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The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) defines a White Christmas as a snow depth of at least 1 inch observed on December 25. This does not mean it must snow on Christmas, but rather, it means that it must either snow 1 inch on Christmas or 1 inch of snow from a previous day must still be on the ground.
On any given year, what is the probability of seeing a White Christmas in the Panhandles? The map below shows the probabilities to be less than 10 percent across most of the area, but there are a few locations that have a probability between 10 and 25 percent. This does not mean is that there is a 10 percent chance of a White Chritmas occurring every year over the Texas Panhandle. Instead, what it does mean is that a White Christmas has been observed 10 percent of the time across our area. At Amarillo, a White Christmas has been observed 12 times since 1892 (about 10 percent of the time), last occurring in 2012.
View the data record for Christmas Day at Amarillo, 1892-2012
Based on climate data from 1892-2012, for Christmas Day at Amarillo, the average high is 48° F, the average low is 23° F, the average precipitation is 0.02", and the average snowfall is 0.18".
Temperature of 48° F or higher: 72° F in 2008 Temperature of 23° F or lower: 11° F in 2012 Temperature of 60° F or higher: 72° F in 2008 Temperature of 70° F or higher: 72° F in 2008 Rainfall: 0.08" in 2012 Rainfall total of 0.10" or higher: 0.21" in 2011 Snowfall: 2.0" in 2012 Snowfall total of 1.0" or higher: 2.0" in 2012 Back-to-back White Christmases: 2011 and 2012


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Low temperature copper solubilities in Fe-Cu-Ni
Miller, M.K., Russell, K.F., Pareige, P.J., Starink, M.J. and Thomson, R.C. (1998) Low temperature copper solubilities in Fe-Cu-Ni. Materials Science and Engineering A, 250, (1), 49-54. (doi:10.1016/S0921-5093(98)00535-8).
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An atom probe characterization of the copper concentration in the matrix of a model Fe–1.1at.%Cu–1.4% Ni alloy has been performed after isothermal ageing for various extended times at low temperatures. The matrix copper concentrations from material annealed at 500, 550 and 600°C are approximately 10% lower than the equilibrium values predicted from the Thermocalc™ program with the Kaufman database. Isothermal annealing for 4000 h at either 400 or 300°C was not sufficient to attain the equilibrium copper concentration. The kinetics of copper precipitation was investigated with the Starink-Zahra model derived for nucleation and growth reactions and a good fit with the atom probe data was found for an activation energy of 250 kJ mol−1.
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ISSNs: | 0921-5093 (print) |
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Keywords: | solubility, atom probe field ion microscopy, Fe–Cu |
Subjects: | T Technology > TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy |
Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Engineering Sciences |
ePrint ID: | 21671 |
Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2007 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2014 18:11 |
URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/21671 |
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My MBP automatically connects to the G network when i want it connected to the N. I know it's connecting to the G because when i option-click the airport icon in the menu bar it says I'm connected to channel 11 and i think the 5GHZ channels are above 100. I have an airport extreme dual-band in the wireless mode "802.11n only (5 GHZ - 802.11b/g)". i want to use dual band so i can connect my iphone and for guests that come over that don't have N, but i also want the N for faster networking. I tried an app before called istumbler but i think that only works for wireless G, and won't list the channels for N. i know i can change the name of the N network to be different from the G but i don't want to do that because i have a few airport expresses (some N some G) throughout my house for streaming itunes. I hope my question was clear enough, thanks for any help
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I believe that your airport extreme will only operate as fast as the slowest device on your network. In other-words if you have any G devices using the network then G is what you will get.
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If I understand correctly, you have the new Airport Extreme that supports simultaneous dual band. You have the 5Ghz band set for N only and the 2.4 Ghz set for G/B.
In that case, you should set different SSIDs for the two bands (e.g AirportN, AirportG). In the network preferences on the MBP click the "Advanced..." button. Make sure the preferred order of the wireless networks lists the N network before the G network. I have the older Airport Extreme running N only at 5Ghz and a G router setup as an access point. My MBP automatically connects to the N network. My iPhone and original MB use the G network. |
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Nevertheless, officials said this year's focus will be funding the initial phase of a statewide interoperable communication system. more NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTNER TO LAUNCH NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTHThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), The America Prepared Campaign, the American Red Cross, the National Association of Broadcasters and the U.S. Department of Education have joined a coalition of more 50 national organizations to engage Americans in emergency preparedness by launching National Preparedness Month on September 9. more DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCES EXPANDED BORDER CONTRAOL PLANSToday, Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson announced plans to expand control of the United States borders through increased use of immigration laws to combat illegal entry between the ports of entry while facilitating travel for legitimate Mexican visitors. more OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY THANKED FOR INVESTING IN SECURITYDeputy Secretary James Loy told a gathering of oil and natural gas producers that their decision to invest in homeland security measures has helped make America safer and has put their industry in a better competitive position for the future. more HUNDREDS OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED, MILLIONS REACHED DURING NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Throughout the month of September, hundreds of activities are planned across the country to highlight the importance of individual emergency preparedness. 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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCES $49 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SECURE AMERICA'S PORTSThe Port Security Grant Program provides resources for projects to improve dockside and perimeter security that is vital to securing our critical national seaports. These awards will contribute to important security upgrades such as surveillance equipment, access controls to restricted areas, communications equipment, and the construction of new command and control facilities. more DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCES $9 MILLION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GRANTSThe Department of Homeland Security awarded $9 million in information technology demonstration projects today in the Information Technology and Evaluation Program (ITEP). ITEP is a competitive program intended to foster and evaluate uses of existing, state-of-the-market, information technology that will demonstrate how to remove barriers and improve information sharing and integration. more HOMELAND SECURITY AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCH READY BUSINESS(Washington, DC) Sept. 23, 2004 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the Advertising Council and a variety of business organizations, today launched Ready Business. This extension of Homeland Security's successful Ready campaign, which has helped millions of individuals and families prepare for emergencies, focuses on business preparedness. Ready Business will help owners and managers of small to medium-sized businesses prepare their employees, operations and assets in the event of an emergency. more FACT SHEET: Achieving First Response Interoperability - a local, state and federal partnershipThe challenge of communications interoperability has plagued public safety agencies for decades. Together, technology and leadership can give first responders and public safety agencies the ability to exchange voice and data on demand, in real time, when needed and as authorized. However, as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 made clear, true radio interoperability requires first responders to be able to communicate not just within their units, but also across disciplines and jurisdictions. Reaching the goal of full communications interoperability requires the coordinated efforts of leadership at the local, state, and federal levels. more OKLAHOMA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION RECEIVES GRANT FUNDING FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITYIn March of 2005 the American Trucking Association (ATA) will receive a $21 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to expand the Highway Watch Program. ATA will dispense the funds to the states to further support the program, which trains highway professionals to identify and report safety and security concerns on the nation's roads. In March of this year the Oklahoma Trucking Association received $200,000 for the Highway Watch Program and officials are expecting to receive a portion of the 2005 funds. more DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCES $1.4 MILLION COMETITIVE GRANT AWARDED TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR THE DEAFThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today that the Telecommunications for the Deaf Incorporated (TDI) has been awarded a $1.4 million Competitive Training Grant to develop a network that will provide information on disaster preparedness and homeland security to individuals with hearing disabilities. more METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE SYSTEM GRANT AWARDS FOR FY 2004 ANNOUNCED Oklahoma City and Tulsa are among the jurisdictions receiving FY 2004 funding (Washington, DC) - The Department of Homeland Security awarded more than $46 million in Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) grants for Fiscal Year 2004. The 110 grants reach 114 MMRS jurisdictions throughout the United States including Oklahoma City and Tulsa. more FACT SHEET: Ready CampaignReadyis a national public service advertising campaign designed to educate and empower American citizens to prepare for and respond to potential terrorist attacks and other emergencies. The goal of the campaign is to get citizens involved and ultimately to increase the level of basic preparedness across the nation. more FACT SHEET: DHS Appropriations Act of 2005 President George W. Bush signed the FY 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which provides $28.9 billion in net discretionary spending for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This is $1.8 billion more than the FY 2004 enacted level - reflecting a 6.6% increase in funding for the Department over the previous year. Including Project BioShield, mandatory and fee-funded programs, a total of $40.7 billion will be available to the Department in FY 2005. more OKLAHOMA HAZMAT TEAMS TAKE HIGHEST HONORTeams from Midwest City and Norman participated in the New Mexico State Haz-Mat Challenge August 9th through the 13th with the Midwest City team bringing home the trophy for 1st Place Overall for the second year in a row and the Norman team winning 1st Place in the technical division during this, their first year to compete. more RED CROSS RECEIVES $6.5 MILLION GRANT FROM DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY On Oct. 16 in Washington, D.C., the American Red Cross received a $6.5 million competitive training grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) during a check presentation at their national headquarters Disaster Operations Center from Sue Mencer, Director of the Department of Homeland Security's Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP). more OKLAHOMA HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR ISSUES ELECTION SECURITY BULLETIN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OKLAHOMA CITY - State Homeland Security officials have issued a bulletin to Oklahoma law enforcement agencies, urging them to be especially vigilant during the upcoming November 2 elections. Oklahoma Homeland Security Director Kerry Pettingill stressed that no specific threat had been made against Oklahoma, saying that the call for increased vigilance was strictly a precautionary measure. more UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA RECEIVES FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMEALND SECURITY THROUGH FEMA'S DISASTER RESISTANT UNIVERSITY PROGRAMThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond $75,000 as part of the Disaster Resistant University (DRU) program. In total, 27 colleges and universities were awarded more than $3.2 million. The DRU program assists universities and colleges, through state and local governments, to implement a sustained program to reduce the risk from disasters to students, faculty, facilities, and research assets. more GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES 2005 DHS GRANT AWARD FOR OKLAHOMA HOMELAND SECURITY INITIATIVES Oklahoma City - Gov. Brad Henry, in conjunction with Oklahoma Homeland Security Director Kerry Pettingill, today announced that Oklahoma will receive more than $29.9 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fund homeland security programs throughout the state. more RESOLVE TO BE READY IN 2005 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is encouraging citizens to make a New Year's resolution that is easy to keep - creating their own family emergency plan. It can benefit not only the person who makes the resolution, but also his or her entire family. more U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCES OVER $2.5 BILLION IN GRANTS NATIONWIDESecretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge today announced the recipients of $1.66 billion in grants to states and an additional $855 million in grants to urban areas to fund first responders and support state and local resources necessary to prevent, respond and recover from acts of terrorism and other disasters. Totaling over $2.5 billion in direct assistance to state and local governments for their preparedness and planning needs, these funds augment the nearly $9 billion already delivered to state and local governments and first responders since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. more FACT SHEET: U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2004 Year in ReviewA snapshot of 2004 accomplishments and statistics for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. more Back to News |
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Like gchamounster, I'd also like to know how to make the home page with the home page template actually be the home page, instead of the blog page. I want a blog page, I just don't want it to be the home page.
NEVER MIND – found the answer way back in the forum. Have to go into Settings – Reading and choose Static page for home page. Thanks…
Great theme!
Will you be adding an update to make the theme responsive to mobile devices?
Hi- Just bought the theme and I'm having problems with getting the full page to display. Also, when I try to update the theme to the current version, I get this error- "The package could not be installed. PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) : Unable to find End of Central Dir Record signature."
Could you please provide assistance- http://meadracingteam.com/Wordpress/
Thanks- I would like to get these issues straightened out quickly due to a tight deadline with a client.
Thank you for submitting a support ticket. This has been replied to.
NEW SUPPORT FORUM: http://dtbaker.net/forum/sport-grunge-wordpress-theme/ Please post your questions here. Thanks!
Need help! My image lightbox it displaying behind the menu in my gallery. Looks ugly as hell. Need a fix. Anyone else had this issue that can help me. Support takes too damn long.
One of my client is planning to buy this theme. However, we had a question about custom payment module. The client would like to use a custom payment module called ccavenue for payment options.
Could you tell me how do we go about this as this is needed.
Hi, could you fix link to the template preview ? I need to show your template to my client, he might buy it..
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Hi- The template is not viewable… when will this be addressed?
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I was going to purchase this product, but there are too many complaints about the lack of support or time customers have to wait for responses.
Same here… and STILL can't view the demo… Had to go with another theme.
Preview is back up and running everyone! Sorry for the delay while we moved servers. Please let me know if you notice any further issues with the live preview.
I am getting this error when I installed the theme:
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Please ensure the latest version of WordPress is installed.
Hi, Is this theme being supported anymore? I have the blockUI requires jquery v1.2.3 or later error ever since I updated to wp 3.6. I put in a support ticket last week.. no response.
I went to this themes forum posted above and most of the questions that were asked there were not answered… I would like to purchase but this lack of feedback or support makes me want to look for another theme
I am having a couple small issues with this theme, I tried to register on the support forum but it doesn't seem to be working, it never sends me an email with a password.
My contact page is not set up like the demo and I cannot get the widgets on my home page to appear, please help.
I purchased the theme and i cannot update it! Can you help me? You should, cause i paid some good monney!
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I purchased the theme and i cannot update it! Can you help me? You should, cause i paid some good monney!
My email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Is it safe to update to wordpress 3.6? am ai right in thinking there will be an update to the theme out soon? if so do you have an ETA?
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Application Cycles: 6/4/2011
Demographics: Male, 24, Caucasian
Home State: Texas
Last Activity Date: 4/20/2012
SDN Handle: trypanosomiasis
Undergraduate College: Southern Methodist University
Undergraduate Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
Overall GPA: 3.83
Science GPA: 3.77
Brief Profile:
I'm not really sure how my stats stack up. I look some places, I think I'm OK. I look other places, I feel like the bottom of the barrel. Guess you just gotta shoot for what you can and see what happens. My schools list is a bit top heavy, I'm thinking, but what the heck, right? I'm still thinking all will be well come next spring!
Biology and French double major, Chemistry minor, got an MCAT score that didn't really reflect my much higher practice scores (especially since I teach MCAT courses now!). English/French bilingual - ça va bien?
TMDSAS GPA: 3.87 overall, 3.80 BCPM, 3.94 non-sci
AMCAS GPA: 3.83 overall, 3.77 BCPM, 3.90 non-sci
OMSAS GPA: take a while for that US/Canadian conversion to happen
AMCAS submitted: 6/4/2011
Applied, Rejected
Application Complete, Rejected
Attended Interview, Withdrew
Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Summary of Application Experience
**If schools send out "Complete" Emails, I will mark them above as "C." The abbreviations match most of those used by others on this website. I will add some details about myself and any necessary commentaries (impressions post-interview, what plays into my final decision, etc.) sometime after the cycle ends/when I've withdrawn or been accepted from/by the school, to preserve a hint of anonymity. Hopefully, this can serve as a big help to myself and someone else out there! :-D
TMDSAS and AMCAS submitted: 06/04/2011
Transcripts sent from school: 06/07/2011 (had to get them corrected... grr...)
TMDSAS transcripts received: 06/15/2011
TMDSAS verified and transmitted: 06/17/2011
LORs received: 06/20/2011 (AMCAS & TMDSAS, thanks VirtualEvals!)
AMCAS transcripts received: 06/14/2011
AMCAS transcripts placed in queue: 06/21/2011 (it takes a week to get in line, haha)
AMCAS verified and transmitted: 07/08/2011
TCOM interview: 08/04/2011
First interview. And wow. TCOM is incredible, and I have to say, I would feel comfortable going to DO school so long as it was at TCOM. Great facilities, awesome students, only true issue is the whole "class from 8-5 nonstop" thing. I'm not super crazy about Ft. Worth either. Withdrew.
TTU-El Paso interview: 08/11/2011
Again, another awesome school. The campus is super tiny, but El Paso is a much more beautiful town than I could have ever imagined. The first class from El Paso is just now entering their clinical rotations there. I would be more interested if there was a track record behind the school's revolutionary pre-clinical curriculum and knowing there was a steady patient base in the clinical rotations. Withdrew.
UTSA interview: 08/15/2011
Older facilities, but still nice. I got a good sense of cohesiveness within the class, and despite the reputation of administration there as being uptight, students said there was definitely a conscious effort to change that going on. The pre-clinical curriculum is changing for the 2012 entering class (which should have changed for the 2011 entering class; hence, UTSA got LCME Probationary status), which might put us under the 'guinea pig' status, but they seem to have been very slow and careful about how this new curriculum would look, which is nice. The opportunity to be in Harlingen as a medical student, but acting as an intern resident, is very attractive to me. San Antonio as a city is nice, and has a hybrid feel of big city/small town. Plus I'd still be able to cheer on the Mavs from SA! Withdrew due to matching at UTMB.
UTMB interview: 08/19/2011
Match school!
Georgetown interview: 09/19/2011
UTH interview: 09/23/2011
TTU-Lubbock interview: 10/28/2011
Lubbock has great facilities, a proud student body, and near complete control of patients around the Red River and the TX Panhandle. Rotations are split into three sites, Midland/Odessa, Lubbock, and Amarillo, which can ensure more individual attention and responsibility on wards. Interviewers were both great people, and my interviews here were definitely the most laid back of all the schools I've been at thus far. Not sure if I could grow to like the city though, especially if I ended up staying extra years for dual degree or even just for residency. Withdrew.
UT-Southwestern interview: 12/10/2011
Baylor COM interview: 2/17/2012
McGill interview: 2/20/2012
Georgetown Waitlisted: 10/31/11
TTU Lubbock ACCEPT!: 11/15/11
TTU El Paso ACCEPT!: 11/15/11
UT San Antonio ACCEPT!: 11/15/11
UTMB Galveston ACCEPT!: 2/1/12
UT-Houston Waitlisted: 2/1/12
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Title | A Survay of London, John Stow | |
Collection | Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection | |
Maker | Stow;John; | |
Date | 1925 | |
Id Number Current Accession | MIS.60.1 | |
Id Number Current Repository | -214860279 | |
Location Creation Site | CSAC | |
Material | Brown leather bound. | |
Notes | Book Production. Bookbinding classes were established under Douglas B. Cockerell in 1897. In 1905 it was followed by printing and typography headed by J.H. Mason of the Doves Press who was responsible for the revival of printing practice and standards and ran the Day Technical School for Printing Apprentices. Other members of the Doves Press joined him including Peter McLeish who took over Binding in 1907. The School of Book Production achieved an international reputation. Copyright holder: Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Museum Collection. MIS.60 has two images MIS.60.1-2; for full bibliographic record see TALIS: control number, y6744351; barcode, 11061340. Instructors: J.H. Mason, A.J. Cullen; P.Mcleish designed binding. |
Object Notes | A Survay of London, John Stow. Cover: full bound in brown leather, centre piece on upper board of LCC crest. Gilt tooled border with lettering and floral sprigs. | |
Rights | University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection | |
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Title: | The Trouble with RAMSI: Reexamining the Roots of Conflict in Solomon Islands |
Author: | Hameiri, Shahar |
Date: | 2007 |
Publisher: | University of Hawai'i Press Center for Pacific Islands Studies |
Citation: | Hameiri, S. 2007. The Trouble with RAMSI: Reexamining the Roots of Conflict in Solomon Islands. The Contemporary Pacific 19 (2): 409-41. |
Abstract: | While the debate that has followed the intervention by the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) has centered on the suitability of the failed state label to Solomon Islands, I argue that this debate is misdirected because the concept of state failure itself is accepted uncritically. Examining what is meant by state failure is crucial, because (a) it has assumed an almost commonsensical mantle, which obscures its particular political and ideological underpinnings; and (b) it has considerable conceptual limitations that render it a problematic framework for explaining the roots and possible trajectories of the conflict in Solomon Islands. State failure is essentially a descriptive category with limited explanatory capacity, grounded in a depoliticized and ahistorical theorization of institutions, state, and society. At its core is an unhelpful preoccupation with state capacity as measured against a hypothetical legal-rational good-governance model. Conflicts are understood in this framework as the result of poor governance or recalcitrant social forces. ramsi, consequently, has sought to strengthen the institutional capacity of Solomon Islands as the key to confl ict resolution as well as a preventative long-term peace-building initiative. In contrast, I argue that unless we develop a clearer understanding of the causes and dynamics of conflict, RAMSI's state-building approach is likely to exacerbate rather than alleviate tensions in Solomon Islands. This approach involves a shift in emphasis away from the current fixation on institutional capacity audits associated with the failed state concept, toward a more constructive theorization of the historically contingent relationship between changing patterns of economic development and social conflict. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/14019 |
Keywords: | Solomon Islands, failed state, ramsi, state capacity, conflict, governance, patronage |
LC Subject Headings: | Oceania -- Periodicals. |
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you guys with your surveyors are soo funny...
we here have none of that, really we don't....if you're dumb enough to get fooled by someone selling you a boat..your problem...most people that buy a sailboat, know minimally what they need to know to see if it's good or not...if they can't there is allways a friend that helps
here anyone buying a boat does their own "survey"..none of that stuff here...
Looks like stuff to protect you from you, by not having you do what you should do.....makes sense???
Imagine if to get my boat insured I neded to get a surveyor...ahaha that's funny...you guys are soo lazy...even need to hire a guy to look at a bota for you...
SD, Good info in your post as well as some of the follow-ups from others.
Giu, I actually agree with you to a point.
It wasn't too many years ago that sailors, at least the ones I knew, were in general a lot more competent and self sufficient than the average boater today. At least that's my observation.
There are probably a lot of very different reasons for this. Among them would be the development of the GPS system or the fact that there is a glut of cheap used small vessels.
Also, I think that insurance has help to make it easier for people to neglect their personal responsibility.
I see cases often where someone expects the insurance to pay for a new rig when the cause of failure was a 20+ year old chainplate or U-bolt that caused the dismasting. Even people that are in the marine industry, used their boat hard, should have known better and should have inspected and replaced the offending parts.
Anyway, there are a lot more people on the water these days and there is nothing necessarily wrong with that. Hell, it drives an industry. A lot of people make their livings based partly on the fact that anyone can just go buy a boat and go sailing in relative comfort and safety without having to go to the trouble of becoming sailors.
Boy, when I read that, it sounds harsh. I don't really mean it that way.
Sailing, Cruising, Boating, Yachting, whatever you want to call it, is a lot more obtainable than it used to be.
Technology has made learning how to do real navigation unnecessary. There are so many incredible products and services out there we don't really have to do much ourselves anymore.
EPIRBs and the Coast Guard are a pretty good backup plan if you stay close to shore, right?
I applaud SD's efforts to get people to stick their heads into those lockers and wiggle those shafts and to climb that rigging and knock on their hulls with little plastic hammers. And I would venture to guess that many of the participants here at Sailnet are pretty handy. But I fear that in general, the vast majority of boaters in the US would have a real hard time performing tasks that a boater 30 years ago would have considered basic.
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By the War Claims Act of 1948, Congress established the War Claims Commission for the purpose of adjudicating claims for compensating internees, prisoners of war, and religious organizations. Wiener was confirmed as a member of the Commission by President Truman in 1950. In 1953, when President Eisenhower requested Wiener's resignation, Wiener refused. Eisenhower subsequently appointed a substitute to Wiener's post. The Commission was abolished in 1954, and Wiener brought a claim to recover his salary from the time of his removal to the last day of the Commission's existence.
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Malcolm finds a job washing dishes on a Boston–Washington train line and then selling sandwiches as a porter on a Boston–New York train line. He is dazzled by the wealth and energy of New York, especially Harlem's Savoy Ballroom and Apollo Theater. After being fired for taking the aggressive performances he uses to sell sandwiches too far, he is thrilled to work as a day waiter at a Harlem bar called Small's Paradise. Malcolm makes a good impression on the customers and on his employers, and learns various hustling techniques, the etiquette of the Harlem underworld, and the history of the neighborhood. With his tips, Malcolm begins to invest a lot of money in the numbers racket, the popular unofficial lottery in Harlem. He learns the names and faces of the young numbers runners as well as those of the "old heads," black gangsters left over from the 1920s and 1930s. Malcolm also meets an assortment of pimps, including one known as Sammy the Pimp, who soon becomes his best friend and sole Harlem confidant.
All of us . . . were, instead, black victims of the white man's American social system.
With permanent employment, Malcolm moves to a rooming house run by prostitutes. Malcolm befriends the women and learns a great deal about the psychology of men from them. Sophia, who has married a white man, visits Malcolm regularly. At first, she balks at Malcolm's living situation, but she soon befriends the prostitutes. Malcolm's friends begin calling him "Detroit Red" because his hair is bright red. After referring an undercover military agent to a prostitute, Malcolm loses his job and can no longer visit Small's. With the help of Sammy the Pimp, Malcolm begins to sell marijuana to New York's jazz musicians. At first, the business is a success, but soon the local narcotics squad comes after Malcolm, and he begins to lose time and money trying to avoid them. Eventually, Malcolm has to move weekly to avoid being arrested on planted evidence. He becomes addicted to the drugs he is supposed to be selling, and sometimes has to borrow money from Sammy just to eat. Sammy suggests that Malcolm use his old train-worker's identification to peddle marijuana up and down the East Coast.
Malcolm makes a trip to Boston, where Shorty is trying to get his band off the ground. During this visit, Malcolm's rendezvous with Sophia is more discreet than their previous encounters, partly because she is married and partly because World War II's toll on the United States' white population has increased popular fears about interracial romance. The draft board summons Malcolm. By dressing extravagantly and telling the army psychiatrist that he wishes to lead Southern blacks in murdering Southern whites, Malcolm evades the draft. The railroad company permanently blacklists Malcolm after he pulls a gun on a fellow gambler during a card game in the lower level of Grand Central Station in New York. The narcotics squad in Harlem knows Malcolm too well for him to resume his drug-dealing there, so he begins a series of robberies. Malcolm also begins trafficking guns and starts using harder drugs, primarily cocaine, to prepare for jobs and to deal with the stress they cause him.
When Malcolm's brother Reginald comes to stay with him in Harlem, Malcolm rents his first real apartment to ensure that he and his brother have a home. Malcolm also sets up Reginald with a hustle he claims is safe, in which Reginald pretends defective goods are stolen and sells them on the street for much more than what he pays. Conditions in Harlem begin worsening. The city government shuts down the Savoy Ballroom, and Harlem residents suspect that this measure is designed to stop single white women from dancing with black men. Two riots almost completely stop the flow of white tourists. Profits dry up for the nightlife industry, and hustlers and prostitutes begin to take on legitimate work. Malcolm has a falling out with Sammy the Pimp after Sammy pulls a gun on him for slapping one of Sammy's women. Eventually, Malcolm and Sammy make up, but they no longer fully trust each other. Malcolm begins to depend increasingly on Reginald, whom he describes as lazy but sensible.
Malcolm's firmly held belief that white people, and not black people, are to blame for the desperate conditions of the black underclass makes him lenient in his moral evaluation of the Harlem ghetto. Though Malcolm does blame some black people for their actions, most notably the middle-class, Civil Rights leaders, and himself, he tends to forgive residents of the black ghetto for their misdeeds and points instead to the conditions created by white society. In describing the Harlem ghetto, Malcolm blames his bosses in the numbers lottery system for draining the black ghetto of wealth. Whenever Malcolm describes the white pleasure-seekers that patronize the Harlem underworld of forbidden music, drugs, and women, he shows that these people make Harlem life harder by creating a demand for destructive activities like pimping and gambling, and by treating black people as objects. Though he does not spend much time making an explicit argument about moral responsibility, Malcolm's descriptions make it clear that he places the blame for the harshness of Harlem life on white New York and white America.
Malcolm believes that wealthy white people not only exploit poor blacks on a daily basis, but also contribute to the profound lack of opportunity in Harlem. In talking about the unrealized professional potential of his intelligent black friends, Malcolm implies that white society is to blame for driving them into the spiral of crime, drugs, deceit, and poverty, giving them no other option than the hustler's life. For instance, Sammy the Pimp's entrepreneurial drive might have made him a shrewd businessman, but in Harlem his skills are best suited for pimping, which eventually leads him to ruin. Later in the autobiography, Malcolm discusses his friend West Indian Archie's photographic memory and quick math skills, pointing out that these skills could have served him well in school, but Archie is instead locked into defending his gambling territory and his reputation, which eventually gets him killed. Even Malcolm's younger brother Reginald, a bright and gentle young man, needs to deceive his fellow Harlemites with a hustle in order to make ends meet. Malcolm's comparison of Harlem to a jungle in which only the fittest survive takes the weight of moral responsibility off of Harlem residents by showing that they are forced to engage in illegal and immoral acts by their harsh environment.
Although Malcolm strongly believes that white society is to blame for black America's problems, starting with slavery and continuing through segregation, his commentary in these chapters foreshadows his later belief that if blacks want a better life, it is up to them, and only them, to improve their situation. Malcolm's taking the blame for ruining Laura's life is an instance of the black community holding itself responsible for its failures. While Malcolm could easily blame white society and thereby ease his conscience and that of the black community in general, doing so would deny blacks power over lives such as Laura's. In blaming himself for Laura's downfall and thereby accepting responsibility for it, Malcolm shows his belief that he had the power to protect her from harmful influences. While Malcolm readily acknowledges that whites may be the source of such harmful influences, he feels it is necessary for other blacks to adopt a self-empowering attitude like his if they want to improve their lives.
Malcolm includes most of the details in these chapters to expose us to the tough side of the ghetto. However, the moments in which Malcolm portrays Harlem life in a positive light imply that there is an alternative to the white welfare state that offers to help the black people whom it simultaneously oppresses. Malcolm's feeling of kinship with the patrons of Small's Paradise shows that Harlem contains a network of people who are a source of community in a cruel world. Though money is tight, the black community prefers to help its own rather than receive assistance from a government institution, as with an elderly beggar named Fewclothes, whom the black community always given free meals. This presentation of an informal social safety net contrasts with the demeaning white welfare agencies that earlier divide Malcolm's family. In this instance, Malcolm shows that even people pushed to the brink of survival can form their own creative solutions to social problems.
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Few days ago Brgy. Mamatid lighted up their giant Christmas tree. This will be their entry for the contest held by the Cabuyao Municipality. One of the designer of it said that these were made by native and recycled materials like soft drink bottles and coconut leaves, etc. They were last year's champion that's why a lot of people participated by helping just to achieve this. It took them less than a week to complete this. Its wonderful how Christmas can make people together.
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For all but a few minutes Tuesday night, the coach's chair on Hickman's side of the wrestling mat was vacant.
Coach J.D. Coffman stood for the duration of the dual meet and bark-ed orders and words of encouragement to his wrestlers.
He was hoping to push them to victory against the rival Rock Bridge Bruins. The only time he sat down was to take notes. The Bruins cruised to a 50-25 victory, leaving the Kewpies with nothing but a missed opportunity at bragging rights.
"Whether it's a dual or a tournament, I'm usually a little hoarse the next day; a little raspy," Coffman said. "Anytime you're in a bragging rights type of match, you like to win. I'm trying to be as emotional as I can to get the kids fired up."
Coffman's efforts worked early in the dual. Hickman took a 13-6 lead after winning three of the first four matches.
K.C. Pescaglia (125 pounds) and Korey Skala (135) each won by decision for the Kewpies.
Aaron Brady (140) won by pin in a match that lasted 1 minute, 45 seconds.
But Rock Bridge took control with four consecutive wins, all in dominating fashion. Brady Wilson (145) and Jake Hardesty (152) each won by decision, and Matt McDonald (160) and Cam Purcell (171) won by pin.
"It was one after the other," said Rock Bridge coach John Kopnisky. "It just kept going."
Zach Arnold, an 189-pound senior recently elected captain by his teammates, ended the Bruins' streak with a one-sided match of his own. He pinned Jake Konrardy in 42 seconds.
But Jason Richards snatched the momentum right back for the Bruins with a quick pin of Tim Temple in the 215-pound match.
"Jason's match was huge. It was critical. It was one of those things where anything could have happened at that point," Kopnisky said. "It could have gone either way with both teams. Not only did it help us point wise, but it started that momentum with everyone else."
Kopnisky said that getting a win in Tuesday's dual was important for his wrestlers.
"To the kids, this is a big deal. Yesterday, they were really intense when working out," he said. "The seniors made sure that these young guys understood how much this means to Rock Bridge. Getting a victory like this, you know, it's just fantastic."


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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- In type 2 diabetes patients selected for randomized controlled trials (RCTs), chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with the highest overall risk of mortality, according to a review published online Feb. 21 in the Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease.
Ebrahim Barkoudah, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and associates conducted a literature review and identified 22 eligible RCTs which reported all-cause mortality for patients with type 2 diabetes. The cohort comprised 91,842 patients and 6,837 deaths.
The researchers found that the mortality rate varied from 0.28 to 8.24 deaths per 100 patient-years across the cohort. Patients in the highest mortality category were more likely to be older, have higher blood pressure, and have longer duration of diabetes. Mortality rates were elevated in RCTs with previous cardiovascular morbidity; however, the selection for CKD correlated with the highest mortality rates.
"Mortality has a broad range of representation in trials of type 2 diabetes subjects. Moreover, diabetes trials with nephropathy selection had the highest death rates. We conclude that the selection for CKD, defined by either decline in renal function or presence of proteinuria, augmented the death risk in diabetes," the authors write.
Several authors disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. One author is a co-inventor on a patent for the use of inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system in myocardial infarction survivors.
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