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Approaching the jetty at Eidfjord, Norway. Cruise ships berth at the single pier fronting the small village. The useful tourist information office is adjacent to the cruise port.
Troll Train
The Troll Train sets off from a stop next to the tourist information office. The train carries you for a slow (but bumpy) 1 hour tour around Eidfjord, Hæreid and Lægreid (in old Norwegian Eid means isthmus, Hær high and Læg low). On the Hæreid terrace you'll see the Viking graveyard, and on the Laegreid side the quaint 1309 church.
Hæreid Trail
The tourist information office supplies free walking maps of the area. One of the most popular walks is the Hæreid Trail to the Eidfjordvatnet lake. From the tourist office, cross the bridge over the river Eio, make a left, then follow the riverbank up to a sandy beach on the lake. Head through the Vassbakkane cutting to reach the Viking era graves marked by piles of stones. Continue on along the Hæreid terrace which offers lovely views of the fjord, then head down back towards the village. The walk takes about an hour and a half.
Hardangervidda Natursenter
The most popular shore excursion from Eidfjord is a tour combining the Hardangervidda Natursenter with the Vøringsfoss Waterfall (see below). The modern (though there is a goat grazing on the grass roof) Hardangervidda Natursenter is a great introduction to one of Norway's most spectacular national parks. The center shows an exciting movie presentation of the park from a birds-eye view. There's also a restaurant and gift shop. Hardangervidda is located 6.5km southeast of Eidfjord in Øvre Eidfjord at the southern end of Eidfjordvatnet lake.
Vøringsfoss Waterfall
From the Natursenter the road zig-zags up the steep-walled Måbødalen valley to the mighty Vøringsfossen Waterfall. The thundering waters cascade more than 550 feet into the Måbø river below. Most excursions stop at the conveniently positioned Fossli Hotel, next to the Fossetromma viewpoint over the falls. After witnessing the might of nature, stop to enjoy a coffee and snack at the hotel. The Vøringsfoss Falls are located about 10 miles from Eidfjord.
Sima Power Station
A couple of miles up the coast from Eidfjord you'll find the Sima Power Station, one of the biggest hydroelectric power plants in Norway. A guided tour will familiarize you with the engineering feats that were required to construct the huge station. The main hall, hewn out of the mountain, is 600 feet long, 60 feet wide and 130 feet high.

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It was the fall of 1995, and Patrick Stewart was unhappy. There he was onstage at the Broadhurst Theatre, rehearsing for a production of The Tempest that was transferring to Broadway after a very successful run at the Delacorte in Central Park, and he couldn't hear himself speak. Three years earlier, he had performed on the same stage in a one ŌĆö man production of A Christmas Carol, and he could hear his voice bounce off the back wall. Now, nothing.
Dan Moses Schreier was the sound designer on that production. ŌĆ£The star of the show was feeling like he couldn't connect to the audience, and it was hurting his voice,ŌĆØ Schreier recalls. ŌĆ£And I was called in so many times to ŌĆśfix the problem.ŌĆÖ At first I was asked to solve it by miking everything; at that point Stewart really put his foot down and said, ŌĆśI'm not performing Shakespeare miked!ŌĆÖŌĆØ
Schreier knew what the real problem was, but he was reluctant to bring it up. ŌĆ£Finally, I said, ŌĆśLet's all meet in the theatre and just turn on the lights.ŌĆÖ And it was like a jet airplane. Eventually, about half the lights were taken down, the manufacturer made some baffles that fit on the back of the instruments, and it helped the problem significantly. But for a while, it got a little ugly.ŌĆØ
The story has since become part of Broadway lore. Unfortunately, it's not all that unique.
ŌĆ£I did a show once where the color changers were sooo loud,ŌĆØ says sound designer Tony Meola (The Lion King, Sweet Smell of Success), choosing not to mention which production. ŌĆ£And when I brought it up to the lighting designer, he said, ŌĆśThe quieter ones cost more money, and if you want the quieter ones, then take it out of your budget.ŌĆÖ That's when I realized that we all weren't working on the same project for the same benefit.ŌĆØ
These are older stories; here's a much more recent one: just before Sweet Smell of Success opened on Broadway this spring, an acoustician was brought in to deal with the sound of the moving lights specified by lighting designer Natasha Katz after the show's director, Nicholas Hytner, complained about the fan noise. This one, at least, had a happy ending, for the creative team if not for the production itself, which closed earlier this summer.
Bring in 'da Noise
The advent of technology has expanded lighting designers' tool kits and allowed them to work faster than ever before, but the cost of this new technology can often be a higher noise floor in the theatre. Fan noise, from both color scrollers and moving lights, can be a major distraction to both the audience and the performers.
ŌĆ£There are a lot of factors that contribute to the noise floor ŌĆö air conditioning, winches, moving scenery, as well as lighting ŌĆö but moving lights are the newest problem,ŌĆØ notes Ray Schilke, a sound designer who recently worked on the Westport Country Playhouse production of Our Town starring Paul Newman. ŌĆ£And because a lot of the moving lights are out in the auditorium, the audience is much more prone to it.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£Lighting noise has become a much bigger issue for three reasons,ŌĆØ explains Sam Berkow of SIA Acoustics and the Walters-Storyk Design Group, the acoustician who saved the day on Sweet Smell, and was also brought in for the last broadway revival of 42nd Street. ŌĆ£One is that moving lights have become a much bigger part of productions, in non-traditional venues as much as traditional venues ŌĆö Broadway, recording studios, television production facilities, houses of worship. It's obviously not an issue when you have primarily rock-and-roll sound levels, but when you're looking at Broadway or worship levels, they can become a huge problem. Most of the traditional units are not designed with acoustical considerations; in fact, many don't even use low-noise fans. But it's not just the selection of the fans, it's the way the fans and power supplies are mounted, the turbulent airflow through vents and so forth. And the other problem is that fan noise can become tonal, which can be easily audible and disturbing, particularly if the fan is unbalanced.ŌĆØ
Sweet Smell of Success photo: ┬® Joan Marcus
Increased awareness has improved the situation to some degree, especially with scrollers; lighting designers and their programmers usually plan scroller cues during applause breaks or other transitions, or turn them off when not in use. Quieter fans have recently been introduced on some moving lights, but lighting designers still tend to pick the instrument they need for a project based more on brightness and ease of use than on noise. When the noise associated with the technology interferes with a theatrical production, it often falls to the sound designer to take care of the problem. And the results, as the above examples illustrate, aren't always pretty.
ŌĆ£I've had to deal with it on musicals within the last three to four years,ŌĆØ says Jon Gottlieb, resident sound designer for the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre in LA. ŌĆ£There have been some creative solutions, but almost inevitably, it's a situation you have to go and fight for.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£It's so unfortunate that sound designers were put into this position,ŌĆØ adds Schreier. ŌĆ£I am totally uninterested in getting the lighting designer to compromise his or her work. It puts me in a horrible position where I have to say, ŌĆśWell, if you put all this noise in, it's really going to become a problem.ŌĆÖ But I have to say it because it's true. And it's a really horrible place to be in. I don't want to dictate what the lighting designer is doing. I really, really don't. For personal reasons also.ŌĆØ
Personal indeed: Schreier's wife is lighting designer Natasha Katz. (Talk about sleeping with the enemy!) Which leads to the obvious question: is this a topic that comes up often in the household? ŌĆ£Of course,ŌĆØ Schreier says. ŌĆ£Major. It comes up now in every single show that we do. On Dance of Death, which we did together, we talked a lot about scroller issues, because of the high trims and the number of scrollers she used. And she did a great job of making it work, but it took a lot of work.ŌĆØ
Perhaps Katz's domestic situation has made her more sensitive to the issue of sound. Still, the sound designers interviewed for this article have mixed feelings as to whether all lighting designers are adequately dealing with the issue.
Mea Culpa?
ŌĆ£I think the lighting designer has to be responsible for what he's putting up,ŌĆØ says Gottlieb. ŌĆ£And if he can't put something up that works in the theatre, then he has to go back to the manufacturer and have them make something that can. That's what all the rest of us have to do.
ŌĆ£But I think we're at an interesting crossroads,ŌĆØ he continues, ŌĆ£where there's now a culpability among lighting designers in which they realize that there's an inherent responsibility for how much noise they're putting into a space.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£The thing that bothers me is when the lighting designer doesn't care,ŌĆØ says Meola. ŌĆ£Because then I say, at what cost? If what we sound designers do wasn't so esoteric, I think they'd see, literally, what this is doing to us. If every loudspeaker had a light on it, and the more loudspeakers we had to use the brighter the ambient light got in the theatre, then there wouldn't be a blackout. That's what's happening with us now.ŌĆØ
And though they all admit that they're not up on the latest developments in lighting technology, the perception among most sound designers is that the lighting manufacturers could be doing more to lower noise levels on their products.
ŌĆ£I lay a lot of the blame for this on the manufacturers,ŌĆØ says Meola. ŌĆ£I don't know the numbers, but I would guess they sell a lot more moving lights to rock and roll, or industrial projects, or those horrible game shows.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£My personal feeling is that some pressure should be put on the manufacturers so that if they want to do these shows in New York, in Broadway theatres, then we need help,ŌĆØ says Schreier. ŌĆ£On The Tempest, the manufacturer came in and did help, and it was great. But I sense a reluctance among manufacturers to do that.ŌĆØ
Tempest photo: ┬® Michal Daniel
Berkow, however, has been more actively involved with the lighting manufacturers, and feels they're becoming more aware of the issue. ŌĆ£The critical mass is building where manufacturers can no longer ignore sound as a criteria for selecting lights,ŌĆØ he notes. ŌĆ£I think the next generation of lights will certainly incorporate acoustical design. I think manufacturers who ignore this trend are missing a great opportunity.ŌĆØ
What Can Be Done
Schilke, for one, not only thinks the noise level has gotten better, he's found a way to deal with it when it does occur. During a production at Playwrights Horizons a few years ago, he was sitting at a table in the theatre, and a scroller was doing what they often do to sound designers: ŌĆ£It was making me crazy,ŌĆØ Schilke recalls. ŌĆ£We had to get rid of it. My engineer and I put a tiny JBL speaker right next to the light, recorded the noise of the fan, and put it out of phase. Basically, the noise coming out of the light is cancelled by its own sound out of phase. The only time it came on was when the light was moving. It doesn't go away, but it's less audible.ŌĆØ Schilke has done the same thing on another production, and though both were Off Broadway plays, he believes the same concept could work on a much larger show. ŌĆ£You just need to go to a bigger speaker,ŌĆØ he explains. ŌĆ£The speaker has to put out as much sound as the lights, and any speaker can do that. There really isn't that much noise, it's just the frequency that's annoying.ŌĆØ
Can anything else be done to solve this dilemma? Better awareness among directors would help, as would discussions about such potential problems early on in the creative process, though even that has its pitfalls.
ŌĆ£I've never brought it up,ŌĆØ says Gottlieb, ŌĆ£because to be honest with you, I would never expect the lighting designer to question my choice of equipment for a show. You don't want to make the collaborative process adversarial. You don't want to have to sit down at the first or second production meeting and look across at somebody that you want to collaborate with and say, ŌĆśWhat are you going to use?ŌĆÖ Because to be honest, he probably doesn't know at that point any more than you do.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£In my case, now I bring up the issue right away,ŌĆØ counters Meola. ŌĆ£We had our first production meeting for [the upcoming Broadway production of] Man of La Mancha on March 14, and I brought it up then. If you let it get to the first preview, and make it an issue then, then the director has to decide whether they can tolerate the noise or lose the look they've put into the show.ŌĆØ
Berkow believes that lighting designers can take additional steps to alleviate the situation as well. ŌĆ£It starts with the selection of lights: choose lights that don't have three or four fans,ŌĆØ he notes. ŌĆ£Secondly, if it's a concern, going through the units and picking those where you don't hear bearing noise, or imbalance in the fans. You can always swap out power supplies, which is typically where one of the fans is located. Next, there are certainly ways to baffle systems by adding sound-absorbing materials in the rigging, which can greatly reduce the noise onstage cost-effectively. There are different types of sound-absorbing materials ŌĆö I like using duct-liner board, semi-rigid fiberglass, wrapped in acoustically transparent fabric. You can even put this type of treatment on the back of set pieces ŌĆö a lot of the sound that comes from the lights is reflected by the set pieces. Strategically locating sound-absorbing materials can be very helpful for the overall sound design in general.ŌĆØ
He also believes manufacturers should be looking at quieter fans. ŌĆ£I guess I don't see making lighting systems quieter in conflict with anything; you don't give up anything, there's no great cost to it, and there's no great compromise. I think it's really just an engineering exercise that's been ignored up to date, because traditionally moving lights were in environments where if you raised the ambient level five or 10 noise criteria (NC) points, it wasn't a big deal.ŌĆØ
And when all else fails, producers could always call Berkow or some other qualified acoustician. ŌĆ£The fact that they brought an outside acoustician in for Sweet Smell of Success I think is a great thing,ŌĆØ says Schreier. ŌĆ£I mean, my job is to make sound. I'm not an acoustician in the sense of knowing the best way to make sound disappear. To do what [Berkow] did for Sweet Smell is not my specialty. It's sort of like being asked at one point to be a creative artist, and then to be a destructive artist.ŌĆØ
But despite all the little victories, the bottom line of all this may be the reality that sound levels in the theatre will never be truly quiet again. Even as fan noise diminishes in lighting instruments, fan noise from still and video projectors are becoming an issue. And the next technology to come along ŌĆö be it in set, lighting, even sound design ŌĆö might create its own set of noise issues. The world we live in gets louder all the time, and the theatre may just be an extension of that.
ŌĆ£We sit next to the continued fan hum of a computer all day,ŌĆØ says Gottlieb. ŌĆ£I know my sound studio isn't as quiet anymore. I used to need it to be pristine for me to listen to what I was doing. And though I can go to great lengths to sequester all my computers and keep them really quiet, I don't bother sometimes. Because I'm playing in a theatre that's going to have a certain noise floor anyway. It's a progression that's happening.ŌĆØ
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To complete a Clarion University associate degree, a minimum of 30 credit hours must be completed at Venango College. For Business Administration (A.S.) and Paralegal Studies (A.S.) students, these 30 credits must include the 12 credits required in the concentration and a minimum of 12 credits from the courses listed under the Business Core. The transfer of a specific associate degree to a specific baccalaureate program may incur deficiencies within the major.
Free Electives Sufficient to Total 60 Credits
Associate of Science
Associate of Science:
The Associate of Science in Business Administration is designed to provide an opportunity in post-secondary education not found elsewhere within the service area of Clarion University. After earning the associate degree, students who wish to further their education may continue at the baccalaureate level on the Clarion campus.
Ensure that each student has an exposure to general education and business fundamentals appropriate for associate-level degree education in business administration.
Prepare associate degree students for entry-level positions in business, industry, and government. Graduates may find jobs in sales, marketing, finance, or administrative areas of business.
Prepare aspiring students for entry into baccalaureate degree programs.
General Education (minimal requirement (20 credits):
ENG 111, HPE 111, CMST 113, ECON 211, ECON 212, a HPE activity, and General Education Electives. Note: If ENG 110 is required as a result of the placement exam, it will be used as three credits of the general education electives.
Business Core Subjects (24 credits):
ACTG 251, ACTG 252, BSAD 240, CIS 217, ECON 221, ENG 307, MATH 131, and MGMT 120.
General Business Management Concentration (15 credits):
BSAD 241, ECON 222, FIN 170 OR FIN 373, MKTG 360, and MGMT 320.
Associate of Science:
Paralegal Studies
Clarion University's Paralegal Studies Program is designed to provide for the education of paralegals. A paralegal, or legal assistant, is a person qualified by education, training, or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs legal work for which a lawyer is responsible.
A paralegal may not practice law. All of the courses required for this degree are offered at Venango College. Some of the courses also are offered at Clarion campus.
Academic Requirement
The program is divided into three blocks of required courses. The general education and business core classes are required of all Associate of Science candidates to develop their ability to work and live as well-rounded and competent individuals in the business environment. The remaining courses are specialized legal courses designed to develop competence in substantive and procedural law.
General Education (minimal requirement—23 credits):
ENG 111, CMST 113, HPE 111, ECON 211, a MATH competency class from the following: MATH 110, 112, 131, 171, 222, 270, or 271, and nine credits of general education electives. Note: The general education electives must be selected from an approved list of general education courses. This list is available from the director of Paralegal Studies and can be viewed on the program's website at www.clarion.edu/paralegal.
Paralegal Studies Core (18 credits):
ACTG 251, 252; BSAD 240, 241; CIS 217; and ECON 221.
Legal Specialty Courses (21 credits):
BSAD 238, 242, 246, 248, 249; and two of the following courses: BSAD 239, 243, 244, 247.
Free Elective (6 credits):
Students should use their free electives to tailor the paralegal studies degree to their individual career preference. The choice may be a law specialty course not counted in the concentration, political science, philosophy, or any other general education course of interest.
Associate of Science:
Rehabilitative Services
The Associate of Science in Rehabilitative Services which is accredited by the Council for Standards in Human Service Education trains people to work in human service practitioner roles with people with special needs in human service agencies. They include, but are not limited to, the roles of life skills worker, life coach, classroom assistant, and human development assistant. Because these roles vary, the program offers both specialized and generic competencies. The two-year
program culminates with a supervised field experience in a human service agency. Students are responsible for providing their own transportation to and from field experience sites.
Students who enroll in the associate degree program will work with nationally recognized faculty in the field. Qualified students who have earned a 2.5 QPA may continue their study toward a bachelor's degree in rehabilitative sciences and receive credit toward graduation for courses taken while earning an associate degree.
General Education
ENG 111: Writing II, 3
CMST 113: Public Speaking, 3
PSY 111: Psychology of Personal Growth, 3
PSY 211: General Psychology, 3
PSY 260: Developmental Psychology, 3
SOC 211: Principles of Sociology, 3
Related electives, 3
Electives: humanities and natural science, 9
General or free elective, 6
Rehabilitative Services Core
REHB 126: Introduction to Human Services, 3
REHB 227: Neurological Disorders and Physical Impairments, 3
SPED 245: Applied Behavior Analysis, 3
REHB 250: The Helping Relationship, 3
REHB 295: Field Experience, 6
REHB 296: Seminar for REHB 295, 1
NURS 368: Human Caring, 3
SW 212: Social Work With Groups, 3
Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitative Sciences:
Court and Community Services Concentration
This degree program is designed for students who are interested in the growing human services fields that work closely with the court system. This unique academic option combines a traditional human services and rehabilitative sciences program with the paralegal education necessary to bridge the gap between the courts and social services. A legal assistant or paralegal is a person qualified by education, training, or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. A paralegal may
not practice law.
Graduates of the Court and Community Services concentration within the Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitative Sciences degree program at Venango College will have a strong understanding of the rehabilitation process and its interaction with the court system. They will work in organizations such as victim and witness assistance programs, protection from abuse programs, adoption services, child abuse agencies such as Children and Youth, foster care agencies, work release and
parole agencies, among others.
Suggested Sequence
First Semester
ENG 111: College Writing, 3
HPE 111: Health Education, 2
BSAD 240: Legal Environment I, 3
BSAD 238: Introduction to Paralegal Studies, 3
CIS 217: Applications of Microcomputers, 3
REHB 126: Introduction to Human Services, 3
Second Semester
Mathematics Competency, 3
General Education Elective
BSAD 246: Civil Litigation, 3
BSAD 241: Legal Environment II, 3
CMST 113: Public Speaking, 3
REHAB 250: Helping Relationship Principles and Procedures, 3
Third Semester
General Education Elective
BSAD 242: Methods of Legal Research, 3
BSAD 243: Wills, Trusts,and Estates or BSAD 245: Family Law, 3
REHAB 227: Neurological Disorders and Physical Impairments, 3
SPED 245: Applied Behavior Analysis, 3
Fourth Semester
General Education Elective
SW 212: Social Work with Groups, 3
General Education Elective
BSAD 247: Real Estate Law for the Paralegal, 3
BSAD 249: Field Experience, 3
Fifth Semester
General Education Elective
REHAB 405: Substance Abuse or REHAB 460: Models of Human Service Delivery, 3
BSAD 243: Wills, Trusts, and Estates or BSAD 245: Family Law, 3
COOP 377: Coop in Rehab Sciences
REHAB 378: Seminar for Coop 377, 1
REHB 440: Principles of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery, 3


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The 12 NEWS DEFENDERS are following your leads on a speed trap in Montgomery where callers say they're getting caught.
The speed limit quickly drops 10 miles per hour on Perry Hill Road near the interstate. Police are there to issue tickets.
Drivers say a patrol car, sometimes two, will regularly sit in the median just beyond the sign.
The 12 NEWS DEFENDERS investigated the matter and found that Alabama law does not require a certain distance between speed limit signs. The law only says that signs must be posted at the point where speed limits change.
Here is what Alabama Law says:
Section 2B.13 Speed Limit Sign (R2-1)
01 Speed zones (other than statutory speed limits) shall only be established on the basis of an engineering study that has been performed in accordance with traffic engineering practices. The engineering study shall include an analysis of the current speed distribution of free-flowing vehicles.
02 The Speed Limit (R2-1) sign (see Figure 2B-3) shall display the limit established by law, ordinance, regulation, or as adopted by the authorized agency based on the engineering study. The speed limits displayed shall be in multiples of 5 mph.
03 Speed Limit (R2-1) signs, indicating speed limits for which posting is required by law, shall be located at the points of change from one speed limit to another.
04 At the downstream end of the section to which a speed limit applies, a Speed Limit sign showing the next speed limit shall be installed. Additional Speed Limit signs shall be installed beyond major intersections and at other locations where it is necessary to remind road users of the speed limit that is applicable.
05 Speed Limit signs indicating the statutory speed limits shall be installed at entrances to the State and, where appropriate, at jurisdictional boundaries in urban areas.
06 In general, the maximum speed limits applicable to rural and urban roads are established:
A. Statutorily – a maximum speed limit applicable to a particular class of road, such as freeways or city streets, that is established by State law; or
B. As altered speed zones – based on engineering studies.
07 State statutory limits might restrict the maximum speed limit that can be established on a particular road, notwithstanding what an engineering study might indicate.
08 If a jurisdiction has a policy of installing Speed Limit signs in accordance with statutory requirements only on the streets that enter a city, neighborhood, or residential area to indicate the speed limit that is applicable to the entire city, neighborhood, or residential area unless otherwise posted, a CITYWIDE (R2-5aP), NEIGHBORHOOD (R2-5bP), or RESIDENTIAL (R2-5cP) plaque may be mounted above the Speed Limit sign and an UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED (R2-5P) plaque may be mounted below the Speed Limit sign
09 A Reduced Speed Limit Ahead (W3-5 or W3-5a) sign (see Section 2C.38) should be used to inform road users of a reduced speed zone where the speed limit is being reduced by more than 10 mph, or where engineering judgment indicates the need for advance notice to comply with the posted speed limit ahead.
10 States and local agencies should conduct engineering studies to reevaluate non-statutory speed limits on segments of their roadways that have undergone significant changes since the last review, such as the addition or elimination of parking or driveways, changes in the number of travel lanes, changes in the configuration of bicycle lanes, changes in traffic control signal coordination, or significant changes in traffic volumes.
11 No more than three speed limits should be displayed on any one Speed Limit sign or assembly.
12 When a speed limit within a speed zone is posted, it should be within 5 mph of the 85th-percentile speed of free-flowing traffic.
13 Speed studies for signalized intersection approaches should be taken outside the influence area of the traffic control signal, which is generally considered to be approximately 1/2 mile, to avoid obtaining skewed results for the 85th-percentile speed.
14 Advance warning signs and other traffic control devices to attract the motorist's attention to a signalized intersection are usually more effective than a reduced speed limit zone.
15 An advisory speed plaque (see Section 2C.08) mounted below a warning sign should be used to warn road users of an advisory speed for a roadway condition. A Speed Limit sign should not be used for this situation.
16 Other factors that may be considered when establishing or reevaluating speed limits are the following:
A. Road characteristics, shoulder condition, grade, alignment, and sight distance;
B. The pace;
C. Roadside development and environment;
D. Parking practices and pedestrian activity; and
E. Reported crash experience for at least a 12-month period.
17 Two types of Speed Limit signs may be used: one to designate passenger car speeds, including any nighttime information or minimum speed limit that might apply; and the other to show any special speed limits for trucks and other vehicles.
18 A changeable message sign that changes the speed limit for traffic and ambient conditions may be installed provided that the appropriate speed limit is displayed at the proper times.
19 A changeable message sign that displays to approaching drivers the speed at which they are traveling may be installed in conjunction with a Speed Limit sign.
20 If a changeable message sign displaying approach speeds is installed, the legend YOUR SPEED XX MPH or such similar legend should be displayed. The color of the changeable message legend should be a yellow legend on a black background or the reverse of these colors.
21 Advisory Speed signs and plaques are discussed in Sections 2C.08 and 2C.14. Temporary Traffic Control Zone Speed signs are discussed in Part 6. The WORK ZONE (G20-5aP) plaque intended for installation above a Speed Limit sign is discussed in Section 6F.12. School Speed Limit signs are discussed in Section 7B.15.
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"Today Show" offers preview, contest to attend opening of WWoHPFan Events
NBC's The Today Show recently ran a preview of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park, which you can see here in our video galleries. Also, the show is running a contest for a class trip to the amusement park: Teachers can visit the Today Show's Web site, fill out a form, and submit a video/DVD submission answering the question, "Why is my class extraordinary"? Winners get a two-night trip to the park and will participate in grand opening celebrations. Entries are due by 5 p.m. on March 26 and winners will be announced on the show.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack incorrectly listed a reserve judge as 1 of her endorsers despite being told that he did not support her.
Roggensack adviser Brandon Scholz tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Robert Kinney's name was listed in error, and it was removed from her web site by Saturday. The newspaper reports it was the second time Roggensack listed an endorsement she did not actually receive.
Kinney emailed Roggensack last week to object, saying he disagreed with her on virtually every 4-3 decision from the court. She wrote back to say he was listed by mistake and his name would be taken down.
Kinney says he's satisfied.
Roggensack faces Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone in the April 2 election. The winner will serve a 10-year term.


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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To detect inflammation in the intestines; to help identify active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); to distinguish between IBD and non-inflammatory bowel conditions; to monitor IBD activity
When to Get Tested?
When you have bloody or watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, with or without fever, lasting more than a few days
Sample Required?
A stool sample collected in a clean container
Test Preparation Needed?
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
Lactoferrin is protein released by a type of white blood cell called a neutrophil. When there is inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract, neutrophils are attracted to the area and release lactoferrin, increasing the level of the protein in the stool. This test measures the level of lactoferrin in stool as a way to detect inflammation in the intestines.
Intestinal inflammation is associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and with some bacterial infections of the gastrointestinal tract, but it is not associated with many other disorders that affect bowel function and cause similar symptoms. Lactoferrin can be used to help distinguish between inflammatory and non-inflammatory conditions.
IBD, a group of chronic disorders that includes both ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn disease (CD), is characterized by swollen and damaged tissues in the lining of the intestinal tract. Those affected typically have flare-ups of active disease that alternate with periods of remission. Lactoferrin testing can be useful in monitoring disease activity.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A stool sample is collected in a clean container provided by the laboratory. This sample should be uncontaminated by urine or water.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
No test preparation is needed.
The Test
Common Questions
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Sherwood, R. (2012). Faecal Markers of Gastrointestinal Inflammation. Medscape Today News from J Clin Pathol. v65 (11):981-985 [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/773411 through http://www.medscape.com. Accessed February 2013.
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Pfefferkorn, M. et. al. (2010 October). Utility of Fecal Lactoferrin in Identifying Crohn Disease Activity in Children. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition v51 (4): 425-428 [On-line information]. Available online at http://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Fulltext/2010/10000/Utility_of_Fecal_Lactoferrin_in_Identifying_Crohn.7.aspx through http://journals.lww.com. Accessed February 2013.
Delgado, J. and Grenache, D. (Updated 2012 October). Malabsorption. ARUP Consult [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.arupconsult.com/Topics/Malabsorption.html#tabs=0 through http://www.arupconsult.com. Accessed February 2013.
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Parched shoppers or moviegoers looking for a glass of wine and a snack may be happy to discover the latest Phipps Plaza tenant in the space across from Twist, which previously housed the short-lived Latitude. Justin Anthony re-created the space to evoke a luxury safari, including white antelope sculptures mounted on a DayGlo-red wall and a tufted cream-colored leather sofa accessorized with zebra-striped pillows. The decor makes more of a splash than the menu, which follows a South African theme similar to his restaurant on Roswell Road, 10 Degrees South. Tapas-sized portions of boerewors ("farmers sausage") sandwiches, sweet curries in awkward bread bowls, and fried chicken tidbits with collard greens and corn puree all suffer from perfunctory execution. Cocktails lean toward sweet and fruity. Look instead to South African wines—perhaps a Neil Ellis Sauvignon Blanc or the Chocolate Block, a juicy blend of Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Obama: Prince Nayef 'dedicated himself to security of Saudi Arabia'
US President Barack Obama said Crown Prince Nayef, who had been next in line to rule Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, had for decades "dedicated himself to the security of Saudi Arabia as well as security throughout the region."
– Obama said in a statement issued while on a visit to his home town Chicago
Under his leadership, the United States and Saudi Arabia developed a strong and effective partnership in the fight against terrorism, one that has saved countless American and Saudi lives. On behalf of the American people, I would like to offer my deepest condolences to King Abdullah, the royal family, and the people of Saudi Arabia.
Seen as a key ally for the West, Saudi Arabia has provided critical intelligence to foil al Qaeda plots, bankrolled pro-Western Arab governments and has supported Washington's attempts to isolate Iran.


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Colin Read
---- — One of the most redeeming institutions that flows from our Constitution and its amendments is freedom of speech. However, this freedom should not be free.
Our forefathers created a marketplace for ideas because they believed in the value of full information. Every idea can be put out there in the context of who is speaking and with the beauty of what is said.
It would be reassuring to have confidence in a message solely for its content, and not because of its source. However, this simplistic view is like witnessing the Mona Lisa through a veil.
For instance, do you believe there is any difference in one extolling the beauty of capitalism if she was a CEO of an investment bank or if he was the leader of the Communist party? Clearly, the messenger has to be part of the message. I believe our founding fathers contemplated this.
Now, though, with the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, anyone can speak loudly without indicating who they are or how they stand to gain. Such anonymity is cowardice. Ads in the silly season become avenues for cheap shots.
I also see this cowardice in Speakout, where writers want to get something off their chest or convince us of the truth as they see it. They seem to have some sort of ax to grind. Their message is almost always negative. They rarely encourage the best from us, and, they don't tell us who they are.
Many find Speakout tedious and disturbing, but we are compelled to read the comments because of the same instinct that forces us to witness the aftermath of a train wreck.
While those who take advantage of Citizens United do so at a great financial price, the Speakout writers, or anonymous bloggers, try to influence public opinion without cost.
Such a benefit/cost ratio encourages communications cowardice. It is like the sports fan in the stands belittling the athlete on the field. Few would have the courage if they had to face the subject of their torments. Such commentary without consequence erodes civility as anonymous messagers say or write things that they would not in person.
I can imagine the rare situation when anonymity is necessary. Maybe the speaker has been muzzled or victimized. Perhaps critics would suffer hardship or retaliation if they were identified as the source of a criticism we all should hear. However, very few conversational cowards are in this category.
Some of these critics are the same individuals who wonder why Wall Street does not act more responsibly, or why our leaders play political games as the nation is held hostage.
Perhaps, if we all had the courage of our convictions, we could allow the marketplace for ideas to truly work. After all, markets work because purveyors offer something, at some cost, to create value for themselves.
Imagine a world in
which anyone can say anything anonymously. Mean-spirited and self-promoting commentary would become rampant. We would find it difficult to judge the message from the character of the messenger. We would find ourselves in a world described by George Akerlof, in a paper well known among
economists entitled "The Market for Lemons." With thoughtful debate replaced, we would all be poorer.
To sign our names to our political messages on television, to our Speakouts, or even to our comments on the Internet imposes some responsibility and affords context for readers.
Maybe we should just ignore anonymous commentators. Cheap shots drown out the messages of those with the courage of their convictions. In this political season, as we are barraged by messages costing millions of dollars, or Speakouts and posts costing nothing, wouldn't it be nice if people had the courage not to hide?
Colin Read is a contributor to Bloomberg.com and has published eight books on finance and economics with MacMillan Palgrave Press. He chairs the Department of Finance and Economics at SUNY Plattsburgh. Continue the discussion at www.pressrepublican.com/0216_read.


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In another part of "the best mods for Good Old Games" we're taking a peek at some of cool stuff made for Freespace 2.
Thanks to the release of the game's source code, Volition's hit is among the most fan-supported space sims around. That's why we're taking a closer look at the Freespace 2 Open Source Code Project. It allowed a group of gifted coders, artists and fans to start working on pimping out the game's engine. Soon afterward, enthusiasts from other paths also put their hands to work on this beauty, creating mods, total conversions and more! As you're about to find out, they all did (and still do) a damn good job!
To fully experience the beauty and excitement of the mods you should start with FS2OPEN and MediaVP from the Source Code Project site. The first one will upgrade the game engine and allow you to install other mods and upgrades (shiny HD stuff;)) while MediaVP will make your game look like it was made in 2009! Just those two will enhance your gaming experience with this all-time great combat space sim.
JAD is a mod for the Freespace Source Code Project. It implements a lot of new flashy things in FreeSpace Open – just look at the screens! But the story is the best part of this mod! Imagine a mix of bad Internet jokes (but the good ones!), Freespace story and movie satire... GONE WILD! Every single mission is created only to make fun of some story point in FS or to laugh at tired old movie scripts.
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BTRL is a Battlestar Galactica (2003) Freespace Open total conversion. It is still a "work in progress" and the demo has just three missions, but they are impressively polished and sport some very convincing voice acting. The action-packed fight scenes feel like they've been pulled straight out of the series – everything is here: Viper and Raider sound effects, characteristic radio distortion and more!
Check out their YouTube profile, so you can get a general idea of what we're talking about.
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The Babylon Project is one of the largest total conversions for the Freespace Source Code Project, created by about 30 people. It's full of cutscenes, missions and new flight-model features like gliding. In 17 specially made campaigns and a bunch of individual missions you will be able to join the Terran Alliance, Narns and even fly Shadow Fighters! Almost all of them have their own spoken lines of dialog (made by the team's own voice actors or taken directly from the series). The feeling of immersion is just incredible - there are some scenarios that are a recreation of events that happened in the series but from a different perspective (like Garibaldi's wingman).
Videos of mission examples can be found here and here.
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Wing Commander – Total Conversion
A group of Wing Commander Saga fans gathered together to crate this incredibly good total conversion. Thanks to FSO you can finally see how big a Ranger-class light carrier is and fly through its landing deck without asking yourself "why so small?" In this TC you can fight Kilrathi and pirates in arrow, longbow, hellcat and thunderbolt fighters. For fans of the original Wing Commander games there is a lot of fan service (mentions of historical events, some ship classes, etc.) Also, flight model and game mechanics are taken directly from Wing Commander games (like fuel for afterburners).
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Fabulous 2 Bedroom Condo, Perfect for Winter getaway. in Deerfield Beach
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 4
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Deer Creek
- rates (USD) $ 1,500 - $ 1,500 / month
vacation rental description
This 2 bedroom 2 bath condo unit located in the Palms of Dear Creek on the third floor directly overlooks the 17th hole of the golf course. This unit is within an amazingly friendly community. Please note that there is a Four Month min. only. The condo association allows only one rental per year. This spaciously layed out condo has a newly screened in patio, a new flat screen TV and new hardwood floors. Wonderful view of the sprawling 18 hole golf course can be seen throughout the property. Just 3 miles up the road you will find Deerfield's awarding winning beaches. After you finish relaxing by the pool, and enjoying the beauty and peace. You will find that this centrally located property has access to an endless number of activities, attractions, events, museums, golfing, bicycling, water sports, boating, sightseeing, fishing, shopping, dining and all that sunny South Florida has to offer Deer Creek is a friendly and active community with bridge, tennis, golf, swimming and walking paths throughout the property.
This a great place to make some new life long friends. Great environment for snowbirds or semi-retirees looking for a warm weather get away for a few months.
First and last month rent required as security deposit. All tenants are subject to approval by the condo association. Four month minimum rental.
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condo rental amenities
condo rental amenities include:
Heated pool in community
Fitness room and two tennis courts
Washer and dryer on each floor of building.
Security and assigned parking
Championship Golf @ Deer Creek Golf Club
Only 3 miles from Deerfield's award winning beaches
activities and attractions in Deerfield Beach Atlantic Coast South
Top things to do in Deerfield Beach
* Fishing
* Shopping
* Dining
* Relaxing
Top things to do with a family
* Sun & Fun
* Golfing
* Butterfly World
* Gumbo Limbo
* Charter Fishing
Activities and attractions in Deerfield Beach Atlantic Coast South
* Golf courses for all levels of players to enjoy
* Tennis, Boating, and Water Sports
* Miami Beach, South Beach & Coconut Grove, Museums, Aquarium, Zoo,
Art Galleries and much more!
* Ocean Sport Fishing & Everglades Bass Fishing
* SeaEscape Cruise & Gaming
* Dolphins, Heat & Marlins games
* Gulf Stream & Calder Race Tracks
* Hundreds of Great Restaurants, Pubs & Bars!
* Great Shopping Malls; Boca Raton
* Pompano Harness Track
* Dania Jai Alai
* Miles of outstanding beaches from South Beach to the Palm Beaches.
vacation rental rates
These rates are per month and would be for the beginning of November through to the 14th of March. (We use the condo ourselves as a family from mid March) We are looking to rent to one family for the full season, Condo Association rules do not allow owners to rent to more than one party per year. Interested tenants would be required to be approved by the condo association before signing any agreements. FOUR MONTH MINIMUM RENTAL. Please note that ALL tenants are required to pay one months refundable security deposit to the condo association on signing the rental agreement. This is a new rule and non- negotiable.
Scott Gowen 6179436787
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This is the second in a series of opinionated fantasy football columns that will be posted daily in July and August, providing fantasy owners with some insights to consider as they prepare for their drafts. You can get an in-depth preview of the upcoming fantasy football season with the purchase of the Yahoo! Sports / Pro Football Weekly Fantasy Football Guide 2010, available now in newsstands and bookstores, or online at PFWstore.com.
I paid one dollar for Ben Roethlisberger in an auction draft the Pro Football Weekly and Yahoo! Sports staffs held for our Fantasy Football Guide 2010. I brought him up for the minimum bid, and there were no takers.
Why did I do it? Roethlisberger is exceptionally talented, and his six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal-conduct policy can be shortened to four games. I'm banking on that happening, and I'm expecting Roethlisberger to be a productive fantasy starter for the balance of the season. At the time I drafted him, I believed him to be the best quarterback left on the board, even considering the downside risk.
I'm comfortable with my thought process. Even in the unlikely event Roethlisberger doesn't play this season or loses his starting job, I wagered just a dollar. I've made worse one-buck gambles. (Note: we're not playing out the 12-team league, but the draft results are in the magazine.) And, from a value standpoint, it was an easy call to make.
Roethlisberger is likely to last beyond the midpoint of most drafts, and he could last until near the end of some. Some owners aren't going to be comfortable taking Roethlisberger as a backup passer when he's going to miss, at a minimum, one quarter of the Steelers' regular-season games. The earliest Roethlisberger can enter the lineup is Week Six, as Pittsburgh's bye is the previous week.
Roethlisberger is my backup quarterback, with the Bears' Jay Cutler my starter. I understand the risk of such a move — if Cutler was hurt early, I would have to be hitting the waiver wire for a replacement (there were a good number of starting quarterbacks who went undrafted) or making a trade for a passer in a situation where I would lack ideal leverage.
The safer play would have been to draft Roethlisberger as a third quarterback, a strategy I strongly endorse for owners in 10-team leagues. If using such a strategy, perhaps consider taking another passer with upside (Chad Henne, Matthew Stafford, etc.) as your backup; if that quarterback pans out and Roethlisberger returns in Week Six, you will be in strong position to move one of your passers for help at other positions.
Yes, I gambled on Roethlisberger, and it was a slightly risky move. But in smaller leagues with no roster restrictions on the number of quarterbacks you can carry, the risk is minimal, and one that could pay dividends later in the fall.
For authoritative coverage and analysis of NFL news, free agency and fantasy football, visit ProFootballWeekly.com.


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Hale's Dance School Seeking a HomeTuesday, March 30th, 2010
Dance Florida Academy – the dance school Ballet Florida founder Marie Hale and her colleagues started after the collapse of Ballet Florida – is still looking for a permanent home.
The school has occupied Ballet Florida's former studio at 500 Fern St. in West Palm Beach rent-free since September, but it's going to have to move out soon, because Palm Beach Atlantic University, which bought the building in November, wants to renovate the facility for its theater department.
The university plans to remodel the 11,950-square-foot, two-story building to include offices, classrooms and a performance space. Construction is supposed to start in May so that the building will be ready in August, when the fall semester begins.
The dance school is supposed to vacate the building by May 1. But Hale and her associates haven't had any luck in finding a space they can afford. "Some places have been vacant three, four, or five years and they still want exorbitant rent," said Lynda Swiadon, one of the school's directors.
Palm Beach Atlantic president Lu Hardin said the college wants to give Hale's academy as much leeway as possible and that the dance school might be able to move upstairs and stay in the building a few weeks beyond the May deadline.


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Our Statement of Faith
We believe in:
- The one true God who lives eternally in three persons - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
- The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world
- The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God fully trustworthy for faith and conduct
- The dignity of all people, made male and female in God's image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement
- The incarnation of God's eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ born of the virgin Mary, truly divine and truly human, yet without sin
- The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God
- The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruit of our resurrection his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world
- The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ
- The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness
- The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit's gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love
- The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.
Our Core Values
These are the values that underpin everything we do at Christian Fellowship Church:
- An emphasis on praise and worship
- The centrality of prayer and the word of God
- An obvious ministry of the Holy Spirit
- Relational Christianity
- A focus on body ministry and the priesthood of all believers
- A heart for evangelism, reaching the lost and planting them into church
- A world vision with involvement in overseas mission
- A concern for the poor and disadvantaged and a desire for social justice
- A prophetic voice to the nation, proclaiming anti-sectarian and non discriminatory Christianity
- The unity of believers, regardless of Church affiliation
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Christian Fellowship Church is a Christ centred community dedicated to impacting Belfast, Ireland and the nations with the love of God in the power of the Holy Spirit.
CFC is a group of people from all backgrounds who are walking in God's grace and are on a journey of transformation with Him.
We believe that God has called us to impact our city, our country and the nations with the love of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. This is the foundation for everything we do.
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KeyBank Scouting Report: Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids - June 23, 2013
The Portland Timbers return to JELD-WEN Field on Sunday to play host to the Colorado Rapids (4pm PT, NBCSN, 750 AM The Game / La Pantera 940). Find out all the inside information on the opposition.
What can the Timbers expect?
Always trying to play on the front foot and put their opponents under pressure, Colorado move the ball quickly, take long-range shots, and try to get service into their strikers. However, their style of play can be slightly altered if they decide to change their formation, which they have done a lot recently – playing a 4-3-3 at home to San Jose Earthquakes, but switching to 4-2-3-1 against Chicago Fire in midweek.
If they start with three strikers, it is likely that two of those will be asked to operate out wide and cut inside as often as possible. Colorado certainly has the players to fulfill that role with Deshorn Brown, Danny Mwanga and Atiba Harris able to play higher up the pitch as outside forwards. Behind them, Martin Rivero, Jaime Castrillon and Tony Cascio can act as chief playmakers, but, again, everything hinges on the system – and personnel – that they start with.
Where are they most vulnerable?
Scoring goals has been a big issue for Colorado so far with only 17 goals netted from 16 league games. A lot was expected from Edson Buddle (above) when they traded for him from the LA Galaxy at the start of the season, but he has only played the full 90 minutes four times and scored twice. However, their entire team has been guilty of failing to finish off chances with Harris topping their scoring charts with only four goals.
Far from secure in defense, Colorado can be exposed both centrally and out wide. At outside back, Brian Mullan has been filling in on the right side and rookie Chris Klute has played regularly on the left, and while both have speed, they could be vulnerable in one-on-one situations. In the heart of their defense, Marvell Wynne has played well but is more suited at outside back. While in goal Clint Irwin still has a lot to learn, the young 'keeper has had a strong start to his MLS career.
Who are their main threats?
When they click, Colorado is a team that plays quick-passing soccer, breaks forward at speed, and shoots on goal from all angles. They can be very dangerous once they shift into top gear, especially with Hendry Thomas and Nathan Sturgis offering support and cover in midfield. The key for Colorado is getting the ball into Rivero, who is the team's main creator and he can dictate the tempo of a game.
At set pieces, they can be a threat with Wynne and Drew Moor dominant in the air, while Buddle and Harris can slide into positions to profit from any loose balls dropping inside the penalty area. In open play, though, Colorado relies heavily on shifting the ball at pace and players, like Brown, Mwanga, Castrillon, or Dillon Powers, making surging runs. If the Timbers can track those runs and intercept their passing game, then the momentum should turn in their favor.
Head coach: Oscar Pareja
Now into his second year, this Colombian tactician is beginning to make his mark after making big changes with Colorado. He knows MLS from his time playing with New England Revolution and FC Dallas, while he also served as an assistant coach for five years with the latter. Only 44, he is a young coach with fresh ideas and has adapted well to the league despite having to deal with a lot of injury problems to key personnel.
Star Player: Edson Buddle
Closing in on 100 goals scored in MLS, this quick-thinking striker is now with his fifth different team in the league and emerging as a leader for Colorado. After overcoming injury problems earlier in the season, the former United States international is starting to regain that zip to his play. Often tasking with playing as a lone frontman, Buddle is someone who links well with team-mates, holds play up, and creates space for others, but his main strength is finishing off chances.
One To Watch: Dillon Powers
The Timbers got to see just how good this young midfielder is when he smashed in his first MLS goal in their last meeting. A powerful athlete, the Texas native is an energetic box-to-box player, which means that he covers a huge amount of ground and works well in both attacking and defensive situations. Only in his first year as a professional, he is definitely an early candidate for the Rookie of the Year prize.
What happened when the teams last met?
An early strike from Powers put Colorado ahead going in at the break in Dick's Sporting Goods Park before Hendry Thomas extended their lead from the penalty spot. But two goals from Timbers captain Will Johnson – one from a penalty – saw Caleb Porter's team roar back and pick up a valuable point on the road near the start of their unbeaten run.
What did the Timbers learn from that game?
Play was choppy to begin with and the Timbers struggled to dominate and get their slick-passing game going, but they showed a tremendous amount of character – not only to fight back and earn a tie, but also as a defensive unit. David Horst, who was making his first appearance of the season, was immense at center back alongside Andrew Jean-Baptiste, while Johnson was a driving force in midfield.
Colorado had double the amount of shots on goal that the Timbers did, but the two teams were evenly matched in a lot of areas, like individual battles, passing accuracy, and possession of the ball. Clearly instructed to shoot when in sight of goal, Colorado kept goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts busy and it also showed their eagerness to press forward and go through the middle in a lot of their moves. Porter will have surely noticed the gaps out wide as well as how their midfield players often drifted out of position.
What did the coaches have to say last time around?
Portland Timbers head coach Caleb Porter
"We've kind of been the comeback kids. I'm going to focus on the positives, and how much progress we've made in the last two years, and how much progress we've made from last year. That's a 3-0 game last year."
Colorado Rapids head coach Oscar Pareja
"We had our two points in our pockets. We wanted to hold the line up in the formation we had because we knew the conditions were different in the second half with the winds. I thought the game in the second half was pretty level."
How has Colorado fared since then?
In their most recent outing, Colorado slipped to a 2-1 loss away to Chicago Fire despite enjoying more possession of the ball, winning more duels and making more passes. Lapses of concentration at key times have let them down and led to the opposition snatching goals and securing points that should never have been on offer.
Since drawing with the Timbers, they have a record of 5-3-3, while they were also knocked out of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup by Orlando City. Without a win in their last three league games, there is clearly work to be done. Trading veteran Pablo Mastroeni to LA Galaxy was also a huge move for Colorado.
Did You Know?
Colorado defender Drew Moor played every minute of the Rapids' regular season last year, which continued his theme of being an ever-present that was highlighted between 2009 and 2011 when he played 68 games in a row.
Gareth Maher is a contributing writer to PortlandTimbers.com. He is a frequent writer about soccer for the Irish Daily Mail in Dublin as well as ESPNFC.com.


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The Department of History includes over 30 faculty members, 400 History majors, and more than 100 M.A. and Ph.D. students. We train executives, lawyers, politicians, educators, preservationists, and tomorrow's historians. Rich regional resources and acclaimed research centers ensure Temple a prominent voice in global conversations about the past.
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Bjarne Stroustrup first started developing the the C++ language in 1979 at Bell Labs. Back then, it was called "C with Classes," and it was created as part of an experiment in distributed computing. In the 30-plus years since, the language has taken off, becoming one of the most popular programming languages in use today.
Stroustrup, now a professor of computer science at Texas A&M University, talked with InfoWorld editor at large Paul Krill questions about the past, present, and future of C++, which was recently upgraded via the C++ 11 release.
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InfoWorld: What was your intent in developing C++?
Stroustrup: To build a general tool for managing the complexity of performance-sensitive applications. My immediate need was to write some simulations and some device-level software for an experiment in distributed computing at Bell Labs. Much of my inspiration came from the use of Simula and BCPL.
InfoWorld: What's the status of the C++ 11 upgrade and what was your role in developing it?
Stroustrup: C++ is specified by its ISO C++ standards committee. I'm a founding member of that committee and active as the chair of the Evolutions Working Group that evaluates proposals for new language features. I also try to help the committee set directions. C++11 became an international standard late last year, and the C++ compiler purveyors are now busy implementing it. Many features and the entire new standard library are already shipping.
InfoWorld: What do you see as the most important features of C++11? Accommodations for multithreading, perhaps?
Stroustrup: Certainly, standard and type-safe support for thread-level and lock-free concurrency is a major improvement on the various non-standard concurrency libraries that have been available for C++ for decades. It will be a boon to multiplatform development. The language feature changes are relatively minor, but there are quite a few of them; which of them are the most helpful will depend on what a programmer is doing.
I like the way move semantics will simplify the way we return large data structures from functions and improve the performance of standard-library types, such as string and vector. People in high-performance areas will appreciate the massive increase in the power of constant expressions (constexpr). Users of the standard library (and some GUI libraries) will probably find lambda expressions the most prominent feature. Everybody will use smaller new features, such as auto (deduce a variables type from its initializer) and the range-for loop, to simplify code.
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It was déjà vu, only better. A year ago, on the evening before the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium, guest chefs took over two kitchens from the John Currence family of restaurants in Oxford. The
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OAKLAND — The Golden State Warriors have landed a coveted free agent — just not the one everybody was talking about.
The Warriors reached an agreement with swingman Andre Iguodala on a $48 million, four-year deal Friday, two people with knowledge of the situation said.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because NBA rules prevent confirmation of moves until July 10. One said the Warriors cleared more than $24 million in salary cap space by sending Richard Jefferson, Andris Biedrins and Brandon Rush to the Utah Jazz along with unspecified draft picks.
Yahoo Sports, which first reported the deal, said the Warriors were only taking back Kevin Murphy and his non-guaranteed $788,000 deal for next season.
While the Warriors had hoped to sign Dwight Howard, the team was informed by the seven-time All-Star he would not be signing with them. Instead, Golden State unloaded its expiring contracts for what it believes was the next best player on the market.
The complicated moves give the rejuvenated franchise, fresh off an appearance in the second round of the playoffs and with a stockpile of promising young talent, a potent scorer and perimeter defender to team with point guard Stephen Curry and company. And for Iguodala, it's a chance to play with another contender.
Iguodala averaged 13 points, 5.4 assists and 5.3 rebounds last season for the Denver Nuggets, who lost in six games to the Warriors in the opening round of the playoffs. He spent his first eight years in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers and has averaged 15.1 points on 46 percent shooting for his career.
The Nuggets were hoping to entice Iguodala to come back to the Mile High City, especially because he could return on a five-year deal while the most he could get elsewhere was four years. The Nuggets offered Iguodala a five-year deal worth $60 million with $52 million guaranteed, a person familiar with the situation said, adding that Iguodala would've made only $4 million in the final year of a frontloaded deal.


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Turner Prize-winner criticises government arts policy
Price, who grew up in Luton, had originally forged a career as a pop singer, but found that she was too shy for life in the spotlight and "hated being on stage".
As she accepted her prize, she praised her education at Putteridge High School, a comprehensive in Luton, and criticised the government's attitude towards the arts.
Jude Law, who had presented Price with her award, had earlier criticised the "cultural vandalism" of the new English Baccalaureate qualification, which he said would take "arts, design and music" out of schools.
Price said "It's incredibly depressing listening to the comments people made earlier that a young girl from Luton going to a comprehensive might not be able to imagine being an artist and might not have the opportunities I've had."


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Panelists discussed the future of Medicare and the trustees' report which was released the previous day. Topics included how different parts of Medicare are financed, the assumptions the trustees used to make their predictions, and the crisis that is occurring as the baby boomers begin to retire. Discussion centered on what will happen if Congress doesn't step in to fix Medicare. Following their prepared remarks panelists answered questions from members of the audience. close
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COLUMBIA, Mo., June 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Wade Bradley has 37 years of restaurant management experience and on Thursday, June 26 at 11:00 a.m., Bradley and his son, Jared will open their first restaurant, Dickey's Barbecue Pit. To celebrate, the first location in Columbia is hosting a three-day grand opening celebration. The first 50 guests will receive gift cards worth up to $50.
"The Dickey's Barbecue business model was exactly what I was looking for," said first time franchise owner, Wade Bradley. "Columbia is a vibrant town experiencing a lot of growth right now, making it the perfect location for fast-casual barbecue."
Friday, Dickey's Barbecue Pit will offer all day merchandise giveaways. On Saturday, radio station 94.3 KAT Country will be on-site and customers can stop by for $2 pulled pork barbecue sandwiches from noon to 2 p.m. Also, one lucky winner will be chosen for a $500 gift card, two winners will receive free barbecue for an entire year and customers will have the chance to win St. Louis Cardinals tickets.
Bradley's restaurant experience includes Cracker Barrel and McDonald's. Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Columbia is located at 1412 Forum Boulevard, Suite 130 and the store phone number is 573.303.3167. Check out all the details on this new location on Facebook.
Dickey's Barbecue was founded by Travis Dickey with the goal of authentic slow smoked barbecue. More than 73 years later, the Dallas-based family-run barbecue franchise still offers a quality selection of signature meats, home style sides, tangy barbecue sauce and free kids meals every Sunday. All meats are slow smoked onsite in each restaurant. The fast-casual family-friendly concept has expanded to over 400 locations in 40 states and holds the title of the world's largest barbecue franchise. This year Technomic named Dickey's "Fastest-growing restaurant in the country" and they were also named "Best Franchise Deal" by QSR Magazine. For more information, visit Dickey's or for barbecue franchise opportunities call (866) 340-6188.
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