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For three decades, RMI and its partners have used whole-system thinking and integrative design to create profitable factor-ten solutions. Now, in collaboration with academic and industrial partners, RMI has identified seventeen innovative principles that engineers, architects and their clients can apply to practical design, in three steps akin to the ready-set-go of starting a race:
Establish clear, shared, ambitious goals, understood by all, to give the team a unified vision and aspiration. Be transformational, not incremental, and make no little plans: to strive your utmost, choose an aggressive stretch goal. Inventor Edwin Land said, "Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible."
For three reasons, real-time collaboration among disciplines and organizations is essential to wholesystem thinking: First, collaboration cross-pollinates ideas and fosters creativity. Second, done effectively, it aligns the design team behind the resulting design solutions. And third, few individuals or single-discipline teams can fully grasp the rich complexity of a whole system. Therefore, convene a unified, transdisciplinary design team with diverse skills and experiences, and make its conversation intensive, iterative, and rewarding for all participants.
Rather than a simple linear path through a prebaked design process, integrative design is iterative and
recursive. Each stage reveals new lessons that illuminate and inform earlier ideas, so the team's focus loops back, weaving an ever richer tapestry from old and new threads.
Clients who want efficiency must vigorously demand and fairly reward it. Treating it as a commodity—or worse, an unimportant afterthought—makes it so. Smart owners invest strongly in efficient design to leverage enormously greater savings in capital and operating costs: front-end thinking is far cheaper and faster than redesigning or rebuilding later. Rewarding designers just for producing documents on-schedule and on-budget elicits relabeled old designs or minor variants. But rewarding designers for what they save, not what they spend, can powerfully motivate creativity, teamwork, and radical imagination.
Designers often focus on the object to be designed, produced, and sold, not on why its users want it. But behind every artifact is a purpose—indeed, a stack of layered purposes. When you go to the hardware store to buy a drill, probably what you really want is a hole. But why do you want the hole? If you're trying to hang a picture on the wall, there are many ways to do that; indeed, there are many ways to achieve the purpose for which you wanted the picture hung. Understanding what you're really trying to do, and why, will help reveal how to do the right steps in the right order.
To expand the design space, focus not on proximate means but on ultimate ends. Keep pushing past the layers of end-uses (like heating, lighting, drivepower, transportation), the resulting services (like comfort, visibility, torque, mobility or access), and the ultimate benefits (typically human happiness and satisfaction) until you understand the full range of ways to fulfill the purpose. When diagnosing the challenges involved in a system, use a similar mentality to get past simplistic questions with cut-and-dried design answers. In other words, keep asking "Why?" insistently, until you get to the root of the matter.
Design choices have plumes of consequences, intended and unintended, obvious and surprising, across time and space. Most design processes are challenged to deal with the needs of the obvious stakeholders in the here and now. But for many situations, the more diverse are the actual and hidden "clients" (now and in the future) of whom you're mindful, and the more you strive to achieve many winners and no losers, the more profound and harmonious your design will be—and the better it will serve different interests, helping attract support and avoid risk.
Before starting design, calculate and prominently post the whole-system, lifecycle, end-to-end value of saving each relevant resource—a watt of electric power, a kilogram of mass, a liter of volume, a unit of airflow or vacuum or water or exhaust. Once you realize that the whole-system present value of, say, taking a watt out of a cleanroom is (say) $10–20, you'll design its contents very differently. Reassess these benchmark values, though, as you make the cleanroom far more efficient!
Use physics, chemistry, or building science to determine the theoretical minimum amount of energy or resources needed to provide the chosen end-use or service. Then carefully consider how far each practical design constraint (e.g., cost, safety, performance, accessibility) moves you away from that theoretical minimum. Reduce the list of allowable constraints to the absolute minimum (e.g., safety, operability, and cost) and state them in the most generalized way possible to allow further explorations. Then systematically minimize or evade each constraint. That is, rather than taking accepted constraints for granted and later nibbling around their edges, carefully think through how to vault each constraint in order to yield far greater savings. To eliminate particular constraints, reframe or redefine how to achieve the ultimate purpose of each.
Designers often reproduce inefficient buildings, factories, and systems by starting with a previous or familiar design. To avoid catching "infectious repetitis," cultivate "beginner's mind" even when time, cost or other pressures abound. Set aside all conventional methods and assumptions, and jump to a completely new design space with no preconceptions.
Develop specifications from data carefully measured for the specific design problem. In God we trust; all others bring data. Data trump assumptions. Check how well previous designs' actual performance matched initial assumptions, and understand any differences. Question all rules of thumb—often opaque stews of old assumptions, such as cheap energy and obsolete technologies.
As energy and resources flow from supply to enduse, losses compound through successive steps. Starting savings downstream, at the end-use, turns those compounding losses around backwards into compounding savings—not just of energy but also of capital, because the upstream devices will become progressively smaller, simpler, and cheaper.
Simple systems and components are easier to build, cheaper, use fewer parts, and have fewer failures and maintenance needs. Every part and system is a candidate for elimination. (Sandy Munro's rule: any part that needn't move and needn't be of a basically different material shouldn't be there.) A key path to simplicity is to use passive design and inherent control (homeostasis), using no energy or effort to maintain the desired state.
Conventional designers invest in resource efficiency only until its gains no longer repay its costs. However, much larger savings can often be justified by other benefits. Such integrative design can even make very large savings cost less than small or no savings—creating expanding, not diminishing, returns to investments in efficiency.
Each part, subsystem, or system should provide many benefits. Having each component perform just one function is a mark of dis-integrated design. Superlative integrative design can achieve a dozen or more functions per component, weaving an intricate web of enhanced value.
Systems that meet varying demands (e.g., manufacturing processes and building ventilation systems) are typically designed to run most efficiently at peak demand, a condition that may be rare. This makes them less efficient and costlier to run under typically smaller, varying loads. In contrast, optimized systems are most efficient when integrated over the whole year's diverse conditions, and are often downsized by special efforts to minimize or shift the peak demand that determines their capacity.
Transform dumb systems into intelligent ones by monitoring and, when appropriate, graphically displaying their performance. This can inform optimal operation (a bad building well run usually outperforms a good building poorly run), drive continuous recommissioning, trigger timely maintenance, and yield a rich harvest of design lessons to improve the next design.
Integrative Design: A Disruptive Source of Expanding Returns to Investments in Energy Efficiency


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|Warmwater flyfishing Bass, pike and even muskies in your backyard
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|Pat Bahan
Man I wish I could be with you chasing the sardines. I haven't been there in decades. Cut my saltwater teeth out of Key West back in the late 60s.
Packing and stacking deer hair shouldn't be that tough. Use strong bulky thread, take two or three turns around the hair before you start to tighten it to flair it, and DON'T let go of the hair until it is flaring conciderably. True, the longer you hold the less it will spin, but get the nack first, worry about even spinning later. Good luck.
I can't imagine that there are many tiers out there more inept than I am when it comes to working with deer hair for the purpose of actually creating a recognizable object; for me, it's foam, specifically the live body foam typically used to make bangers. For crease flies, obviously I use foam sheet, either the generic white stuff purchased at a craft shop for less than $1 per sheet, or else the foil-backed foam available through tying shops. I use bucktail for the "wing" sometimes, though just as often I use yak hair or maribou. Poppers are without question my favorite pattern to fish, as there's no other way of fishing I can think of that's as thrilling as having fish crashing on top. As far as colors go, my all time favorite is red/white.
So for me, the popper material is synthetic.
|Dble Haul
|Thank you Pat. I've never used files before....perhaps it's time to give them a try.
|Pat Bahan
When I modify shape I use razor blade, or razor sharp knife, and files. I find that fine files work cork as good or better than anything. If cork isn't of a superior quality it is hard to work. When I was young we frequently drilled a tiny whole through the cork instead of making a slit. We then bound the shank with thread, glued heavily, and inserted the hook in the whole, and made sure the whole was full of glue. Later, an old pro tier who produced and sold comercially out of his house, took me under his wing. Jake ( J. O. Fisher) had made up jigs of wooden slats. Each pair of slats had matching groves cut in them to just accept a whole popper body tightly. Each pair of slats would hold 1-2 dozen popper bodies depending on length of slats and the size of the popper. With his method you simply sliced each popper body in two and laid one side in each grove of a slat, applied glue to the flat smooth side, laid a hook in place, laid the other half of the popper bodies on, forming a sandwich with the glue and hook in the middle, then place the other slat in place and clamp tightly. When the glue dries you have a popper body with hook inside that is there to stay.
when Jake died I baught all of his misc. tying parifinalia so I have a good supply of the jigs and probably all the bluegill size poppers I can use in this lifetime.
I'm rambling. Anyway, try small SHARP files. Old dull files will tear cork.
|Dble Haul
Pat, I've used cork in the past but have moved away from it because of difficulties in shaping the material. It doesn't sand easily, and cuts tend to make the cork crumble a bit. Smooth cuts are rare.
Do you have a trick for shaping cork? Maybe I'm just using inferior material.
And maybe you just use it as is with no adjustments?
Thanks for any input.
|Pat Bahan
Spongy type foam makes some great bugs, but if you mean real poppers (hard bodied) I have always preferred cork (well, at least for the last 40 yrs.) over hard foam heads. Actually, I think the foam is good in larger sizes, but I have not been satisfied with it in smaller sizes.
As for deerhair bugs, go heavy on the floatant.
Thanks Bob, I'll try the water shed on the hair poppers. I hadn't used any kind of dressing on them.
|I like foam for salt and deer hair for fresh water. One thing I do to my hair poppers is to puy some water shed on them. Really makes them shed water. As for salt water poppers I prefer the raineys foam and tie them popivics style(bob's banger).[COLOR=darkblue][B][SIZE=3]
I haven't tried any larger sized foam or balsa poppers, but I used some panfish sized foam poppers (store bought) and the bodies seem to break off of the hooks pretty easily. The hook wasn't set very deeply into the foam, so maybe that was the problem. Or maybe it was because I was catching some decent-sized bass and those tiny wire hooks would flex and pop out of the foam!
I used some larger deer hair poppers (also store bought) and they worked great until they got water logged. I had to keep squeezing the water out and/or switching poppers to let the soaked one dry out. Another problem I had was that the bodies eventually loosend up and started twisting on the hook shank. I was able to squirt some crazy glue in through the bottom of the hair, which solved the problem for a little while but didn't last too long.
|John Desjardins
How about the other natural - Deer hair?
I'd say that I'm a 90% foam, 5% Deer hair, and 5% Balsa (bought). The foam is just to simple to tie for me to mess with the others.
|Dble Haul
Poppers- Natural or synthetic?
For all of you popper chuckers out there.....
I used to craft most of my poppers from cork or balsa, but lately (last few seasons) I've found it very convenient to make the bodies from foam. Whether punching out from blocks or using the preformed cylinders for Bangers, I find it less cumbersome and cheaper. And I don't get wood chips or sawdust in the house.
There's even preformed bodies sold in kits with the properly sized hooks to accompany them. I haven't gone this far yet, but I believe that foam has found a definite place on my bench. And it's more durable than I originally thought. They stand up to pike, pickerel, and bass pretty well.
Anyone else using foam for their poppers?
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Slug like creature in tropical aquarium
Any ideas what this is? Looks a bit like a semi transparent slug or something. I have found a few of these in my tank stuck to the glass by the substrate. This is the best pic I could get on my phone.


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The unions were not the entire reason, but a contributing factor, to the demise of Hostess in its' current form. I could see not wanting to own part of a sinking ship. However, if I owned part of it I would be much more willing to bail faster.
Lowe's is an ESOP. While new hires are not going to make as much as some of the first employees did from the ESOP, they still have a stake in the company.
I work for a company that become an ESOP about the time I started. We are still in the process of buying out the owners of the company. We are at the point where the ESOP owns more of the company than the original owners. Stock value is increasing. People are starting to realize they have an impact on the bottom line. You can now look at someone and say that is costing all of us money.


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Steve Jobs won't be pleased. I failed to convert Lance Armstrong to the iPhone. The world's most famous cyclist was warming up on a static bike next to his team bus in a parking lot in Las Vegas and was taking the opportunity to do some texting on his Blackberry.
Maybe the SMS was to Bill Clinton? Lance had been with him that morning at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York. It was at this meeting that the seven times Tour de France winner had officially announced his return to cycling, and revealed the ramping up of his cancer charity efforts.
As a recent convert to the cult of the Mac mobile I tried to iProselytise the Texan. Would he not prefer an iPhone, I asked.
"No, I like my Blackberry too much. You can't type with the iPhone, the keys are too fiddly."
This kind of pre-race small talk is unusual for Lance. Once in 'the zone', he's generally monosyllabic.
Tonight, he was chatty. He was full of smiles. He was starting his comeback on a floodlit grass-and-dust soccer field, six miles from the Las Vegas strip, but he wasn't in it to win it. He hadn't even shaved his legs for the occasion.
"I just love racing my bike," he said.
The next day it would be confirmed he was going to be riding for the Kazakh team Astana. Tonight he was in Livestrong livery, black and yellow kit to publicise his cancer charity. He might not have been planning on being a contender in his comeback race but he was in good shape, not an ounce of excess fat on his skinny frame. His yellow wristband – the rubber charity bracelet that spawned them all – was loose.
He was about to ride CrossVegas, the second running of a cyclo-cross race timed to coincide with Interbike, the annual North American trade show for bicycles. Cyclo-cross is a winter sport, associated with ice-crusted mud and beered-up spectators.
Event sponsor Dale's Pale Ale lubricated the CrossVegas spectators but the City of Lost Wages doesn't do winter. The thick and matted grass at the Desert Breeze Soccer Complex is sewn into the dusty ground, the night was hot, mud but a dream.
I asked Lance how many cyclo-cross races he had ever done.
Then he looked me in the eye, and mock fiercely, said: "Un…de…feated."
It wasn't to be three in a row for Lance. He had just got off a jet from New York an hour before the race and isn't a born CXer so his 22nd position was respectable. The 15,000 spectators had cheered his every passing lap as if he was in the lead. The prodigal son had returned.
I was at Interbike to oggle the bicycles but had smuggled myself on to the start list for CrossVegas a couple of weeks previously, long before it was known Lance would make a place on the start sheet such a big deal.
CR pic by Dan Ellmore.
I rode in the Wheelers and Dealers event, for industry whippets: people like Dave Lawrence of Shimano, Gary Erickson of Clif Bar and Ben Capron of Specialized.
I'm no whippet, but I felt like one for the night. Jake Heilbron, the owner of Kona Bicycles, supplied me with a 2009 Jake the Snake. I had a team trailer hang-out, a team mechanic to switch my brakes around (why do Americans insist on operating the front brake via the left lever?), and a team fridge from which I could snaffle as much Snapple as I wanted.
I was adequately hydrated on a boiling hot night, but I wasn't a terribly impressive member of Team Kona. I shan't be getting a pro contract any time soon. In short, I sucked. I came 79th out of 98 riders, although I was third in the media category. (There were four journalists riding).
A glass half-full scan of the nationalities of the starters revealed my chance for cycling glory. For the rest of my born days I will be able to brag I was the fastest British finisher in my race on the famous night when Lance Armstrong kick-started his comeback. OK, I was the only British entrant, but I'm not always strong on details.


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Whether the student is a freshman or transfer student interested in becoming a part of the Athletic Training Program (ATP), they must all meet the same entrance requirements in order to be formally accepted into the ATP. All students must complete the four year program, including the entire first year process, regardless of experience.
Admission Process
This is a competitive process where admittance is not automatic or guaranteed (even though each student may have met the required criteria listed below). The number of students admitted into the ATP each year will vary. The main factor affecting this will be the number of students graduating each year.
Learning Expectations
Due to the quality and expectation level of the ATP, the athletic training staff reserves the right to recommend extended and/or additional clinical rotations and/or additional academic classes if the learning process is not at the required level in the program. This determination will be made at the required exit interviews conducted each year.
The following criteria must be met in order to be considered for admission into the Athletic Training Program at Otterbein University:
Complete directed observation hours of Otterbein varsity sport settings
Observation sessions are designed to enable you to be in the athletic training setting to learn and also to get to know the upperclassmen that are in the program.
It is strongly suggested that you be an active learner. One of the best ways to learn is to be involved, so make the most of these initial experience hours. By the end of your observation hours, you should have a good working concept of all the procedures involved within the Athletic Training Program. You should know where all the supplies are located and stored, how the paperwork process works including computer documentation, and understand the chain of medical command.
You are more than welcome to also observe in the Freeman Athletic Training Center (FATC). Typically the hours of the FATC are 9 a.m.-1 p.m., but afternoon times are available. Contact one of the ATC's to see what afternoon times are open.
Students should also be aware of specific physical standards that are required to pass this major. In addition, students will be required to keep a journal of their observations. Please consult the Athletic Training Student Manual or an athletic training staff member for further details. Please refer to Appendix 11 in the Athletic Training Student Manual for more details.
Maintain a minimum 2.75 GPA to enter the program
Completion of the ATP Application Form
See Appendix VII in the Athletic Training Student Manual.
Completion of a "response paper"
Your response paper should explain why you have chosen athletic training as your major and what you would like to do with your degree upon graduation.
The paper should be brief (1-2 pages), yet explicit in your goals, including future goals for the area of athletic training in which you would like to work (college, high school, clinic, industrial, professional level, etc.).
The paper may include how you became interested in athletic training, how your first year experiences helped to solidify your choice for the athletic training major and potential future directions you would like to make in the athletic training major.
Submit two letters of recommendation
These letters must be from individuals outside the Athletic Training Program. These letters can be from someone either on or off campus. The letters should also be from someone who can give you a valid character reference.
Completion of the required physical examination including the required immunizations
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Completion of formal interview process with the athletic training staff
Interviews will begin on or after May 1 each year. The application for consideration into the ATP is due by May 1. All applications should be submitted to the Athletic Training Program Director.
Failure to complete any of the above steps will result in a delay and/or rejection of the student's formal application to be admitted into the ATP.
Students should also be aware of specific physical standards that are required to pass this major. Click here for further details or consult the Otterbein University undergraduate course catalog.
Transfer students will be advised on an individual basis and should meet with the Athletic Training Program Director to outline his/her clinical requirements.
Once students are formally admitted into the ATP they must maintain a minimum of a 2.75 grade point average. Failure to maintain this standard will result in disciplinary procedures as outlined in the Athletic Training Student Manual.
Students must also remain in good standing with their clinical rotation requirements and clinical proficiency requirements which are fully explained in each corresponding class syllabi. Specific procedures for all ATP requirements can also be seen in the Athletic Training Student Manual.
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Black Diamond Footprint for Fitzroy.
Whether you are camping on a rainy or snowy weather, take extra care of the tent s floor with the Black Diamond Footprint for Fitzroy as it perfectly integrates with it. This ground cloth is custom sized to fit specifically with the Fitzroy tent making it easier to attach and detach with it. Moreover, this Black Diamond Footprint is designed to prevent the bottom of the tent from being ripped off by sharp objects, pesky rocks and annoying dirt. Adding up a little thickness on the floor of your tent will prevent it from getting worn and torn easily. Also, with its SilNylon material that adds more water resistance to the tent s floor, not a single pelting snow and rain can stand a chance to get into your tent as it walls the floor of your tent from water. Elevating the thrill and camping fun with a worry-free protection is more than just sleeping on.
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What We Learned in 2012 · An A List Apart ArticleWhat We Learned in 2012 · An A List Apart Article: "Design systems, not screens
More than half of U.S. laptop owners now also own a smartphone, and nearly a quarter of them own a tablet too (source). And, of course, with the holiday season past us, the number of users who own a device in all three categories will jump higher still. Users move between devices so fluidly, and in patterns that we often can't predict. Now apps are starting to connect to other devices to control, synchronize or extend an experience.
I think we're going to see more cross-channel design thinking in 2013 to address simultaneous multi-device usage, and frequent device hopping in a single workflow. Continuity between platforms will be important, but we don't need to make the experience the same between devices. The user experience will morph with each context. We'll need to design systems, not screens, to solve cross-channel experience design problems."
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Activities & Events
Arts & Culture
|Many of UMass Dartmouth's events are open and free to the public, drawing thousands of visitors to the campus each year. The annual Freedom Festival attracts 20,000 visitors for fireworks and live music every year around July 4.
|UMass Dartmouth, with its acclaimed College of Visual and Performing Arts, is a center of creative activity that available for the public's enjoyment. The University's CVPA Star Store facility in downtown New Bedford is a creative economy catalyst,
Centers & Partnerships
Our Community
|With research and arts centers on its main campus in Dartmouth, and its satellite campuses in New Bedford and Fall River, UMass Dartmouth is the hub of the SouthCoast Innovation Triangle that is driving the economic and social development of the region.
|UMass Dartmouth is on the scenic SouthCoast of Massachusetts with its beautiful beaches, quaint seaside villages, and historic urban neighborhoods. Dartmouth (pop. 35,000) is accessible to Boston, Providence, Cape Cod, and Newport.


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The 30th annual Tinman Triathlon will be held on April 26th, 2014. Packet pick-up and race-day registration will be held in the University of Minnesota, Morris PE center. This year we have added a sprint distance triathlon! Both events can also be done as a relay with 2 or 3 person teams!
Event distances:
Swim - 1100yard Bike - 19mile Run - 10k
Swim - 450yard Bike - 12miles Run - 5k


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Im looking to fill some holes in my collection before all the EP2 stuff starts to hit.
Can you help me?
Vintage carded
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Dash Rendar
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Final Jedi Duel
Purchase of the Droids
Jabbas Dancers
Mynock Hunt
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Brown Deer holds Night Out for Justice
Brown Deer - Brown Deer's 2012 Night Out for Justice takes place from 5 to 10 p.m. July 31, featuring the Police Department, North Shore Fire Department, and other community leaders including representatives from North Shore NOW. The event schedule:
5-8:30 p.m.: meet Community Leaders, menu of items available for purchase from Larry's Market
5-8 p.m.: extended hours for Village Pond
6-8 p.m.: kids games
7:45-8:45 p.m.: Flight for Life helicopter
8:30-10 p.m.: Movie special feature: "The Smurfs"
River Hills signs off on fire funding formula
River Hills - River Hills approved a revised North Shore Fire Department funding formula with a three-year sunset clause last week. The Village Board tabled the updated NSFD formula in June, citing concerns that the village's contribution to the fire department could go into perpetuity without a sunset clause. River Hills originally considered a five-year sunset clause, but switched to three to accommodate a recent recommendation from the Fox Point Village Board.
River Hills' new share of the NSFD budget will be 2.94 percent, down from the 2.96 percent required by the current formula approved in 2007. A sunset clause should be added to the formula, Village President Robert Brunner said, because developments around the North Shore should be taken into account when determining each member community's share of the NSFD budget - though River Hills hasn't historically had nor won't likely have large fluctuations.
"Our situation doesn't change really," Brunner said.
Glendale, Brown Deer exploring consolidated court
Glendale - The Common Council gave the go ahead Monday night to City Attorney John Fuchs - who is also the village attorney in Brown Deer - to gauge Brown Deer's interest in a consolidated municipal court system.
Fuchs told the Common Council that a consolidation could save both communities money as a result of eliminating redundancies, and that their potential consolidated court could someday grow to include more communities from the North Shore.
"There are some advantages to the economy of scale," Fuchs said.
Brown Deer will consider the idea at its next Village Board meeting.
Glendale officials take first look at I-43 project
Glendale - City Administrator Richard Maslowski presented the Common Council with a preliminary look at an upcoming Department of Transportation project which will update Interstate 43 from Silver Spring Drive in Glendale to Highway 60 in Grafton.
The first stage of the project is an environmental assessment program that culminates in a public hearing in early 2013. The DOT, said Maslowski, will work with local entities such as the city of Glendale, Nicolet High School, Bayshore Town Center and the North Shore Water Commission as it studies the effects road work could potentially have on the area.
"Interstate 43 has a major impact on the city of Glendale," Maslowski said. "This is the beginning of a long-term planning process with the potential outcome of the reconstruction of the interstate."
Construction on the project, according to DOT documentation, is slated to begin in or after 2020.
YMCA to continue day care program at Brown Deer schools
Brown Deer - The Brown Deer School Board approved a lease with the YMCA for the 2012-2013 school year for its day care program, which serves Brown Deer families.
The program, which is a small source of revenue for the district, provides before and after school, as well as wraparound programming for K4 (kindergarten) students.
Shorewood Village Board approves $9.5 million in bonds
Shorewood - About $9.5 million worth of general obligation bonds for 2012 and 2013 projects were approved for issue by the Village Board last week.
Trustees were pleased to learn that the interest rate on the bonds came in at 2.19 percent instead of the estimated 3.22 percent, saving the village an estimated $962,000 in interest costs over time, according to Michael Harrigan of Ehlers and Associates. He congratulated village leaders on the low interest rate, which came about as a result of the village's credit rating and the contemporary investment landscape.
"If you have to borrow money for your projects," noted Harrigan, "now is about as good a time as it gets."
Massage Envy given go ahead
Whitefish Bay - Following a lengthy discussion regarding parking in the area, the Whitefish Bay Plan Commission approved a conditional use permit last week for Massage Envy at 109 E. Silver Spring Drive.
Massage Envy will have a capacity for 12 massage tables, which would necessitate a significant amount of parking in the area between employees and customers. Commissioners said they are concerned the parking for the business could spill over into nearby residential areas, though they weren't comfortable imposing restrictions on Massage Envy.
Instead, commissioners directed the franchise owner to work with the Businesses Improvement District to find a way to mitigate any potential parking issues.
Administrators examining testing data
Fox Point - Administrators in the Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District are spending a portion of the quiet summer months pouring over data from last year's Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations in grades three to eight.
Director of Instruction Tim Reymer provided board members with some data.
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I've noticed in the puppy DVD and traffic cop that it seems hillmann uses both sequences, sit-nick-sit and sit/nick simultaneously.
Am I correct to assume that I would use the S-n-S when the pup is in the act of sitting? For example, walking at heel, I would say sit and then when the dog is in the act of sitting, nick, and then when the dog completes the sit, say sit?
The reinforcement sit simutenous with the nick is when the dog is already sitting?
Just wanted to clarify. FYI, pup is 5 months, doing great, tons of desire to retrieve and is sitting very well and overall has been a great puppy. I plan to continue ala hillmann into his fetch DVD and basics.
Thank you. I know the sit-nick-sit has been debated but wasn't able to find any old posts about sit with a nick simultaneously.


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Recycle Utah seeks volunteers
February 12, 2013
Recycle Utah is looking for volunteers to assist with sorting materials, special events, educational programs, office duties and organizing.
A volunteer orientation will be held on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Recycle Utah, located at 1951 Woodbine Way. Refreshments will be served.
Recycle Utah will introduce its new "Warehouse Bucks" program, which will allow volunteers to earn credit towards items in the center's thrift store.
The volunteer who works the most hours will also receive a gift certificate from a local business.
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Porting an application to a platform you never worked on is fun. After checking the RKRM and the sources of the v2600 emulator, I managed write an AmigaOS port of Sarien, and it kind of works. It's slow as hell, but good enough for my first attempt to write code on the Amiga :) DICE C seems to work fine.
My dual-head setup with my old CRT and my new TFT monitors was highly unstable with the Mach64 and G400 cards, and it seems that mga_hal was causing the problem. KDE 2.2 works nicely with the dual-screen layout, and so does XScreensaver. Hmm, I wish I had a way to tell XScreensaver to run GL hacks only on the accelerated head.


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Congratulations to the Gratz College Mid-Career Fellows for completing their first full year of study towards a Master of Arts in Jewish Education or a Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service.
Gratz College Mid-Career Fellows joined Fellows from four other institutions across the United States and Canada for a conference and networking in Chicago in mid May.
Standing from left: Asher Joy Menashe (NY), Amanda Packman (MO), Megan Usow (GA), Brandon Cohen (PA), Joshua Domosh (FL), Sara Fleischman (PA), Aura Sutton (NY), Stefanie Tapper (PA)
Seated from left: Laura Fisher (TN), Ronnie Weissberg CA), Holly Cohn (FL), Jane Anderson (VA)
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I have been searching the net and coming up empty. I am looking for somthing similar to the Star Cases to put my Carded New Clone Wars Figures in and so far nothing has turned up on eBay and Google searches.
I was wonder if anyone knows what Star Case fits the new Clone Wars Figures, or where i can buy them online.
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I have a few exclusive figures that come straight from SW.com and Hasbro that have that amazing Rebel/Imperial Case with either logo at the top right and left corner. I was also wondering if and where i can buy these in bulk. Or the proper name for this case.
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Dissolve sugar in 2 cups boiling water. Add instant coffee and stir until completely dissolved. Remove from fire and stir in remaining ingredients. Be sure to taste, but consider yourself warned when you're making this at 9AM.


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Since I don't really buy other toy lines, a 3-month drought in Star Wars stuff makes for there being like ZERO charges on my creditcard, and probably close to a ZERO balance when the Falcon and AT-TE and all that stuff comes out.
Plus, I'm burning no gasoline going on hardly any toy hunts. I check out the toy isles when I need household supplies (and curiously go out to shop for them and wait outside the stores before they even open - Target anyway). But that's about it.
I'm going to look at but not buy the Indiana Jones stuff. It does look very cool, but not in a way that's tempting me. And that's good.


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Scott Brown's Senatorial victory is merely the latest sign that red tides are creeping upon our once-progressive Commonwealth. Don't believe us? Consider that Kenny Chesney sells out Gillette Stadium every summer, and, of course, that wealthy Republican presidential hopeful with the fantastic hair was recently our Governor.
From our ancestral history as the home of the original Tea Party movement to the recent incursion of Cracker Barrel and Sonic joints, Massachusetts now seems primed to embrace its inner redneck. Change, as the man says, is coming. Massachusettsians, you might be living in a Red state if . . .
1. Martha's Vineyard is re-named Scott's Vineyard.
2. Deval Patrick shows up to work on a snowmobile.
3. Fenway Park hosts first annual Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Winter Classic.
4. Anti-immigration groups successfully lobby to build a fence around Lynn.
5. Commonwealth declares Boston Tea Party Day an official holiday.
6. Jamaica Plain is bulldozed to make way for the biggest mall in North America.
7. Barney Frank goes missing, discovered back in the closet.
8. Louis Boston changes its name to the much-less-French-sounding "Lewis Beantown."
9. MBTA repaints Blue Line, renames it "The Redder Line"
10. New law: Combat-zone hookers no longer required to perform oral on Fridays if it's against their religion.
11. Public Garden swan boats are replaced with wave runners.
12. The Freedom Trail, forced to "pay its own way," is festooned with ads for Blackwater, AIG, and Smith N Wesson.
13. Revere declares war on People's Republic of Cambridge.
14. Anti-immigration groups successfully lobby to build a fence around New Bedford.
15. Doug Flutie Band sells more than four copies of its CD.
16. Museum of Science is re-chartered as the "Museum of Creationism."
17. Boston Herald promotes Ayla Brown from "American Idol Analyst" to "Editor-in-Chief."
18. Dropkick Murphys release an album of Celtic-flavored Lee Greenwood covers.
19. Michael Steele, newly-appointed head of Harvard's Dubois Institute for African and African-American studies, is beaten by Cambridge police.
20. New York Times Co. sells Boston Globe to townhall.com for $35 and a can of Skoal.
21. UMass campuses are shuttered: No more socialized higher education.
22. Pastor Rick Warren is invited to preach at M.I.T. – or, as it's better known, the Massachusetts Institute of Transubstantiation.
23. State legislature is dissolved, its duties re-assigned to New England Patriots alumni association.
24. Pine cone on the Golden Dome is replaced with a hand grenade.
25. Tom Menino and Mitt Romney caught trading sunless-tanning secrets.
26. Three words: Congressman Curt Schilling.
27. Steve Pagliuca finally admits he's a Republican.
28. Anti-immigration groups successfully lobby to build a fence around Lawrence.
29. John Rocker retires to Provincetown.
30. Three more words: Jay Severin groupies.
31. Dane Cook is accused of stealing Jeff Foxworthy jokes.
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Hypnobabies home course for sale
I have a complete self-study home course for HYPNOBABIES hypnobirthing. This course costs me around $400 to import from the USA.
I have tried other hypnobirthing courses but this one is superior to those and worked wonders for me making my births, including the first one, a breeze. I loved it.
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Scuba Diving Safety
What is recreational scuba diving?
SCUBA is short for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus." Scuba divers, while underwater, breathe through a mouthpiece that is attached to a tank of compressed air. Scuba diving is defined as pleasure diving to a depth of 130 feet.
Several scuba-certifying agencies offer training for divers, from beginners to experts. Three agencies that offer certification courses are the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) and Scuba Schools International (SSI). Basic courses involve classroom instruction, training pools and open-water settings. Diving certification, which allows you to rent equipment, request tanks to be re-filled and dive without supervision, can be attained in as little as five open-water dives. Most scuba-certifying agencies highly recommend you dive in a "buddy system" (a group of 2 or 3 divers).
What are the most common problems of scuba diving?
The most common medical problems are simple middle ear "squeezes." Squeezes cause pain in your ears. The pain is caused by the difference in pressure between the air spaces of your ears and mask and higher water pressure as you go deeper into the water. Squeezes that affect the inner ear or sinuses are less common.
Cuts, scrapes and other injuries to the arms and legs can be caused by contact with fish and other marine animals, certain species of coral and hazards such as exposed sharp metal on wrecks or fishing line.
What dangerous medical conditions are possible when I am diving?
- Inner ear barotrauma. This condition may occur if you have trouble clearing (equilizing the pressure between the middle ear and the water-- sometimes called "popping your ears") during a dive. The result is severe dizziness and hearing loss.
- Pulmonary barotrauma. This condition is the result of improper breathing during the ascent to the surface or, occasionally, from diving with a respiratory tract infection. Symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath and hoarseness.
- Arterial gas embolism (AGE). This is a type of barotrauma in which bubbles enter the blood stream and travel to the brain. Symptoms such as numbness or tingling of the skin, weakness, paralysis or loss of consciousness may occur. This is a serious diving injury.
- Decompression sickness ("the bends"). This condition occurs during ascent and on the surface of the water. Nitrogen gas that is stored in body tissues and blood comes out of solution and forms bubbles in the blood. The bubbles can injure various body tissues and block blood vessels. The most common signs of severe decompression sickness are dysfunction of the spinal cord, brain and lungs.
Remember: If you should develop any of the symptoms on this list during or after a dive, seek medical care immediately.
How common are medical problems in scuba diving?
Fortunately, serious medical problems are not common in recreational scuba divers. While there are millions of dives each year in the United States, only about 90 deaths are reported each year worldwide. In addition, fewer than 1,000 divers worldwide require recompression therapy to treat severe dive-related health problems.
How can I lower my risk of medical problems?
Most severe dive-related injuries and deaths happen in beginning divers. To be safe, always dive within the limits of your experience and level of training. Good rules to follow for safe diving include:
- Never try a dive you're not comfortable with. During descent, you should gently equalize your ears and mask. At depth, never dive outside the parameters of the dive tables or your dive computer (information that helps you avoid decompression sickness).
- Never hold your breath while ascending. You should always ascend slowly while breathing normally.
- Become familiar with the underwater area and its dangers. Learn which fish, coral and other hazards to avoid so injuries do not occur. Be aware of local tides and currents.
- Never panic under water. If you become confused or afraid during a dive, stop, try to relax and think the problem through. You can also get help from your dive buddy or dive master.
- Never dive without a buddy.
- Always plan your dive; then always dive your plan.
- Be sure that your diving equipment can handle the dive you have planned and that the equipment is working well.
- Don't drink alcohol before diving.
- Never dive while taking medicine unless your doctor tells you it's safe.
- Diving can be dangerous if you have certain medical problems. Ask your doctor how diving may affect your health.
- Cave diving is dangerous and should only be attempted by divers with proper training and equipment.
- If you don't feel good or if you are in pain after diving, go to the nearest emergency room immediately.
- Don't fly for 12 hours after a no-decompression dive, even in a pressurized airplane. If your dive required decompression stops, don't fly for at least 24 hours.
What should I do in a diving emergency?
If you or one of your dive buddies has an accident while diving, call the Divers Alert Network (DAN) emergency telephone line (919-684-9111). DAN is located at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. Doctors, emergency medical technicians and nurses are available 24 hours a day to answer your questions. If needed, they will direct you to the nearest hyperbaric chamber or other appropriate medical facility. If you would like to discuss a potential diving-related health problem, contact the non-emergency Divers Alert Network telephone line (800-446-2671).
What is a hyperbaric chamber?
A hyperbaric chamber is a facility where you are placed under increased pressure. It's similar to being underwater. This can often help injury from arterial gas embolism or decompression sickness by shrinking bubbles and allowing them to pass through your blood vessels.
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President Barack Obama ended his first trip to India on Monday with a promise to back the South Asian nation's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. The U.S. leader made the announcement in a speech to India's lawmakers in New Delhi, the nation's capital. India has been seeking permanent membership on the council for years.
The role of the U.N. Security Council is to maintain international peace and security. The five permanent members of the council are the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Russia and France. Actually getting a permanent place for India is another story. But Obama's backing is seen by the nation's leaders as an important diplomatic gesture.
In addition to visiting India, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama will also stop in Indonesia, South Korea and Japan. The First Couple set off on the ten-day tour of Asia on Friday. Obama's goal for the tour is to improve ties between the U.S. and the region, and to promote economic growth and job creation. The President and his team will return to Washington, D.C., on November 14.
A Busy 10 Days
The Obamas began their trip in Mumbai, India, the financial and economic center of the country, on November 6. There, they met with government officials, business leaders and school groups.
Up first on the schedule was a visit to a memorial at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel. The historic hotel was a target of the citywide terror attacks carried out by Pakistan-based Muslim extremists on November 26, 2008. The memorial honors the more than 170 people who died in the attacks. The President and First Lady each laid a white rose at the memorial.
"The Taj has been the symbol of the strength and resilience of the Indian people," Obama said during the service. "We use our visit here to send a very clear message that . . . the United States and India stand united." In his address to the Indian lawmakers on Monday, Obama promised to continue urging Pakistan's leaders to find the groups responsible for the attacks.
Obama's second day in India was lighter than the first. The Presidential visit took place on Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. The five-day religious festival is celebrated each year by Hindus, Sikhs and others . The Obamas spent the holiday visiting with local schoolchildren. The students, dressed in colorful saris, danced for the First Couple and even taught them some moves.
Looking to the Future
On Monday, Michelle Obama joined 15 Indian school girls on a field trip to a museum of Indian craft work. During the tour, the First Lady stressed to the students the importance of education. Most of the children on the trip are the first girls in their families to attend school. Mrs. Obama also encouraged the young women to stay fit, telling them that she likes to exercise because "women have to stay strong."
Early tomorrow, the Obamas will travel to Indonesia, the country in which the President spent four years as a boy. After that, they will fly to Seoul, South Korea, to attend the Group of Twenty, or G-20, economic summit. The conference brings together leaders from 20 wealthy and developing nations and the European Union. They meet twice a year to address challenges that affect the global economy.
The final leg of the tour will be in Japan, where Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.


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America's Brewing Debt Crisis
"Although short-term debt poses one of the greatest threats to the financial stability of the United States, Dodd-Frank has done little to mitigate it. Fortunately, several experts have proposed ambitious ways of dealing with the problem, including expanding federal insurance of bank deposits, allowing the Federal Reserve to lend money to more firms in the case of a panic, and banning unregulated financial institutions from issuing runnable liabilities," writes Robert E. Litan.
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When you buy a video game, you expect to be able to play it for as long as you want. You expect be able to play it with your kids many years from now if you want (well, maybe not Grand Theft Auto). And you would hope that museums and media historians could preserve the games that were so important to your childhood. But unfortunately, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions (17 U.S.C. § 1201, or Section 1201) creates legal risks for players who want to keep playing after game servers shut down, and curators who want to preserve games for posterity. That's why I'm spearheading an effort to win legal protection for game enthusiasts and preservationists who want to keep abandoned games alive by running multiplayer servers or eliminating authentication mechanisms.
Last week, Google announced that its Youtube service would default to using HTML5 video instead of Flash. Once upon a time, this would have been cause for celebration: after all, Flash is a proprietary technology owned by one company, a frequent source of critical vulnerabilities that expose hundreds of millions of Internet users to attacks on their computers and all that they protect, and Flash objects can only be reliably accessed via closed software, and not from free/open code that anyone can inspect.
If there's anything creepier than a drone flying up to your home and peering through your window, it's the thought of your technology—your cellphone, laptop camera, car radio, or even an implanted medical device—being turned on you for an even more intimate view of your private life. But the reaction last week to a drunken government intelligence agent borrowing his buddy's drone and crashing it into the White House lawn is a reminder that shortsighted solutions to the first problem could exacerbate the second.
As the White House reacted to the drone crash with a call for more regulation, the manufacturer of the downed quadcopter announced it would push a firmware update to all its units in the field, permanently preventing those drones from taking off or flying within 25km of downtown Washington DC.
It may seem odd to say so during Copyright Week, but copyright in itself isn't very important. Sure, EFF expends a lot of time and energy arguing about copyright law, and some of our adversaries spend even more. But we don't do so because copyright has any independent value. Rather, its value is derived from its ability to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts" (in the words of the US Constitution), as well as to promote other important values such as the rights to freedom of expression, privacy, education, and participation in cultural life.
We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and addressing what's at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation.
From phones to cars to refrigerators to farm equipment, software is helping our stuff work better and smarter. But those features come at a high hidden cost: the rapid erosion of ownership. Why does that matter? Because when it comes to digital products, owners have rights. Renters on the other hand, have only permission.
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Many subscribers have alerted us to former US President Jimmy Carter's television appearances promoting his new book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid". Perhaps in deference to Carter's previous high position, some interviewers have displayed a reluctance to challenge the mistaken theme of his book. HonestReporting has previously debunked the false comparison between Israel and apartheid South Africa.
Other critics include Alan Dershowitz who comprehensively takes apart the book, contending that Carter's
"use of the loaded word "apartheid," suggesting an analogy to the hated policies of South Africa, is especially outrageous, considering his acknowledgment buried near the end of his shallow and superficial book that what is going on in Israel today "is unlike that in South Africa – not racism, but the acquisition of land." Nor does he explain that Israel's motivation for holding on to land it captured in a defensive war is the prevention of terrorism. Israel has tried, on several occasions, to exchange land for peace, and what it got instead was terrorism, rockets, and kidnappings launched from the returned land. …
Mr. Carter's book is so filled with simple mistakes of fact and deliberate omissions that were it a brief filed in a court of law, it would be struck and its author sanctioned for misleading the court. Mr. Carter too is guilty of misleading the court of public opinion. A mere listing of all of Mr. Carter's mistakes and omissions would fill a volume the size of his book."
Click here to read the entire article and Dershowitz's examination of some of Carter's more egregious errors.
Carter's views have also been disowned by high-ranking members of his own Democratic Party including DNC Chairman Howard Dean and Speaker Elect Nancy Pelosi as well as leading African-American congressman Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) who said the use of apartheid in the book's title "does not serve the cause of peace and the use of it against the Jewish people in particular, who have been victims of the worst kind of discrimination, discrimination resulting in death, is offensive and wrong."
HonestReporting calls on subscribers to ask the questions of Jimmy Carter that the media is failing to do.
The New York Times, along with much of the mainstream media, played a key role in propagating the view that Israel had indiscriminately and "disproportionately" targeted civilian areas in response to Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon. Now, the NYTimes reports on a new study that says Hezbollah stored weapons in mosques, battled Israelis from inside empty schools, flew white flags while transporting missiles and launched rockets near UN monitoring posts.
The study also says that 650 out of the 1,084 people the Lebanese government has said were civilians killed in the conflict were in fact Hezbollah terrorists.
The NYTimes coverage includes declassified IDF video and photos that explain how "The construction of a broad military infrastructure, positioned and hidden in populated areas, was intended to minimize Hezbollah's vulnerability. Hezbollah would also gain a propaganda advantage if it could represent Israel as attacking innocent civilians."
Having conspicuously failed to present this side of the conflict at the time, HonestReporting calls on the mainstream media to give as much focus on this study's conclusions as it did to the initial allegations leveled at Israel. This report certainly has important implications, not only on opinion of Israel and Hezbollah's conduct during the war, but also on how the conflict was reported.
Please write to your local newspapers encouraging them to acknowledge this story. Click here for contact information for many media outlets and don't forget to send copies of your e-mails to HonestReporting at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f63/naias-09-2010-chevrolet-equinox-73050/Eat your heart out Highlander!! And will you look at that gorgeous interior, great job GM!!And MT's overview:The utility of a crossover with the economy of a sedan! That's the boast being made by Chevy's second-generation 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, and the claim does not come attached to any expensive hybrid or diesel technology. Instead the base Equinox gets a spanking new 2.4L four bristling with variable valve timing on both cams and direct fuel injection. Letting liquid fuel evaporate inside the hot cylinder cools the charge considerably, permitting an impressive 11.7:1 compression ratio with no knock on regular fuel. That high compression combines with more complete fuel burn to lower hydrocarbon emissions, improve power, and reduce fuel consumption.The result? It makes 182 hp and 174 lb-ft. That's just three horses and 36 lb-ft shy of the former pushrod V-6's output, and performance with the improved gearing of the standard six-speed 6T45 Hydramatic is supposed to equal the 3.4L V-6's (9.1 sec to 60 mph by our equipment) while EPA fuel economy hits 21/30 mpg FWD, 20/27 AWD, up from 17/24 (FWD and AWD). Furthermore, you may be able to beat that number. An ECO button on the dash remaps the transmission shift strategy and calls for more aggressive fuel shutoff when coasting. There's a slight NVH and driveability penalty, but it reportedly pays off, and the EPA does its testing with and without this button pushed, averaging the results. Ordering a base vehicle without the luggage rack will further improve your mileage (it comes on more than 30% of Equinoxes so EPA tests with the rack). Electric power steering, 17-in. low rolling-resistance Michelin tires, improved aerodynamics (from 0.42 to 0.36 drag coefficient), and a host of other tiny details contribute to the fuel economy bump, but none is expected to dramatically increase the cost of the base car.Stepping up to the 3.0L V-6 option erodes the fuel economy somewhat, but that engine is also direct-injected, using the same high 11.7:1 compression ratio to deliver 255 hp and 214 lb-ft of torque (down from the 2009 port-injected 3.6's 264/250). Fuel economy still inches upward from the 3.6L's 16-17/24 EPA city/hwy mpg to 18/25 mpg FWD, 17/24 AWD. The optional all-wheel-drive system is Haldex based and incorporates an American Axle-sourced limited-slip rear differential featuring an electronically controlled clutch pack to distribute torque left or right. Maximum trailer weight remains 3500 lb for the V-6, 1500 for the new four.I'm pretty sure y'all know where to find it.
Wow, it looks very similar to the Traverse.
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CarAuthority:Wow, it looks very similar to the Traverse.That's kind of a good thing IMO.
The wheels are to shiny and the mouth looks to much like a Bass but other then that, I like it alot.
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Yeah...sorry guys...I'm just not a fan of the new Chevy styling...It looks chunky/melted like Toyotas.
Dude wrong class, Highlander is full size.
elephantparty:Yeah...sorry guys...I'm just not a fan of the new Chevy styling...It looks chunky/melted like Toyotas.I don't see how they look like melted Toyotas.
ausrutherford:Dude wrong class, Highlander is full size.The Highlander is a midsize CUV, the Traverse/Flex are fullszie ones.
The venza is toyotas mid size, Highlander was mid size but moved up.
ausrutherford:The venza is toyotas mid size, Highlander was mid size but moved up.They have two midsizers in the segment the Venza (which to them is actually a sedan) and the Highalnder which is the everyday midsize CUV.
It's hard to explain get...Lots of convex surfaces on the next Chevys like Toyota uses.The Camry looks bloated, and I think the Malibu looks a little bloated.And Chevy seems to be getting the gaping bass mouth look of the Tundra and putting it on all it's cars.
ausrutherford:Dude wrong class, Highlander is full size.HIghlander is not full size. Sequoia is full size, based on the Tundra.this Chevy looks hot. the General has sure caught on with interior design. the whole car looks expensive like the Malibu these days.
elephantparty:It's hard to explain get...Lots of convex surfaces on the next Chevys like Toyota uses.The Camry looks bloated, and I think the Malibu looks a little bloated.And Chevy seems to be getting the gaping bass mouth look of the Tundra and putting it on all it's cars.I just don't see it. And the grills look just fine, nothing as terrible as the Tundra and the Malibu does looks a little big but it's gorgeous especially in black. The only way a Camry would look gorgeous is if all you could see was black.
It is better then the current model, but the tail lights are ugly as hell! Overall I like it though. BTW what is with brown interiors anymore...I really don't like them at all!___________________________________________________________________________________
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The interior looks great, the exterior looks concept-ish, a lot like the Chevrolet GPix and the Chevrolet Orlando, especially the front, good thing.Great job GM!!!
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Highlights Going Into Dynamite!! 2010 For The Rest of Us
- Written by Dave Walsh
We've already discussed the fights that were put together for a Japanese audience for Dynamite!! 2010, with Satoshi Ishii getting the big nod as the "star" of the show as well as a vast array of freakshow fights that would make your average fan on the Underground forums eyes roll back into their head. It should also be noted that Alistair Overeem is getting a rather big push in the press of late, with him being seen as a big foreigner heavyweight, the first since Fedor Emelianenko, basically.
Alistair Overeem will be squaring off against Todd Duffee, as we reported (also that it was an ordeal to get that fight signed), and it is still up-in-the-air if the fight will be for the DREAM Heavyweight Championship or not. Overeem has stuck around in Japan after the Grand Prix training in Japan due to not wanting to have to deal with the snow in Holland (MiddleEasy's Zeus can attest to how good of an idea it was to avoid that snow).
The big fights for the rest of us are fights between some name fighters, with the next biggest fight being a mixed rules bout between Shinya Aoki and Yuichiro Nagashima. It will be a three round affair, with the first being K-1 rules and the rest being MMA. The crux? MMA gloves throughout the fight, so to not need a giant gap for changing gloves between rounds.
Strikeforce's Josh Thomson squares off against Tatsuya Kawajiri in a fight that no one really expected, but looks to be a solid fight. Mariusz Zaromskis will defend his Middleweight Championship against Kazushi Sakuraba, with Saku looking to possibly take home the first title of his career at the tender age of 40. This fight is getting very little press in Japan, which for a Sakuraba fight is odd.
The other big fight is DREAM Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi taking on K-1 Heavyweight Champion Kyotaro in a K-1 rules bout. It is a strange bout to say the least, with Mousasi not competing in a kickboxing bout since December 2008 against Musashi.


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Pacific Crest's Andy Hargreaves today reiterates a Sector Perform rating on shares of Dish Network (DISH), which yesterday announced its intention to acquire Sprint-Nextel (S) for $25.5 billion, in cash and stock, going head to head with Japan's Softbank, which already agreed to acquire Sprint back in October.
Dish shares today are up 51 cents, or 1.4%, at $37.28, while Sprint shares are up 7 cents, or 0.9%, at $7.13.
Writes Hargreaves, the deal would bring "significant" dilution to Dish shareholders, on the order of 18% to 83%, and the combined company "would have to execute superbly, since it would be a debt-laden, sub-scale company in a highly competitive industry."
Hargreaves values the deal structure as follows,
We believe a combined DISH/Sprint would trade at 5.0x to 6.0x EV/EBITDA. Using current consensus estimates for 2013 EBITDA and pro forma net debt balances, we estimate the value of DISH shareholders' equity in the new company would range from $2.9 billion to $14.0 billion. In order to avoid dilution in the first year, we estimate the combined company would have to realize $1.3 billion of cost synergies and trade at 6.5x EV/EBITDA. We believe this multiple would be very difficult to achieve since the company would still be significantly under-scale relative to AT&T (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ), both covered by Pacific Crest analyst Michael Bowen), and would carry a significant debt burden of approximately of nearly 4.0x net debt to EBITDA.
Hargreaves also thinks Sprint investors might prefer the Softbank deal given the high level of debt in the Dish offer:
DISH's offer to Sprint's shareholders provides more initial cash, but less equity in the postmerger company under most valuation scenarios due to the significant debt issuance that would be necessary to complete the deal. The heavy debt load the post-merger company would have under the DISH proposal could also limit network capital expenditures, which would be a significant disadvantage versus AT&T and Verizon, in our view. Further, we expect Sprint management to push for the SoftBank agreement, since much of the Sprint executive team could be synergized in a DISH merger.


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(Jan. 25, 2007)--The UTSA South Texas Initiative for Mental Health Research (STIMHR) is accepting applications for six $1,000 research awards for the Spring 2007 semester. The awards are for graduate students involved in mental health research or planning to pursue research in the field.
Now in its third year, STIMHR is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with the goal of increasing mental health research at UTSA and in South Texas and providing mentorship opportunities for UTSA graduate students.
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Eligibility requirements include admission to a UTSA master's or doctoral program, a research agenda focused on mental health that indicates potential for practical application, and U.S. citizenship or legal-resident status.
Applicants must identify a research topic, write a thesis or dissertation, present findings, pursue publication in traditional academic outlets and media for the general public, and participate in graduate student activities associated with the STIMHR program.
Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation, a biographical sketch, a two-to-four page personal statement reflecting the student's familiarity with and interest in mental health issues, and a summary of how participation will help the student make contributions to research and knowledge of mental health issues in South Texas. The awards can support students' related costs including travel, materials and participant reimbursement.
Applications are available in the Culture and Policy Institute/STIMHR office, Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 4.03.16, 1604 Campus, or at the STIMHR Web site.
The application deadline is 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16. Awardees will be notified in late February or early March.
Mail applications to:
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For more information, contact Marissa Garcia at (210) 458-6449.