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Closed Doors and Closed Minds: The 108th Congress's Missed Opportunities to Cut Federal Spending
NTUF Policy Paper No. 156 -- VoteTally Report 108-2
September 1, 2005
Squeezed in among the personal attacks, the 527 advertisements, and the convention hall balloon drops of last year was something the American public doesn't often see in a Presidential election – candidates making more than a few passing references to budget and tax issues. For example, President Bush's election year budget for Fiscal Year 2005 was said to have been "built on the sensible premise that government spending should grow no faster than the average increase in American family incomes of approximately 4 percent."[1] After promising billions in new spending, the Democratic challenger John Kerry reversed course and argued for spending restraint saying, "So when I say a cap on spending, I mean it. We will have to make real choices – and that includes priorities of my own."[2] On the campaign trail, the candidates frequently traded barbs over whose economic plan would cut the budget deficit the quickest and generate economic growth. Amidst this "get tough" on the budget rhetoric, taxpayers could be forgiven for hoping that after sizeable increases in entitlement, education, and "emergency" spending during 2003, such a prominent discussion of fiscal issues might help to restore a bit of fiscal sanity to Washington and the federal budget.
Given the maxim that "all politics is local," perhaps it was naive to believe that the debate over fiscal policy at the top of the ticket would affect campaigns further down the ballot – or for that matter, dramatically alter the behavior of those running for re-election. It certainly would have been unexpected if lawmakers decided to cut spending in an election year – a time when Members generally shower the voters back home with federally-funded largess in an attempt to demonstrate their seniority and power in Congress. Yet, the interest in fiscal responsibility shown by the Presidential candidates gave Congress a measure of political cover to cut spending and put the country back on the path to fiscal stability, if there had only been a willingness to do so. Unfortunately for taxpayers, Congress wasted an important opportunity to address an ever-expanding federal government. Instead, Congress did what Congress does best: vote to spend more of the public's money. It is impossible to predict when events will again provide Lawmakers with the chance to confront their desire for more spending.
This study was developed using NTUF's VoteTally computer accounting software, which tallies the spending at stake in the votes cast by each Member of Congress under accounting rules designed to ensure that no spending increases or decreases are double‑counted. The data includes 315 House votes and 344 Senate votes from the 108th Congress that would raise or lower federal spending by at least $1 million. The VoteTally methodology is designed to reflect the net budget pressure that each Member of Congress generates through floor votes and through the Member's acquiescence to the "automatic" growth of entitlement spending.
I. Methodology Overview
For a more thorough discussion of the VoteTally methodology, please see Appendix C.
II. Analysis
This study uses 315 House votes and 344 Senate votes cast during the 108th Congress.[3] Several Members have been excluded from the data set used for analysis due to resignation, low vote totals, or because they did not serve the entire Congress.[4] Appendix A lists Members alphabetically and Appendix B lists Members by state delegation.
A. Data Highlights
B. Missed Opportunities
Taxpayers might have hoped that the rhetoric of the Presidential campaign would inspire Congress to rally around a pro-taxpayer agenda that contained spending cuts and deficit reduction programs. To do so, however, would have required Members to make a rather abrupt about-face. After all, this was the Congress that passed a multi-billion dollar Medicare prescription drug bill in addition to a number of pork-laden appropriations bills in 2003. And while Members had options to reduce spending during 2004, they instead chose the opposite path. As the Foundation noted in its final BillTally report for the 108th Congress, "NTUF analysts identified 1,343 House and 1,040 Senate measures to increase spending. This is the highest number of spending bills introduced in a Congress since the advent of the BillTally tracking program."[5] There were just 63 bills to cut spending introduced in the House. Only 35 were sponsored in the Senate. If Members had brought just one of the largest spending cut bills to the floor for a vote, their net spending agendas could have fallen anywhere from $8.0 to $36.5 billion in the House and by $900 million to $36.5 billion in the Senate. Again, Congress seems to have missed an opportunity to curtail spending and restore some sense of fiscal responsibility to the federal budget. Table 1 highlights the five largest spending cut bills in each chamber.
Rather than using the bills contained in Table 1, below, to cut spending, Congressional leaders brought "must-pass" appropriations bills that increased outlays (and that were laden with special interest earmarks) to the floor for a vote. Members were also confronted with emergency supplementals that failed to contain spending offsets. In addition, party leaders decided to expand Medicare by passing a prescription drug plan that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ) expressed the frustration of some rank-and-file Members who were looking to cut spending during the debate on the prescription drug bill when he said, "I hope that my opposition to this bill does not imply my support for the Democratic alternative. While we Republicans are surely headed off the fiscal cliff, the Democrats' plan would only get us there much faster."[6] The decision by the Congressional leadership not to allow votes on spending cut bills forced Members to try and cut spending through floor amendments – a much more difficult process.
During the 1st Session of the 108th Congress, the House considered 16 floor amendments that represented $13.8 billion in potential savings. The bulk of the cuts came from reductions in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Senate voted on six amendments totaling $40.3 billion in cuts. Each chamber would subsequently adopt a single spending cut amendment. The House passed an amendment to cut the U.S. contribution to the U.N. population fund by $25 million, and the Senate agreed to language that converted a portion of Iraqi reconstruction funding from a grant to a loan.
Unfortunately for taxpayers, the passage of these amendments was an anomaly and did not represent the beginning of a cost-cutting trend. In 2004, the House again debated 16 spending cuts, the total dollar value of which slid to $8.0 billion. The House did pass three of the amendments for $16 million in savings. The Senate considered just one spending cut worth $1.1 billion. Tables 2 and 3 detail the spending cuts that were considered in each chamber.
Given Congress's failure to seize these spending cut opportunities, it is not surprising that spending agendas have skyrocketed in the last few years and that no Member of Congress has been able to achieve a voting agenda that would reduce discretionary outlays. Chart 1 shows a steep decline in the number of Members whose votes would cut spending.
During the 105th Congress, the average Representative voted for $61.0 billion in new spending and supported $40.2 billion in spending cuts, for a net spending agenda of $20.8 billion. In contrast, the average Member of the House in the 108th Congress voted for $394.2 billion in new spending, 546 percent more than in the 105th, while support for spending cuts fell nearly 82 percent to $7.3 billion. Table 4 shows the steady move away from spending cuts in the House over the past eight years.
The House is not alone in its ever-increasing desire for more spending. The average Senator voted for $79.7 billion in new spending during the 105th Congress. That figure ballooned to $485.3 billion, an increase of 509 percent, during the 108th Congress. Again, the dearth of spending cuts has led net agendas to increase substantially in the Senate – albeit at a slower rate than in the House. In this past Congress, the average Senator's net discretionary total was $471.0 billion, an increase of 873 percent versus the 105th Congress. The average Senate agenda was $256.9 billion in the 107th Congress, an increase of 83 percent compared to the 105th. Table 5 details changes in the Senate over the past four Congresses.
Tables 6 and 7 show that a bipartisan consensus to spend now exists in both chambers. Significant differences only seemed to appear among Senate Democrats and Republicans. Yet, even in this case, the "low" party's average nearly hit half a trillion dollars.
C. The Demise of Budget Reform
The lack of spending restraint and budgetary discipline in the 1st Session of the 108th Congress led to an impasse between the House and Senate during the 2nd Session. Although the budget resolution is non-binding, a reconciled budget that has passed both chambers reduces the number of procedural obstacles for subsequent spending and tax bills. The reconciliation process is extremely useful when legislation is brought before the Senate, where 60 votes are needed to waive various budgetary rules to extend tax cuts.
Motivated by the impasse, a handful of Republicans in the House led an effort to reform the budget process. House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle (R-IA) brought H.R. 4663, the Spending Control Act of 2004, to the House floor for debate. The bill proposed to:
Not surprisingly, the bill was defeated. The vote was 146 in favor and 268 opposed.[7] The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board commented on the outcome of the debate by writing: "Once upon a time, in a Congress far, far away, Republicans believed in smaller government. But you sure wouldn't know it from last Friday's budget-reform fiasco on the House floor."[8]
While the legislation failed to gain any support from Democrats, it did not fare well among Republicans either. The ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee John M. Spratt, Jr. of South Carolina even took time to ridicule Republicans saying, "Our Republican friends control the House, they control the Senate, they control the White House. Why can't they control spending?"[9] The dismay expressed by the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is explained by the 72 Republican votes against the measure – including almost every Republican member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. Of the 35 Republican Appropriations Committee members present for the vote, only three backed the measure. The defeat of the bill provides some insight into just how difficult it is to advance a pro-taxpayer, anti-spending agenda in Congress.
D. Not Missing a Rhetorical Beat
Even though the budgetary rhetoric of the Presidential campaign could have been used as political cover to cut spending or reform the budget process in 2004, Congress decided against exercising the spending cut options that were available. This did not, however, preclude Members from taking the floor and lamenting the lack of fiscal responsibility in Washington. Table 8 contains the results of an electronic search of the Congressional Record that shows Members raised the din of their oratory even as they voted for more spending and rejected spending cut amendments. Since net spending increased, on average, by 101 percent in the House and by 83 percent in the Senate from the 107th Congress, it is reasonable to conclude that these frequent calls for budgetary austerity fell on deaf ears.
E. Opportunities for the Future
Many of Washington's newest deficit hawks argue that tax cuts have wiped out projected budget surpluses and put a stranglehold on revenues. They see the opportunity to repeal the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 as the way to restore fiscal responsibility and increase spending on essential government programs. These economically beneficial tax cuts remain vulnerable to repeal because of increased spending.
The current deficits, if not corrected quickly, will mean higher taxes on Americans than would have otherwise been the case, and the deficits will prevent Congress from dealing with the nation's looming entitlement crisis. As Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute told The Wall Street Journal, "If you want the efficiency of smaller government, you have to have smaller expenditures and smaller taxes at the same time."[10] By failing to bring down expenditures, the President and Congress are putting taxpayers on the road to higher taxes and lower economic growth in the future. Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) has observed correctly that, "The deficit is a symptom; spending is the disease. And we have to do something about the disease."[11]
In 1997, Congress achieved a measure of budgetary savings by slowing the growth of Medicare and Medicaid. In 2003, Members dramatically expanded Medicare spending by adding a prescription drug benefit to the program. Now, in the 109th Congress, efforts are again under-way to bring entitlement spending back under control. The FY 2006 budget resolution intends to slow the growth of mandatory programs from 5.7 percent to 5.6 percent over the next five years.
While this represents a first step toward restraining spending, policymakers may be forced to consider additional options as well. Adopting the budget process reforms contained in H.R. 4663 would help establish a viable framework for reducing the deficit and preserving tax cuts. Then fiscal conservatives – veterans as well as newcomers – could press for the passage of Constitutional amendments that require a balanced budget and that limit the ability of Congress to raise taxes without a "super-majority" roll call vote. Finally, Congress could pass fundamental tax reform that moves the U.S. from an income-based tax system to a consumption-based tax system. If taxpayers can see – and feel – the burden of government, it will be far easier to permanently control the growth in government spending and provide a platform for long-term economic growth.
III. Conclusion
When Members of Congress had the opportunity to increase spending in 2003, they took it. When Members of Congress had the opportunity to reform the budget process and cut spending in 2004, they passed and wasted the political cover offered by the Presidential election. Taxpayers are left with the hope that Congress will realize the need for true fiscal reform and adopt a pro-taxpayer agenda. If not, the 109th Congress may turn out to be yet another missed opportunity.
Jeff Dircksen
[1] White House press release, "OMB Director Discusses 2005 Budget," http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040202-4.html, February 2, 2004.
[2] John Kerry, "A Return to Fiscal Responsibility," presented at Georgetown University, April 7, 2004.
[3] This includes votes on H.J. Res. 2, the fiscal year 2003 Omnibus Appropriations bill. Even though the bill completed the funding cycle that began in October 1, 2003, passage of the bill did not occur until 2004 and is therefore included with the other roll call and voice votes from that period.
[4] Members excluded from the data set are House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL); Representatives Frank Ballance (D-NC), Doug Bereuter (R-NE), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), A. B. "Ben" Chandler (D-KY), Larry Combest (R-TX), Ernie Fletcher (R-KY), Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Porter Goss (R-FL), Stephanie Herseth (D-SD), William Janklow (R-SD), and Randy Neugebauer (R-TX); and, Senators John Edwards (D-NC) and John Kerry (D-MA). Additionally, Congressman Ralph Hall of Texas who was elected to the 108th Congress as a Democrat and who switched parties in early 2004 is counted as a Republican for this report. Congressman Rodney Alexander from Louisiana is counted as a Democrat even though he switched his party registration to Republican in August 2004.
[5] Demian Brady, The 108th Congress: Rising Floodwaters or a Change in the Tide?, National Taxpayers Union Foundation Policy Paper 155, May 5, 2005, p. 3.
[6] Jeff Flake, Congressional Record, p. H5800, June 24, 2003, available online at http://thomas.loc.gov.
[7] See House roll call vote 2004-318.
[8] "Lost GOP Souls," The Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2004, p. A8.
[9] Andrew Taylor, "House Soundly Defeats Conservatives' Bid to Impose New Curbs on Spending," CQ Today, CQ.com, June 25, 2004.
[10] David Wessel, "Bush, Kerry Are Far Apart on How Raising Taxes on 'Rich' Pans Out," The Wall Street Journal, p. A2, August 5, 2004.
[11] Jonathan Weisman, "Budget Impasse Reflects GOP Schism," The Washington Post, p. A8, June 30, 2004.


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I would definitely reccomend one. An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. Even if you never need it, it's good to have it there.
i've never had one. i grew up in the country with 2 good watch dogs, so they were our security system, haha.
i live on a military base now and i feel pretty safe here, so we don't have one, but if we lived off base, i wouldn't mind having one. my husband works long hours and i'm home alone a lot, so like you, i might just want it to give me peace of mind.
@Pink Asawa: we have one and we got it for the same reason you are thinking of. When FI is away I feel much safer sleeping alone! Even though we live in a really safe area, we feel better when we go on holiday with the alarm on.
In college our sociology professor brought in the criminology expert for one class and I remember it like it was yesterday. Here's what I remember:
Most criminials look for the easy mark– the unlocked car door, the house with the garage door up and no cars there. The easiest way to protect your home is to get a security system side for the flowerbed and stickers for the window.
That said: I grew up with one. It never went off even in a very busy urban neighborhood. Never had a break in. First house as an adult, we had one. It never went off, never had a break in (one year there were several break ins in the neighborhood). Second house we have one, it's never gone off.
I like having it for when I go out of town especially, but I do have peace of mind having it.
If your adding one after the fact just remember everything is pretty much wireless. DH nor I really like the wireless systems, as you have to deal with dead batteries in things like the motion sensors. Just look into what they are installing and read reviews on it.
Ours is hardwired into our house – original owner had it put in during the build out process. DH has since converted it to do home automation as well (controls a few lights, thermostats and the garage door right now), which is nice as I can arm/disarm with my iPhone.
If I was going to install one now, I'd look into some of the companies that offer home automation. It's actually really useful now that I'm getting used to it.
Absolutely! My mother's house, the one I grew up in, got robbed in broad daylight. I could have easily walked into the guy robbing my house at the time because neighbors said they just figured it was one of the construction workers that had been there just two weeks earlier. It was around the time I would get home from the gym. Whoever did it was never caught.
Peace of mind comes at a price… and in this case it is very affordable.
Think of all the things you and your Hubby will accumulate over time… meaningful Wedding Presents and all the other occasions that spark heartfelt memories & special gifts … Anniversaries, Birthdays, Christmas… and hard earned "technology perks" of life (stereo – big screen tv – computers etc). Not to mention jewellery, power tools, furniture etc. Or the sentimental stuff, that if someone broke in and destroyed (smashed or threw paint on) would be ruined and gone forever as well
Then as others have said, these monitored systems also offer wide range of other services too… Smoke & Heat Detectors – Carbon Dioxide Detection – Flood Detection etc besides just break & enter.
@Pink Asawa: I would get one, but I would ask the alarm company what their dispatch time is, some can take 10mins to wait for the "abort signal", AKA your you to enter your code to cancel it.
I would also call your local police department and ask #1: do they respond to residential alarms, and #2: Will the police department charge you for false alarms, such as the wind rattled the windows, the dog or cat set it off, your housekeeper/FI doesn't know the code… You'd be surprised. Alarms go off so frequently a lot of agencies won't respond or if they do they'll charge you if nothing is found.
ETA: some places you have to have a permit… Pay the county. I would just call and check it out
We have always had one in my parents home, no break in's but the amount of false alarms we had were countless. Entering from the wrong door, bumping the alarm pad, a door not closed property, setting the fire alarms off etc etc My pooy hubby set off my parents alarm once when I wasn't home, as at the time we lived in the basement and you couldn't hear the alarm going off very well as it was upstairs, so he didn't hear it going off. He had to talk to the alarm company over the phone to tell them if was an accident, had to explain who he was, told them the passcode, but the alarm company still called my parents to find out if he was allowed to be in the house. lol
Not sure if we will get one in our own house. It is piece of mind but can also be a pain in the ass.
I don't own a home, but when we do I would really like to get a home alarm system. My husband will be travelling a lot for work, so I would feel more secure home alone.


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He was preceded in death by his father, Floyd Brooks; brothers, Ronnie Brooks, Richard Brooks and Lloyd Brooks; and sisters, Paulette Southworth, Dorthy Brooks and Catherine Farrell.
He is survived by his mother, Jessie Brooks; daughter, Denise Tingle; son, Michael Brooks; sisters, Juanita Jewel Herron of Jasper, Debra McLain (Frank) of Jasper and Edna Walker (Frank) of Oklahoma; and brothers, Larry Brooks of Jasper and Olen Brooks of Mobile.
Pallbearers will be Devin Herron, Joe Huffman Jr., Johnny Herron Jr., Ricky Brooks, Jeff Murray and Mike Cain.
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Falcons sign four rookies
The Falcons agreed to terms with four members of their draft class on Thursday.
Falcons re-sign pair of LBs
The Falcons announced Thursday they agreed to a five-year deal to re-sign LB Stephen Nicholas. The team also re-signed LB Mike Peterson.
Report: Falcons re-sign OLB Nicholas
The Falcons have re-signed OLB Stephen Nicholas, keeping one of their key defenders in the lineup.
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Charges against Falcons CB Owens dropped
Domestic violence charges against Falcons CB Chris Owens have been dropped.
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The Atlanta Falcons have found their replacement for Michael Turner by agreeing to terms with free agent Steven Jackson on a three-year deal. The Falcons announced the agreement on Thursday, but did not release the terms.||||||| The 30-year-old Jackson had 1,042 yards rushing and four touchdowns with the Rams last season. It was his eighth straight season with more than 1,000 yards rushing. Jackson has 10,135 yards rushing, the most of any active player. He set career highs with 1,528 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns with St. Louis in 2006.
Jackson will have the option to explore free agency after the season, raising the question of whether Sunday's finale at Seattle will be his final game in a St. Louis Rams uniform. Jackson intimated Thursday that he might retire at the end of this season. Though he laughed as he said it, the 29-year-old running back didn't retreat from the idea when asked how serious he was about the possibility.||||||| He has expressed interest in ending his career with the only team he's played for as a professional, but he hasn't publicly committed to returning. Coach Jeff Fisher said the team wants him back, but Jackson's demands could price him out of a Rams uniform.
Jackson rushed for 81 yards and one TD in Sunday's 28-13 win over the Bucs.||||||| Jackson moved within 10 yards of reaching 1,000 for the eighth consecutive season.
Jackson ran for 73 yards on 13 carries on Sunday against Minnesota.||||||| Jackson also set season highs with eight catches for 77 yards to finish with 150 total yards on the day.
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The Columbia Missourian reports our own Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, a candidate for U. S Congress, and Rep. Allen Icet, R-Wildwood, a candidate for state auditor, wrote a letter to the State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, saying that money for the Career Ladder program may be cut. Nodler and Icet are the chairmen, respectively, of the Senate and House budget committees:
Nodler, R-Joplin, said Friday there is no opposition to the program. It's just a matter of being able to pay back the district since state revenue is down.
"If you are going to do this, do this in a way that you won't make promises to teachers that you can't keep," said Nodler, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Career Ladder funding is used to pay for teachers for after hour tutoring programs, homework centers, educational extracurricular activity sponsorship, and attendance at seminars and workshops that are not covered under the teachers' regular contracts, in other words, exactly the kind of things that are necessary to keep children in school and improve the quality of education. Teachers become eligible for Career Ladder after they have taught five years in Missouri. It was set up as a means of improving the pay level of veteran teachers, who are often the ones who receive short shrift as schools continue to improve the pay level for beginning teachers.
Admittedly, I am prejudiced on this subject. I receive $3,000 each year from Career Ladder, which I earn through a number of activities including sponsoring the school academic team, sponsoring a journalism club, serving as chairman of the school's Writing Improvement Committee, and serving on the Discipline Committee, as well as attending numerous after-school meetings.


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WEBCAST ALERT: Epic Records will broadcast a brand new, full-length track from one of the label's hottest artists every Monday. Epic kicks off New Music Mondays on July 30 with Jennifer Lopez, featuring her smoking hot new video, "I'm Real." Following JLo on August 6 is Bliss 66, from Detroit.
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It has sad, bulging, eyes. Its mouth is beefy and protruding rendering the atmosphere around this ashen grey fish funereal. And for good reason. The Eastern Cape Rocky (sandelia bainsii), a unique African freshwater fish species, closely related to the climbing perch of Africa and Asia is threatened with extinction.
An invasion of its main habitats by the South American red water fern and other alien fish and plant species, the constructions of dams, climatic changes and pollution have all contributed to this.
Now a lone South African fish biologist has taken it upon himself to save it from extinction. Dr Jim Cambray, Curator at Albany Museum's department of Ichthyology in Grahamstown, South Africa, says he was stunned when after a 20-year absence, he came back to South Africa find the fish almost extinct. ...
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SUBJECT: The Journey
rod...reading your story reminds me of the person you were when i first met you.... homeless, waiting for the money to come in, and the main character in some strange book you were writing.
in a sense i don't get it. in another i do. i hear this amazing emotionality in your 'voice' ( even if i am making up what you sound like as you write). the ups and downs are where you thrive. boredom and routine seem to be your enemy. so is the projection of your fears onto others. i never heard felicity ask you to leave... but then perhaps you omitted that part. what i did hear is this huge anziety well up inside you .... and the search for a place where it could be dispelled.
the other thing is that it sounds like belgrade people (for justifiable reasons) have a similar anziety. it's no wonder that you would feel at home there. something big is happening providing a good place to dispell that excess passion. perhaps too a place to be passionate among the people.
and just an afterthought to throw in there.... perhaps that has something to do with your 'hatred' of the brits... their motis operanti is rational, maybe even meanspirited as you suggested. it's probably true that most people in power forget what it is like to be stepped on.... forget what it feels like to be desperate or powerless or so passionate that they risk it all because really there is not much to lose. in writing all this i picture you once again... and see that getting comfortable and/or powerful is not your gig. there isn't much passion in it. i hope you find what you are looking for.
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NEW ORLEANS - 29 JULY, 2001 - I was born on Monday, but as you know from the chronicle of the last few weeks, I've been living the life of Wednesday's child.
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While "RussellMania" sweeps Wisconsin and the college football landscape, Mike Glennon quietly has gone about his business as N.C. State's quarterback.
Glennon has put up good numbers in his first six starts, ranking second in the ACC in touchdown passes (16) and fourth in yards per game (247.7), but the Wolfpack takes a disappointing 3-3 record into today's ACC game at Virginia (3:30 p.m., ESPNU).
Would the Wolfpack, 9-4 a year ago, have a better record if Russell Wilson had returned for his final college season, instead of transferring to Wisconsin?
"Probably not, because it hasn't been a lack of offense," coach Tom O'Brien said Thursday. "There isn't anything throw-wise or leadership-wise offensively that would be any different at this point in the season."
N.C. State's problems have been on defense, with a litany of injuries and mistakes. The defense has played without its top two linemen for most of the season and without as many as five linemen at one stretch.
But in a relatively uneventful season, Wilson's story has grown in national stature each week. He was featured on ESPN's "Year of the Quarterback" series Wednesday night. Friday, he was featured in the Wall Street Journal.
Wilson's public split with O'Brien, over the quarterback's decision to play professional baseball instead of reporting to spring football practice, led the three-year Wolfpack starter to finish his career at Wisconsin. With the No. 4 Badgers, Wilson has emerged as a Heisman Trophy favorite playing for an undefeated team in the Bowl Championship Series title mix.
As far as statistical comparisons go, Wilson leads the country in passing efficiency and has more yards (1,557) than Glennon (1,486). He has fewer touchdowns (14, to Glennon's 16) this season, but Wilson has fewer interceptions as well (one to Glennon's four). Wisconsin's 6-0 start with Wilson behind center has led to more than one "what if?" question from an uneasy N.C. State fan base. But Glennon, a fourth-year junior who graduated in May and who also had the opportunity to transfer, hasn't let any of the comparisons distract him.
O'Brien said Glennon was prepared for the scrutiny and learned from his brother Sean Glennon, the former Virginia Tech quarterback who was a popular target from some disgruntled Hokies fans from 2006 to 2008.
Mike "knew how to handle the situation," O'Brien said. "The best way to handle it is what he did - take care of his business himself."
ESPN college football analyst Dan Hawkins, the former Colorado and Boise State coach, has been impressed by how Glennon has handled the comparisons to Wilson.
"You take all that off the board and look at what Mike has done," said Hawkins, who was scheduled to work today's game telecast. "He has been a productive player."
Hawkins said Glennon's intelligence has helped him as a first-year starter. He said Glennon has worked his way through route progressions, finding second and third options, like a more experienced quarterback.
"He has made really good decisions," Hawkins said.
Since a tentative start against Liberty - Glennon's first since a decorated high school career in Virginia - he has shown progress in each game. He threw for 315 yards with three touchdowns in his first ACC game, a loss to Wake Forest, and had 334 yards and two touchdowns, despite getting sacked five times, in a loss to Cincinnati.
"I think I've gotten better," Glennon said. "I feel more comfortable each game."
Like everyone else inside the N.C. State program, Glennon doesn't talk a lot publicly about Wilson, but he understands the comparisons.
Through six games last year, Wilson had better numbers (more yards, more touchdowns), and the Wolfpack started 5-1.
The 3-3 start, with losses to Wake Forest, Cincinnati and Georgia Tech - three teams a Wilson-led N.C. State team beat in 2010 - has bothered Glennon more than the specter of Wilson's continued success.
"Obviously, I visualized winning more," Glennon said.
Given the struggles of the defense, which gave up a combined 89 points in consecutive losses to Cincinnati and Wake Forest before an improved outing in a win against Central Michigan, O'Brien could not have asked for much more from Glennon.
"He has his job figured out," O'Brien said. "His poise has been remarkable. He's unflappable and he has been under duress."
O'Brien also is quick to point out that these are Glennon's first six college starts. As a first-time starter in 2008, Wilson threw for 900 yards with 12 touchdowns and one interception in his first six starts. That team also had a record of 1-5.
The toughest part of the schedule is still in front of Glennon and the Wolfpack. N.C. State needs to go 4-2 to get back to a bowl game, and then there's the matter of a four-year winning streak against North Carolina. Wilson factored heavily in three of those wins.
But Glennon hasn't given up hope on the season. He said the division race is still in play, despite a 0-2 ACC start. Glennon pointed out that the last three Atlantic Division winners have lost at least two ACC games.
"We can be that team this year," Glennon said.
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Today's weather forecast: A Brief Respite
THERE MAY BE NOTHING MORE revealing about a culture than the harebrained schemes and failed gewgaws of its people, most of which will one day turn up in your local 88, 97, or 98 Cent store. Generally speaking, such places are dark and orderless, with stock that changes every day. The most arcane are located in Koreatown, where a recent trip yielded Funky Supreme dishwashing detergent, which was sandwiched between tamale husks and a Chinese Hula Hoop with scalloped edges to massage the organs as one twists. But in the hierarchy of dollar stores, or deep, deep discounters, or "extreme-value retailers," as they are referred to on Wall Street, the 99 Cents Only chain is the Cadillac.
The 99 Cents Only stores, of which there are currently 112 in California, Nevada, and Arizona, with ten more due by the end of the year, are supermarket sized and stupefyingly bright. They have a deli section with Oscar Mayer sliced ham and Sugardale bologna and Mrs. Paul's fish sticks and Pillsbury muffins and Jell-O pudding. They sell merlot and mousetraps, Gruyere cheese and power-steering fluid, Queen Amidala underwear and multivitamins. There are cookie aisles, pet food aisles, cosmetics aisles, and baby aisles with five different baby bottles, four types of nipples, powders, rattles, diapers, and teethers. Some people buy their condoms there. All of these products are always displayed in thin, ankle-to-neck-high vertical bands of contrasting color that make the whole store hiss and vibrate if you shop there too long.
The closer we teeter to recession, the more people will shop at the 99 Cents Only stores. And the more the cash register chings, the greater grows Wall Street's love for Dave Gold, the former liquor store owner turned folk hero whose fantasy of opening a store in which everything costs 99 cents birthed a bargain behemoth that did half a billion dollars in sales last year, employs 5,000 people, has $125 million in cash, and carries absolutely no debt. Dan Wewer, senior retail analyst for Deutsche Banc, says NDN—the company's ticker since going public in 1996—"has the best unit growth potential in value retailing and possibly all of retailing."
As if Wall Street's imprimatur weren't enough, the art world has deemed Gold's trademark displays so noteworthy that the Museum of Modern Art in New York recently exhibited a mammoth photograph of a Sunset Boulevard store. Taken from a ladder overlooking the candy aisle, Andreas Gursky's photograph immortalizes the confetti-color overload of the 99 Cents Only stores for those who've never been in one. But for those of us who live here, it's Gold's window displays that have insinuated the stores into our consciousness. Had you driven by the Wilshire Boulevard store in early April, for instance, you would have noticed a glowing mass of 9 Lives cat food arranged in the style of Warhol's Campbell's soup. That is to say, six cat food boxes high by eight boxes wide, flanked by similar displays of Fiddle Faddle, Faultless spray starch, Reynolds Wrap, Armor All, Downy, Champion raisins, and Heinz catsup, all stretching off toward Beverly Hills. Had you driven north or south or east you would have noticed the exact same cat food displayed in the exact same fashion in the windows of the hundreds of 99 Cents Only's copycats that have cropped up in this town since Gold opened his first store 19 years ago.
That his displays have been imitated so many times that they're now synonymous with bargain closeouts the way striped poles used to connote haircuts doesn't bother Dave Gold in the least. "I don't think about it", he says. "The worst thing is when a person has too much time to think. You start feeling sorry for yourself."
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WewantsunshineBehind their computers it was;-)
Good that I'm working for a software company… 1 month ago
10 years after introducing 43 Things to the world, we have decided we have met our last goal: completing the incredible experience that has been 43 Things. Please join us in giving one last cheer to all the folks who have shared their goals with the world, as well as all the people who have worked at The Robot Co-op to build this incredible website. We won a Webby Award, published a book, and brought happiness to a lot of people.
Starting today, 43 Things users can export their goals and entries from the site. Starting August 15, we will make the site "read only". 43 Things users will still be able to view the site and export their content, but we won't be taking any new content from users. We hope to leave the site up for folks to see and download their content until the end of the year. Ending on New Year's Eve takes us full circle.
It has been a long ride (one of our original goals was to "build a company that lasts at least 2 years" - we beat that one!) While we wish the site could live on, it has suffered from a number of challenges - changes in how people use the site, the advertising industry, and how search engines view the site. We wish the outcome was different – but we've always been realistic about when our goals are met and when they aren't.
As of today, you will be able to download your goals and entries. See more about that on the FAQ page. Thanks for 10 great years of goal-setting and achieving.
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...i jus't don't need to find them anymore, or even know if they exist.
I accept myself as i am, and i learn to accept everyone else as well.
:) 5 months ago
One day I woke up and realized that no matter where you go, everyone is going to be different. You just have to open your eyes and realize that people like us are hidden everywhere.
I'm more of the quiet type, and by studying people and their reactions to things I decided who to spark a conversation, and later a friendship with.
The only road block is your mind, you have to realize you pick your friends. Literally. Who you decide to talk to is entirely up to you, and eventually (over time) those conversations will lead to friendships that can withstand anything you hurl at it. Just don't try to force a friendship. Start of talking every now and then, and eventually it will lead to longer conversations.
Trust me, everything will work out and fall into place. 10 months ago
...Which is a huge deal for me!!
I took a leap of faith and joined a group of people who began the journey of Julia Cameron's course 'The Artist's Way'.
There were about 6 of us in total to begin with, with only three of us left now, and I can confidently say I have been fortunate to meet two of the loveliest people around!
It's great :)
Hope to mee tmore and expand and grow my family in the years to come :) 3 years ago
wow…being on this site has really opened my eyes. I went to a NY ranger game last night in manhattan, met a chill dude from Germany who just came here by himself to check out NY and we ended up drinking Guinness till 3 am…its not that difficult to find people like you get along with as long as your will to go out and make the effort i guess :) 3 years ago
Been trapped living as the person everyone expects me to be. I am a personal trainer who has always lived the "healthy" way according to our nation. Within the past year I've rediscovered health and how to truly live.
This had made me re-analyze other aspects of my life including who I spend the majority of my time with and have found that most of my friends are friends out of circumstance and convienience.
I'd like to find people who aren't necessarily like me, but that I'd TRULY enjoy there company and vice versa.
-love keeping the elderly company and making them laugh
-want to live without technology for a year
-enjoy board games
-start physical therapy graduate school in 4 months
-love trying new things, anything and everything
-like to people watch: (im a social psych grad)
-want to work in disney world
-am amazed by the efficiency and anatomy of the human body.
-respect nature
-like trying trying foods from other countries
-think everything about a woman is beautiful
-wish i was born in 1920
-cannot wait to be a father
-need a fan on to sleep
-wish cell phones didn't exist
-i want to have chickens and a garden later in my life
-love acoustic music
-enjoy a good ghost story
-need to be alone sometimes
-could eat sushi for every meal
-wish i had an irish accent…or said eh' like the canadians
-think people should know more about the history of the world (even though i don't yet)
-am so intrigued by everything Mayan 3 years ago
im looking for someone to talk to XD
1.People that like to fight.
2.People that talk to you once, Then forget about you.
3.people that like annoying dj music
1.People that i can make laugh and vice versa
2.People that won't make fun of my spelling mistakes :)
3.People that like to talk about there feelings :P
4.People that don't really care about the "outside world"
5.People that are musicly talented (Spelling mistake) :P
6.people that won't just talk about sex
1.People that want to talk to me no matter what the time.
2.People that watch comedy movies XD
3.People that can't figure out how to use "bold" on this webiste :| 3 years ago
I have my doubts about connecting to someone on the internet. I strongly protect my privacy and initiating friendships with people I know nothing about, the fact that they are not present physically for me to verify their existence, makes me a little wary. But a narcissistic egomaniac that I am, I will put forth a few of my salient characteristics in the false hope that someone might read it and relate to it, and a deep relationship might ensue.
(1) I love to read. I grew up reading Enid Blyton. I used to read a lot of fiction when I was in school including Stephen King, Paulo Coehlo and everything in between. As I grew older, I started leaning toward the more intellectual, mainly non-fiction, anything from evolutionary theory and popular science to political history, my favorite being the enlightenment era and the late 1700s during the times of the American revolution and the great founding fathers of America. Oh and I also love science fiction (Dune, baby!)
(2) I don't like sports; never keep up with it but I love to run and bike and I love the fresh, open air. Hiking is good too.
(3) I am a minimalist. I only keep things I need and love being organized.
(4) I love deep, intellectual conversations with people. I despise small talk, possibly because I am not good at it but I love getting to know people on a deeper level.
(5) I love strong, black coffee and a good cigarette. Djarum Black cloves were awesome until the government decided to hijack my rights to smoke it because apparently it isn't good for my health and I, as an adult, am incapable of making health-related decisions for myself.
(6) I am fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I guess that makes me a libertarian if you really need to put a label on me.
(7) I am also what most people might call an Atheist Agnostic although I am open-minded enough to consider and debate a differing (theist) opinion, much to the dismay of the logical portion of my brain. 3 years ago
I moved to another city to live at the age of 45+ Wish I could have done it in my early 20's but nevertheless; I did it. Just to see that people are really different to some extent in other places became real to me. 3 years ago
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A man was arrested last week in Rushville after law enforcement officials discovered over 400 grams of substances containing meth in a garage.
Edward P. "Teddy" Wrench, 27, was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 5 after the discovery was made on his friend's property. He was charged with possession of methamphetamine pre-cursors, participation in meth manufacturing and aggravated meth manufacturing.
Wrench was also charged with possession of a firearm without a FOID card.
Members of the Illinois State Investigative Unit went to the residence Dec. 5 to talk to Wrench about an incident involving a firearm. When investigators searched the home for more firearms, evidence indicating a meth lab was discovered.
The West Central Drug Task Force was then called in to investigate and found the meth products. Schuyler County Sheriff Don Schieferdecker says Wrench was not living at the residence but did admit the meth materials were his.
Wrench remains lodged in the Schuyler County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
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December 15, 2011
New Course: Microsoft StreamInsight FundamentalsBy Megan Russell
Richard Seroter has just published a new course: Microsoft StreamInsight Fundamentals
This course dives into Microsoft's StreamInsight product. You'll learn about complex event processing – how to process event streams from multiple sources based on declarative query and pattern specifications with near-zero latency. The course also covers building adapters for StreamInsight, as well as diagnosing common problems you might encounter.
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|My reverse bucket list
Several years ago, a close friend in Illinois was informed that he had a type of cancer. Through his battle with the disease, he would call periodically and we would occasionally have a visit. Prior to the dreaded news, we had enjoyed many years of an "encouraging friendship."
He would be one of the few people I would vent my feelings to, talk over frustrations with or seek wisdom in certain situations, one of the few people I would categorize as a "David and Jonathan" type of friendship.
Several months after the treatments were completed, a Peoria newspaper had a call for articles in which people would write essays about individuals or events that had contributed to their lives in a special way.


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Ladies, gents, dogs, and cats the PelvicThrust has finally come BACKKKKK to BE!!!!! I missed this place like an aborted baby misses its mother. I was an asshole, I was drunk, and a few months ago I made bad comments towards a certain BE member. Well, I've sewn my wild oats, served my time, and now after begging and pleading to the BE staff I have been given a 2nd chance. I am ready to contribute to the BE community again and kick some ass in the BE Civil War 3. Don't worry tho, I have NOT given up boozing for a living. Cheers my friends!
I'll leave this here:
Goodnight to all, and to all a goodnight!


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During the off-season, I was asked multiple times by basketball fans, can Michigan State point guard Keith Appling make it to the NBA?
Every time, I simply answered, "Yes, there is no doubt in my mind that Appling can make it to the NBA but at this point, Appling's NBA future is up to him."
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So far this season he is proving me right. Just last week, Appling led the Spartans to an overtime victory against the Ohio State Buckeyes when took he on one of the top defenders in college basketball, Shannon Scott, and knocked down a clutch three-point shot winning the game for the Spartans.
If that's not good enough, Appling has improved every aspect of his game this season. He is averaging 15 points per game while shooting 50 percent from the field and 48 percent from three. Considering he shot 42 percent from the field and 32 percent from three last year, that's a major improvement. That improvement mainly comes from two things. The first being his shot selection, he is taking more high percentage shots and making a point to not force anything and take what the defense gives him. The second thing he is doing better is shooting, last season he was criticized for not having a consistent jump shot but so far this season, he has shown he can make shots from three and mid-range whether it be off of the dribble while guarded or in catch and shoot situations.
He is also averaging five assists, three rebounds and a steal per game so far this season. While those stats may not be the most glamorous to the average basketball fan, it doesn't change the fact that Appling is coming into his own. He has cut down on his turnovers, only averaging between 1-2 turnovers a game and he continues to be a solid defender on the perimeter.
He has slowly but surely become a better creator and overall a better point guard, learning how to get everyone involved and make everyone better. He also seems to be figuring out the "fine line" between being a creator and scorer. Basically meaning he is starting to understand, when it's time to be a facilitator and get others involved and when it's time to take over games and score.
That's one of the biggest things I feel he doesn't get credit for in my opinion. In Michigan State's biggest wins (Kentucky and Ohio State) so far this season, Appling has been most valuable player on the court. Against Kentucky, he scored 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished eight assists. Then against Ohio State, he scored 20 points, dished seven assists and grabbed six rebounds, all while sealing the victory with a clutch three-point shot. Now he obviously didn't win those games by himself, Adreian Payne and the rest of the Spartans contributed as well but that doesn't change the fact that Appling took over in both those game and led his team to victory.
Now don't get it twisted, I'm not saying Appling is a Top 5 pick or even Top 10 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. I'm simply saying he is playing good consistent basketball and it's because of that fact that his NBA stock is rising.
At 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds, he is considered to be average height for a point guard in the NBA. If he continues to show he can score from the perimeter, create for others and take over games in the clutch, there is nothing stopping the former Detroit Pershing Doughboy from being selected in the 2014 NBA Draft.
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Michael Cashman made CBE
A Labour MEP is amongst other Midlanders being recognised for their commitment and services to Great Britain.
Michael Cashman – the Labour Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands since 1999, is being awarded a CBE.
As a prominent activist for human rights, Michael was made an Honorary Graduate at Staffordshire University in 2007. As part of his campaign to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, he is also the co-president of the European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights.
Michael also had a distinguished career as an actor and singer. He has also worked as a director at New Victoria Theatre, Newcastle under Lyme, and was made Associate Artist at Birmingham Rep.
He is possibly best known for his role as Colin Russell in the BBC´s soap opera EastEnders, a character remembered for being a participant in the first gay kiss in a British Soap Opera.


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(or, the kWh/kW myth, part V, as well as other myths)
A year has passed since an employee first blogged about Magco Inc.'s thin-film solar panel installation. That article [cached] generated a lot of interest and questions, so she wrote a follow-up [cached]in September. It is now a good time to take a look at the data from theremote monitoring system and report on some real-world figures.
As a reminder, in May of 2008, Magco Inc., a Tecta America company,installed 27.744 kW of United Solar's triple-junction laminates on themetal roof of the company's warehouse/office building. The totalinstallation cost was $215,000 (including inverter and hiring a masterelectrician). Magco, a roofing company, installed these products ontheir own building to "go green" and better understand the real-worldcommercial applications of solar technology. The home page of their installation boldly proclaims: "Let Tecta show you how to save money and the environment."So, let's see what Magco/Tecta "learned" (or should have learned) inthe real world over the past year and what they can show us.
The analysis below relies on the recorded data from Magco's system as well as from PV systems installed in the nearby area by Chesapeake Solar. Those data (and sources) are presented in a spreadsheet here.
- Magco anticipated producing about US$9,000 each year from the panels. Using the average commercial electricity rates of about 13c [cached]in the state, that comes to expected annual electricity generation ofabout 69,230 KWH a year, or about 2,500 kWh/kW a year from theirsystem. However, over the past year, Magco's system generated onlyabout 32,800 kWh, or 1,180 kWh/kW, which is an underperformance of 50% vs expectations.In fact, the system annual performance will probably continue todegrade a bit over the next few days and weeks, as the initialoverperformance wears off (Unisolar's panels experience rapidperformance degradation in the first few days and weeks after exposureto light, until the performance stabilizes around the rated Watts underSTC, and then it declines more gradually as the years pass).
- Magcobelieved that Unisolar's thin-film typically performs better in low orindirect light (for example, cloudy) conditions than silicon solar. Yet in the months October, 2008 – February, 2009, a period that is not known for much sunshine, Magco's system underperformedall crystalline (both Evergreen and GE) installations, on a monthlykWh/kW basis. The fact is that at dawn and dusk, as well as undercloudy conditions, the ambient temperatures are typically lower, thus,improving crystalline's relative performance.
- Magco's understanding was that Unisolar's panels perform well in high temperatures because of the chemicals involved [italics mine]. Butin the month of August 2008, a high-temperature month (and a few weeksafter exposure to light of the laminates), Unisolar's system delivered worse performance, per kW, than the two crystalline (Evergreen) systems.
- Magco thought that solar panels typically come with a twenty-year warranty. That is wrong,of course. Unisolar's warranty is one of the worst in the industry (20year, 80% rated power) – even thin-film modules typically come with a25-year warranty.
- Magco was convinced that Unisolar's panels operate around 12% efficiency. That, of course, is false. Unisolar's panel-level efficiencies are among of the lowest in the industry and range between 5.9% and 6.7%, and the PVL-136 modules specifically used by Magco, have only 6.3% efficiency.
- Magcothought that their PV system was inexpensive, because the laminateproduction method did not use expensive silicon and mounting racks werenot required. However, silicon and racks are not all that isincluded in all-in system price per Watt. Magco's system came to $7.75per Watt ($215,000 /27,744). That's even higher than the $7.30 per Wattoffered by EnergyPeak aka Centria. And, based on the CSI data,the median pricing for a PV system sized 20-50KW was $7.46 (and 1/4 ofthe systems actually cost below $7 per Watt) in the main US PV market(California) at the time this installation was priced and installed.Also note that the Unisolar's system should be priced at lower priceper Watt, by up to 10%, in order to have the same payback ascrystalline systems (as the PVL-136 are warranted for 20 years only vsthe 25-year industry standard, and may experience worse degradationwith time, over 1% vs less than 1% average linear annual degradation for crystalline and other glass panels). Thus, Magco' system is actually quite expensive (by about 10%, adjusted, vs median) per kWhs of electricty expected to be delivered over the warranted life of the system.
- Magcobelieved that somehow regular solar panels require extra structuralsupport and penetrations (unlike Unisolar's thin-film laminates),particularly in locations that get snow. That is wrong, of course. Glass solar PV can be installed on metal roofs for less than 5 psf extra load using clampsor other types of lightweight non-penetrating racks, and every roofbuilt in the United States over the past 20 years has been designed towithstand up to extra 5 psf dead load, and thus, no new engineeringcalculations are required – see PV Inspector Guidelines [cached], page 14.
- Magco hoped that the panels themselves do not require any maintenance. However, a document [cached](page 13) by a Unisolar OEM partner reveals the recommendation forregular 6-mth inspections, and the requirement for washing (water-jetcleaning) at least once a year.
- Magco thought that thesepanels protect the roof because they're glued right on top of it,extending its lifetime and potentially reducing roof maintenance costs. That may actually be incorrect as well, as the laminates, withtheir uneven plastic cover, could be a magnet for corrosive soot ordust while retaining moisture on the roof surface, and ungluing thelaminates (without damaging them) to repair the roof and then restorethe system could be harder than it seems.
On a side note, the laminates were apparently supplied to Magco by AGT, who now list this project as two separate ones (no doubt, to "improve" their project experience). The first instance is labeled "Magco Inc,"[cached] and the second one, "Tecta Solar" [cached]. Of course, both instances share the same roof picture – they refer to the same installation.


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Pink Ladies – Charity Sprint
We took part in the "Pink Ladies" Charity Sprint last week-end. There were quite a few BMWs at the event and I am pleased to report that we did very well on the day. Grant and I had the fastest E46 M3′s on the day beating even the CSL. My car was the 6th quickest overall too which was an excellent result. Somehow, I even managed to have the overall fastest 64ft time at just under 2s!
This short video shows a few of our runs including Dave (Golf R32) and Tony (Vauxhall Monaro).
Here is the final results from the day for all competitors.
Pink Ladies – Charity Sprint
We took part in the "Pink Ladies" Charity Sprint last week-end. There were quite a few BMWs at the event and I am pleased to report that we did very well on the day. Grant and I had the fastest E46 M3′s on the day beating even the CSL. My car was the 6th quickest overall too which was an excellent result. Somehow, I even managed to have the overall fastest 64ft time at just under 2s!
This short video shows a few of our runs including Dave (Golf R32) and Tony (Vauxhall Monaro).
Here are the final results from the day for all competitors.
Wales Alcohol
This is massively late, I had plans to write a great long post to go with it and I forgot. So let me get down to business and let you know what we managed to drink whilst we were staying at the Abercrave Inn in Wales… last year!
We drank;
- 3 pints of Directors
- 6 pints of Rev James
- 18 pints of Brains SA
- 4 pints of Guinness
- 8 pints of Pepsi
- 2 pints of Magners
Not bad for 3 days, 42 pints of juice!
New BMW M3 – Cool film
This is a really cool film of the V8 BMW M3. Seriously good work from the makers!
BMW See how it feels
This is one of the best BMW adverts I have seen.
Dice Silverline iPod Integration
To see the full article with photos, click here.
Full service = new car?
Mystic Dave the technology director oversaw the full service of Shane's car. It was sounding 'in need' so in addition the oil filter and oil, the plugs were replaced with uprated NGK Platinum items. The air filter and micro filter were replaced. Finally the fuel filter was replaced. The latter due to potential bits that may have entered the fuel system from the bodyshop work completed earlier in the year.
It's like a new car now. Exhaust and engine sound smooth as anything compared to before. In future, oil change every 6 months is on the cards!!
DICE Silverline iPod Kit
We have added an article about installing the DICE Electronics iPod integration kit. This took us about a day to complete because of where we wanted the iPod. The result is quite effective and I am very pleased that I finally got round to buying it! We have photos and a short video! Check out the main article here, or the photos here.
If you are interested in this kit, you can find and buy the kits from the following online store. They had quick delivery with no problems at all!
The making of an E46
Depending on how good your German is, this old video might not make any sense to you (I certainly don't understand a word!). The video shows how BMW create an E46 from start to finish. The manufacturing process is amazing to watch! You can always click through it a bit!
Data analysis: Le Mans 2008
Before the next track day arrives I thought it would be wise to provide a very quick and dirty analysis of the data I collected on the Performance box. For those of you that may have seen some content here, things have changed, you will find the overview as it stands now in the 'Track & Travel' articles… here!
We have not managed to get all the data in yet. Grant has found his files and so we will aim to put more info in soon!
Installing Eibach anti-roll bars
Short video with some nifty timelapse sequences when Mystic Dave, the engineering director, and Shane installed the new anti-roll bars.
Blast from the past
Here is a shot from 2004 with Aidy on his GSX-R and Dave on his Ducati! Remember the photos at the reservoir boys?
Learners update
After 11 months I finally took my test and am pleased to report that I passed! A week earlier, Leigh also passed his test meaning that 3 out of 4 ridearound.netians are ready to ride! Dave will soon be joining us on the roads but he will be wearing the red L jackets for a while!
More details on all this to follow!
Roadtrip One
With winter looming, the Ridearound team are starting to do some armchair planning. Early next year, we will take to the roads for the first team adventure. This is going to cover the planning!
Return to the gym
After another rest period of a few months, I returned to the gym yesterday to find that there had been a complete refurbishment. Most of the equipment was new and they are now also offering a number of classes that had not been offered at all previously.
I started with the last workout I had done and surprisingly managed without any problems. There are no signs of any aches or pains today either which is great news but might mean that I will get double tomorrow!
To ensure that I can stick to a proper routine, I have arranged to have a personal training session in which I will be given a tailored workout designed to help me achieve my goals. The goals need to be finalised but I am thinking about weight loss and toning. I am hoping that having a plan in place and the need to complete a program, there will be less chance of me drifting out of the habit of going that I build up each time.
I may try some other classes to diversify my exercise and provide some variations to the routine. As soon as my program has been developed, I'll be in a better position to know what I need to do and how often I should be doing it. I'll be sure to report back!


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Digital Humanities Speaker Series
Where Text and Code Collide: The Digital Humanities Distinguished Speaker Series. Sponsored by the RIT Project for the Digital Humanities, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Gannett Endowment for the Humanities. The 2013-14 Speakers:
Ethan Zuckerman, November 11th, 8:00pm
Gregory Heyworth, February 20th, 8:00pm
Tracy Fullerton, April 10th, 8:00pm
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, May 8th, 8:00pm
Creative Writing Awards!
Join us on April 22nd at 4:00PM in the SAU Reading Room for our annual Creative Writing Awards! Writer David Schickler is our guest speaker, along with live readings from our CW award winners...
To submit your work for the CW awards: https://signatures.submittable.com/submit
David Schickler's web site: http://www.davidschickler.com/
The Globe Goes to the Movies Symposium
Signatures Magazine
Signatures Magazine is an award winning literature and art magazine showcasing the work of RIT students. It features student film, animation, drama, and music, in addition to the writing and visual art long featured in RIT publications.


text: Star Trek: Voyager Series 4 - 22. Unforgettable Share: About this programme 22/26. Chakotay finds himself suffering from a strange form of amnesia as he seems unable to remember a woman he fell in love with the week before. Sci-fi adventure, starring Kate Mulgrew. Cast and crew Cast Capt Kathryn Janeway Kate Mulgrew Ensign Harry Kim Garrett Wang Lt Thomas Eugene Paris Robert Duncan McNeill Crew Director Andrew J Robinson Categories Drama Share:


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Expired Property Listing
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Wyndham Ocean Walk Resort, booking now for April-August in Daytona Beach
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 8
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Wyndham Ocean Walk
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 1,044 - $ 1,400 / week
vacation rental description
This place has it all - We think you will really enjoy this deluxe 2-bedroom unit at the Wyndham Ocean Walk Resort. Enjoy views of the white sand beach and Atlantic Ocean from your oceanfront balcony. The unit can accommodate 8 people with a king-size bed in the bedroom, 2 double beds in the second bedroom, and a sleeper sofa in the living room. This spacious unit has a living room and dining area and a fully equipped kitchen.
Wyndham Ocean Walk is located on a beautiful pedestrian-only beach
where there is plenty of room to walk, play Frisbee, ride bikes, swim
or just stretch out in the sunshine. The resort has lots of beach
toys and chairs. We found this beach area to be very clean and safe.
The swimming pool area is great fun with its Lazy River, water slides,
fountains, hot tubs, and snack bar. The resort also offers special
daily activities for adults and/or children. We especially enjoyed
the free dancing lessons and craft sessions. In addition there is an
arcade, adult billiard room, eighteen-hole indoor miniature golf, and
an adult lounge/computer room with high-speed Internet access. The
lobby also has wireless access.
Resort guests can park free in the secure on-site covered parking
garage. We found the staff to be extremely nice and helpful. They
arranged a discounted tour of the Daytona 500 "experience", which we
enjoyed very much.
Adjacent to the resort is the Ocean Walk Shops. Here you will find a
10 screen stadium seat theater, Bubba Gump's Shrimp, Adobe Gila's, Mai
Tai's Bar by the ocean, Cold Stone Creamery and others.
Price includes all taxes and fees. No sales presentation required. Check out the website for more information.
condo rental amenities
Indoor and Outdoor Pools
Water Jungle Gym for the kids
300 feet of Winding Lazy River
River Views
Fitness Gym
Miniature Golf
Tiki Hut / Bar
Children's Activities
activities and attractions in Daytona Beach Atlantic Coast Central
Walking distance to Daytona's Night Life
Located at the North end of the Boardwalk
Across the street from the Ocean Center
vacation rental rates
Your rate includes all taxes and fees that might be associated with the rental. This listing is for a 2 bedroom oceanfront.


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This policy manual is designed to provide ready access to Board bylaws, policies, regulations and administrative procedures of School District No. 57 (Prince George). This online manual consolidates and replaces all previous printed versions of the manual.
Manual Structure and Contents
The policy manual is divided into ten sections, as follows:
- Section 1: Community Relations
- Section 2: Administration
- Section 3: Business and Non-Instructional Operations
- Section 4: Personnel
- Section 5: Students
- Section 6: Instruction
- Section 7: Buildings and Grounds
- Section 8: Internal Board Policies
- Section 9: Bylaws
Policy Development and Revision Process
Policy 8310 governs the policy development process. The Policy and Governance Committee oversees all development and revision of Board policy. (For information on the Board's committees, click here.)
Draft Policies
New policies and significant amendments to existing policies are approved by the Board in principle and sent out to reference groups to allow opportunity for input. To see the current list of draft policies, click here.
If you wish to provide input to the Board on any draft policy, you may do so as follows:
By mail: Board of Education, 2100 Ferry Avenue, Prince George, V2L 4R5
By fax: (250) 561-6820 By e-mail: Executive Assistant


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Canterbury Park will not host a Running of the Bulls-style event at the horse track in Shakopee, Minn., despite previous consideration. This announcement comes after a promotional group for the Great Bull Run posted online that an event would be held at Canterbury Park on May 2014. A few days after that announcement was made, a bull got loose at the Dakota County Fairgrounds and trampled visitors, sending one woman to the hospital. The bull was later put down.About 500 people had already registered for the bull run at Canterbury, but the venue changed plans out of concerns that another bull escape could result in injuries, the Star Tribune reported. The Great Bull Run event series is still set to take place in 10 cities across the United States, kicking off in Richmond, Va., on Aug. 24. The event mimics the prototypical week-long bull running event in Pamplona, Spain, which has drawn bull runners from across the globe for over a century.The U.S. events will last just one day, and venues have coves and mountable fences in case participants need to escape or seek refuge from the perturbed animals.Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke confirming cancellation reports via Twitter on Thursday, and responded to one user's comment who expressed her approval of the decision:@MayorTabke: @rockinrollrenee I wasn't worried about the participants (they're big kids and can make choices) but a scenario exactly like Dakota Cnty
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