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USU vs San Diego State Basketball Pregame Party
Join the Utah State University Alumni Association for a no-host pregame party prior to the Aggies taking on the San Diego Aztecs at Veijas Arena. Come and grab a bite before the game and visit with other San Diego area Aggies.
The Aggies are currently in 5th place in the Mountain West Conference and the Aztecs are #2, so this will surely be an exciting match up. Plus, this will be Stew Morrill's final season as head coach – you will not want to miss this game.
There is no cost to attend the pregame party, but please RSVP so we know you are coming. Get your game tickets and enjoy a great afternoon with the Aggies!
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Join fellow Aggies to celebrate the 2015 Alumni Association Hall of Honor honorees This year's inductees are David & Trisha Butterfield, Spence & Melanie Raymond, Mike & Juanita Kohler, Chris & Kiersten Wilson. The Alumni Hall of Honor recognizes alumni and friends of USU for the unselfish devotion and service to the university and the Alumni Association.
Immediately following the dinner and induction will be the USU vs Fresno State basketball game. You will need to purchase game tickets separately.
Date: Saturday February 21, 2015
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM
Location: Skyroom, 4th floor of the Taggart Student Center (TSC) - Map
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Join fellow Aggies and friends of Utah State as we celebrate the 127 anniversary of the establishment of USU. We'll be honoring alumni as well as USU Celebrants that night. Honors include Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Alumni Award. More details to come!
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At Utah State University's Sunrise Sessions, faculty and students share their research with alumni, community and business leaders from the Salt Lake area. Held quarterly in downtown Salt Lake City, these early-morning presentations detail how USU research is addressing pressing social, technological and environmental issues. All are invited to attend these events at no charge thanks to generous sponsorship by Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield. All Sunrise Sessions are held at Little America Hotel, 7:30-9am. For more information, please visit the USU Research and Graduate School website http://rgs.usu.edu/sunrise/
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RE: Is it normal for figs to appear not to grow at midstage? (Follow-Up #12)
posted by: herman2 on 08.08.2008 at 08:51 pm in Fig Forum If they are as big as a quarter now,then that is the way they should be.
Stagnant,That is ok. When the time comes to get ripe it will double the size in 2 days.Then you wait a little more and it will grow even more. Then it will start getting brown spots next to eye,and will point vertical down. Then it will start loosing some water,getting an old men skin. And the following day you should harvest it if no wild creature got it prior night. And you can be sure it was ripe sweet and jucy. Happy Gardening NOTES: <none>
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At my first time at Disney. We were leaving and then we see Max and Goofy walking up the parking lot and soon as they came close to me I stuck my hand out and Goofy and Max High-5 me!
Also my mother has a bad back so she uses a wheelchair when she gets tired well stitch (since he thought that my mom was handicap), ran out of his Meet and Greet and gave my mom a big, wet, loud kiss and huged her.
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Introducing NIST Handbook 155, Weights and Measures Program Requirements: A Handbook for the Weights and Measures AdministratorMarch 11, 2011
Contact: Carol Hockert 301-975-4004 The Weights and Measures Division introduces NIST Handbook 155, Weights and Measures Program Requirements: A Handbook for the Weights and Measures Administrator. This is a guide for those wanting to learn about the weights and measures system and was developed to be used as a reference tool. The document can be read cover to cover, or accessed in sections to research a specific topic. This handbook is based in part on the previous NBS Handbook 82, last published in 1962, and is published as part of our effort to capture historical knowledge and experience. As many weights and measures administrators and officials retire, it is important to incorporate their wisdom, gained through experience, into this document. Therefore, the reader is invited to submit comments on any section within this document. To submit questions or comments, please contact Carol Hockert. |


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An Iranian Gesture on the U.S. Hikers?
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Friday, September 10, 2010 [IMG] STRATFOR.COM [IMG] Diary Archives
An Iranian Gesture on the U.S. Hikers?
Iran announced Thursday that it would soon release one of three U.S.
hikers detained for more than a year in Iran on accusations of
espionage. In an emailed statement to the press, Bak Sahraei, the second
counselor of Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York, confirmed
that 31-year-old Sarah Shourd would be freed on Saturday morning at
Tehran*s Estaghlal Hotel. The move comes after Iranian Intelligence
Minister Heydar Moslehi said in August that the investigations of
Shroud, along with those of fellow hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal,
both 27, were near completion. The three Americans were arrested on July
31, 2009, after straying across the border from neighboring Iraq.
The timing of the Iranian decision to release Shourd is very
significant, coming as the struggle between the Islamic republic and the
United States over the future of Iraq is in a critical phase. The United
States has completed the drawdown of its forces in Iraq to fewer than
50,000 troops, who are set to leave the country by the end of next year
in accordance with the existing agreement. These forces can remain
beyond the Dec. 31, 2012, deadline but would require a renegotiation of
the agreement with the Iraqi government.
But that government has yet to be formed because talks over a new
power-sharing agreement following the March 7 parliamentary elections
remain in a state of gridlock. The delay has to do with intra-Shia as
well as Shia-Sunni wrangling and is further complicated by the struggles
between their respective international patrons.
"It is possible that the release of Sarah Shourd is an Iranian gesture
designed to facilitate substantive talks on the core issue of Iraq."
The United States wants to ensure that any future Iraqi government has a
significant Sunni presence to balance the disproportionate influence
wielded by the Shia majority and by extension, Iran. On the other hand,
Tehran, while understanding the need to include Sunnis in the
post-American Iraqi state to prevent them from returning to the
insurgency, wants to be sure that the minority Sunni community, which
has historically dominated Iraq, doesn't become so strong it can
undermine the nascent dominance achieved by the Shia since the U.S.
invasion and overthrow of the Sunni Baathist government. Such an
understanding requires that Washington and Tehran move beyond the
back-channel communications that they have engaged in over the past
seven years and toward much more substantive discussions.
This is why, confrontational rhetoric notwithstanding, both the
administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and the government of
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have expressed a willingness to
sit down and talk. But the problem is that the atmosphere is not
conducive for any serious dialogue. Given three decades of hostility,
neither side can afford to be seen on their respective home fronts as
conceding ground to the other.
Obama faces pressure from both his Republican opponents and Democratic
allies, limiting the extent to which he can reach out to the Iranians,
especially with the approaching midterm polls. Likewise, Ahmadinejad is
under pressure; since his re-election last year, he has not just earned
the ire of pragmatists in the Iranian political establishment, but has
also turned a great many fellow ultraconservatives against him,
especially on this issue of negotiations with the United States. There
is a reason both sides demand that the other clearly demonstrate good
faith before any talks take place. We see this as U.S. officials call on
Iran to be transparent with regard to its intentions on the nuclear
issue. Similarly, the Iranians continue to demand that the United States
prove that it is no longer seeking to topple the Iranian republic.
Put differently, they both need gestures from the opposing side, which
could be conducive to the creation of an atmosphere in which some form
of meaningful discussions can take place. And this brings us back to the
release of Shourd. It is possible that this is a gesture from the
Iranians designed to facilitate substantive talks on the core issue of
Alternatively, it could be an Iranian response to a U.S. move deemed
positive by the Iranians. If it is the latter, then what did Washington
do behind the scenes and why has Iran chosen to respond publicly?
Insight perhaps could be gleaned from recent statements by former Iraqi
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a proxy of the United States, who has
recently expressed bitterness about U.S.-Iranian dealings that could
undermine his ability to form the next government.
At this stage, we are simply not in a position to tell one way or
another. But clearly the Iranians are not releasing Shourd for
altruistic reasons. Tehran either obtained something in exchange for the
release or is expecting to receive something.
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Law is all about judgement. If a female attorney has good judgement, she will avoid off beat colors. Stick to skin tone colors if you value your professional credibility. Keep the other colors for your weekend/vacation look. The last thing you want to have stick in senior management or a client's memory is off beat nail color . This from a former female partner at a large firm, who's had to waste too much time on reviews related to inappropriate associate attire. If you care more about wearing off beat colors than your career, do us all a favor and find a new career.
Blue isn't morbid!
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Killer wrongly issued razor before suicideBy RACHEL DORO
THE Associated Press | February 15,2013AP PHOTO
This undated file photo provided by the FBI shows Israel Keyes.ANCHORAGE, Alaska Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes was mistakenly issued a razor before he committed suicide, according to a report released this week by the Alaska Department of Corrections that also said it appears that razor was not retrieved.
The security lapse occurred when Keyes was the focus of heightened security after earlier being found with a makeshift handcuff key, the report states. He also was segregated from other inmates.
Before he died, Keyes confessed to the killings of at least eight people, including Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt., in 2011. Investigators believe there could be more victims.
Keyes body was found in his jail cell Dec. 2, months before he was to have gone on trial for the 2012 slaying of 18-year-old Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig. Keyes, 34, slit his left wrist with a razor blade and tied a noose around his neck and right foot, according to the report, which says the exact cause of death is unknown although it has been classified as a suicide.
Koenigs father has criticized the Corrections Department over the death, which he says robbed his family of their day in court. James Koenig said Wednesday he doesnt believe the official version released by the agency.
I dont think it was mistaken at all, he said. How do you mistakenly give someone in segregation a real razor blade?
The state had previously denied an open records request from The Associated Press for details of events surrounding Keyes death. Corrections spokeswoman Kaci Schroeder told the AP that officials later decided to take another look at the case and see what could be released publicly.
Schroeder said officials are not discussing what disciplinary actions, if any, were taken, over the lapse. However, she said because of this, any restriction for inmates are being posted on the cell doors in addition to being noted in a prisoner log.
Keyes, 34, was set for a March trial in federal court in the abduction and killing of Koenig.
She was abducted at gunpoint from a coffee stand just before closing time on Feb. 1, 2012. Investigators concluded she was raped and strangled. Her body was left in a shed outside Keyes Anchorage home for two weeks while he went on a cruise.
The abduction gripped Anchorage as investigators held out hope that she remained alive.
Keyes was arrested in March in Lufkin, Texas. He had sought a ransom and used Koenigs debit card.
Three weeks after the arrest, Koenigs dismembered body was found in a frozen lake north of Anchorage.
Koenig and the Curriers were the only victims named by Keyes.
Keyes was in state custody in Anchorage because there are no federal prisons in Alaska.
The corrections report says Keyes was last seen alive at 10:13 p.m. Dec. 1.
A number of security checks were conducted periodically throughout the night and early morning.
Security officers are required to look into each cell and verify the prisoner is present and their status, the report says.
Procedures call for security staff to visually observe the prisoners uncovered skin. Keyes death was not observed during those security checks, the report says.
At 5:57 a.m., Dec. 2, an official found what appeared to be blood along Keyes bunk and floor. The report says this was only noticed after lights came on; before that, an LED nightlight in the overhead fixture was the only light source.
Medical personnel were called, and Keyes was declared dead at 6:13 a.m.
Keyes attempted to escape from the federal courthouse on May 23, 2012. After that, enhanced security measures were used on Keyes, including full restraints, a two-officer escort any time he was out of the cell, and restrictions on possession of razors and pencils.
He also was subjected to daily strip searches and cell searches.
On Sept. 11, the report says, Keyes was found guilty of possessing an object which had been modified as a handcuff key.
A disciplinary board found him guilty, and he had to serve 60 days with 45 days suspended in punitive segregation.
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Leaving the Island: Darrelle Revis takes off for Tampa Bay
By Cecilio's Scribe on Apr 22, 2013 with Comments 0
Jeez. Hall of Famer. All-time Jet. Rockin' a Yuck-a-neers lid on a private plane. One more jersey to put up on EBay.
Not. Ready. For. This.
Or this so much…
Or…for the love of!
Soooo…it's been 24 hours or so. As you can see, I'm coping well so far. I've only had a dozen of my friends ask me about this yesterday and today. Calls. Texts. Emails. F. U. ALL. Seems like because one is a huge Jets fan and has a blog, it is therefore my personal responsibility…no, my civic DUTY…to espouse on this historic trade. How 'bout two words? IT. BLOWS. Like that hard-hitting analysis? Now, can you fockers leave me alone? Can't a man get a little time to grieve?
Seriously, that's how I feel. It's going to take some time just to get my head around it. Sure, it's been inevitable for some time. Still, I may just break out my white Revis jersey, the one I purchased a few years back with the notion that at least THIS GUY would be a franchise cornerstone for a few more years, and spend a moment with 2-4 just reminiscing.
So, really, what do I think? I think it was going to happen and had to happen. Losing your best FOOTBALL PLAYER (forget about offense, defense or special teams) is a huge blow (Captain Obvious!). It immediately makes the Jets worse. Forget about the compensation for now. It was interesting to look at the defense with a glimmer of hope that a Cromartie-Revis duo might again patrol the outside. Wasn't to be.
That said, he was gone all last year too. And, no, the defense wasn't the same. But it was passable. It was the offense that was incompetent. There are building blocks on this defensive team. Some even not-ancient. Plus, this is a corner, folks. A lockdown, difference-making corner, yes, but still. Given this regime, the history and the approach for the future, committing to Revis was never in the cards. Although not apples to apples exactly, this current time period (albeit hard to believe only a few years removed from back-to-back AFC title appearances) reminds me of the tenor in Queens when Sandy Alderson took over in 2010. Back then, I mentioned that the goal should be for the Mets to return to relevance in 2014.
The Idzik era and early approach feels similar. The Jets arguably are in a place where the talent is not as depleted as Flushing. Two good drafts and some pieces falling should make more regular playoff probability a reasonable, not-too-distant future. Things can turn around quickly in this league. And I'm fine with it. Reyes is not Revis. But the emotions were not vastly different for me. I think this move had to be made, although that doesn't necessarily make it "right" on paper or otherwise. Many may try to offer logic-based pros and cons on this move. But emotion is all over this transaction. And it's in my analysis. Feel is not scientific. There are no stats to justify it. But this team, although they'll talk around it, is starting over in a lot of ways. If doing so, I'm OK with some painful cord-cutting along the way.
The Jets need a new culture. A new crop of young talent. A new approach to managing the cap. A new quarterback woudl be nice too. In short, an entirely different direction. While it's impossibly hard to say goodbye to a lifetime Jet, I understand it. It may come back to be a lopsided, unconscionably stupid trade in hindsight. Or Revis could tear up another knee this fall. Who knows?
What's clear is the Revis era is over. Gang Green's short-lived time near the top is also a fading memory. Now, we begin to build a team again that can compete for the playoffs for a long stretch. It starts with Thursday. The New York Jets are on the clock…
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Bish's Briefs - Beautiful Barca face Money Madrid in 'El Clasico'
Published: 24 Nov 2009 - 09:20:49
On Sunday evening, in the Catalan cauldron of the Camp Nou, two perennial enemies collide - one, the Spanish domestic double holders and European Champions - the other, the most expensive squad of footballers gathered in the games history - it is the biggest game in club football on the planet.
Sunday night is set to be the most expensive showcase of footballing talent ever staged - nearly £500m of investment could be thrust into the Spanish spotlight, and that, should you forget, includes the talents of Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Iker Casillas, Raul and various star-studded others who cost their clubs nothing.
The landscape for this colossal clash is set perfectly - Real's fortuitous 1-0 victory over Racing Santander on Saturday evening which was closely followed by Barcelona's 1-1 draw in Athletic Bilbao's San Mames, means that for the first time since Florentino Perez brought his deeply dug pockets back to the Bernabeu, his side lead Barcelona in the La Liga table.
Between them, they have won 12 European Cups - more than the collective efforts of all the champions that have emanated from England (11).
In terms of footballing brilliance this fixture is sprinkled with stardust like no other, consider the following: The last two European Footballers of the Year could feature on Sunday night (Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo). The last 4 European Footballers of the Year have played for Barcelona or Real Madrid – Ronaldinho, Fabio Cannavaro, Kaka & Cristiano Ronaldo.
But let's not leave it there. Since 1997, only two winners of the Ballon D'Or have not played for either Barcelona or Real Madrid – Pavel Nedved (winner in 2003) and Andrei Shevchenko (winner in 2004). Impressive.
But how about this? Since 1994 the ONLY player to win World Footballer of the Year that has not played for Real Madrid or Barcelona is George Weah (who won the title in 1995). That means that the winners of World Footballer of the Year in the last 13 years have ALL played for Barcelona or Real Madrid during their careers - Romario, Ronaldo (3-time winner), Zinedine Zidane (3-time winner ), Rivaldo, Luis Figo, Ronaldinho (2-time winner), Fabio Cannavaro, Kaka & Cristiano Ronaldo. 10 of those 13 awards have seen the winner playing for Barcelona or Real Madrid in the year that they won the award.
Real Madrid, mainly thanks to their monopoly of the European Cup in its formative years, have won it on nine occasions and their current squad boasts the two record goal-scorers in the competition's modern guise - the Champions League. Between them, Raul and Ruud van Nistelrooy have amassed 122 goals in the competition, Raul with a record 66 and van Nistelrooy 56.
Between the two squads on Sunday evening are a collection of 34 Champions League winners medals - mainly thanks to Barcelona's recent triumphs of 2006 & 2009 whilst Raul and Guti in the Real squad can look as far back to 1998 to their first European triumph.
What makes this game so unique is the animosity between the two clubs - Real Madrid the flag-bearer of Spain and Barcelona the most symbolic entity of Catalonia, a rivalry that fuses culture, politics, language and ideology, particularly in football terms.
The current environment in which both squads currently operate could not reflect this better. 18 of Barcelona's first-team squad of 30 spent their formative years at La Masia - the club's esteemed academy. Seven of them started their successful Champions League final v Manchester United in Rome back in May. Eight of Real Madrid's 26-man 'galatico' obsessed squad came through the club's youth system - only five have worn the white of Madrid in La Liga.
It is this philosophy that may help Pep Guardiola through his current injury crisis. 'El Classico' could not come at a worse time for Barca's coach. With Eric Abidal, Yaya Toure and Rafael Marquez all likely to be missing after contracting swine flu and Zlatan Ibrahimovic struggling with injury, his woes were compounded on Sunday night when it was revealed that Lionel Messi, totem of Barcelona, had sustained a 'Grade One' injury to his thigh in Saturday's draw in Bilbao.
Not only do Barca have Real to worry about - they could be eliminated from the Champions League with a defeat to Inter at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night.
However, Barca's dynamic 4-3-3 formation that has yielded such success and allows them to attack in numbers and press with intensity the second they lose the ball is mirrored throughout their exemplary youth set-up. If a player becomes injured, the next man can step up to complete the jigsaw, knowing the intricacies of the formation after having them ingrained into them day after day on the training field.
This philosophy goes some way to explain the success Guardiola has had when he has needed to integrate and call upon youngsters such as Pedro, Bojan and Sergio Busquets. The player may not have the same ability as a Messi or an Iniesta but he allows the side to function to the institutionalised dynamic.
The likely loss of Messi and Ibrahimovic may affect Barca in that Andres Iniesta may be called upon to opearte in the front three. Whilst he undoubtedly has the ability to perform in the role, the team suffer as a consequence.
Barca are at their dexterous best when Iniesta is free to roam from midfield and dart into any gaps that may appear. He has an uncanny ability to pop up late in the box to score himself - think Barca's last-gasp equaliser at Stamford Bridge in last season's Champions League, when Iniesta was stifled until the final fifteen minutes, before he was dropped back into midfield and popped up with the goal that took his side to Rome.
It has the makings of a classic 'Classico' - Ronaldo and Kaka's first appearance in the fixture, Perez's millions looking to catch up with the brilliant Barcelona of 2008-09 and two giant emblems of the game playing out the latest drama in one of football's finest spectacles in front of 98,000 people.
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...but scratch Kleinsasser from go-to list!
Well fans, here we are in first place two weeks in a row, and the Purple, if it can get past the Bears at the Hump, must then only defeat the hapless 0-11 Lions to hold the whip hand over the lowly curs of the Northern Division.
The Cheeseheads, after their woeful showing Monday night, seem down and out, but their QB, Aaron Rodgers, can score enough points to beat anyone left on their schedule, so they mustnt be counted out. Assuming that the Northern Division crown (a tarnished one) will require nine wins, the Cheese must take four of their last five, and the defense dismantled so handily down in New Orleans is not likely to do it.
The Bears have been up and down like the Pack, but we must assume the Vikes will prevail at the Hump; otherwise all this deep analysis is pointless. Leaving Minnesota at 6-6, they are unlikely to win three more times to tie the Purple, assuming our lads win one of their last three against St. Louis, Atlanta, and the Giants. Of course we are also assuming a win in Detroit, after the one at the Hump, not something that youd want to bet heavily.
And the biggest reason not to bet the farm is Gus Frerotte and an offensive line that has not improved much as the season has played out. He got whacked around a lot Sunday because various Saints players came free across the line of scrimmage, particularly around McKinnies end, not that that is necessarily the Big Guys fault. The Vikes do not pick up blitzes and stunts any better now than earlier this year.
Frerottes reaction to pressure was not what you would expect of an older guy with brittle bones he held the ball too long, or in the one case, threw the boneheaded interception. And he is still prone to the bounce pass on routine plays that T. Jackson was missing. This is not a formula for consistent offense, and the Vikes defense does not play well from behind. In fact, were it not for the missed field goals by the Jaguars, last Sundays outcome could easily have been the season-ending disaster.
Something I liked was the way the Vikes seemed to adjust after the first half. The pass rush picked up, the Jacksonville QB took some hits, and suddenly their third down conversion was not a given as it was in the first quarter and a half. It was pointed out that this was the first time in recent memory that the Purple had not been scored on immediately after the intermission. That is promising, so much so that I predict the win next Sunday, providing our lads avoid the multiple turnovers, penalties, and special teams disasters. Oh...did I say they also have to scratch Jim Kleinsasser off the go-to list?
Talk back! Tell us what you think of this years teams. What would you do if you were in charge?
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I saw last night's news report of a man that used an oil mixture to burn brush around his home, and consequently caught himself on fire, burning 50 percent of his body. This is a much more common occurrence than you may realize. Either a person picks the wrong time to burn, too dry and windy, causing the fire to spread beyond what was intended to be burned or the person gets burned, due to the accelerant that is used. Some use old motor oil, diesel fuel, gasoline or a combination of the three. Each of these fuels has different ignition temperatures, with gasoline being the more dangerous accelerant that a person might use. A big problem with gasoline is that it rapidly vaporizes and spreads beyond where it was poured. The gasoline vapors are flammable, and a flash fire can occur a distance from the intended brush pile.
Before burning anything, you must first know the burn laws for your city or county. Some localities do not allow any burning at all, therefore all brush and trash must be hauled to the dump. Other localities allow limited burning of certain things at certain times, and some may require burn permits before burning. Some localities are only regulated by State Forestry burn regulations, and have no other ordinances concerning burning. An example is that Chesterfield County allows no burning of trash. Land clearing debris can be burned, but only after a permit has been obtained. Again, it is important to know the burn regulations for your locality, and follow them explicitly.
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I know of four incidents, right off the top of my head, where using accelerants burned people. The most recent was the one reported last night, which I believe actually occurred on Tuesday. I knew of a firefighter and a pastor who were burned using gasoline to burn brush. When I was serving as the Community Programs Coordinator and PIO for Chesterfield Fire & EMS, I was called to the scene of an incident where children were playing with gasoline and matches. The end result was that a three-year-old received burns on his legs, after having gasoline spilt on his pants. Most people do not plan to have their clothes catch on fire or a fire get out of control, but it happens. You must be prepared for the unexpected, and take the necessary precautions. The gentleman that received burns to 50 percent of his body is now in a burn center, and has a long and difficult road to recovery ahead of him. My prayers are with him and his family. Do everything possible to keep this from happening to you.


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"With plenty of daylight, this interior environment embraces the culture of rivers. Incredibly progressive for a government building, this space offers a sense of community for the employees." -Jury
For decades, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) either sweltered or froze, depending on the season, in a 1932 Albert Kahn-designed former Ford Motor Company plant on a Superfund site south of downtown Seattle. The factory's windows were inoperable, limiting fresh air, and daylight did not penetrate far into the 100,000-square-foot floor plates. Six-foot-tall office partitions reinforced departmental separation and made collaboration difficult for the civilian and military workforce.
The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided funding for a new USACE Northwest headquarters and an opportunity to showcase one of the Corps' key missions: restoring and sustaining the environment. Built on a site adjacent to the previous one on the Duwamish Waterway, the new headquarters is in the top one percent of energy-efficient office buildings in the United States, and fosters community and a collective identity among staff. The building is the result of an innovative design/build partnership between ZGF Architects and Sellen Construction. "Our goal was to create an esprit de corps for the Corps," says Allyn Stellmacher, the ZGF partner in charge of the project.
ZGF took a cue from the twists and turns of the nearby Duwamish Waterway and designed the open office space in an oxbow shape around a central atrium. The U-shaped form of the 209,000-square-foot building delivers daylight into the narrow, 60-foot-wide floorplates, providing natural light to more than 90 percent of the interiors. Key to the building's success is an ultra-efficient envelope that balances a high level of insulation without inhibiting transmission of daylight, allowing the innovative mechanical system to perform at optimal capacity.
The sleek, stainless-steel skin conceals a surprisingly rough-hewn interior. Recovery Act funding required the reuse of timber from a demolished warehouse on the site, and ZGF ingeniously incorporated it to give the atrium an appealing weathered character. Inside, a bed of rock and slate meanders across the atrium floor to resemble a river. Building upon biophilic design principles to evoke a positive response to nature, the designers incorporated timber columns that line the banks like trees, and water that gurgles through channels cut into boulders. The water features are fed by a rainwater reuse system that captures water from the roof and stores it in a 25,000-gallon cistern. An estimated 430,000 gallons of rainwater will be harvested annually, providing a 79-percent reduction in potable water use for toilets and irrigation.
Sky bridges and stairs crisscross the atrium to connect open office space on upper levels at multiple points. By grouping conference areas in the commons, the designers were able to keep full-height walls to a minimum in the office areas, and the low, 50-inch-tall workstation partitions allow visual access within and between departments. "Based on feedback from the Corps, the design has definitely improved collaboration between groups," says General Services Administration (GSA) project manager Rick Thomas. "People can now walk across the sky bridges to connect, or talk to their colleagues over the lower partitions."
An underfloor air distribution system for ventilation and cooling delivers 100 percent filtered air from outside, and the natural process of convection exhausts air through the atrium to a high-efficiency heat recovery system. The building is one of the first in the region to use structural piles for geothermal heating and cooling, as well as a phase change thermal storage tank. The tank and a ground loop provide back-up heating or cooling to meet demands during peak seasonal loads.
"The Corps' mission is integrated throughout the building, which reflects a dedication to restore and sustain the environment," Thomas says. At certain times of the day, members of the Corps can watch river otters playing in the waterfront site's restored wetlands. With a light touch on the surrounding environment and well-executed interiors, this office is a sustainable, uplifting upgrade for the Corps employees.


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Summertime is busy for Orlando's theme parks, although most new attractions are open and operating before the surge of out-of-towners comes in. This year, new rides and shows continue to trickle in as the temperatures rise. Here's an overview of what was new and what went away during the second quarter of 2013.
SeaWorld Orlando opened its Antarctica realm, which includes the Empire of the Penguin ride with animal exhibit finale, an eatery, gift shop and glacial decor. Grand opening included performance by "American Idol" contestant Lauren Alaina and a ceremonial planting of a flag. (Click here for more on SeaWorld Orlando's Antarctica.)
Universal Studios opened its Transformers: The Ride -- 3D attraction. Grand opening included a paramilitary exercise with jets passing overhead. (Click here for more on Transformers at Universal Studios) Universal also opened the first phase of its Springfield area, including Moe's Tavern and the serving of Flaming Moes drinks. (Click here for more on Springfield at Universal Studios)
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex opened its Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit, which displays the orbiter at a 43-degree angle amid dozens of hands-on activities. (Click here for more on Atlantis at KSCVC)
Disney raised its ticket prices at all four parks, but for the first time made admission to Magic Kingdom more expension than its other WDW parks. A one-day ticket to Magic Kingdom is now $95 ($89 for ages 3-9). A one-day ticket to Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios or Disney's Animal Kingdom is $90 ($84 for ages 3-9). A one-day, one-park ticket at Universal Studios or Universal's Islands of Adventure is $92 ($86 for ages 3-9). A one-day ticket to SeaWorld Orlando is $92 ($84 for ages 3-9).
Busch Gardens debuted a stage show called "Madagascar Live: Operation Vacation!"
Fun Spot America introduced its first two roller coasters, the steel Freedom Flyer and the wooden White Lightning (the only woodie in Orlando). The International Drive attraction also added its 250-foot SkyCoaster and smaller rides in addition to a new entrance and larger parking lot. (Click here for more on Fun Spot coasters)
Disney World launched two more in-park scavenger hunt-style activities: Wilderness Explorers at Disney's Animal Kingdom and A Pirate's Adventure: Treasure of the Seven Seas at Adventureland at Magic Kingdom.
Orlando Science Center opened "Blue Man Group -- Making Waves" exhibit and debuted the "Flying Monsters 3D" film. It also broke ground on a piece of outdoor art dedicated to the Red Tail pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Gatorland added an array of animals, including two big cats in its new Panther Springs exhibit and a 15-foot crocodile known as "Bonecrusher II." Other newbies: pythons, boa constrictors, rattlesnakes, bobcats, white-tailed deer, scarlet ibis and raccoons.
A Starbucks location opened on Main Street of Magic Kingdom.
Disney World began the introduction of FastPass+ services and Magic Bands to guests.
Busch Gardens announced the construction of Falcon's Fury, which will drop guests 300 feet. It will open in 2014. (Click here for more on Falcon's Fury at Busch Gardens)
Universal Studios announced it would theme a Halloween Horror Nights house around the film "The Cabin in the Woods." (Click here to read more about Universal's Halloween Horror Nights)
Aquatica, SeaWorld's water park, reintroduced an after-2 p.m. pass that remains valid through the remainder of 2013.
Universal Orlando announced a few details about the expansion of its Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios. The area will be London-themed and called Diagon Alley. It will feature an attraction based on Gringotts bank. The new attractions, built basically atop the former Jaws ride/Amity area, is scheduled to open in 2014. (Click here to read more about the expansion of Wizarding World of Harry Potter)
Fantasy of Flight, an aviation-themed attraction in Polk County, changed its schedule to have operations on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only.
Magic Kingdom will introduce a parade called Festival of Fantasy in 2014.


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10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. | 10 I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet, met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed the format for this year's All-Star Race, the success of JR Motorsports and other topics.
This is the 20th anniversary of your dad winning the All-Star Race and Coke 600 in the same year. As you look back on that and reflect on that accomplishment, does anything stick out in your mind?
"I was really young then and I remember in that year and in that season or maybe that year before or after that….1986 and 1987 were two really, really good years. He started off one of those years winning like eight of the first ten races or something crazy like that. But they just had a really good team and they were having a lot of fun and everybody was really happy and getting along with the success they were having. There were some really good personalities on that team that are still in the garage today. I just walked past Danny Lawrence walking in here. So you think about not only the success but you think about the group of guys like Chocolate Meyers and all those people that were involved in getting that car to the racetrack and they just seemed to be hitting on all cylinders and it was a lot of fun to witness and a lot of fun to see week in and week out.
"It's definitely rare and you have Jimmie (Johnson) winning five championships and you have things that happen in the series that are phenomenal, but it's rare. It happens but it's rare when you see a team that can take control of the entire sport throughout the season. And in '86 and '87 they were really about as great as you could be and it was just a lot of fun to watch. I know the 600 was a big race and it's still a big race, but we didn't have Indy and places like that to share the spotlight. Yeah, this was a big event and it was similar to Daytona and everybody was at the 600 and everybody was here. We would sit up in those condos and watch everything. All the practices, and every lap that every car ran all weekend long and it was just a lot of fun and certainly a different time and different sport than it is today. But it was a good experience for me in just being young and having the run of the place really."
Being a native of North Carolina, I know it's got to feel good for you to run at a place like Charlotte.
"Yes. This place is great as far as the history and the connection to the sport. Being local and having a lot of the crew members and mechanics and everybody involved in the sport get to bring out the wives and the girlfriends and the kids and all that stuff. Everybody gets to enjoy the race and gets to come and enjoy the weekend. We are around here all year long and this is home and I drive up to Hendrick Motorsports every week so you are around this place all the time. I am glad it is as successful as it is and the history that it has. I think it's great that we run the All Star race here, being local and have the opportunity for everybody to have a good time. It is a fun weekend and is a fun event. I just hope that the track can have as much success that it had, and that I have witnessed it have and I hope the track can move forward and continue to have great races and produce great memories and moments that will be in everybody's memory bank for a very long time. I think it's been very successful so far and I just wish it the same going forward."
How did your briskey turn out?
"Everybody loved it and we didn't have any left. That was fun. I texted Myron Mixon, who I have used his recipe out of a book he wrote. And man, it turned out perfect. So that was fun and I am excited and my mom wants me to do that over the holidays now, so I am excited about that. But we are going to cook two next time so we will have some leftovers, because we could have really used some brisket that next day."
So you are getting the hang of barbecuing and getting good at it?
"I don't know if that was pot luck, or I had a good recipe to go by for sure. So I enjoyed that. I never really slow cooked. We started at nine o'clock in the morning and we ate at six. It's something that when I got home from the Darlington race, I injected the brisket that night and put it in the refrigerator so we had been working on it all night and all the next day. It was good and I am ready to do it again."
You said this place was special to you as a kid. What did you do during the race last October when you didn't race here?
"I watched on TV. You know, I thought about coming since it was close but I didn't want to be a distraction and I didn't want to give………you know I wanted Regan and the guys to concentrate and do the best job they could. Emotionally it was just really hard to watch the car practice. Watching the race was…I knew I wasn't going to race. But the hard part is to see the car practice because I enjoy the process that we go through in practice when it's me and the guys and we are trying to figure out how to go faster. Once you are in the race you have set the table and you sit down and you have dinner and whatever happens, happens. The preparation and build up to it is what I enjoy most and I just really didn't like watching that. They were fast but man, when the car would go fast it was just a lot of emotions like envy, and jealousy, and just wishing to be out here. I was real selfish about it I guess to a fault. But I am competitive and I wanted to be in the car and glad that I am back."
How have you changed in the car as far as the thinking process? Is it significantly different than a few years ago and if so, how have you kind of evolved to this point?
"I don't know how much I have changed over the years, but I know that Steve (Letarte) does a really good job of bringing that information that he needs out. We have a good enough relationship that I can talk to him and he can talk to me. It's not difficult to explain things to him and he is good at sort of catching what I am trying to sell him when I am talking about the car. He is real good picking up and I don't have to feel like I am beating my head against the wall to get through to everyone what the car is doing and what I am feeling and what I need. I have a lot less of that with him since we have worked together. I think that helps a lot. I think that over the years when you first start driving race cars and moving up in the series that you are just really over-eager in a lot of situations. I think the older you get the smarter you become, and the better you are at making decisions and understanding what battles are the battles you need to fight. And what battles aren't battles that you need to be in the middle of. I think you get smarter at that and you finish races. You finish more races and you don't end up on the hook and you don't end up tearing up your race cars often and you become a smarter driver over the years."
Racing for 2 million dollars, sometimes people lose their heads anyway and what is it about the format that you like, don't like, what are you anticipating on the qualifying tonight? What are your thoughts on this format?
"The one thing I do like is the 10 lap finish. I don't think we need any more than that to settle the winner. A better idea might be that last segment to have three green-white-checkers. The sprint and the urgency that 10 laps or something that short or compact brings is what the ending needs. The fans seem to really love when a race has a green-white-checkered. The drivers aren't very fond of it, but if the fans love it. If I'm watching a race and I'm not in it I like watching that too. That might be something that they could bring in down the road. The 20 lap segments it's all irrelevant to me how many segments we have before the finish and the qualifying is zany, with the coming down pit road with no speed limit and all that. I think it would be fun. They got rid of the thing downtown with the pit crews and I really used to enjoy the pit crew competition they had a Rockingham back in the day. I think that was fun. That was kind of a big deal for the crews back then. There was a lot of pride in that. Maybe that could be something to do with qualifying, maybe we don't run any laps we just pull into a stall, cross a beacon, have a pit stop and exit the stall. I know the pit crews are a part of the process in qualifying, but maybe make it more focal about the pit crews themselves, solely just for qualifying that would really put them on a pedestal. Those guys deserve it. I used to not like that the format changed. I used to love the '87 format was the only format we needed. That's the way I always thought. I thought that was the most exciting one. Why change it? I kind of think it's fun to tinker on it every once in a while."
Compare and contrast the performance of your JR Motorsports team from this year compared to this point last year.
"It's been really good. We have turned things around somewhat. We still got a ways to go. I think we are still a little bit off speed wise from some of the other teams. We are doing really good in the points. Regan (Smith) has driven some great races. He makes me nervous because he drives so hard. Sometimes I feel like there was a couple of laps at Richmond where I thought he was going to spin out on the inside of the No. 31 car there are just instances like that where I'm like man, you know, I wish I could talk to him or be like you sure you know what you are doing? Or do you really need to be driving this hard right now? But he doesn't spin out, he doesn't wreck and he finishes races. That is all I can ask of him. I told him that we are going to put him in position with cars and people to have a shot at winning the championship. I really felt comfortable about that. I think if he makes good decisions and we don't have any odd failures or anything like that we can really make a run for the championship. Obviously, we are in good position right now to do that. Real happy with everything going on, especially the people. We changed a lot of people, we changed some crew chiefs and really we kept a lot of people that had been there for a long time. It's real easy to move people around under the surface, but when you keep that all the same and you bring in top tier management type people it's hit or miss whether the group is going to listen to this guy or listen to that guy or follow this guy's ideas or the way he wants to do things. We were real fortunate that everybody is really on the same page and excited about each week."
When Regan (Smith) took the points lead two races ago it was the first time that your organization had led the points. Do you feel with all the changes that you just talked about that you are on track to be a legitimate contender?
"Yeah, I think we are a contender. Again, we are just off a little bit on speed, but we have made gains this year already to get there. I think we are contending well. The fact that I'm getting asked about it is reason enough to believe we are doing well. Used to have to bring up how JR Motorsports was doing, used to not get too many questions about it, and really had to promote it myself. The fact that we are relevant in the series and we are considered competitive and considered one of the teams that is going to be up there racing each week I think that says a lot. It is fun to work with Regan (Smith) and the chances of how that all worked out really had a whole lot to do with us getting together last year when I was going through the concussion deal. He just happened to get fired at that time and I felt like he needed to be in a race car. We just happened to need a driver and all that kind of worked out. We built a friendship. That turned into this relationship now at JR Motorsports. I consider all that kind of fate. I think that what is happening is happening for a reason. Hopefully, propels Regan back into the Cup Series at some point and gives us the success we were experiencing when we had Brad (Keselowski) in the car. Get us back into a more competitive place."
From here watching, it looked like that 15 minutes of practice for the pit road competition was pretty chaotic. What did it feel like from the driver's seat and were you able to get a clean run?
"Yeah, it was just really a lot of guys trying to learn what to do there. A lot of us hadn't ever gone down pit road under those circumstances without any pit road speed. I think a lot of people, the crew chiefs especially were nervous about their equipment. Trying to get the car back in one piece was the most important thing. In that 15 minute period, I tried to get everything I could out of it, but I think I definitely need more time experimenting with that kind of thing to really perfect it. I think you are going to see a lot of people kind of all over the place as far as how they approach coming onto pit road and leaving pit road, but we will try to do the best we can. It was pretty chaotic though, it was borderline humorous at times what you were seeing out there, but everybody was really giving each other plenty of room and letting everybody get a shot at it. It was pretty orderly to be honest with you. We didn't know what to expect. I don't know if anybody knew what to expect pulling off pit road what was going to happen."
With no points or anything on the line, is this a good race to kind of get back at a driver if you need to kind of retaliate against somebody?
"(Laughs) I mean what's wrong with the other races? (Laughs) Those are good races too. I think if you really want to get after somebody you don't have opportunities coming up too often. You take them whenever you can get them. I try to race how people race me. I know everybody say that, but it is the truth. You treat people the way you get treated, no matter if you are driving a car or not. I don't think this race broadens opportunity any more than any other lap. To be honest with you, when you get a chance and you want to stick it to somebody you can definitely make it hell for them."


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Like high-stakes gamblers with finite bankrolls and three-alarm substance-abuse habits, ruination always lies just around the corner for small-volume carmakers like Jaguar. Or so we have been told.
Admittedly, every roll of the dice counts for more when your pockets are shallow, which observation has led many to conclude that building luxury cars can only be a game for those with high-rise billfolds. Indeed, for years we've been assured that salvation for the world's exclusive carmakers lies in becoming less exclusive by urgent multiplication of volume -- leading us to the present moment where the ever-expanding sales targets of luxury brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz (and to a lesser extent Porsche) all but require them to crank production like General Motors puking out full-size Chevrolets in its 1960s heyday.
It was this harsh assessment -- as well as Margaret Thatcher's loudly declaimed free-market catechism -- which saw the sale of money-losing Jaguar to the Ford Motor Company in 1989. The marque would go on to become part of the now-defunct Premier Automotive Group, Ford's well-intentioned but money-losing agglomeration of luxury brands (with Aston Martin, Land Rover, Lincoln, and Volvo). Lately, most of PAG's components have been jettisoned, lest they distract Ford -- pockets no longer bottomless -- from the new Job One: keeping the namesake brand alive.
At the height of its powers, Jaguar was best known, in addition to its reputation for legendarily spotty reliability, for delivering amazing style and performance at comparatively reasonable prices, with hit after hit culminating in the eternally awesome E-type and the impossibly long-lived XJ. Penned by Sir William Lyons, the firm's founder, this four-door luxury sedan sold well from its 1968 introduction until its mildly dull replacement -- also called XJ -- arrived almost twenty years later.
Sadly, Jaguar's unparalleled gift for groundbreaking good looks never really made it out of the '60s, a worrisome trend its Dearborn caretakers never fully corrected and often compounded. And unsurprisingly, Ford missed hitting the ambitious sales goal -- 200,000 cars a year -- it had set for Jaguar by several cricket pitches and a spacious county or two.
But after I've spent a few hundred miles in the newest Jaguar XJ, plus some additional time at various auto shows soaking in its luxurious interior -- at once old-world cosseting and gloriously modern -- it seems clear in retrospect that Ford's tenure, which officially ended in 2008 when Jaguar was sold along with Land Rover to Indian industrialist Ratan Tata, was more benign than not. The new XJ -- largely developed on Ford's dime -- is not the prettiest car we've ever seen, but it ain't bad at all. And it is an unalloyed delight to drive. Without Ford's extreme -- arguably misguided -- investment, it might not be the almost unbelievably wonderful luxury automobile that it is.
The good that Ford did stands in clear relief when one reflects on Detroit's history of botched lobotomies and assisted suicides where its foreign wards are concerned, such as the number GM performed on Saab. Ford's huge investments allowed Jaguar to modernize its factories and engine designs while adopting cutting-edge aluminum architecture for its XK grand tourer and its biggest sedan, and its control systems also helped the marque achieve massive quality gains, as exemplified in last year's J. D. Power awards for dependability and owner satisfaction among luxury brands.
The question now, of course, is whether the new Jaguar, with its humbler sales goals, can make a go of it on its own. Tata's pockets are not inconsiderable, but the huge, albeit theoretical, synergies of a PAG are no longer there. While a new five-year, 50,000-mile, all-maintenance-included "platinum" warranty program will help back up the Power surveys in potential customers' minds, it's the car that will have to close the deal. In the near term, that's good news, for the new XJ showcases all of the best Jaguar virtues -- supreme speed, amazing quiet, and big fun to drive, with sharp steering, prodigious roadholding, and a better ride than any of its competitors, even those that build a lot more cars.
How could that be?
Perhaps it was the Ford money. Allied, of course, to some serious engineering wizardry. But, then again, as Lyons proved way back when, there's something about a gambler whose very existence depends on success that increases the odds of succeeding. When you have to care, dare you must. Big isn't necessarily better.
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