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Greetings from the UK!We have these caps releasing this evening at 8PM (GMT) along with the rest of our winter collection, feedback appreciated!These are limited to 12pcs per style, handmade in New Zealand.Just copped the horse and hounds, I think I was one of the first aha, been waiting for you to drop them for aaaages!
Selling my collection for $600...Message me if interested I can send pictures ect.. There is actually pictures of the collection somewhere on this forum I am just to lazy to post it and I know this is not a forum to sell your shit but I am just really throwing it out there because I am desperate right now
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I am now selling them individually because everyone has been asking for individual ones not the whole collection. Here is a link to my photobucket with a bunch of pictures of my entire collection. The only difference in the pictures on there are that I only now have 1 quiet life mountain man and I do not have the Supreme camels in the pictures.
Yes I am selling them all individually now. Here is link with pics of entire collection and I will message you with details on that
brocal, are you selling any caps individually? pm me details on the hawaiian sunset #1
Really digging those camps blacksmith, just cant bring myself to drop 80$ on it yet. Maybe I'll change my mind. What does shipping time to the US look like?Average shipping time to the USA is 7-10 days, our international service quotes 5-14 days Worldwide with mainland Europe and USA being the fastest. Thanks
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I'm interested in mountain man and Sunset 1 message me please for infos thanks
Yes I am selling them all individually now. Here is link with pics of entire collection and I will message you with details on that
Dropping tomorrow at 8pm EST on anmlhse.com/shop. Limited to 30-50 each design.$28 shipping, really?
http://hypebeast.com/forums/apparel/197858 - 5 panels for sale
$28 shipping, really?
I'm assuming the $28 you are seeing is for regular international or US express rate. Our first class International rates run about $10 and our regular US rate should be around $5. Double check you selected the right shipping method.
I was about to say, you ain't gonna sell much with those shipping prices. $28 from somewhere that probably would take me $3 of gas to get too.
AnmlHse Philadelphia - Design Collective/Brand / http://anmlhse.com
diggin this shit man!
Releasing with our Winter Collection on 12/7 on ColoursBrand.com
have you got a link/name for the brand. that is too peng
http://hypebeast.com/forums/apparel/197858 - 5 panels for sale
http://hypebeast.com/forums/apparel/198218 - Some Supreme and The Quiet Life FS (PM for all my others not listed)
Ya its a local brand from Perth, WA run by skaters, so their stuff is kinda hard to get.
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i took this brand because of its high magnesium value,first time i'm checking this,its a really great way to get your dense nutrition in instead of synthetic vitamins - in addition to the high amount of magnesium,dietary fiber and iron the company didn't mention its one of the best foods for the B vitamin complex yielding high amounts of Thiamin,Niacin & B6 which is key,i guess there's a good reason most multivitamins has high amounts of B's but here you get it from nature itself and not synthesized and its also good alternative for those sensitive flora to yeast which also contain the B complex naturally.oh,and i completely forgot to let you know it has a mild sweetness to it which goes great on top of beverages and such,but not so soluble in water though.i'm not the cooking kind of guy but i am sure it will fit perfectly in a healthy cake or cookies,no doubt,and try adding molases to the recipe for both healthier and delicious cooking. here's a healthy beverage recipe that i do use this product for: 1 tsp of Cacao,half tsp of Maca and 1 tbsp of Molsses,2 chocolate tablets and the smallest amount of salt,mix all together with a cup of hot water & wait for it to be cold enough to drink,then add a handful of Goji berry / lycium berry & coconut chips above-thats it you're ready to go.plus,for a healthier dish although the texture won't be as appealing you can add half a tbsp of flaxseed and the other half chia seeds and a full tbsp of poppy seeds all grinded together in a coffee grinder,and put this on top of the liquid ,very healthy and very tasty as well.i often add add vanilla extract and a tsp of rice bran in the first segment,and sometimes i also add nutiva's hempseeds and/or half a tsp of cordyceps powder but it doesn't taste as good as the original recipe....you are welcome to rate & read my other reviews .
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A really tasty way to get some good fiber from our friend, the rice. A very good product to blend into smoothies, to oatmeal or muesli and to use when baking. I'm very happy with this product, and I notice that the fiber it contains helps to keep my bowel movements normal. It also contains B vitamins, which is great.
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Tony Hawk was one of the top skateboarders in the world by the time he was 16, and in his 17-year career, he won more than 70 skateboarding contests. Hawk started his own skateboarding company, BirdHouse and also has a successful line of video games and skateboarding videos. Through the Tony Hawk Foundation, he provides grants and technical assistance for new parks, especially in low-income areas.
Professional skateboarder. Born on May 12, 1968, in San Diego, California. As a kid, Hawk was intelligent, high-strung, and hyperactive-combination his mother once described as "challenging." When he was nine, he received a skateboard from his older brother. That gift changed his life and gave him an outlet for all of his energy.
It didn't take long for Hawk to excel at skateboarding. By the age of 12, he got his first sponsor, Dogtown skateboards. Two years later, he became a professional skateboarder. Hawk was considered one of the top skateboarders in the world by the time he was 16 years old. In his 17-year professional career, he won more than 70 skateboarding contests, including gold medals at the 1995 and 1997 X Games.
However, all of his talent and success could not prevent Hawk from experiencing some rough times in the early 1990s. At this time, the popularity of skateboarding was waning as were his earnings. He had already spent much of his earlier winnings and almost went bankrupt. He started a skateboarding company, BirdHouse, with Per Welinder, another pro skateboarder. Their company struggled until the rise of extreme sports generated new interest in skateboarding. Hawk competed in the first Extreme Games—later simply called X Games—in 1995. He received a lot of media attention, becoming the best-known skateboarder in the world.
His ability to perform impressive stunts has helped fuel Hawk's popularity. He has created amazing tricks, including the "900." This trick calls for the skater rotate 900 degrees-about two and a half turns-in mid-air. Hawk was the first to successfully complete this move in competition at the 1999 X Games. After this personal victory, he retired from competition. He still rides, gives skateboarding demonstrations, and devises new tricks-often at the custom-built ramp at his company's warehouse. Besides his skateboarding business, he has a successful line of video games, skateboarding videos, and extreme sports tour called Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam, which he started in 2002. Hawk also hosts a weekly radio program on the Sirius XM satellite radio station.
In addition to running his various business ventures, Hawk has worked to help young people by creating more public skateboard parks. Through the Tony Hawk Foundation, he has provided grants and technical assistance for new parks, especially in low-income areas. The foundation holds special events as well.
Hawk also takes pride in his role as a father to three boys. His oldest son, Riley, is from his first marriage to Cindy Dunbar, which lasted from 1990 to 1994. Spencer and Keegan are his sons from his second marriage to Erin Lee. The two married in 2001 and later divorced in 2004. Hawk married Lhotse Merriam in January of 2006. The couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Kadence, in 2008.
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Vikings: Hottest ticket in town?
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John Holler
Posted Dec 25, 2012
The Vikings-Packers game has playoff implications for both team, but the hottest ticket in town could be a fake.
The Vikings-Packers ticket has become the hottest ticket in town. It could be argued that Sunday's game between Minnesota and Green Bay is the most popular Metrodome/Mall of America Field ticket since Brett Favre played his first game under the roof against his former Packers teammates in 2009.
But the Vikings are warning fans that the hottest ticket in town may be a hot ticket.
In a statement Monday, the Vikings reminded fans that counterfeiters are looking to make a fast buck at the expense of duped fans. They are capable of creating fake tickets that seem like the real ones, until the fan who buys the ticket tries to get into the stadium. The majority of fake tickets are sold over the Internet and by unscrupulous scalpers that prey on the unsuspecting outside the stadium on game day.
The Vikings warn that anyone who buys a counterfeit ticket wouldn't be allowed to enter the stadium if their ticket doesn't pass the scanner test for authentic tickets and could potentially be arrested.
The Vikings cautioned that the only way to guarantee tickets are authentic are to buy them from the Vikings Ticket Office, Ticketmaster and the NFL Ticket Exchange.
Anyone who has looked at the price of tickets at reputable sales websites like StubHub! have made a painful discovery. If you want to sit up in the nosebleed seats hugging one of the posts that holds the building together, you'll likely have to drop $300 a ticket. If you want to be in the lower bowl, be prepared to drop $700. If you want a good seat near midfield, be prepared to drop $1,000 a pop.
The Ticket Exchange has more reasonable prices. You can get nosebleed seats for as "little" as $200, but someone in the 14th row of section 224 wants $10,000 for seats 9-10 (look for the people sitting there during the game).
The Vikings are reminding fans of some tell-tale signs of counterfeit tickets. The team's website lists ticket prices on the stadium map and those must match up. They also have ticket number in sequential order – a number that is printed three times in red ink. Also, very few tickets are sold on Ticketmaster stock. If you are buying tickets on the street with Ticketmaster stock, they are likely to be fakes.
There is no doubt that several Minnesotans and Wisconsinites are going to have tickets to Sunday's game in their Christmas stockings today. The majority of them will be legitimate, but be forewarned – a sound business transaction rarely begins with the phrase, "Pssst, hey buddy." There's another phrase that goes, "There's a sucker born every minute." There's still another phrase that says, "Don't be the guy" (circa Brad Childress). If you follow all three of those mantras, enjoy the game Sunday – or else you may be subject to yet another phrase, "A fool and his money are soon parted."
Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
The Vikings still have the option of making the playoffs even if they lose Sunday. While the "win-and-you're-in" scenario is now in their own hands, they can still make the playoffs if Dallas, Chicago and the Giants all lose. If Dallas beats Washington and the Vikings lose, they're out regardless of what happens with the Bears and Giants.
Four of the six NFC playoff teams have already clinched – Atlanta, Green Bay, San Francisco and Seattle. The Redskins and Vikings are the only two teams capable of losing Sunday and still making the playoffs. If the Bears or Cowboys lose Sunday, they are automatically eliminated.
The defending champion Giants are clearly on the ropes in their bid to repeat as Super Bowl champions. Not only do the Giants have to beat Philadelphia Sunday, but they need the Cowboys, Vikings and Bears all to lose just to make the playoffs – a pretty tall order indeed.
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Adrian Peterson
is still dealing with a sore abdominal muscle and could continue to take some midweek practices off, but he is expected to play Sunday.
Brian Robison
will test the sprained AC joint in his right shoulder this week and a determination on this playing status will be made later in the week.
A reminder that Sunday's game between the Packers and Vikings has switched times as part of the NFL's flex scheduling. It will now kick off at 3:25 p.m. Central and be the featured game on FOX, with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver on the call.
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Terry E. Branstad
Terry E. Branstad | ||
Governor of Iowa | ||
Incumbent | ||
In office | ||
1983-1999, January 14, 2011 - Present | ||
Term ends | ||
January 13, 2015 | ||
Years in position (current service) | 3 | |
Years in position (previous service) | 16 | |
Party | Republican | |
Predecessor | Chet Culver | |
Leadership | ||
Co-chair, Council of Governors | ||
2011-present | ||
Compensation | ||
Base salary | $130,000 | |
Elections and appointments | ||
Last election | November 2, 2010 | |
First elected | November 2, 2010 | |
Next general | November 4, 2014 | |
Campaign $ | $9,831,020 | |
Term limits | None | |
Prior offices | ||
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa | ||
1979-1983 | ||
Iowa House of Representatives | ||
1973-1979 | ||
Education | ||
Bachelor's | University of Iowa (1969) | |
J.D. | Drake University School of Law (1974) | |
Military service | ||
Service/branch | United States Army | |
Years of service | 1969-1971 | |
Citations | Army Commendation Medal | |
Personal | ||
Birthday | November 17, 1946 | |
Place of birth | Leland, Iowa | |
Profession | Attorney | |
Websites | ||
Office website | ||
Personal website | ||
Campaign website |
Branstad won a three-way primary to secure the Republican nomination in 2010, taking just over 50 percent of the vote to defeat Bob Vander Plaats and Rod Roberts.[3] He went on to defeat incumbent Democrat Chet Culver and three third party candidates on November 2, 2010. Culver's loss made him the first Iowa incumbent governor to lose election since 1962.[4]
Branstad served as Lieutenant Governor from 1979 to 1983 and in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979.
Branstad is running for re-election in 2014.[5][6][7] He is seeking the Republican nomination in the primary on June 3, 2014 alongside running-mate and current Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds. The general election takes place on November 4, 2014.
An analysis of Republican governors by Nate Silver of the New York Times in April 2013 ranked Branstad as the 6th most conservative governor in the country.[8] Branstad is a member of the executive committee of the National Governor's Association. He, along with eight other governors, will determine the association's priorities and actions for the year. He was named to this leadership role in August, 2013.[9]
Branstad is an Iowa native, originally deriving form Norwegian ancestry. He studied at the Unveristy of Iowa and at Drake University, finishing his law degree in 1974. In between his undergraduate and graduate schooling, Branstad joined the Army and served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1971, earning the Army Commendation Medal.
Following three terms in Iowa's House of Representatives, Branstad was elected Lt. Governor in 1978. In the following election cycle, he won the governorship. 36 at the time he entered the governor's office, he holds the distinction of being Iowa's youngest chief executive. Branstad's first stint as governor, covering four terms from 1983 to 1999, makes him Iowa's longest serving governor.[10]
In 1991, he earned the perpetual animosity of organized labor when he vetoed a salary bill for labor unions in spite of binding arbitration. The union sued and eventually won, in AFSCME Iowa Council 61 et al., v. Branstad. Beginning in 2003, Branstad spent slightly over six years as President of Des Moines University, boosting the school's graduate ranking and seeing DMU become the Wellness Council of America's first Platinum Recognition university.
He also founded the law firm of Branstad and Associates, L.L.C and additionally accepted a partnership in Kaufman, Patee, Branstad & Miller. Simultaneously, Branstad served as financial adviser to Robert W. Baird and Co., Inc. and was a visiting professor at the University of Iowa. His appointment as Des Moines University's leader came after President George W. Bush named him head of the President's Commission for Excellence in Special Education.[11]
He retired from DMU in October of 2009 to launch a gubernatorial exploratory committee and officially entered the race in January of 2010.
- BA, University of Iowa (1969)
- JD, Drake University School of Law (1974)
Political career
Governor of Iowa (1983-1999, 2011-present)
Branstad was first elected governor in November, 1982. From 1983-1999, he was the state's longest serving chief executive officer. He retired after 1999 only to re-emerge in 2010 and run for a fifth term. He was elected and sworn in in January of 2011.[11]
Branstad serves as co-chairman of the Council of Governors, a group of five Republican and five Democratic governors assembled for the purpose of liaising with federal government officials about the National Guard and homeland security issues. Branstad was first appointed to the leadership role in March 2011 and re-appointed by President Obama on February 21, 2013. The current Democratic co-chair is Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley.[12][13]
Job creation ranking
In a June 2013 analysis by The Business Journals looking at 45 of the country's 50 governors by their job creation record, Branstad was ranked number 28. The five governors omitted from the analysis all assumed office in 2013. The ranking was based on a comparison of the annual private sector growth rate in all 50 states using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.[14][15]
2012 presidential election
In May 2011, Gov. Branstad offered heaping praise for U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan for his ideas to tackle the country's mushrooming national debt.
"I have been very impressed with this young man," Branstad said. "I think he has great courage. Nobody of either party has had the guts to stand up and say, 'We need to take on entitlements' … I think this is the first real effort to do something significant about it."
Branstad sharply criticized Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, President Barack Obama and U.S. Senate Democrats for playing politics with the issue and attacking Ryan for his plan. Ryan's plan included turning Medicare into a voucher program, rather than offering alternatives.[16]
Presidential preference
Terry E. Branstad endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. [17]
Appointment of son to state commission
On March 1, 2013, Branstad appointed his son to the state Natural Resources Commission.[18] Branstad named his 29 year old son, Marcus Branstad, a lifelong outdoor sportsman and "advocate for Iowa's hunting, fishing and wildlife," to the seven member, partisan-balanced, panel of unpaid individuals charged with handling "contested cases related to fish, wildlife, conservation law enforcement, and park and forestry programs."[19]
Branstad said that he had preemptively cleared the choice with Senate Majority leader Michael Gronstal. Nonetheless, Iowa Sen. Jeff Danielson (D), the chairman of the Senate State Government Committee, predicted that the appointments would face some resistance in the Democrat-controlled State Senate.[20] Greg Drees, one of the two commissioners who lost their seats on the board in 2013, did not conceal his disappointment at being replaced by Marcus Branstad, speculating to a reporter from The Des Moines Register, that "You would think a guy would get notice after serving six years...And he appoints his son. Isn't that interesting?"[20] The Iowa Senate ultimately confirmed Branstad's appointment to the commission on April 8, 2013.[21]
Possibility to appoint entire Iowa Supreme Court after 2016
In the first half of his fifth nonconsecutive gubernatorial term, Branstad appointed three Justices to the Iowa Supreme Court. Under the current judicial selection system, supreme court hopefuls submit applications to the State Judicial Nominating Commission, "a panel of licensed attorneys elected by lawyers and lay members appointed by the governor and all confirmed by the Iowa Senate," created by constitutional amendment in 1962.[22] The Commission members, who serve concurrent rather than staggered terms as a result of the 2010 redistricting process, reviews the applications for judicial vacancies and presents three finalists to the governor, who in turn chooses one to appoint to the state Supreme Court. Following Branstad's return to office, people began speculating about how he could end up appointing the entire Supreme Court. The uncommon - likely unprecedented - plausibility of this outcome relied on various institutional factors, such as the new contemporaneous terms of commissioners, as well as hypothetical factors.[22] These included Branstad's election to a record-breaking sixth-term in 2014 and Supreme Court Justice and Iowa voters ousting Justice David Wiggins in the 2012 general election. Wiggins ultimately won his retention vote in November 2012; Had he lost, Branstad, with the help of the State Judicial Nominating Commission, would have appointed a replacement, leaving only three justices on the panel not appointed by Branstad. All three, including the Chief Justice Mark Cady, were involved in the unanimous 2009 same-sex marriage legalization ruling, for which displeased voters fired three Justices in 2010, making them seem vulnerable to losing their 2016 retention votes. Even if the three Justices leftover from the 2009 ruling were voted off the bench and Branstad were to win in 2014, Wiggins' 2012 upset effectively removed the possibility Branstad would "become the first governor in history to appoint the entire Iowa Supreme Court," for at least another four-year term.[22]
Dismissing concerns this could lend the governor too much influence over the Supreme Court and threaten the nonpartisan credibility of the judicial, a former Republican lawmaker and Branstad staffer asserted that "the filtration process... really minimizes the potential danger of one governor appointing all the justices," alluding to the State Judicial Nominating Commission's check on the governor's authority to exercise excessive bias in his appointments. "I think our merit selection system insulates the system from that concern or at least helps to assure that that should not be a cause for alarm," agreed Iowa State Bar Association President Cynthia Moser, although Iowa State Bar Association officials pointed out the potential vulnerabilities facing the merit-based selection system in the wake of the 2010 commission term rule changes, under which Branstad could appoint half of the panel's new members.[22]
Veto found unconstitutional
Polk District Court Judge Brad McCall ruled on December 8, 2011 that Branstad's line-item veto that closed 36 unemployment offices was unconstitutional. Branstad called the case a key test of gubernatorial authority and expressed confidence that the state Supreme Court would uphold the veto.
At a news conference On December 12, Branstad stated, "It's really more of a question of precedent and the power of the governor to control spending through the item veto process. This is an important case because it is going to determine for the future and for future governors their ability to control spending and provide the best and most efficient services to the people of Iowa."[23]
The case began in July 2011 when Branstad vetoed portions of a budget bill that would have prohibited closure of the offices. In taking the action, the governor stated that allowing the legislation to proceed would have hurt the ability of the Iowa Workforce Development Department from creating a more efficient system for helping the unemployed.[24]
The AFSCME and five state representatives filed suit in August, arguing the veto was unconstitutional as it redirected the money. Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal (D) stated, "You can't reject the purpose for the spending, but keep the money, which is exactly what he did."[23] The court agreed, stating the allocation would have to be vetoed as well in order for the action to be legal.[25]
Branstad said they would ask for a stay of the district court's decision and an expedited review by the state Supreme Court.[26]
Iowa Lieutenant Governor (1979-1983)
At the end of this third term in the state House, Branstad decided to run for executive office. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Iowa in 1978.[11]
Iowa State House of Representatives (1973-1979)
Branstad was first elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1972. He was subsequently re-elected in 1974 and 1976.[11]
- See also: Iowa gubernatorial election, 2014
Branstad is running for re-election as governor in 2014.[5][27][6] Branstad is seeking the Republican nomination in the primary on June 3, 2014 alongside running-mate and current Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds. The general election takes place on November 4, 2014.
Race background
Republican incumbent Terry Branstad is set to run for re-election to a sixth non-consecutive term as governor in 2014. Branstad served in the position from 1983 to 1999, and then came out of political retirement to win the 2010 gubernatorial election, becoming Iowa's longest serving governor as well as the longest serving governor in U.S. History.[28] Branstad is seeking the Republican nomination in the primary on June 3, 2014, alongside running-mate and current Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds.[29]
Democratic State Rep. Tyler Olson declared his candidacy for governor in July 2013 and was considered a strong contender for the party's nomination before withdrawing from the race in December of that year.[30] He decided to drop out following the announcement of his separation from wife Sarah Olson, who had been an instrumental part of his family-oriented campaign.[31][32] Olson's withdrawal was followed soon thereafter by former state Sen. Bob Krause's announcement he was shutting down his campaign. The absence of these two contenders is expected to clear the path for Jack Hatch, the most viable Democratic candidate remaining in the primary field, to take on Branstad in the general election; Krause immediately gave Hatch his support, while Olson noticeably declined to endorse Hatch upon dropping out of the race.[30][33]
Before Olson withdrew his bid, two polls were released that showed Branstad in excellent standing for wining re-election in 2014. These surveys put Branstad leading by an average 20 percentage points in hypothetical general election match-ups.[34] Branstad looked considerably less secure around the time Olson entered the race back in July 2013, with only 43% of polled voters saying they believed Branstad deserved to be re-elected and 54% answering that he has held office long enough, even though 51% approved of his performance. December's numbers from Quinnipiac University gave him a boost of eight percentage points in both approval and "deserves to be re-elected" categories.[35][36]
Governor of Iowa: Branstad vs. Olson | |||||||||||||||||||
Poll | Terry Branstad* (R) | Tyler Olson (D) | Someone else | Wouldn't vote | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size | ||||||||||||
Quinnipiac University Poll (December 10-15, 2013) | 50% | 32% | 1% | 3% | 14% | +/-2.4 | 1,617 | ||||||||||||
Selzer & Company/The Des Moines Register Poll (December 8-11, 2013) | 51% | 28% | 8% | 0% | 13% | +/-3.8 | 650 | ||||||||||||
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Governor of Iowa: Branstad vs. Hatch | |||||||||||||||||||
Poll | Terry Branstad* (R) | Jack Hatch (D) | Someone else | Wouldn't vote | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size | ||||||||||||
Quinnipiac University Poll (December 10-15, 2013) | 49% | 33% | 1% | 3% | 14% | +/-2.4 | 1,617 | ||||||||||||
Selzer & Company/The Des Moines Register Poll (December 8-11, 2013) | 52% | 29% | 8% | 0% | 11% | +/-3.8 | 650 | ||||||||||||
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Governor of Iowa: Branstad vs. Krause | |||||||||||||||||||
Poll | Terry Branstad* (R) | Bob Olson (D) | Someone else | Wouldn't vote | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size | ||||||||||||
Quinnipiac University Poll (December 10-15, 2013) | 49% | 31% | 1% | 3% | 15% | +/-2.4 | 1,617 | ||||||||||||
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Branstad defeated Bob Vander Plaats and Rod Roberts in the June 8 primary, winning with 50.33% of the vote.
Branstad faced incumbent Chet Culver (D), Jonathan Narcisse (Iowa Party), Eric Cooper (L), and Dave Rosenfeld (SW) in the general election on November 2, 2010.
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Brandstad is available dating back to 1998. Based on available campaign finance records, Brandstad raised a total of $9,831,020 during that time period. This information was last updated on July 10, 2013.[37]
Ballotpedia collects information on campaign donors for each year in which a candidate or incumbent is running for election. The following table offers a breakdown of Terry Branstad's donors each year.[38] Click [show] for more information.
Terry Branstad's Campaign Contributions | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 Governor of Iowa | |||||||||||||||||||
Total Raised | $8,896,196 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Raised by General Election Opponent | $6,519,028 | ||||||||||||||||||
Top 5 contributors | Republican Governors Association | $1,230,331 | |||||||||||||||||
Bruce Rastetter | $162,712 | ||||||||||||||||||
Eldon & Regina Roth | $152,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Joe Crookham | $102,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mark Falb | $101,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Individuals | $6,505,760 | ||||||||||||||||||
Institutions | $2,110,989 | ||||||||||||||||||
In-state donations | $6,660,042 | ||||||||||||||||||
Out-of-state donations | $2,163,200 |
Terry and Chris Branstad have three grown children and four grandchildren.[11]
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- News: Veto by Iowa Governor ruled unconstitutional, December 13, 2011
- ↑ Smart Politics, "The Top 50 Longest-Serving Governors of All Time," April 10, 2013
- ↑ National Governors Association, "Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad," Accessed April 6, 2013
- ↑ The Iowa Republican, "Branstad Wins Republican Primary," June 8, 2010
- ↑ Washington Post, "GOP ex-Gov. Branstad wins Iowa governor race," November 2, 2010
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Desmoines Register, "It's official: Terry Branstad will run for sixth term as Iowa governor," January 15, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Branstad and Reynolds 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed November 7, 2013
- ↑ KCCI, "Branstad may run in 2014," November 29, 2013
- ↑ New York Times, "In State Governments, Signs of a Healthier G.O.P.," April 16, 2013
- ↑ National Governor's Association, NGA Announces New Executive Committee Leadership, August 4, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Governor Terry E. Branstad's Biography," accessed July 31, 2013
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Office of the Governor of Iowa Terry Branstad, "About the Governor," accessed October 27, 2012
- ↑ WBAL, "President Obama Appoints Governor O'Malley To New Position," February 25, 2013
- ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will continue to lead national council of governors," February 21, 2013
- ↑ The Business Journals, "Governors and jobs: How governors rank for job creation in their states," June 27, 2013
- ↑ The Business Journals, "How state governors rank on their job-growth record," June 27, 2013
- ↑ "Branstad: Impressed with Ryan; says Gingrich made a mistake," By Lynn Campbell, IowaPolitics.com, May 23, 2011
- ↑ The Hill, "Iowa Gov. Branstad endorses Romney after criticizing his Iowa campaign," April 10, 2012
- ↑ ''Iowa City Patch, "Patch Poll: Was Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's appointment of son to state board appropriate?," March 2, 2013
- ↑ ''The Des Moines Register, "Branstad nominates son to Iowa Agency," March 2, 2013
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 ''The Des Moines Register, "Branstad defends appointment of son to resource panel," March 4, 2013
- ↑ The DesMoines Register, "Governor's son, Marcus Branstad, confirmed by Iowa Senate to natural resources post," April 15, 2013
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Quad-City Times, "Branstad has chance of being 1st governor to appoint all 7 Supreme Court justices," October 27, 2012
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 BusinessWeek, "Iowa Gov: Workforce Development veto will prevail," December 12, 2011
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Branstad unemployment office veto unconstitutional, judge says," December 8, 2011
- ↑ KCCI, "Court Rules In IWD Office Closing Lawsuit," December 8, 2011
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Branstad: Workforce Development veto will prevail," December 12, 2011
- ↑ WHOTV Des Moines, "CULVER PLANS: Former Governor Considers Future," December 2, 2012
- ↑ Smart Politics, "The Top 50 Longest-Serving Governors of All Time," April 10, 2013
- ↑ The DesMoines Register, "It's official: Terry Branstad will run for sixth term as Iowa governor," January 15, 2014
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- ↑ Tyler Olson for Governor 2014, "Homepage," accessed July 11, 2013
- ↑ The Des Moines-Register, "Iowa Poll: Iowans widely approve of state's direction, Branstad's performance," December 16, 2013
- ↑ The Desmoines-Register, "Krause ends bid for governor, endorses fellow Democrat Hatch," January 2, 2013
- ↑ The Des Moines-Register, "Iowa Poll: Iowans widely approve of state's direction, Branstad's performance," December 16, 2013
- ↑ Quinnipiac University, Iowa Voters Like Gov. Branstad, But Say It's Time To Go, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Possible 2014 Challengers Are Largely Unknown, July 19, 2013
- ↑ Quinnipiac University Poll, "December 17, 2013 - Iowa Gov's Approval, Re-election Prospects Improve, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Christie Tops Clinton By 5 Points In 2016 Race," December 17, 2013
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Career fundraising for Terry Branstad," accessed July 10, 2013
- ↑ Follow the Money.org
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Predicting Smoke
This real-time, neural network-based intelligent performance and emissions prediction system is virtual genius.
By Chris Atkinson, Mike Traver, Theresa Long, and Emil Hanzevack
Internal combustion engines and their requisite stinky emissions will be with us for a long time.
Increasingly stringent emissions requirements and rising fuel costs place an important premium on close control of combustion in internal combustion engines for all applications.
Future technological advances such as infinitely variable valve timing (through camless operation) and direct injection of both gaseous and liquid fuels will allow the spark-ignited (SI) piston engine to be used successfully well into the twenty-first century in automotive applications, possibly as hybrid vehicle power plants.
These engines have the potential to satisfy ever-increasing fuel efficiency and environmental requirements while meeting consumer expectations of power density, reliability, noise, vibration, harshness, and total life-cycle cost. The engines of the future will incorporate significant advances for improved performance, economy, and emissions.
These engines will require the use of more sophisticated and adaptive control systems than those used today. For example, the engine of the future will be camless, use drive-by-wire throttle actuation, and implement load control through exhaust gas recirculation and both intake and exhaust valve actuation with infinitely variable valve timing control.
Fuel injection may occur in the intake ports or directly in cylinder, but primary engine control will certainly be effected through fuel delivery control, valve actuationfor load control, reducing throttling losses and increasing rates of exhaust gas recirculation, supercharger, or turbocharger boostfor varying the effective compression ratio and load control and ignition timing control.
For the foreseeable future, compression ignition (CI) piston engines will continue to be used in fuel cost-sensitive applications such as heavy-duty buses and trucks, power generation, locomotives, and off-highway applications. They also have application in hybrid electric vehicles.
Close control of combustion in these engines will be essential to achieve efficiency improvements while meeting increasingly stringent NOx and particulate matter (PM) standards. Future direct injection CI (CIDI) engines will utilize increasingly higher combustion and injection pressures with exhaust gas recirculation, to offset the higher NOx levels produced by the elevated combustion pressures, variable geometry turbocharging, and possibly infinitely variable valve timing, while being truly low emissions and fuel flexible.
Close control of combustion in future engines will be of overriding concern for both efficiency and emissions. In an ultralow emissions vehicle, for instance, operation through one day with a failed engine sensor or control system may well produce a higher contribution to the emissions inventory than operation for a year with a fully functional system.
Advanced onboard diagnostic capability and the ability to reconfigure control "on the fly" following fault detection will be an indisputable requisite in the future.
These engines of the future will require significantly more complex control, having many more degrees of freedom than engines today. Standard, classical one-dimensional or map-based control, in which fueling, ignition, and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) are controlled somewhat independently, will prove woefully inadequate in dealing with the multiple independent degrees of freedom presented by wide-range fuel, EGR, ignition, boost, and valve control in future SI engines or fuel injection rate shaping, EGR, boost, and valve control in future CIDI engines.
Moreover, the costs, time, and complexity associated with engine development, performance mapping, and control system development and calibration are increasing significantly.
What is required is a truly multidimensional, adaptive, learning control system that does not require the laborious development of an engine model but has excellent performance and emissions prediction capabilities across the full life of the engine, for all engine operating conditions.
Neural network-based virtual sensing offers all of these capabilities. The excellent generalization capabilities that are achieved through online learning means the engine control system designer need make no assumptions about the governing equations dictating the engine performance and combustion characteristics.
The virtual sensing system automatically develops the engine control laws by learning the engine behavior over time. This allows a truly optimized and adaptive engine control system to develop with a minimum of effort.
This NeuroDyne-developed sensing system has these immediate applications:
- Engine control, whereby the neural network model provides real-time values of unmeasured or difficult to measure parameters such as NOx emissions or PM emissions for diesel engines
- Oboard diagnostics, in which the neural network model can be used as a virtual emissions sensor for the real-time measurement or prediction of NOx and others
- Real-time prediction of emissions from engines for continuous emissions measurement purposes
- Engine, engine control, and fuel combustion modeling
- Engine and control system mapping for emissions compliance or control system design and development
The system is a predictive engine model that runs on a microprocessor in parallel with the engine in real time. It takes input signals from the same sensors as the engine itself. In SI engines, the neural network model uses manifold air pressure and temperature; engine speed; fuel injection pulse width; EGR valve setting; exhaust gas oxygen concentration; exhaust gas temperature; engine coolant temperature; throttle position; and ignition timing advance.
The neural network model of the engine is able to make highly complex, nonlinear, and multidimensional associations between selected input parameters and outputs in real time to allow accurate predictions of engine performance (real-time torque output), engine emissions (unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and oxides of nitrogen), and fuel consumption (as demonstrated by carbon dioxide emissions) across the full range of engine operation.
The neural network model learns in real time and on the fly the precise relationship between all designated inputs and outputs. The neural network model assigns global or general weights between all designated inputs (engine operating parameters) and corresponding outputs (torque, fuel consumption, and regulated emissions) on the basis of results learned during engine dynamometer testing.
A further local set of weights exists and varies in time across the life of the engine. This provides a true learning and adaptive prediction system. As a result, the neural network model provides the driver with a smart diagnostic system or an engine controller, both of which are the results of a virtual suite of sensors.
These virtual sensor results may be either unmeasured or unmeasurable engine parameters or a duplicate estimation of already measured variables. One immediate application is in the virtual measurement of engine-out NOx emissions for onboard diagnostics in both spark-ignited and compression ignition engines.
Virtual sensing also offers an added level of protection against existing engine sensor failure, as in the case of wide-range exhaust oxygen sensing in lean-burn engines.
Given approximately 30 minutes of highly transient hot engine dynamometer training, the virtual sensor prediction model predicts engine performance and emissions parameters to within 1% to 3% of their instantaneous values.
In the case of the engine emissions, the prediction accuracy is equal to that of emissions analyzers that provide the training data.
For the studied diesel engine, it was not necessary to vary all input parameters individually in a multidimensional test matrix but rather to merely exercise the engine (as a system) through a wide cross section of its expected performance envelope.
The neural network-based system has excellent generalization capabilities, provided a wide range of representative engine performance training date is available. Modeling of cold-start engine performance and emissions is quite feasible using data from several cold starts at various initial engine and air temperatures.
The neural network architecture is a partially recurrent net, which has more accurate mapping than a multihidden layer net. The input vector includes instantaneous engine parameter values as well as a receding history window of 5-10 seconds of the same data.
Including this sliding window is necessary to capture the full dynamics of diesel engine operation, including turbocharger spool up and the emissions arising from transient fueling variations. All raw engine measurements, obtained from either a fully instrumented engine on a dynamometer during training or an engine in the field during normal operation, register at a 20-Hz data sampling rate.
This rate can be increased or decreased, depending on the balance between desired accuracy and computational effort required. The data flows through an infinite impulse response filter for conditioning. It maintains its integrity. The virtual sensor accounts for the transport delays and finite response times inherent in the existing engine sensors.
The value of having onboard virtual power and fuel consumption sensors is that the driver has real-time knowledge of abnormal or dangerous engine operating conditions and can take action.
The predicted engine emissions results are useful to vary an engine control strategy in real time to minimize emissions from the vehicle as it operates through its driving cycle.
The value in predicting exhaust gas temperature (EGT), as well as measuring it, lies in the fact that the difference between the measured and predicted values can further refine the weights that the neural network model assigns to the relationships between individual model inputs and outputs. In essence, the EGT prediction becomes an onboard engine dynamometer and a key component of the engine diagnostic system.
The addition of further exhaust emissions sensing devices would serve to strengthen the prediction capabilities of the virtual sensing system. The virtual sensor suite thus provides a true learning capability and could enable reconfigurable control in the event of sensor or engine component failure.
Virtual sensor prediction also provides a high level of redundancy, albeit without additional sensor cost or hardware complexity. As an example, the instantaneous fuel consumption of the diesel engine is calculated by the neural network based on the engine speed, rack position, manifold boost pressure and temperature, engine temperature, and (perhaps) measured air flow rate into the engine.
The fact that several input parameters are interrelated and dependent on one another provides a significant level of in-built redundancy if one of the engine sensors in that set fails.
This innovative system has immediate application in engine control, onboard diagnostics, and emissions measurement for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, stationary engines, and marine, off-highway, and locomotive diesels. Future potential applications include emissions monitoring for turboprop engines and gas turbines for propulsion and power. IT
Behind the byline
Chris Atkinson has a Sc.D. in mechanical engineering, Theresa Long a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, and Emil Hanzevack a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. They are cofounders of Calico Systems Inc., a high-tech company focused on control, calibration, diagnostics, and virtual sensing, primarily in automotive applications. Michael Traver has a Ph.D. and works at Automotive Testing Laboratories, Inc., where he specializes in engine and vehicle testing and development.
Terminology |
Virtual sensor: Microprocessor that uses equations and data from a process to sense other data about that system. For instance, if a virtual sensor knows the temperature and pressure of a vessel containing water, it can deduce what percentage of the gas phase in the tank is water because the processor knows laws and equations and has tables describing the physical behavior of gas liquid systems over a wide range of conditions. |
Neural network: A type of artificial intelligence that attempts to imitate the way a human brain works. Rather than using a digital model, in which computations manipulate zeros and ones, a neural network creates connections among processing elements. The organization and weights of the connections determine the output. They are effective for predicting events when the networks have a large database of prior examples to draw on. Neural networks are working in voice recognition, image recognition, industrial robotics, medical imaging, data mining, and aerospace applications. |
Drive-by-wire system: A system whereby computerized electric circuits replace mechanical and hydraulic linkages to the steering, brakes, shifter, and throttle. |
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