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"To me, politics is sort of the art or the science of managing all of the
diverse opinions and dynamics of public setting. Leadership is something that
transcends every walk of life. And whether it be professional, personal or
political, leadership is a characteristic or a trait that, well, transcends any
particular job description."Florida Senate President Tom Lee, 43, spoke
comfortably in his Brandon office. The room was a reflection of the man—clean
and down-to-earth, casual and comfortable, accessible and unassuming, cool and
calm—a place that seemed unfit, albeit pleasantly, for so many decisions that
affect 18 million souls. Lee's demeanor and attire provided the departure, both
vastly more colorful than the small white-walled room."I knew it was
important to have some interest in what was going on in my government from the
time I was a kid," he continued. "My father was involved politically, and I got
involved from a distance as a young adult. But in terms of actually getting
interested in becoming really active politically, as a private citizen much less
as a candidate, that didn't come until I was recruited to run for the Senate in
1995."A Rare LeapHe was not primed for the position or the run,
he said—at least, not in the traditional sense."I actually had what I
consider to be a fairly average person's perception of politics and politicians,
and didn't really migrate toward that realm of the world," the 1984 UT economics
grad said. "We were in the homebuilding business, so I knew what was going on in
government because of zoning issues and things like that, but I never had any
interest in being part of the process."Lee's immediate predecessor in
the district 10 seat, he was pleased to point out, was Malcolm Beard, former
sheriff of Hillsborough County and a fellow UT alumnus. When Beard announced his
retirement, business leaders began rallying around Lee, who had distinguished
himself in local business and civic circles, but still had expressed no interest
in the political realm. Typically, a state senator's career might begin
with a county commission seat, likely followed by a trip to the state House. But
in a rare leap, Lee went from the ground to an upper rung on the state's
political ladder. He had never held or sought state or local office on any
level, but easily won election in 1996 to Beard's seat, and with it, a seat in
the 40-chair upper chamber of the 160-seat state legislature. The machinations
of the whole process remain a bit of a mystery, even to Lee."I'm not
sure I'll ever completely know," he mused, "but from a variety of angles, people
recognized that the Senate seat was opening up … and approached me to consider
running for it. I got some encouragement from my father, who thought this would
be a good direction for me in my life. "Having had some success in
business, I got some encouragement from people involved in the (Brandon) Chamber
(of Commerce) and the community and places where I'd served civically—and
friends."At first, I was very, very reluctant. I thought it was just a
big change of direction in my life. But ultimately, I decided that I would run,"
he said, pausing with a thoughtful finger to his lips, "because I really did
love my community."His pause imparted a desire to override any hint of
cliché. This was to be no hollow aside, no standard, rubber-stamped blathering
of what the folks at home want to hear. Whatever down-to-earth language might
leave in danger of falling to home-base platitudes would be driven on by shear
sincerity."I mean, it was a great place. It had done so much for my
family, so much for me. I wanted to raise my kids here, and to me, it was a
great way to give a little something back, to re-invest in the community that
had done so much for me."Already involved in countless projects
civically and philanthropically (both topics that he quickly dismisses), Lee
obviously appealed to local powers.Profound Historical
MomentIt's been an extraordinary experience," he said of his senatorial
life, his face brightening from within, as it often does, as he mentally
composed his list."The people I've met…. The talented people, some of
them very brilliant…. The education in human psychology….. The dynamics of the
political process…. Testing myself as a small businessman stepping out of that
environment…. Some of the pressures of operating in a public setting, where all
your successes and failures are played out through the media…. They've all been
an extraordinary learning experience."What was the biggest adventure
yet? No pause necessary."The presidential recount in 2000."Lee
served as the rules chairman for John McKay, then state Senate
president."That was a surreal experience. We had television cameras,
radio, print media from all over the world converge on that capitol, and we were
pretty much at the center of a process that would ultimately determine who would
become President of the United States. It was, uh—a pretty neat experience. A
lot of pressure, and a couple trips over to the Supreme Court—I sat through
those oral arguments."Hearing Lee, a Republican, talk about the
experience was to know he relished it, pressure and all. He was understandably
(and cautiously) mum on the political ramifications of the outcome. Regardless,
the sense was that he relished the significance of the process itself, whatever
its outcome, and the stunning fact that, a mere half-decade after having had
nothing to do with the political arena, he was not only in it, but a key player
in an unprecedented and historic moment."I've had a chance to do a lot
of things," he continued with characteristic enthusiasm that quickly hid any
other event's also-ran status. "I've dined with some great people and fun people
and people I would never have had a chance to meet. Republican National
Conventions—I was an elector, I was a delegate to the national convention. I met
some really famous people."But overall," he said, unable to resist
returning to his favorite, "the most profound historical moment that I've had a
chance to live through was that recount."100 Nights a
YearAnswers come quickly to Lee, who ponders deeply but efficiently when
asked vague questions like what he likes most about being a state senator.
Confounded for only a moment, he replied with a momentum indicative of
inspiration, an answer dropped whole into his head. He frequently pauses during
sentences, but rarely between them."I recognized early on that the
answers that people get out of their government depend on who does the asking.
The ability to pick up the phone and help people in my community or in my
district somewhere get the best answer out of government they can get is a great
personal pleasure to me. And so, you know—helping people," he said, "helping
people," concluding the thought, then repeating it after a pause, almost
inaudibly, as if to relegate it to infinity.The Florida Legislature's
biggest star in recent years estimates that 50-100 calls a day reach his Brandon
office. Most, he said, are from political colleagues or business partners (he
maintains his position as vice president of Sabal Homes of Florida Inc.), but
many are from constituents."Oh, yes—yes, yes," he said. "Lots. We get
phone calls, everything from child protection and protective services issues, to
child support payments that aren't being made, to people who are in prison and
their families want to get them relocated to another prison so they can do
visits and things. I mean, you name it—everything under the sun."The
interview was interrupted briefly when an aid walked in and handed the senator a
paper that needed his immediate signature.After quickly signing the
document, he picked up the conversation again, acknowledging the inevitable
misdirected calls."Sometimes," he said, "people call us when they should
have called their county commissioner or whatever, but usually, if they call us
in error, we can tell them where they need to call." There is no rolling
of the eyes or other gesture imparting the slightest annoyance at the
fact.If there's a downside to being a state senator, Lee was
hard-pressed to find it, and resorted to listing aloud far more positives than
negatives."I'm not sure I'd call it a downside," he said. "I enjoy the
policy. I enjoy the leadership elements of it. I enjoy the consensus-building. I
enjoy the debate and the battle of public policy that results in some
accomplishment. I'm not much for the marketing and the sizzle, the
self-promotion."The other thing that I would say is really challenging,"
he added, still eschewing any negative tag, "is its demands on your time. If you
want to maintain some balance in your life, which I think is really
critical—whether it be parenting or professional interests, which I've been
involved with in my family's homebuilding business since I left college in
'84—you've really got to become a great manager of time. "At some point,
you're supposed to leave this business and go back to where you came from—in my
case, the homebuilding business—and I'd like to have something to come back
to."Those time demands include considerable out-of-town and travel time.
The Legislature's annual regular session typically runs from March through May,
and Lee said he spends about two weeks a month October through February getting
ready for the session. Numerous special sessions also have been called during
Lee's tenure. In all, Lee estimates that he spends about 100 nights a year away
from home.Like any job, serving as a legislator has its humorous
moments, as well as its embarrassing ones. Lee remembers one incident (of course
it was in his first year) that fit both descriptions. He and two other
senators were in the president's conference room pulling a late-nighter when the
trio decided a pot of coffee would be a good idea. They filled the coffee maker
with water, not realizing that it had been set up for automatic water supply
from the sink.The result?"We turned around and the whole
conference room flooded. There was a big story in a newspaper somewhere about
it. It was a 'how many senators does it take to make a pot of coffee' kind of
thing."Huge Bright LightWhen he isn't legislating, the
Legislature's top gun likes talking sports. In fact, Lee is a golf enthusiast,
and attended UT on an athletic and academic scholarship. Specifically, golf
provided the athletic side of the equation. In those days, he had typical
collegiate aspirations of big-time success. "I think everyone who gets
active in collegiate sports has the thought of taking it, uh, to the ultimate
level and, uh, the fame and glamour associated with that."I like to
think I was too smart for that, because I grew up in this area, and I watched
guys come through the golfing ranks as juniors and amateurs and collegiate
players, and get into more competitive situations, and really spend much of
their adult life trying to master a sport, only to never really quite be able to
elevate their game to a level where they could make any significant living out
of it."And I just thought the risk/reward was way out of kilter for me.
I think, as I look back on it, I mean, I've had a lot of success in my life,
that I draw from my experiences as a golfer, because there's so many great
things about the game that teach you how to manage your emotions and what have
you in different settings. But I never really, over a long period of time,
seriously entertained the thought of playing professional golf."As
clearly as he relishes talking about his favorite sport, though, it's the
reality of his place in society that dictates most of Lee's social
encounters."Depending on the setting, you like to talk about memories,
etc., that connect you with those people. But people ask a lot, when I'm in
settings where people don't know me real well, but they know of me—they tend to
be fairly inquisitive about what it's like to be in politics."And
everybody has an issue. Regardless of what you do, government touches your life
somewhere, or you've had an experience somewhere with something, and people want
to talk about it. They want your views on it—they want some advice."It's
probably kind of like being a doctor, and every time you go someplace, someone's
asking you, 'You know, I've got this little thing on my finger—it doesn't feel
right,' and you're supposed to have some answer to it."But that, too,
Lee said, is part of the political territory, and doesn't become
tiresome—usually."Every now and then, someone really doesn't like your
answer, or they get wanting to probe so deep into something that…." He allowed
the thought to trail off into oblivion, then redesigned and resurrected it a
moment later."Sometimes, as an elected official," the architect of
public policy continued after making his adjustments and re-sharpening his
cerebral pencil, "you're very knowledgeable about a lot of things, but sometimes
you're sort of a mile wide and an inch deep on certain subjects, because the
nature of the process is that, when an issue is before the Legislature, there's
this huge bright light shined on it."All of the intellect of the process
is brought to bear on this one issue. You get all the facts distilled out of
something fairly quick, so, the process works in such a way that not everyone's
running around an expert on everything. They're able to assimilate the
information when the moment is appropriate."A lot of people run around
that are experts on all kinds of things, and sometimes they expect you to be a
little bit more of an expert than is really realistic."His golf game has
been relegated to charity events and party fundraisers, he said, but he still
tries to enjoy his favorite sport for its own sake once in a while."Once
a quarter, I try to get with my buddies that I used to hang out with, and some
contemporaries of mine that are still in business here locally, and they go try
to play golf once a month. And every quarter, I try to catch up with them, and
that's really nice," he said with all sincerity, using "quarter" the way most
people would use "month" or "week," and using it so casually as to make it clear
that he's accustomed to squeezing it into a minimum unit of measure.He
described those four-times-a-year golf buddies as "people you can just feel
totally relaxed around. You don't have to, you know, worry about being on stage
at all, just go be yourself, and they like you for who you are, whether you're
successful or not."He even forgoes the tie, he quipped, but after a
quick laugh, steered even that moment back from any fanciful world of who Tom
Lee is to the practical world of who he needs to be."I didn't come out
of some political charm school," the mentally tie-less Lee continued. "I really
didn't do anything to prepare myself to be in public life. I am what I am;
people make mistakes; none of us are perfect; I never really spent a lot of time
trying to pretend that I didn't have my shortcomings, whatever those might be.
"They know that about me," he said, presumably steering back to that
non-pressurized place where friends and leisure lay, the quarterly place where
public opinion, editorials, bills, speechmaking and the tie of the day don't
even compute."When you have an image and you have a presence, and
there's an expectation, particularly if you rise to the position of presiding
officer, some of it really is a stage," he concluded."Some of it really
is a voice and a dress code and a way of conducting and carrying yourself that
you do because you know there's a certain expectation to fit into the role of a
reporter or photographer or what have you, or a Senate president that is not
necessarily who I am —it's just what I do."The First Since
HooverTom Lee describes his position as president of the Florida Senate
as "pretty much soup to nuts. I mean, you run the institution—all the employees,
every piece of legislation that goes out of there has to be signed by the
president of the Senate and the speaker of the House. There just isn't anything
that goes on around there that we're not ultimately responsible for, directly or
through delegation of authority."The signature is a constitutional
responsibility, Lee explained. The Senate president and House speaker must sign
bills that leave their respective chambers. Those signatures do not make them
law—only the governor's signature can do that—but are constitutionally mandated
for passage of the legislation. The rest is accepted protocol."A bill
does not get to the floor of the Senate without the support of the president, or
at least, the willingness of the president to support someone else who wants it
to get to the floor. It's really a lot of responsibility—a lot of power and a
lot of authority to be given one person."It is his or her peers who give
that power and authority to that one person. It is unusual, to say the least,
that a senator with as relatively little seniority as Lee would be voted to the
chamber's highest office.But much more unusual is a senator from
Hillsborough County being tapped to run the show. In fact, Herbert Hoover was
President of the United States and America was in the impoverishing grip of the
Great Depression when Patrick C. Whitaker led the body in 1931, the last time a
Hillsborough legislator held the position until Lee took the gavel in 2004.
(Louis de la Parte was picked in 1974, but because of redistricting
complications, never presided.)And if you think the distinction is
limited to minions of the party line, think again. Lee publicly criticized Gov.
Jeb Bush in 2003, shortly before he was chosen to assume the Senate leadership,
accusing the governor of sugar-coating what Lee said could be a bitter financial
pill for the Sunshine State. When he assumed leadership, he made it clear that
"this is a bipartisan Senate."Lee's business acumen was apparent when he
warned fellow legislators from the Senate floor that "the day of reckoning is
coming" as he pushed for a plan to better manage the state budget.A
Bizarre StatisticThe one thing that links Tom Lee's usually disparate
worlds is travel. His Web page on the Florida Senate site lists it along with
golf as the senator's "recreation," but the senator himself said travel is much
more than that."Unfortunately for me, doing what I'm doing, my travel
opportunities are shorter, but I get a chance to mix business and pleasure and
politics and fundraising and pleasure a lot," he said.He offered as
example the previous weekend, when he was picked up and driven to the airport,
flown up to Daytona Beach, and whisked into a prime box seat for the Pepsi 400.
Later in July, he said, he would travel to a fundraiser in New York City, where
he would watch the Yankees play from George Steinbrenner's box. (He'd bring his
kids with him on that one, he said.)"But I don't do the week and 10-day
things anymore," he said. "It's just really hard to get away for that length of
time."His favorite destinations are the Big Apple and California,
especially the wine country, Pebble Beach and Carmel."I've never been to
Hawaii," he remarked, "and I've actually never been to Key West, something
that's sort of a bizarre statistic that most people are stunned to hear. It's
not that I didn't have a lot of opportunities," he said, lamenting the missed
chances before his election to the Senate. Since then, he said, "It just never
once lined up with my schedule."For more information, contact the Office
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European shares were steady on Friday, hovering around five-year highs hit in the previous session, with the expiry of September derivatives contracts keeping trade brisk though choppy.
The surge in demand for riskier assets seen after the U.S. Federal Reserve's shock decision to postpone the withdrawal of monetary stimulus was fading, however, as investors took stock of their positions and locked in some gains.
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"Investors are now worrying about the lack of potential positive catalysts going forward," said Guillaume Dumans, co-head of research firm 2Bremans. "If you add to that today's 'quadruple witching' derivative contract expiry, there's quite a bit of tension."
Investors are expected to have little appetite to roll over positions into October and November contracts.
Shares in Adidas were among the biggest losers across Europe, dropping 4.4 percent after the German sports apparel maker warned on its 2013 profit outlook.
Germany's No. 2 utility RWE AG also sank 3.5 percent after it slashed its dividend.
At 0930 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares was down 0.04 percent at 1,265.47 points after hitting its highest level since mid-2008 in the previous session. It was on track for a third straight week of gains.
The euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index was down 0.1 percent at 2,934.11 points.
The Fed's quantitative easing programme has been a major factor behind the global equity market rally of the past year, which has propelled European shares to valuations versus future earnings not seen in nearly four years. That suggests the move higher has been more about excess capital in the financial markets than underlying company profit growth.
The STOXX Europe 600 index trades at 13 times 12-month forward earnings, a level not seen since November 2009, according to Thomson Reuters Datastream. The index also trades at 1.69 times book value, the highest price-to-book ratio since early 2011.
Data shows that analysts continue to cut earnings forecast for European companies, however, with the earnings momentum for the STOXX 600 companies at -1.6 percent.
"Current valuations, which are close to our end-of-year targets for the main European markets, argue for a selective approach to risk taking," Natixis strategists wrote.
They recommend focusing on the sectors which offer the best prospect for earnings growth, including the oil services, banking, auto, technology and media sectors.
"We are convinced that equity markets have entered a phase of resynchronisation with fundamentals. In this context, after exhausting the bulk of the normalisation potential for the risk premium, it becomes necessary to look at growth prospects."
Around Europe, UK's FTSE 100 index was up 0.03 percent, Germany's DAX index down 0.04 percent, and France's CAC 40 down 0.02 percent.
Despite concerns the market might have got ahead of itself, investment flow data shows brisk appetite for European stocks.
Flows into European equities from U.S.-based funds accelerated in the week ended Sept. 18 according to Lipper data, with the region's stocks enjoying their third-biggest weekly net inflows since Lipper started to track the data in 1992.
A Lipper poll of U.S.-based funds invested in European equities, which include exchange-traded funds' (ETFs) holdings, shows the funds added a net $968 million in the week, a 12th straight week of net inflows from U.S. investors.
The three biggest weekly inflows into European equities recorded by Lipper in the past 21 years have all happened in the past four months, with $1.17 billion of net inflows in the week ended June 12 and $1.08 billion in the week ended August 21.

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The Dodgers' veterans are happily accepting the trade-off, but as Yasiel Puig's legend continues to grow so does their responsibility.
Whether it's his youth, lack of knowledge or "swag," Jerry Hairston Jr.'s preferred terminology, Puig's behavior is creating increasing friction around the league. In six weeks in the major leagues his aggressive style has certainly drawn the ire of opponents and perhaps created some tension in the Dodgers' own clubhouse. The media hasn't been shy with its mounting criticism of the 22-year-old Cuban rookie, whose baseball etiquette has come into question recently.
Who is often left to shoulder the responsibility for steering Puig in the right direction? Veteran players like Adrian Gonzalez, Juan Uribe and Hairston.
"I think his success, his attention, for some people, especially on other teams, it may rub them the wrong way or they might be a little jealous," Hairston said. "Obviously he's a little exuberant. I don't mind players that have some swag to them, you know, have confidence. You have to have that in this game, but at the end of the day you want to make sure he plays the game the right way and we take on some responsibility for that."
The responsibility is not only to guide Puig, but to defend his actions when the growing scrutiny is unwarranted.
Uribe engaged in a spirited discussion with Pedro Gomez before Thursday's game following the ESPN reporter's less than flattering piece on Puig's interaction, or lack thereof, with former Arizona Diamondbacks great Luis Gonzalez earlier this week, among a list of other things.
The 34-year-old third baseman, a Dominican Republic native whose interaction with Puig isn't hindered by the language barrier, has also said plenty to Puig.
"I try to tell him the right things about the game," Uribe said. "And he's a good person. He listens to me. He listens to everybody."
Colorado's Dexter Fowler's first-inning steal Friday night was the first on catcher A.J. Ellis sine July 3.
Ellis has thrown out 54 percent of runners attempting to steal this season, the best percentage in baseball of anyone with at least 20 attempts. Ellis has allowed 17 stolen bases and thrown out 20 would-be base stealers.
Tim Federowicz ranks just behind Ellis, having thrown out 53.8 percent of runners attempting to steal, but the Dodgers backup catcher has thrown out just seven runners this season.
The deadline for major-league teams to sign the amateur players they drafted in June has come and gone. The Dodgers signed 28 of their 40 draft picks, including the first 12.
The highest Dodger draft pick not to sign was 13th-rounder Ty Damron, a Texas high schooler who has committed to Texas Tech University.
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Outfielder Carl Crawford was a late scratch from the lineup with back stiffness… Ted Lilly, out with a strained neck, was "pretty good," according to Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, on Friday when throwing a second 25-pitch simulated game.


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Niagara University has launched a free mobile application to help iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices connect to campus from anywhere in the world.
The app is currently available for download in the Apple iTunes Store and the Google Play Store (Android Market), and can be accessed by visiting www.niagara.edu/app.
App users can get mobile access to news, events, scores, social media channels, admissions information, academic programs, course listings, an employee directory, library catalogs, dining hall hours, and much more. Users can even listen live to WNIA, the campus radio station, and play the Niagara battle song directly from their mobile devices.
"The new app is an exciting way for future and current students, alumni and friends of Niagara University to stay abreast of the remarkable things happening on our campus," said Tom Burns, associate vice president for public relations, communications and marketing. "This app also provides unique tools for families considering Niagara as a college option. Our intention is to continually update this new communication tool with fresh and relevant content and compelling new features."
Parents and prospective students will find information on counselors, applying to Niagara, and an interactive map that includes a brief video overview and photo library of every academic building on campus.
"We want our growing number of prospective students and parents who have smartphones to have a tool in their hands to get to know Niagara better," said Dr. Kevin Hearn, vice president for student affairs and interim dean of enrollment management. "This app will certainly not replace the personal nature of the counselor-to-student interaction, but it will make our information more accessible and enhance the experience of a college-searching family."
Niagara graduates can find information on alumni events, submit a class note and make a gift to the university, all via their mobile devices.
"Our alumni are going to be extremely excited about having this type of connectivity to the university," added Christine O'Hara, Class of 1988, M.S.Ed.'06, executive director of alumni engagement. "Aside from the alumni-specific features, I know having all of the campus news and sporting event schedules in one spot will be very appealing to those who love to keep in touch with their alma mater."
The mobile application was designed by Matt Villnave, '02, assistant director of information technology, and coordinated by Michael Freedman, associate director of public relations and manager of online content. By developing the app in-house, Villnave estimates the university saved tens of thousands of dollars in initiation costs and annual fees.
"We are constantly seeking ways to optimize our resources, and my inclination was that we could develop a higher-quality mobile application - one that can be updated by our public relations office in real-time - and utilize our monetary resources elsewhere," Villnave said.
Matthew Nadler, president of the Niagara University Student Government Association, also played a significant role in the mobile application's development. Over the past few months, he assembled focus groups to meet with Freedman and Villnave so that they could most effectively gauge student interest.
Several new ideas arose from these meetings, such as including meal plan balances, polls and club information, and adding a feature called "Share Your NU," which allows users to submit their own photos for possible use in university marketing materials and on social media sites.
"I'm very pleased that the university continues to put such an emphasis on involving students in the development and implementation process," said Nadler, a senior from New Rochelle. "I know that we are quite confident that the app was improved due to our input, and we believe that the university community will find it to be very helpful."
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The No. 4 Nebraska volleyball team (16-2, 8-1) made quick work of Iowa on Wednesday night, sweeping the Hawkeyes 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-9) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. After grinding out a first-set win, the Huskers won the final two sets by more than 10 points with the help of a season-high seven service aces.
Gina Mancuso led the Huskers on the night with 12 kills and .300 hitting percentage, as Morgan Broekhuis recorded 10 kills, behind a .375 hitting percentage and added five block assists. Lauren Cook notched 35 assists and Hannah Werth led the Huskers defensively with 16 digs, while Lara Dykstra had 14. Hayley Thramer led the Nebraska block with six total, along with six kills on the night.
The Huskers hit .316 in the match, while Iowa was held to a .094 hitting percentage. Nebraska out-blocked the Hawkeyes 10-5 and out-dug Iowa 50-40.
The Huskers took a 5-4 lead in the first set on a kill by Thramer, but the Hawkeyes edged ahead as they went up 10-8 and forced Nebraska to use a timeout. A kill by Werth made it 17-14, Iowa, but the Hawkeyes increased their lead to 19-14 as the Huskers used another timeout. NU went on a 4-0 run with the help of a double-stuff block by Mancuso and Allison McNeal and a service ace by Paige Hubl to tie the set at 20-20. A kill by Mancuso and a pair of errors by the Hawkeyes gave NU a 23-21 lead, as part of a 9-1 run for the Huskers. Nebraska went on to take the first set 25-22.
Mancuso led NU in the first set with five kills, while Werth notched three and Cook tabbed 10 assists. The Huskers hit .143 in the set, while Iowa hit .170. Both teams had two team blocks.
The Huskers went up 7-3 in the first set on a kill by Werth, while a kill from Broekhuis gave NU an 11-6 lead. A service ace from Dykstra put NU ahead 15-8, as Iowa called a timeout. A 6-0 run by the Huskers, which included a block from Haggerty and Werth and an ace from Broekhuis, put NU up 21-9. Mancuso then gave Nebraska a 23-12 advantage; while the Huskers went on to win the second set 25-14.
Mancuso posted five kills in the second set, while Broekhuis, Thramer and Werth all had three. Cook notched 14 assists, guiding NU to a .483 hitting percentage. The Hawkeyes notched a .179 hitting percentage and were out-blocked by NU 3-1.
The Huskers' sixth ace of the match, this time by Cook, gave Nebraska a 2-0 lead to open the third set. A kill by Werth made it 7-2, NU, while a kill from Mancuso put Nebraska up 15-8. Back-to-back kills from Broekhuis and a huge block from Thramer gave the Huskers a 21-8 lead, as the Huskers posted a 25-9 third-set win.
Broekhuis recorded six kills in the third set, while Werth had three. Cook tabbed 11 assists, guiding the Huskers to a .407 hitting percentage. Iowa was held to a -.097 hitting percentage for the set.
Nebraska will turn around to travel to Illinois for a showdown with the Fighting Illini on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. in a match televised live on ESPN2.


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Doesn't everyone wish he could fence?.....It is violence refined into beauty, it has associations with love, honor and suicidal pride. We think of great fencers-unlike great footballers or junk-bond salesman-as superior beings: air and fire, rather than earth and water. We think of Cyrano, Zorro and the Three Musketeers.
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Alabama lawmakers approved a bill late Tuesday night to tighten requirements on abortion clinics in the state, joining a group of Southern and Western states that have already passed similar regulatory legislation this year.
After sailing through the Senate earlier in the evening, the Women's Health and Safety Act passed the House along largely partisan lines just before midnight. The law includes a provision requiring all doctors performing abortions in the state have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and it adds new building requirements for facilities that host the procedure.
Supporters say the bill is not designed to restrict abortions, but rather to make them safer.
"If an abortion clinic is truly dedicated to providing adequate care, ensuring dependable safeguards, and putting patients' needs before profits, it will embrace this legislation rather than oppose it," said the bill's sponsor, state Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R), in a statement. "I am proud that the state of Alabama is daring to defend the right to life."
But opponents say that the bill is a backdoor attempt to run Alabama's four abortion clinics out of business. Most rely on out-of-state doctors to perform abortions, which would run afoul of the new admitting-privileges provision. And the majority of the clinics are not in line with the new building codes – requiring, among other things, doors and hallways wide enough to transport patients on gurneys – according to the state Department of Public Health, the Associated Press reports.
"You are not telling your constituents the real truth – that you are trying to close these clinics so there will be no abortions in Alabama," said Sen. Harri Anne Smith, an independent, during debate of the bill, according to the AP.
The Alabama legislation, which is expected to be signed into law by Republican Gov. Robert Bentley, mirrors a 2012 Mississippi law that threatens to shutter that state's only abortion clinic. That law is currently being challenged in court.
Meanwhile, the Kansas Senate approved a law Monday that defines human life as beginning at conception and prohibits any direct or indirect state support for abortions. The law would also prohibit any employees or volunteers of organizations that provide abortions – including Planned Parenthood – "from providing any information on human sexuality to students in public schools," reports the Kansas City Star.
Alabama and Kansas join Arkansas and North Dakota among states that have already tried to dial back abortion access in 2013. In early March, Arkansas passed what was described as America's toughest restrictions on abortion, a law making almost all abortions after 12 weeks illegal.
But the state didn't hold that title for long. Later that month, North Dakota's lawmakers approved a ban on most abortions after six weeks – the point at which a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) said that the law may not be constitutional, but called it a legitimate attempt by the state government to probe the boundaries of Roe v. Wade, Reuters reports.
North Dakota's law also has a provision requiring a local doctor. And as in Mississippi, it threatens the existence of the single operational abortion facility in the state. The Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo, N.D., has promised to challenge the law in court, according to Reuters.
Legal challenges are also expected to the Arkansas legislation.
Alabama's new bill passed over the chorus of 200 protesters who gathered outside the statehouse Tuesday. Planned Parenthood executive Nikema Williams told Alabama.com that if the governor signed the bill, she expected one of the state's clinics would proceed with a legal challenge.
The number of abortion providers in Alabama has dwindled in recent years, falling from 13 in 2005 to eight in 2008 and four in 2012, according to Reuters.


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- Really, Princess Myzrael? You were trapped in there by giants and now you want to be freed? You think I free captured Princesses every day? You are going to pay me for setting you free, right? I didn't think so.
- Listen, you dumb Great Plains Creepers; I'm here for your Spider's Silk. I have sisters who need your silk for … boots. And capes. We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Drop. Your. Silk.
- League of Arathor! I have a personal question for you. You have like 350 people wandering around in a … gully, for lack of a better term. But there are like 2 tents. Where does everyone sleep?
- Hey, Prince Nazjak! Thanks for dropping that sweet Tidal Charm, it was my first trinket, like, ever. Pity I had no idea how to use it. Dumb trinket.
- Stromgarde! Oh, you mighty fortress! I hope you don't mind that I took that Mageweave Bandage recipe and sold the rights to it on the open market. Now, everyone can learn it, and I'm rich. Good luck getting your fortress back!
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Freaking spider's silk. I don't even want to know how many of those freaking spiders I've killed in my day.Here's an addition for you though:6. Goldthorn… I thought this was supposed to be the go-to place for that stinking weed. WHERE'S THE GOLDTHORN!?!?
I made a lot of money off Spider's Silk – buying low from those foolish enough to list it less than 5g, making it into Robes of Arcana, selling it to desperate Warlocks for 35g. That pattern FINALLY paid for itself.Also: Goldthorn is a lie.
I made some gold on the Robes and the 5 patterns I farmed for them, but I don't think any of it was worth the time investment to get/make them. I did make some decent gold off of selling the spider's silk itself there for a while, before the drop rate went down even further and demand was still reasonably high.Thankfully, the days of farming the spider's silk are pretty well over and done with thanks to heirlooms and quest rewards. Sadly, the days of farming spider's silk are pretty well over and done with thanks to heirlooms and quest rewards.
Not only are there wandering spiders, they have wandering raptors. They have wandering raptors and they all sleep in tents? Maybe they've discovered that raptors have a fear of going down steep slopes and that's better than a palisade (like Hammerfall). I suppose that explains the slopes at Goshek Farm and Northfold, too.
OMG THE RAPTORS. I can see it now. "If we just hide in this ditch, you see, the Raptors will be unable to get down the hill.""What if they come down the road?"


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ELON � In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and after reading too many disaster horror stories in the newspaper this year, one retirement community owner decided to create an emergency shelter that would benefit his residents and the rest of the area.
John Ketcham, owner of the Blakey Hall Assisted Living community, met with local disaster management leaders Tuesday to discuss the feasibility of establishing an emergency shelter at Elon Community Church.
Ketcham said he�s been thinking about how the weather patterns have changed over the year and said, �I was really disturbed this spring.� Ketcham knew that if a disaster took out Blakey Hall, the residents would need somewhere to evacuate.
�We need to have first claim on it,� he said of the shelter, but otherwise it could be made available to the rest of the community.
Ketcham said Elon Community Church has already agreed to let Blakey Hall residents hunker down in its new parish house, if need be, and Ketcham is purchasing cots to store there for use during an emergency.
However, as representatives from the American Red Cross in Alamance and Caswell counties, the N.C. Division of Social Services and Hospice & Palliative Care Center of Alamance-Caswell explained, Ketcham�s shelter will need more than cots.
Peter Barcus, executive director of Hospice, said those living in the 22-room care facility would need more attention than a regular emergency shelter could provide.
�For us in terms of evacuation � we�d have to get to a hospital, maybe a skilled nursing facility,� he said. �It�s a very compromised population.�
However, Barcus said, Hospice patients who are treated at home would be able to evacuate to shelters like the one Ketcham is hoping to establish.
Shelia Porterfield, with the state Division of Social Services, said, �The health department staffs with DSS � We supply the people to work in the shelters,� whenever emergency shelters have been established.
�And of course the nurses from the health department come in,� to evaluate people if necessary, said Porterfield. She said if Ketcham�s residents use oxygen, he�d need to invest in a generator.
Robbie Shatterly, emergency services specialist with the American Red Cross, Heart of Carolina Region, said whether or not a facility has a generator is one of the elements considered when opening a shelter.
He explained that before a shelter is ever officially opened after a disaster, the Red Cross has on-hand shelter agreements from locations agreeing to house evacuees. Shatterly said the local Red Cross has about 15 to 20 shelter agreements in Alamance County, and where a shelter opens depends on a number of factors.
Shatterly said shelters are opened �just outside of an impacted area,� and not directly in the disaster�s midst, yet close enough for people to reach. He said the type of disaster also dictates where a shelter opens � or if a generator is necessary.
The highest reason for setting up emergency shelters are tornadoes, Shatterly said, but transportation emergencies shouldn�t be discounted. For example, if a train carrying a hazardous product derailed, it could be a large-scale emergency, forcing evacuations.


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- Tell us your name: Patrick Evans
- What is your position here at Performance and can you briefly sum up your job? Staff Accountant – I do what Ken and Mary tell me. Just kidding, (not really) I handle various aspects of corporate accounting including travel expenses, PBS direct receivables, credit cards, inventory adjustments, etc.
- How long have you been working here?
3 yrs
- What (if any) other positions have you held here at Performance?
In 2006 I started in the technical support dept and stayed there for a year, after a year I left and started working for another company. Fortunately, I was hired back after my 5 month hiatus into the accounting dept as an accounting clerk. After spending a year as a clerk I was promoted to Staff Accountant.
- What bike(s) do you ride?
I have a Santa Cruz Nomad, Intense Fenix and GT Peace singlespeed.
- Where would you ride if you could ride anywhere? BC – Whistler, Vancouver and surrounding areas.
- What hobbies/interests do you enjoy other than cycling?
Motorcycles, Skiing, Hiking, Music
- What one question would you like me to ask the next person? Where is Turtis bike wash located?
Question from Krishna: Have you seen my purple pen?
Patrick: I saw G-Money with it


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Swords replace phones
The Robin Hood promotional campaign begins. This is Russell Crowe in Spain today in remarkably good spirits – for him – at the photo call posing with a sword. Gimmicky but since he's ordinarily such a truculent motherf-cker but it's a refreshing side of him that we could stand to see more often. Besides, he's in sell mode. And there is a lot of money riding on Robin Hood to say nothing of the notion that Russell Crowe might not be The Russell Crowe anymore. Which is why there's a war weapon back in his hand instead of a telephone.
Remember when he clubbed a hotel clerk with a phone because he couldn't reach his wife?
Dude. He CLUBBED a bitch with a phone!
He also threatened to kill a producer – allegedly – with his bare hands once on the set of Gladiator. This according to a new book about Dreamworks The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies and a Company called DreamWorks. The producer was supposedly cheap and wasn't paying his assistants a fair wage.
Russell also apparently wasn't crazy about this famous line in Gladiator:
"And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
He thought it was over the top. He wasn't down with the dramz but ended up doing it anyway because in his words:
"It was sh-t, but I'm the greatest actor in the world and I can make even sh-t sound good."
Crowe denies the claims. And he denied them... on Twitter!
Russell Crowe is on Twitter... I think. Click here to see. It is indeed a new Hollywood.
To read the full article about Dreamworks click here.
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HCC is a lifetime educational resource. Check out our current Adult Education and Community Education classes in subjects as diverse as watercolor painting, ASSET test preparation, strength training, plumbing, and computing for seniors.


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Buoyed by a strong stock market and robust bond returns, target-date funds posted big gains last year. But for investors still recovering from the market crash of 2008, these funds—often billed as the only retirement investment you need—may still come up short, experts say.
Target funds are structured to protect investors by reducing exposure to stocks and increasing bond holdings as people get closer to retirement, or their "target" year. For 2012, the average fund with a 2015 target date increased 10.6%, according to Morningstar Inc., a fund-research firm. That trails the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, which rose 16%, but is well above the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index's gain of 4%.
But while the performance for these funds has been generally positive since the financial crisis, the average 2015 fund was up just 2% a year over the past five. Given that most financial-planning models assume annual returns of 6% at a minimum, that shortfall can pose a significant problem for savers who rely on the funds.
Yet target-date funds are increasingly popular. They have $460 billion in assets, more than triple the amount in 2008, with the lion's share of that money coming from new investor deposits. One reason for the growth: They are among the few permissible "default options" in many retirement plans, so investors may have their savings in target-date funds without actively choosing them.
Part of the problem for older investors, say industry experts, is that the funds aren't designed to make up lost ground—especially as they near the target. "They're supposed to be conservative, so they aren't going to bounce back enough," says Ron Surz, president of Target Date Solutions.
To be sure, some funds have rebounded. But in reaction to widespread criticism from regulators and lawmakers who said the funds exposed retirement savers to too much stock-market risk during the crisis, many funds have reduced their exposure to stocks even more than they were originally designed to—and haven't been able to take full advantage of gains in the market, say experts. The average 2015 target-date fund allocated roughly 40% to stocks at the end of 2012, down nine percentage points from the end of 2008, according to Lipper.
For savers still playing catch-up, one strategy is to switch to a target-date fund with a later date—and greater exposure to riskier assets that can generate bigger returns. For instance, the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date fund for people retiring at 2020 has a 45% stake in stocks, compared with 33% for the 2015 fund. (Those 50 and over can also make "catch-up" contributions of up to an additional $5,500 a year to their 401(k) accounts.)
Investors willing to take additional risk might also consider leaving their current 401(k) savings in a target-date fund, but direct all new contributions into a domestic equity fund or international stock fund to boost returns, says Michael Francis, president of Francis Investment Counsel, a consulting firm specializing in retirement plans.
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2010-11 Women's Indoor Track Season Recap
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The women's indoor track team had two athletes qualify for the Division III National Championship. Sophomore's Faustine Chukwuezi and Corine Magee both earned All-American status for their performance at the nationals.
Chukwuezi placed fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 37' 8 ¾". Her jump was a season best and 1 ¾" off her school record which she set last year. Magee placed seventh in the 55m dash with a time of 7.28. Magee holds the school record in the 55m and 200m and she and Chukwuezi qualified for the nationals for the second straight year. At the NYU Team Challenge, Chukwuezi took first place in the triple jump and long jump, while Magee won the 200m (new school record) and the 60m. They joined Victoria Mandat and Katherine Hoskins to take first place in the 4x200m relay.
The women finished in sixth place at the CTC Championships. Magee again won the 55m and 200m breaking her own school record in that event, while Chukwuezi took first place in the triple jump. Magee finished third in the 55m dash and Chukwuezi fifth in the triple jump at the ECAC Championships held at the New Balance Track and Field Center. Magee and Chukwuezi were both named First Team All-CTC.


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Category: General News
Idaho Says It Wants Federal Land Control; Can Manage It Better
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says giving Idaho management control of some federal land in the state would make forests healthier and potentially reduce the size and intensity of wildfires. Otter testified Tuesday in Washington D.C., urging a House subcommittee to create a pilot project giving the state control over 2 million of the more than 20 million acres of national forest in Idaho.


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My book club recently read Beautiful Boy, a true story by David Sheff about his son's meth addiction. I tend to gravitate towards these hard core drug memoirs, because there's an intensity and frenetic energy to the voices that make for a compelling read. If it's well written, I want to read it…. and in this case, Sheff doesn't disappoint.
It is heartwrenching and scary, drawing the reader into the same cycle of denial/forgiveness/hope that he goes through as a father. And moreso than other memoirs of this ilk, it brings up heaps of questions for debate and consideration: Is addiction a disease or a choice? Why does our society treat addicts as outcasts, and is that hampering the chance for recovery? Are current rehab options productive and viable? What can a parent do to help a child stay off the path of addiction?
When reading Beautiful Boy, there were times when I felt Sheff was holding back, or maybe only telling half-truths. It was only when I read Tweak, by his son Nic, that I grasped the power of perspective.
Whether it's in marriage, friendships, work situations or family interactions, there are always at least two sides to every story. If two people witness the same car crash, for example, their perspectives are bound to be wildly different. The one-two punch of Beautiful Boy and Tweak couldn't illustrate this more clearly.
Did Nic have a fulfilling childhood of surfing, swimming, writing? Or was he pressured to grow up too early, always around adults? How did his parents' divorce and remarriages impact him emotionally? This isn't an exercise in blame; rather, it points to the fact that parents reading Beautiful Boy should not only rely on the father's perspective, but should read Tweak as well, to get Nic's viewpoint. Granted, the truth lies somewhere in between, but at least we are presented with the chance to seek more than a single narrative.
For more on David and Nic Sheff, check out these links:
- Nic Sheff, David Sheff Talk about Life after Meth Addiciton
- A Twice-Told Tale of Addiction: by Father, by Son


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Talk:Simple stateful firewall
Clarification on syn scan rules
Maybe I misunderstood some of the instructions but I found that I needed to insert the rules into the chains TCP and UDP rather than OPEN-TCP and OPEN-UDP as the latter didn't exist:
# iptables -I TCP -p tcp -m recent --update --seconds 60 --name TCP-PORTSCAN -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-rst # iptables -I UDP -p udp -m recent --update --seconds 60 --name UDP-PORTSCAN -j REJECT --reject-with port-unreach
I also found that I needed to add an --update:
# iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -m recent --name ping_limiter --hitcount 6 --seconds 4 -j DROP
I believe an --rcheck would also have worked. I'm not sure which would be correct. In general, I found this very helpful in conjunction with the man page for iptables. --Margali 21:57, 29 December 2011 (EST)
- I just checked, the above suggestions are in the rules now. closing --Indigo (talk) 21:45, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
IPv6 icmp replies
For ipv6 adaptation. As --reject-with icmp6-proto-unreachable does not exist in ipv6, as told in the page, and according to the error messages description in the RFC [[1]]. I think the icmp6-adm-prohibited which means "Communication with destination administratively prohibited" may be the message to send. It is only by reading the RFC, I am not a network expert and I have no idea of what is generally done in this case.--Cladmi 07:28, 15 February 2012 (EST)
References to OPEN chain(s)
I've re-read the guide once again and noticed multiple references to a now non-existent OPEN chain. A few years ago the OPEN chain was split into OPEN-TCP and OPEN-UDP, now simply TCP and UDP. See the relevant edits: [2], [3].
There are two solutions, either drop the references to the OPEN chain(s) completely, or undo those very old edits. If there are no objections, I'll go with the former.
-- Lahwaacz (talk) 14:25, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- +1 for the former. The first talk item shows as well that the old refs should be removed completely. --Indigo (talk) 21:45, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
- Done, see if I missed something or if anything needs better wording: [4] -- Lahwaacz (talk) 06:17, 12 September 2013 (UTC)


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"Fresh Cut Apples" by Sandra Galda
6"x6" oil on cradled hardboard
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It seems like there is always one guy in every group whose sled runs just a little bit better than everybody else's. What does he do different than you? After all, you're running the same sled with the same parts, you have the same track and you even weigh the same.
The difference probably lies in the clutches.
Sometimes the best tuning practices for clutching are more than just running the proper weights or installing the right helix for your altitude. A lot of times clutch tuners forget that little things do affect clutch operation and ultimately their overall snowmobile performance and reliability. These little things are usually fairly easy and may not require a large investment, but simply just involve a little bit of time, attention and know-how.
Here are 10 simple practices to make sure your clutches are running at their full potential.
NEVER SPRAY ANY LUBRICANT OR CLEANER ON A CLUTCHThe aluminum that clutch faces are manufactured from is a fairly porous metal and any type of chemical whether it be a lubricant or a cleaning liquid is going to be absorbed into the clutch faces to some degree. The problem with this is when the clutches are used and get warm, the tiny pores will release the slippery material, creating belt slippage and poor performance. To prevent this, never lubricate or apply any solvent based liquids or cleaners to any part of the clutches. When cleaning or servicing clutches, the last step should always be washing them in hot soapy water and then rinsing so that what is left is a nice clean surface to provide maximum traction to the belt.
WASH BOTH THE CLUTCHES AND THE BELT IN HOT SOAPY WATERNot only should the clutches be cleaned with hot soapy water, but the belt should as well. When belts are manufactured, they use mold release to help the belt come out of the mold easier. This mold release usually leaves a residue on the belt which can cause belt slippage. Cleaning the belt with a soft bristle brush in hot soapy water and then rinsing will reduce the chance of slippage with a new belt.
CHECK AND ADJUST FACTORY CENTER-TO-CENTER AND CLUTCH ALIGNMENTQuite often clutch alignment or center-to-center measurements can vary from what the OEM specifies, even on a new unit. This can hinder clutch efficiency and cause pre-mature belt wear or failure. The factory service manual lists the measurement specifications for each model and the procedure for proper measurement. If one of these measurements is not correct, the motor mounts may need to be loosened so the motor can be arranged to bring these measurements back into specification. In some extreme cases, the motor mount plate or straps may need to be notched or slotted to allow enough movement to achieve proper alignment or center-to-center distance.
ADJUST FOR PROPER BELT-TO-SHEAVE CLEARANCEBelt-to-sheave clearance is the amount of side-to-side free play that the belt has in the primary clutch. If this free play is excessive, the machine can experience a number of negative side effects such as an overly abrupt engagement, an engagement bog, a low speed hesitation and even premature or excessive belt and clutch wear.
To prevent these effects, check and adjust the free play so that the belt has .010-.020 inches clearance between it and the clutch. It is best to take this measurement using a new belt and get the clearance as close to .010 inches as possible to allow for belt wear. To get an accurate measurement, pull the belt tight around the center shaft of the primary clutch while sliding it to one side against the sheave so that the gap is all on one side of the belt. Use a feeler gauge to measure the open gap between the belt and the clutch sheave. If the clearance is not within the specification, the spider will need to be disassembled to allow access to the shims that will need to be added or removed to correct the issue. Consult the service manual for spider removal procedure or contact a performance shop or dealer that offers this service.
MAINTAINING WEAR ITEMS CAN SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY IN THE LONG RUNThe belt is the easiest wear item to replace and often needs it soon before it fails. A worn belt can cause a significant loss in performance, yet we often forget to install a new belt as our first troubleshooting test, costing us time and even money if a destroyed belt damages other parts. The belts that are being used on new, high horsepower machines are so strong that they will wear to the point of poor performance yet not de-laminate or fray for some time after.
Other wear items often overlooked are bushings. All bushings including cam arm (primary weight), cap, sheave and helix bushings should be replaced when the free play gets close to or exceeds its allowable amount. These specifications can be obtained from the proper repair manual or your local dealer. If these types of serviceable parts are ignored, the wear will reach the point of eating away at the actual clutch, making the entire clutch non-serviceable and in need of total replacement. A $5 weight bushing is much easier and cheaper to replace than an entire $400 to $1,200 clutch assembly.
Fuel economy is also reduced when clutches aren't working to their full potential. To achieve the best fuel economy, all parts need to be in good shape, and if they are not, horsepower will be wasted trying to make the worn part do its job. Any time horsepower is wasted, fuel economy is reduced and cost of operation is increased.
USE THE SPECIFIC BELT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUR CLUTCH SETUPWhat brand of belt should I use? This is a fairly opinionated question and often the answer lies within the person who designed, developed and is specifying the clutch components that are being used. Starting Line Products typically uses the OEM belt recommended for each individual sled because that is what most customers will be using. Each sled at one point had the OEM belt (from the factory) and most customers just simply replace it with the same belt. The key here is not what brand of belt is being used, but that the owner continues to use the same belt as was originally designed for whatever clutch components are installed in order to maintain consistent performance and reliability. Each brand of belt will act differently on a given unit because of differences between belt designs. Snowmobiles can vary as much as 200 rpm just from changing to a different brand belt. Therefore, if you decide to change to a different style or brand of belt, some re-tuning may be required for optimum performance and efficiency.
UPDATE CLUTCH COMPONENTS FOR DIFFERENT RIDER WEIGHTS OR TRACK SIZESIt is very common to see riders go to a bigger or more aggressive track. When extra traction or track weight is added, it puts more load on the engine, causing the peak rpm to drop, which can decrease track speed and performance. When this happens the rider needs to compensate by dropping a couple of grams of clutch weight in the primary clutch or reducing the chaincase gear ratio by gearing down or even installing a lower angle helix and/or possibly a stiffer spring.
The same basic rule applies for a rider who weighs more than the sled was originally calibrated for. The heavier the rider, the more load on the motor. Most clutch setups are designed with the average-sized person in mind, which would be anywhere from 170 to 220 lbs. If a rider weighs more or less than this, adjustments may need to be made to achieve full performance.
Another thing that affects clutching is adding more horsepower via aftermarket parts. In most cases, if more horsepower is being added, some clutch changes will be required to take full advantage of the extra horsepower.
BALANCE YOUR CLUTCHMost OEMs have a range of tolerance for clutch balance. In other words, the clutch may not be perfectly balanced. Because of mass production and the sheer number that has to be manufactured, it is almost impossible for the factory to be perfectly accurate when it comes to balance. As time goes on, and clutches wear, balance is compromised even more. A clutch that is out of balance will cause vibration that can be very damaging to chassis, engine and clutch components.
Vibration also causes a dramatic increase in crankshaft wear and if bad enough, it will ruin a crankshaft in a very short amount of time. Clutch balance should be checked at least once a year and typically it is easiest to check it before the first ride of the season when routine pre-season inspection and maintenance is performed. This even includes a brand new unit straight out of the crate. There are a number of aftermarket shops and dealers that offer a clutch balancing service. A well-balanced clutch will transfer more power to the ground than one that is not.
DON'T OVERLOOK THE SIMPLE STUFFThere are a few other things that often get overlooked during routine maintenance. Of course all the bushings, rollers and pins should be inspected for wear, excessive free play and the sheaves should be inspected for signs of cracking or breakage. The entire clutch should be looked over for marks where the clutch has been impacted or damaged in a way that the integrity of the clutch could be compromised.
Clutch faces should have any black belt residue removed by cleaning with a scotch bright pad, steel wool or 320 grit sandpaper. They should also be inspected very meticulously for small cracks or heat damage. If cracks or impact damage are detected, the clutch should be replaced as this type of damage can result in a clutch exploding at high rpm, throwing shrapnel inside the engine compartment and damaging other parts. Inspect the PTO end for roughness and the taper inside the clutch for roughness. Repairs can be made with emery cloth or a taper reamer.
Maintenance schedules will vary depending on how the sled is ridden. A mountain sled should have the clutches checked and cleaned about every 500-1000 miles. Trail sleds can go longer and may need to be checked every 1000-2000 miles. Race sleds should be checked and cleaned as often as every race. At the very least, clutches should be checked and cleaned once a year.
CHECK YOUR SLED BRIEFLY BEFORE EVERY RIDEHere is a list of small, simple things to check before each ride. It can be done at the time you lift the hood to fill the oil, preferably before you leave the house just in case you find a problem. Most of these problems will have a negative effect on clutch performance.
Belt deflection: Belt deflection is the amount of free play in the belt between the two clutches and it changes as the belt wears. It should be checked and adjusted (if necessary) every ride. Because of small variations from belt to belt, deflection should also be checked when a new belt is installed. Belt deflection specifications can be obtained from your dealer or service manual.
Belt condition: Make sure the belt does not show any de-lamination, fraying or wear spots. If it does, it should be replaced with a new belt and not another used one. Always keep two good belts on the sled. The spare should always be a new belt. It doesn't do any good to have a spare belt if it is used and may not get you back to the truck or may hinder the performance of the sled for the remainder of the ride.
Check the chaincase oil: this is a quick and easy thing that needs to be made into a habit. Check and adjust the chain tension. Make sure the oil is clean, and if it is dirty or milky, it should be changed. Make sure there are no metal flakes in the oil. If there are, pull the chaincase cover and inspect for worn gears, chain tensioner, drive chain or bearings.
Inspect the overall chassis and engine compartment: I have caught several problems before rides by doing this. This includes things like broken motor mounts, a track that is out of adjustment, loose bolts in the steering, bad bearings and so forth: problems that no one wants to deal with while riding.
As you can see, having a service manual for your specific snowmobile greatly increases the owner's ability to perform most of these tasks as well as provides a wealth of answers to questions that may arise during the ownership of a machine.
The dealer is a great source for information or services as well and should also be consulted for help with specifications or service needs. Implementing the practices listed above will maximize your machine's performance and reliability and most of all, it will help you to get the most enjoyment out of your snowmobile.
(Pancheri is a Starting Line Products Tech. For more information, contact SLP 800-621-2893 or www.slp.cc.)
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5-year-old hit by car while getting off Wilkes County school bus
A 5-year-old girl is recovering after being hit by a car driven by Rita Shew from Rhonda Thursday afternoon while getting off the school bus.
The crash happened around 3:45 p.m. on Speedway Road in Wilkes County. The child was trying to cross onto Deans Road when the collision occurred, troopers said.
The child, a kindergartener at CC Wright Elementary School, had fractures and was taken to Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem. The child was alert and talking, troopers said.
Speed was not a factor in the crash, though the driver may have been blinded by the sun, troopers said. The crash took place on an uphill incline.
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Talk:Hospitality exchange
I kinda figured a travel topic about home stay networks in general would be a better article than discussions about individual organizations. I moved the content from the three networks that were mentioned so far to this page, and added an introduction about home stay in general.
This has been the general tack we've taken with other articles about individual companies (viz. Discount airlines in Europe), and I figure it makes sense here.
Obviously this is subject to change if people think it was a bad idea. And there's a lot more info that could be added to the page, including costs, requirements, and restrictions for each of the networks. I've never used a home stay network, so I don't really have enough first-hand experience to give more than general suggestions. --Evan 14:35, 22 Apr 2004 (EDT)
More objective..
Sorted the clubs more alphabetically and tried to take out information about stuff which is given in most clubs. Think the description about the clubs should be basic and like a listing that it easier for people to compare the networks.
Hospitality Club deep links
I removed the deep links to the Hospitality Club Web site. I don't think we need to have links to each and every feature within the site; that's the responsibility of the main page there. --Evan 17:37, 4 Jun 2004 (EDT)
List of Wikitravellers in Hospitality Club
I moved this meta-information out of the article:
The list is now at Wikitravel:Wikitravellers in Hospitality Club. --Evan 12:53, 8 Jun 2004 (EDT)
Continuous deletions
I am tired of having my contributions deleted on Wikitravel. Nobody is really answering to my arguments, just reverting my edits. Too bad. I just added them to my personal page here.Veit 01:33, 13 Jun 2004 (EDT)
Wikitravellers in Hospitality Club
There's a talk sub-page at Talk:Hospitality exchange/Wikitravellers in Hospitality Club. --Evan 11:53, 30 Jun 2004 (EDT)
Re: More objective
Hello 80.133.*. Considering your agenda and history on Wikipedia, I'm sure you won't be too surprised that I pass your last edit through tight scrutiny.
First of all, I don't understand why you say it is objectively more interesting to tavellers to have the networks classified alphabetically, so I put them back in members count order, which seems to me as a more objective measure of how the different networks may seem attractive to a traveller that knows little else about them.
This will also, interestingly, allow us to see what you edited. So as a matter of fact it seems you have only changed the HC and CS entries.
HC: rm and no money is involved - guests and host do not pay each other, agreed, it's the same on all nets listed here; add Europe and Asia is well represented, that's bullshit, HC has only 6.2% of their membership in Asia; add Through his technical structure is the club is based, I just don't get it what this void phrase means; rm who believe that by bringing people together they can increase intercultural understanding and peace, CouchSurfing themselves would disagree because they make a big point that it's the main difference between them and HC!
CS: add non-profit, OK if you want; change date founded from 2004 to 2003, you'll have to have it changed on CS website first of all! change member count to almost 6000, that seems pretty rough an estimation to me considering the count on CS website is 5235; change most of them in North America to Noth America is well represented, both are true but the first is more specific, as 56.2% CS members are from Canada/USA according to their website; rm but becoming a "verified member" costs a one-time US$25 fee, I don't see why you removed it since CS is the only website to offer that, changing to more NPOV but members may opt to become "verified members" for US$25; change encouraged for welcomed, if you so please; all the rest you added I have no problem with.
One final note: if you plan on going on with that kind of edits, may I suggest you sign up and get a username on both Wikipedia and Wikitravel?
--Valmi 12:39, 21 Oct 2004 (EDT)
"who believe that by bringing people together they can increase intercultural understanding and peace, CouchSurfing themselves would disagree because they make a big point that it's the main difference between them and HC!" disagree! from the cs webpage: "[...] official mission statement as: "To internationally network people and places, create educational exchanges, raise collective consciousness, spread tolerance, and facilitate cultural understanding." [...]"
Documenting last edit
I don't know whether I should again document my modifications to 80.133.*'s changes? Let me do it anyway...
Besides, please be more careful with your spelling... (I don't suppose that Noth Amrica was due to "ignorance".) --Valmi 00:25, 5 Dec 2004 (EST)
legal structures
hospitality exchange organization (legal USA-based non-profit structure): Was that supplementing, removing false statement, or updating? You kept exactly the same words, except you added some to make the sentence ugly and cumbersome... Is it important to highlight the USA-based non-profit structure at Couchsurfing? Should it be add in () or in the sentence. Should information be added to other Hospitality Networks? For example that other networks have no legal structure at all (HospitalityClub)? Or is this information not significant at all? xxx
Sentence removal by 80.133.*
So 80.133.*.* removed this sentence
The sole condition to become a member is to provide the administrators with one's real name and address, so as to prove that one is a real individual
I don't see a good reason for this sentence to be removed. It should be clear to anyone that, since only a name and address are being provided, HC is trusting this info. So I don't see this as a deceptive claim. The sentence does not imply that real, serious validation is going on. Is there any other objection to the sentence? -- Colin 15:29, 5 Dec 2004 (EST)
// Colin, with due respect but I don't have the time to maunder in circles. Time would also be better used to make research to the whole subject instead of intensify for one lobby - I asked already for supplementary information and other repeated this as well with saying there is more than HC and CS. So, let's not distract from the main thing, without linguistic plays.. :)
The minimum level is a basic sign up process, which every internet user does dozen of times and there is 'always' 'real data' claimed and there is no need to remind people on details like that.
There is the same right for every network and also for the aim of Wikitravel to be a comprehensive guide. Let's collect facts and than bring this in a standard form/sentence. This can be written on the start and the differences of each network can be pointed extra in the description of the network or added to each network in the same form. This will make it easier to get a good overview about all networks and not reading for ages like in a fairy tale. I (started with the sign up) and marked the differences to the other networks. Supplementary information is appreciated. \\ xxx
2.1 Bootsnall basic sign up, email verification, no check if information personal/basic data is right
2.2 CouchSurfing Project basic sign up, email verification, no check if information personal/basic data is right. possibility to start a verification process (via credit card payment and snail mail)
2.3 GlobalFreeloaders basic sign up, email verification, no check if information personal/basic data is right
2.4 Hospitality Club basic sign up, no email verification, check if personal/basic data is given
2.5 Pasporta Servo (http://www.tejo.org/ps/ps_lingv/ps_inf_en.htm) basic sign up, email verification, no check if information personal/basic data is right. Requires basic Esperanto speaking ability (a goal which can generally be reached within a couple of months). You must purchase the host list or sign up as a host to use the service. Pasporto Servo has existed since 1974 and has 1364 hosts in 89 countries.
2.6 Servas real interview/meeting with a volunteer before joining (for the use of travelling every year)
2.7 TravelHoo basic sign up, email verification, no check if information personal/basic data is right
Network Description Layout
I would prefer to arrange it in three segments. 1. History, Description what they are from thier homepage. 2. different requirements for participation, restrictions for guests and member number and geographical spreading (see discussion above) 3. don't know. Proposals? Don't forget the discussion above.. ;-) xxx
Home exchange
This was copied from the now-redirected Home exchange article and may be valuable for data mining:
Home exchange or house swapping is a vacation alternative where one allows someone else to stay in their home while they stay in theirs. During a home exchange the parties swap their homes at a time that is convenient to both parties. A house swap may also include an automobile exchange.
Home exchanging has numerous advantages, including significant savings on hotel costs since neither has to pay for lodging. Additional savings can be had when an automobile is also exchanged. And who doesn't prefer a spacious house to a one-room hotel? Whether for a vacation, or a longer term sabbatical, a home exchange allows one to experience a vacation living like a native.
Unless you are exchanging a 5-star villa in the Caribbean or an apartment facing Central Park, finding a home exchange requires a little bit of effort and time.
The Internet has numerous websites that provide home exchange listings across the globe. You can determine how up-to-date the listings are by reviewing the proposed exchange dates. Home exchange websites provide a mechanism by which you can get in touch with other people interested in swapping homes. However, you are responsible for your own exchange arrangements.
To increase your chances of concluding an exchange you should post your home swap offer on several home exchange sites. It is recommended to post your home exchange offer several months before the dates you want to exchange homes. Compile an enticing exchange offer that includes details about your home, yourself, your destination and proposed dates. Periodically check home exchange sites for new home swap listings. And don't forget to contact new members as soon as possible before they are able to conclude an exchange.
Once you've made contact and your potential exchange partner confirms their interest in your home, get to know them better by exchanging e-mails and agreeing to speak on the telephone. To reassure yourself and your exchange partner you should ask for and offer to provide references.
Clean and tidy your home before your exchange. You may also want to fix that leaky faucet that you've been meaning to get to for several months now.
Create a guestbook that provides information on using your appliances, local information (e.g. hospital, restaurants, grocery stores, transportation), and contact numbers (e.g. family member or friends, dentist, car garage).
Maybe we should be so specific in the article saying that CS doesn't exist anymore, since I found the mail we received rather unclear as to the continuation. Sure the database was lost, but there is enough ambiguity in the mail to let think it will not just end like that.
Someone just added a link to Couchsurfing.com to the Victoria (British Columbia) article, under Sleep: Budget. It's certainly a budget sleeping alternative, but not specific to Victoria. Is there a place for global hospitality exchange services in specific destination articles? JimDeLaHunt 15:30, 21 December 2006 (EST)
TravelHoo [1] seems to be closed down or no longer working with hospitality exchange, judging by the web site. Should the section be deleted from the article? Riggwelter 05:41, 19 April 2008 (EDT)
Bias information
Looking at the main page actually made me feel uncomfortable as it seems mostly like a fight between HC and CS. Instead of learning about hospitality exchange, I left with a bad taste in my mouth.
It feels as if sentences like "Unlike the next largest hospitality exchange, hospitalityclub.org, couchsurfing is much more focused on "social networking", and members organize many events, viewable in a database on the website" are very bias, and even insulting, especially since the next section shows that HC does have events as well.
CS isn't the only ones displaying this sort of behavior, as a brief read of this page shows this fight has been going on for a while between the two sites. Is there any way someone less bias could edit this page to be less like reading the arguments of a (soon to be divorced) married couple? -Kayla 03:57, 13 March 2010 (EST)


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Hannah will not have any internet access while she is up there.
Hannah will not have any internet access while she is up there. I admit I am fairly upset with Hannah about this. Wooster had to go thru so much with my husband's deployments for the last 5 years, so many goodbyes that she really shouldn't have ever had to go thru. I feel like I shouldn't have allowed Hannah to be Wooster's godmother, we should have chosen someone older and past the (rather natural I know) "proving" themselves stage. Our parish is one that tries to make sure that godparents have close relationships with their godchildren. That is one of the prerequisites that out priest requires; active participation in a child's life to be a godparent. Wooster is on the cusp of thinking hard about faith and such. Now her first lesson regarding prayer is that it doesn't work; she prayed that Hannah would stay and she didn't. This is a valuable lesson I know, but it is rather different to pray for a bicycle and not get it, compared to praying that someone you love doesn't leave. I am/will continue to talk to her about how prayer isn't to get what you want, but she is only 5 after all. The concept that someone is gone "indefinitely" sounds like eternally to her.
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Living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias A Manual of Resources, References and Information SECOND EDITION
Living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias provides answers to complex questions as caregivers struggle to understand behaviour and provide the best care possible to those with this illness. As the number of persons being diagnosed with dementia continues to rise, there is a growing need for skilled assessment, careful planning and linking with supports.
This revised edition is a practical resource with contributions from several experienced authors. It aims to increase our appreciation of the changes associated with dementia and provide a wide range of resources to help health professionals and informal caregivers.
Major topic areas include Understanding the Illness, The Occupational Therapy Role and Supporting the Caregiver. There is focused attention on theory and assessment with emphasis on functional performance. Special topics covered include driving and dementia, falls and the use of restraints, highlights of specific approaches to dementia programming and an in-depth examination of ethics and dementia care.


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Dear ABC, You Don't Compete With TiVo By Making A Product Worse
from the just-a-suggestion dept
Yet various ABC executives seem to think that by offering this product, they can stop people from buying DVRs. Anne Sweeney, the president of the Disney-ABC television group, claims: "You don't need TiVo if you have fast-forward-disabled video on demand. It gives you the same opportunity to catch up to your favorite shows." Not quite. First of all, you're limited to shows on ABC. Second, who knows if the additional features are as useful. Finally, one of the nice things about TiVo (oh, right!) is that it lets you watch a 30-minute show in 22-minutes, since you can skip the commercials (whoops). So, yes, many people will still want a TiVo because ABC is forcing the fast forward option to be disabled.
Then there's Ray Cole, who owns some ABC affiliates. He says: "As network and affiliates, we both have an interest in slowing down the explosive growth of DVRs. This is about combating DVRs. As we developed this at every stage, there was an agreement that however we put this together, disabling the fast-forward function was key." I'm curious as to how Mr. Cole thinks offering a product that does much less and deliberately takes away a key feature will "slow down" the "explosive growth of DVRs." You don't compete by offering a worse product. You compete by offering a better product. Taking away one of the key selling points of a product is not exactly a major selling point.


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Shirt by American Apparel, Woolen Sweatshirt by Our Legacy, Coat by ASOS, Jeans by Acne, Shoes by Nike, Glasses by Moscot, Socks by Uniqlo
Happy new year to you too! I'm really loving how you put the outfit together, and the red accent makes it even more interesting. :) Hope you have a great year ahead!ReplyDelete
the nike's looks great with the rest of the outfit, goes great with the sportier sweatshirt and the tailored coat. i'm pretty sure i have that coat too, asos car coat. it does look really similarReplyDelete
yeah, the nikes are great and easy to pair up withDelete
How're you doing, Pascal? I've read your blog for 2 years. Have you graduate from university? What do you do now?ReplyDelete
I'm doing fine, thanks. Yourself? Thanks for following me for so long! I'm now finishing my third semester at the university of arts and will continue studying for the next two years and besides working as a photographer.Delete
Your outfit entries aren't spam - they are really inspiring so please, just keep posting them ;]
I absolutely love your blog
Sharp yet casual. I like the trainers because they are all one colour.
I like the burgundy/berry choice of socks with this outfit, it's a nice way of adding a bit of colour without it being overwhelming. The shape of your coat is so beautiful also.
Snow becomes such a nuisance when it gets muddy and mushy. Thankfully it hasn't snowed this year... yet! Happy new year to you also!
cuute! i love your shoes. xReplyDelete
Ahh I really hope you don't abandon this blog! I've only got a chance to look at it a couple times, and I really like it!
Snow in the city does suck...heck, it sucks in the suburbs too...getting all dirty and such. And this might be a weird thing to comment on, but I like your socks.
Really love this one... Where do you buy all your nike sneakers? in the internet, or is there a store in zurich that sells them?ReplyDelete
Hi I love you're blog :)) . However, I was wondering is you can follow my blog http://the-proverbs.blogspot.com/ by clicking "join this site" in the left margin.ReplyDelete
soo chic!
Just be free to post anything...you have such nice, unique taste for fashion, and other life details-so you will not fail, or spam us for sure...I really love your blog.. ^^ReplyDelete
Here's some blogging ideas: we haven't seen any Sunday entries in a while - and men's fashion weeks are coming up! I really liked your selection of fashion week styles you used to do. Also, love the visual diary updates. Hope you stick to blogging...yours is one of the very few I still follow!ReplyDelete
thanks for the suggestions and very glad to hear so!Delete
you are so dreamy and your style is superb! Consider me a brand new follower :) where did you get those specs from?ReplyDelete
thanks and welcome! I got them here: http://www.moscot.com/vintage-eyewear-miltzen_108_1.htmlDelete
whats the name of the nike model? i like those kind of shoes!ReplyDelete
nike air vortex ltrDelete
so cool your look, enjoy your sunday !!
is this the coat u got?
no, my coat is from last season and it's a different type of coat too...mine has the same cut as this one from Surface To Air: http://www.surfacetoair.com/store/?pg=product&product_id=16586Delete
I love your glasses! They are looking good on you! :)ReplyDelete
Hallo Pascal,
kurze Frage zum Greats Sweat :)
Fühlt es sich wirklich wollig (grob) an oder kann man es mit auch mit normalem Sweatshirt Material vergleichen? Finde die Farbe super, habe jedoch Angst, dass es zu warm ist und meine Kleiderstange schon ausreichend wärmende Klamotten hat :D
schon eher wollig!Delete
Pascal, your killing them with this swag bro. damn. im digging those air max with the maroon socks and that coat.. SWAG
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i love how you added the sneakers to the look, when i would usually see dress shoes. you have great style!ReplyDelete
Are your pants cuffed or do you tailor them? Thanks!ReplyDelete