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October 2012 Drivelines Off-Road Truck NewsPosted in Features on October 1, 2012
F-150 Facelift
In our August issue we told you about how the Ram 1500 will be essentially all new for the '13 model year. Now Ford has announced the changes in store for the '13 F-150. Some are cosmetic, such as a new grille that incorporates high-intensity discharge (HID) projector headlamps and new designs for the 18- and 20-inch wheels.
Other changes are inside. The center stack on XLT and higher trim levels has been redesigned, as the voice-activated Sync infotainment system is now standard on XLT models and includes a new 4.2-inch touch screen that also displays audio and climate controls. The Lariat (seen here), King Ranch, Platinum, and new-for-'13 Limited models get a version of Sync with MyFord Touch—which adds voice control to more vehicle systems—and an 8-inch touch screen.
Light-Duty Diesel for GM?
So, we have an all-new Ram and a revised F-150 coming soon. What's up with Chevy? GM is still a year away from debuting a new Silverado/Sierra 1500 pickup, but according to a recent Automotive News story those trucks may have a diesel engine option to accompany the Duramax diesel (seen here) in GM's heavy-duty trucks.
Now, GM has been talking about a light-duty diesel engine since at least 2006, but it has a new motivator in Ford's EcoBoost, which can deliver V-8–like power with V-6–like fuel economy. Rather than go head-to-head against EcoBoost with its own turbo gas V-6, GM brass is indicating that the automaker could go diesel to offer half-ton truck buyers an option Ford does not.
Tactical Black
Seeing a trend toward tactical-type off-road vehicles, Yamaha has introduced Tactical Black finishes on special editions of its Grizzly 700 4x4 ATV and Rhino 700 4x4 side-by-sides. Both are assembled at Yamaha's factory in Georgia. The Grizzly sells for $10,000, the Rhino for $12,999.
This Just In
• SEMA released news of a study that shows E15 or E20 gasoline blends (with 15 or 20 percent ethanol, respectively) can damage engines. The Coordinating Research Council (CRC) tested eight vehicle types from the '01-'09 model years representing a variety of popular engines. During the tests, two engine types failed when running on E15 and E20 gas. Ethanol increases water formation, which can then create formic acid and corrode metals, plastics, and rubber, says SEMA, which was against the EPA's approval of the use of E15 in '01 and newer vehicles. SEMA has asked Congress to enact legislation to stop the sale of E15 until further studies can be done.
• Demand is growing for high-buck trucks. According to a recent Automotive News story, dealers bought up the complete allotment of '12 Ram Laramie Limited pickups in just three days. Ford has found that demand for its high-line Platinum F-150 was double what it expected. The luxe Denali versions of GMC's heavy-duty Sierra pickups represent more than a third of Sierra sales this year, up from just 15 percent in 2010. While truck sales have grown as the economy has picked up, the trend toward $40,000-plus trucks is something different. "There are guys in New York, in Florida, in the Midwest, and in the Northwest who aren't exactly into that cowboy, southwestern, barbed-wire feel," said Ram brand president Fred Diaz. A Dallas-area dealer was quoted in the story as saying, "I don't know if you can put enough bells and whistles on trucks."
Earth Watch
• An anti-OHV lawsuit that affects the Eldorado National Forest in Northern California has forced the cancellation of at least one longstanding off-roading event, the Lake Tahoe Hi-Lo's Poker Run, which was scheduled for August. According to the website of the California Association of 4WD Clubs, the forest's Environmental Impact Statement for water crossings must be redone. While the study is being done, no OHV trails will be allowed to cross streams or meadows.
• In more bad news out of California, the California Assembly Budget Subcommittee approved the "Sustainable Parks Proposal" to shift up to $31 million from the OHV trust fund in order to pay for the state parks' budget shortfall. The law provides that the OHV parks shall be equal to other state parks, and that budget impacts should be equally shared, yet the OHV parks have already had millions of dollars taken from them over the last three years. Californians furious about this (and you should be) can visit www.arra-access.com to find a letter you can send to your representatives to urge them to stop taking our funds.
Coolest Reading Baby
Reader Joe Cary believes in starting them young. He introduced his son Daniel to our magazine—what Joe calls "truck porn"—when the tyke was just two hours old. This photo was taken when the two were bonding when Daniel was all of three days old. They say readers are born in the laps of their parents. Is the same true for wheelers?
Still Time to Win!
Raffle tickets are still available to win the Jeep Wrangler that was donated to Tierra Del Sol for its 50th anniversary Desert Safari ("50 Years of TDS," Aug. '12). For those of you who didn't make it to TDS, we'll tell you that this Jeep has been outfitted with a number of accessories from Mopar and other companies, including a 2½-inch lift with Bilstein shocks, heavy-duty bumpers, custom wheels, rock rails, and a Warn winch. The drawing will take place at the San Diego Auto Show on December 30. Tickets are $4 each, with the proceeds going toward keeping lands open for responsible OHV use. You can get tickets at shows where TDS is displaying the Jeep, or visit www.tds4x4.com/jeep.
Bye Bye Compass
Though it looks good these days with its Grand Cherokee–like styling, the Jeep Compass will be discontinued after the '14 model year. Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne made the announcement at a press event at the Belvidere, Illinois, plant where the Compass and Patriot are built. He wasn't specific about a replacement, but rumors have been circulating that the Jeep line will soon receive new Fiat-based SUVs that will most likely be crossovers rather than true SUVs.
Gordon to Launch Stadium Truck Series
We old-timers remember how much fun Mickey Thompson's stadium races were, especially the amazing air those trucks used to get running down the peristyle at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Now Robby Gordon hopes to bring back some of that magic with his own Stadium Super Trucks (SST) series. Plans call for a 10-race series beginning April 2013 with drivers racing what are basically spec trucks with 600hp V-8s and 20 inches of wheel travel. Teams will be able to choose their own wheels and tires and fine-tune things like springs, shocks, and steering.
Each event will also feature side-by-side ATV racing and even monster trucks (though some of us were shocked—shocked!—to see Bigfoot wearing Chevrolet body pieces at Gordon's press introduction/demonstration at the LA Coliseum).
Gordon hopes to attract old-school stadium racers to his event, men like Ivan Stewart and Walker Evans, as well as young guns. He's offering big purses: $40,000 for winners of the SST main event at each race and a cool half-million dollars to the overall series champion. For more info visit www.stadiumsupertrucks.com.
• Aug. 31–Sept. 3: Superlift Fall 4xAdventure, Superlift ORV Park, Hot Springs, AR. Info: 501.625.3600, www.orvpark.com
• Aug. 31–Sept. 3: High Sierra Poker Run on the Swamp Lake Trail east of Fresno, CA. Info: cal4wheel.com/events/high-sierra-poker-run
• Sept. 1-3: Labor Day Campout by the Red Rock 4 Wheelers, Moab, UT. Info: rr4w.com
• Sept. 7-9: KC HiLites Midnight Special off-road race, Lucerne, CA. Info: www.snoreracing.net
• Sept. 8: Getting Started Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Hungry Valley SVRA, Gorman, CA. Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• Sept. 8: Fall Crawl Competition, Kansas Rocks Recreation Park near Mapleton, KS. Info: www.ksrockspark.com
• Sept. 8: Chili Cook-Off by Mojave Off Road Racing Enthusiast, Lucerne, CA. Info: www.moreracing.net
• Sept. 9: Advanced Beginner Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, El Paso Mountains, Mojave, CA. Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• Sept. 13-15: Laurel Highlands Jeep Jamboree, Farmington, PA. Info: www.jeepjamboreeusa.com
• Sept. 13-15: Ouray Jeep Jamboree, Ouray, CO. Info: www.jeepjamboreeusa.com
• Sept. 13-16: Jeepstock by Midwest Jeep Thing, Southern Missouri Off Road Ranch, Seymour, MO. Info: www.midwestjeepthing.com
• Sept. 14-15: Lucas Oil 4Wheel Jamboree Nationals, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN. Info: www.4wheeljamboree.com
• Sept. 15: 8th Annual North East Xterra Club (NEXTerra) Back to School Run, West Oneonta, NY. Info: www.nexterra.org
• Sept. 15: Summit Truck Fest, Tallmadge, OH. Info: 800.230.3030, summitracing.com
• Sept. 20-22: Catskill Mountains Jeep Jamboree, Monticello, NY. Info: www.jeepjamboreeusa.com
• Sept. 20-22: Dead Mountains Jeep Jamboree, Laughlin, NV. Info: www. jeepjamboreeusa.com
• Sept. 20-23: National Xterra Meet, Coal Creek/Windrock Mountain, Oliver Springs, TN. Info: nationalxterrameet.org
• Sept. 20-24: Oklahoma Classic Bronco Round-Up, Superlift ORV Park, Hot Springs, AR. Info: 501.625.3600, www.orvpark.com
• Sept. 21-23: SMOR Fall Crawl'N by the Toyota Land Cruiser Assoc., Southern Missouri Off-Road Ranch, Seymour, MO. Info: www.tlca.org
• Sept. 22: HD2 Family Off-Road Expo, by Victorville Motor Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, Victorville, CA. Info: www.theGillardGroup.com
• Sept. 22-23: Iowa All-Breeds Jeep Show & Swap Meet, Story County Fairgrounds, Nevada, IA. Info: www.iowajeepshow.com
• Sept. 27-29: Maine Mountains Jeep Jamboree, Bethel, ME. Info: www.jeepjamboreeusa.com
• Sept. 27-29: Black Hills Jeep Jamboree, Deadwood, SD. Info: www.jeepjamboreeusa.com
• Sept. 28-29: Cruisin' the Woods, by the Toyota Land Cruiser Association, Brown's Camp, OR. Info: www.tlca.org
• Sept. 29: 4Wheel Parts Truck & Jeep Fest, Columbiana, OH. Info: 877.474.48214, wheelparts.com/events
• Sept. 29-30: Iron Range Off-Road Driving School, Iron Range OHV Park near Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. Info: www.ironrangeoffroad.com


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05 July, 2011
Decisions Decisions
43 comments:
- LT said...
I'd vote for Option 4. I like the offset triangles. But there are way too many fun ways to put HSTs together. Good luck deciding!
- July 5, 2011 at 7:15 AM
- BijouxBaby said...
I vote for option 2 because that's the way I'm leaning on my own HST quandry.
- July 5, 2011 at 7:30 AM
- Leanne said...
I love doing this with a group of hsts too. I especially like option 2 and 9 is a close second. Of course I also love the zig zags especially 1 with these colours.
- July 5, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- Elena said...
Kinda feeling option 6. Don't see that large of a zig zag too often.
- July 5, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- Lisa said...
I'm liking option 6 too,but they are all fun. The colors are great! What a wonderful wedding present, lucky couple.
- July 5, 2011 at 8:01 AM
- Natasha said...
I really like number 5.
I get my Hubby to make decisions all the time for quilts that his name is going on...like the one I made HIS MOTHER! He kept asking why was I asking him things and I said this way you can say you "helped".
- July 5, 2011 at 8:35 AM
- Sara said...
Oh, I like #5.
Is this just part of the quilt top? If so, I would IR-regularize the zig-zags, so they are more like a bargello.
- July 5, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- Susan Being Snippy said...
when I don't have a particular project in mind I sew HST's. I love them! Now if you add some plain squares, either the same size as your HST sets or twice the size your options open up a hundred fold!! I cannot help you decide as I have a shoe box full of HST's that need their own decions... except I would avoid option 5 simply because it is easier to do that combo in flying geese and save a seam...
- July 5, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Christina said...
I am really liking #3 and #6! Great color choices in the fabric. I like playing with layouts as well, but I usually do it in Illustrator. :) This must be the 300+ HSTs you had to trim? I did this recently myself. Skyping with friends helped the time go faster. Such a grueling job!!
- July 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Amy said...
I like the ones that are the least static and orderly (of course) - 2 and 9. 3 is quite nice too. Really, they are all good. You might consider if the couple is more of the adventurous or orderly type and see if that helps you choose.
- July 5, 2011 at 8:55 AM
- Anna said...
I like option 1 - I've never thought do do zigzags vertically.
I only do HSTs when I already have a plan or I spend the rest of my days wondering these same layouts!
- July 5, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- Sonia B said...
I love the possibilities with option 5 . . . a giant maze made of HSTs. Good luck deciding.
- July 5, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- zarina said...
I love layout 7 and 2 comes in close.
I know what you mean about layouts - I have one coming up soon but holding out till I finish FMQing a quilt (that is giving me threading problem).
- July 5, 2011 at 9:06 AM
I'm liking 4 and 6
- July 5, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- Jody said...
Hmm...options are endless aren't they? I think today I'm liking options 6 & 7....think whatever you choose will be great!
- July 5, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Tanya said...
When I've done HST's, I did option 8. I just like it for some reason :). I also like the zigzags, but not the vertical zigzag. I don't know why, but I'm not a fan of the vertical one.
- July 5, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- M-R said...
Loving option 5, but they are all fun.
- July 5, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Option 5 with the long zigs and zags would be fun!
- July 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM
You know what I see when I look at no.3? A beginning school of fish. Too cute. I also love 6 with the bigger zags.
And I always ask my husband's opinion - even when decorating, he seems to have a good eye for colours.
- July 5, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- Jennifer said...
i like 2 and 9!
- July 5, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- elle said...
oooh! I've always liked 9 but I'm thinking too predictable so 4 looks more intriguing.
- July 5, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- Lesly said...
2 is always my favourite with HST, and 3 is my second choice. But really this is just a question of how you like your diamond cut - still a honkin' great diamond, no matter how you slice it!
- July 5, 2011 at 10:44 AM
- Amy - Amy's Creative Side said...
I love #5 - a little bit unexpected, and fun. Good luck deciding!!
- July 5, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Megs said...
Loving #2. A lot. So much that I'll probably start making some HST myself.
- July 5, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- Jackie Russell said...
I like #3!
- July 5, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- felicity said...
#6 made me sit up and take notice - I like the "big zig" look of it. GREAT fabrics you've got there.
- July 5, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Exuberant Color said...
this is why you can't make just one of these, the layouts are all fun!
- July 5, 2011 at 4:12 PM
- Suzanne said...
I like 6 for the longer zigzag and 9 becuse they remind me of geese. I know they are not geese but I still like them for that reason.
- July 5, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- Kristy said...
I really like 4, it is one I don't think I have seen before.
- July 5, 2011 at 5:54 PM
- JennX said...
Oh gosh- 5 or 6- loving the zigzags. I'm afraid I don't like 2 or 9 at all- which appear to be the winners with others. Hunh. Interesting to see what people gravitate towards isn't it? The zig zags are just pleasing to me.... I guess I like order (which- looking at my own quilts, I wouldn't think that- but that's another comment I think...)
- July 5, 2011 at 5:57 PM
- Esch House Quilts said...
I think #s 2 and 5 are my favorites, but you can't go wrong with any of them.
- July 5, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- pinkbrain said...
I like #3 it's very pleasing to the eye and unique.
- July 5, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- Heidi said...
I like option 1, 7 and 5
- July 5, 2011 at 11:09 PM
- CitricSugar said...
I find Option 2 to be the most interesting visually. It was the one that jumped out at me immediately and doesn't scream "I'm made entirely of HSTs!" :-)
- July 6, 2011 at 12:08 AM
- Dütt un Datt said...
I'm a regular reader to your blog and since I am such a beginner compared to you (who lives at the other end of the world), I've never dared to comment so far. But this post made me nod and laugh in sympathy and understanding, because it made me think of my own recent decision problems with HSTs. I posted some options in my little blog as well, got some opinions - and in the end I came up with something completely different...
I don't think I have reached the end of the line in HSTs yet - so I'm very much looking forward to future posts on this quilt! :-)
- July 6, 2011 at 5:42 AM
- CaraQuilts said...
I like 6 the best
- July 6, 2011 at 7:08 AM
- Jolene said...
My gut says option #4 first and #7 second:)
- July 6, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- NiCoLe said...
I really like option 3. Its fun and a little unexpected.
- July 6, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
5. Definitely 5 does it for me. :)
- July 6, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Elisa Black said...
I see what you mean about decisions!! It looks like a lot of fun playing with all the layouts. There are so many options that I like-- I'll leave the decision-making to the others.
- July 7, 2011 at 4:28 AM
- Greta said...
Option 2. Can't say why. My eye just likes it best.
- July 8, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- Samantha said...
Love it... in all its forms. I get bogged down by decisions so much myself, I can't offer advice!
- July 8, 2011 at 2:58 PM
Option 2 has a fabulous optical effect. I love the colors. It will look fabulous no matter which one you pick
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The Brazil Mining Report has been researched at source and features BMI Research's mining and commodity forecasts for metals, minerals and gems, covering all major indicators including reserves, production, exports and values. The report also analyses trends and prospects, national and multinational companies and changes in the regulatory environment.
BMI's Brazil Mining Report provides industry strategists, service companies, company analysts and consultants, government departments, trade associations and regulatory bodies with BMI's independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the mining industry in Brazil.
Key Benefits
- Use BMI's independent industry forecasts on Brazil to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and planning in this mining market.
- Target business opportunities and risks in Brazil's mining sector through our reviews of latest mining industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Brazil.
- Assess the activities, strategy and market position of your competitors, partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. KPIs and latest activity), Key Projects Tables and Competitive Landscape Tables.
BMI Industry View
Summary of BMI's key forecasts and industry analysis, covering mining reserves, supply, demand and prices, plus analysis of landmark company developments and key changes in the regulatory environment.
Industry SWOT analysis
Analysis of the major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats within the mining sector and within the broader political, economic and business environment.
BMI Industry Forecasts
Historic data series (2009-2013) and forecasts to end-2019 for key industry and economic indicators, supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key risks to the main forecasts. Indicators include:
- Mining industry: Industry size (USDmn), real growth (%), % of GDP, employment ('000), workforce as % of total workforce, average wage (USD).
- Output: Production volumes ('000 tonnes, carats etc.) for all major metals, minerals, ores and gems mined in each state, including bauxite, copper, gold, coal, lead, silver, tin, titanium, uranium, zinc etc.
- Exports: Value of exports (USDmn) for all major metals, minerals, ores and gems mined in each state.
- Commodity markets: Global demand, supply, stocks and benchmark prices (USD) for aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, zinc, gold and steel.
BMI's Mining Risk Reward Index
BMI's Risk Reward Indices provide investors (mining companies and support service providers) looking for opportunities in the region with a clear country-comparative assessment of a market's risks and potential rewards. Each of the country markets are scored using a sophisticated model that includes more than 40 industry, economic and demographic data points to provide indices of highest to lowest appeal to investors, with each position explained.
Competitive Landscape Tables & Analysis
Comparative company analyses and tables detailing USD sales, % share of total sales, number of employees, year established, market cap/NAV, ownership structure, production and % market share.
Key Projects
Details and analysis of all current and planned developments (new ventures, capacity expansion and other investments) across the sector broken down by metal/ore.
Company Profiles*
Examines the competitive positioning and short- to medium-term business strategies of key industry players. Strategy is examined within the context of BMI's industry forecasts, our macroeconomic views and our understanding of the wider competitive landscape. The latest financial and operating statistics and key company developments are also incorporated within the company profiles, enabling a full evaluation of recent company performance and future growth prospects.
The Mining reports are based on an extensive network of primary sources, such as multilateral organisations (UN, WB, IMF), national chambers of commerce and industry, national statistical offices, government ministries and central banks, and multinational companies.
*Company profiles are not available for every country. Those reports instead contain information on the current activities of prominent companies operating in the market.


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MADISON (NJ) – Sophomore tailback Kyle Schuberth carried the ball 12 times for 110 yards and scored three of Delaware Valley College's six rushing touchdowns as the 25th-ranked Aggies routed host FDU-Florham, 50-7, in a Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) game.
With the win, Delaware Valley improved to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference. It is the fourth time in the last nine years that the Aggies have won the first four contests to start a season. The Devils saw its mark fall to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the MAC.
Schuberth led an Aggie ground attack that finished with 310 yards and had four separate players net at least 50 yards. He scored on runs of seven, three and six yards and went over the 100-yard plateau for a second consecutive week (139 yards against Lebanon Valley).
Ironically, the lone non-rushing touchdown of the day was the first score and it was provided by the Delaware Valley defense. Senior inside linebacker Chris James picked off a Ryan Cushman pass, received some blocks down field and returned it 34 yards for the second touchdown of his career. Jake Sobchak added the extra-point for a 7-0 advantage with 6:25 left in the opening quarter.
The Aggie defense notched another turnover as nose guard Amadeus Hall recovered a fumble on the FDU-Florham 45-yard line. Schuberth did most of the damage from there and capped the drive by bouncing off a pair of defenders and finding the end zone from seven yards out. Sobchak's extra-point attempt bounced off the upright to leave it at 13-0 with 2:54 remaining in the first.
Midway through the second quarter, the Aggies needed just three plays to go 48 yards and up their lead to 20-0 lead with 6:03 on the clock. The big play on the drive was a 27-yard diving catch by Rodney Blango and Schuberth followed with a three-yard scamper.
Later in the half, FDU-Florham forced a fumble on an Aggie pass play and took over at the Delaware Valley 35 with 2:35 to go before the intermission. However, the Aggie defense forced a three-and-out and they went into break with the 20-0 advantage.
The Devils, who were kicking off at their 45-yard line due to a Delaware Valley penalty, tried an onsides kick to start the second half, but the Aggies recovered at their own 43-yard line. Tyler Neal gained seven yards on his first carry and the senior then exploded for 50 yards and a touchdown on his second touch. Sobchak added the point-after to make it 27-0 just 41 seconds into the stanza.
On the ensuing drive, FDU-Florham tried a pass behind the line of scrimmage, but linebacker Cory Armstrong came in on a blitz and batted it away. The ball was live and Armstrong scooped it up and lugged it 44 yards to the Devil seven-yard line. After a loss of one, Schuberth went into the end zone untouched from eight yards out for touchdown number three and a 34-0 score with 11:41 left in the third.
The Aggies added three more points on their next drive as an Isaiah Hall 54-yard run set up a 22-yard field goal by Sobchak. Senior quarterback Cory Almasy made it 44-0 and reached the end zone for the first time in his career on a three-yard keeper on the first play of the fourth quarter.
The Devils avoided the shutout with a four-yard touchdown run by Nick Miranda with 3:49 remaining. Sophomore tailback Johnny Mayi gave Delaware Valley its final points of the day with a 40-yard burst with 69 seconds to go.
The Aggies finished with 472 yards of total offense and averaged nearly seven yards per play. In addition to Schuberth, Neal had a strong game on the ground as he finished with 63 yards and a score on 10 attempts. Isaiah Hall netted 50 yards on three carries while Mayi came in in the fourth quarter and carried the ball five times for 68 yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Aaron Wilmer completed 11 of 18 passes for 137 yards with Blango hauling in five balls for 90 yards.
The defense held FDU-Florham to 161 total yards (55 rushing, 106 passing), including just 109 yards over the first three quarters. Armstrong's first career start saw him rack up six tackles, a forced fumble, fumble recovery and half a sack. Jared Pattinson made five tackles while Amadeus Hall had four stops and a fumble recovery.
Cushman was 14-for-30 for 96 yards and one interception for FDU-Florham. Michael Mancino was the leading tackler with a game-best 10 stops.


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"Konty" Surname
Frequency of "Konty" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "Konty" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "Konty" ranked #82,724 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 1990 Census", US Census Bureau.
"Konty" Graves on Histopolis
Histopolis currently has 0 grave(s) with the surname "Konty".
Resource Links for "Konty"
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Surnames that Sound Like "Konty"
The surname "Konty" has a Soundex code of K530. The following 157 surname(s) may sound similar to "Konty" since they share the same Soundex code.


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Add your essay to the mesh, and ThoughtMesh gives you a traditional navigation menu plus a tag cloud that enables nonlinear access to text excerpts. You can navigate across excerpts both within the original essay and from related essays distributed across the mesh.
So let's say you are reading an essay on Modern art. You can pick a single word out of that essay's tag cloud- -say Picasso- -and view a list of all the sections from that essay that relate to Picasso. Or you can view a list of sections of other articles tagged with Picasso, and jump right to one of those sections. You can also combine tags to narrow your search, such as Picasso + Cubism + 1900.
As an author, you can choose to post your essay in a central repository hosted by the Vectors program at USC, the sponsor of this project. Or you can self-archive your essay on your own Web site. [snip]
Innovative Search Options
- Use tags to find text blocks within the current article
- Use tags to find related blocks in outside articles
- Use search-as-you-type lookup to find words in current article
Expandable Navigation Menu
- Offers more traditional navigation
- Breaks long essays into easy-to-read screen-sized chunks
- Can be used interchangeable with tag-based navigation
Automated Tag and HTML Generation
- Paste in your essay sections and easy-to-use software generates a ThoughtMeshed version
- Software can auto-generate tags for each text block
- Or author can assign custom tags
- Overall tag cloud gives quick sense of article's themes
Meshes (Features For Future Releases)
- Users can view a map of where the current article fits in the larger mesh.
- Publications and groups of authors can define and administrate their own meshes.
- Users can choose only lexias from current mesh, or from all meshes
What's a tag cloud?
A bunch of keywords in a box. Click on one to see text excerpts related to that theme, or click on several to see excerpts tagged with all of those keywords.
What's a lexia?
A text excerpt from a longer essay or Web site--usually a couple of paragraphs. Lots of blogs and newspapers have tag clouds. How is ThoughtMesh different?Most of these sites are data-base driven collections of text blocks run off a single server. ThoughtMesh's tag registry (or mesh) can connect articles on different servers across the Internet.
Is this the "Semantic Web"?
Yes and no. Like the long-term vision of the Semantic Web, ThoughtMesh treats every page on the Web as a potential "database record" to be searched. Unlike the conventional XML-powered vision of the Semantic Web, however, ThoughtMesh's data are only minimally structured in the page itself; instead, a registry of tags housed on a remote host serves to connect all the individual pages. But it's still a model of distributed publication, since in principle the same pages can be navigated via independently operated registries.
So it's like del.icio.us?
Sort of. Del.icio.us's global folksonomy of tags is great, but it only indexes entire pages, which is less efficient for finding relevant passages in long academic papers. ThoughtMesh helps trace thematic connections between particular sections of online essays. And ThoughtMesh's tags (and the meshes that connect them) are determined (or at least validated) by the authors of the pages.
Is this "Web 2.0"?
ThoughtMesh exploits participatory media, remote scripting, and lateral navigation. So yeah, you can call it that.
How to Navigate Essays[http://thoughtmesh.net/media/thoughtmesh_preview_alpha.mov]
How to Tag an Essay[http://thoughtmesh.net/media/thoughtmesh_how_to_add.mov]
Jon Ippolito
Conceptual architect, client-side designer, and client-side engineer
Craig Dietrich
Designer and server-side engineer
John Bell
Telamon.js author and remote scripting contributor
Chirag Mehta
ThoughtMesh uses Mehta's Tagline software
/ ThoughtMesh" Tag Your Writing. Join the conversation / Jon Ippolito & Craig Dietrich / Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular / Volume 3 Issue 1, Fall 2007 /
White Papers
/ New Criteria for New Media / New Media Department, University of Maine / Promotion and Tenure Guidelines Addendum: Rationale for Redefined Criteria / Version 2.2, January 2007 /
ABSTRACT: An argument for redefining promotion and tenure criteria for faculty in new media departments of today's universities.
ThoughtMesh Author's Statement
ThoughtMesh Forum
Related Work
/ New Age Navigation: Innovative Information Interfaces for Electronic Journals / Gerry McKiernan / The Serials Librarian, Vol. 45(2) / 87-123 / 2003 / DOI: 10.1300/J123v45n02_06 /
ABSTRACT. While it is typical for electronic journals to offer conventional search features similar to those provided by electronic databases, a select number of e-journals have also made available higher-level access options as well. In this article, we review several novel technologies and implementations that creatively exploit the inherent potential of the digital environment to further facilitate use of e-collections.We conclude with speculation on the functionalities of a next-generation e-journal interface that are likely to emerge in the near future.


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Featured News - Current News - Archived News - News Categories
Proposal falls by almost 2-to-1 margin
by Joshua Maloni
As the Lewiston Civic Center referendum vote was revealed Monday night, a stoic Steve Reiter said it all.
"The public spoke. The public spoke," the Town of Lewiston supervisor said.
Despite his efforts to win over voters on the idea of a multimillion-dollar recreation facility, Lewiston and Sanborn residents rejected the idea by a nearly 2-to-1 margin at a special referendum. Those voting in favor of the town moving forward with the project numbered 673. Those in opposition to the idea totaled 1,312.
"I would say, unfortunately, I think there was pressure about cost and things like that that probably weren't portrayed as well as they could've been," Reiter said. "People were worried about expenses of the building and things of that nature, even though we had stated rationally how that would come from different sources; and utility costs, we could use our electric moniterization money (funding the town receives each month from the sale of hydropower). I just don't think that was portrayed as well as it could've been."
When asked if the project is now dead, Reiter said, "I would say it would be very difficult to regenerate the project with that kind of vote. It would be very difficult."
Ultimately, Reiter said voters were swayed by "fear of the unknown of the money. Fear of expenses.
"I can understand that. I can really understand that."
Almost 80 absentee ballots were cast, but did not play a factor in the final tally. A total of 10,698 registered voters were eligible to participate in the referendum.
The Civic Center would've been built on the Lewiston-Porter campus on Creek Road.
Look for Terry Duffy's full report in Saturday's Sentinel.


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More than 30 local fire department volunteers will shave their heads Sunday in solidarity with kids with cancer.
More than 30 local fire department volunteers will shave their heads Sunday in solidarity with kids with cancer.
The event is hosted by the Dingman Township Volunteer Fire Department and St. Baldrick's Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research.
Firefighters representing Delaware, Hemlock, Forest, Bushkill and Milford will also participate, according to Lt. Jordan Wisniewski of the Dingman Fire Department.
Spectators can get involved, too. For a minimum $20 donation, anyone may have his or her head shaved. Licensed barbers from At Last Salon on Route 739 will do the shaving.
The event happens from 1 to 5 p.m. at Failte Irish Pub, Route 739, Dingmans Ferry. Failte has arranged for a live band to play to add to the festivities.
T-shirts will be sold for $20 and wrist bands for $3 during the event, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit St. Baldrick's.
Worldwide, a child is diagnosed with cancer every three minutes, and one in five children diagnosed in the U.S. will not survive.
With only 4 percent of all federal cancer research funding dedicated to pediatric cancer research, St. Baldrick's Foundation supporters work to fund more research.
A Dingmans Ferry infant with leukemia inspired firefighters to bring this event to the area. If it is successful, it will become an annual event, Wisniewski said.
Since 2005, St. Baldrick's has awarded more than $103 million to support research, making the foundation the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants.
Funds awarded also enable hundreds of local institutions to participate in national pediatric cancer clinical trials.
For more information about the St. Baldrick's Foundation, call 1.888.899.BALD or visit StBaldricks.org.
Beth Brelje


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Wi-Fi EAPOL (Handshake) captur
Budget $30-250 USD
Dear all ,
what i need is following :
1- scan Wi-Fi networks and upload them to the spacific server
2- android app witch connect to server and shows the netwroks which was scanned
3- User choose one of the SSID to capture EAPOL
4- Android app uploads the selected SSID to the server
5- the scanner get the update from the server and start deauthenticate clients and capture hands
6- scanner upload the Handshake to the server.
the idea now is only to upload the handshake to server .... the most important , and the user can connect to scanner remotely ,
the solution is following , the freelancer can chose between these suggest way
1- an android app which do scan and user from GUI chose the network and grab the handshake and upload it to server
2- use esp8266 wifi chip to do scan and other esp8266 used to upload the data to server (the esp8266 will connect to wifi hotspot )
3- using raspberry pi wifi , which will have two wifi usb , one for scan and grab handshake and other for upload to server and receive command from android app ..
yes , there such aircrack for raspberry pi , you can use it but with remote command control (GUI) .
wait for you all , but please who paid in this project , should know the acknowledgment about this
12 freelance font une offre moyenne de $352 pour ce travail
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From getting hacked with a lawnmower blade by Billy Bob Thornton in the classic "Sling Blade" to once being described as Johnny Cash's favorite country singer, Kentucky-born country star Dwight Yoakam is versatile.
He's successful, too. The 56-year-old Yoakam has sold upwards of 25 million albums worldwide over his four-decade career. He didn't disappoint a packed house at The Florida Theatre March 5.
Yoakam blasted his hit "Honky Tonk Man," the song that introduced the singer to the masses, to an enthusiastic crowd. Yoakam's 1986 cover of the Johnny Horton original reached no. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, and its music video was the first country music video to ever play on MTV.
When Yoakam strutted his signature shuffle, he received bursts of applause from the crowd. He performed tunes from his early albums, "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc." (1986) and "Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room"(1988), to his newer albums, "Blame the Vain" (2005) and "3 Pears" (2012).
"Thank you all for listening to our new stuff and giving it a chance," Yoakam said. "We didn't ask you guys beforehand, so I guess you didn't have much of a choice, though."
Yoakam peppered the set with these quips and other funny anecdotes between songs.
"A Heart Like Mine", a single off of "3 Pears," was voted the 39th best song of 2012 by Rolling Stone -- and for good reason. The song is adventurous and it transcends genre, as Yoakam has done his entire career. It's catchy, offering a twangy steel-guitar riff during the verses, and drawn-out indie rock style chorus. The "hook" of the song sticks in your head for hours after you hear it.
Yoakam's lead guitarist, 39-year-old Gene Jaramillo, wore a rhinestone blazer and looked like a last-second fill-in Yoakam picked up from some punk-rock band. He didn't play like one, though. Jaramillo added incredible leads to Yoakam's classic and current songs, without overpowering them.
Yoakam couldn't finish the show without playing his 1986 single, "Guitars, Cadillacs." This B-side song turned smash hit peaked at no. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and is nothing short of a classic. You don't often hear deep lyrics like "Ain't no glamour in this tinsel land of lost and wasted lives; painful scars are all that's left of me" on the radio today.


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Mandatory Evacuation To Be Lifted Thursday Morning
UPDATE: August 7
Residents of Lawtell who were evacuated from their homes will be allowed to return home Thursday. Captain Megan Vizena with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office says the mandatory evacuation will be lifted August 8 at 8:00 a.m. Residents that are returning home will have to report to the Yambilee Building between the hours of 8:00AM and 7:00PM.
Cleanup at the site continues, but the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) says the most dangerous chemical on the train, vinyl chloride, did not leak and was removed Tuesday. Each household will be escorted home with a deputy and a member of DEQ. Once the DEQ member performs an air quality test of the residence, members of that household will be allowed in.
La. State Police say US 190 in the area will also open tomorrow except for a 1 mile stretch in the westbound lane near the crash site.
A townhall meeting is scheduled for Thursday night, addressing issues and concerns related to the train derailment. Representatives from St. Landry Parish Government, St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Department, the State of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, and Union Pacific Railroad will be in attendance. It'll be held at Holy Family Church on 283 Thibodeaux Street (cafeteria) in Lawtell. The meeting begins at 5:00 p.m.
UPDATE: August 6
The following areas are still under an evacuation order due to Sunday's train derailment in Lawtell:
915-1109 Acadiana Road
132-292 Desiree Road
10716-11276 Highway 90
The Yambilee Building in Opelousas will be open today from 1 pm-7pm. Residents who WILL BE allowed to return home must have proper documentation and identification, and must check in at the Yambilee Building before going back home.
Governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency due to the train derailment.
At least 101 houses have now been evacuated, separating about 40 families from their homes.
A company spokeswoman says one of the railcars was leaking sodium hydroxide, which can cause injuries or even death if it's inhaled or touches the skin. The other was leaking lube oil. But state police say the leaks were contained. There were two people on the train, an engineer and a conductor. They were not hurt. One person went to the hospital complaining of eye irritation.
That's according to La. Gov. Bobby Jindal who also says that as the site continues to be assessed, US 190 near the accident site in Lawtell is expected to be closed until sometime on Tuesday.
This information came out as Jindal flew into St. Landry Parish Sunday night to address the situation. The governor also says the residents will not be able to go back to their homes until after the damage has been assessed.
Governor Jindal said, "Our first responders have done a great job, working several hours in a row to ensure this derailment is handled as safely as possible. Obviously, everybody's first priority is the preservation of life and then secondly, property. The good news is that right now, there are no fatalities and no injuries. Again, I'd like to praise State Police, sheriff's deputies, first responders, DEQ, DOTD several other state agencies and local officials working together and running toward danger instead of away from it.
"We will remain on the ground and provide resources until this site is safe. We will hold those responsible for the event accountable and ensure they make it right for the people in this area."
Governor Jindal also provided an update on the train derailment. Fourteen of the 23 derailed cars contain regulated products. One car is leaking lubricant oil, and a second car is leaking a class 8 substance known as caustic soda. State Police and first responders are working on a plan to address a third car carrying a class 9 hazardous substance called Dodecanol. Workers on the ground are using dams and dikes to contain the leaking substances from these cars to prevent further offsite impact.
In addition, there are two cars containing vinyl chloride monomer, with one suffering serious damage to its outer jacket. Neither is leaking vinyl chloride, and Union Pacific contractors are damming off the area in order to further inspect these cars.
The evacuation is expected to remain in order for days, not weeks, and the State Police and Red Cross will soon be assisting evacuees with supported entries so they can retrieve pets, medications and other important items.
The American Red Cross is on scene at the Delta Grand (120 S. Market St., Opelousas, LA 70570) to assist evacuees. So far, 35 families have registered with the Red Cross and four have requested shelter. Union Pacific claims representatives are also en route to assist evacuees and cover expenses. Union Pacific has set up a hotline for more information: 877-877-2567.
There has been no concern from air monitors, and the derailment is not expected to shut down any rail service because of detours in place.
UPDATE: Captain Megan Vizena with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office says a 1 mile radius evacuation is being enforced by St. Landry Sheriff Deputies and La. State Police.
Captain Vizena also says there are now about 50 homes that have been evacuated. She says evacuees can receive more information at The Delta Grand Theater, 120 S. Market Street, Opelousas.
State Police say US 190 is closed in both directions in Lawtell after a train derailed, leaking hazardous materials.
According to our news partners at KATC, 26 cars have been confirmed to have been derailed, "one of which is a flammable liquid some of the cars are carrying corrosive material and flammable materials."
Authorities at the scene say traffic is being diverted from US 190 eastbound side to LA 103 and US 190 westbound is being diverted to LA 104 to LA 3043. One residence has been evacuated by Troopers, a home on the north side of the train tracks.


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I am now following you via Google Connect. I am bringing the Law of Attraction into my life as well. :)
Your welcome i hope you had an awesome Christmas and an amazing up coming new year
HI Tawna,
Thanks for checking out my blog. I am going to check out all yours today. Love your blogging philosophy! Yes... I love Utah.. and Tooele too. It was hard to get used to such a little town coming from the big Salt Lake, but we have loved it so far!
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Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Specials "1993" Hyacinth buys tickets for a holiday cruise on the Queen Elizabeth 2, looking forward to meeting a better class of person than one meets in such circumstances. Unknown to her, Onslow wins tickets for the same voyage.G
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Outnumbered "Christmas 2011" When granddad is taken seriously ill, he is planted in the hospital from hell, which is likely to disrupt everyone's holiday. Meanwhile, Sue's friend Jean is looking after the Brockman house with her ex-con boyfriend.G
10:00 pm
My Family "Bringing Up Janey" Janey is dating a new secret man and Susan dresses up for a working lunch with her best client James Garrett. Ben's suspicions and jealousy lead to mix-ups and break-ups.G
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My Hero "Guess Who's Coming to Lunch?" George Sunday has moved in with his new girlfriend, nurse Janet Dawkins. He tries to act normal when they dine with Janet's parents but he cannot resist helping to cook the chicken and heat soup with his breath.G
11:00 pm
Are You Being Served? "Christmas 1981" Staff members of Grace Brothers decide that the 90th birthday of old Mr. Grace calls for a special celebration. Their idea that a search of the Grace family tree to create a special coat of arms for the old gentleman produces astonishing results!G
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Candles & Carols For nearly 50 years, Anderson University's annual "Candles & Carols" event has ushered in the Christmas season at the Indiana liberal arts institution. Audience members return year after year to hear the familiar strains of "Silent Night" and other traditional Christmas hymns echo through the campus auditorium amid the glow of candlelight. The 2011 edition of CANDLES & CAROLS spotlights the professional-caliber talents of the more than 250 students from AU's School of Music, including the Chamber Orchestra and Chorale, the Men's Choir, the Women's Chorus, the Wind Ensemble and the Dance Ensemble. D


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Actor/activist Ted Danson steps up to help whales!
Recently, acclaimed actor and activist Ted Danson launched a petition to President Obama asking him to stop seismic airgun testing along the U.S. eastern coast. I had the pleasure of talking with Mr. Danson at length last year about his work advocating for the oceans, and I was deeply impressed by his sincere passion and the depth of his knowledge on the threats oceans and marine life face today.
This is a particularly crucial time for Mr. Danson to be showing leadership on this issue, as marine animals along the East Coast need your help right now. Seismic airguns are being tested offshore in an area that extends from Delaware all the way down to Florida.
Companies use these seismic airguns in order to locate oil and gas deep below the ocean floor, and the process generates a noise so loud it can harm and even kill marine life. The government estimates that testing will injure and possibly kill 138,000 whales and dolphins in the Atlantic, and would negatively impact millions more marine animals in this complex ecosystem.
The impact that seismic testing will have on marine animals will include hearing loss, disruption of mating and feeding, and habitat abandonment (which can lead to beach stranding and death). Included among the nine whale species in the Atlantic, is the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, with a population estimated at only 400-500 individual animals.
Here at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), we have a long history of working on the most critical threats to whales. We are working to end commercial whaling in Japan, Iceland and Norway.
We address threats to whales from ship strikes, and we work to reduce harmful man-made ocean noise – from sonar and ship noise to seismic exploration. We recently developed a Blueprint for Whale Conservation that highlights the threats to whales and what the US government can do to make the world safer for these magnificent animals.
With our robust agenda working to keep whales free from threat, IFAW, along with other animal welfare and wildlife conservation groups such as Oceana and Greenpeace, are supporting Mr. Danson's petition to keep seismic airgun testing from continuing to harm sea life off the East Coast.
In order to receive a formal response from the President, we need to generate 100,000 online petition signers by May 15. So please join Ted Danson, IFAW, and thousands of others by making your voice heard and signing the petition at the link: www.wh.gov/e8hu.


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Dale Thompson of Hilltop Angus Farm in Montgomery County, N.C., decided two years ago he wanted to grow strawberries. He knew cattle, but planting a half acre of berries on plastic-covered rows was a totally new venture.
He made it through the first year by trial and error and with help from friends. The second year, he discovered the benefits of working with a regional agronomist from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
"I wanted to have a small strawberry patch," Thompson said. "I've always loved strawberries, but you can't get fresh berries out here so I thought I'd grow my own. I talked to local farmers about it, and one of them helped me lay out plastic and set about 8,000 plants."
The first season Thompson sold berries on the honor system. People saw the sign, stopped and left money in a box on a table. One of those people happened to be Kent Messick, chief of the NCDA&CS Agronomic Division Field Services Section.
When Messick found out that Thompson was a new grower, he told him about the state's agronomic testing services, particularly plant tissue analysis. He showed Thompson how to collect a plant tissue sample and explained its usefulness in making a crop's fertilization program more precise. He also gave him the phone number of NCDA&CS regional agronomist David Dycus, who worked Thompson's area.
"I'm always on the lookout for any growers who aren't using NCDA&CS agronomic services," Messick said. "Our state provides several low-cost testing services that many other states don't, but what really sets us apart are our free on-site visits and troubleshooting assistance."
The following April, Thompson decided to give the service a try. He had noticed a dry, discolored area in the middle of his field. It was a slightly elevated area, and he suspected a problem with the watering system. He found the phone number Messick had given him and gave Dycus a call.
"Dycus came out to the farm, walked through the field and recognized the problem was spider mites," Thompson said. "I happened to be away from the farm at the time, but he called, explained the problem and discussed my treatment options."
"In my job, I focus on nutrient and nematode problems," Dycus said, "but my background is much broader so if I see a pest or disease problem, I usually recognize it. In this case, even though mites were the obvious issue, I felt it was a good idea to go ahead and collect a tissue sample to find out whether increased fertilization could help alleviate other problems."
After the field visit, Dycus and Thompson exchanged eight to 10 e-mails. They discussed land preparation and rotation, the possible need for fumigation, watering issues, fertilization, strawberry production techniques and the need to monitor nutrient levels and nematode populations. Based on results of the plant analysis report. Dycus recommended that Thompson put out Epsom salts to provide additional sulfur for the crop.
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The division has 13 regional agronomists, like Dycus, who can make on-site visits, evaluate suspected nutrient or nematode problems, and give advice on collecting agronomic samples, liming, fertilization, composting, irrigation and nematode management. To contact the agronomist assigned to your area, visit http://www.ncagr.gov/agronomi/rahome.htm.


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De Bruyne joined Chelsea from Genk in January 2012 and spent the first 18 months of his Blues career on loan, initially at Genk and then on a season-long deal at Werder Bremen.
Since being given an opportunity at Stamford Bridge, he has struggled to earn a first-team place and, with a World Cup looming, is looking to move.
The 22-year-old impressed in the Bundesliga and reports suggest personal terms have been agreed with Wolfsburg.
"He has a chance to go," Chelsea boss Mourinho said.
"We had two bids from two different clubs for Kevin. That's what the club is analysing.
"(A fee is) not agreed, but I believe that between our club and the other club we will reach an agreement. The interest is big from the club, even bigger from the player.
"He is a player that Chelsea Football Club had a couple of proposals (for). We keep analysing these proposals.
"One of them is coming into a level where we believe can be a good situation for the player and also for the club."
Mourinho has stated his wish to keep De Bruyne, but the player's desire is so strong that he will be allowed to leave.
Mourinho said: "We know he's a fantastic young player with lots of potential. I still say I would be happy to keep him and develop him.
"We also have to analyse the player's profile, the player's personality and probably he wants so much to go that maybe it's a good option to let him go in a very good deal for the club, by a financial point of view.
"The club bought him a couple of years ago for a small fee and now we have a possibility to sell him for a positive amount."
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Biofuels must be part of the solution to attaining energy security and in reducing potential for global climate change, says USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, Gale Buchanan.
Buchanan, who spearheaded efforts to create an international forum to consider sorghum as an integral part of the renewable fuels equation, opened the International Conference on Sorghum for Biofuels in Houston with an admonition for countries to work together to find solutions to a worldwide problem. Cooperation and collaboration among countries, he said, will "help solve one of the nation's and the world's most pressing problems — sustainable energy."
Buchanan's remarks were echoed by Liu Yanhua, vice minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology for the Peoples Republic of China, who said the United States and China face common challenges, but also have common opportunities to "develop bioenergy through collaboration. We encourage scientists to develop mutual understanding and to establish platforms for exchange of ideas and to share research and development," Yanhua said.
Buchanan and Yanhua signed an agreement pledging the United States and China to collaborate on biofuels research.
"There is a lot we can learn from the Chinese," Buchanan said. "And a number of other countries represented at this conference are in the same boat. We can all learn from each other because the world must become more energy secure."
He said the United States and China already collaborate on bioenergy and other agricultural research. "We're also working with Brazil," he said. He and others in government, academia and industry expressed hope that the conference would serve as a springboard for future cooperative efforts.
"Energy security is a major challenge and climate change is something else we need to be concerned about.
"We need to limit our reliance on petroleum and not have the world population be at the whim of the market.
"Renewable energy will be part of the solution and will help limit global climate change and reduce greenhouse gases. This also represents an opportunity for agriculture, forestry and rural communities."
Buchanan said corn is currently the number one fuel crop in the United States.
"Every part of the world grows something that will convert to biofuels. We have the means to empower farmers in the poorest countries and improve their quality of life."
Sorghum is "an all-purpose crop with a lot of possibilities." Some 12 percent of current U.S. grain sorghum production goes into biofuel production, but Buchanan said sweet sorghum may offer even more opportunity. "It's almost the perfect feedstock (for ethanol). It's drought tolerant, grows in 99 countries, and has a high energy output."
He said sweet sorghum offers both sugar and cellulosic potential. Through cooperative research with USDA and the Department of Energy, researchers are looking for better sweet sorghum hybrids with drought tolerance, pest resistance and low lignin content.
"The more we can work among agencies in our government, the better," Buchanan said. "Science is the key to making that happen and agriculture has the opportunity to make tremendous contributions to the planet."
Yanhua said in China a clean energy source and improved farmer incomes are important, but said balancing biofuel production with food production will be crucial. He agreed that science and technology will be keys to success.
"We must improve the utilization rate of biomass and develop crops that grow in less arable soils to prevent bioenergy from competing with grain for land."
Yanhua said Chinese goals for developing a renewable fuels industry include:
• Avoid using arable land.
• Avoid competing with grain.
• Avoid environmental disruption.
"Sweet sorghum will be a good option with many advantages. It will grow on less desirable land," he said.
"We have a opportunity to make a step forward to address one of the most pressing challenges in the world — energy security," said Mark Hussey, acting dean, AgriLife Texas A&M.
Making sorghum a leading feedstock for ethanol and other biofuels is a "logical part of the discussion on energy possibilities."
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Producers wondering what the profit and financing options are for certain 2009 crops can find out by attending either of two Texas AgriLife Extension Service crop profitability workshops set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 17 and March 5 at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock.
"Our objective is to provide producers the tools, data and skills to evaluate the potential profitability of alternative crops that are grown in the area or have the potential to be grown here," said Dr. Jackie Smith, AgriLife Extension economist at Lubbock.
"Each participant will get a printed copy of our presentations and selected crop budgets. They will also receive a CD with Excel crop budgets and break-even tables, reference files and a set of Internet links," Smith said. "This will help them use the Excel spreadsheet on their own computer."
Individual registration is $20 (by check) and includes lunch and refreshments.
The workshops are funded by a grant from the Texas State Cotton Support Committee.
"The grant enables us to develop a crop budget projection tool, conduct training workshops, keep the data updated, and then make the tool and information available to producers," Smith said. "The producers will go home with a spreadsheet that they can fine-tune using their own cost figures to make accurate comparisons of the profitability of cotton and sorghum, for example."
Smith said the comparison spreadsheet includes four cotton budgets and 17 other crop budgets that can be quickly evaluated with expected input costs and crop prices.
He said the Excel spreadsheet allows users to examine the impact of different crop-share rental arrangements on landlord and renter's net income.
Smith, along with AgriLife Extension risk management specialists Jay Yates and Jeff Pate at Lubbock, and marketing specialists Dr. John Robinson and Dr. Mark Welch, both from College Station, will conduct the workshops.
Other agenda topics will include: input price trends and projections for 2009; a farm bill update; and basis cash contracts and forward pricing tools using futures and options.
To register, contact Wendy Durrett at 806-746-6101. For more information, contact Smith or Yates at 806-746-6101.


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At home a few weeks ago, I noticed a small leak coming from the toilet in our guest bathroom. I'm not a plumber and had almost resigned myself to call one to repair the leak. Instead, I decided to see if I could find out how to repair it using the Internet. I "Googled" the words "leaking toilet," and eventually determined I needed to replace the wax ring. I also found step-by-step directions and even a couple of very helpful YouTube videos. Within minutes (after a trip to the hardware store to buy a new wax ring), I followed my newly found directions and cautiously removed the toilet, scraped off the old ring, replaced it with a new one and reinstalled the toilet. It worked … leak fixed!
Because I am comfortable with technology, I knew that the solution to my problem was out there somewhere. Our students — the new "digital natives" in our community — also have tremendous confidence in technology to provide them with answers to almost any question. In essence, the Internet provides them with access to learning 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
As part of the Sanford Vision, we are working diligently to prepare our city for a dynamic and hopeful future in a rapidly changing, global society. We are remodeling our educational system to provide our young people with the knowledge, skills and habits that will lead them to continue their education, secure employment, and make meaningful contributions to our community. Technology plays a vitally important role in this effort.
Last fall, Sanford High School's 9th and 10th graders received Apple iPads to provide them with ready access to a wealth of digital classroom texts and materials, as well as a multitude of Internet resources. Students carry the iPads from class to class and even take them home to work on homework or prepare for the next day's lesson.
This technology initiative is funded in part due to a generous grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and some local funding derived from savings on textbooks.
For some of our teachers, the iPads present a new challenge for teaching. How do they incorporate the resources on the Internet and engage their students in meaningful learning? With the help of our new technology integrator, Amanda Doyle, our teachers are starting to learn to use the iPads in the classroom.
Amanda's position is funded through the Nellie Mae Foundation. She is a former English teacher at SHS, and spends much of her time addressing the immediate technology needs of our teachers while troubleshooting software and hardware problems. She also leads a wide array of training seminars for the high school faculty. She even maintains a blog (shsti.blogspot.com) for teachers seeking technology resources, and has just started a blog for parents to use as a resource for managing technology at home.
It is exciting for me to see our teachers beginning to embrace and integrate the iPads into their classrooms. For example, in our physical education department, teacher Mike Bailey is using the iPad to track students' fitness goals and progress, thereby creating an electronic fitness portfolio for each student. Kendra Brown, another PE teacher, is developing a complete online health textbook for students to access anytime and anywhere. Math teachers Adam Soule and Jon Jacques are competing for "hits" on their new blogs, where they have created videos for the students to view anytime and anywhere. Students can now review class lessons or even get help solving math problems. Check out their blogs at mathisreallyfun.blogspot.com and mathisreallygreat.blogspot.com. As you can see, the addition of iPads into our school is expanding opportunities for student learning.
We are helping our students learn when it's appropriate and not appropriate to use the iPads, while also teaching them to discern the quality of websites and other digital resources. Their parents are also learning about this new technology by watching demonstrations on how the iPads can provide engaging and rigorous learning opportunities for our students.
Though technology is only one tool and will never replace the human interactions that are so essential to learning, it does serve as an important catalyst for realizing the Sanford Vision. For our students, technology will allow them ready access to learning at any time while helping them to stay better organized and track their progress. It will allow them to collaborate and communicate with their peers, their teachers, and the world. For our teachers, it is a powerful resource, a compelling way to engage students, and an efficient and creative way to collaborate with their peers. For our community, providing our young people with important 21st Century skills will benefit our economy and our quality of life in the years ahead. We are grateful to our community for supporting this move to incorporate more technology into our curriculum.


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Zupponn wrote:But what about ticking down turns like MFZ does? That way you can force your opponent to move once you have the objective and start ticking away, or start ticking and move in at the last minute to claim victory. An objective based game is going to just be a death match unless someone has a way to instantly claim victory.
Don't get me wrong, I love just about everything about MFZ's mechanics, and I refer to it a lot as an example of super tight game design that delivers on a very pure distilled experience. It's not the same experience that I'm trying to deliver with BrikWars though, so the mechanics that make MFZ so focused just make BrikWars feel cut off and handicapped.
Quantumsurfer wrote:Another option might be to have an objective grant a better way to shoot the shit out of your enemy.
The couple of times I've tried this, the players just ended up blowing up the objectives so that their opponents couldn't claim them.
I'm not saying any of these are bad ideas or not worthy of further investigation, I'm just saying I haven't found anything that really works when put to the test yet.


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Run For Your Life! It's Victoria Day!
The first time I was nearly killed, a Buzz Bee tore through the air straight at my face and forced me to dive into the soft Florida sand. The Buzz Bee followed suit, exploding right beside me. It was unexpected.
Buzz Bees had a plastic pair of "wings" clipped to them which enabled them to fly around. But I never foresaw it flying out over the Gulf of Mexico, turning 180 degrees and zooming straight back at my face.
You'd think I would have learned from that experience, but you'd be wrong. Every Victoria Day I haphazardly light off fireworks with friends, clad in minimal protection (read: t-shirt and jeans).
For the first time possibly ever, I read the warnings on the fireworks I purchased for Victoria Day 2013. And boy was I shocked. The warnings are absurd. In fact they're literally impossible to adhere to. So what are these warnings? I'll start with the 50-Shot Strobing Missile cake.
The strobing missiles state "Light fuse and stand clear 60 meters." That's right, 60 meters. That's just shy of 200 feet. The fuse is 5 seconds, give or take. Usain Bolt, are you reading my blog? Well, Mr. Bolt, how long does it take you to cover 200 feet? Please leave me a comment!
Next up is one of my fav's. It's small, but cool: The Hot Tamale. The Hot Tamale instructions tell spectators to stand clear 70 meters! That's 230 feet! In five seconds I can barely run the length of my driveway, let alone the ENTIRE width of my block!
And now for the best. The Cherry Bomb. A single shot, one big bang. Are you ready for this?
You must stand clear a whopping ONE HUNDRED METERS from the Cherry Bomb. Can you even begin to fathom that? Here, let me help you. Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, lights the fuse and starts sprinting. After five seconds the Cherry Bomb launches into the air. Usain has covered 50 meters - just. Twenty-six seconds later, nearly the entire length of a bad Pizza Pops commercial, Usain Bolt hits the safe point. The Cherry Bomb exploded 5 years ago, a new President was sworn in, and everyone's 11 year old daughter now has her driver's license.
It's Victoria Day! Run for your lives!
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Chelsea Handler Under Fire for 'Anti-Gay' Lindsey Graham Tweet
Comedian Chelsea Handler is coming under fire (by a select few) for a tweet she made about Republican Senator Lindsey Graham that some deem to be anti-gay.
Her tweet came in response to Graham's January 9 tweet, which was about his participation in a Trump administration meeting on immigration reform.
"Most fascinating meeting I've been involved with in twenty plus years in politics," he wrote. "I very much appreciate @POTUS @realDonaldTrump attitude, demeanor, and desire to get something done that will make our nation more secure - while being fair to the #Dreamers."
Handler wasn't having it and fired off her own tweet the next day.
"Holy, fuck fuck. I just the video of trumps bipartisan 'meeting' yesterday," she wrote. "Hey, @LindseyGrahamSC what kind of dick sucking video do they have on you for you 2 be acting like this? Wouldn't coming out be more honorable?"
Graham has long stood against LGBTQ equality, having defend the Defense of Marriage Act. Though rumors of being gay have plagued the South Carolina senator, he denied speculation in a 2010 New York Times article.
"Like maybe I'm having a clandestine affair with Ricky Martin," he said at the time. "I know it's really gonna upset a lot of gay men - I'm sure hundreds of 'em are gonna be jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge - but I ain't available. I ain't gay. Sorry."
For her part, Handler has been an LGBTQ rights supporter, having hosted the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in 2009.
After her tweet, Handler faced a backlash from mostly (ultra) conservatives, who felt the need to defend gay people and outlets, Entertainment Weekly points out.
Fox News, for instance, published a story with the headline "LGBTQ groups silent after Chelsea Handler's homophobic tweet to Lindsey Graham."
Find some of the Twitter responses to Handler's message below.
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