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Best Demolition Companies in Phoenix, AZ
Finding a quality demolition contractor in Phoenix, Arizona to demolish a house, garage, or commercial building is simpler with Hometown. We connect homeowners and business owners with pre-screened demolition companies that are licensed, insured, reliable, and affordable. Request an estimate for your project today.
Founded in 2002, Marrs Inc. is an experienced demolition company specializing in structural demo, interior work, site prep, and grading. We are a family owned and operated business capable of handling residential and commercial projects. For full-service demolition services in the Phoenix area, contact Marrs Inc. today!
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Dave's Construction Services specializes in hard rock digs, excavation, site demolition, dust control, screening and crushing. We offer services to both residential and commercial clients with budget, safety, timeline and quality as top priorities.
Capable of large-scale commercial demo & wrecking, MP Environmental has the right equipment and knowledgeable crew to ensure complete safety, efficiency and a cost-effective demo solution. We perform house demo, light commercial work, concrete wrecking and structural demo.
Willis Demolition Service specializes in all aspects of demolition. We have the experience and equipment needed to complete a wide range of demolition jobs in an efficient, safe, and courteous manner.
J.H. Dykstra has the heavy equipment and skill necessary to successfully execute any size demolition project. We offer residential, commercial and industrial clients safe and effective services including crushing and screening, rock excavation, structural demo, and equipment rental.
Interstate Construction Services is demolition contractor with experience at all levels of development. They are one of the highest trained staffs in the Phoenix area. They provide cost-effective solutions for clients without sacrificing quality.
CSW stands for Constant Safe Work and we live up to that name every day. We offer a full spectrum of services with our core markets being aviation, industrial, landfills, mine support, renewables, site work, and street improvements.
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Flooring Demolition Specialists, LLC has quickly become one of Phoenix's most preferred and respected demolition and floor removal companies. They can perform all types of services, including saw cutting, coring, and more.
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For innovative solutions to your demo or excavating project, The Ground Level is Mesa's choice contractor. We service residential and commercial customers throughout the area, and we offer a wide range of services, including house demo, light commercial, pool removal and structural wrecking.
DLM Excavation has been delivering excellence since 1982. They are an independently operated and family owned business that is licensed, insured, and bonded. They specialize in the demolition of structures, concrete, homes, garages and buildings.
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Based in Phoenix, AZ and serving residential and commercial customers in surrounding areas, Mid Mountain Excavation are experts in all things demolition and excavation. They have the expertise and equipment needed to get any job done.
Since 1993. ACR Contracting, Inc. has been consistently providing residential and commercial customers in Chandler, AZ with superior demolition services. Whether you need the interior or exterior of a structure demolished and stripped out, they've got you covered.
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A selection of print portfolios by world famous artists including David Hockney and LS Lowry are to go on display in Bradford.
The Artists' Folio: as a Site of Inquiry will feature lithographs including Hockney's A Rake's Progress (1963).
The exhibition at Cartwright Hall art gallery in Lister Park from tomorrow until June 15, comes from Bradford Council's print collection and focuses on the medium's renaissance between the 1960s and 1980s.
Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, the Council's executive member responsible for Culture, said: "Bradford has some great lithographs and prints to display. Visiting experts have remarked to me before that there are some real gems in the collection which we should be proud of. So I'm glad we're able to show them off to their best advantage in this exhibition for all to see."
As well as individuals' work, there will be three folios representing groups of artists brought together to celebrate events or projects.
The first celebrates the 2012 London Olympics and features the likes of Gary Hume, Bridget Riley, Rachel Whiteread and Tracey Emin.
A second framed intaglio set celebrates 25 years of London's Angela Flowers Gallery. It includes work by Nicola Hicks, Glenys Barton, Renny Tait and Tai-Shan Schierenberg – all of whom have exhibited at Bradford museums and galleries.
The exhibition will be supported by events, including a free illustrated talk by guest curator Professor Paul Coldwell, from London's University of the Arts, on March 29 at 1pm.
There will be a workshop that will include a visit to Bridget Tempest's print studio in Skipton and the chance to print your own work at Cartwright Hall. The workshop is on May 14 and 15, between 10am and 3.30pm, and costs £25.
On March 13, between 10.30am and 3pm, there will be a demonstration of June Russell's printmaking processes.
The Artists' Folio will be officially launched on March 16, alongside the opening of Rossetti's Obsession: Images of Jane Morris and Ukrainian Art: from the middle and second half of the twentieth century.
For more details e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. uk or ring (01274) 431212.
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VANMAKT's Gorgoth (a.k.a. Tais) has issued the following update on his Swedish gothic/doom metal project EERIE:"I have just talked to our label and at the moment they are having some troubles. So we have decided to not record a full album this summer since we dont know if it will be released. Instead we will record a four-song demo that will be sent to interested labels and labels that we find interesting. "The songs that will be recorded are: 01. Memorial Part I
02. Closure
03. Alone...
04. As The World Comes To An End "We will enter EPM Studios in July to record these songs. Hopefully we will be done with the recording in August. "So, be prepared for some really good music in August! "If you have a label that is interested in working with EERIE, please send us a mail either here in MySpace or at Mattias (at) Vanmakt. com."


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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011
( Amendments to be moved by Senator Siewert on behalf of the Australian Greens in committee of the whole )
(1) Schedule 1, item 5, page 7 (lines 2 to 13), item TO BE OPPOSED .
[alcohol protected areas]
[Amendment (1) will only be moved if amendment (15) on sheet 7221 is agreed to.]
(2) Schedule 2, page 12 (after line 7), after item 8, insert:
8A Subsections 70(2BA) to (2BD)
Repeal the subsections.
(3) Schedule 2, page 12 (after line 30), after item 10, insert:
10A Subsections 70(2D) and (2E)
Repeal the subsections.
[reinstating the permit system]
(4) Schedule 2, items 13 to 18, page 13 (lines 2 to 13), omit the items, substitute:
13 Sections 70A to 70H
Repeal the sections.
[reinstating the permit system]
(5) Schedule 2, page 13 (after line 17), after item 20, insert:
20A Paragraph 73(1)(ba)
Repeal the paragraph.
20B Section 74AA
Repeal the section.
[reinstating the permit system]
(6) Schedule 2, page 13 (after line 19), at the end of the Schedule, add:
22 Schedule 7
Repeal the Schedule.
[reinstating the permit system]
(7) Schedule 4, items 1 to 9, page 21 (line 4) to page 24 (line 10), omit the items, substitute:
1 Subsection 15AB(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) In determining whether to grant bail to a person charged with, or convicted of, an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, or in determining conditions to which bail granted to such a person should be subject, a bail authority must take into consideration the potential impact of granting bail on:
(a) any person against whom the offence is, or was, alleged to have been committed; and
(b) any witness, or potential witness, in proceedings relating to the alleged offence, or offence.
2 Subsection 15AB(2)
Omit "subparagraph (1)(a)(i) or (ii)", substitute "paragraph (1)(a) or (b)".
3 Subsection 15AB(3)
Repeal the subsection.
4 Subsections 16A(2A) and (2B)
Repeal the subsections.
5 Application of amendments
(1) The amendments made by items 1, 2 and 3 of this Schedule apply to a proceeding relating to bail that:
(a) is initiated on or after commencement; and
(b) is not an appeal against a decision of a bail authority that was made before commencement.
(2) The amendment made by item 4 of this Schedule applies to a proceeding relating to sentencing that:
(a) is initiated on or after commencement; and
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I was thinking about how fast the months have gone by. I'm almost on my 4th month of living in Europe. This was just a hazy plan a few months ago. Now I'm living the dream.
Today, I'm here in France, blogging thru my phone. In a few days, I'll be back in London to welcome 2013 at the Big Ben with new-found friends.
By January, I will embark on a new journey as soon as I pass my Finance exam. Italy, Prague, and Amsterdam from Jan16-30 (Holla if you wanna meet-up! email@example.com. I need someone to take me around Rome!) Thank heavens for promo flights and generous relatives, I get to maximize my time off school.
Let me post an article that I was asked to write by a women empowerment website in the Philippines a few years ago. I've come a long way from this state. Makes me laugh at those times when I thought it was "the end of the world" for me! Gaaah, the drama! 🙂 My life, I think, is living proof that the heart is resilient and a free-spirit can never be contained.
Lose and find yourself. It's a vicious cycle. Lose yourself in love and life. Then find your center again. It's a constant beautiful struggle. Love every minute of it.
Cheers to 2013!
Lost and Found
By Denise Congco
2009 was the year I thought I lost everything. I quit my job, ended a relationship, and cut ties with my best friend of 20 years. I thought it was too much to go through in one year. But today, two years later, I realized that those things had to happen so that I can find myself.
When the source of your happiness comes from external factors, whether it's your career or a loved one, you sometimes lose touch of who you really are. You let yourself be judged by other people. You get affected by what they say.
But when you let go of all that, you start asking the right questions: Who are you when stripped of material things, friends, job, and boyfriend? What are your deal-breakers and non-negotiables? What are the causes you will die fighting for? If it's self-fulfillment you're after, what would you rather do?
At the time, I had all but lost my self-esteem. I had to figure out a way to love ME again. I took a vacation. I traveled around Asia and somehow gained a new zest for life. The world truly is my oyster!
Traveling gave me a different perspective on life. I realized that what might have been important to me was not necessarily relevant to the ice cream man in Singapore or the sales lady in Bangkok. What may be a big deal to you may not even matter to your neighbor, so what's the fuss? If you failed at something, it doesn't mean you can't pick up the pieces, take all the life lessons that moment has taught you, and start anew somewhere, somehow.
But how do I love ME again? I found out that when you rephrase the question, it becomes easier to answer: What don't I love about myself? My answers ranged from the most trivial to the most profound. I had a problem with my weight, my inability to say no, my tendency to lose myself in a relationship, and my lack of a dream.
So I zeroed in on the easiest: the weight issue. I read everything I could find online. I consulted a doctor and found out that I had polycystic ovaries, which made it doubly hard for me to lose weight. Apparently, my hormones have practically been making me obese. I had to treat that first and then searched high and low for that one exercise program that would suit my lifestyle. Because of the Tracy Anderson Method and a clear vision to reach my ideal weight, I managed to go down to a size 4 from a size 12! From large to small!
[Before and After]
I got so excited because that kind of happiness emanated from within me! It was the result of sheer hard work and perseverance. It started from accepting the fact that I had a problem and facing it head on.
Next on the list: my inability to say no. I figured that being gracious is different from letting yourself be taken advantage of. I suppose that when you lose everything, you gain courage. A regained sense of self will give you the confidence to say no to something you don't feel like doing. That same confidence will make you proud of who you are and what you have become! That solves problem number three: my tendency to lose myself in a relationship. By knowing what I hated about myself and doing something about it, I solved two problems at once!
What do I dream of? What do I really want? Simple things, really: something to do, someone to love, and something to stand for.
I know that a stable job is still important to me. I know I have an innate talent to create something out of nothing, which in my industry means creating a marketing campaign with limited, if not zero budget. I know I enjoy making people feel beautiful.
Actually, I was already doing the things that gave me pure joy: marketing and makeup! I just had to find a company that would allow me to do both. I waited for the right job interview to come my way, not going to those that I knew wouldn't allow me to explore my two passions. I had to stick to my vision! Soon enough, the perfect job offer came. I accepted and am now enjoying every bit of it. Plus, I have wedding makeup gigs every weekend! I am enjoying the best of both worlds!
Asked to describe who I want to meet in my Friendster account, I wrote "someone to hold hands and see the world with." And I am happy to say that I have met that person. Gaining self-confidence allowed me to share myself again with someone I adore, respect, and believe in.
Little by little, I found myself getting closer to that self vision I created when I was down and out. It was not an easy feat. And up to now, there are days when I feel like I'm taking a few steps back. But then there are good days when the dream feels so close.
All those months of searching led me to several conclusions: Nobody should define who you are but yourself. Come to terms with what makes you sad, angry, or frustrated. Envision the life that you want to lead and then do everything in your power to attain it. Every day, decide and choose to create your own happiness!
Yes, I lost everything. But after all the hurt and the pain, I found myself.
Edit: I gained a few pounds back and broke-up with my then boyfriend but I have no regrets. As I have said, it is a constant beautiful struggle. And I'm willing to go through everything again with eyes wide open and a heart that is just so excited to experience life at its purest! 😉 Positivity is key.


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Durango's biggest and most competitive tennis tournament, hosted by the Durango Community Tennis Association, drew 45 participants from around the Four Corners in mid-July at the Durango High School tennis courts.
The results:
Men's A Singles: Ali Colak def. Jeff Clark, 6-2, 6-2.
Men's A Doubles: Jeff Clark and Dave Pitts vs. Ali Colak, Jim Gates, rained out.
Women's A Singles: Janet Monell def. Kelly Cunnion, 6-2, 3-6, 10-7.
Women's A Doubles: Eva Lou Edwards and Mavis Edwards def. Carol Roberts and Karwyn Gustafson, 6-4, 1-6, 13-11.
Men's B Singles: Jim Piesel def. Bob Green, 6-3, 6-4.
Men's B Doubles: Jim Piesel and Bob Green def. Mike Mariska and Maurice Allen, 6-4, 7-5.
Consolation Round: Fred Edwards def. Dustin Gilstrap; Vivian and Eva Lou Edwards def. Luther and Dustin Gilstrap; Terri Wells def. Erika Pitcher; Linda Arnold and Cheryl Roy def. Stevie Spencer and Khris Agnos.


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Why go now?
China's most cosmopolitan city is best visited in spring, before the heat and humidity of summer sets in. And now 44 other nations can stop in Shanghai for 72 hours without a visa - as long as they arrive by air at Pudong or Hongqiao airports and are in transit to an onward destination outside China.
Touch down
China Eastern (020-7935 2676; chinaeastern.co.uk) offers four departures a week with onward connections to other cities in China, Japan, Thailand and Australia. I travelled with British Airways Holidays (0844 493 0758; ba.com/shanghai),which offers two nights at the PuLi Hotel & Spa with breakfast and flights from Heathrow from £1,119pp (about R14 500).
Shanghai's high-speed Maglev train is the fastest way from the airport (every 15 minutes from 7.02am to 9.42pm; RMB50/R60). It takes seven minutes, but stops only at Longyang Road station: ideal if you're staying in Pudong but still a long way from the city centre. LongYang Road is on lines 2 and 7 of the metro. You can buy a ticket for each journey (from RMB30) or a metro card, also valid on buses and in taxis.
There are also eight bus routes departing every 15-25 minutes from outside the baggage-claim hall (7am-11pm; from RMB16) . Bus 5 stops at People's Square.
Get your bearings
Shanghai is split in half by the Huangpu River, with Puxi (meaning west bank) on one side and Pudong (east bank) on the other. Pudong is the city's financial district. Its burgeoning skyline of skyscrapers, dominated by the spike of the Oriental Pearl Television Tower, is one of Shanghai's landmarks.
Puxi remains the city's historic centre, home to the Bund - the embankment lined with grand neo-Renaissance buildings that served as the headquarters for big Western businesses in Shanghai's 1930s heyday - and the French Concession, the leafy residential district that is easily the most charming part of the city. In the absence of a useful tourist offices, the best source of information is the official tourism website: meet-in-shanghai.net.
Check in
The PuLi Hotel and Spa at 1 Changde Road (00 86 21 3203 9999; thepuli.com) describes itself as an "urban resort". In a city as frenetic as this one, the long bar and lobby overlooking the park offer an escape at the end of a busy Shanghai day. Doubles start at RMB4,067, including breakfast.
Hotel Indigo on the Bund at 585 Zhong Shan Dong Er Road (00 86 21 3302 9999; shanghai.hotelindigo.com) has fabulous views and a great location. Doubles from RMB1,344, including breakfast.
Quintet is a B&B at 808 Changle Road in the French Concession (00 86 21 6249 9088; quintet-shanghai.com). Its six en suite rooms are lovely and the staff will go out of their way to make you comfortable. Doubles from RMB850, including breakfast.
Day One
Take a hike
Start at Fuxing Park, a rare burst of greenery, and walk amid the fountains and pavilions, passing men playing cards and couples ballroom dancing. Exit by the west gate on to Gaolan Road and turn left on to Sinan Road, where you'll find the former residence (now a museum) of the founder of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen at 7 Xiangshan Road (00 86 21 6437 2954; open 9am-5pm; free guided tours every weekday at 10.30am, 2pm and 3pm; RMB20).
Continue down Sinan Road, popping into the delightful antiques emporium-cum-café Antique Garden (00 86 21 5382 1055) on the way, until you get to Taikang Road. Turn right and you'll see the entrance to Tianzifang on your right, a labyrinth of small lanes that house little cafés, boutiques and art galleries (open 10am-11pm).
Lunch on the run
In Tianzifang, Bali Bali at No 18 Lane 274 (00 86 21 5466 0776) is a big local hit. Join the queue at the soup window for a bowl of tofu broth for RMB8 and eat it at one of the wooden tables outside.
Back on the main road is Tsui Wah, a Cantonese restaurant at 618 Xu Jia Hui Road (00 86 21 5213 6582; tsuiwahrestaurant.com). Order a delicious barbecue pork bun (RMB9) the size of a hamburger from the counter.
Window shopping
For a characterful experience away from the malls, head to Xintiandi, a pedestrianised enclave of boutiques in traditional shikumen houses with beautiful stone doorways.
Head to Shanghai Trio at unit 129, 245 Madang Road for colourful bags, scarves and wallets (00 86 21 5358 0188). Four blocks east along Xintiandi Park is Dongtai Road and its renowned antiques market. Avoid the Buddha replicas and statues of Mao and seek out old leather suitcases, vintage lamps and curios. But remember to bargain hard.
Take a view
The Park Hyatt hotel at 100 Century Avenue in Pudong (00 86 21 6888 1234; shang hai.park.hyatt.com) is situated at the top of the Shanghai World Financial Centre.
One of the highest hotels in the world, it boasts spectacular views of the Bund and Puxi beyond. The bar on the 91st floor is fun and thumping; the elegant Living Room next to the hotel lobby is quieter and more refined. Order a fig martini for RMB110 and then marvel at the city lights beneath you.
Dining with the locals
No trip to Shanghai is complete without an evening on the Bund, the riverside strip of grand buildings that's home to swanky bars and restaurants. Rub shoulders with Shanghai's glitterati at the smart Italian restaurant Mercato at 3 on the Bund (00 86 21 6323 3355; jean-georges.com), the latest from Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
For a more low-key choice, Lost Heaven at 17 Yanan Dong Lu (00 86 21 6330 0967; lostheaven.com.cn) is just round the corner and serves Yunnanese food to a mix of Shanghainese and foreigners. The jin bo ghost chicken and spicy Burmese tea leaf salad are the dishes to go for. Expect to pay RMB250 per person without wine.
Day Two
Sunday morning: a walk in the park
Get up early enough (between 7am and 9am) and you will see locals of all ages practising t'ai chi in any open space available. Jingan Park is no exception, plus here you'll find a group of women doing a sort of Chinese line dance to music while having a good old gossip. The benches around the pond are a particularly nice place to pause.
Go to temple
Across the road from the park is Jingan Temple at 1686 Nanjing Xi Lu (open 7am-5pm; RMB30). The original AD247 building has been pulled down and rebuilt so many times that what's left is little more than a replica, but it is still one of China's most significant temples.
The dishevelled central hall on the ground floor is disappointing - and in a seemingly permanent state of renovation - but the Precious Hall of the Great Hero, supported by 46 columns of Burmese teak, is much more impressive and home to a 15-ton silver Buddha almost 9m high.
Out to brunch
For dim sum, head to Din Tai Fung in the South Block Plaza in Xintiandi, 123 Xingye Road (00 86 21 6385 8378; open 11am-3pm and 5pm-10pm). This Shanghai institution (actually a Taiwanese chain) is renowned for its dumplings. The xiaolongbao, Shanghai's famous pork and crab soup dumplings, are exceptional.
Cultural afternoon
The Shanghai Museum at 201 Renmin Dadao on People's Square (00 86 21 6372 3500; shanghai museum.net; 9am-5pm daily; free) offers four floors of ancient Chinese artefacts which are revealing and beautiful in equal measure. The audio guide is well worth the RMB40, though you'll need a passport or driving licence as a deposit.
Across the square is the inauspicious sounding but rewarding Urban Planning Centre at 100 Renmin Dadao (00 86 21 6318 4477; supec.org; open 9am-5pm; closed Mondays; RMB30). Highlights include an exhibition revealing how the Bund has developed over the past century.
Icing on the cake
Head, back and foot massages are daily pastimes in China and massage parlours are both plentiful and cheap. Zen Massage at 210 Wuyuan Road (00 86 21 3368 1227; zenmassage.cn; RMB108 for a 60-minute reflexology foot massage) in the French Concession, has private treatment rooms as well as the usual row of beds where everyone is massaged next to one another. Be warned: a typical Chinese massage errs towards the painful side but the effect is worthwhile. - The Independent


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Hangout Music Fest lineup: Tom Petty, Kings of Leon, Trey Anastasio, the Shins and more
It's not Ultra. It's not Wanee. It's not DeLuna Fest.
But just across the Florida state line sits Gulf Shores, Ala., home to what has quickly become one of the top music festivals in the country: The Hangout Music Fest, which this year runs May 17-19 along the Gulf of Mexico.
On Wednesday, Hangout unveiled its 2013 lineup: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Kings of Leon are the first two headliners, with one more coming soon. Trey Anastasio Band, The Shins, Kendrick Lamar, Bassnectar, the Roots, the Black Crowes, Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, Gov't Mule, Steve Aoki, moe., Jim James and many more.
Even if Tampa music fans aren't up for the roadie to Alabama, they should take stock of this lineup. Usually, whenever there's a music festival in the southeast, at least one or two acts from the bill will also pass through Tampa Bay. Last year, for example, Wilco and Chris Cornell both came through Tampa Bay within a week of Hangout. This year, Slightly Stoopid already has a show booked at Jannus Live in May.
While we'd be pretty stoked to get a show from Tom Petty or the Shins (and, hey, don't Kings of Leon owe us a concert?), we think we might have better luck a little farther down on the bill. Jason Isbell and 400 Unit, Moon Taxi and The Bright Light Social Hour are all decent bets for Tropical Heatwave, which is scheduled for May 10-11.
Tickets to the 2013 Hangout Music Fest go onsale here on Friday.
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text: How Farm Toys Transformed into Collectible Treasures Modern day makeover: Part 1 of 2 Link chains make this Arcade Caterpillar look realistic. Some Arcade Fordsons are colorful, with red wheels and drivers in blue. Note the different rear wheels on these toys. This Arcade McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor, which dates to about 1925, also came in gray. This Arcade McCormick-Deering Farmall Regular is one of the hardest Arcade farm toys to find. As a child, Jim Goke found this Hubley Oliver 70 orchard tractor so ugly that he wouldn't play with it. This Hubley tractor with slant fenders was made in 1/25 scale in the late 1930s. A beautifully colorful catalog illustration for Arcade's McCormick-Deering thresher. The Hubley Huber road roller reflects an era when it was largely up to farmers to build and maintain their own roads. Salesman's samples included working models of mowers like this one. The manufacturer of such pieces is not always known. A rare set of Vindex Case toys in mint condition. A Case Model L tractor pulls a spreader, with a hay loaders and combine at back. (The Case Eagle is not a Vindex piece.) The Vindex John Deere stationary gasoline engine was a first; no other stationary gas engine farm toys were made before this one. The only known farm toy made of lead, this John Deere Model D was manufactured by Kansas City Toy & Novelty Co. in 1930. This box — perhaps the earliest surviving farm toy box — was mailed from Peoria, Ill., to New York in 1919 with a Hubley Avery 18-36 cast iron tractor inside. "In 30 years of going to major farm toy shows," says Dave Nolt, Paradise, Pa., "I don't know of an older box that that one." Courtesy Dave Nolt Sears, Roebuck & Co. advertised this farm toy in company catalogs in 1923. Read Article


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NATO today said four coalition troops have died in Afghanistan, reported the Associated Press.
The coalition issued a statement saying two officers were killed by an improvised explosive devices, one in the east on Tuesday and the other in the south today, said AP.
The other two died of non-combat injuries, one on Tuesday and the other day, AP said.
More from GlobalPost: Two NATO soldiers, local official killed in Afghanistan
As is customary, their identities were not revealed.
AP said the announcement brings the number of coalition troops killed in Afghanistan over the past year to a total of 122.
Iran's state-run Press TV also reported the deaths, noting that most of the coalition's 130,000-strong troops are stationed in Afghanistan's east.
It has been a bloody month in Afghanistan, with a wave of suicide attacks several weeks ago leaving at least 19 people dead.


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I would like to thank Coalkirk for taking the time today to check out a truck I found that is for sale in Maryland. Thanks for taking the time to do this favor for me, especially on a Sunday when there are always lots of other things to do. Thanks for the road test and the report and for taking the time to email the photos you took as well. I appreciate it, saved me lots of time and gas. I hope that one day I can return the favor.
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"The CCA has been doing what other employer groups have been trying to do — trying to ensure government does not close the door on temporary foreign worker use for skilled occupations, where there are no Canadian permanent workers in that area and we want to see an expedited process," said Michael Atkinson, CCA president.
The recent media furor over temporary foreign worker abuses in the fast-food sector has left the Canadian government trying to address problem areas with the program.
The federal government announced a moratorium on access to temporary foreign workers for the restaurant sector.
"It is a political hot-potato and the government has made changes and more are coming," noted Atkinson at CCA's recent board of directors meeting in Victoria, B.C.
Federal consultations were held with a select group of employers and labour representatives to help shape further changes to the temporary foreign worker program.
Atkinson said it is clear the government wants to ensure that full efforts and due diligence is performed by Canadian employers in trying to find unemployed and qualified Canadians before tapping into the temporary foreign worker pool.
"They will seek to deter the use of temporary foreign workers, especially for lower-skilled occupations, by introducing a minimum wage floor and/or significantly increasing fees and/or making it more difficult to use the program in regions of high unemployment," he explained.
As the temporary foreign worker program fell under intense scrutiny, some critics and economists argued that the program suppresses natural wage inflation.
Atkinson dismissed those arguments, as they apply to construction, noting that even at the height of temporary foreign worker use in the industry, they only accounted for 1.4 per cent of the workers in construction's workforce of 1.3 million (salaried and self-employed).
Atkinson also reported that the increased use of temporary foreign workers from 2005 to 2012 did not dampen wage inflation. Industry research supports that conclusion:
In 2012, the construction industry employed (salaried and hourly) 908,487 Canadians, including 18,820 temporary foreign workers which accounted for 2.07 per cent of the total industry workforce. Construction wage inflation in 2012 was 4.63 per cent.
In 2005, the construction industry employed (both salaried and hourly) 692,074 Canadians, including 2,470 temporary foreign workers, accounting for 0.36 per cent of the total industry workforce.
Construction wage inflation was 2.94 per cent for that year.
Various CCA members in attendance at the association's board meeting expressed their concerns with the future of the temporary foreign workers program. Jack Davidson, president if the B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association, explained that his association members, primarily in northern British Columbia, will need "a lot more workers" next year through to 2016. Access to temporary foreign workers could help meet that labour demand, he said.
The Saskatchewan Construction Association (SCA) has been using the immigrant nominee program to try and secure foreign labour help.
"There is less politics associated with it and it does tend to lead towards a path towards permanent residency- which is politically acceptable," explained Mark Cooper, president of SCA.
"The reality is, there a lot of jobs not appropriate for that program and that is why we need the temporary foreign worker program."
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'Touts' create nothing of value, yet technology now allows them to make vast profits at the expense of fans, sport and the arts
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Dispatches' recent investigation into the secondary ticket market – on which I worked as an undercover reporter – exposes a sleazy brand of capitalism that is typical of our times. The Great Ticket Scandal, broadcast on Channel 4 on Thursday, reveals some of the underhand methods that have allowed the ticket reselling industry to mushroom in recent years since the advent of sites such as Viagogo and Seatwave. Do these kinds of industries represent a healthy future for de-industrialising Britain? And is it time for our government to act before the free market further steamrolls its way through the music and sports industries?
Behind-the-scenes deals with some of the world's largest music promoters, including Live Nation and SJM, have prevented thousands of face-value tickets from being available to the average fan, instead being siphoned straight off to the so-called "fan-to-fan" resale site Viagogo to be sold on at huge mark-ups.
New software has brought a legal form of touting into the 21st century, with the old-school geezer in the rain now a distant memory. This software allows "powersellers" to manage thousands of listings at a time, selling thousands (and sometimes millions) of pounds' worth of tickets for concerts and sporting events all around the world.
In his blog defending the ticket reselling industry, James Lawson argues that this is an entirely legitimate business model, suggesting that if we substitute the words "ticket" for "bread" and "tout" for "baker", we would reach similar conclusions as to how this profit is made.
However, the difference between the tout and the baker is of crucial importance: the baker uses experience and skill to combine yeast, flour, water and salt, with the right kind of oven set at the correct temperature, to create a product that is tasty and nutritious. In short, he adds value to his ingredients to create a product that will win him a profit.
The ticket tout does nothing of the sort. He creates nothing of value, merely speculating on the value of tickets (how hard is it to guess that a Take That comeback tour is going to sell out?), and bulk buying for big events with the sole aim of making a profit off die-hard fans whose frantic refreshing at 9am on Ticketmaster was not enough.
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Posted June 16, 2015
Durham, N.C. — A Durham County grand jury has voted not to indict a man in connection with a fatal crash last month.
Anthony Todd Pearce, 41, was charged in a May 14 crash on Cheek Road. Authorities said Pearce lost control of his car in a curve near Arvin Road, east of Durham, and the car ran off the side of the road and slammed into a tree on the passenger side.
Tracey Braswell Lee, 44, was killed in front passenger seat.
Investigators said they believed excessive speed and drugs were factors in the crash.
The grand jury on Monday returned no bills against Pearce, meaning they declined to indict him, on charges of felony death by vehicle, careless and reckless driving and driving while license revoked.


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After the launch of the new site, the question turned to finding the best way to promote and utilize this new web presence. To answer this question, Harpoon come to Getfused at the end of 2012 for a full digital marketing strategy that focused on creating an integrated digital strategy across web, email, social and mobile channels. This strategy focused on increasing conversion of Friend of Harpoon sign ups on the new website, consolidating web properties into a unified experience and the deployment of a mobile optimized site, considering a large increase in mobile usage due to increase social activity.
Once users entered the site, it was clear that one of the biggest things on their mind was beer. Getfused created Harpoon's unique beer modal allowing users to explore Harpoon beers, carefully placed into their category groups. The goal here was to create a consistent page between categories like Harpoon, UFO, and 100 Barrel, while still pulling in the individual details, availability, tasting notes, and more about each beer. Our development team created careful logic that not only made these beer modals interactive and useful to users, but also indexable by the search engines, which is typically complicated when using modals.
Now that visitors had the opportunity to learn all about their favorite beer, allowing users to find that beer nearby was essential. Getfused created the beer finder tool within the Harpoon website that allows visitors to not only find Harpoon beer near their location, but specifically filter by type of location (bars vs stores) and the exact type of beer. The beer finder also has auto filtering based on a user's location or beer page being viewed prior to landing on the beer finder. The beer finder required integration with their distribution software, including the translation of that data into information that brought value to users on the front end of the website.
Over the years leading up to their new website, Harpoon had grown in size, beer lines, and timely content. Their old site was packed to the brim with exciting things regarding Harpoon's breweries, beers, events, festivals, and more, but the old site did little to organize or make any of that content easy for visitors to find. To kick off the deployment of a new website, our user experience (UX) team set off to create a completely new information architecture that met not only their current needs but allowed room for growth in the future. Our user centered design team then brought Harpoon's vision to life visually by creating a site design that not only focused on beer but the Harpoon experience.


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Alongside the monuments to liberty, documents about freedom andmuseums about the marvels of science and nature, a violent reminderabout hatred and fanaticism has emerged as a tourist attraction inWashington, D.C.
People aren't coming to the Pentagon to buy souvenirs or take happy snapshots, however. Sometimes they cry. Sometimes they leave messages in small memorials. Mostly, they just stand and stare in disbelief.
As many times as I had seen photos of the damage caused by theSept. 11 terrorist attacks, I was still shocked to see it myself ona recent trip to Washington, D.C. I took the Metro to the Pentagonstop and found myself surprisingly close to the imposing brownbuilding. To see the damage on the other side, however, people haveto walk clockwise around the building.
I wondered if it might be considered distasteful or even morbid to come to see the destruction. But I also wondered if it would be just as wrong to come all the way to Washington and not face it. When I turned the corner, I found I wasn't alone.
For whatever personal reasons - to see a piece of history, to help comprehend the attacks or to pay their respects - many people are making trips to see the damaged Pentagon. Motorists can see it as they drive on Washington's Route 27, but cones have been set up to keep people from stopping, and recently installed road signs instruct drivers to keep moving and prohibit pedestrians on the road. Instead, people gather on a grassy hillside northwest of the Pentagon to view the twisted metal, crushed concrete and dangling insulation in person.
When I finally saw it as I came around the final corner, I stopped in my tracks and gasped. Two months after the attack, workers are still hosing water on the smoldering debris and throwing the remains of office fixtures out of charred windows.
The sight makes you feel angry and sad. The delicate memorials propped against the knoll's young trees are heartbreaking.
One shows photos of a woman, a scientist who ran the Los Angeles marathon, killed on board the flight. A Garth Brooks CD, perhaps the same one played at a memorial service, leans against the photo board.
Another memorial is for a Lockheed Martin employee. Yet anotheris from American Airlines, thanking the people who served onflights 77 and 11.
A binder filled with laminated patriotic drawings by Mission Viejo first-graders is open on the ground. A "NY loves DC" sign stands by a tree. Coins, including some from Britain, are scattered on the ground around the small trees. I wondered what people thought would become of the coins, but guessed they just wanted to leave something behind if for nothing else than a spiritual gesture.
Visitors can take photos of the damaged area from the knoll, but not from the sidewalk closest to the building. I saw a Spanish-speaking tourist, who apparently could not read the warning signs, sitting in his car and videotaping workers clearing debris. Security guards immediately escorted him out of the car, inspected his vehicle and demanded his camera to view the footage.
Other signs show that people are on high alert in the city. Guards searched every bag at each museum I visited. The Washington Monument is closed, there are no tours of the White House or the FBI building, and guard booths and rows of metal and wooden fences have been added to the concrete barriers that already were in place throughout the city.
As a first-time visitor to DC, I couldn't tell the new security measures from the old, but a prevailing sense of precaution and unspoken reminders of Sept. 11 were everywhere.
Outside the Capitol Building, I asked a security guard whether tourists were allowed inside.
"This building?" he said. "No. Used to be."
I asked what he meant exactly.
"Before all this happened," was all he needed to say.
But despite the new tiers of security, Washington is still an easy city to get around in, and there still is plenty to see even though a few buildings are closed.
Having seen the damaged Pentagon, I found the city's history even more meaningful.
The Smithsonian's museums have reopened, and the National Air and Space Museum is particularly poignant to visit these days. With so many people still afraid to fly after seeing commercial airplanes used as weapons, here is a museum to remind us of the remarkable history of aviation.
In the front lobby alone is a display of the most important aircraft in history: The Wright Brothers' 1903 plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 command module, the Mercury Friendship 7, the Gemini IV. There's Glamorous Glennis, which in 1947 became the first plane to break the sound barrier, and the X-15, which in 1967 flew at Mach 6.72, or 4,534 miles an hour, and the Voyager, which flew around the world without refueling in 1986.
Just as the Sept. 11 hijackings showed the worst of man, the National Air and Space Museum - about 1 1/2 miles from the Pentagon - shows what people are capable of accomplishing when they work together. A photo in the museum shows Robert Kennedy Stadium filled with 53,000 people. A sign says it would have to be filled 10 times to hold everybody who worked on the Apollo program.
The museum leaves you not just with patriotic pride but a sense of excitement for mankind's potential.
Likewise, the inspiring Lincoln Memorial shows the difference one person can make, and the Korean and Vietnam memorials are reminders of the sacrifices so many have already given.
Viewing the monuments and museums is a therapeutic counterpart to the images of the Pentagon and the memories of Sept. 11. Among the most stirring is the Jefferson Memorial, where the words of the third president are engraved in the wall and seem so much more meaningful now.
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man," a line from a letter from Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush, is inscribed to span the interior walls.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," from the Declaration of Independence, also is inscribed on the walls.
Fittingly, there are no guards, metal detectors or fences around this monument.
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Cleveland Collage: Music and Poetry is a multi discipline performance experience, which takes the audience on an electrifying journey through spoken poetry woven in and around music. The Cavani String Quartet and poet Mwatabu Okantah will offer an interactive performance designed to promote creative listening through a convergence of two art forms. Audience members will participate in the process of pairing music and words.
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" Manufacturer: Nintendo / ESRB Rating: E - (Everyone) / PEGI Age Rating: Age 3+ / Max. Number Of Players: 1 / ESRB Descriptor: Mild Lyrics / Release Date: November, 2006 "
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I have to say I am so glad I didn't buy this game, instead I cheated and borrowed it from my nephew.
The game starts well, with all the cute little penguins being all happy and singy and dancing. You can choose from 2 modes, either story mode or arcade mode.
I first started with arcade mode to get used to the controls, etc.
The first thing I noticed in arcade mode is that that are only 8 measely levels and you can go stright to level 8 and skip the rest, if you're that way inclined. Anyway I started from level 1 and it required the use of the stylus for the touch screen. The top screen has mumble the penguin dancing for all of his friends and on the bottom screen there is snow and little ice-caps pop up, which you have to tap in time to the music, if you hit it too early they break and you get no points, as well as if you hit it too late. Upon hitting it correctly you are awarded 3 different values depending on how perfect you are, there's 50 points, 100 points or 200 points. In doing this you have to keep your 'power bar' in the green or you will not complete the level, but I assure you that you will always complete the leves as they are so easy. Each music level lasts around 3 minutes and there is a timer counting you down.
The next level was a racing level, although you only race against the clock rather than other penguins. Just like in the film you race on your tummy. You use the touch screen to control your character, up and down to change the speed from fast to slow and left and right for your directions. There are various obstacles to dodge and other items, such as fish to collect (which sometimes make you go faster). There are also some jumps to fly off, but you can't do any tricks or anything while in the air. The top screen this time shows a long diagonal line with a little penguin on it, this is meant to depict how far you have travelled and how far you have left to go. Again these are very easy courses to complete.
I soon got bored of the arcade mode, considering it only took me about half an hour to complete every single level so I thought I would try to story mode, in hope of better things to come.
Well it starts off alright, you get told the story of happy feet, which you have to read so this would only be good for children who can actually read, unless you're going to read it to them.
Then the game started.....BORING is all I can say, it was exactally the same as the arcade mode, the same songs, the same levels and everything, but I perserved with it just in case.
As it went on there was more of the story told and a few more levels (more than 8 anyway), but I never completed the game as I got cramp in my hand from doing the exact same thing over and over. The only thing that ever changed in the levels was either the music in the dancing ones, or what you collect in the racing ones (be it fish or seaweed, etc).
The graphics in the game are standard Nintendo DS pixelated pictures and nothing to get excited about, but then DS games are meant to be all about the gameplay, so this game wins nothing for either gameplay or graphics, I guess they think the novelty of the penguins can sell all, like a big penguin empire.
All in all I would not recommend this to anyone. It cannot hold the attention of an adult for longer than half an hour and I'm sure it wouldn't hold the imagination of a kid for longer than 5 minutes, which I guess is why my nephew had no problems in lending it to me, I'm actually surprised he wanted the thing back.
I recommend either borrowing this game from someone or finding it super cheap on ebay if you reallllly want it!
Happy Feet DS is a fun game based on the movie.
The game is rather disappointing in that there are only two different sorts of games to play. One is racing in which you slide down ice on your stomach the other is rhythm based. Circles appear and then proceed to get smaller and smaller, you must touch the circle just as it reaches the ice in the centre of it for maximum points and combos. The songs to which you do this are ones from the movie and are entertaining.
After you complete each stage you are shown a short clip that tells the story of what happened between this level and the next.
The game has good graphics, of similar quality to those in the movie and is enjoyable, however it is very easy to complete due to the limited variety of levels and once completed it is not as fun second time round. Although if you are a fan of rhythm style games you will enjoy it.
I was quite disappointed with this game when i got it because it doesn't offer you varitey. The game consists of 2 mini games one of which is racing where you have to guide your penguin down the snow as quickly as possible. The other game is where you have to tap the circler which appear on your screen as accurately and quickly as possible. A section of the story of happy feet is told after you complete the mini level. So to progress in the game you have to complete the mini levels and get told the story.
The 2 player mode is much more fun as you can race against another opponent.
The graphics in this game are really good, they are just like the ones on the film. You get told the story line through snapshots presumably taken from the film.
This is a really easy game to play, that i got really bored after about 3 hours and didn't bother to complete it. I had already watched the film so i knew the storyline anyway. I think that young children may enjoy this game a lot more that me and i would recommend this game only for children, adults would find it too boring.


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The differences between the among the Cabinet Ministers of Telangana are slowly seeing the light. The Ministers who are trying for an upper hand in the Districts are deploying dominating tactics with the cadre and second rung leaders. In Adilabad District the dominance politics are at their peak between Jogu Ramanna and Indra Karan Reddy. Watch the video for more details of this news . . . . .


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School referendum officially in the works
The Bemidji School Board has agreed to make its second attempt in two years to pass an operating levy referendum.
The number of questions on the ballot, however, remains open to discussion.
On Monday night, the board voted 5-1 to hold a referendum asking voters to renew a five-year operating levy at the current $501 per-pupil rate. As part of Monday night's vote, the board agreed to continue discussion of potentially adding a second ballot question.
Voting in opposition was board member Gene Dillon.
"I think one question is plenty," he said. "I think the best thing we can do is go with the $501. ... I think it's a tough time to ask people for more."
Dillon said he believes talking about possibly having two questions on the ballot is a mistake based on the failure of last fall's effort to extend and expand the school district's current levy. Last fall's ballot had two questions, which he said confused many voters.
Board member John Pugleasa, who offered the motion that was approved Monday night, said it would take a lot to convince him to include a second question on the ballot. But, he said, he wanted the opportunity to discuss it further.
Board member Bill Faver said he also is in favor of keeping the discussion of a second question open.
Pugleasa noted, "The difficult thing is it's the only tool we have in the box."
Board member Carol L. Johnson agreed.
"Until that gets changed by the Legislature, we're stuck," she said.
On last fall's ballot, the first question asked voters to continue the current operating levy of $501 per resident pupil for another six years while the second question asked voters to raise that amount by $199 to $700 per resident pupil each year for six years.
With today's economy, Pugleasa suggested a shorter levy period -- five years -- for this fall's referendum.
Without the renewal of the current levy, the school district will lose a total of $3.2 million per year after the levy ends, which is scheduled to occur at the end of the 2008-09 school year.
Superintendent Jim Hess said in an interview Tuesday that there needs to be a sense of urgency to pass the referendum this fall. If it doesn't pass, he said "an enormous black cloud" will hang over the school district.
"That's a horrible position for a school district to be in," Hess said.
He said the school district wants to meet students' needs and help them achieve their highest potential.
"We want to give them the best education that we can," Hess said.
He said he thinks maintaining the current levy for another five years is reasonable.
"I wouldn't recommend going any less than this," he said.
With less than $501 per resident pupil, Hess said the school district would have to make reductions in programs and personnel.
Due to inflation, $501 per resident pupil will buy less now than it did five years ago, added Ann Long Voelkner, board chairwoman.
Board member Steven Johnson suggested the campaign for this fall's referendum include a list of what the school district will cut if the referendum doesn't pass.
Possible priorities
On Monday night, the board discussed possible priorities for using the levy dollars, if approved in the referendum.
"Everything that we wanted last year hasn't gone away," Steven Johnson said.
If voters had approved the $501 option last fall, the school district planned to maintain what it is providing through the current operating levy -- all-day, every-day kindergarten and the K-1 prep program, school bus replacement and class size reduction.
With the additional $199 per resident pupil, which would have generated about $1 million more each year, the school district planned to hire another counselor at Bemidji High School, another counselor at Bemidji Middle School, a library media specialist at BMS, another school district nurse and three additional teachers.
The school district also planned to use the extra money to support its computer technology backbone; buy equipment that would help strengthen science, technology, engineering and math programs; start a textbook replacement fund; and improve school safety, with the primary focus being on improvements at BMS.
Hess cautioned the board to not make any promises that could be misinterpreted in the upcoming referendum.
He said he believes all-day, every-day kindergarten and transportation are huge priorities that could benefit from renewed levy dollars. He said all-day, every-day kindergarten makes a huge difference in how students do in school. Also, he said it's important to maintain an excellent transportation system due to the size of the school district.
However, Hess said he doesn't believe it would be appropriate to say the school district would use renewed levy dollars to further reduce class sizes right now. He said the school district has very favorable class sizes and it will do the best job it can with the resources it has to maintain low class sizes.


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Hiring minority faculty is important because of the global community in which KU graduates must compete, the equal opportunity director says.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway wanted to have 200 minority faculty members on board at Kansas University by 2000.
He said so in his 1995 faculty convocation speech.
It was part of his mission to "welcome all peoples, respecting their differences while teaching tolerance for each human being."
The chancellor wanted to increase the number of minority faculty from the 1995 level of 124 to 200 by the year 2000.
That time's just around the corner, and the chancellor has not reached his goal.
But he's getting close, and for that he's encouraged.
"We're at 174," he said in mid-July. "I think it simply means we need to make an even greater effort this year. We may not exactly reach 200 by the year 2000, but we've clearly made some progress. We will meet that goal, if not by 2000 by 2001."
Hemenway says diversity is crucial to KU.
"My belief is that if we want a university of the quality people aspire for at KU, it has to be a university that takes advantage of all the intellectual talent of the country and the world," the chancellor said. "Clearly it calls for an increase in the number of minority faculty. It certainly calls for a diverse faculty."
In 1995, Hemenway told faculty: "If we respect all peoples, then we recruit all peoples, both as students and faculty. We cannot serve as an American democratic model unless we reflect the mosaic of the American republic."
In fall 1998 -- the last time an official count was made -- 161 minority faculty members worked on the Lawrence campus. Of those, 79 were Asian, 45 were black, 29 were Hispanic and eight were American Indian.
By percentage, 5.7 percent of the Lawrence campus faculty was Asian, 3.2 percent black, 2.1 percent Hispanic and 0.6 percent American Indian.
Hires since then bring the number on the Lawrence campus to 174, Hemenway said about a month ago.
Maurice Bryan, assistant to the provost and director of KU's equal opportunity office, said KU hired nine tenure-track faculty members during Fiscal Year 1999. KU also hired some additional lecturers who are minorities, he said.
A true count won't be available until this fall, when KU takes its next faculty snapshot, Bryan said.
He stressed that just because KU hasn't hit the 200 mark, that doesn't mean Hemenway or the university has failed.
First and foremost, Bryan said, it's encouraging that the chancellor made hiring minority faculty a goal.
"We set a target," he said. "That target, hopefully, kept the issue alive. I think we can do more, but certainly we've been going forward rather than backward."
And that's something to applaud, Bryan said. Retention of minority faculty is just as critical as new hires, he stressed.
Bryan said KU faces several challenges in trying to hire people of color.
"People who haven't had a Midwestern experience have a lot of myths about what Kansas is like," he said.
It's important to get people to Lawrence so they can take a look for themselves, Bryan said.
Salaries also present an issue, the equal opportunity director said.
"Kansas is below its peer institutions," he said.
Hiring minority faculty is important because of how globally interconnected the world has become, Bryan said.
"To not have direct experiences with people who not only look differently but think differently and have different values makes students less competent in the work force," he said.
Hiring minority faculty doesn't mean just hiring people who look different, he added. It also means hiring people who have different points of view.
A "bridge fund" through the provost's office provides financial assistance, especially when a qualified minority applicant is available but funding is not.
"Sometimes the units may not have money available for that year to help do what they need to do," he said.
The department later replenishes the fund.
KU also uses "targets of opportunity" to hire minority faculty, he said. That means appointing someone without an actual search. Another strategy is "growing your own," encouraging doctoral students to join the faculty at KU.
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The annual SEMA show, the ultimate pimp-your-ride Las Vegas extravaganza, wrapped up last week. The crazy body mods, garish oversized wheels, onboard big screen TVs, and high-horsepower antics got us thinking about what aftermarket products make sense for our mild-mannered hybrids.
As you might expect, boosting mileage is the name of the game. But looking a bit cooler, and easier access to your iPod, are not out of the question. Check out our seven nominees for the top hybrid accessories, and let us know if you have other suggestions.
More details about each product, and links to the Hybrid Cars store—courtesy of our shameless promotion department.
1EV Button
The Prius "Electric-Only Mode" option package is available for second generation Priuses, from 2004 to 2009. (The newer model comes standards with the EV button.)
This replica of the OEM option—which was a de facto feature of Priuses in Japan but was disabled in North America—can be installed in minutes. Activating the EV mode via the button will put older models into gas-free EV mode for small stretches. The overall boost in mileage is modest, but it gives you a sweet taste of things to come from plug-in hybrids. (Acceleration past 34 mph kicks you out of EV mode.)
2Kiwi – Diagnostics Game
If information is power, then the Kiwi is omnipotent for a hybrid. The Kiwi device plugs right into your existing on board diagnostic port near your steering column in a matter of seconds. Once installed, the Kiwi works like a game—rewarding you for sensible driving and observing the speed limit, and penalizing you (and your mileage score) for jackrabbit starts, excessive speed, and heavy braking. Think of it as a more useful and engaging screen than the one supplied by Toyota. By some estimations, playing the Kiwi mpg game can save you hundreds of dollars at the pumps. It's compatible with all vehicles, not just hybrids, from 1996 and up. PLX, the company behind Kiwi, frequently wins top innovation awards at SEMA.
3Modellista Aero Tourer Prius Kit
Tired of your Prius being called an ultra-nerdy appliance on wheels? Take matters into your own hands with a new streamlined look, courtesy of Modellista, Toyota's in-house tuning arm. Imported directly from Japan, the Modellista kit includes front bumper, front grill and emblem—and is manufactured with a combination of fiberglass, plastic, and flex resins. Actually, there are three separate body kits available that offer varying levels of flair: Modellista Versions 1 and 2 and an Aero Tourer Kit. The added bonus of the Aero Tourer Kit is better aerodynamics.
4Prius Chassis Stiffener Kit
The Prius chassis stiffener provides a rigid framework under the car to eliminate chassis flex, ensuring correct suspension geometry. It bolts directly to the subframe to further stiffen the unibody. You'll notice a more stable and solid feel, especially when turning around corners—and a modest nudge in mpg, according to the manufacturer.
This is a bolt-on item manufactured to OEM standards. Four stainless steel bolts and washers are supplied. It only takes a few minutes to install the plate. Easy, detailed instructions are included.
Prius drivers receive a lot of critical information about energy use and consumption from the navigation/energy screen. But it can be drag to read the screen when the sun is blasting down. Install the NavCap and stop squinting. Made of textured and molded 1/8-inch ABS plastic. The under side is lined with a soft material and attaches easily with a heat resistant Velcro material. Made for Priuses, 2004 – 2009.
6Neo Prolink Toyota iPod Adapter
This item doesn't save gas, but it could save your life. Fiddling with your iPod while driving down the road is a hazard. You shouldn't be messing with your tunes at all, but with this iPod adapter you can control your playlists directly from your dashboard touchscreen or, when in "direct mode," from the track buttons on your radio and steering wheel controls. In "playlist mode," you will have direct access to your top 99 playlists. The Neo ProLink is compatible with all iPods with a dock connector on the bottom. The device works with Prius (2004 – 2009), Highlander Hybrid (2005 – 2009), Camry Hybrid (2007 – 2009), as well as Scion xB and xA (2008 – 2009).
7Thule Prius Bike Rack
The best way to save fuel is not to use it at all. That means getting out of your Prius and jumping on your bike. It's never been easier to bring your bike along, than with the Thule rack. Designed for the Toyota Prius (2004 – 2010), the Thule has a two-bicycle carrying capacity, and provides a perfect combination of security and convenience—featuring quick-release levers for rapid, rear vehicle access and folding arms for storage. This item, which is compatible with Thule's STL2 hitch lock, and 538 Cable, weighs 33.5 pounds. Limited lifetime warranty.
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i fail to see how Prius Chassis Stiffener Kit in theory can actually boost fuel economy. It gives you no weight advantage nor contribute to the aerodynamics of the car. Only advantage I can see is handling which should have no affect on mpg.
Anonynomous, you are spot on. That is one bogus claim!
Intuitively, chasis stiffening does not sound like mileage performance improvement. But consider this, handling improvements do indeed improve cornering and traction. Thus, while seemingly insignificant, being able to improve by putting more horsepower applied to the road, there is "some" mileage gains. Ask any aftermarket performance shop or driver and they will agree. Their goal may be only to improve 1/4 mile performance or 0 to 60 times, but it can up add up when looking at a full tank of gas. Consider this, even a fraction of a mile improvement per gallon of gas is exactly that. Multiply that by 10 gal per tankful of gallons of gas per year. Don't expect a miracle when you already own a very efficient Prius. In science, we have the law of diminishing returns where it gets harder and harder to "improve" each step of the way. But knowing you have a Prius, you're way ahead of all those gas guzzlers!
I'd disagree… if one is doing that much cornering, it is more likely the gain is due to slower travel speeds rather than improved turning performance.
"Ask any aftermarket performance shop or driver and they will agree."
Aftermarket performance shops are often wrong, and they have a vested interest in selling you whatever they have-effective or not.
"In science, we have the law of diminishing returns where it gets harder and harder to "improve" each step of the way."
That's true, and that's why it is harder and harder to improve fuel economy economically by adding electric motors, batteries, etc., to make a hybrid. The added mass and cost of the hardware puts you in a hole that you have to make up for.
But this chassis stiffener is one step beyond that. Even if the Prius is a basket case for body structure, the miniscule amount of energy that would go into body flex would never register 0.001 MPG difference.
You are dragging more mass around, however, so it will REDUCE your mileage on that account. The brace probably makes the car feel better-they should just leave it at that.
Folks, the chassis stiffener will indeed have a miniscule improvement in mileage. It's really quite simple: proper alignment (steering and suspension geometry) allow a vehicle to track easier, no matter if cornering or driving straight. The device is machined from light billet aluminum so would have a trivial effect on weight.
"proper alignment (steering and suspension geometry) allow a vehicle to track easier, …"
Do you know what you are saying here? By saying car would be properly aligned, you are basically saying the car is not properly aligned to begin with. So now the plate helps the suspension too? COME ON! What are you going to tell me next? The plate is going to help the car float in the air?
You can explain it anyway you want to, the science don't make any sense in multiple angles. Even if the plate weights an ounce, it's NOT CONTRIBUTING to the efficiency side to make it happen. Drop the snake oil claim and I just might believe the suppose handling benefits.
I suggest you the transfagarasan = route. See why on this video – Top Gear in Romania – http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/video-top-gear-in-romania-ar81713.html
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These are some very cool tools that has been listed on here. Some of them sounds alright such as the nav cap and ipod adapter, but how assured can we be that the rest of the gadgets would equally work well. I have to say I agree with 'Anonymous' and 'AP' on this. Still I would like to give kudos to the author of this post. Quite a creative one!
The Kiwi device plugs right into your existing on board diagnostic port near your steering column in a matter of seconds. Technology Review
Chassis stiffner is a waste of $$$$$$$$. Google the Voranado a device that supposedyly causes a "tornado-like" air flow into a car's intake. Bunk! all it does is reduce air-flow, yet company has made lots of $$$ selling them!!! Folks- its a small piece of aluminium!!! It does not improve cornering-dimensions too small ,and it will not improve MPG! I reccomend K&N air filter. I put one on my 2009 Prius and I noticed the difference right away- BTW K&N offers money back guarantee!!!
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The K&N filter does not work. Too many product testing groups have said that it does not work on any hybrids. You say that the stiffner doesn't work, but you got suckered into buying K&N.
I've used K&N in all types of vehicles and it only works really good on cars with a carburetor. Plus, I'm a former mechanic and can tell you for sure that they don't work as advertised.