be and if you were already inclined to make adjustments to your thermostat at regular intervals, then you may not see a significant difference. But if you are a "set it and forget it" type of person, and you live in a climate of temperature fluctuations (New England for example) you will see the change on your next few energy bills. With the cost being about the same for the top three (Nest, Honeywell Lyric, Ecobee3) you should be able to recoup the cost of the device in a year or two.
Bottom line: it depends on the type of climate you live in.
Why choose a Smart Thermostat?
For me, it is not just about saving money. I like the features and convenience of the device and the idea that with more smart home features, these devices can be linked to one another.Already the Lyric and Ecobee3 have geo tracking capabilities so that if it senses you are on your way home from work, it can start warming(or cooling) your home so it will be at your desired temp when you arrive. How cool is that?
If you prefer to have more control over your thermostat or for those stats that do not have a geo tracking boundary set up, you can set it from your phone or computer while you are away which is especially helpful as you can turn on the heat when you are an hour from home so you don't come home to a cold house. The latest news is that you can now control some of these stats from Amazon Echo. Alexa…it feels chilly in the living room, can you turn up the heat to 72?
So which one do you choose?
We are mainly talking about the top 3 most popular brands and with price being the same it will mainly come down to personal taste and your current heating cooling/system. Both the Nest and Lyric may require a C wire to keep a constant charge on the battery. They claim they don't but without the C wire the Nest must pull charge from your current heating or cooling system wires which only works when the system is running (which in our mind is not ideal) and the Lyric uses a lithium battery which needs to be replaced every few months (also not a great choice.) If you know you have a "C" wire then you don't have to worry, but many older homes do not and this should be a consideration as it could add a huge chunk to the installation cost. For this reason, we chose The Ecobee3 which does not require a C wire and comes with an adapter power extender kit and can easily be installed by the homeowner by following videos on YouTube or read more about that here on ecobee's site. We also love the touchpad feature of the Ecobee3 and it tends to allow for more control over cycle times and swing ranges than the other two units. It "wakes up" as you walk by to show you the current indoor temp, shows the current outdoor temperature at the bottom of the screen and with the included sensor and the ability to add other room sensors, we feel the overall temperature is better maintained.
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(Pocket-lint) - The Exo PC Slate is a tablet computer that takes a rather different approach to other tablet devices currently doing the rounds. Rather than being based on a mobile operating system, the makers behind the device have taken the brave step of including Windows 7 Home Premium edition instead. Can a tablet run a desktop OS? We've been living with a pre-production model for a couple of weeks to find out.
The Exo PC sports an 11.6-inch 1355 x 768 pixel resolution touchscreen display that is as responsive as the Apple iPad in its use. The widescreen format makes for a considerably wider experience and the bigger size (295 x 195 x 14mm), and more powerful innards add to the overall weight of 950g. The weight is also down to the build quality, which is very good.
Aside from the screen the front sports a 1.3-megapixel webcam and an "emergency" touch button if the system boots into the BIOS.
Because the Exo PC Slate runs Windows 7 there is full support for a number of connections, and that means you get mini HDMI out, two USB 2.0 sockets for connecting external drives, keyboards, mice, DVD drives, and other peripherals, and a 3.5mm audio jack. There is also an SD card reader (up to 32GB) and if you opt for it, a SIM slot as well (our review unit wasn't enabled so we weren't able to test this out). Connections can also be made via wireless 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1.
When it comes to performance you get an Intel Atom Pineview-M N450 1.66GHz processor with 64-bit support, graphics via Intel's GMA 3150 chip, HD playback thanks to Broadcom's Crystal HD 1080p processor and 32GB or 64GB of solid state drive to store it all on. It's no powerhouse admittedly, but it's got enough oomph to run the usual array of software applications without falling over.
We tested it with a number of applications, including Open Office, and Steam (we played Portal), and were pleased with the performance given the nature of the device. Don't expect it to run Call of Duty Black Ops though.
Although it supports touch, Windows 7 isn't designed to be run solely as a touchscreen interface (not in the same way those mobile OS devices are), however you can quickly get around that by plugging in a keyboard and mouse, turning it into "netbook" of sorts. But, of course, this is a tablet, and the makers of the Exo PC Slate don't believe you should be running Windows 7 on a tablet either. Instead they've created a custom user interface to help make the most of that screen and the features it has packed in.
Called the ExoPC UI Layer, the idea is that once you've turned on your tablet - or Slate, as it's called here - you load up the custom user interface and forget that Windows 7 is even there. You don't have to forget about it entirely of course as there is plenty of connectivity between the two - more on that in a bit.
Once loaded you are presented with 77 circles waiting to be filled. Those empty circles represent a hole for an app that's just waiting for you to place, and as you might have guessed there are hundreds of apps waiting to be installed. There are a number of ways you can get an app onto the device, some of which we were able to test out, and others that we weren't.
The way we were able to get apps on to the unit was via the in-built app store, that is accessible at all times. Press the plus button in the top right-hand corner and you're presented with a slide out draw with apps available depending on their genre (Apps, Books, Games, Web, Pro). At the time of testing the apps are all fairly basic with a good smattering of Flash-based games. Most won't be names you've heard of, and we aren't sure who would want a "Goat gestation calculator" app on their state of the art tablet.
If you can't find the app you want, chances are you've probably got it back in "Windows 7 land", and promised in a future iteration of the software is the ability to create buttons from applications you've already installed on the Windows 7 side of things. We weren't able to test this though as that feature hasn't been added to the interface yet.
Back to the interface we were able to test and it's all fairly intuitive. On the left-hand side is a toolbar giving you battery details, the app store, a power switch, and the ability to switch back to Windows 7. A right hand column on the other side of the screen gives you a home key and the apps that you've got running. The system allows for full multitasking and we didn't notice any lag when running multiple apps.
Apps to get you started include the all important web browser, which is very basic. While there is search support and URL entry so you can visit Pocket-lint, for example, there's no tabbed browsing or bookmarking functionality. Input is via an onscreen keyboard that pops-up when needed or you can opt to use handwriting if that's your thing (typing is easier though).
Our unit came pre-installed with Twitter and Facebook apps, as well as many others, but in reality many are just links to the correlating websites. We suspect that will always be the case, certainly until Exo PC well and truly makes its mark on the tablet map. And that's really what the ExoPC UI layer is, it's a finger-friendly interface that sits on top of Windows 7 to make it easier to use as it tries to help you forget that you've got Windows 7 running in the background.
With a launch date not for another of couple of weeks (at time of writing), it's still very early days for the Exo PC Slate. While on test, we've already seen a couple of updates that have added new features or fixed the odd bug crash. What you get here is basically a Windows 7 netbook without the keyboard and a more touch friendly interface available on the side. If you are going to create a Windows 7 tablet this is clearly the way to do it, and Exo PC are clearly happy to give you the full power of Windows 7 as well as its own custom interface, rather than hiding the OS away.
Once the UI layer is fully operational, it should provide an interesting approach to computing from the sofa and one that certainly offers more potential than those currently flooding the market. And yes, we could easily see this replacing the need for a netbook, giving you the best of both worlds when it launches in December.
The question is whether it will have enough to take on the just-announced Dell Duo that offers the benefit of adding the keyboard and trackpad, for a price that's fractionally less, or if there is the demand for the functionality that a desktop OS will offer on a tablet, versus the pre-packaged "lite" approach offered by the iPad or Android tablets.


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ROCKFORD — A man acquitted of murder in the January 2011 shooting death of 25-year-old Charles Spivey and of the attempted murder of four others outside a 2011 party hopes to avoid a second trial on weapons charges.
Clifford Horton of Rockford could still be tried on charges not considered by the jury that found him not guilty in October of murder and attempted murder in connection with a Jan. 22, 2011, party on Sherman Avenue that turned deadly.
Those charges include allegations of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and gang member. They were strategically separated from the original trial at the request of Horton's attorney, Kunal Kulkarni.
Because defense attorneys believe allegations of gang membership can color a jury's view at trial, they often ask to separate such charges from the rest of the case.
But while it appears to have been a successful strategy, it also means Horton could face another trial depending on how Judge Ronald White views Kulkarni's planned motion asking for the remaining charges to be dismissed.
Horton's second trial had been scheduled next week. That trial will be delayed until White makes a decision on whether the charges should be allowed to stand.
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If zombies take over, the government wants you to be prepared. The Homeland Security Department warned citizens on Thursday that the "zombies are coming," and urged them to be ready for a walking-dead apocalypse, The Associated Press reported.
The zombie "warning" is part of a public health campaign calling for citizens to be ready for disaster — to know to stock up on food, batteries and water, and to keep extra changes of clothes and medication on hand.
Of course, those same preparations will also come in handy in case of a hurricane, earthquake, pandemic or terrorist attack, and that's the idea behind the campaign.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Moments after No. 7 Ohio State's 74-66 loss to ninth-ranked Kansas on Saturday night, coach Thad Matta was asked about his team's awful shooting.
He answered by making a crack that was closer to gallows humor.
``I asked Santa for Christmas to improve our jump shooting,'' he said.
Maybe he'll get that gift. But it sure didn't arrive early.
The Buckeyes misfired again and again - occasionally when they were unguarded, standing wide open on the perimeter - in losing to the Jayhawks (10-1).
Ohio State shot just 31 percent (20 of 65 from the field) for the game, losing despite getting 16 more attempts. In the second half, with the game on the line, the Buckeyes made only 9 of 36 shots (25 percent), including a critical 10-minute span in which they didn't have a field goal.
Kansas plays good defense. On this night, it was hard to determine how much of the misfires were attributable to the Jayhawks' defense and how much to an Ohio State team that has had difficulty making shots all season.
``(Kansas) didn't really do anything special,'' said Deshaun Thomas, who led the Buckeyes with 16 points on 4-of-11 shooting. ``We didn't make shots. We had great shots at the basket.''
Thomas, Shannon Scott (who had a career-high 15 points) and point guard Aaron Craft were asked if the Buckeyes had ever had a span in a practice or a game in which they had so much difficulty making a simple field goal.
``Not really,'' said Craft, who was 2 for 9 shooting.
The Buckeyes (9-2) ran off a 14-0 spurt in the first half against the Jayhawks to turn a six-point deficit into an eight-point lead. They did it by getting points in transition, forcing turnovers that led to layups and making the shots that they did get.
``They weren't getting back on defense,'' Scott said. ``We hurried down and we got some easy layups. The second half they started getting back on us, so it was hard to get layups.''
Everything was harder in the second half, it seemed.
``There was one point in the second half where I turned to the bench and I said, `Hey, let's call a play where we score,''' Matta said.
Thomas' 3-pointer with 18:25 left gave Ohio State a 40-37 lead. The Buckeyes' next basket - Amir Williams' bucket inside off a Thomas assist at the 8:15 mark - cut the Kansas lead to 53-50.
In 19 possessions, they were 0 for 12 from the field with two turnovers, scoring eight points on foul shots.
Ahead 56-52 with 7 minutes left, Kansas pulled away thanks to its brilliant leading scorer. Redshirt freshman Ben McLemore hit a pair of foul shots and then flipped in a 15-foot jumper that bounced not once, not twice, but three times before falling through. Off an inbounds pass, McLemore then came off a back pick and dunked to push the lead to 62-52 with 5 minutes left.
The Buckeyes never got closer than six points again.
``We knew we had to play obviously better than we did tonight,'' Matta said.
Sam Thompson was 3 for 10 and one of those buckets was a layup. Evan Ravenel went 0 for 2, Lenzelle Smith Jr. made just 3 of 13 shots, Scott was 5 of 12, LaQuinton Ross 1 of 5 and Amir Williams 2 of 3.
Almost half of the Buckeyes' shots were behind the arc, too. They made 8 of 31 3-pointers (26 percent), meaning they were only 12 of 34 closer in (35 percent).
``We knew they were going to shoot 3s, we didn't know they were going to shoot that many,'' Kansas coach Bill Self said. ``They became a jump-shooting team, and that helped us.''
Now the Buckeyes have one more tuneup before opening Big Ten play on Jan. 2 at home against Nebraska.
Craft was asked what he had learned about his team against Kansas.
``We came out battling. We didn't really back down,'' he said. ``The worst thing we can do is to overcomplicate things and try to look for secrets and easy shortcuts. It comes down to getting tough, getting the stops when we need to and making shots when we need to. They did that tonight, and we didn't.''
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Stillbirth is a common term for death of a fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The cause of stillbirth in not always known. Known causes may include:
Most pregnancies are at low risk for stillbirth. You may be at higher risk for stillbirth if you:
These are the most common symptoms of stillbirth:
Other symptoms may or may not be linked to stillbirth. The symptoms of stillbirth may look like other health conditions. Always see your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
See your healthcare provider right away if your developing baby stops moving or if the movements slow down. Also see your provider right away if you have spotting or bleeding. Your provider will listen with a special stethoscope or sound waves for the baby's heartbeat. If the provider does not hear a heartbeat, you will need a follow up ultrasound to make the final diagnosis.
Treatment of stillbirth depends on many things. This includes the number of weeks of pregnancy, the size of the fetus, and how long since the fetal heartbeat stopped. Treatment may include:
Stillbirth is very difficult for parents and other family members. It's sometimes harder than an earlier miscarriage. This is because it happens when the fetus has developed and you have felt movement. Often, the baby is fully formed and is delivered just as any baby. It may be very hard emotionally for you to go through labor, yet not have a baby to take home. Counseling is important for all parents with a stillbirth. This helps them understand their feelings and start the work of grieving.
Depending on the cause of the stillbirth, you may have an increased risk for stillbirth with a future pregnancy. Your healthcare provider may recommend genetic counseling for you and your partner if you want to get pregnant again after a stillbirth.
The cause of many stillbirths cannot be determined. These are called unexplained stillbirths. But you can take steps to help reduce the risk for stillbirth. These include:
Mementos of the baby often help in the grieving process. Holding and touching the baby are important steps. In a private room, a nurse or counselor brings the baby to you wrapped in a blanket. This helps you understand that the baby has really died and gives you and your partner a real, not imagined memory. Seeing the baby is especially helpful when a baby has a birth defect. Often your imagination of the defect is much worse than the real problem. Photographs of the baby may be helpful, too, as well as a lock of hair or footprints. Many parents want to remember their baby with a memorial or funeral service. This can also help friends and other family members understand the loss that you have had.
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Cardiac medication may reduce stiffness caused by certain muscle diseases
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Mexiletine, a decades-old drug previously used to treat abnormal heart rhythms, has been used to alleviate the symptoms of patients with nondystrophic myotonias (NDMs), rare diseases that affect the skeletal muscle and cause functionally limiting stiffness and pain.
The preliminary research, published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that taking mexiletine can improve patient-reported stiffness.
NDMs are estimated to affect about 1 in every 100,000 people. They are not life-threatening, but can be debilitating, as patients' muscles contract and won't relax, causing functionally limiting pain, stiffness and fatigue which can often be severe enough to stop the patient from being able to work.
The study was carried out in 59 patients at seven neuromuscular referral centres in four countries, the largest number of which were recruited through the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University College London.
Professor Michael Hanna at the MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases led a UCL team including MRC training fellow Dr Dipa Raja Rayan.
Professor Hanna, a senior author on the paper, says: "These disorders can be extremely severe and the effects can stop people from working. Patients who took the repurposed drug, mexiletine, reported that their stiffness improved, they had less pain and they also performed better on handgrip tests. The findings are exciting because this treatment can make the difference between patients being able to work and not, but further research is required.
It is harder to do clinical trials in rare diseases because individual researchers aren't able to see the volume of patients required... (but) finding treatments for rarer diseases is an important goal for the NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre.
Professor Michael Hanna, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases at UCL
"It is harder to do clinical trials in rare diseases such as nondystrophic myotonias because individual researchers aren't able to see the volume of patients required. However, if you are a patient with a rarer disease - something which is harder to study - you should still have access to research and treatment. That's why we set up this international collaboration to pool our resources and share information. Finding treatments for rarer diseases is an important goal for the NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre."
Data on treatment of NDMs are largely anecdotal, consisting of case series and single-blind, controlled trials of several medications including mexiletine, according to background information in the article.
This new international study was conducted to determine the effects of mexiletine for symptoms and signs of myotonia (prolonged failure of muscle relaxation after contraction) in patients with NDMs. The randomized study, part of the National Institutes of Health-funded Rare Disease Clinical Research Network, was carried out between December 2008 and March 2011 and included 59 patients with NDMs.
The patients (33 men, 26 women; average age, 43 years) received either oral 200-mg mexiletine or placebo capsules three times daily for four weeks, followed by the opposite intervention for four weeks, with 1-week washout in between.
The main outcome measured for the study was a patient-reported severity score of stiffness, recorded on an interactive voice response (IVR) diary. Secondary outcomes included IVR-reported changes in pain, weakness, and tiredness; clinical myotonia assessment; quantitative measure of handgrip myotonia; and an Individualized Neuromuscular Quality of Life summary score.
Data from 57 participants who made telephone calls to the IVR diary were included in the analysis and the researchers found that mexiletine was associated with significantly improved levels of stiffness as reported.
There were significant improvements with mexiletine in most other outcomes in the study, including patient-reported outcomes, quality of life scales, and quantitative measures of myotonia (improved myotonia as measured on clinical examination by overall handgrip times in seconds).
"The most common adverse effect was gastrointestinal (9 mexiletine and 1 placebo). Two participants experienced transient cardiac effects that did not require stopping the study (1 in each group). One serious adverse event was determined to be not study related," the authors write in the paper.
"Our study provides preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of mexiletine for symptoms and signs of myotonia in NDMs," the researchers continue. "The clinical significance of the improvement in stiffness score on the IVR diary is supported by the broad improvement in clinical, quantitative, and electrophysiological measures of myotonia."
Media contact: David Weston
Image captions: UCL researchers Professor Michael Hanna and Dr Dipa Raja Rayan.


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1% solution: Pay to play with VA
Two weeks after signing a contract to provide arcade games for the UVA student center, Lee Coleman found out that he was expected to pay back one percent of his invoices.
"I went through two years of lengthy negotiations to get the contract, and now they tell me I've got to give one percent of my proceeds to someone who had nothing to do with the bidding process?" Coleman asks incredulously.
Coleman's company, Roanoke-based Shenandoah Amusement, received faxes stipulating that the contract could be canceled if he didn't sign on to UVA's new purchasing system, dubbed eVA.
"I'm an old country boy," says Coleman. "I don't respond well to threats."
Mandatory eVA participation for university vendors went into effect October 1, but Coleman has joined 96 other vendors on the "eVA refusing vendors" list. That means that– unless UVA is "compelled" to do so– it can no longer place orders with those companies.
The statewide program was begun under former Governor Jim Gilmore. The reason? "It was really embarrassing before when we were asked what the state spends," says state procurement director Ron Bell. "We didn't know what individual agencies spent."
The Commonwealth spends $5 billion a year– the equivalent of a Fortune 300 company– and localities spend another $5 billion. The idea is to leverage that buying power rather than have 171 different agencies all ordering their widgets separately.
In two years of voluntary usage, eVA has already saved Virginia $114 million, Governor Mark Warner announced December 6, and he thinks that's just the beginning.
So far, 23,437 vendors have registered. They can tap into eVA and see what supplies state agencies are buying at what cost from whom. By registering, a vendor becomes an approved source. "It's a real boon," says Bell.
Who gets the one percent? A multi-national company called American Management Systems won the bid for the eVA contract and gets the one percent fee, which is capped at $500. According to Bell, it's all perfectly justified.
"The General Assembly told us to self-finance," he says. "On the front end, AMS gets the lion's share of the fee because they made a $40-million investment. For every billion dollars we run through the system, we get more, and they get less. It's a good deal for the Commonwealth."
Still, not every vendor is happy about saving Virginia's taxpayers the cost of developing an electronic purchasing system.
"To some, it's a principle that the government should pay everything," says Bell. "Some people don't want to pay any fee at all."
"I don't think there's been a big outcry," says UVA spokesperson Carol Wood. "We've been communicating with vendors trying to address their concerns."
A few may have slipped through the cracks. One UVA administrator says only one or two of the eight freelancers she uses received notification from the university. "No one wants to pay one percent," says the administrator, who requests anonymity. "They're paying a tax."
She notified her freelancers that if they don't register with eVA, she can't give them work.
There are, however, 25 exceptions– for instance, if the supplier is the only source. Wood cites other examples, such as the farmers who sell Virginia Tech its hay or writers whose style university editors like.
"We can use that person," says Wood. "The university pays the penalty and has to absorb the one percent cost."
Wood also emphasizes that the university, which pays its suppliers over $100 million a year, is not receiving the one percent fee. "But it makes it much easier if everyone is in the database," she says.
A concurrent statewide purchasing change was created to favor small, woman, and minority-owned businesses– SWAM, in state acronym speak.
Over 90 percent of the businesses in Virginia are small businesses, and Governor Warner wants to increase the percentage of state business they receive. A recent study shows Virginia is the worst state in the country in supporting SWAM-owned businesses.
Between the two major changes, it's not surprising that there's been some confusion.
On the state level, Bell is pretty adamant that all suppliers need to sign on to eVA. "We can't have some businesses saying I'll play or I won't play," he says.
And he points to another reason to register with eVA: "If you're not computer literate and doing business over the Internet, unless you have a special niche, you're probably going to get eaten alive.


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It's only been a month and a half since Creative introduced the Zen Stone, so we know either the first version wasn't selling well, or the second version wasn't ready in time to get out the door by May. Why they didn't just wait until now to do things right is anyone's guess.
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Bucs have potential for three Dominican starters
BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pirates are quite proud of their state-of-the-art Dominican Academy, which has already weaned their left fielder (Starling Marte) and soon could also claim to have been the launching pad of their right fielder (Gregory Polanco).
And the Dominican Republic is equally proud of the Pirates, whose 2014 rotation could be three-fifths Dominican.
"Oh, yeah, every time we start one of the games, there will be a lot of attention in the Dominican on us," Wandy Rodriguez said. "It's gonna be special."
A couple of things will have to fall in place for it to happen: Rodriguez will have to successfully return from the forearm arthritis that shelved him for much of 2013, and Edinson Volquez's Spring Training work will have to convince the staff that he is on his own way back from a seasons-long rut.
Francisco Liriano is safe as the Pirates' Opening Day starter.
If everything clicks, Rodriguez mused that the Bucs' rotation could be the first ever to include three Dominicans.
"There have been a lot of Dominican starting pitchers," Rodriguez pointed out, since 63 natives of that country have made 25-plus Major League starts, headlined by one Hall of Famer, Juan Marichal. "But three on one team? I don't think so."
There will be at least a fourth Dominican among the season-opening 25-man roster, Marte.
"This is my first time playing with so many Dominicans," Rodriguez said, "and we feel good about being together. There is good communication between us."
If the Pirates fulfill their mission and win a World Series, perhaps a second parade could be held in Santo Domingo?
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Athabasca Basin and beyond
Uranium news from Saskatchewan and elsewhere for May 31 to June 6, 2014
by Greg Klein
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NexGen assays improve on radiometric results from Rook 1's Arrow
Where previous radiometric results found uranium mineralization in seven of eight holes, the Arrow zone at NexGen Energy's (TSXV:NXE) Rook 1 project now shows mineralization in all eight, according to assays released June 2. The company interprets the results to reveal "multiple parallel, steeply dipping, high-grade uranium mineralization zones within broader mineralized zones" and "continuity of uranium mineralization between holes." The best results include:
Hole RK-14-30
- 2.94% uranium oxide (U3O8) over 6.2 metres, starting at 475 metres in downhole depth
- (including 5.81% over 2.6 metres)
- 2.51% over 10 metres, starting at 508 metres
- (including 5.84% over 0.5 metres)
- (and including 10.26% over 1.7 metres)
- 1.51% over 4.9 metres, starting at 549.4 metres
- (including 12.5% over 0.4 metres)
- 1.61% over 8.4 metres, starting at 570.6 metres
- (including 8.57% over 0.25 metres)
- (and including 11.6% over 0.35 metres)
- (and including 5.1% over 0.3 metres)
Hole RK-14-27
- 1.04% over 29 metres, starting at 235 metres
- (including 23.5% over 0.4 metres)
- (and including 9.42% over 1.1 metres)
Hole RK-14-21
- 0.37% over 5.75 metres, starting at 517.25 metres
- (including 5.77% over 0.25 metres)
True widths weren't provided.
Some of the intercepts showed "very minor" intervals of elevated copper and lead but "potentially deleterious elements such as arsenic, selenium, cadmium and mercury generally constitute only background levels," NexGen stated. "Arrow is essentially a mono-mineralic uranium deposit without noticeable deleterious metals or waste."
Winter drilling at Rook 1 consisted of 17 holes totalling 7,442 metres but February's Arrow discovery suddenly shifted focus to the new area. Arrow's potential strike currently reaches about 215 metres, open in all directions and at depth, NexGen has stated. More drilling's planned for summer on the property adjacently east of Fission Uranium's (TSXV:FCU) Patterson Lake South.
Denison releases two high-grade Wheeler River assays, outlines summer plans
Also improving on previous radiometric results—and not for the first time at that project—Denison Mines TSX:DML released assays for two holes at Wheeler River's new Gryphon zone on June 3:
Hole WR-556
- 15.3% U3O8 over 4 metres, starting at 697.5 metres in downhole depth
Hole WR-560
- 21.2% over 4.5 metres, starting at 759 metres
True widths were estimated at about 75%. The zone remains open in both strike directions and at depth, Denison stated.
In April the company released a batch of high-grade assays from Zone A of Wheeler's Phoenix deposit, three kilometres southeast of Gryphon. A Phoenix resource is expected this month. But summer drilling will concentrate on Gryphon, which is slated for an 18-hole, 14,000-metre program. "Most of the drilling will consist of 50-metre step-outs along strike and down dip of the new discovery," Denison stated. "Some of the holes will also complete drill fences 800 metres along strike to the northeast and southwest of Gryphon." Work begins in mid-June.
With a 60% interest in the project, Denison acts as operator. Cameco Corp TSX:CCO holds 30% while JCU (Canada) Exploration holds the remainder.
Drills will also turn at three other Denison interests this summer. Crawford Lake and Bachman Lake, two more Denison-operated projects, get follow-up work on alteration zones found last year and on anomalies revealed by last winter's geophysics. Denison holds 100% of Crawford and 80% of Bachman, where International Enexco TSXV:IEC holds the rest.
On June 4 Enexco security holders approved their company's takeover by Denison.
Exploration drilling at the McClean Lake project will test geophysical anomalies near the McClean South deposit. McClean Lake is held 22.5% by Denison, 70% by project operator AREVA Resources Canada and 7.5% by OURD Canada. In all, the four properties get about 21,000 metres of drilling.
Additionally, Denison has geophysics planned for five properties.
Last month the company announced a $15-million budget for Canadian exploration focusing on the eastern Athabasca Basin.
UEX reports drill results from Laurie and Mirror River JV
UEX Corp TSX:UEX announced drill results from its Laurie and Mirror River projects on June 5. Joint venture partner AREVA Resources Canada acts as operator on both, located about 35 and 55 kilometres respectively east of PLS.
Five holes totalling 1,803 metres at Laurie failed to find significant radioactivity or geochemical values. But they did confirm existence of three conductors at the unconformity and found a large fault zone which will be tested for possible up-dip continuation at the unconformity.
Nor was significant radioactivity encountered in three Mirror River holes totalling 1,579 metres, although one of two conductors was confirmed.
However the projects "remain vastly underexplored and have extensive untested EM conductors that warrant additional drilling," UEX stated.
Another western Basin project, Erica now undergoes a ground tensor magneto-telluric survey to further examine a conductive trend found by previous geophysics.
All three projects are part of a seven-property, 116,137-hectare western Basin JV package held 49.1%/50.9% by UEX and AREVA Resources Canada. Major UEX projects consist of Shea Creek and Hidden Bay, the former also held 49.1%/50.9% with AREVA, the latter held 100% by UEX. In April the company reported six holes from Black Lake, a JV with Uracan Resources TSXV:URC.
On June 6 UEX announced shareholders re-elected their board and approved management resolutions.
Pistol Bay announces winter drill results from C-5
On June 4 Pistol Bay Mining TSXV:PST released assays for two of six holes from last winter's 3,344-metre campaign at the C-5 property, where Rio Tinto Canada Uranium Corp acts as operator. Results for hole 14CBK003 showed:
- 0.054% U3O8 over 1.5 metres, starting at 366 metres in downhole depth
- (including 0.071% over 0.5 metres)
Located 50 metres northeast and along strike, 14CBK005 showed:
- 0.041% over 0.32 metres, starting at 379.82 metres
- 0.022% over 1 metre, starting at 385 metres
True widths weren't provided. Due to high core loss, assays for 14CBK003 "are not considered truly reflective of the mineralization," Pistol Bay stated.
The C-4, C-5 and C-6 properties comprise a JV with Rio covering 1,624 hectares adjoining the Denison/Cameco/JCU Wheeler River project. Rio has earned 55% by paying Pistol Bay $147,000 and spending $1 million on exploration so far. The mining giant's subsidiary may increase its stake to 75% by spending another $1 million by year-end.
Pistol Bay also holds interests in copper-gold properties contiguous with Colorado Resources' (TSXV:CXO) North ROK discovery and Imperial Metals' (TSX:III) Red Chris mine in British Columbia, and in a graphite property in Ontario.
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Description: So everybody suggested that I make tutorials of all the Last Airbender characters in chibi form. So far I have Aang, Toph, and Zuko. I still have three more characters to go not including this one I am submitting now. I thought today would be a good day to teach you guys "how to draw chibi Katara", step by step. She is the waterbender that Aang falls in love with way before Katara had feelings for him. She is also the sister of Sokka, and together, Aang, Sokka, and Katara embark on the journey to getting Aang the teachings he needs to become the AVATAR, and to stop Fire Lord Ozai. I had so much fun making Katara in chibi form because she actually looks like a little baby. I also included her waterbending skill by drawing a blob of water to the right of her. I also thought that she would look awesome sitting in a baby like position, and to tell you the truth I was right. Everything that we know about Katara is all reflected in her chibi status. I hope you enjoy this lesson on "how to draw chibi Katara", and when you are done you will have four of the main characters from the series with only three more to go. Adios people and enjoy the rest of your drawing day!


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Most American millionaires are self-made, and how they achieved their wealth as well as their financial outlook and goals influence their investment behaviors, according to a study released last week by Fidelity Investments.
Fidelity's fifth Millionaire Outlook surveyed more than 1,000 households with investable assets of at least $1 million, excluding workplace retirement accounts and real estate holdings.
Using a scale where +100 represented the most favorable outlook, zero was neutral and -100 was the most negative outlook, the new study found that millionaires' outlook of the future financial environment had reached +39, the highest level since the survey's inception in 2006.
Their confidence in the future was driven by positive sentiment about business spending (+43) and consumer spending (+42).
However, they remained concerned about the current financial environment (-29), owing to their lack of confidence in the value of real estate (-75), the economy (-49) and business spending (-32). Even so, their near-term confidence continued to rise, having consistently increased by nearly 50% each year since 2009.
"One trend has held true throughout the life of this study—the millionaire investor's outlook has been consistently pragmatic about current market conditions and pervasively optimistic about a future recovery," Michael R. Durbin, president of Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services, said in a statement.
"In many ways, what millionaires have been thinking and doing can be a strong indicator for financial trends, as they are often the first to jump on an opportunity in the market—as they have recently with domestic stocks."
Survey participants ranked individual domestic stocks as their No. 1 investment added in the last year, followed by certificates of deposit/money-market accounts/cash equivalents, equity exchange-traded funds, individual domestic bonds and domestic equity mutual funds.
Of those investments, significantly more millionaires chose equities over fixed-income investments—an inverse trend from the investment strategies of the average investor, according to Fidelity.
Fidelity said Millionaire Outlook was the first in its annual "Insights on Advice" series. As part of this year's series, Fidelity has launched an interactive website with insights and resources from the study with the goal to help financial advisors serve their clients and help everyday investors approach generating wealth like a millionaire.
Millionaires: A Profile
The 2012 study found that today's millionaire is 61 years old on average, with some $3 million in assets. Seventy-four percent of survey participants felt wealthy, and those who did not said they would need an average of $5 million of investable assets to begin feeling wealthy.
- Eighty-six percent of today's millionaires considered themselves self-made, while 14% said they had grown up wealthy.
- The self-made group reported investments/capital appreciation, compensation and employee stock options/profit sharing as their top sources of assets, while those born wealthy were more likely to cite inheritance, entrepreneurship and real estate investment appreciation.
- Self-made millionaires typically felt just as financially secure as those who were born wealthy.
- Born-wealthy millionaires were greater financial advice users with distinct advice needs, such as personal trust services and foundation/endowment management.
- As investment strategies, self-made millionaires were more likely to add equity investments, while those who were born wealthy typically had more real estate investments.
Thirty-five percent of millionaires had a negative outlook on the current financial environment, while 31% had a positive current outlook. The remaining 34% had a neutral outlook.
- Despite a lack of confidence in the current financial environment, those with a negative outlook still had a favorable outlook on future recovery (+11).
- Those with a negative outlook also were more actively receiving financial advice on topics such as general financial planning and retirement planning.
- The investment strategies of those with a positive outlook showed that they had been more active in the stock market, while those with a negative outlook typically had added more cash-like products.
The study found that when it comes to concerns about their financial future, 30% of today's millionaires were focused on preserving their wealth, while 20% wanted to grow their wealth.
The remaining 50% had other financial concerns, such as managing income flows in retirement, supporting the lifestyle they want in retirement and managing investments.
- Those looking to generate more wealth were just as wealthy and financially secure as those who were looking to preserve wealth.
- Of those looking to generate wealth, 61% were older boomers and seniors.
- Wealth generators were also more loyal to their financial advisors, with 71% of generators likely to move with an advisor who switched firms.
- Generators had been more active in the stock market along with being more likely to add domestic bonds to their portfolios than those intent on preserving their wealth.