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New Wave Transit Bus Route For Pleasure Island
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CAROLINA BEACH - The Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority has expanded service to Pleasure Island and the Leland area while eliminating service to Belville in Brunswick County and the Wilmington neighborhood of Creekwood.
The new routes began Sunday February 3, along with a fare increase from $1.50 to $2.00 per adult rider.
The new route to Pleasure Island only has stops as far south as Carolina Beach. People in Kure Beach must make their way into Carolina Beach in order to catch the bus to Monkey Junction and then connect via another bus into the rest of the Wave Transit system serving Wilmington and New Hanover County.
Albert Eby of Wave Transit spoke to the Kure Beach Town Council at their January 15, meeting about the new route from the Wilmington area to Pleasure Island.
Eby explained, "We were down here about a year or so ago to make a proposal about what we would consider a pretty intensive service down to Pleasure Island."
He said Wave Transit is an independent transportation authority and, "We provide public transportation not only to the City of Wilmington but to all of New Hanover County with limited support from New Hanover County as well as service to Brunswick County. Since the last time I was here we've started providing van pool service" to Elizabeth Town and Jacksonville. They also provide service to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and 90% of Medicaid Transportation.
In 2011 the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority (Wave Transit) released plans to expand bus service to Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach and Kure Beach.
In order to fund that expansion, they proposed an additional vehicle registration tax of up to $7 dollars per vehicle to generate an estimated $1,104,040.00 in revenues to cover that expansion and system funding in general.
Eby said the last proposal was for a vehicle registration fee to support a new route to the Island. He said, "While that wasn't successful, we haven't stopped fighting for it and we will continue on that path. But one of the things the Council asked us when we were here last time - in response to some folks from the help center that were here - was to reach out to those folks with the help center on Pleasure Island to see if there was something we could do to both identify the need of transportation... especially to more of the retail areas not only in Wilmington, but New Hanover County and the Medical Center. Also to get a good handle on what the need is and how we may be able to possibly address the needs with our current structure."
He said after speaking with the Help Center and working with Council member Emilie Swearingen, "We were able in or short range transit plan... to identify some areas were we could see some efficiencies and to provide extended service down to Monkey Junction. Instead of one route to Monkey Junction we will now be providing two routes to Monkey Junction."
Eby explained, "I think one of the things that I was most amazed with when working with the Help Center was the real need for public transportation here on Pleasure Island. Us folks up in Wilmington just think beach community, people can take care of themselves, you don't have any poverty, you don't have anybody that needs assistance. With the assistance of the Help Center we had over 120 surveys and while we are still analyzing the data... one of the things our planning staff pointed out the number of folks that live on Pleasure Island that don't have transportation off the Island. They are dependent on friends, on family and folks that do have a limited amount of funds sometimes have to take a taxi cab to Monkey Junction so they can access the services of Wave Transit and this can cost as much as $35 to $50 round trip just to get a $2 bus ride."
He explained, "We felt we had to step up and find a way to address the need down here on Pleasure Island because we were created to serve not only the City of Wilmington but New Hanover County."
Eby said, "Monday through Saturday we'll have five trips from Monkey Junction to Pleasure Island starting at 7:30 in the morning and ending at 7:30 in the evening. On Sundays we will have limited service so we will have three trips starting 10:30 in the morning and ending at 4:30 in the afternoon."
He said, "We see this as a first step. This is by no means something that can't be changed as we get a better understanding of what the needs of the folks on Pleasure Island are."
He said, "The bus coming from Monkey Junction would go just past Town Hall in Carolina Beach, turn around there on Canal Drive and Carl Winner and come back. I think that will still be a challenge for folks that live south of Carolina Beach to access that service but certainly it takes in a large area that has been unserved or underserved in the past. While we are not where I think we can be and should be, we are certainly a lot better off than I think we were before we made this change."
Eby said the new route will begin February 3. He said the service will provide access to educational services, medical services, and employment opportunities for people that would not normally be able to travel to other areas of the County.
The cost will be $2 from Pleasure Island to Monkey Junction where riders can transfer to a bus at $2 a ride that routes to other areas in Wilmington and New Hanover County. Eby said the cost for a roundtrip would be $8.
He said, "And once you get in our system, you can transfer to other buses without additional cost."
One resident asked when service would be extended south of Carolina Beach to Kure Beach.
Eby said, "Our time frame kind of equals our money frame. Unfortunately. The challenge right now is, we are supported not only by the local governments, City of Wilmington and New Hanover County, but a lot of our support comes from the State and Federal governments and to some degree we are under assault right now. While I say it's one of our priorities, we obviously have to find the resources to bring it down to Kure Beach."
For more information, visit www.wavetransit.com
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Cub 154 Won't Start
I was cutting high grass, the tractor stalled and now it won't start. Tried jumping it. The volt gauge shows that it is discharging when the key it turned on. Any ideas?
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Does it restart after it cools down?
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Does the starter/generator turn the engine over/crank the engine? If engine cranks - leaves ignition problem or fuel problem.
Engine not running - turning the ignition key on - amp meter will show a discharge.
Engine got oil? Neighbors 154 has a low oil pressure ignition disconnect switch on side of oil filter housing.
PTO safety switch and or clutch safety switch?
Bit more information needed to help diagnose the problem.
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Also, something to watch. I have seen a few 154 lo-boys that the crank shaft pulley key sheared off. The starter generator spins like it is cranking the engine, and sometimes it is even turning the crank a little, but the pulley is spinning on the crank shaft. It is a pretty common problem, and not real hard to fix, other than you have to take the whole front end off of the tractor and move the radiator to the side, so you can take the crank shaft pulley off.
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If its not turning over and you checked the battery or even jumped it i would Pull off your PTO drive belt and see if it will crank then?
I just had the bearing go south in my PTO unit and it was hard to start so i removed the drive belt and it started. But then after running it the bearing in the pto seized more so it wouldn't start. Now its all apart and i found out the pto bearing caused it. Slowly everything is going south on my first int154. But i had four years of mowing with it since i purchased it. Now my pto and mower deck needs rebuilding then i'm out of the woods with my first int154.
I'm technically misunderstood at times i guess its been this way my whole life so why should it change now.
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I had a similar issue and it turned out to be one of the wires going into the ignition tumbler.
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---- — INDIANAPOLIS — The last time Matt Hasselbeck played with a running back from the University of Alabama, things turned out pretty well.
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On Thursday, Hasselbeck was introduced to his newest teammate with the Indianapolis Colts — former Crimson Tide star rusher Trent Richardson.
"Hopefully, lightning strikes twice, right?" Hasselbeck said with a wide smile at his locker in the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center. "That'd be great."
Richardson's arrival in Indianapolis was the story of the day in the NFL, with reporters from ESPN and the league's own network among the throng descending on the team's practice facility.
Just two games into his second season, the 22-year-old was traded Wednesday by the Cleveland Browns to the Colts for a 2014 first-round draft pick.
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Grigson said the decision to acquire Richardson "just felt right," and he likes the running back's fit with the Colts.
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Ninety years ago, the founders of a high-tech startup used chalk and string to trace the dimensions of their first lab – setting Raytheon on a historic course of continual renewal inspired by customer focus, strong values, and excellence in technology and innovation
As Raytheon marks its 90th anniversary in July, tens of thousands of employees worldwide are celebrating the remarkable journey of an early technology startup that has continually renewed itself through technology and innovation leadership in pursuit of customer success.
"It is truly amazing to think about how far Raytheon has come since our early days, with our rich heritage of 90 years of inventions and breakthroughs to support customers around the world," said William H. Swanson, Raytheon Chairman and CEO. "While our world has changed a lot since 1922, what remains steadfast is Raytheon's consistent focus on excellence in technology and innovation, and our talented team tackling some of our customers' hardest problems."
Raytheon was founded in Cambridge, Mass., on July 7, 1922. The company's founders included Laurence Marshall, an engineer and business person; Dr. Vannevar Bush, who would become Dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's School of Engineering and science advisor to President Roosevelt during World War II; and Dr. Charles G. Smith, a brilliant scientist. The startup was initially called the American Appliance Company.
Later in July, after the venture's incorporation, in a scene memorialized in Raytheon's biography, The Creative Ordeal by Otto J. Scott, "Marshall led C.G. Smith to a vacant third floor of the Suffolk Engraving Co. building on Kendall Square, Cambridge. The leader was carrying a string and a piece of chalk, and the two men marked off the space for a wall enclosing the new laboratory" of their startup.
Its breakthrough innovation was a tube that would transform the radio into an accessible and affordable "must-have" device for the home. The company gave its new tube an auspicious name, ultimately parsed from the Old French ("rai" -- "a beam of light") and the Greek ("theon" -- "from the gods"). The tube, and later the company itself, would be called "Raytheon."
Many ventures have soared initially on the strength of one exciting innovation -- only to fizzle in the Second Act. Raytheon, however, was able to build on its initial success, to gather its founding threads into its DNA and then to consistently renew itself.
As a result, Raytheon had 2011 sales of $25 billion. It is a global company with tens of thousands of employees, a major industrial employer in a number of states and one of the largest in Massachusetts and Southern Arizona. The year 2012 is the 60th anniversary of the company's listing on the New York Stock Exchange -- and Raytheon has been a member of the Standard & Poor's 100 from the index's launch in 1983 right through to today.
"The Little Engine That Could"
There is a wonderful early proof-point of the Raytheon "can-do" spirit in an old photo of Marshall taken in the 1930s. The photo shows Marshall reaching for the handle of a telephone in a very businesslike manner. Tucked underneath on the shelf of the telephone table is a book that is also within arm's reach. Its title is, "The Little Engine That Could."
Raytheon's innovative "can-do" spirit would play out again and again in the decades that followed. There is the story from the early World War II era of how Raytheon's brilliant engineer, Percy Spencer, figured out how to mass produce magnetrons, the heart of radar, which were desperately needed for the war effort. And then there was Percy Spencer's encore following World War II, when he discovered microwave cooking. Raytheon named the new oven a "Radarange."
Raytheon's innovative spirit has expressed itself over and over: in the shipboard SG radar that made such a difference in "victory at sea" during World War II; in the Raytheon-guided missile, the Lark, that made history with the intercept of an aircraft target in flight; in the computer that guided Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon. The company's work led to world-renowned defense systems such as the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System; early-warning, phased array radars that have helped keep the peace; the Standard Missile-3 that rose to intercept a failing satellite; and to what is described as the most amazing high definition image ever captured of our home planet, our "Blue Marble".
In sensing, effects, C3I and Mission Support, in the leveraging of domain knowledge in air, land, sea, space and cyber, Raytheon today is projecting its technology and innovation leadership far into the future.
The company has accomplished this feat of continual innovation by retaining and attracting the best talent, by encouraging diversity of thought and new ideas, and also by joining with businesses such as E-Systems, Texas Instruments Defense and Hughes Defense, and their tremendous legacies, to name a few. These and other like-minded technology organizations have added their own rich heritage of innovation: from use of the first network email and the "@" sign as an email tool (Bolt, Beranek and Newman, now Raytheon BBN Technologies) to Raytheon's world-class expertise in cybersecurity.
Raytheon has expanded its geographic dimensions as well, from the third floor of a building in Kendall Square to important relationships that help secure peace and security around the world. The company truly has a global presence, selling products and services to customers in some 80 nations around the world. For a deeper sense of this global presence, visit http://www.raytheon.com/ourcompany/global/.
Raytheon's innovative spirit also extends far beyond engineering and manufacturing to include areas such as corporate governance, ethics education, diversity, talent development, financial management, information technology, supply chain management, safety and wellness, sustainability and support for our communities.
Compelling examples of innovation across the enterprise include an award-winning ethics education program; world-class safety programs for employees; award-winning sustainability efforts; widely recognized diversity programs; innovative initiatives to support our men and women in uniform through efforts such as the Hashtags4Heroes campaign; and experiential initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through Raytheon's MathMovesU® flagship STEM program.
What started 90 years ago with a single-minded vision and a lab marked out in chalk and string today engages tens of thousands of talented employees around the world in a process of continual renewal -- through technology and innovation leadership, in pursuit of customer success. For 90 years and counting -- yesterday, today and into tomorrow -- Raytheon has become a company greater than the sum of its parts.
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2012 All-Rookie Team
Here are my picks for the 2012 NFL All-Rookie Team (best rookie at every position):
Let's begin with the undoubtedly most impressive class, the quarterbacks.
I simply can't make a decision on this one. Not only can't I choose between Luck and RG3, but Russell Wilson should also be in the conversation. He has been a sunshine story in the NFL, and it's hard not to love the guy.
On the other hand (or should I say arm? :P ) No other rookie arm has been more valuable to a team than Luck's throwing arm. The Colts rely on Luck more than the Seahawks and Redskins rely on their rookie quarterbacks, Luck reminds me of Peyton Manning in his intelligence, cool head, and as a pure passer. He's no Peyton Manning, that's for sure, but at least he's a far better runner.
Talk about runner, RG3 is definitely the best scrambling QB out of this year's class, but he also has a remarkable passer rating for a rookie. He is more used in the zone-read college type of option plays than e.g. Luck, but has also shown that he can be a great pocket passer. RG3 is like a bigger and more accurate Michael Vick.
As for the Luck vs. RG3 debate, which has only intensified since the draft, I think we will have to wait until next year to make a definite decision. However, I have a feeling RG3 might struggle a little more with injuries so that could be a deciding factor.
For more in-depth comparison of the rookie quarterbacks, click here.
Now that we have the quarterback covered (sort of), things get far less complicated.
Halfback: Doug Martin.
Fullback: Pass. (hey! better be honest than copy of some other guy)
Wide receiver: Wow! Again, pass. (no rookie receiver deserves the recognition right now)
Tight End: Dwayne Allen. No tight end really stands out this year, but Allen is a solid pick.
Offensive tackle: 1. Matt Kalil (no brainer) and 2. Cordy Glenn.
Offensive guard: 1. Kevin Zeitler and 2. Undecided. (besides Zeitler, no one really stands out)
Center: Pass.
Phu... I just came to realize how weak this class has been on the offensive side.
Moving over to the defense...
Defensive ends: Chandler Jones and Bruce Irvin
Defensive tackle: Pass.
Outside linebacker (not 3-4): Donta Hightower,
Inside linebacker: Luke Kuechly. Honorable mention: Bobby Wagner.
Cornerbacks: 1. Casey Hayward and 2. Morris Claiborne. Why are the Packers always so lucky finding cornerbacks?
Safety: Harrison Smith.
... And to perfectly round it of in a complete circle, this has been the year of rookie quarterbacks... and kickers/punters.
Kicker: Blair Walsh. Honorable Mention: Justin Tucker (BAL) and Greg Zuerlein (STL).
Punter: Johnny Hekker. Honorable mention, Bryan Anger.
Worth to mention: The Vikings have 3 rookies who are clear favorites at their position. That's how you start rebuilding a team!
PS: Sorry for the whole in my team, but I tried to be as honest as possible. I don't wanna rank a player I'm not sure deserves it.


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(WMC-TV) - Unified School Board members gave tentative approval to a resolution to dissolve Memphis City Schools, and proposed a calendar for the upcoming school year.
The Unified School District of Shelby County is about to make an official launch with the 2013-14 school year.
Board members gave tentative approval to a measure that would officially make July 1 as the last day for Memphis City Schools.
That gives plenty of time for the Unified District to get business and budgeting in order before the new school year begins.
The board also discussed the proposed calendar year.
It calls for teachers to return to school July 29, with the first day of school on Aug. 5.
Fall Break would begin at the end of the first nine weeks of school, lasting one week - that's October 7 through the 11.
A three-day break has been proposed for Thanksgiving with the dates being Wednesday, Nov. 27 through Friday, Nov. 29.
And just in time for the holidays, Winter Break from Dec. 23 through Jan. 6, 2014.
Spring Break would fall on the week of March 10.
It seems as though the last day of school for the 2013-14 school year would be May 23, giving students a jump on Memorial Day weekend.
All of these dates are tentative, the Unified School Board is expected to vote on the resolution and calendar at the next week's meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 29.
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Huff named AL Player of the Week
Orioles slugger hit .345 with three jacks for week of July 6
Kevin Millar has a term to describe the Orioles' season thus far. He calls it "Orioles Magic," which is named after the song and is meant to sum up a team that has been in pretty much every game this season, and also sports a winning record in July, despite not having a true superstar.
Millar says that all throughout the season, the entire team has stepped up to keep Baltimore afloat in the highly competitive American League East.
Last week, it was obviously Aubrey Huff's turn.
The Orioles' designated hitter knocked in a run in six out of seven games and, on Monday, he was named the Bank of America AL Player of the Week.
Huff, in his second year with the Orioles, hit .345 (10-for-29), with three home runs, nine RBIs and three doubles to go along with a .333 on-base percentage and a .759 slugging percentage last week. In a four-game series against the Royals -- which Baltimore split -- the 31-year-old went 7-for-17 with three home runs, seven RBIs and four runs scored.
"I've had some hot streaks," Huff said after a two-homer game on Thursday against the Royals -- a game that ended in a 10-7 loss for his Orioles. "But, over the last month, it's probably the best I've felt in a while."
Over his last 11 games, Huff is hitting .372 (16-for-43) with five home runs and 15 RBIs. This was the second time that Huff has won the award and the first time since September 2005, when he sported a Rays uniform.
But 2008 didn't start off on the right foot for the nine-year veteran. In January, Huff underwent hernia surgery that sidelined him for the early part of Spring Training. And in the first few games of the season, Huff was booed at Camden Yards for some controversial comments that he made about the city of Baltimore on a radio show last winter.
It seems like Huff handled it well.
Fast-forward three months and Huff leads the team in power numbers with 17 home runs and 54 RBIs, while also sporting a .281 batting average. And, after a 3-4 week, his Orioles stand at 44-43 and 11 games back of the Rays for first place in the AL East.
For a while, Huff has said he's feeling as good as ever.
"It just seems like my timing feels good right now," Huff said two weeks ago. "I'm seeing the ball, even if it's an offspeed pitch, and I've been able to lay off the bad pitch.
"It's timing, man. It comes and goes. I'm just trying to ride it as long as I can. Tomorrow, it can go away just like that. That's how baseball is. You just never know. It can turn right around."
Also nominated were: Huff's teammate, outfielder Nick Markakis (.387 avg., .613 SLG, 4 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI), Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez (.333 avg., .750 SLG, 1 2B, 3 HR and 7 RBI) and Blue Jays right-hander Roy Halladay (2-0, 1.13 ERA, 13 K's and one shutout in 16 innings).
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Jordan Dykstra scored 26 points and Cody Larson added another 22 as South Dakota State opened Summit League play with an 86-70 win over IUPUI Thursday night.
Khufu Najee drilled a 3-pointer with 3:14 left to play to cut the South Dakota State lead to three, 73-70, but Dykstra answered with a layup with 2:55 left and was fouled by Donovan Gibbs with a technical foul tacked on. Dykstra stroked all three free throws to make it an eight-point lead and sparking a 13-0 run to close out the game.
The Jackrabbits (9-7, 1-0 Summit) got 19 points from Brayden Carlson and 10 more from Jake Bittle, who drilled a 3-pointer during the closing run.
Ian Chiles had 21 points to lead IUPUI (5-13, 0-1 Summit), with Najee and Mitch Patton adding 15 and 14 points, respectively. Marcellus Barksdale added another 10.
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It's been a banner year for the Washington Wizards. They began the year as a darkhorse title contender before quickly settling to the middle of the pack as the trio of Gilbert Arenas, Caron Butler, and Antawn Jamison struggled to find chemistry. Then there was that whole "superstar brandishing guns in the locker room" thing, and the season officially took a turn toward disaster.
Since then, the Wizards have dealt Jamison and Butler and officially conceded the season to rebuilding. Now, Josh Howard, who arrived from the Mavericks as a building block in that rebuilding process, is out for the year.
He tore his ACL and crumpled to the floor during last night's Bulls-Wizards game. Grisly video here:
The loss means... Well, nothing, really. The Wizards have already conceded their season, and if anything, this just means that more young players will get an opportunity. It's certainly a setback for Howard, though, who's seen his productivity drop in the past few years, and was looking for a fresh start in Washington. After a stormy end to his tenure with the Mavericks, including allegations about his partying habits and poor shooting that ultimately cost him a spot in the starting lineup, the Wizards provided him an opportunity to get his career rolling in the right direction again.
After Monday night's injury, it seems he'll have to wait until next October to get that chance. When it rains, it pours. For Washington, for Josh Howard, and most of all, for Wizards fans.


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Minneapolis police say 52-year-old Mark Christian Bell has made a living swindling, forging checks and scamming innocent victims -- but now he's locked up and they're urging anyone he's targeted to come forward and keep him there.
The Minneapolis Police Department made a city-wide announcement on Thursday, urging anyone who encountered Bell to contact them even though it may be difficult to admit they've been conned.
Investigators describe Bell as "skilled," and he's been convicted time and time again. After serving his short stints, he returned to his old habits. This time, however, police say Bell got violent and they hope to put an end to his criminal career.
Inspectors say Bell begins his cons by gaining the trust of vulnerable, good-hearted people.
"I really feel like I was taken advantage of," Peter Bergstrom admitted.
The past few months have been difficult for Bergstrom, a retired 67-year-old Target employee. A year ago, his wife of 37 years died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
"Not having her around, I tried to be friendly with people and things like that because I felt alone," Bergstrom told FOX 9 News.
That's why when Bell knocked on Bergstrom's door on an April night while he was watching television with his birds, he felt like helping him out was the right thing to do.
"He came in and gave me this sad story about his car and it just kind of went on from there," Bergstrom said.
From April to August, Bergstrom lent money to Bell.
"I had notable people call me, say that they'd work for churches and that he was working for this church group that helped out various churches -- and that he'd helped out Teen Challenge and things like that," Bergstrom recalled.
But Bergstrom didn't know about Bell's 74-page rap sheet. Minneapolis police say Bell has been at it since 1984 and has used 20 different aliases in his career. In Minnesota alone, he's racked up 43 charges and up to 50 victims.
Bergstrom realized he'd been taken for a ride after he figured out the calls were phony -- and that he'd lent Bell way more than the hustler's fair share.
"Somewhere around $12,000," he estimated.
On Aug. 2, Bergstrom approached Bell to retrieve the loan -- but he got more than he bargained for. The two were sitting inside Bergstrom's car when Bell told him a friend had the money. Bergstrom told FOX 9 News when tried to get out of the car, Bell jumped on him from behind, started to beat him up and then stole his wallet. Afterward, Bell took off with Bergstrom's car, according to the charges.
Now, Bell is sitting in the Hennepin County Jail with bail set at $100,000. He faces a felony aggravated robbery charge in Bergstrom's case, one of just four charges he's incurred so far this summer. Yet, police believe there are other victims too, and they hope those people will come forward to help keep Bell behind bars.
"He preys on good people who have good intentions," Crime Prevention Specialist Amy Lavender said. "Please, don't be ashamed, come forward, let us know. It could really help us keep him in jail for a while."
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Christie's scientific specialist James Hyslop poses for photographs Wednesday with a sub-fossilized pre-17th century Elephant Bird egg at the auction in London.
The egg, which is estimated to fetch $30,000 to $45,000 in a sale April 24, measures more than 100 times the size of the average chicken egg.
The extinct Elephant Bird was native to Madagascar and was among the heaviest known birds.
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The Game's "It's Okay (One Blood)" is a well-ordered triple treat. While the "One Blood" title is an obvious nod to The Game's street affiliation, the song was a designed as a street single from his second go-round, The Doctor's Advocate. It's also a timely response to the rumors surrounding his exit from Dr. Dre's Aftermath imprint.
- The Game rhymes with the hunger of a newcomer
- The song addresses current issues in The Game's career
- The dirty south-inspired production may catch Game loyalists off guard
- "One Blood" is the street single from The Doctor's Advocate.
- The song samples reggae artist Junior Reid's "One Blood."
- "One Blood" was produced by Reefa.
Guide Review - The Game - One Blood (Geffen / Interscope)
The Game starts "One Blood" with a "Sixth Sense"-esque whisper of "Dre, I See dead people," followed by reggae star Junior Reid's "One Blood" sample. He then weaves through the track with his name-checking signature intact. "I'm The Doctor's Advocate, n***a Dre shot ya/ Brought me back from the dead, that's why they call him the doctor// The 'Math gon' drop him, and 50 ain't rocking/ with 'em no more, It's okay--I get it poppin'/
Game is still the same artful dodger he's been since spitting at Jay-Z on "Westside Story" and patting Hov on the back 9 tracks later on "The Documentary." Take this bait for instance: "You're 38 and you're still rapping 'unghh'." What an exciting way to get messageboard posters and bloggers speculating on whether he was alluding to Master P or Jay-Z. Then, on verse 3 he offers a thin-veiled apology: "I ain't got beef with 50. No beef with Jay." The ambiguous (albeit arresting) musing continues with a subliminal jab at the southern rap movement, "Turn on the TV and all you see is the 'A'/You n***as better make up a dance if you trying to get radio play./Keep on snappin' your fingers, I ain't goin' away," over the Lil Jon-esque beat of "One Blood."
What fans might find disturbing is that Game trades in his explosive bass-heavy thumper for underdog Reefa's synth-laden soundbed on "One Blood." The good news is that "One Blood" is the same ol' monstrous Game on a brand new turf.


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Item: The Extended Column Test: A Field Test for Fracture Initiation and Propagation
Title: The Extended Column Test: A Field Test for Fracture Initiation and Propagation
Proceedings: Proceedings of the 2006 International Snow Science Workshop, Telluride, Colorado
- Ron Simenhois [ Copper Mountain Ski Area, Copper Mountain, Colorado ] [ Mount Hutt Ski Area, Canterbury, New Zealand ]
- Karl Birkeland [ U.S.D.A. Forest Service National Avalanche Center, Bozeman, Montana ]
Date: 2006
Abstract: For dry slab avalanches, fractures initiate and propagate in a weak layer or along an interface. Current field tests like compression or stuffblock tests are designed for assessing fracture initiation; however, these tests may not be as useful for assessing fracture propagation. Furthermore, in some cases these tests may identify layers that are most likely to initiate a fracture under stress, but not necessarily those layers that initiate and propagate the fracture as well, thereby occasionally "masking" those layers of real concern in a weak snowpack. This paper describes the development of a new field test that aims to assess both fracture initiation and propagation in an isolated column. Tested during the winters of 2005-06 in Colorado and 2006 in New Zealand, this test is a variation of the compression test and can be used in the same manner with the stuffblock. By tapping on one side of an extended column of 30 cm downslope by 90 cm in the cross slope direction, the extended column allows a slab to transmit stress across the width of the column. The fracture initiation results are collected as well as the results of the fracture propagation across the extended column. Out of 68 tests of unstable snowpacks (where avalanches recently occurred, or there was whumphing or shooting cracks) the fracture propagated across the entire block in 1 or 2 loading steps every time (100%) and 63 times (93%) it fractured with a compression test load of easy to moderate. Conversely, out of 256 pits where the snowpack was stable, only 4 cases (1.6%) propagated across the entire extended column through a single layer or interface. Thus, in stable snowpacks a fracture may be initiated, but it typically does not propagate across the column. For the snowpacks we tested the extended column test effectively discriminated between stable and unstable slopes.
Language of Article: English
Presenters: Unknown
Keywords: stability test, avalanche forecasting, stability assessment, fracture propagation
Subjects: extended column test fracture initiation dry slab avalanches
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In 2014 Pilgrim Center and Moon Beach will enhance our four year theme "Mark This Place" by immersing it in Water! Building on the cairns that represented the element of earth, we will explore the many ways that God uses water in our lives. From sustaining life to Baptizing our souls, God uses water to refresh, renew, and cleanse. We hope that by exploring this beautiful element in an Outdoor Ministry setting that you too will experience refreshment, renewal, and a freeing of your soul.
Our activities, curriculum, and tithed mission offering will all be geared around God's gift of water. We will play in water, bathe in water, hydrate in water, and celebrate water in many beautiful ways.
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Exploiting natural mechanisms to derive human cardiomyocytes for modeling disease and regeneration
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Heart attacks are a major source of morbidity and mortality in humans. Unlike many organs and tissues of our bodies, human hearts do not regenerate. Instead, damaged heart muscle is replaced by scar tissue. Indeed, there is little evidence that cardiac stem cells or mature mammalian cardiac cells divide sufficiently to contribute to cardiac repair. In contrast, the hearts of salamanders and zebrafish exhibit remarkable potential to regenerate. We hypothesize that we can 'take a page from the lowly newt (salamander)' to learn to regenerate the human heart. Newts achieve this remarkable feat by a process of dedifferentiation. Non-dividing cells typical of mature tissues are induced to divide again by 'lifting the brakes' on cell division to make precise copies of themselves. The cells are pushed back just one step to a proliferative state while retaining their identity, or 'sense of self'. Our strategy is to use a combination of novel molecular manipulations, already tested with success in our studies with another muscle, skeletal muscle of the limb. We will capitalize on our knowledge that newts completely lack a cell cycle 'gatekeeper' present in mammals and inactivate another during dedifferentiation. By mimicking this molecular mechanism and inactivating both cell cycle 'gatekeepers', we will induce differentiated nondividing cardiomyocytes to dedifferentiate, divide, and produce cells capable of repairing cardiac damage. One goal of this research is to grow cardiac cells in sufficient numbers to enhance our understanding of heritable human cardiac diseases and enable a characterization of the regulatory networks that have gone awry. These cells could also serve as material to screen for drugs that can overcome the genetically encoded malfunctions. As such, 'dedifferentiation ala newts' could potentially serve as an alternative to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), which are first reprogrammed to pluripotency and then induced to specialize again. To avoid uncontrolled growth and tumor formation, we will employ methods for 'lifting the brakes' only transiently, which we have successfully developed for skeletal muscle. Another goal of this research is to relieve the brakes on cell division in situ in the hearts of patients. The ability to cause healthy human cardiac cells to reproduce locally and replace damaged cardiac cells after a heart attack would constitute a novel therapy for heart disease. Finally, the lessons learned from the proposed novel 're-evolutionary' approach to heart regeneration may prove broadly useful for other human tissues in addition to heart.
Statement of Benefit to California:
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of early death in the USA. According to the World Health Organization, the numbers will rise dramatically in the coming decades and have a profound impact on our social services and national health care system. Although advances in medical treatment have improved post-infarct survival, heart failure is an increasingly prevalent manifestation of cardiovascular disease. In California alone, the annual healthcare expenditures for stroke and heart attacks are staggering and exceed 700,000 cases, 3.5 million hospital days, and $34 billion (Source: American Heart Association). Clearly, an effective therapeutic approach that entails replacement of damaged myocardium with new cardiomyocytes is needed and would constitute a major advance. This grant proposal investigates a new regenerative approach which mimics a process that nature already successfully employs in other species. Newts are capable of regenerating their hearts, an ability that mammals have lost. We have elucidated an evolutionary difference between these species and defined a means by which the mechanism employed by newts can be achieved in the muscles of mammalian limbs. We propose here to employ this mechanism to regenerate the muscles of the human heart. The ability to grow cells from the human heart in culture, which is currently not possible, would also facilitate a deeper understanding of the etiology of heritable heart diseases and the discovery of novel therapeutic interventions. Furthermore, the ability to induce healthy cardiomyocytes in the vicinity of a heart attack to grow and replace the lost cardiomyoctyes could result in new functional heart tissue and prevent the development of obstructive scar tissue. If successful, this novel approach will advance the development of drugs for the treatment of heart disease and establish a means of cellular replacement of cardiac tissue in situ, leading to clinical therapies of enormous benefit for the citizens of California and beyond.
Review Summary:
Project Synopsis: The goal of this proposed study is to investigate mechanisms by which fully differentiated mammalian cardiomyocytes (CM) could be induced to reenter the cell cycle and proliferate. This dedifferentiation will be achieved by interfering with cell cycle control genes or manipulating the cell's microenvironment. In the first aim, the PI will explore the use of altered culture substrates to enhance the in vitro viability and proliferation of mouse and human CM from various sources. In Aim 2, the PI will determine the time course of cell cycle manipulation required for murine and human CM to re-enter the cell cycle and undergo cell division. The third aim will focus on isolation, expansion and characterization of single live cells to validate dedifferentiation of postmitotic CM. In Aim 4, the PI will model human genetic cardiac disease in vitro using dedifferentiation methods. The goal of the fifth aim is to test whether regeneration can be induced in vivo through manipulation of cell cycle control genes in a mouse model of myocardial infarction. Significance and Innovation: - The proposed studies are likely to provide fundamental biological insights. - Some reviewers thought that the proposal has potential for impacting regenerative medicine, since inducing CM to undergo even limited proliferation following cardiac damage could lead to new therapeutic options; other reviewers felt it is unclear if manipulation of cell cycle regulators, however transient, will ever be considered safe for therapeutic purposes. - The project is innovative, and the proposed strategy could be of importance to the wider stem cell community. Feasibility and Experimental Design: - Reviewers were concerned by the lack of preliminary data addressing the use of human CM and questioned the relevance and applicability of previous studies of skeletal myocytes. - Reviewers viewed the proposed experiments as technically feasible but noted that others had tried and failed to induce CM to re-enter the cell cycle. - Plans for use of dedifferentiated primary CM and strategies re-differentiation to the more mature state were not provided. - Reviewers were confused by an inconsistent designation of cell types throughout the proposal and unclear on the rationale for the use of CM derived from fibroblasts. - Reviewers found the study aims not well integrated with one another. Principal Investigator (PI) and Research Team: - The PI is an established leader in the field and a well-funded investigator with a very strong track record. - The research team has appropriate expertise; however, reviewers were concerned that there was no team member exclusively committed to the project Responsiveness to RFA: - The proposal is responsive to some features of the RFA, such as the use of human stem cells and analysis of molecular and cellular mechanisms. - The numerous experiments with murine cells are only marginally responsive to the objectives of the RFA.
Programmatic review:
- This application scored below the initial scientific merit funding line, no programmatic reason to fund the application was proposed, and the GWG voted to place the application in Tier 3, Not Recommended for Funding.


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The last-minute push is on for donations at Metropolitan Ministries, as the organization tries to put as many meals on tables this Thanksgiving.
Folks were still bringing in donations Wednesday afternoon, and the organization says more is needed because so many hurting families have shown up.
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expects to reach about 26,000 families this year. The lines have been steady this week.
Volunteers say the most needed items are turkeys, yams and canned fruit. Right now, 180 families per hour are coming in to pick up food – the highest rate ever.
"Our focus is to move families to self-sufficiency," said Tim Marks of Metropolitan Ministries. "That's what we really try to do. In fact, earlier on Thursday, a week ago, I had a volunteer who the year before came for services. She got a job. She's working at TECO, and she was overcome with tears because she remembered the emotions of having to come here for services. This year she was giving back."
The old location on Florida Avenue was moved into a bigger tent this year. To drop of donations, the address is at 400 West Palm in Tampa.
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UNIVERSITY PARK — President Barack Obama and former presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton united Thursday morning to share memories and honor former President George W. Bush during the dedication ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center located within the Southern Methodist University campus.
Touching on his work on immigration reform, efforts to secure peace in North and South Sudan and his role after the 9/11 attacks, each president shared their thoughts on Bush's service from 2001 to 2009. It was an emotional and optimistic moment for the 43rd president.
"I dedicate this library with unshakable faith in the future of our country," Bush said. And with a tremble in his voice, added: "Whatever challenges come before us, I will always believe our nation's best days lie ahead."
The Bush library contains more than 70 million pages of paper records, four million digital photos and about 43,000 artifacts. Bush's library features the largest digital holdings of any of the 13 presidential libraries under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration, officials said.
Situated in a 15-acre urban park at Southern Methodist University, the center includes 226,000 square feet of indoor space.
Dr. Condoleezza Rice was the first to welcome the invitation-only crowd on Thursday morning. She was followed by former first lady Laura Bush, who said the library serves not only as a site to honor her husband, but also a place to reflect on the world during his time as the first president as the 21st century.
"Here we remember the heartbreak and heroism of September 11 and the bravery of those who answered the call to defend our country," she said.
Laura Bush led the design committee, officials said, with a keen eye toward ensuring that her family's Texas roots were conspicuously reflected. Architects used local materials, including Texas Cordova cream limestone and trees from the central part of the state, in its construction.
Taking the podium after Laura Bush, former President Jimmy Carter, 88, spoke about Bush's work for a resolution of the tumultuous war between North and South Sudan, which ended with a peace treaty.
"George. W. Bush is responsible for that," he said.
President Carter also discussed Bush's work on AIDS awareness in Africa.
"So, Mr. President, let me say that I'm thrilled with admiration for you and deep gratitude for you about the great contribution you've made to the most neediest people on Earth. Thank you very much."
Eighty-eight-year-old President George H.W. Bush, who was released from a Houston hospital in January after spending seven weeks in care for treatment from bronchitis, was met with loud applause and an ovation as he expressed his pleasure in honoring his son during a short speech.
"Too long?" he asked his son with a smile as he turned to shake his hand.
Clinton followed with thoughts on Bush's ability to listen and welcome differences, something highlighted in the exhibit at the center where visitors can follow Bush's presidency and make their own choices on key events.
"We are here to celebrate a country we all love, a service we all rendered," he said. "And debate and difference is an important part of every free society. By asking us to join him in the decisions he made and inviting us to make different ones if we choose he has honored that deepest American tradition."
President Barack Obama was the last to speak before Bush. Obama spoke on the "special day" in which all the living presidents came together, the last time being just before Obama took office.
"We've been called the "world's most exclusive club ... but the truth is our club is more like a support group," he said.
The president also shared his gratitude towards Bush for placing a note in his desk that he discovered during the first day of his presidency.
"For he knew that I would come to learn what he learned - that being president, above all, is a humbling job," he said. "There are moments where you make mistakes; there are times where you wish you could turn back the clock. And what I know is true about President Bush, and what I hope my successor will say about me, is that we love this country and we do our best."
He went on to touch on Bush's childhood and the man he became.
"To know the man is to like the man because he is comfortable in his own skin," he said."He knows who he is; he doesn't put on any pretenses. He takes his job seriously, but he doesn't take himself too serious. He is a good man."
And it was on an optimistic note Bush started his speech.
"Oh happy day!" he said. "Today marks a major milestone in a journey that started 20 years ago when I announced my campaign for governor of Texas."
He thanked the other presidents and their wives, and expressed his gratitude for all those who stood by his side and helped him develop and build the center.
For Bush, 66, the ceremony also marked his unofficial return to the public eye, four years after the end of his deeply polarizing presidency.
There's at least some evidence that Americans are warming to Bush, four years after he returned to his ranch in Crawford, even if they still question his judgment on Iraq and other issues. While Bush left office with an approval rating of 33 percent, that figure has climbed to 47 percent — about equal to Obama's own approval rating, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released ahead of the library opening.
Three protesters were arrested near the event after attempting to cross over into an area in which authorities were allowing no entries. While the protesters were authorized to gather on the east side of Central Expressway across from the center, the three arrested allegedly attempted to cross the bridge towards the Bush Center.
The George W. Bush Presidential Center is open to the public starting May 1.
WFAA.com's Marjorie Owens contributed to this report.


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I have posted this on several of the SBNation blogs I follow and respect. CSR is certainly one of the best blogs for discussion I have found on SBNation. Thought you might enjoy something different before Training camp starts.
I have taken the time to try and resolve the vexing NFL labor issue. My past articles on the dreaded labor negotiations and pending lock-out have not offered a contract solution to the issues. They have offered A view from a Labor perspective, A players resistance solution, and a fan's resistance solution. Lately, I see that both sides have softened up the rhetoric and that gives me hope. This is a lengthy discussion post.
The terms of the CBA and the reasoning behind it follows the jump.
Here are the issues:
- The players want pay and benefits to continue to be associated with the revenue they produce
- The players want to be able to maximize their individual earnings by being able to shop their services when they achieve free agency
- The owners want to place a ceiling on wages in order to be competitive
- The owners don't want to waste money on bad draft picks
- The owners want each team to be competitive
- The owners want to increase the value of the league and each well run team.
General Terms of the New CBA:
A. Pay-
As liberal as I am. As capitalistic as I am. As greedy as I am. I can't justify why the best football player in the world needs a salary above 20 Million per year. I also don't know why the worst player shouldn't receive $500,000 per year. The reason I limit the top player is because anyone that good is going to have extra endorsement money anyway. The reason I want to pay less talented players so much is simple. They won't last long anyway and they take a daily risk of permanent injury. So those are my parameters. Those are hard individual salary caps and floors. They are fair amounts. The Owners share revenue for the good of the game. Top players should have to share by capping their wages for the good of the game.
B. Free agency-
The draft dictates where a player must play. That is extremely restrictive. For instance, every other college graduate can work for whoever in their field wishes to hire them. In exchange for that restriction every player becomes a free agent after his rookie contract or any other contract expiration.
Every player must play out his legal contract ( injury excepted) or be banished from the game for life. If you don't want to play don't sign and take any money.
A contract is a contract. Therefore, every contract is 100% guaranteed and a maximum of three years long except the Rookie contracts described below..
C. Rookie Salary Cap
1. Rookie contracts are a maximum of three years long. Rookie contracts are only guaranteed for one year. The top 15 draft picks get a sliding scale from 10 Mil per year to 5 Mil per year. The salary of all other picks shall be set by the market ( slotted as it exists today).
2. Any draft pick that performs in the top 10% at his position in the NFL shall receive a bonus equating his total salary at 5 Mil per year. In other words if a 6th round selection performs in the top 10% at his position he shall be awarded the lowest salary of a top 15 pick for that year.
3. Any draft pick that does not perform may be cut or maintained under the existing contract after each year.
4. Any team which offers the maximum salary under the CBA to an expiring rookie contract may maintain the player for an additional 3 year guaranteed contract. You may keep your star player but you have to pay him the max.
C. Salary Caps and floors.
The current salary cap is computed as follows:
Owners get the first 1 Billion in Revenue. Players get the next 60% of the defined revenue. In 2009 the salary cap for each team was 127 Million. The least a team was allowed to spend was around 108 Million. This was all based on league wide revenue of just about 8 Billion Dollars.
A. Salary Cap:
Starting in 2011 the salary cap for each team shall be 127 Million plus 30% of all League revenue over 8 Billion dollars. In this way player compensation continues to rise if the league grows.
The players percentage share of league revenues shall increase 5% each time total league revenue increases 1 Billion dollars and cease to increase when total revenue equals 14 Billion dollars. This places the parties back in exactly the position they are in now, if the league grows revenue by an additional 75%. Each side is no better and no worse. The owners get their opportunity to prove that salaries are the enemy to growing the game. The players get the opportunity to prove that this is not true. Neither side wins or loses during the contract.
The players are assured that their wages do not get cut during times of rising revenue. The owners can grow the game and the value of its franchises without breaking the bank.
1. Owners opt to not raise the cap.
The owners may opt to not raise the cap for any year in which they claim player expenses are affecting their growth. However this will trigger the financial audit as structured under paragraph E below and the auditor will be the sole judge of the economic question raised by the owners. If the owners need this then they have to prove it.
B. Salary Floor:
The salary floor is designed to benefit those teams with excellent management skills. Not to save money for low revenue teams that don't want to be competitive. The owners share revenue among themselves to create parity in the league. This revenue sharing has been going on since 1960 and will continue under this new contract. Therefore, the salary floor is set at 90% of the salary cap.
Small market and low revenue teams are successful in the NFL under these rules. There is no reason to change any of the existing structures that work. It is obvious that certain markets are not being successful today. Those are individual market issues and must be resolved by that individual team's ownership.
C. Retired player benefits.
50% of any direct savings resulting from the rookie salary cap being instituted shall be paid into the benefit fund for retired players.
D. Player Benefits: All benefits remain the same under this contract.
E. If Revenue goes down:
Then every player's salary on every team goes down by 50% of the % revenue reduction.. If the players union is so resolute that the league will continue to grow under the existing contract then they can put the players money where their mouth is. Players now get 52% of the revenues. Under this plan if revenues decrease by 10% each salary shall decrease by 5%. Once the players are asked to lower their salaries then each team must submit its financial records to an independent confidential auditor agreed to by both parties. The cost of the league wide audit will be shared 50/50. No individual team financial information will be disclosed to the union. The auditor shall be the sole judge of economic contract questions arising out of the CBA.
F. Length of New CBA:
This contract is a six year contract.
G. Other terms. The last CBA is 301 pages long. I expect all of the detail to be pretty much the same. I know of know other major issues the parties are fighting about.


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By SHERRY VAN ARSDALL
Joe Hibschman of Syracuse was curious about the Northern Indiana Public Service Co.'s plans to build a new 100-mile electric transmission line from Reynolds, Ind. to Topeka. He attended an open house Monday at Tiffany's Restaurant in downtown Topeka to find out more.
"I'm here out of curiosity," he said. "We have a main power line go near us now, and I'm curious if it will go through our farm."
There are many reasons for NIPSCO's planned project. The 100-mile line will enhance system reliability, offer environmental benefits by increasing access to wind and solar energy. It will also allow greater access to supplies of electricity including improved access to lower cost electricity for customers, according to NIPSCO officials.
The exact route hasn't been determined yet for the line. However, it will connect the Reynolds substation, Burr Oak substation and Hiple substation near Topeka, said Kathleen Szot, NIPSCO's external communications specialist.
Many factors are taken into consideration in determining a route, Szot said. These include public input as well as historic, cultural and environmental impacts.
Szot said the project is estimated to cost $270 million and has a completion date of 2018.
Nappanee city officials recently met with NIPSCO representatives about the proposal.
"They brought in a plan with a map and made us aware of a public hearing for the area where the proposed project could happen," said Kim Ingle, Nappanee city clerk/treasurer. "They wanted public input, and that's a good thing to do."
A second open house was also scheduled Tuesday at Nappanee Elementary School. Open houses are also scheduled for July.
NIPSCO officials indicate the route will be selected by the end of the year, with construction beginning in 2015.
"People are interested and glad we're asking them for input," Szot said during Monday's gathering in Topeka. "We didn't know what to expect with the reception of the people and businesses. There's been a small, yet steady stream of people."
NIPSCO personnel set up different stations with information and facts about each aspect of the project for the open houses. The route should avoid cities and towns since the area around the project will be mostly rural, NIPSCO officials said.
Community members were told at the open houses that NIPSCO would be purchasing easements — the right to use land for building and maintaining the transmission line — officials said.
The corridor will be approximately 200 feet wide based on the voltage of the line and height of the steel, single-pole structures, which will average 130 feet in height.
NIPSCO officials say the project will create new jobs and business for local suppliers and the company plans to hire local labor whenever possible. The project will improve access to existing and future sources of renewable energy, including Indiana wind power, plus protect the environment, according to Szot.
An environmental review will be conducted in the preliminary state as part of the routing effort to avoid and/or minimize impacts to environmentally sensitive areas, said Richard Hall, Natural Resource Sustainability Principal of NiSource Corporate Services Company.
"There have been archaeological and endangered species studies on other sites and we rhave had to call in archaeologists at times," Hall said.
To learn more
For more information about the Reynolds-Topeka electric system improvement project, visit the website at www.reynoldstopeka.com or call 1-855-264-2219.


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Lawn Ticket Books are the most affordable way to enjoy Blossom Music Festival concerts and one of the best values in Northeast Ohio. Each book contains 10 tickets, plus 2 free Pavilion upgrade coupons. Books for the upcoming summer 2014 Blossom Music Festival are available now at the price of $150.
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The Cleveland Orchestra is offering free Lawn tickets to young people 17 and under for all Blossom Music Festival concerts. Two "under 18s" will be admitted with each paid adult admission.
"Under 18s Free"at Blossom is a program of The Cleveland Orchestra's Center for Future Audiences, established with a lead endowement gift from the Maltz Family Foundation to create and fund programs to develop new generations of Cleveland Orchestra audiences in Northeast Ohio.


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If you rush your swing you will lose your balance and the end result is inconsistent contact and poor ball flight. Outstanding ball strikers are rarely off balance at impact and their rhythm is the "glue" that bonds their positions and movements. Often their swings seem effortless and they, as Julius Boros described it, "swing easy and hit hard." Great rhythm allows you to properly sequence your body motion and arrive at impact in a position of leverage and power.
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State Highway Patrol to participate in nationwide Thanksgiving campaign. Troopers across US to be positioned every 20 miles from coast to coast on I-40
Research indicates that during the Thanksgiving holiday period, the most heavily traveled times are 12 p.m.-12 a.m., Wednesday, Nov., 27, and again 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday, Dec.1. To ensure a safe and uneventful driving environment, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol will join forces with numerous highway patrol and state police agencies across the nation in an enforcement campaign concentrated solely on I-40.
During the two-day operation, North Carolina troopers, along with other states, will be patrolling along the I-40 corridor every 20 miles from coast to coast. The constant visibility from state to state will hopefully create a safe driving environment for all motorists but more importantly save lives and prevent injuries.
Last year during the Thanksgiving holiday, the highway patrol investigated 11 fatal collisions, 432 injury collisions and 1,457 property damage collisions. Many of these collisions were attributed to excessive speed. Speed remains the leading cause of traffic collisions and fatalities in North Carolina as well as across the country. Last year the Highway Patrol investigated 1,801 fatal collisions on North Carolina. Of those, 245 deaths were contributed to speed, compared to 244 deaths in 2011.
Motorists are being urged to contact the State Highway Patrol at *Hp or *47 on their cellular phones should they observe motorists who are driving in a careless and reckless manner.